Chapter 137 Opening a Mom and Pop Shop
A spaceship carefully built by the crew was parked in the studio.
This spaceship is very small, only as tall as a person. The crew had to use special photography techniques to make it look very big.
Tokusatsu technology is now widely used in Hollywood and Japan. Lucas's "Star Wars" was shot with tokusatsu technology, and Japan has been filming "Ultraman" for more than ten years. .
Special photography technology is also available in Hong Kong. Shaw Brothers' "Chinese Superman" and "The Orangutan King" were shot using special photography technology, although the shots looked like shit.
To put it bluntly, you have to be patient when it comes to tokusatsu. If you just want to make money by doing something like Shaw Brothers, it will definitely be rubbish.
In a few years, Shaw Brothers will cease production, and no one will continue to produce special films. It was not until after the millennium that the mainland produced an armored warrior.
How to do special photography? Of course Yang Ye was knowledgeable, but he had never practiced it, so he asked Haruki Kadokawa to hire two special photography personnel from Toei Company to assist in the shooting.
"Director, we are ready!" Special camera operator Noro Yoji reported to Yang Ye.
"Director, the simulated daylight has been debugged!" the lighting team reported to Yang Ye.
"Director, all the actors are in place!" On-set recorder Du Qifeng reported to Yang Ye.
Yang Ye sat behind the monitor and said: "OK, change the blue color temperature paper and start shooting."
The purpose of changing the blue color temperature paper is to render the picture blue at night. The blue moonlight helps depict night scenes and can enhance emotions such as sadness or mystery.
This is derived from a principle called the "Purkinje Effect".
The "Purkinje effect" means that under low illumination conditions, the human eye's maximum sensitivity to light moves toward the blue end of the color spectrum.
In short, in a dark environment, blue will become very bright, while red will become very dark.
This is why the chairs in the cinema are all red, because as soon as the lights go out, the red chairs disappear, and it cannot be replaced with another color.
"Scene 392 of "Alien", the first shot, the first shooting, Exxon!"
The staff controlled the alien spacecraft to land slowly, and Xiao Ming's family of four mouth, Jacky Cheung and Aaron Kwok, who play the brother's classmates, and Chen Long, who plays the man in black, appear one after another.
My brother and sister said goodbye to the little alien one by one. Finally, Xiao Ming and the alien said goodbye.
Oh, and dogs!
Finally, the little alien bid farewell to everyone and boarded the alien spacecraft. Before leaving, he took away a pot of plants given to him by his sister!
This scene was filmed for a whole day before Yang Ye announced that it was over.
"Okay, all the actors' scenes have been completed. There will be a wrapping party tomorrow, so remember to come. If there are reshoots, I will notify you separately!"
Only the actors' scenes have been completed. That’s all, there are still some special shots to be shot next.
Of course, there is also post-production.
The staff cheered and packed up their things and dispersed. Chen Sisi smiled and asked: "Director, when will our movie be released?"
Yang Ye said: "It will be in August, during the summer vacation. Not scheduled!"
Chen Long said: "It seems that the Xu brothers' movie is also scheduled for August?"
Yang Ye said: "Ignore him. You will go to Nanyang to do some movie promotion work recently. , a trip to Japan is all money!”
Chen Long said: "Sister Meng has already contacted the film company there. I will leave next week!"
"ET" had a box office of 16.74 million in Hong Kong in 1983, ranking fourth in the year.
Second only to Xu Guanjie's "The Best Partner 2", Hong Jingbao's "Five Lucky Stars", and Chen Long's "Plan A".
These three films are all phenomenal films that can be recorded in the history of Hong Kong films. If ET can compete with them on the same stage, it may be more impressive.
Now, ET has become a purely local Hong Kong film. We can only wait and see how powerful it will be.
Xu Guanwen finally decided to let the new film be released in Jiahe theaters, because the new script he tinkered with was too closely related to Jiahe.
The script is called "The Contract of Sale". It tells the story of the male protagonist Xue Zhiwen, who was a trainee in the TV training class of Rat TV. He once signed a blank eight-year contract. Because he rarely had the opportunity to appear on the screen, he repeatedly wanted to change jobs.
By chance, Zhiwen worked as a program host at a neighboring station. Due to his outstanding performance, he was greatly appreciated by the manager and wanted to sign a contract with him. Zhiwen had a contract with Rat TV, so he had to decline. Zhiwen failed to negotiate with the manager of Rat Terrace to terminate the contract, so he conspired with his brother Zhiying to steal the contract...
This step on the horse mirrors the fact that Zou Wenhuai wanted to leave Shaw Brothers and persuaded Wang Yu to steal the contract.
Although he didn't say anything to Xu Guanwen, Yang Ye didn't take it to heart. Although Xu Guanwen was outstanding, he was very slow in releasing films because he wanted to come up with jokes. Last year, he didn't have any films released.
After this year's "The Pledge of Allegiance", he will have to wait until 1981 to release the "Modern Bodyguard".
So there is no such thing as Xu Guanwen in Jiahe in recent years.
Furthermore, the last time Yang Ye asked people to come over with empty words, he was actually a bit sincere.
Yang Ye gave Chen Long and Hong Jingbao a lot of benefits, but gave Xu Guanwen nothing.
So, Yang Ye was wondering, since Xu Guanwen was so slow in thinking about the book, should he get some scripts that could make him rich and hook him directly?
There are a lot of funny comedies in later generations, right?
Unfortunately, it is not easy to fit Xu Guanwen's image.
For example, if you put Zhou Xingchi's script on Xu Guanwen and let him film it, it would definitely not work.
The person whose image in later generations is more consistent with Xu Guanwen's is Xu Zheng, but Xu Zheng's movies are not as funny as Xu Guanwen's at all, and it's a bit shameless to show them.
The most suitable movie for Xu Zheng to be filmed now is "囧". The three brothers Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanjie and Xu Guanying play the roles of Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang.
However, the most important prop in the movie, the mobile phone... is not available now. Yang Ye was thinking...if that doesn't work, take out Xu Guanwen's 1981 "Modern Bodyguard" now and give it to Xu Guanwen to film?
This movie is a box office miracle!
Use Xu Guanwen’s stuff to trick Xu Guanwen?
It seems interesting!
...
While having dinner with Deng Lijun in the evening, Yang Ye was still thinking about this matter.
Deng Lijun saw Yang Ye's absent-minded look and said unhappily: "Which little sister are you thinking about again?"
Yang Ye came back to his senses and said: "Dear little sister!"< br>
“Bah, you stinky gangster!”
"Haha, I was just thinking about the movie and got distracted. I'm sorry."
Seeing Yang Ye's apology, Lijun Teng stopped being angry and said: "Your "Alien" seems to Have you been preparing for it a few years ago?”
“Yes, you started designing the image of the alien and writing the script three years ago.”
“You can make a movie. It takes a long time. In Taiwan, everyone just shoots a story and finishes it in a month or two. "
"Hong Kong is also very fast. Shaw Brothers can shoot dozens of movies a year. Movies. I am different from them. I have opened up the global market and can’t mess with my brand. I always strive for excellence.”
"To be honest, after watching your movie, I can't stand other people's movies at all."
When Lijun Teng said this, she had a look of appreciation on her face.
She really admires this man. He is talented in literature, martial arts, and extremely talented. He is also very powerful in that aspect. He can make her rise to the top every time.
The only drawback... is that it's too fussy.
That’s all, a man like him is destined not to belong to just one woman!
Deng Lijun thought to herself and asked: "I heard that you wrote a poem for Qingxia?"
"Ah?"
Yang Yexin said, what the hell is Qingxia doing? Why is this happening? What about speaking outside?
“Don’t deny it, I’ve seen it all...You look at me for a while, and look at the clouds for a while. I feel that you are far away when you look at me, and very close when you look at the clouds. What a beautiful poem Ah!"
"Uh...just a random limerick!"
"Hey, I know you're very talented, but there's no need to show off like this, right? You're just making random limericks. Do those poets still want to live? No, you have to write one for me too."
< br>Yang Ye spread his hands: "You can't just write it, right?"
Deng Lijun snorted: "If you love me, you can write it, otherwise you don't love me!"
< br>"Um..." Yang Yexin said, where can I get a suitable poem at this moment? He thought for a while and said, "You are a singer, can I write a song for you?"
"Write a song, that's fine too!"
"Eat first, let me think about it!"
Deng Lijun ate with great interest while looking at Yang Ye, wondering what kind of song he would write.
There are too many good songs and they have to be relevant. Yang Ye thought about it for a while and pretended to write and draw on a piece of paper for a while.
I called the waiter and said a few words to him. The waiter nodded and immediately went to say a few words to the female musician playing the piano in the restaurant.
The musician was very surprised and quickly nodded to Yang Ye and let the piano out.
Yang Ye walked over with a smile, signed her autograph, sat in front of the piano, installed a microphone, prepared, played and sang:
If I hadn’t met you, I would have been there Where
How are you living? Do you want to cherish life?
Maybe you know someone and live an ordinary life
I don’t know if there is love as sweet as honey.
Let time go by in a hurry, I only care about you
I am willing to be infected by your breath
How often can you get a close friend in life
It is not a pity to lose the power of life
So I beg you, don’t let me leave you
I can't feel any affection except for you...
...
Yang Ye sang a song "I Only Care About You" released by Deng Lijun in 1986 for Deng Lijun. Deng Lijun listened to it, and sure enough, Very happy.
Yang Ye came back after singing the song and asked: "Does it sound good?"
The lyrics of this song are like licking a dog, "Please, don't let me leave you" is sung. Deng Lijun was so happy that she hugged Yang Ye and kissed him on the face: "That sounds good!"
Yang Ye said: "We have to go, someone will come up and talk nonsense soon."
This is a high-end restaurant. Although there will not be crazy fans who will come up and go crazy, but they are exposed eating here, it is inevitable that there will be people Come and strike up a conversation.
The two returned home quickly, immediately closed the door and started fighting...
Deng Lijun felt so full today, full in all directions, she lay lazily in Yang Ye's arms and said: " My contract with Polygram is about to expire. Donghan asked me to renew it the day before yesterday."
Yang Ye said: "Don't renew it. I still have half a year until it expires. How about we open a mom-and-pop shop? ”
(End of this chapter)