My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 809 Cult film monument and the premiere of "City of Sadness"!
PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket.

It's 3 a.m. in Ormen Sullivan's, very dimly lit.

Shallow hair stubble was buried on the table, revealing a hideous scar.

The layers of light and shadow are very distinct, and the shadows on the cheeks and eyes are sunken, presenting a mysterious picture effect.

Liu Qingyun was wearing a worn-out denim jacket with a leopard-print large lapel shirt, jeans, and a pair of pointed-toe denim leather shoes with 'spurs' hanging from the heels, which is the small gear commonly seen in western movies.

That's right, the San Antonio Spurs of Deng Dadai, Pampas Condor and French Coupe are actually this thing...

The location in the restaurant is very scattered, and the guests are scattered on every square seat like floating catkins.

The use of light and shadow effects on the scene seems to divide the entire space, and the focal point is the red rotary telephone hanging on the wall.

The overall style of the impact is biased towards blue-gray tones.The dark and cold film characteristics must always be conveyed through the screen.During the shooting, the limitations of the camera prevented him from fully achieving the ideal state, which required a lot of rendering in the later stage.

The restaurant door was flung open.

A large amount of exposure suddenly makes the picture in the whole shot look very harsh.

It happened to hit Liu Qingyun through the mirror.

This is just the headlights of the car, and a car with headlights can be seen outside the door.Of course, in addition to the addition of fill light.

The depth of the dark street scene appears deep and dark, and the strong lighting breaks the light layout of the entire restaurant.

The camera zooms in quickly.

What is reflected is Liang Chaowei's melancholy and bearded face, wearing a dark green M-51 Parka pleated windbreaker, and holding a white towel in his hand to wipe the sweat off his face.

Look around sharply.

In the end, it was fixed on a customer who was eating with his back.

"Crack!"

Wu Xiaozu took an egg and ham toast and bit his mouth, waved his hand at the camera, "OK, next shot."

The camera crew quickly adjusted the camera position, and the staff next to them also relaxed their hands and feet.

"Shoot the light slightly, include Liu Qingyun's picture as the background, and then change the camera, the phone rings, and Liu Qingyun becomes the foreground..." Wu Xiaozu took the time to tell Mai Zhaohui and You Naihai.

The story of "Dark Flower" is very small, and the whole story is to use characters to advance the story.

Yu Jiaamine said that this is the format of Hollywood Westerns, and it is actually not wrong.Otherwise, if you take a look at this tavern scene, is it similar to the corresponding Western movie in your mind?
This scene is the first meeting between the two leading actors, Ah Chen played by Liang Chaowei, and Yaodong played by Liu Qingyun, and it is also a small climax at the beginning of the whole story.

This describes Liang Chaowei's "unscrupulous" in doing things and Yaodong's "bold and unruly".

Throughout the play, Wu Xiaozu chose to film scenes at night.

So the shooting time is basically from 19:00 in the evening to 05:00 in the morning of the next day.

He felt that the story took place at night, which actually had a sense of ritual.

Street lamps, crescent moons, car lights, neon signs, dark streets and brightly lit casinos, every symbol declares the charm of this city.

"Boss, coffee."

Li Ruotong handed over a paper cup of takeaway coffee, and looked at the monitor curiously.

Zheng Zhaoqiang next to him was changing the film in his dark pocket.

The film used for shooting here is actually an expired film. The overall sensitivity is lower than that of normal film, and the color sensitivity will also be weakened accordingly. On the contrary, the fog degree will increase a lot.

Zheng Zhaoqiang was also very puzzled at first why Xiaozu Wu chose expired film... You know, at this time, expired film was basically either handed over to apprentices for practice, or sold to the public for 'civil use'.

In later generations, a film made with expired film is a very distinctive film called "Made in Hong Kong Island", a small cost in a small cost...Wu Xiaozu likes the noise and trance of the picture very much.

Although the director was helpless, he did feel confused, hopeless, and negative.

The prospect of the young generation on Hong Kong Island has actually been answered in that movie. Going young and Dangerous is the only way out, and death is also the only way out.

Just like Haizi's poem: What should be obtained has not yet been obtained, and what should be lost has already been lost.

"Dark Flowers" is also full of this kind of fateful despair and confusion, so he used the expired film stock of [-] Locomotive to shoot more capriciously.

Of course, the main thing is cheap.

Mai sir couldn't stand the toss of the wind and waves.

Wu Xiaozu wanted to make "Dark Flower" a benchmark for Hong Kong-produced cult films.

In fact, Hong Kong Island has a cult film market.

In fact, Wu Xiaozu himself is a cult film director. "Rainy Night Butcher" and "The Birth of a Prefix" are typical cult films.

Not everyone can make a good cult film... just like some directors look down on commercial films and think that art films are paramount.

Mou Zai, whom Wu Xiaozu likes so much, stumbled a lot on the cult film, and "Legend of Three Guns and Erren Zhuan" was scolded as a dog.Although he couldn't bear the blame for that film by himself, Zhang Baimao should take the lead... But this has also become an embarrassing little black spot for Mouzai.

To be honest, Mouzai has never made a lot of bad movies. The quality of the movies is above the quality. The only two of mediocre quality should be "Three Guns" and "Codenamed Jaguar", unlike Brother Kai...

Of course, Brother Kai is not good enough in front of Brother Zu.

It is foreseeable that under the future censorship system, cult film will inevitably be a shortcoming of Chinese-language films.

At this time, Director Wu always wants to "check for omissions and make up for vacancies" for the younger generations, right?

you think about it,

One day in the future,
When Chinese listed various related types of works, he turned his head inadvertently, only to realize: Damn it!Grandpa Wu started shooting cult films 30 years ago. He thought it was the beginning of Chinese cult films, but he didn’t expect it to be the pinnacle!
Are you happy?
Of course, Director Wu has always been indifferent to fame and fortune, otherwise his credit card and check would have been tied to Auntie Lin's account?Don't you care about money...

Fame and fortune are external things.

"Thank you."

Wu Xiaozu took a sip of the coffee, the sweetness of the coffee was just right, and he turned his head to look at Li Ruotong, who was wearing a hip-length tight dress with fluffy hair, "How about it? I have been following the crew for the past few days, do you have any feelings?"

He has been filming in Omen for five or six days. After dealing with Wu Chaocan that night, Wu Xiaozu called Su Liyao when he turned around.

Give me a hard bang with Italian!
Who cares about face!
If you are not reckless, how can you scare a group of people away?If you really let people calm down, Wu Xiaozu would still be playing a fart!
Anyway, he left one last sentence for Su Liyao: Before taking down Jiujian, no one will be able to use PY pajamas, I said it!

Not to mention this posture, it really repelled many people who were eager to try.

"I feel that the shooting speed of the crew is so fast, and I always feel that there is a big gap between me and everyone. However, I have learned a lot of skills from Brother Qingyun and Brother Chao Wei, and everyone has taken good care of me. Boss, don't worry, I will definitely not embarrass you !"

Li Ruotong watched Wu Xiaozu twist his neck, and said gently: "Boss, let me press your cervical spine for you. You always don't pay attention to your health. Sister Qingxia called me the night before, and she specially asked I'll let you rest and eat on time." As he spoke, he offered to massage his cervical spine.

"It's a pity that I will help you with the show during the day, and I have to shoot at night." Wu Xiaozu twisted his neck, feeling the soft and boneless little hands pinching his neck very forcefully, very relieved of fatigue.

In the past few days, he naturally didn't have time to perform any "luminous script". He had to start work at night, and in addition to catching up on sleep during the day, he also had to deal with other things, and at the same time he had to deal with various juicers who kept coming to visit the set.

"Chris and Irene are almost 30 pounds now, hehehe, they are as fat as little meatballs, like Michelin tires." Hearing that the other party was on the phone with Aunt Lin, Wu Xiaozu naturally mentioned a son and a daughter. The face of the fatherly face.

My own cub.

"I'll go to the Mainland in a while, and you can help me decorate a newly purchased villa on Hong Kong Island." Naturally, the villa was given to Lin Mitao... She gave birth to a "good", Wu Xiaozu will not be stingy either.

The two properties in North America plus the property on Hong Kong Island, after the acquisition of Kowloon Jianye, some shops and high-end residences in the mainland can also be given away... It is worthless now, and the future generations will count——

This is a really generous generation! !
Just send out hundreds of millions, billions of dollars... What kind of title do you want? ? ?

Even if the matter is exposed, who wouldn't boast that Director Wu is a good match?At that time, Qi daughter and Qi granddaughter who don't want to work hard don't understand what's going on?
Specifically referring to Wu Xiaozu's behavior of throwing money.

Often paired with: Uncle Wu\Qi Ye, I don’t want to work hard and other mantras!It is an antonym for being a bitch and setting up a torii.

Generation whore character: ▼99+ message not read/pull down to expand.

So, you have to understand why director Wu especially likes black tea when drinking tea, because once he drinks green tea, his bitch is really hard to control... His body is not made of iron.

I am teaching you an original quip that needs to be written down: How many dings can a man with a hard iron have?
cough cough.

Li Ruotong also lamented Wu Xiaozu's actions, and felt that although Sister Lin was not famous or distinguished, her life was worth it.

A man always values ​​you, this life is enough~
Of course, this can't eliminate her impression of Wu Xiaozu's "scumbag". She also knows a lot about her boss.

A few days ago, the scandal between Miss Li Gang and Director Wu in Omen was reported in the newspapers, and then Ms. Wang rushed over to visit the class the next day. Later, Secretary Li, Miss Zhou, and Miss Qiu even came to visit the class one after another...

Glancing at the boss drinking coffee with his arms crossed, Li Ruotong thought for a while that he should ask someone to cook some soup for him.

It's tiring to make a movie!
Aomen is rushing to produce "Dark Flower" overnight. On the one hand, Hong Kong Island [-] Group cooperates with Zulong Investment to continuously suppress Kowloon Jianye in public opinion, and at the same time prepares for "City of Sadness" to be staged in Bay Bay and Hong Kong Island. Simultaneous release in other places, especially the premiere in Taipei.

Although Xiaozu Wu on Hong Kong Island stopped the arrangement of the premiere and the midnight show, he chose to show it directly.But it is the Golden Lion Award after all!The first winner of the three major film festivals won by your own company, what is this called?This is called a signboard.

At the very least, [-] Locomotive's current brand name is becoming more and more famous in Asia, especially in the Koryo region, far surpassing Jiahe, Debao, and Princess Jin.

This also attracts many talents to vote.

So the premiere in Taipei was also very spectacular.

Faced with such a situation, although Hong Kong Island did not hold a grand premiere ceremony, Chen Rongmei, on behalf of Xinbao Cinemas, still gave her the premiere treatment at the Lisheng Cinema.

Regarding this, [-] is also noncommittal, so it can't be blamed for raising the remuneration for their own films, right? ?

However, the leading actor Luo Dong and company executives will fly directly to Taipei to attend the premiere in Taipei.

The highlight of this drama is still in Wanwan.

The box office on Hong Kong Island... the company's previous forecast was 1500 million.Wu Xiaozu himself has reservations about this figure.

He will also take a look at the market response of Hong Kong Island to historical war films based on the box office of this film.

He also really wants to make a big movie with big war scenes?You put this kind of war of your own nation in Hollywood?Nonsense, no one cares!

That is for sure!
Can only rely on their own market.

The problem is that this type of movie has always been a pit in Hong Kong Island!We can only see the market reaction first!
As for the mainland...

Before the co-production failed to pass, Wu Xiaozu lost money when he made it now.How much does it cost to sell a copy? ?
Not to mention science fiction movies.

Which is the best special effects company on Hong Kong Island today?It's Mr. Xu's new visual effects studio!
This company is a special effects company established by Laoguai after filming "New Shushan Swordsman".

"New Shushan Swordsman" originally claimed to hire the American "Star Wars" special effects team to participate in special effects support... In fact, it just invited a few people from Industrial Light and Magic to come to teach.

Special effects can be done by one or two people or even dozens of people?At least hundreds of people are required, and even in the future, after CG technology, there will be thousands of people, and tens of thousands of people can complete the workload on time.

Of course, Mr. Xu did start the road of special effects in Chinese movies.

In the past few years, he has successively invested millions in new visual effects studios. His studios have participated in "A Chinese Ghost Story", "The True Colors of Heroes 2", "Hands" and even "God of Gamblers".

[-] is also establishing its own special effects department, but there is still a long way to go!
At this time, Chinese movies actually dismiss special effects, thinking that movies are still people in the final analysis...

Only if Hollywood teaches them a lesson, will they really go back to... Bah!The same did not pay attention!
Hong Kong Island does not want to do it, and there are too many people in the Mainland who slap their heads.

In short, Wu Xiaozu, a major production of sci-fi movies, will definitely do it. This thing can really drive the development of the basic film industry.

In this regard, Wu Xiaozu actually quite admires Old Freak Xu... Although the new vision collapsed later, most of his works were produced by special effects companies in Korea, but when it comes to special effects and industrial processes, Tsui Hark can be regarded as the real leader of Chinese-language films. Trailblazers...

After filming the last scene of "Dark Flower" at 5:00 in the morning, Wu Xiaozu called Mai Zhaohui and You Naihai to discuss the content of the next few scenes in earnest. After studying for more than 2 hours, at [-] o'clock in the morning, Ignoring the rest, I returned to Hong Kong and flew directly to Taipei to attend the premiere of "A City of Sadness".

　I got a toenail again...but no pedicure shop is open...it's annoying...I'm going to ask my wife to cut it tomorrow...no success or no luck!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)