Entertainment, I just like making movies

July 8th.

Outside a public hospital in Bangkok, southern Thailand.

In front of the monitor, Fang Ziheng was sitting on the director's chair, wearing a military green trench coat and dressing up as the genius 'Qin Feng'.

Next to him, Wen Muye and Liu Liang sat on the left and right. From time to time, the two communicated through the intercom with the other two assistant directors who entered the hospital in advance to set up arrangements.

Ten minutes later, Fang Ziheng finished checking all the shots, stood up and waved: "OK, let's transition to the hospital and go upstairs!"

"Change, turn!"

"Everyone, get moving, pack up your equipment, don't leave anything behind."

"The actors go up first. Assistant Director Hao and the others are ready upstairs. Once they are in place, they will quickly rehearse their positions."

With an order, a large group of people packed up their equipment and walked into the hospital gate noisily.

The hospital has sent a dedicated person to contact the crew and welcomes international friends to come and film the movie.

Upstairs in the hospital, there were many heads lying in front of the windows. They looked at the group of uninvited guests downstairs with interest.

Southern Thailand is a tourist destination. It receives countless foreign tourists every year. Several public hospitals often rent out venues to film crews from various countries. I was not too surprised by the arrival of the "Tang Detective" crew.

These days, Fang Ziheng is paying attention to domestic news while filming.

With the release of "Transformers 2", this year's summer season has officially kicked off.

Since its release on June 24, "Transformers 2" has been widely promoted, knocking out several low-budget movies, and even the scum was left behind.

34 million on the first day, 160 million in the first five days of the week, and another 140 million in the second week.

After 12 days of release, the total box office of "Transformers 2" reached 300 million, setting a domestic record for the fastest box office to exceed 300 million.

12 days!

Three hundred million!

The extremely dazzling data completely shocked the entertainment industry.

Throughout the summer, no movie can stop the strong pace of "Transformers 2".

The media clamored for the cry of wolf. Under the leadership of thoughtful people, they divided into two camps to lead the popularity and topics on the Internet.

A certain section of the media has gone out of its way to denigrate domestic films, and follow a group of experts and professors to talk nonsense and point out what to do with domestic films!

There are also some media outlets that have failed, which are the work of several major Chinese film companies. They are more rational, analyze the gap between domestic films and Hollywood from multiple angles, and call on higher authorities to strengthen the protection and support of domestic films.

The content of Fang Ziheng's conversation with Chen Yu and Zhao Chang'an on the plane became a weapon and leverage for several major movie giants.

Starting from co-productions, standing on the high ground of justice, we first put shackles on the imported Hollywood movies, limiting their number and release time.

During the summer season, we must enter the Domestic Film Protection Month!

Hua Yi Wang Zhongjun danced the most happily. While praising Fang Ziheng's views and opinions on the co-production, this guy proudly said that his company's "The King of Kung Fu" was one of the benchmarks.

Wang Zhongjun called on colleagues in the industry to use the investment and cast of "The King of Kung Fu" as filming standards, otherwise it will not be considered a co-production.

Not to mention, Wang Zhongjun's move played into the hands of his superiors. At the literary symposium a few days ago, the leader praised Hua Yi by name.

Wang Zhongjun smiled happily and called Fang Ziheng personally to ask him when he would return to China and if he still needed financial help.

Huayi is about to go public. After the box office bombing of "Transformers 2" and Wang Zhongjun took the opportunity to promote it, the secondary market is increasing instead of falling, and the momentum is great.

In addition, Wang Changtian and Yu Dong also began to prepare for the listing. They secretly watched Wang Zhongjun's performance while waiting for the results of Huayi after its listing.

A "Transformers" stirred up the undercurrent of the entire entertainment industry!

The seventh floor of the hospital.

Fang Ziheng held a small speaker and carefully inspected the entire set.

"Are all the extras in place?"

"We're in place. All the extras have rehearsed several times in advance."

"The lights, circuits, and elevators must be on time and in good time, and let the props department and actors audition several times."

"Understood, director!"

Hao Yi, one of the assistant directors who went upstairs to arrange the arrangements in advance, looked serious and stood behind Fang Ziheng while reporting.

In addition to being the deputy director of "Tang Detective", he is also the film's art designer. According to the requirements of director Fang Ziheng, he strives to create a sudden and absurd scene under strict plot logic.

Today's scene in the hospital is the core and soul of the entire movie "Detective Chinatown", and it is also the biggest comedy point in the movie.

Their assistant directors had to be cautious and cautious.

After checking all the details, Fang Ziheng patted Hao Yi on the shoulder and expressed his satisfaction.

After a few more glances, he turned on the small speaker and loudly said: "Report the situation from each department!"

"The props are in place!"

"Photography in place!"

"The extras are in place!"

"Report, the actors are still rehearsing and it still takes time."

"Prepare for the last twenty minutes!"

Fang Ziheng gave instructions and came to the makeup artist to see if she needed to touch up her makeup.

As soon as he sat down, he saw Hao Yi frowning behind the mirror and looking at the lights on the hospital ceiling from time to time.

"Old Hao, what's wrong with you?"

"Director Fang, the circuits and elevators are easy to handle. As long as the starring actors appear at the right time, the three-way lens differentiation can be perfectly achieved. I'm just worried about the lighting!"

"What's wrong with the lights?"

Fang Ziheng waved the makeup artist to stop, twisted his stool and turned to look at Hao Yi.

"Director Fang, look."

Hao Yi pointed to the chandelier outside the elevator and said hesitantly: "According to the plot design, in the sight of the Tang Detective duo, the police passed by the elevator, the elevator door opened, and the three robbers walked out of the elevator on time and arrived at the seventh floor.

The police noticed something strange and came back to question the three robbers, which triggered a fight between the police and the robbers.

The problem now is that after the Tang Detective duo blocks the circuit, the scene will be dark. Not only will shooting and lighting be more difficult, but the sightlines of the leading actors and extras will also be affected.

In this way, the fight and panic caused will be infinitely magnified, and the comedy will be greatly reduced in terms of visual effects! "

After saying that, Hao Yi Ding looked at Fang Ziheng, expecting him to have a solution.

He has thought of several methods these days, but has achieved very little, and none of them can perfectly reflect the comedy effect required by the plot.

Fang Ziheng looked calm and smiled faintly: "Old Hao, the fact that you can think of this question shows that you have deeply studied the art scene."

Hao Yi is right to worry. In a dark scene, the police and criminals are fighting, bullets are flying, and flames are puffing out. No matter how you look at this scene, there is no comedy.

Even if the three parties appear together by coincidence in the plot, the contrasting cuteness and comedy will be eliminated in the dark night and gun battles, and the comedy effect will immediately disappear.

"Director Fang, what can you do?" Hao Yi asked softly with expectation in his eyes.

Fang Ziheng turned around, raised his hand and drew two circles on his head, and said leisurely: "Don't worry, these sets of shots will be post-processed, and they will all be set to slow-motion shots!"

"Slow motion?"

Hao Yi murmured to himself, thoughtfully.

As he thought about it, his eyes lit up and his whole body was beaming with joy.

yes!

As long as the camera is slowed down, the excitement and panic during the battle between police and criminals can be reduced.

Not only that, the slow motion of the camera can retain the comic color it caused before, and even make the scene more absurd.

Damn it

Why didn't I think of using this method?

The more he thought about it, the more Hao Yi felt that this method was feasible!

Fang Ziheng looked at the excited Senior Brother Hao behind the mirror and couldn't help but laugh secretly.

Where is this?

When he played the song "The Past Can Only Be Reminisced" on the spot, the actors performed along with the music in the dark.

That's the real comedy effect!