rising director

"Ten days of 4800 million, the crazy racer is running towards the box office of [-] million!"

"Group brilliance of comedians!"

Either spend money to buy likes, or spontaneously comment, in short, "Crazy Racing" became popular, completely popular.

On July 7, Zhang Yimou's blockbuster "House of Flying Daggers" was released, but it failed to extinguish the fire. It seemed to be a top box office hit, with 16 million in the third full week and 2100 million in the fourth full week.The fifth full week was 1700 million, and the box office was grabbed for two consecutive months before the painting was officially released.

At this time, the final box office was 1.001 million yuan, and Ning Hao became the director of "Life and Death" Yu Benzheng.After Wan Xiaohu and Zhang Yimou, he is the fourth director in the mainland with a single movie with a box office of over [-] million.

"This is the best era for the first generation of directors!" At the end of August, after the 10th National Film Huabiao Awards Ceremony, the media reported so.

Because of the Huabiao Award, Wan Xiaohu became the biggest winner of the Huabiao Award with "The Wind".

Won the Excellent Feature Film Award (tied with the film), the Excellent Director Award (tied with Zheng Dongtian), the Excellent Actress Award (Zhou Xun), the Excellent Film Actress Newcomer Award (Li Bingbing), the Excellent Film Technology Award, and the Outstanding Producer Award (Wan Xiaohu) and Market Development Award seven awards.

Huabiao Award as a government award.Naturally, it is the government's recognition and rewards for filmmakers. Wan Xiaohu is so popular, and his nickname is added with the title of "Wan Representative", which means that Wan Xiaohu is the government's representative in the film industry. So well shot.I don't think it means the government is having a hard time.

Not long after winning the Huabiao Award, the special effects work for "Wanted" was also completed.

The publicity period has officially arrived.

The publicity in North America is done by Paramount, including editing trailers. In Asia, the publicity work is done by Golden Harvest, Dandelion, Film Group, Huayi Brothers, and Universal Films. There are no giant film companies in Asia yet. The market cannot be swallowed by one family.

gather together.Strive to open up the market and earn more.

Not long after the Huabiao Awards ended, the 13th Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival opened in Yinchuan on September 9. There were only three days before the awards ceremony was held on September 16.The awards ceremony this time includes the 9th Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Films and the 19th Golden Rooster Awards for National Films.

Different from previous years, this year's Hundred Flowers Awards has changed. Instead of purchasing magazine return votes, mobile voting is used, and the deadline is on the night of the awards ceremony.That is to say, the suspense is kept until the party, instead of being announced early.

At this awards ceremony, the loudest voice was naturally "The Wind".

Wan Xiaohu also specially edited and produced "Wanted Warrant" to shoot a documentary to participate in this film festival for publicity.

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A film festival is a great place to party.

Wan Xiaohu enjoys the scenery of every film festival, and the rare female stars come here.Then you can hook up, exchange phone numbers or something, make an appointment for a chance to cooperate, and so on.

On the afternoon of September 9, the multi-purpose hall of Yinchuan University was overcrowded.

The documentary filming of "Wanted" will be staged here as the first wave of publicity.

Since it is a documentary, the final exchange must be indispensable. For this reason, Wan Xiaohu invited Feng Xiaogang to have a dialogue with business masters, just like Zhang Yimou invited him to have a dialogue in "Heroes" back then.This is a customary rule.

"I shouldn't be here today. I'm here to humiliate you." Feng Xiaogang yelled at the backstage preparation room of Yinchuan University, "I've been shooting New Year's Eve files for so many years, but you and Zhang Yimou stole the limelight. Today It’s very awkward to come here to talk about your blockbuster.”

Wan Xiaohu said with a smile: "Mr. Feng, you are a senior. You developed it after the New Year. We can stand out from the blue with your light. When you are old enough to talk, teach me a lesson."

"When I hear what you say, I feel weird, don't you, you, you, I don't dare to be your teacher, we are equals, you call me Lao Feng, I call you Xiaohu, that's it. You Don't be vague, if you are vague, I will turn around and leave." Feng Xiaogang continued to bluff.

But the attitude is not fake, if Wan Xiaohu calls him Lao Feng, he will be anxious with you.

In the end, Wan Xiaohu couldn't help it, so he had to call Lao Feng.

"That's right. I, Feng Xiaogang, am not some high-class director. Old Feng sounds comfortable to me."

"But I screamed awkwardly, it didn't show my modesty." Wan Xiaohu laughed, every time the Golden Rooster Award came, Feng Xiaogang would get upset.

The Golden Rooster Awards don't want to see this non-academic director who jumped out of nowhere. Every year, there is always something to make Feng Xiaogang sick.But in order to promote the movie, Feng Xiaogang had to cut off contact with the Golden Rooster Awards.This time is no exception. Last year, "The Wind" stole the limelight of domestic films, but "Mobile" had a box office of 5600 million, the second highest box office of the year.

It stands to reason that in the past few years, the national film awards have begun to pay attention to the box office, and "Mobile" should win some awards.The Huabiao Awards were wiped out, the Hundred Flowers Awards did not dare to compete with "The Wind", and the Golden Rooster Awards had only one Best Supporting Actor Award and one Best Art Award nominated.Feng Xiaogang was so angry that he was alive.

If it weren't for the promotion of "A World Without Thieves", Feng Dapao probably wouldn't have come, and then started a scolding in the newspaper.

After chatting for a while, the staff said that the hall was full, and the two walked over side by side.

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"Today is the meeting for the documentary filming of "Wanted". We are honored to be the host of the meeting at Yinchuan University, and we are also honored to invite two film masters to visit Yinchuan University to explore the commercial road of Chinese-language films. .Let's give us a round of applause..."

"The director of "Wanted", the undisputed master director of the first generation of directors, Wan Xiaohu. And the Lunar New Year file, the founder of Feng's comedy, director Feng Xiaogang."

The host is a female president of the student union of Yinchuan University. She is beautiful and has good hosting skills.

As soon as the words fell, there was applause in the multi-functional hall.

This time, no celebrities were invited to join the show. Apart from inviting a lot of media, they were all teachers and students of Yinchuan University.

"I especially don't like to appear on stage with others, because the applause is indistinguishable and easily confused. I thought you were welcoming me, but if you welcome Wan Xiaohu, it will be an oolong." Feng Xiaogang just took the microphone, Just speak up without hesitation.

Wan Xiaohu also went on to say: "I really like to appear on the stage with others. Even if I don't get applause, I can follow others to get the credit. If I tell it, who knows whose applause it will be for."

"That's why you are very good at doing business. You are shrewd." Feng Xiaogang sat on the chair at the host's invitation.

Wan Xiaohu also sat down, and smiled at the audience in the hall: "Hi everyone."

The college students shouted slogans below, and it took a long time for them to quiet down.

The host said nervously: "Just now Director Feng said that Director Wan knows how to do business. We all know this, and the Internet calls Director Wan Boss Wan."

Wan Xiaohu waved his hand modestly: "Small business."

Feng Xiaogang always has a vicious posture everywhere, and speaks without any scruples: "Don't listen to him, he is an evil capitalist, and he earns ten times or twenty times more than others just at the box office. He is definitely the director of the director circle. rich man."

"Hehe." The host glanced at the script in his hand.Said, "I'm a loyal fan of Director Feng and Director Wan. I've watched both of your films, and I especially like "My Sassy Girlfriend" and "Party A and Party B". Today, under the light of the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, We held such a meeting at Yinchuan University to shoot a documentary film of "Wanted Warrant". That, please look at the two directors. On the big screen behind us is a documentary. Just watch and talk."

The pictures on the big screen are all filming scenes shot by a digital camera.Occasionally there are cutouts in there too.There is no narration, and the sound is all incidental when filming.

At the beginning, there was a scene of Wan Xiaohu talking to the actors.

It was still March, and Wan Xiaohu was wearing a down jacket in a studio with a green background.What are you talking about with Zhou Runfa?Because the shooting distance is relatively far away, I can't hear clearly. I can only see Wan Xiaohu gesticulating with his hands and feet, and Zhou Runfa nods from time to time.

"This is Fa Ge." Wan Xiaohu pointed at the screen and explained, "At that time, I was shooting special effects shots, doing 3D panoramic character modeling, and many of Fa Ge's shots were made by special effects."

The host asked a bit of a noob: "Is it like the effect in Hollywood blockbusters, in "Star Wars". All kinds of strange creatures. How are these made with special effects?"

"In fact, to put it bluntly, special effects are to decompose real people or objects into small modules. By adjusting the combination of modules, virtual characters can perform various complex and difficult actions. Now Hollywood's special effects The technical level is very high, and the effects are so fake that you can't tell which is fake and which is real."

"Is "Wanted" also a lot of special effects scenes?"

"Part of it is a scene with special effects. Most of it is still shot in real scene, and then through methods such as keying, filling, grafting, etc., the picture is made very large...Look at the big screen, this part is when shooting the speeding assassination, the total The mosaic of three layers of images is used. The first layer is the movements and expressions of the actors in the studio, the second layer is the stunt team doing speed performances, the third layer is the location shooting, and then the three shots are mosaiced together to form a scene Perfect shot."

On the screen, first Chen Kun performed an expression to the camera, then there was a large studio where the car was hoisted up and turned over, and finally the exterior scene was turned over.The scene changes, and it becomes a car flying up, and Chen Kun shoots and assassinates from the flying car. The whole shot is carried out at a frame-by-frame speed, which looks full of impact.

"Wow, such special effects are really powerful." The host said in surprise.

Feng Xiaogang was also a little moved: "If it is a big production of 6000 million US dollars, at least a few million yuan will be spent in this one minute?"