China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 462 New Art Complex

"Li Mu and Liu Yifei appeared in Shanghai, and "La La Land" officially launched in a low-key manner!"

"The sci-fi movie "Superbody" released a trailer, and the concept sparked heated discussions!"

""Transformers 4" has a box office of over RMB million in China and has lost its reputation in North America!"

Compared with its success in the Chinese market, "Transformation 4" did not achieve good results at the box office in the North American market.

The box office revenue of the midnight show was US$875 million, which was significantly lower than the US$3 million of "Transformers 1350". It only ranked third this year and was still behind the recently released "Godzilla".

The first weekend box office in North America only exceeded 2011 million. You must know that the first weekend box office of "Transformers 3" in North America in 9700 reached million US dollars, ranking first in the same period.

As the saying goes, when the west is not bright, the east is bright. Obviously, many Hollywood blockbusters are going through this process: failure in the main battlefield in North America, but success in the overseas or Chinese market.

Hollywood blockbusters are ready to erode this market with superhero and special effects movies.

However, at this moment, news came out that shocked the industry.

Li Mu also fell into thinking about what was wrong.

Magic City, the set of "La La Land".

Li Mu was still thinking in his mind. The picture that came out was too ordinary. He felt that it was not artistic enough and lacked that flavor.

"Pause."

Wang Zhongjun also smiled lightly. Although he said so, the curve of the corners of his mouth still betrayed him.

"The lens image is a bit different from what I thought, that is, it should be wider, not an ordinary anamorphic widescreen, but as a shooting and playback system."

"These are just advantages, not absolute."

In the past two years, Korean artists have come more frequently and basically have contact with them.

Li Mu shook his head.

Li Mu told them his understanding, "I forgot what this should be called. I didn't think of the name."

Liu Yifei asked.

"Oh, Director Li, do you mean 'New Arts Complex'?"

After being reminded of this, my thoughts suddenly became clear.

"Not at all."

Although the performance is okay, there is a problem with the picture.

The main photographer seemed to react and said quickly.

There was a lot of discussion in the circle, but this wave made Huayi take the lead.

The signing of the agreement means that from now on, films co-produced by China and South Korea will enjoy the treatment of domestic films in the Chinese market and will no longer be subject to the conditions of imported films.

The official Weibo of the "Korea Film Promotion Council" announced that the "Korea Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism" and the General Administration will formally sign the "China-Korea Film Co-production Agreement" next month.

Wang Zhonglei is very excited. The current agreement is absolutely beneficial to them.

Li Mu clapped his hands, very happy.

"Brother, it's stable now, and the stock price is going to rise again."

Li Mu remembered that this set should have an academic name.

You must know that a few years ago they signed a strategic cooperation intention with UAM, an alliance of South Korea's six major brokerage companies.

"Director Li, what's the problem?"

The honeymoon in the Chinese and Korean film and television circles is about to begin.

Seeing Li Mu's frown, Liu Yifei thought it was a problem with the performance, "How about we try again."

Li Mu ordered.

In the 2014 Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala, Lee Min Ho became the first Korean artist to appear on the Spring Festival Gala stage. Isn't it their credit?

Li Mu patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, remember all of this and have a solid foundation."

"It's not about performance."

"Yeah, that's it."

"Hey, just a little impression."

"What's wrong, Amu, is something wrong?"

After Li Mu and Liu Yifei finished their performance, they returned to the monitor and looked back at the images from the camera, shaking their heads.

Because Huayi started cooperating with South Korea very early, especially with artists.

"Director Li, are we going to resurrect the 'New Arts Complex'?"

At this moment, the main cameraman and assistant cameramen also came over and asked.

The most classic example of the original "New Arts Complex" is the epic masterpiece "The Spring and Autumn Period of the Holy Robe".

"Isn't that a lens?"

This specification was developed by New Arts Complex in the early 35s by Fox Studios. Its pioneering feature is the use of anamorphic lenses to record and restore ultra-wide images with an aspect ratio of 2.55:1 on mm film, thus cost-effectively There are many stand-alone methods, which are close to the "New Art Rama Body" that uses three cameras to splice the picture.

The photographers asked, "The New Arts Complex" has disappeared into history, and it is a bit troublesome to modify it exactly according to this set of specifications.

The difficulty is not small.

“There is no need to completely resurrect, we can achieve high imitation based on the same technical principles.”

Li Mu naturally knew that it would be difficult to copy directly, and many prepared things would have to be replaced, but it would be much simpler to imitate based on technical principles.

"High imitation?"

"I think Director Li's plan is okay. It shouldn't take much time to make a high-quality imitation."

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The main cameraman and the assistant cameraman took turns expressing their opinions. The director had spoken, and it was enforceable, so naturally he had to find a way to do it. Li Mu and several photographers also discussed how to imitate this set of specifications.

"Shooted using an anamorphic lens with a 2x lateral compression ratio and super 35mm film without a magnetic stripe for the sound track"

"The original 2.66:1 picture is slightly cropped, resulting in a 2.55:1 picture."

Everyone was talking about it.

"How far can the anamorphic lens be pushed away from the actors?"

Li Mu asked.

"Director Li, currently we can only push it to 3 feet away from the actors."

"Not enough. I need to be able to push it to 19 inches from the subject."

Li Mu said lightly that this request was actually a bit harsh, but no one said anything. Just like Li Mu led everyone to shoot a classic long shot of film and television in "Gravity", the more demanding the request, the more it proves Li Mu's commitment to this movie. nice.

Only if the director has strict requirements can he make a classic.

"Director Li, I'm trying to contact the Panavision Optical Engineering Department to see if we can make a special lens."

The main photographer volunteered.

"Okay, hurry up if you can, adjust the shooting plan, and screen out this part of the scene first."

Li Mu nodded. This is how a crew should be arranged. If there are problems that need to be solved, someone can stand up, instead of him having to arrange everything.

This is the advantage of the Queen's crew, everyone has a tacit understanding.

“For my photography style, I have two requirements. One is that the movement of the lens should be as smooth and smooth as Max Ophuls’s.

The second is the lens itself. The lens should become part of the rhythm and rhythm of the song and dance, just like the boxing scene in "Raging Bull." "

Li Mu looked at a few people and said, "What I expressed should be clear enough."

"clear."

The several photographers were not just newbies, they were all experienced people, and they understood Li Mu's intention instantly.

In fact, "La La Land" requires the entire film to be shot, and post-production color correction and special effects are avoided as much as possible.

This also puts forward higher requirements for the main creative team of "La La Land".

They must ensure that the shooting scene in front of the camera is the closest to the final scene.

For this reason, this shooting journey is destined to not be easy. One difficulty after another needs to be overcome in order to achieve the perfect effect Li Mu wants.

When Liu Yifei saw this scene, she secretly encouraged herself.

The entire team is working hard on this movie and pursuing perfection, and she has no reason to hold back.

At this time, the Hollywood blockbuster "Transformers 4" was released in China on its seventh day, and the box office has exceeded the 10 billion mark, easily earning 10.3 billion, becoming the fastest movie to break the 10 mark in history.

It broke the previous record set by Li Mu's "Edge of Tomorrow".

Judging from the recent daily box office growth rate of nearly 4 million for "Transformers ", it seems to be only a matter of time before it surpasses the total box office of "Edge of Tomorrow".

However, the audience was still attracted by the TV series between Huang Yi and Huang Yiqing.

While Huang Yi was accused of forging evidence, Huang Yiqing was exposed as having a trumpet called Black Huang Yi.

Cheating, domestic violence, short videos, pregnancy, lawsuits, custody
Anyway, it seems that the two of them have not missed any of the plot points that should be included in a bloody TV series.

Let netizens say, this is so exciting.
"Is this something I can see?"

"Nima, TV series are not as exciting as this, so what else should I watch?"

"Netizens, if you know more, you might as well tell me more, I love watching!!!"

The fuss was loud and clear.

Even the crew of "La La Land" will discuss it when they have free time.

At this time, Liu Yifei was on the phone with Zhou Xun.

"Really? Congratulations."

Liu Yifei said with a smile, "If you give me an invitation, I will definitely go."

When Li Mu heard this, he probably guessed what was going on.

"Amu, Sister Xun is getting married."

After Liu Yifei put down the phone, she said to Li Mu.

"Just get married. How old is she? It's normal to get married."

Li Mu yawned. Zhou Xun will be 40 next year. It is normal to be impatient to get married.

"She said she wanted to give everyone a surprise and planned to hold a simple wedding directly at the ONE NIGHT Charity Gala for Special Children in Hangzhou later this month. We will attend it together."

".This is quite fast. This wedding is quite unique."

Li Mu nodded and said with a smile, it was a quick trip from Shanghai to Hangzhou and it would not affect the filming progress.

The two chatted for a while and the filming continued.

The general plot of "La La Land" is actually that the male protagonist is a poor piano player who is passionate about jazz, and the female protagonist is a waitress in a restaurant who dreams of being an actress. Because of her dream, she came to the last couple to seek development.
After meeting and going through some twists and turns, they were encouraged and attracted to each other and came together.
But due to their careers, irreconcilable friction gradually emerged. In the end, the two of them parted ways to help each other out!

The shots of "La La Land" are smooth and flowing, the music is pleasant, the dances are dreamlike, and the overall tone is romantic and beautiful!
As for the love line between the male and female protagonists, the routine is very simple, starting from mutual distaste until they become soul mates who are compatible in body shape.

As a musical, "La La Land" is undoubtedly nostalgic.

But in Li Mu's mind, singing and dancing are just forms, or just part of the movie style.

As far as the plot is concerned, it focuses on a family living in Shanghai and reflects their dreams and love. The emotional elements revealed in it are contemporary, or in other words, transcend the times and regions and are universal to ancient and modern times.

So the routines are not afraid of being old, it just depends on how the director uses them.

(End of this chapter)