my movie years

Chapter 349 The Spectacle of Film History
Putting aside the matter of the DC Marvel Wars, this year's domestic Lunar New Year stalls seem a little quiet.

Since the Spring Festival file has risen in an all-round way, the National Day file has continued to be popular, and Zhang Hao has dominated the summer file, the originally hottest Lunar New Year file has gradually declined.

Strictly speaking, the Lunar New Year file includes the Spring Festival file.But because the box office of the Spring Festival stalls is too good, and there is a short window period in the middle, the Spring Festival stalls are divided.

Several films for the Lunar New Year this year, "The Legend of the Demon Cat" directed by Chen Gezi, "Qimen Dunjia" directed by Yuan Heping, "Blood of the Machine" by Brother Cheng Long, and "City Lights of Psychological Crime" starring Deng Chaoshishi.

In short, nothing.

Chen Gezi has been dormant for several years since the nasty past with Zhang Hao, and finally came up with his latest work "Legend of the Demon Cat".

Frankly speaking, the picture effect of this film is not bad, and the aesthetic design is quite good.

However, the film seems vague, the plot is empty, and the characters are pale. It is like a beautifully wrapped gift box. When you open it, you will find nothing special inside.

Naturally, the film did not achieve any good results.

If a bad film or a general film wants to achieve good results, it must have one of two points.One is a youth idol movie, which is supported by fans, but this trick has not worked well recently.

In recent years, youth idol movies have frequently hit the streets. Guo Xiaosi has to take the blame because he blocked everyone's money.

But if the filming is good, it can still make money. After all, youth idol movies represent a small cost, so it costs less money to invite fresh meat.

Another thing is comedy.

This is a popular genre in the market. These days, as long as you make the audience laugh, you can make money.Therefore, many attempts to change careers as directors are comedies.

This is true of Dapeng and Deng Chao, as well as the happy twist team.

There are very few high-quality films produced, and there will never be comedy movies of the quality of Master Xing, including Master Xing himself.

But comedy is currently in its golden age, and making money is easier than robbing a bank.

"Legend of the Demon Cat" is not enough, let's talk about idols, the actors in it are not the most top-notch fresh meat, and there are also actors who don't know each other.

Let's talk about comedy, it's not funny to watch, and the big guys can't laugh.

Two word evaluation: boring...

It is said that the investment in "Legend of the Demon Cat" is quite large, and it can only be said to be a bit mysterious if it wants to pay back.

Several other films did not meet the above two points, so their performance in the market was very average and did not meet the expected expectations.

This can also be expected, after all, it is a bit difficult to imitate Zhang Hao in sci-fi movies.Lu Xiaohan has already proved through his own experience that not everyone can play sci-fi movies.

What's even more irritating is that Zhang Hao is not only good at science fiction movies, but also suspenseful, brain-burning movies, crime movies, and comedy movies. He is an all-rounder.

And if I have to say it, "The Genius", a powerful big-screen electric shock film, is also a youth idol movie.

It's just that this youth idol movie doesn't talk about love, it just tells a story of cheating.

This movie has been repeatedly used by netizens to criticize directors who make vulgar youth idol movies.Let's see how Zhang Hao shot it?Look at you again, what did you shoot?
The director also has something to say, who is Zhang Hao?That is a genius director, how much power the company he works with gives him.

Look at me again, the investor has the requirements of the investor, the leading actor is not dedicated to his work, and the acting has a paralyzed face, so he still needs to find a Wu substitute.

If things go on like this, let alone Wu for Wen, the next step will be hands, and after the hands are done, the feet will be replaced, and then he will be naked, and he will not be required to act in the future.

Such an actor, do you think he can act?Can't act, don't you know if you don't have the ability?

When I went to the set, I doubted whether the stuntman was the lead actor or he was the lead actor. I felt aggrieved too!

Of course, no one can understand the mood of a bad film director.And generally the movies are bad, and the ones who get the most scolding are the leading actors who are looking for substitutes.

It's impossible to say that I don't envy Zhang Hao, but many directors are also self-aware.

Indeed, projects such as "Gravity", "The Martian", and "Inception" are handed over to them, and there is a high probability that they will be as bad as "Fortress Shang Hai".

It is difficult to make a movie, and it is even more difficult to make a good movie.

Back to film production, after finishing the last shot at the Qingdao studio, Zhang Hao took the crew back to Los Angeles to shoot the last scene.

In Hollywood-style superhero movies, big action scenes no longer simply have the iconic meaning of commercial blockbusters, but also have the special function of upgrading the experience of violent aesthetics.

Panoramic scene descriptions and ultra-delicate action descriptions, coupled with the texture of IMAX images, and a fully immersive viewing experience are all Zhang Hao's inevitable pursuits when shooting and producing.

In order to pursue a real experience and at the same time meet the needs of the realistic style of the film, except for some difficult and dangerous scenes, Zhang Hao generally adopted the method of real shooting.

When we watch Marvel movies, we can usually feel that the colors of the pictures in Marvel movies have a sense of distortion, with very strong ink colors.

This is unavoidable in green screen shooting. In order to strive for special effects, film production can only use this method.

But this means that a huge amount of money needs to be invested in CGI technology, and every inch of the screen is burned out with money.

Once the money burned is not enough, such a picture will appear very cheap, just like the movie picture of the fourth stage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

But with real shooting, there is no such trouble.

The high-resolution camera will faithfully record all the captured shots.The unparalleled graininess and texture of film has always been unmatched by CGI and digital technology.

In fact, Zhang Hao does not reject CGI technology. Although he is nicknamed a real shooting madman, he does not agree with the idea that real shooting can surpass everything.

Even Christopher Nolan uses CGI extensively in his movies, but he never mentions it.

The same is true for Zhang Hao.

It is also good to have as many real shots as possible, at least combining CG technology in the later stage can achieve a good picture effect.

The final scene, filmed at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

This stadium used to be the main venue of the two Olympic Games, so it has a glorious history of Olympic sports.

At the same time, it has also hosted many rock bands and singers' concert performances.

But this is the first time a film has been shot here.

The crew temporarily summoned [-] fans of the Los Angeles Raiders as a temporary group performance.A large number of actors, special effects teams and blasting teams are required here.

The scale of this shooting can be said to go through the entire film history, and it is also a quite large shooting.

Even the well-informed producer Charles Rowan called Zhang Hao a lunatic when he saw this shooting plan.

Only a madman would do such crazy things.

Having said that, Charles Rowan thought, since this is the case anyway, why not just go crazy too!
What is the concept of 2 people? An old Chinese saying goes well, those who know the current affairs... No, it means that once there are more than [-] people, there is no limit.

What Zhang Hao asked for was 8 people.

Filmed here is a scene that took place in an American football stadium when the Gotham Rascals were playing.

Bane activated bombs located throughout Gotham City, several of which were placed under the stadium. After the gunpowder detonated, the stadium and many players were involved in a huge hole.

Naturally, IMAX cameras were used for shooting, but the scale of the explosion is extremely limited, and the stadium will not collapse. All explosion effects basically rely on post-production synthesis.

The visual effects and art engineers of Tiangong Yicai and Yuegong Studio also used CG to create the foreground elements on the fallen court.

After Zhang Hao finishes filming, the pyrotechnic effects of the pyrotechnics group will be enhanced, and the terrified audience will increase from nearly 2 to over 8.

Such a scene is indeed spectacular and rare in film history.

During the later publicity, this scene is also a rare material, which can play a role in the subsequent publicity.

After the scene ended, "The Dark Knight Rises" was officially announced to be finished, and it began to enter the long post-production.

(End of this chapter)