You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 88 Finalization and preview (3, [-] monthly tickets plus more)
"Ice Age", aka "Ice Age", aka "Can't Let the Squirrels Eat Nuts Once!" "

Wang Qiankun was very surprised, this movie is not right, because this movie is a cartoon!
The son is so old, let dad take him to watch cartoons, why do you want to relive the joy of childhood?
However, after walking in, he realized that something was wrong, "This hall is so big! The screen is so high!"

How tall?It's as high as four or five floors!

Wang Quan held the popcorn, "Is it bigger than the biggest living room at home?"

Wang Qiankun wanted to go up and touch him for doing what he did and loving what he did, but at this time the screen was already on, and he immediately returned to his seat with Wang Quan.

There are quite a lot of people, and there are almost no vacancies, because this is the first weekend of "Ice Age 2", and it is predicted that the box office of the first weekend will exceed 8000 million.

As soon as the screen was lit, Wang Qiankun said "Oh", "This is an IMAX giant screen!"

"Yo, I underestimated Dad, you know."

"I know, I've seen you bigger than this."

"Where?"

"The Science and Technology Museum in Dongguan has it, but it's a ball screen."

Wang Quan squinted at his father, is this still my own father, why don't you watch the ball, but watch a ball screen? !

Indeed, the current number of IMAX in China does not exceed ten, and they are basically installed in science and technology museums. Screens with a height of four or five floors are indeed difficult for ordinary movie theaters to accommodate.

At the beginning of the movie, under this huge screen, the visual enjoyment has been significantly improved by more than one level. Lao Wang suddenly understood, "You boy didn't take me to the movie, but took me to the screen!"

King Quan "shh", "Watch the movie quietly and talk back."

Next, Wang Quan enjoyed an hour and a half of happy time. Blue Sky Studio is worthy of being the third giant of 3D animation besides Pixar and DreamWorks Animation. To surpass the protagonist group.

Walking out of the cinema, Wang Qiankun was about to speak to Wang Quan, but Wang Quan suddenly turned around and ran in front of a bald middle-aged man who also just walked out of this theater.

"Hello, are you Mr. Meledandri?" Wang Quan asked.

"Yes, you actually know me?" Chris Meledandri was surprised.

Although "Ice Age" is very famous, but he does the behind-the-scenes work. He just passed by the movie theater today, wanting to see the reaction of the audience after watching the movie, but he was recognized unexpectedly.

Wang Quan smiled and said, "I'm also engaged in film work. My name is King David..." After a pause, the other party didn't respond. Well, it seems that he pays less attention to entertainment gossip.

"This is my business card. I also opened a film company." Wang Quan handed over his CCO business card with a dragon head on his head.

Chris Meledandri didn't understand what this young man wanted to do. He probably wouldn't have any business relationship with his company.

After all, Blue Sky Studio belongs to Fox, and he can only work for Fox.

Unexpectedly, Wang Quan said again, "Actually, I prefer the first film you made, it's very relaxing."

These words were like a small hammer, precisely hitting his heart, the young man has a vision!

Although the producer of "Ice Age 2" is still him, the director of the previous film, Chris Wedge, has also been upgraded to be a producer. leading.

So he wanted to see the audience's reaction to this movie, but he was a little frustrated. Judging from the laughter, the audience seemed to like this one more, so he was getting old?

He was very pleased by Wang Quan's words, and the two of them knew each other now.

Walking out of the cinema, Old Wang asked, "Who is that old man?"

"The person in charge of Blue Sky Studios, he created "Ice Age" by himself."

"Yo, you can recognize this? It's not in vain!"

I didn't recognize him at first, but when I searched for the box office of "Ice 2" in the film and television database, I saw the old man's head, so I recognized it. It is really necessary to get acquainted with him.

Because the Ice Age was not his peak, after leaving Blue Sky and Fox, Meledandri, who started a new business, really reached the peak of his career. (Note 1)

Let's talk about the screen, "Dad, do you think it's a good idea to build such an IMAX giant screen cinema in China?"

"This kind of equipment is definitely not cheap. If it is really like what you said, if the annual box office can reach 200 billion in the future, then it must be a trick. Now, 20 billion a year, it will be a loss."

Wang Quan asked, "Then do you know "Avatar"..."

The main purpose of taking my father to the theater this time is to let him use 3D and IMAX equipment in the newly built theater. Although the investment is higher, it can make a lot of money in 10 years. The high investment in the past few years can quickly return to blood. Now Think about it, it's been three and a half years.

Wang Quan hypes up the unfilmed "Avatar", but because it is too exaggerated, Lao Wang is skeptical. There are really movies that can change the current theater landscape, and it is too exaggerated.

Seeing that Cameron is not working well, Wang Quan said that he also plans to shoot 3D+IMAX movies in the future, and Lao Wang then said viciously, "Well, isn't it just 3D projectors and IMAX giant screens? I arranged them when I opened the branch." superior!"

When he returned to the hotel that night, Wang Qiankun tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, and finally picked up his mobile phone to make a phone call to China.

"Hey, old horse, haven't you always been interested in my Qianlong enamel colored bowls? Let's meet sometime. Not tonight, I'm in Goose Merricken."

Putting down the phone, Old Wang let out a sigh of relief. After saving half his life, he was finally about to start digging out.

Wang Quan was about to start work next, and he couldn't stand Lao Wang's begging, so he had to take him with him.

"Oh, this little girl is beautiful, you must be Xiao Wang." Wang Qiankun liked it from the bottom of his heart. When will his son get such a mixed-race little granddaughter for himself, it will be great to bring it out.

"Hey, isn't there another actress in your crew?"

"I've already received the lunch box, and my entire crew is almost finished."

"Ah, is it so fast? Is it a month? It can't be shoddy!"

Then he followed Wang Quan into a room and saw the shooting scene of the squeeze chamber, hey, it's so realistic, what a big deal!

He wanted to ask his son how much the investment was, but seeing Wang Quan wearing earphones, holding a walkie-talkie, flipping through the sub-cameras, and looking focused, Wang Qiankun sat silently by the side without saying a word.

Naturally, the filming was not finished today. After work was over in the afternoon, Wang Quan took his father to Dragon Head Films. Wang Quan looked at the Chinese signboard and shook his head, "Long Head Up, it's not as good as Qiankun. My son waits for you to return to China. You, you can toss hard."

Dorothy, who was accompanying me at the side, was unhappy when she heard about it. She kidnapped my director, and my company still can't open. It seems that the battle for director Wang is about to kick off now!
Wang Qiankun came at a good time. Tomorrow there will be a trial screening of "No. [-] Cloverfield Road". Wang Quan told Lao Wang the time and place, and Lao Wang called his only friend here, Lao Tao, and the two went to watch the movie together .

In Hollywood, test screening research is an indispensable procedure before a film is officially released, and almost every commercial film has to go through this.

Some films will even be screened before special effects are added. According to audience feedback, they will be adjusted step by step, perfected, and finally formed.

"No. 6 Cloverfield Lane" did not have a test screening at the beginning, and it was bought by Paramount before it began to arrange a test screening. This is the last test screening before the release. If there is no problem, it will be like this until the official release on June 16. .

Usually the audience doesn't know what they want to see, they only know that they are doing trial screening research. This is to ensure fairness and objectivity. If you let the original audience and fans of a movie watch the trial screening, the opinions usually given will be very Not objective and irrational.

The audience has to sign a non-disclosure agreement before entering the venue to prevent word-of-mouth from being leaked in advance. I haven’t finished the production yet, and you start yelling that this is a bad movie when you go out. Isn’t this ruining me?

Screening research is usually conducted by a special company. Jenison is the person in charge of the project of "[-] Cloverfield Lane". He also conducted a research half a month ago. Make adjustments.

If this is still the case this time, it can only be said that the director has thoroughly grasped the commercial film industry, not to mention impeccable, but also doing his best under the existing conditions.

At the beginning of the movie, Wang Qiankun was pleasantly surprised to find that the voice of Wang Quan was her boyfriend who was talking to the heroine on the phone.

After 1 minute, every step of the development of the movie caught him by surprise.

First of all, the good-looking heroine got into a car accident. When she woke up, she found that she was locked in a secret room with her hands baked. This familiar scene made Wang Qiankun a little restless.

The tall and fat bearded man who appeared immediately made Wang Qiankun almost sure what was going to happen next, but it didn't. The bearded beard told the heroine that something went wrong in the outside world and everyone died. In fact, I was saving you , besides her, there is another young man here.

Of course the heroine who doesn't look stupid doesn't believe it, neither does Wang Qiankun.

So the hostess tried to steal the key and wanted to escape from the secret room.

Wang Qiankun, who has watched too many movies, knows that she will definitely not be able to escape, or she will be caught immediately if she escapes, otherwise what will she do next.

Then the second unexpected plot happened to Wang Qiankun. When the heroine stole the key and was about to go out, a woman with a festered face appeared in the window outside the door. Hit the tempered glass door.

Now she finally believed the bearded man's words, and began to live in peace with the bearded young man in the underground secret room, and had a good time.

Just when Wang Qiankun thought it was a doomsday survival movie, the heroine found a signal from another girl asking for help while cleaning the air filtration system of the house, which made the heroine suspicious of the beard again...

Jenison and his colleagues stood low-key on both sides of the auditorium, and found that the audience was all concentrated and not distracted from other things at all, especially the fat Chinese man, who almost couldn't help applauding several times, but in order not to It affected the rest of the audience to hold back.

It’s not the first time that Jenison has watched this movie. First of all, the heroine is really attractive, wearing a tight camisole, which man can resist this kind of temptation, let’s talk about the plot, damn it, a reversal in a while, Can't figure it out, can't figure it out at all!
It has been a long time since such a small-budget movie with solid script skills and superb shooting skills has appeared, and it is indeed a quasi-dark horse bought by Paramount at a sky-high price.

When the movie lasted an hour and a half, there was another reversal. The heroine came to the outside world and saw birds flying in the sky, so she took off her gas mask. However, she was fine. It turned out that there was no poisonous gas pollution outside.

Wang Qiankun, who didn't know the duration, thought the movie would end here, it was really exciting.

But the excitement is yet to come, the next second, the alien spaceship is coming!

The heroine was dumbfounded. At this moment, she had no time to think about what the bearded man who she killed was actually telling the truth. The first thing to do now was to save her life.

The next 10 minutes is Wang Quan’s re-shooting content with the assistance of Robot Films. Lao Wang actually saw the feeling of a sci-fi blockbuster. If there is a sequel, he will definitely pay for it. I really can’t imagine it. This is a movie made by his son for 300 million dollars. ! (Note 2)

After watching the whole movie, Pharaoh had the feeling that he hadn’t seen enough and wanted to watch it again. He felt that he had overlooked many details before. This kind of movie is actually more suitable for buying discs and going back to taste slowly.

Afterwards, Wang Qiankun filled out the questionnaire seriously, and his English is not bad, otherwise this movie without Chinese subtitles would not be understandable at all.

Jenison and his colleagues put away all the questionnaires, and after a casual glance, they knew that they hadn't run away, and it was an A+ evaluation.

The beautiful heroine, the constant reversal, and the final battle against the aliens completely exceeded the audience's expectations too much, so even if it seems to be a slightly rough low-cost movie with limited production budget, it still Received high marks from the audience.

After walking out of the cinema, Wang Qiankun said to Tao Weilong, "Old Tao, go back by yourself, I have something to do."

"What's the matter, let me tell you, prostitution in Los Angeles is really illegal, I won't lie to you."

"Fuck you, I'm going to Paramount!" Wang Qiankun said firmly, "My son is such a good movie, it would be a pity if Chinese people can only watch pirated copies, I must bring this movie back to China! "

In the next few days, Wang Qiankun has been busy with this matter, and at the same time he is still in contact with IMAX.

As for the "Escape Room" crew, as Ben and Zoe walked out of the secret room building, the last shot of the movie was completed, "Crack! Congratulations!"

After a burst of cheers, Wang Keying said happily, "Director, we are a week ahead of schedule!"

Wang Quan smiled and said, "No, the movie is finished, but your mission is not yet completed."

"what?"

Cassie didn't have such a puzzled expression, Wang Quan nodded Wang Keying's head, "I'm making it difficult for you to look at the contract."

Cassie just asked, "When are we leaving?"

Wang Quan asked back, "Is your body still able to handle it?"

In the last few days, Cassie has consumed the most physical energy, and there are still several fight scenes.

"I have no problem at all, so I'll be the team member of the crew."

"Okay, then we'll leave tomorrow!"

(The third update! The fourth update, I’m working hard, I don’t guarantee it. Also, the last paragraph of the last chapter was deleted. Don’t misinterpret my meaning. I mean speed up the update, so that everyone can see what they want to see as soon as possible , such as the release of a movie, such as an internal entertainment plot, but it does not mean to reduce the plot!)
　(Note 1: After Chris Meledandri left Fox, he created Illumination Entertainment Animation. His representative works include "Despicable Me", "Minions with Big Eyes", "The Secret of Pets", "Super Mario Bros", etc.)

　　(Note 2: The original cost was 200 million, and the reshoot cost 100 million. The actual total is 300 million.)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)