Chapter 375 How "Painted Skin" was made
Starting from "Eden Lake", script reading has become a fixed part of all Zhang Chen's film projects, and TV drama projects in Korea will also conduct script reading. Reading is very formal, but Zhang Chen doesn't need it here. He never requires formality, even if it's just chatting.
The scene was indeed similar to chatting. Zhang Chen was the last one to arrive. When he arrived, everyone was chatting, but after he appeared, the chatting stopped.
Seeing that everyone was about to stand up, Zhang Chen quickly raised his hand and pressed it softly: "Don't be like this, the atmosphere now is very good. Let me say a few words first. First of all, I am very grateful to everyone for participating in "Painted Skin" 》project, because of "The Promise", the outside world has some bad opinions about the same type of "Painted Skin", but everyone is still willing to continue to participate, and I accept everyone's sentiment..."
Zhang Chen They were actually kind words.
The failure of "The Promise" did have an impact on "Painted Skin", but Zhang Chen has never failed so far, and many people in the outside world are still optimistic about "Painted Skin".
“Some of us have worked together before, and some of us are working together for the first time. Whether we know each other or not, I would like to introduce it to you first...”
Icebreakers are necessary. For any film project, the faster the front and backstage teams come together, the faster the film can be shot.
The cost of "Painted Skin" is 90 million, and it takes two to three months to shoot with a team of several hundred people. Every day is worth money.
Zhang Chen introduced everyone one by one: "Martial arts instructor Yuan Baye, all action scenes are handled by Yuan Baye..."
Yuan Heping stood up and bowed his hands to everyone.
"Art director Zhang Shuping is responsible for the overall art style and costume styling of the film..."
"Photography director Song Xiaofei..."
"Makeup director Xiao Jin..."< br>
"Our great butler Chen Xi..."
After Zhang Chen introduced the team behind the scenes, every time he mentioned a person, the person mentioned stood up and said hello to everyone.
"This is Mr. Zhang Fan. Our "Painted Skin" will realize the linkage between movies and games. The partner is Perfect World Game Company. Mr. Zhang Fan is the representative of Perfect World."
< br>Zhang Fan also stood up and nodded with everyone. Only then did everyone realize that Xingchen Entertainment had played such a big game this time and actually started a linkage.
There have been linkages between film and television projects and games before, but they were all niche, and no one knew the profits involved.
Game companies make money. Many people know that "Westward Journey 2" and "Legend" were really popular for a while, but everyone has no idea how profitable the game is.
After all, they are not in the same circle.
“Next is the cast, everyone should be familiar with it. Fan Binbin plays the fox demon Xiao Wei, Huang Xiaoming plays Wang Sheng, Brother Xun plays Wang Sheng’s wife Peirong, and Zhang Jin plays the demon catcher. Yang Xiaomi plays the role of the little bird spirit. In addition, Qin Lan, Li Xiaoran, Wang Luodan Playing the maid, Chen Minghao plays the bandit boss, Wang Qianyuan plays the soldier leader, Zhang Yi..."
The next few are all small roles without names. Zhang Chen's solemn introduction actually seems a bit strange, but Everyone just thinks that they are related households.
These people were a little embarrassed, but without exception, they all cast envious glances at Yang Xiaomi.
My character also has no name, but she is a proper third female lead.
However, they all inquired about Yang Xiaomi from the front and side before joining the group. They knew that Yang Xiaomi got this role through Chen Xi, but they lamented her good luck in having a best friend who was trusted by Zhang Chen.
After the introduction, Zhang Chen continued: "Today we are taking advantage of the opportunity to clear up our understanding before turning on the camera to avoid cognitive bias. Let me tell you the background of the story first, so that everyone can understand the characters. It becomes more three-dimensional..."
"For the "Painted Skin" project, our initial plan was to make three parts, the first part is about love~
Xiao Wei fell in love with Wang Sheng, deliberately approached her, and entered Wang Sheng's life, but because she needed to eat people's hearts to maintain her appearance, she attracted the demon hunter
Faced with the choice, Wang Sheng finally chose Pei Rong. He would rather die for her and have a battle with the demon hunter and Xiao Wei. On the verge of death, Xiao Wei finally understands what love is and would rather give up all his cultivation to save Pei Rong and Wang Sheng...
This is the plot of the first part, and the second part is a prequel, mainly telling the story of Xiao Wei's cultivation, and why he fell in love with Wang Sheng, because Wang Sheng's previous life was its owner, and the two have always been dependent on each other, and later it cultivated The demon's lifespan was extended, but it attracted the demon hunter. The fight resulted in Wang's death. In the end, Xiao Wei killed the demon hunter, but she was also seriously injured. In the end, the little bird spirit she had helped saved her.
Then comes the third part. The third part is a sequel. The plot follows the first part. Xiao Wei loses all his skills and is chased by the monster hunter. Other monsters also covet Xiao Wei's body. The bird spirit led Xiao Weiwei to escape pursuit..."
Zhang Chen briefly told the plot of the trilogy, both for Helping actors understand their roles is also for people in the game company.
But now, even the creators looked at Yang Xiaomi in the wrong way.
Good guy, except Fan Binbin. , the only one left throughout the trilogy is Yang Xiaomi, who turns out to be the hidden boss
Is it so powerful to have a third-in-command best friend? Chen Xi, do you still need a best friend? I can do that too~
Yang Xiaomi quickly lowered her head. She is the smallest little girl here. No one is bigger than him.
In the "Painted Skin" trilogy, apart from the heroine Fan Xiaopang, she is the only one who runs through it all. How can we not make people jealous?
Yang Xiaomi felt the malice coming from Li Xiaoran and Wang Luo Danchi Guoguo from the side and quickly lowered her head.
Zhang Chen just remembered something: "By the way, Xiaomi, I heard that there was a problem with your manager's appointment two days ago. Has it been resolved now?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaomi immediately raised her head and forced a smile: "Well, it's solved. Sister Hua helped solve it."
Zhang Chen nodded.
"Mimi is already a member of Shijiu Culture? Then we will be colleagues from now on~"
The speaker was Huang Xiaoming, when he and Yang Xiaomi were on the set of "The Condor" We all know each other, he plays Yang Guo and Yang Xiaomi plays Guo Xiang.
Originally, his agency contract was to be signed with Huayi, but for "Painted Skin", he signed it with Shijiu Culture because he heard that Zhang Chen had shares in Shijiu Culture.
In other words, although Xingchen Entertainment does not have its own brokerage department, Shijiu Culture is equivalent to the brokerage department of Xingchen Entertainment.
"Senior Brother, please take care of me in the future~"
Yang Xiaomi is also a good person. She immediately revealed her identity as Nortel, and Senior Senior Brother shouted, and at the same time , and glanced at Mr. Zhou without leaving any trace.
Mr. Zhou was born from Rong Xinda. She left Rong Xinda and joined Shijiu Culture. Mr. Zhou might not like her.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Xun did not think about this at all, but asked: "Director Zhang, I would like to ask, how do you think the character Pei Rong I play should be played?"
This is taking the initiative to align with the director.
The reason why script reading is called script reading is because everyone has a different understanding of the character. The meaning of script reading is that everyone has a unified understanding.
Among these people, the director’s understanding of the character is undoubtedly the most important.
"Just act like a lady. Pei Rong loves Wang Sheng very much. When you look at him, there must be love in his eyes. This is a typical traditional Chinese female character who has all the characteristics of traditional women. Excellent qualities, virtuous, not jealous, and dedicated...
Although your role is the second female lead, if you play it well, you may be more outstanding than the female lead~"
Mr. Zhou nodded, his eyes shining brightly, and he didn't say that he wouldn't steal the show.
Pang Fan next to him immediately became nervous.
Zhang Chen actually wanted to tell her, don't be so nervous. This is a commercial movie, and acting skills are not that important.
Commercial movies focus on commercial elements. As long as the acting skills are above the passing line, it will be OK.
Not to be outdone, Huang Xiaoming also said from the side: "What about my Wang Sheng, which direction should I push hard?"
Zhang Chen smiled: "No need to exert force, just remember not to laugh."
Huh?
Huang Xiaoming’s smile froze, and the others laughed.
"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" hasn't aired yet, so they didn't know what Zhang Chen meant by this, they just thought it was a joke.
Huang Xiaoming also thought Zhang Chen was joking with him and laughed along with him.
Later generations said that he became strong when he was strong and weak when he was weak.
Takeda in "Emperor of Han Dynasty" and "The Wind", plus "The Chinese Partner", Huang Jiaozhu's acting skills are good as long as he is not smiling, but I don't know why, he is easy to make people laugh when he smiles Make a play.
Zhang Chen just wants to say, Brother Xiao Ming, I am actually saving you, do you understand?
After "The Condor" is aired, you will be scolded badly, and it will be even worse after "The Deer and the Cauldron".
When "Painted Skin" is released, everyone will find that your acting skills are actually still online, and at least it will give you a boost.
Master Huang is really a good person. It is said that he saved Liu Tianxian's life during the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", but Liu Tianxian did not commit himself to him.
This shows that the world is declining and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be.
And Brother Xiao Ming works very hard.
I heard that the character I played was a frontier general of the Ming Dynasty, and I specially found someone to learn a lot of knowledge about the Ming Dynasty.
Are you working hard? Dedicated enough.
Later, in order to win the role of "The Condor", he heard that Zhang Dabeard liked masculine actors, and was afraid that his skin would lose the role if his skin was too white, so he just took the light for three days to tan himself.
At this time, Fan Xiaopang next to her finally couldn't help it anymore. One or two people were asking the director about their roles, and she couldn't lag behind.
This is not a question of ability, it is a question of attitude.
"Director Zhang, how do you think I should play the role of Xiao Wei?"
Zhang Chen snapped his fingers: "Whether the drama "Painted Skin" will be successful in the end depends on you for the majority. If Xiao Wei's role is played well, it will definitely become a film and television classic. Let me analyze this role for you...< br>
First of all, Xiao Wei is a demon, and demons do not understand human emotions. Feeling.
I just told you the background of the whole story, so you should understand that Xiao Wei is not really in love with Wang Sheng.
She doesn't understand what love is at all. br>
Xiao Wei is the original possessive spirit.
Because the Wang Sheng in the previous life had been with her all his life, and one person and one beast depended on each other.
When she saw Wang Sheng again after reincarnation, she wanted to continue to copy her original life. However, Wang Sheng was already married and had Pei Rong, which made her very uncomfortable.
Later she discovered that Wang Sheng liked Pei Rong very much, so she began to deliberately imitate Pei Rong's words and deeds and imitate her virtuous appearance.
It’s just that demons are demons after all, and their true nature will inevitably be exposed. "
Fan Xiaopang was confused when he heard this, but Zhang Chen continued: "Xiao Wei and Pei Rong are actually the two extremes of women. Xiao Wei stands out for being coquettish, charming, and gorgeous, while Pei Rong stands out. On the contrary, he is dignified, knowledgeable, gentle and virtuous..."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Chen said to Zhang Shuping and Xiao Jin: "This aspect must be reflected in clothing and makeup, and their respective characteristics must be highlighted..."
The two nodded immediately after hearing this.
Wearing clothes and makeup are inseparable.
This time, the art director of "Painted Skin" is Zhang Shuping. Zhang Shuping and Yip Jintian are the two highest-level art directors in Hong Kong. Zhang Chen and the others actually hired Yip Jintian at first, but Yip Jintian had just taken over the "Painted Skin" art director. The art director of "The Night Banquet" was replaced by Zhang Shuping.
Zhang Shuping is also holding back his energy these days. He is the art director of "The Promise". The fiasco of "The Promise" also affected him. During this period, several projects that had been negotiated before ended up being cancelled. Changed his mind.
Now that clothing was mentioned, Zhang Chen asked again: "Is there no problem with clothing?"
Zhang Shuping answered firmly: "No problem, because the background of "Painted Skin" is in the Ming Dynasty, and our clothing , the shapes are all based on Ming Dynasty styles, with some innovations added to make them look more beautiful.
We have also specially designed the gowns and armors worn by border guards on daily basis..."
Zhang Chen affirmed: "I have only one request, whether it is clothing or makeup, it must be Beautiful.
Be different from each other.
For example, Xiao Wei is a thousand-year-old fox demon with profound moral principles. Her clothes tend to be more glamorous. But Xiao Wei is a young monster, similar to young people in human society. She is full of energy and lively, so her clothes should be youthful. For the same reason, Pei Rong’s clothing should be dignified Atmosphere..."
Yuan Kong, Xiao Wei played by Mr. Zhou is very beautiful. Those two years were the peak of her appearance. Her whole person exudes a youthful atmosphere, and her makeup is close to cold white. The skin is amazing to look at. This is also what many people think of Mr. Zhou. The reason why I can't forget it.
In "Painted Skin 2", the costumes were obviously more sophisticated, but they didn't look as beautiful as in the first one. I don't know if it was because they were past the peak of their appearance or because their makeup had changed. Yes.
"Yes, The armor must also be beautiful, and you don’t have to be too particular about this~”
The real Ming Dynasty military clothing, whether it is the fiery red mandarin duck battle coat or chain mail, is very bloated and ugly. If you really want to pay attention to it, Then there is no way to watch it.
"Have you watched "The Story of the Qin Dynasty"? I think Xiang Shaolong's costume design in it is quite distinctive. You can try to find inspiration~"
"The Story of the Qin Dynasty" is TVB's Taiwanese celebration drama. It is a rare conscience drama from TVB.
In the past on TVB, the costumes were worn by each crew in turn. There was never any design and they were not rigorous.
We often see soldier costumes with the word "pawn" on the back, appearing on film crews of all eras.
Qing Dynasty dramas wear this, Ming Dynasty dramas also wear this, Song Dynasty dramas still wear this~
TVB never pays attention to these details and is not very particular about them.
However, "Looking for Qin" is an exception. Xiang Shaolong's clothes in the Zhao Kingdom were completely different from those in the Qin Kingdom. Zhang Chen clearly remembered that Xiang Shaolong's leather armor-like design was very handsome.
That was the effect he wanted.
"Okay, I will publish a version in the next two days, and I will let you take a look at it then."
The director gave a topic composition, and Zhang Shuping must complete it.
Huang Xiaoming didn't know what he was thinking of, so he raised his hand and asked: "I'm a little curious, since the prequel is the beginning of the story, why not start filming from the prequel?"
Zhang Chen shrugged: "Because of "Painted Skin" The story is more well-known. Only if "Painted Skin" is successful can the sequel project be launched~
If a prequel is made as soon as it is launched, the story will not be well-known at all and it will be easily blocked. ”
< br>There is one sentence Zhang Chen didn’t say.
The first part of the "Painted Skin" trilogy is definitely a style-defining one.
If it succeeds, it means that this style can be accepted by the audience, then the next sequel will be shot in this style.
If it fails, it means that the style or IP does not have the ability to monetize, and there will probably be no sequel.
For all the movies in the world, no matter how much money they claim to lose or how miserable they are, as long as they can make a sequel, at least it means that their predecessor made money.
At this time, Zhang Jin, who had not spoken much, finally got the opportunity: "Director Zhang, how should I play Pang Yong?"
Pang Yong is the monster hunter.
Because the monster catcher didn't even have a name, Zhang Chen simply named him Pang Yong.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen patted him on the shoulder: "Catching monsters is the easiest among them. You just need to make them look good. Yuan Baye is an expert in this aspect.
"Painted Skin" The reason why I dare to claim to be a blockbuster is because of the final battle between the demon hunter and the fox demon.
The investment of 90 million in this movie, 50 million in special effects and fighting, must not go wrong. By the way, Mr. Yuan Ba, let me take this opportunity to tell you about martial arts style~"
For martial arts, the first person Zhang Chen wanted to find was Yuan Bin. Without him, Zhang Chen especially liked the "Green Snake" directed by him.
Dawei Tianlong~
Zhang Chen often said this when he himself was slaying demons and monsters.
Unfortunately, Yuan Bin is one of the Seven Little Fortunes and is Hong Jinbao's junior brother. If Zhang Chen asks for him, he may not come.
Later, Zhang Chen simply went to Yuan Baye without asking.
After "The Matrix", Yuan Baye is known as the number one martial arts expert in Hong Kong. Of course, the price is also the most expensive.
But his qualifications are there, and he has Hollywood works beside him.
Zhang Chen thought for a while: "Is there any way to make it in the style of "Green Snake" or "New Dragon Inn"~"
Zhang Chen has always been a fan of domestic martial arts films. I think "New Dragon Inn" is a benchmark.
Today’s martial arts movies emphasize Wia and explosions, but they are not as good-looking as those in "New Dragon Inn" and "Green Snake".
In fact, looking back now, in films such as "Green Snake" and "New Dragon Gate Inn", their methods are very simple.
The first is quick release.
Usually the rhythm of the movements is normal, but when it comes to martial arts scenes, the movements are fast, giving people a feeling of fast and dizzying movements.
Then there are the martial arts special effects.
The martial arts special effects are actually quite low, after all, they are limited by the times.
"Green Snake" is about lifting a pavilion with bare hands, while "New Dragon Gate Inn" is about splitting objects and even people into pieces with just one knife.
At that time, all special effects were done using local techniques. The props were disassembled in advance and sprinkled with power powder. When the staff pulled the wire during the actual shooting, the props fell apart and the power powder flew everywhere, giving people the illusion of unlimited power.
Lifting the gazebo with bare hands is just a matter of replacing small props such as tables and stools with the gazebo.
(End of this chapter)