The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 179 The sixth largest film company

The filming of "Gravity" didn't take too much time. Although the actors were a little uncomfortable with the performance at the beginning, they found a suitable performance method after about five or six days.

So in fact, it only took nearly 50 days to complete the filming. After all, there are only two actors in the film, and even Wu Yue is the only actor for most of the time. The shooting scenes are also quite fixed, and most of the shots are shot in light boxes. of.

Only the last shot took a certain amount of time - Wu Yue landed back to Earth in the return capsule of Tiangong-[-], and finally landed on a lake not far from the shore.

After Wu Yue got out of his spacesuit, he swam to the shore and landed successfully after falling down a few times. Of course, this plot is quite exaggerated. Astronauts who have been in space for a long time in a weightless environment will still fall back into the atmosphere when the return capsule Affected by the unbearable falling speed of the human body, it is considered a talent to be able to stand up, let alone take off the heavy spacesuit underwater, break free from the entanglement of seaweed, and then swim to the shore.

However, this plot is a relatively big bright spot in the movie. It not only symbolizes the process of the birth of life, but also metaphors the milestone event of fish in the water landing for the first time.

In connection with the heroine's tenacious survival process in space, it can be said that such an ending design is a sublimation of the theme of this movie, and in this version of Chen Jingxing, it can also be a metaphor for the Chinese astronauts to start again after encountering a major disaster. , the ambition of a comeback.

This episode needs to be shot underwater, and a huge pool was built in the studio, and Wu Yue insisted on not using a stand-in, although as a southern actor, she can swim, and she also participated in the filming before filming. After more than a month of diving training, it still took more than a week to complete the filming of this episode.

It stands to reason that after the filming of the actors' roles, even if the film is finished, it is very inappropriate for the project of "Gravity". It can even be said that the film production of "Gravity" has just begun, and the actors can't let go , Problems may be discovered at any time during the post-production process, requiring actors to make up shots.

However, after finishing the live-action filming process, Chen Jingxing did have free time. The next step was the work of the special effects artist. The director Chen Jingxing only needed to track the progress on his mobile phone every day, and at the same time, he went to Mo every few days to see the effects of the special effects shots.

This also means that Chen Jingxing has time to participate in the promotion of "Source Code", because the time has come to the end of April, and the promotion of "Source Code" has already reached the sprint stage before the release.

Usually, directors at this stage start to appear on various programs, go to various cities to run road shows, hold previews for media film critics, communicate with theaters to build relationships, and even have dinner with theater managers.

Coincidentally, Chen Jingxing was busy with the filming of the film no matter in the final stage of the announcement of "Signal" or at the critical moment of the announcement of "Source Code", and he was basically invisible in the main announcement link.

The paradox is that Chen Jingxing's two absences made the theaters and the media get used to his style, and the director of the movie did not appear in the communication with the theaters, nor did the managers of the theaters feel dissatisfied.

During the meeting of the main creators and interviews at the media preview, although the media reporters regretted the absence of the director, they were not dissatisfied, and no one accused Chen Jingxing of playing big names and disrespecting the media.

It seems that his status has reached the point where he doesn't need to worry about these things. Chen Jingxing always thought that it was Xu Wenshen's outstanding communication skills and good at dancing, which made him, a genuine director, repeatedly absent from the key announcements of the film without causing dissatisfaction from relevant parties.

Of course, it is also possible that he has indeed made a few well-received and well-received movies, so he is eligible for this special treatment.

For Chen Jingxing's sincere thanks, Xu Wenshen, the producer of "Source Code", who was busy with film promotion, denied Chen Jingxing's conjecture with a smile.

"Boss, you really have no idea about your identity. You are not only the director of "Source Code", you are also the boss of DreamWorks."

Chen Jingxing suddenly realized that thanks to his film achievements, he had obtained some kind of immunity. He didn't expect that capitalists were his amulets.

Although some of DreamWorks' recent large-scale investments are pessimistic, some are bullish, and more people don't understand, but it is this kind of spending a lot of money and expanding in all directions that elevates the status of DreamWorks.

In the eyes of many people, DreamWorks is not just a new star film company, but even a film and television giant close to the five traditional studios.

And judging from the data, this positioning is not an exaggeration. Last year alone, DreamWorks’ domestic box office exceeded 14.5 billion, and the total box office for the year was less than 300 billion. The studio is gone.

If you add the overseas box office, it even surpassed last year's box office of Jianghe Culture.

Chen Jingxing's status may not be comparable to that of the bosses of the five major studios - after all, the five major studios are comprehensive film and television giants that integrate production, distribution, artist management, and even span the TV drama music and theater industries. The depth and breadth of influence cannot be measured simply by the box office.

But it's already at the level below the top five, so it's not an exaggeration to call him a bigwig in the entertainment industry.

If it weren't for this level of status, even an award-winning film master would never dare to neglect the film's publicity and distribution process, let alone get the collective understanding of theaters and the media.

After figuring this out, Chen Jingxing took advantage of the situation and asked Xu Wenshen for a leave of absence. He had the right not to use it, and it became invalid after the expiration date.

Of course, Chen Jingxing dared to do this because the release time of "Source Code" is not a popular schedule. If it is the summer holiday or the National Day or the Spring Festival, the competitors all have deep backgrounds, and the announcement and release battle is much more intense. Naturally, he dare not do this hold big.

The main reason is that in the past year, he has basically not had a good rest. In addition to worrying about the "Gravity" project, he also has to follow up on animation projects and the shooting of Chinatown and the Mekong River. He has been drawing "The Matrix" even during the Spring Festival. Storyboard, I really want to relax.

But the real rest no longer existed for Chen Jingxing. After the announcement of "Source Code" was evaded, the copyright transaction of "Signal" TV series still needed Chen Jingxing to come forward.

Naturally, it is not an online copyright, but a broadcast on the stars.

The "Signal" TV series has been completed for a while, although the post-production has not yet been completed - Mo has too many projects to be busy, and there is not much manpower and energy that can be allocated to "Signal".

But the rough cut version has already come out. It can be said that the final film effect of the TV series has basically been determined in this version.

Many domestic first-line satellite TVs have been very interested in "Signal" before, but DreamWorks' asking price is indeed a bit high, and the number of episodes of the TV series is a bit small, which is really unfavorable for TV stations to sell advertisements, so in the game between the two sides Among them, several first-line TV stations plan to watch the finished film before making a final decision.

(End of this chapter)