Chapter 445 "Horror Cruise"
The next day, Zhang Chen met Jason in the hotel.
The two hugged: "Zhang, you finally arranged a serious role for me this time~"
Jason smiled happily.
He is indeed Zhang Chen's official male actor, but he is depressed that he will never die well every time. For this reason, he even complained at the premiere of "Silent Land".
"Lake Eden" was killed by a naughty child early~
"Hurricane Rescue" He is a villain, killed by the protagonist~
"Silent Land" was killed by monsters~
The only one who survived to the end was "Seeing the Devil", but the outcome was not good. My wife and her family were killed by the murderer and became a widower~
"It seems that you have a lot of opinions about me~"
The two laughed. After working together so many times, they have been friends for a long time. "Okay, let's talk about the main thing. Man, you must memorize the script as soon as possible. Our construction period this time is very tight, the shooting speed will be very fast, and you may work overtime appropriately, so I hope you don't lose the chain..." "I understand, don't worry." Jason made a muscle-flavor to show that he was fine.
"I have read the script, it's very exciting. Thank you for leaving such a good opportunity for me. I have to treat you to a drink another day~"
Jason said with a smile, he was really grateful.
The script of "Moon" is so exquisite, and it is a one-man show. The whole movie is almost done by him alone.
And he plays two roles alone, which is also a breakthrough for himself.
Jason himself felt that the movie "Moon" might have helped him more than "Pacific Rim".
Thinking about his acting career, Zhang Chen, a Chinese, played a crucial role.
When he first participated in "Two Big Blows" and "Stealing the Sky and Change the Sun", he had just entered the film industry and had no choice but to play whatever he asked him to play.
Later, he became famous in "Extraordinary Human Trafficking" and felt that he would develop in the field of action films.
Who knew that he would be a horror actor who participated in "Lake Eden" and "Seeing the Devil" later.
Especially "Seeing the Devil", it won a good box office, but after that they received similar characters.
Just when he thought he was fixed, Zhang Chen asked him to act in two science fiction films, one was a small-cost science fiction that won purely by storyline, and the other was a big-produced science fiction, which took the mainstream special effects route.
I believe that after these two movies are released next year, my acting career will be much wider.
Other European actors went to North America after they got into Europe and started from scratch.
Only he was different from others, he turned to Asia, and then became famous in Hollywood.
Zhang Chen is really his noble person!
Saying goodbye to Jason, Zhang Chen went to the studio again.
Zhang Chen said that the construction period will be very tight, but it is really very tight.
The purpose of "Moon" is to prove to others that it can make science fiction films, so it must be released as soon as possible.
Zhang Chen chose this video because it was easy to shoot. There were only two scenes in total, the lunar module and the mining car.
More than 95% of the scenes only need to be photographed in the shed, and all the outdoor scenes will not exceed two days.
The studio is located in Huairou's China Film Digital Shooting Base. It used to be the most complete studio shooting base in China, but now it is a bit too much to watch. The two studios built by Hengdian for "Pacific Rim" are ten streets here. After the Qingdao Film City is completed, it will be even worse here.
However, there is no problem dealing with the Moon.
When Zhang Chen arrived at the studio, a large number of people were busy in the studio.
Wu Shixian directed the workers to install the model and arrange the scene.
The computer will be officially turned on in two days, and everyone is undergoing the final inspection in the past two days.
"Director Zhang~"Just just commanded the workers to arrange the green screen, Wu Shixian turned around and saw Zhang Chen.
The latter nodded: "How is it? Are there any problems?"
"No problem, although there are too many things, they all went smoothly.
Space capsules, mining cars and spacecraft were just shipped today. I just checked it and it can be used normally~"
These models were made overnight by the physical special effects company, and the one responsible for producing the physical special effects company he established for "Pacific Rim".
"It's good that it goes well, then you can keep watching here. I have other things. If you have any questions, please contact me anytime~"
"You are busy~"
After leaving the shooting base, Zhang Chen looked at his watch and felt that the time was about the same, so he drove directly to a cafe near Sanyuan Bridge.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw the girl in sunglasses waving to him.
It's Li Lianhua~
"Here~"
Zhang Chen walked over and sat down: "I thought I came early enough, but I didn't expect you to be earlier~"
Li Lianhua took off her sunglasses: "That's sure, no matter what, you can't let the big director wait for us, what will it look like~"
Li Xue next to her also smiled.
"No, not~"
At this moment, the waiter leaned over with the menu: "Sir, what do you need to order?"
Looking at the other person's expression, he obviously recognized himself, but he abides by professional ethics and does not require taking photos or making sounds.
"Cappuccino~"
Zhang Chen ordered a casual drink, then took out the script from his bag and handed it to the opposite side. "This is the script. You can read it first, let's talk after reading it~" Li Lianhua's eyes couldn't hide her excitement, and she took the script and started to look.
She didn't flip it quickly, obviously looking very seriously.
It was just normal at the beginning, but my brows gradually frowned.
With this, Li Xue next to her picked up what she had seen and started looking at it. Gradually, her eyebrows were twisted together.
After a while, Li Lianhua finished reading it, but didn't say anything, but started to look at it again.
When I finished watching the second time, I looked at Zhang Chen.
The two sisters wanted to speak but stopped, Zhang Chen said first, "Do you don't understand?"
Li Lianhua admitted very poorly: "The middle part is okay, but I can't understand the character part~"
Li Xue also nodded beside her.
Zhang Chen smiled and said, "It is normal to not understand it. The plot of "Horror Cruise" is indeed a bit tangled."
Yes, what Zhang Chen gave them was "Horror Cruise".
At the celebration banquet, the Li Lianhua sisters openly took the team, and he must have made some statements.
Even if it is for others to show it, it must be expressed.
The movie project that was finally decided to give them was "Horror Cruise".
He wrote the script of "Horror Cruise" very early, but he has never filmed it because the movie was a loss in the original time and space.
The cost is $12 million, but the box office is only $1.35 million.
But the structure of this movie is very strange. Time and space reincarnation was hyped into a god on Douyin in later generations.
According to Zhang Chen's experience, such experimental movies may indeed fail at the box office, because the audience may not be able to understand them once.
This situation is actually very similar to "A Chinese Odyssey". The audience cannot understand it for the first time, which leads to a bad reputation.
If the reputation is not good, the box office is not good!
But such videos with different styles are likely to achieve good results in the video tape market. Especially for "Horror Cruise", there may be multiple interpretations, and once the interpretation is accepted, it will be a big hit in an instant.
So Zhang Chen considered making "Horror Cruise", but he had to be careful when publishing and could not use conventional routines.
He thought about it and released it on a small scale from the beginning, and arranged for people to conduct guided interpretations. When these interpretations aroused the curiosity of the audience, they expanded the release scale.
If it doesn't work, then release it decisively and only release DVDs and videotapes.
This will at least not pay too much.
Of course, Zhang Chen does not think he will lose money. The fact that this movie can be regarded as a classic in later generations shows that it is excellent.
As long as he can make people discover this excellence, the box office of the movie should be bad.
Zhang Chen began to explain the script to the two: "The story of "Horror Cruise", anyone will be confused for the first time.
The biggest doubt is, where is the starting point of the story?
Does it start from getting on the ship or killing another heroine at the end of the house?
Which heroine is the real heroine?
Is the heroine who finally rushed to the beach the one who started the film?
No mistakes, one poem, one post, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one read!
In the end, the heroine who got off the boat and went home and killed the heroine at home was the heroine at the beginning?
Even after watching it once, the audience who was a little slow to turn their minds didn't know if the heroine died in the middle at the beginning~
It doesn't matter, this is exactly the charm of this movie.
It is a brain-burning suspense film, and the real answer needs to be discovered by the audience.
The more you think about it, the more confused you become, and you can’t figure it out at all. This leads to many people willing to go to the cinema to brush for the second and third.
The narrative method of horror cruise ship is quite interesting. Such a nested small loop is very creative and the theme is also very novel.
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After saying so much, Zhang Chen still didn't explain the relationship between the heroines, but in fact, Zhang Chen himself couldn't explain it clearly.
Or it will be boring if you explain it clearly.
There must be no standard answer for this kind of film. "The narrative style of "Horror Cruise" is quite interesting. It seems that no movie has ever done this in such a dead loop." There are little stars in Li Lianhua's eyes.
Her sister Li Xue should be more rational: "But you do this, aren't you afraid that the audience can't understand it? They can't even understand it. How could the box office of the movie be good~"
"So when the movie is released, people need to pretend to be the audience to interpret the movie...
You don't understand it, but I understand it~
No need to spoil it, just one or two possibilities are needed to make the audience suddenly realize it.
The price is that either the movie has a shattered reputation, or the audience will collectively brush it two or three~"
"What?"
The two sisters were stunned.
Can you still operate like this?
"You think about it~"
Zhang Chen handed over the choice to the other party, but his attitude was also very obvious.
I have provided the script, don’t say I have no reward, but if you don’t like it, it’s not my problem.
The two of them had some confusion on their faces, and Zhang Chen started drinking coffee without looking at them.
Li Xue glanced at her sister: "Sorry, I'll go to the bathroom~"
Li Lianhua immediately understood and said, "I'll go together too."
Zhang Chen nodded, moved out of the position, and signaled the two to defecate.
The Li sisters obviously went to discuss it.
Return after a while.
"Are you discussing?"
"Yes~"
The two sisters looked at each other, but their sister Li Xue said: "We accept it, and we have to thank Director Zhang for tailoring the heroine drama for his sister. It is such a rare theme..."
It seems that the two are not blind.
The most recognized actress is the actress.
The heroine drama, so far, only Xingchen Entertainment has done the best in China.
It just so happens that "Horror Cruise" is the heroine drama.
So far, several heroine dramas produced by Star Entertainment have all become popular without exception.
"Okay, since there is no problem, then you guys go back and prepare early. I still have a movie in hand. After finishing this, I will make this "Horror Cruise"~"
Li Lianhua was surprised: "Director Zhang personally directed?"
Zhang Chen rolled his eyes: "What are you thinking? Of course it can't be me, but Wu Shixian, my current assistant director. I plan to let him direct this drama..."
Hearing this, Li Lianhua's eyes were visible to the naked eye.
My sister Li Xue hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "It's okay, even if it's not director Zhang, as long as it's a project handled by director Zhang, there will be no problem with the quality."
Zhang Chen also felt that what he said just now was too arrogant, and said without saying anything: "How do you feel when you leave Huayi and build your own studio?"
When talking about this, the two sisters showed a hint of relaxation on their faces.
Zhang Chen immediately reacted and smiled: "I understand, I understand~"
Huayi's reputation is really bad in the circle.
Many companies don't like them, not because of anything else, just because they don't know how to cover up.
Almost every female star in Huayi has had scandals with Wang Zhonglei, and every time it is a scandal, the resources become particularly good.
Inside the company, the two kings also played the imperial mind and introduced the "one brother and one sister" system in order to allow celebrities to compete with each other.
Li Xiaowan publicly cursed: It looks like a brothel in the old society~
Haha, isn't it just a brothel?
The first brother and the other sister?
Isn’t this the top card in the old era?
In addition, there is also the famous public relations department, and Huo Siyan is the representative of it.
The role of the public relations department is well known to everyone~
The main focus is on a social attribute, which can be used for both self-use and gifted.
The Wang brothers also have their own set of ways to treat their female stars.
It is a test to eat and drink and tell dirty jokes through the alcohol.
It’s okay to have a dirty joke, so let’s go one step further, touch and hug, can you turn your back?
If you don’t turn your back, it means you are a sensible person and know the importance of it. Then you can communicate further and easily win.
False?
Haha, it's okay.
If you drink too much, forgive me.
Then you will find that various resources have dropped sharply, and you are not clearly banned, but you are not given resources.
Until you take the initiative to kneel down and ask for tooth decay.
In fact, other families are similar, but the degree is different.
Otherwise, Wu Zhanlang would not say that good girls should not enter the entertainment industry, you will be polluted.
Yang Xiaomi, who had been wet with the rain, thought of holding an umbrella for others. If I win the bet, the company will not let female artists participate in the wine party anymore.
All of them are experienced and understandable~
(The end of this chapter)