The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 332 "Extreme Escape" boot

At 2005 o'clock in the morning on August 8, 2, the weather in Xingcheng was very good, there was no cloud in the sky, the summer breeze was gentle, but it was a bit hot.

A large group of people gathered in front of the gate of a hotel named "Jiayue" in the suburbs.

There are actors, field workers, entertainment reporters, and passers-by watching.

"The "Extreme Escape" movie is on."

Accompanied by the assistant director's shout, the crowd cheered.

Li Shengyao was wearing a shirt, trousers and black leather shoes, and he brought his assistants to give out red envelopes to the actors.After handing out the red envelopes, he was already sweating profusely.

He immediately turned around and entered the hotel.

The actors and actresses had been waiting for a long time. Seeing Li Shengyao entered the hotel, they followed him in without saying a word.

It's really hot.

On such a hot day, Li Shengyao planned to shoot a scene later, just make sense.

The filming will begin in the evening.

"Extreme Escape" doesn't have any big scenes, the plot is actually not complicated, the male protagonist is a Luthor who can't do anything, he has no job, and he is always rejected when submitting resumes. A pair of unicorn arms.

He is quite proud of himself, but his family and friends look down on him.

The nephew pretended not to know him when he saw him.

If you train so strong, you can't make money.

In such a miserable life, his mother's [-]th birthday came, but he had no money, and his mother gave him the money to order a restaurant. He specially chose the restaurant where the university goddess worked to celebrate.

The goddess is the heroine, and both of them were members of the climbing club when they were in college.

As a result, just after the birthday party ended, a poisonous gas spread incident occurred, and the poisonous gas rose slowly, followed by the escape of all members.

At No. 40 minutes into the movie, Zhengfu's first helicopter rescue came.

The family members went up, and when it was the hero and heroine's turn, they were overloaded.

No way, the hero and heroine stayed, and then the two of them climbed and parkoured.

There are almost no living enemies, no evil in human nature, just the hero and heroine racing against the poisonous gas, climbing crazily to the heights.

Therefore, the investment cost of this movie will not be very large, and the main attraction is the male and female protagonists.

It can be said that except for the first 15 minutes of being relaxed and happy, the rest of the escape is a bit like "Temple Run".

The biggest advantage of this movie is that it is smooth and easy to watch in one breath.

Then there are many comedy and funny plots, which make people tense and can't help laughing.

That's why it can escape from the siege of Hollywood movies.

There are a few plots that need to be adapted, mainly two. One is that there are drones in the movie, and in 2005 civilian drones have not been fully developed.

The second is to go to the back, in order to increase resonance, the whole people eat melons, and the audience watches the plot of the hero and heroine running away through the live broadcast of the mobile phone. At this time, the signal of the mobile phone is not so good, so naturally there is no way to watch the live broadcast.

These two plots are not very important, and can be changed to other ways to promote the development of the story.

Lee Shing Yew made a revision.

However, although there are no big scenes, because most of the scenes are filmed on the balcony or the roof of the building, and the hero and heroine are constantly running and jumping, more thought needs to be paid to the shooting skills.

In many cases, it is necessary to lay a photography track on the roof and rent a helicopter to shoot.

In addition, the filming was done at a high place, so actors must be extra careful in terms of safety.

The hero and heroine often need to hang a safety rope so that they can shoot.

In this regard, Li Shengyao, the assistant director, and the action director from Hong's class have discussed many times.

In order to ensure the safety of the actors, not only the protective measures of the equipment are checked every day, but also the field workers who do these things have clear regulations.

It is necessary to find an experienced, mature and stable field worker to be responsible for it.

In addition, since it is mainly a night scene, the shooting time is set from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] am, which is eight hours.

Whether it is an actor or a field worker, the crew will advise them not to run around during the day as much as possible, and to ensure adequate sleep.

At this time, Li Shengyao entered the hotel, and the prop masters and set designers had already arranged the scene for later shooting.

The plot is that the male protagonist loves the female protagonist, and the female protagonist also has a crush on the male protagonist, but the male protagonist achieves nothing, and she is not sure about this relationship.

The hero's mother's [-]th birthday, the two met again.

The male protagonist is obviously a vagrant, but he brags that he works in an investment company and is a section chief.

The heroine was talking to herself in the back kitchen, she was hesitant to expose the lie of the hero.

In the end she chose to remain silent.

After a while, Li Lianhua finished her makeup, and then started shooting.

This scene is not difficult, Li Lianhua finished it easily, and the whole shooting did not exceed 15 minutes.

Li Shengyao clapped his hands and applauded, and then announced the approval. At the same time, he asked the actors and actresses to rest quickly. They will start night shift at eight o'clock tonight.

The actors and crew left in a hurry and went to the hotel prepared by the crew to rest.

Lee Sung Yew stayed for an interview.

Now that "Extreme Escape" has been launched, it is natural to carry out publicity work.

Li Lianhua and Deng Chao have more traffic than Li Youbin and Lei Min when filming, but if there is an opportunity, Li Shengyao will publicize it.

At this moment, more than a dozen reporters surrounded Li Shengyao.

"Director Li, "Seven Swords" has already been released, and the box office is not as good as expected. What do you think?"

"Seven Swords" invested [-] million yuan and invited so many stars. The targets were "Kung Fu" and "House of Flying Daggers". Tsui Hark wanted to rely on this movie to make a comeback, but the results of the premiere were relatively mediocre.

Although the reputation is good, the fact is that ordinary people don't like to watch martial arts movies.

The total box office of the first three days plus spot screenings is only 3000 million. Whether it can exceed [-] million is a question. Investors have obviously lost money.

Li Shengyao smiled, "I participated in the premiere of "Seven Swords" in Yanjing before. I think this movie is very good, and the box office should be even better later on."

"Director Li, someone said that the target box office of "Extreme Escape" is [-] million, is that true?"

"This is definitely a hit. I never set such a goal. We only invested 4000 million yuan, which is not a blockbuster movie. My expectation is over [-] million yuan."

"Director Li, currently the highest box office in the mainland is "Let's Punch, Dad". Do you think this result can be maintained until next year?"

At the end of the year, there were still a few big-investment movies, but none of them were doing well at the box office.

In Li Shengyao's previous life, the box office champion in 2005 was "The Promise", which won [-] billion. Now "Let's Punch, Dad" has won [-] million, so there should be no problem.

But in this case, there is no need to say it.

"There are still a few blockbuster films at the end of the year. I'm not sure if "Let's Punch, Dad" can become the crown of the year. I hope there will be more good films by then, and the Chinese film industry will be more prosperous."

(End of this chapter)