China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 94 Who drove Jim to a dead end?
When they arrived in Los Angeles, Zhang Qian, Du Chunsheng and Jiao Guoxiong who picked him up at the airport all hugged He Fang warmly.

Zhang Qian hugged He Fang excitedly and raised it up, "It's so awesome, He Fang has already won the Palme d'Or."

"Okay, put it down, I'm not gay, don't be so affectionate with me. Isn't it a routine operation to get the Palme d'Or, not only the Palme d'Or, Oscar is also the goal."

After He Fang and Zhang Qian finished teasing, they hugged Jiao Guoxiong and Du Chunsheng again.

"Everyone, it's time to test your achievements. How well you have learned in Hollywood and what kind of abilities you have developed in Hollywood? It depends on whether you can solve the problem in the next filming."

"How can you prove that everything is in place? Don't worry, your achievement is the Palme d'Or. If we can't even handle a commercial film, then it's okay?"

"Haha, let's go."

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"Tell me, which company did we talk to about the announcement?" After getting in the car, He Fang asked Du Chunsheng and looked at Zhang Qian. After all, it was a matter between the two of them.

Now Zhang Qian is following Du Chunsheng to start, learning the whole process.

No, it's not just Zhang Qian, there are five people studying film production who are working for the Hollywood production team headed by Du Chunsheng.

"Currently, Fox Searchlight, Focus Pictures, and Lionsgate are more suitable in various aspects. It is up to you to decide who to choose. I personally think that you can choose Focus and Searchlight before, but now you can choose Lionsgate. After all, Lionsgate They are very good at the distribution in North America and Europe, and the global distribution is slightly worse than the big six companies, and the most important thing is that they are good at distributing this kind of medium-budget films.”

He Fang laughed after hearing this, "If you say that, be careful that Focus Pictures will fire you."

Du Chunsheng spread his hands, "I am just a job in Focus, but now I am one of the shareholders of Tuanhuo Culture's American company, which is different."

"Ha ha……"

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"Hey, He, congratulations, you won the Palme d'Or." Jason Statham gave He Fang a big hug when he came to the set to read the script on the third day.

This made him feel more at ease in cooperating with He Fang. After all, there is a huge gap between directors who can win international awards and directors who don't know.

"Haha, I hope your correct choice can bring you better luck." He Fang raised his eyebrows.

"Haha, I definitely will. My choices have always been accurate. Many retired athletes and entertainment circles are not as good as me now, which proves that every choice I make is correct." Jason Statham is not humble at all. .

"Hmm, I've already seen it, because you chose to cooperate with me, so I won the Palme d'Or."

"Yeah, so you have to thank me, like buy me a drink or something."

"Ha, no problem, how about after our script reading today is over?"

"That's a great idea, and I'm glad you did."

"Ha ha……"

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One of the reasons why Hollywood is used to reading scripts is to save money.

That's right, it's really to save money, because when they read the script, everyone in the crew will know what they should do and how to do it during the entire shooting process.

If you don't do it right, you will be pointed out by the producer or director when you read the script.

Because the script reading can avoid many problems in advance, and even the crew will inform them in advance of the problems they may encounter during the shooting process, so that the production team can prepare in advance.

After everyone has finished reading the crew, basically when the final shooting arrives on the set, all departments will know what to do, and it will be very fast. This will save time, reduce fuss, and reduce a lot of insignificant preparations. Filmmakers will also criticize you or fire you in the process.

It is said that this is to save costs and improve efficiency.

Fan Bingbing felt a bit new when he participated in this script reading. In China, this kind of behavior is basically very rare. Anyway, He Fang has never heard of it, and Fan Bingbing has never encountered so many crews in which he participated.

Before that, the crew in China generally revolved around the director, and the director made a speech one day and the next day, so the whole crew would go around.

If the director is late, the whole crew is waiting.If the director arrives on the set and takes a light meter to see if the sky light is not good enough, and feels that the effect he wants cannot be achieved, then the entire crew may be on vacation today.

Sometimes the director can even temporarily change the play and change the scene, these are uncontrollable.

Therefore, Chinese crews are slow in efficiency, high in cost, and long in cycle.

This is one of the basic differences between the director-centered system and the producer-centered system.

Of course, it can be said that the director-centered system has its advantages, that is, it gives the director and the entire creators sufficient creative space.

But this has to meet a good director and main creator, otherwise it will not be creative space, but a waste of production costs.

Talking about this, it is said that some people say that the director-centered system is a product of the times, we should not criticize it, it has its reason for existence.

Since there was not much budget for making movies in that era, then the producer-centered system is more cost-effective?Why don't you choose the cost-saving method when you are in trouble, but choose the cost-intensive method instead?

It may be because after the whole movie becomes the author's movie, the success of the whole movie depends entirely on the concept of the director.

As for the author's film, if the director has no inspiration, how can the whole film be successful?

Therefore, the director can shoot whatever he wants, regardless of the cost.

For a long time, Chinese film crews ran out of money during filming and spent all their budgets, and then stopped filming and continued to find money.

Originally the budget was enough, why did it run out?Who spent the money?

It's not because the director didn't shoot according to the set schedule, or the filming was slow, or the filming was adding scenes, changing scenes, and so on.

In the end, this kind of director-centered film was made at a huge cost, and it was completely changed by the director's addition of scenes and changes. The complete story could not be cut out, and then it became a bad film.

From the 90s to the first decade of the 21st century, many bad domestic films were caused by this reason.

But some people are still there to clean up the director-centered system, saying that the era is like this, every era has its products, and the director-centered system is the most suitable method for Chinese films in that era.

Those who said this simply did not conduct an in-depth investigation of the root causes of the many bad movies in China, but just to clean up the ground for director-centered production.

It is also a disguised form to clean up the ground for literary films. It is considered that the director-centered system is equivalent to literary films. In fact, the producer-centered system can also make literary films.

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It's a bit far-fetched, and what I said is not preachy, but only occasionally.

Since He Fangchuan said that he wanted to industrialize the film industry, he must slowly change the film production process in China from the bottom level.

It took the entire crew nearly five days to read the script, and everyone remembered many things to note.

Of course, the actors also practiced together during this period. The director will also give timely guidance on how to perform when you appear on the stage, and what will happen to the other party, telling each actor what emotional point in this scene is. What, what is the performance style to pay attention to.

The 40 students in the refresher class benefited a lot from this kind of practical operation, and at the same time they kept asking their questions.

It's a very good atmosphere.

"Invasion of Wall Street" has only 35 days of shooting time, so it officially started shooting on June 6st.

The background of the film is in New York, but the filming location is in Los Angeles. They have a shooting plan, which can be replaced by post-production methods in New York.

Shooting in Los Angeles is mainly to save costs, because it can save a lot of accommodation and transportation expenses for the crew.

Many crews in Hollywood go home to live after filming, instead of collectively staying in a crew hotel like in China.

In addition, they all have an eight-hour working system, and they leave after filming.

There are also holidays on weekends, and you will not be given overtime.

If you go to New York for filming, then the crew will have to bear all these extra costs, so unless the budget is sufficient, generally you will not choose to leave Los Angeles for filming.

"Okay, all the units are ready. The camera is turned on, the recording is turned on, and the field notes are shot..."

He Fang sat in front of the monitor and shouted through the walkie-talkie, "action!"

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What kind of story does "Invasion of Wall Street" specifically tell?Probably something like this:
Jim is a retired special soldier. He works as a security guard for an ordinary banknote escort company in New York. After work, he eats hamburgers and drinks with a few poor buddies, and lives a peaceful but not rich life.

Suddenly one day, everything changed. His beloved wife was seriously ill, suffering from a strange cancer, and needed gene therapy for $300 a week.If the medical insurance exceeds the limit, you will have to pay a large amount of medical expenses yourself.

As a coverage gap, insurance companies refuse to pay for such rare cases.

The insurance company refused to pay, so he had no choice but to pay by credit card.

But the credit card payment couldn't support it anymore, so Jim wanted to use his savings, which was a one-time retirement fee issued by the army when he retired.At that time, Jim used the retirement fee to buy a pension fund, because it would make money make money, which is what many people in the West do.

But what Jim didn't expect was that he received the news that the fund invested in real estate with continuous losses.This kind of trading fund is the kind of stock market that is risky, and there are profits and losses in trading, and it is impossible to only make money without losing money.And Jim's savings are lost in this way, and his fund broker can only express his helplessness.

But this is not over yet, because Wall Street financiers manipulated the financial market, the financial products that Jim invested in not only failed to make money, but owed a huge sum of money to the bank.

Does this really make sense?All my savings were taken away by those financial speculators, and I had to make myself lose money.

At this time, the lawyer appeared on the scene, claiming that he could win the lawsuit for him without repaying the debt, but the principal was lost, and a large amount of legal fees was required.Jim's best friend lends a helping hand.

Ultimately, however, a tough deadline is passed, causing Jim to lose everything he had.

Due to a large amount of money owed, his credit card has exploded. People with bad credit like him are not welcome in the workplace, especially for security companies like money deposits.

As a result, he lost his job, was fired by the security company, and lost his livelihood.

My wife got cancer, my credit card was maxed out, and my savings were lost, not to mention the money I owed.Well now, I don't even have a job.

And on his way home, his wife committed suicide in despair at home.

All the blows finally broke Jim, who caused him to become like this?That's right, it's this damn capitalism, those blood-sucking insurance companies and financial companies.

Full of rage, Jim began to awaken his commando skills, and he killed the vampires one by one that made him fall into the abyss...

The movie is a tragedy from the beginning to the end. It tells the story of a hard-working ordinary worker in the United States who first became impoverished due to illness, and then was cruelly squeezed by brokers, lawyers, Wall Street bankers, and prosecutors. The tragedy of family ruin.Jim bravely punished those Wall Street parasites in his own way.

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That's why everyone was worried about whether the film could be released after it was made. This is a proper way to expose the dark side of America.

This also reveals why a good American citizen will instantly become bankrupt due to a sudden change, become a social dishonesty, and finally become a homeless person.

Of course, this seems to be a special case. In fact, this situation will intensify in the United States, because capital is greedy and wealth is limited.

Therefore, if the rich want to continue to make money, they can only continue to squeeze out workers.

Jim in the movie is a retired special soldier, but most ordinary people don't have the ability to pick up a gun and kill those blood-sucking people.

(End of this chapter)