Chapter 557 Peak Dialogue
Los Angeles, Disney headquarters.
Today is the preparatory meeting for "Infinite World 2".
This preparation meeting is not actually a problem in the preparation of the film, but rather a special introduction to Chen Linfeng's current preparation situation to gain his recognition.
In terms of plot, the second movie has changed a lot.
"Infinite World 1" is obviously a bit too hurrying, and a movie stuffs too many mission worlds.
In the beginning, they chose to finish all the films for their emotional consistency.
Although it took more than three hours to interpret the story as much as possible, the sense of haste in the two worlds in the middle is still somewhat obvious.
Of course, they don’t regret the choice made in the first part, and half of the shot was the wrong choice.
The $830 million box office has proven it all.
But with the new movie having the foundation for the previous work, there is no need to be so rushing in the plot, you can slow down.
In "Infinite World 2", we only plan to shoot one mission world.
Almost all members of the Zhongzhou team were killed, with only Zheng Zha remaining.
Obviously, the new movie is mainly Zheng Zha's adventure alone, telling the story of Zheng Zha finding resurrection props in the dark fairy tale world.
The tone of the whole movie is quite different from the previous work, and it is suitable for telling stories slowly.
Chen Linfeng and Brookheimer had already determined such a strategy during the communication process.
Disney, appreciates this.
This is easy to understand. The content of the entire novel series is limited. Of course, the more films the better, the more money you can make.
However, Chen Linfeng looked at the long-term plan made in the later stage of the script.
"It won't be like this afterwards, a mission world, a movie, right?"
Anthony Russell shrugged, "I'm not as good as you in the plot, Chen, you have to ask someone else."
Chen Linfeng looked at Jerry Brookheimer again.
Brookheimer said, "This is Disney's opinion, and you must listen to your opinions in detail."
Chen Linfeng shook his head, "I chose to shoot this time because the protagonist started from scratch alone, which would definitely be more difficult, so the description is more detailed and in line with the rules."
His novel is also like this, and when describing this plot, it is relatively detailed.
The next one is different. Some mission worlds do not have that much space.
"Let's watch it again. The plot arrangement should be based on the story. It is not appropriate to increase the duration in order to make a few more movies."
He carefully read the movie script in his hand, which was a version that he had changed many times.
In the previous version, some of the fairy tale characters' practices were a bit too explicit and he beaten back and corrected.
Chen Linfeng's view is that although it is a dark fairy tale world, it is best to give people a normal fairy tale feeling at the beginning.
The more abnormal it appears in routine, the more creepy it is.
Chen Linfeng looked at the new version and nodded with satisfaction.
"Dark Fairy Tale World" is a fairy tale hodgepodge that contains many fairy tale characters.
But there are two main things that really have more contact with Zheng Zha.
One is Little Red Riding Hood, so Zheng Zha understands the essence of this world.
The other is Snow White. In the queen's collection, there are props for Zheng Zha to be resurrected.
In fact, this resurrection prop is also the "Key of Death" in a Western fairy tale, namely "Bluebeard".
It was a blood-stained key that revealed the death of the Bluebearded wives, and had the metaphor of "seeing death", so they could pay the taboo price to resurrect the dead.
In "Infinite World", you can naturally use points plus redemption permissions.
It's a long way to go. Disney invited Lily Collins to play the role of Little Red Riding Hood.
(The hat is changed to red)
Snow White, as the most important backstory in the movie, chose Christine to play it.
Chen Linfeng looked at the photo of Lily Collins wearing a yellow cloak attached to the information. He did feel like Little Red Riding Hood, but he still felt funny.
"If I remember this picture correctly, it is a still from a live-action Snow White movie. Should she play Snow White?"
Anthony spread his hands and said, "There is no way, her status is still lower than that of Christine. You can't let Christine match her."
Yes, Europe and the United States also need to consider the issue of status.
Chen Linfeng nodded and expressed no objection.
In "Infinite World 2", Emma Watson and Benedict, important characters in the previous works, have all left due to death.
Therefore, Zheng Zha is the absolute protagonist in this work, and the heroine is the native in the mission world, that is, the character Snow White.
当然，她也是大反派。
Chen Linfeng looked at the casting results and felt that there was no big problem. They were quite suitable for the character, so he passed.
随后，选景、分镜头等内容，他也一一进行了确认。
The Russell brothers put in this area can be seen with the naked eye, and Chen Linfeng had no objection.
In fact, what he is most concerned about is this, which is the director's attentiveness.
The Russell brothers had just taken over and filmed Marvel's "Captain America 2", and he was worried that this would affect the preparations for "Infinite World".
Now it seems that the Russell Brothers attach more importance to the Infinity Series.
Yes, after all, it is a movie that made the two brothers really start their own business.
此后，导演阐述电影的整体设计，美术部门参与的看景、定景，摄影部门对拍摄手法、布光方式的研讨会，录音部门对录音条件的确认等前期筹备流程，陈麟风基本都在场。
6月的前半个月，他几乎都在忙这些事。
At the same time, the recording time of the exchange program that was originally determined to participate was also determined, on the 20th.
A program with many big shots participating in it is naturally spreading in Hollywood.
During this period, some people wanted to join because they were interested.
But at this point, the threshold for joining is already very high.
Chen Linfeng didn't hear anyone else joining.
I think those who are qualified don’t want to squeeze in, and those who are interested can’t squeeze in.
The program platform has been found, and NBC will be responsible for recording it at that time.
At the same time, media from other countries, such as domestic CCTV, UK, Neon and other countries, will broadcast.
The influence is different in an instant.
On the 18th, at his residence in Los Angeles, Chen Linfeng welcomed Fang Long and Zhang Yimou.
Both of them were invited to come to the show.
"Thank you brother Fang Long, you have finished traveling Europe and Asia, right?" Chen Linfeng greeted.
"It's not hard or hard, isn't it the same for the promotion and distribution."
Fang Long waved his hand with a smile. The movie is scheduled to be released on the 5th of next month. Now is the time for early publicity.
Liu Qianxi is still in the crew in China, but the scenes are basically over. In the next few days, she will directly promote it in the country.
Fang Long introduced his publicity situation in various places, which was to report to the producers.
Then he asked, "Are you sure about the program you mentioned now? Is there any change from what you said before?"
Zhang Yimou also looked over with concern. "I've confirmed that there are many changes, first of all, the program format.
The original arrangement was for everyone to talk together, but now two groups of people are separated, with the actors and the director and the director together. ”
"Ah?"
"It is said that because there are too many people, if you squeeze together, it is easy for everyone to say a few words, or only a few people are expressing their opinions, which is too poor.
Everyone’s intentions are still aimed at communicating with each other. If they can’t say a few words, it would be a bit over the horse, so I agreed with their adjustment. ”
"It's good that way. If I really talk to those directors, I guess I have nothing to say at that time."
Fang Long agreed. Although he had been a director, he obviously paid attention to the main part of the actors.
If this is about the meaning of the lens or the layout of the picture, he probably won't be able to interfere.
Zhang Yimou naturally would not have any objection.
On June 20, Chen Linfeng and Zhang Yimou walked into the recording site together.
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Nolan was already present at this time.
Nolan stepped forward and said hello, "Hey, Chen, your "Inception" was really wonderful. It seems that your work is suitable for you to shoot it yourself."
He was somewhat regretful, and he failed to obtain the copyright of the filming of the novel.
However, Chen's finished film was also good, so he felt relieved again.
Even though I have experienced it many times, Chen Linfeng still blushed in the face of the original author's flattery.
"No, I think if you were asked to take pictures, it would definitely be very exciting. I am very sure of this."
"Haha, I think so."
Although he failed to film "Inception", the science fiction work he has filmed in the past two years is not bad, and he also won more than 800 million US dollars in box office.
So Nolan was confident to say so.
He looked at Zhang Yimou on the side, "Is this zhang? I've seen your "Living", a very classic movie, worthy of being on par with "Sunset". "
This is the role of the "Century of Film and Television Classics". The top ten movies on the list are now quite famous in Aimeiken, and almost all senior movie fans have watched them.
Nolan, a person with extremely high reading volumes, is naturally no exception.
"Thank you." Zhang Yimou thanked in a concise manner.
Chen Linfeng interrupted, ""Living" was Director Zhang's early work. Now his direction is commercial movies. The "Battle of Song and Meng" he made before was also very good."
"Is it the epic war movie that fought against Mongolia?"
Nolan was a little excited, "I watched this movie, and the war scenes inside were so amazing."
He couldn't help but ask Zhang Yimou, "zhang, why did you arrange so many extras so well? It's incredible."
"Director Zhang is the chief director of the 2008 Chinese Olympic Games, and he has a very high level in this regard." Chen Linfeng continued to help explain.
Zhang Yimou felt a little embarrassed, "No, my team has helped me a lot."
Then he briefly explained his experience.
Nolan listened very seriously.
"Ha, have you started to communicate?" Spielberg laughed softly.
"Good evening, Mr. Spielberg." "Hello, Mr. Cameron."
"Hello, zhang."
Everyone greeted each other.
Nolan explained, "We were talking about Director Zhang's "The Battle of Song and Meng", and he was talking about how to arrange the extras."
"Oh, I've seen that movie, and it's really a good match for big scenes." Cameron said.
Spielberg nodded, "Yes, Zhang should be the best person among us in this regard. He showed it in the 2008 Olympics."
Since you have been sure to communicate with each other, it is appropriate to look at the other party’s works and understand the other party’s general experience.
But in fact, there is no need to know too deliberately. They are all famous experts in the industry and have known a lot of information before.
Especially in terms of representative works, they are all very well-known works, and motivated directors will watch them.
All the five people present were of countless movies.
Several people found a seat and started to communicate directly.
Chen Linfeng asked James Cameron about his experience in shooting 3D movies.
He was not stingy and came out as soon as he spoke.
Nolan then asked Chen how he created the story, and Chen Linfeng also expressed his experience.
Everyone had a lot of fun talking.
"Dear directors, we are going to enter."
At this time, the staff of the program team came over to remind him.
Chen Linfeng suddenly realized that it had been a long time since.
He was still a little unsatisfied, but in fact, this kind of private communication felt more effective.
Recording has begun in the studio at this time.
Host Jimmy Fallon said the opening remark.
There were many viewers sitting in the audience, all of whom were senior movie fans and most of them were fans of several directors.
Everyone is a very influential director around the world, and even Zhang Yimou has many fans in a beautiful country.
The program team just selected the qualifications to attend the event on the online platform where some movie fans gathered, and quickly gathered the number of people.
On the background of the entire stage, large stills of several directors' representative works are arranged.
Spielberg's "E.T. Alien" and "Jurassic Park";
James Cameron's Titanic and Avatar;
Chen Linfeng's "Inception" and "The Joker";
Nolan's "Dark Knight" series;
Zhang Yimou's "Living" and "The Battle of Song and Meng".
Host Jimmy quickly talked about the guests who came to the show.
With his introduction, several directors walked out from the bottom of their representative works on the background board one by one.
The applause rang like thunder.
On the stage, five people were in semicircular seats, and the host sat on the other side.
Jimmy's original hosting style was humorous, but in this show, he was obviously much more serious and followed the established process. After all, the protagonist was not him.
The topic still revolves around the movie.
"The first topic is to talk about what everyone is more interested in, that is, superheroes."
Jimmy obviously made sufficient preparations.
"Director Spiegelberg recently made a prediction that 'superhero movies will eventually decline like westerns', which has caused quite a discussion."
He glanced at Spielberg, made sure he had no objection, and continued, "What do you think of this point of view?"
"Chen, let's go first. "The Joker" just finished its release recently and won a super high box office of $1.2 billion. In a sense, this movie is a superhero movie.
Moreover, "The Joker" also experienced a wonderful showdown with "Iron Man 3", and both movies made huge profits.
Maybe you have a different opinion? ”
(This chapter ends)