Chapter 458 The Beginning of Heavy Industry Movies
As for domestic social platforms, public opinion is actually quite uneasy about this.
As soon as the news came out, some people expressed concern.
The cost of new films is too high.
The last movie "Your Name" was announced to be 150 million RMB, which is just over 20 million US dollars.
Now it has risen so much all of a sudden.
Everyone is worried that the movie will not be able to recover its cost.
“With a cost of US$180 million, if we want to break even, it would have to be more than US$540 million. In other words, we need at least another “Taken”.”
“Xiao Chen Do you want to work so hard? It feels too dangerous.”
“It’s hard to find a great Hollywood director in China, so let’s play it safe.”
"The worries upstairs are too unfounded. Brother Feng has never had a failure record so far."
"That is, blockbusters are good. Only when you have made blockbusters can you be considered a real Hollywood director. This You have to take every step. If you don’t take advantage of the peak period of creation, how long will you have to wait?”
“ Chen Linfeng can't calculate it clearly than we do, so it will definitely be fine."
"Just blow it. If something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret it."
"I still think it's time to take it easy. It’s better to increase the cost, and don’t do it so big right from the start. I think Xiao Chen is a little over the top.”
"..."
The two parties have serious differences of opinion and are quarreling fiercely online.
Even the film and television section once reduced the number of posts commenting on the top 100 classics in film history.
Of course, netizens still like to rank and compete.
Just like the eternal debate between famous historical figures in the historical area, the discussion in the animation area about whose wife is more fragrant, and the debate over who is Jerusalem in the 3D area.
This type of discussion is still what everyone likes the most.
Since the selection of the Top 100 Classics in Film History began, such debates cannot stop.
After the temporary popularity of "Inception" is over, it will probably give way to this eternal topic.
Chen Linfeng did not pay attention to the doubts and discussions from the outside world. He was still working hard on the preparations for the movie.
In addition to the construction of the studio, he also communicated with Xu Jian and David about special effects issues.
There are more than 800 special effects shots in "Inception", which is about 300 more than the previous Nolan version.
Before shooting begins, special effects communication must be done.
The art style of special effects and the specific effects to be achieved, including some scenes built in the studio, must be matched with the special effects in the later stage.
Various and complex content.
These communications run through the entire preparation, shooting and post-production of the film.
Chen Linfeng's team members have increased a lot.
For a blockbuster movie, the focus is not just on shooting, the director is more like a manager.
Keep an eye on the progress of various projects, ensure that all lines operate in parallel, and communicate with various teams to achieve the results you want.
He gained a deeper understanding of what later generations would call "heavy industry movies."
For "Inception", a company with the manpower and technology, and a company that has no relevant experience, will definitely not be able to do it alone.
Chen Linfeng not only attracted relevant personnel from Summit Entertainment, but Disney and Universal also supported many people.
These two companies are one of the investors and producers of "Inception" in the beautiful country.
At any rate, Chen Linfeng came into contact with other major Hollywood companies.
In fact, there has always been a voice in Hollywood that "chen should not be exclusive to Disney."
Many film companies are committed to exploiting corners.
This time Universal Company was successful.
That’s too far.
Not only foreign professionals have joined, but China Film and Television has also made a lot of efforts, recruiting people from other film and television companies to help.
As for the industrialization of film, Han Shanping has been sparing no effort to push the country forward.
Chen Linfeng is also willing to increase the competitiveness of the entire industry and has admitted many people.
Even in the middle of this month, Chen Linfeng was meeting with many directors to discuss the selection of the top 100 classics.
Many directors heard about the relevant news and asked to join and provide advice.
He immediately thought of the later "The Wandering Earth". When Director Guo Fan talked about some inside information about the filming process of the film, he mentioned that many directors contributed to the project.
It seems that although things happened a few years earlier, the people are still the same.
When Chen Linfeng was inspecting the film and television base and the special effects company, Jiang Wen, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Ning Hao, Cheng Er and others were with him.
Chen Kaige also helped point out some shortcomings in art, Feng Xiaogang and Ning Hao helped adjust the scenery and furnishings, and Jiang Wen polished the lines and strived for excellence.
Everyone is very energetic.
After some time, directors came to visit the film and television base one after another, and then helped out for a few days.
It is estimated that these people will come again during the subsequent filming process.
At the end of April, the preliminary preparations for "Inception" were basically completed.
It’s almost time to gather the actors and creators and prepare to start filming.
......
"Leonardo is coming to China to film!"
Since Kirin Company announced the starring list, many media reporters have been staring at "Inception" Space" production team.
They knew that the crew had built many scenes in the studio of Huaying's film and television base.
Many domestic directors hang out here from time to time, but they can't escape the eyes of reporters. Therefore, later on, the media was basically certain that a lot of the filming of Chen Linfeng's movie should have taken place in China.
Then it is logical to conclude that many of these international stars are coming to China.
These reporters paid close attention to the flight situation in Yanjing, and eventually blocked Leonardo, Keanu and other people.
Both of these two are famous in China, and they belong to the type of Hollywood stars that Chinese people are most familiar with.
The entire airport was surrounded by media reporters and fans who came after hearing the news.
It took several hours for several actors to escape.
Chen Linfeng and other creative staff who had already arrived greeted them in front of a hotel at the film and television base.
"Keanu, Leo, welcome."
Leonardo hugged him directly, "Chen, cc, long time no see."
"Oh, the movie fans in China are so enthusiastic. I almost thought people from all over the world came to this airport." Keanu Reeves complained.
"Haha, you two are so famous here."
Chen Linfeng hugged the two of them respectively, while Liu Qianqian stood there smiling and waving hello to them.
"Chen, I watched "Your Name". It's a very cool movie." Leonardo was very impressed.
“Yes, it has topped the box office for two consecutive weeks. Emily Kendall fans can’t live without your movie.” Keanu Reeves echoed.
Chen Linfeng said with a smile, "Yeah, this is really a surprise."
He has received the box office information from Beautiful Country, with a box office of more than 30 million in 10 days, and the final total box office in North America should be Over $60 million.
What is more surprising is that Meiliguo has not had any strong opponents in the past two weeks, but it actually allowed him to win two box office championships.
"Your Name" in Emily Kendall is probably similar to a movie of the same nature as "Space Traveler".
Excellent love movies from abroad have a good reputation, but not many people go to the cinema to watch them.
The performance in the disc market should be very good in the future.
This film, based on the agreement signed between China and Ailiken, tried to adopt a share-sharing model instead of a buyout.
With a box office of at least 60 million U.S. dollars, the profit sharing will definitely be greater than the buyout.
The above hopes to use this to allow more Chinese films to go global.
In fact, this node is a good opportunity.
China's public strength has just climbed to second place, and the United States doesn't care that much yet.
Catch up with the fact that Hollywood is eager to enter the Chinese market, so it has made a lot of concessions.
When "Your Name" was released in the beautiful country, the number of premiere venues exceeded 600. After the first week's box office was released, the number increased to 800.
Although the number is lower than that of "Hurricane Rescue" "This Hollywood movie is much worse.
But think about the later "The Wandering Earth", the number of screens it was released on was only 64. Even if the occupancy rate exceeded 90%, it still could not expand the screening.
In the end, it only got more than 2 million US dollars at the box office.
Compared with one, you will know how obvious the contrast is when the other party resists and does not resist.
What Chen Linfeng wants is to produce a few more purely Chinese films in the past few years and release them in North America.
It does not require a large scale of screening, as long as it can continue to make money and be seen by theaters in North America, it can make money.
In a few years, when China can produce several excellent works every year, there will be a channel left.
It's true that the general public opinion will be bad at that time, but if the theater chain thinks it can make money, it won't care too much.
As long as the upper management does not explicitly issue policies, the problem is not big.
At least in Chen Linfeng's impression, there seems to be no special policy provisions.
It’s more of an industry-wide boycott.
On May 2, the preliminary character concept drawings and final makeup photos of "Inception" were released.
Although Leonardo was no longer young, he still won the acclaim of the public.
“As expected of DiCaprio, he is still handsome.”
“Dream Stealer, what does this mean?”
“Those who have read the original work, I feel more and more like the male protagonist. It’s none other than Leonardo.”
“…”
Many people born in the 1970s are also participating in and paying attention to related news.
This is the youth of their generation.
Since Leonardo came to China, the several preliminary promotional activities he participated in have attracted great public attention.
It has almost become the biggest news point in the film and television industry.
Many domestic celebrities are trying their best to meet Leonardo, Keanu Reeves and others.
It almost feels like fans meeting their idols.
This made Chen Linfeng frown.
Before Leonardo came, he had heard the Chinese film market research report issued by the industry.
I know that this country is about to replace Neon and become the second largest vote bank in the world.
Therefore, he seemed very lovable when he was interviewed.
Not only did he express his love for China several times, he also specifically emphasized the huge influence of Chen and CC in Hollywood.
He even claimed that he agreed to take over the filming of "Inception" because of Chen's ability as an internationally renowned director.
Sometimes praising the outstanding figures of the other country can better attract the favor of the other country's citizens than saying unflattering words of love.
Leonardo also found the traffic password.
There is a bit of a glitch today, I sent it late
(End of this chapter)