China Entertainment: Been working as a director since 03

Chapter 396 If nothing unexpected happens, this movie will be a hit

At the premiere, both the insiders who were invited to attend the premiere and the audience were concentrating and focused.

The film opens with a scene of the Qin army marching into battle. The scene is very spectacular, with thousands of extras mobilized.

The images presented to the audience are extremely visually impactful. The Qin army on the screen is well-trained and fights bravely, and the war scenes are grand and majestic.

The control of color and lens language is also perfect.

Zhang Yingmou, who was sitting in the front row, was stunned for several seconds when he saw the big screen before he reacted.

Why does he feel that the use of colors and sense of camera are a bit similar to him?
If you taste it carefully, you will find that none of them are exactly the same.

Zhang Yingmou suddenly remembered that during the filming of "Man Jiang Hong", Li Yu, the chief screenwriter + producer, had never left the crew.

Li Yu never gave him any advice on filming on the set.

However, Li Yu would discuss with him some experiences in the profession of director and shooting techniques almost every day.

He was generous and shared all the experience and insights he had accumulated over the years.

He feels that some things are difficult to learn and depend on talent.

If good directors can be trained through teaching, then China would have had a lot of good directors a long time ago.

What he didn't expect was that Li Yu seemed to have really learned his essence.

His world-class use of color, composition, and camera language can all be reflected in this short opening sequence.

Zhang Yingmou couldn't help but sigh that Li Yu's learning ability was really strong. Not only could he learn things, but he was also able to integrate them without losing his own style.

He remembered that Li Yu's opening credits had always been steady and standard, without too many highlights or any flaws.

The real climax comes in the middle and late stages of the film.

He thinks that Li Yu has made a fascinating start for "The Great Wall" this time.

On the other side, Feng Xiaogang, who was sitting next to Mr. Wang, looked calm on the surface, but underneath his sunglasses, his eyes revealed a hint of surprise.

He even wanted to curse the ancestors of those unscrupulous media.

Is this what they mean by taking too big a step and you might end up hurting your balls?

Is this what they mean when they say "The Great Wall" is most likely a bad movie?
You call a movie of this production level a bad movie?

Just based on this extremely valuable and technically advanced opening, Feng Xiaogang knew that this movie would not be a bad one.

Unless Li Yu has a brain seizure like Chen Kaige and creates a bloody murder caused by a steamed bun.

Is this possible?
Feng Xiaogang thinks the possibility is very low, as Li Yu's scripts are well-known for their high quality.

With a high-quality script and superb production standards, this movie has great potential.

At this moment, Feng Xiaogang had made up his mind that his "1942" must be released a month later.

Released during the strong period of "The Great Wall", his "1942" really had no chance of success.

On the screen, the plot of "The Great Wall" continues to advance.

Qin swept across the world and unified the eight wildernesses.

All the ministers thought that the title of king was no longer worthy of Ying Zheng's achievements, and they asked Ying Zheng to be called the King of Thailand, saying that heaven had sent down auspicious signs.

Ancient feudal dynasties were all superstitious.

Whenever an emperor wanted to offer sacrifices to the gods at Mount Tai or wanted to show off his great achievements, he would fake auspicious signs from heaven to make it seem like he was recognized by heaven in order to better deceive the world.

In order to please the emperor, some ministers would even forge auspicious signs and flatter him.

In the movie, the auspicious sign that the minister referred to was an imperial edict sent from heaven, which conferred upon Ying Zheng the title of King of Thailand, the emperor of the human race.

All the civil and military officials in the court thought this was a great thing.

Only Ying Zheng was unhappy, with a thoughtful look as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

Because he was the only one who knew that the edict of enthronement that came down from heaven was not forged, but really came down from heaven.

When the attack on Chu failed and he lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he learned this information about Heaven, the Immortals, and the Emperor of Heaven.

At this point in the story, the information about Qin, Heaven, Ying Zheng, and the Emperor of Heaven has been clearly conveyed to the audience. The audience also knows that there will be a war between Heaven and Qin.

After a grand banquet for his ministers, Ying Zheng returned to the palace, and the climax of the first part, the long-distance contest between the Emperor of Heaven and Ying Zheng, began.

King Ying Zheng of Qin became furious when he learned that the Emperor of Heaven wanted the human race to supply all the resources for cultivation to the immortals.

"I am the king of the human race. I unified the six kingdoms in order to gather the strength of the entire human race and get rid of the slavery of your heavenly court.

It is impossible to make me kneel down and beg for mercy. Throughout history, there have only been Qin people who died in battle, and no Qin people who surrendered.

As the King of Qin, it is even more impossible for me to sell out my people in order to live forever."

Fu Dalong's acting skills are explosive, and he portrays Ying Zheng, a man with bottom line and ambition, to the fullest.

That’s right, in the conversation just now, the Emperor of Heaven seduced Ying Zheng.

As long as Ying Zheng is willing to sell out the interests of the human race, he can allow Ying Zheng to obtain the long-desired immortality.

Ying Zheng flatly rejected the Emperor's temptation and once again said something domineering: "I, the king, have fought hard for six generations, and finally unified the world after going through many hardships and difficulties, just to get a chance to play chess with you.

Even if I die, I will never regret it."

At this moment, the Emperor of Heaven, who is known for justice and represents heaven, finally showed up.

What people saw was not a righteous Emperor of Heaven, but a treacherous and sinister evil Emperor of Heaven.

This setting of the Emperor of Heaven is very different from the image of the Emperor of Heaven who symbolizes justice in everyone's impression.

There is no need to doubt Chen Baoguo's acting skills.

When he played Emperor Wu of Han, he was a domineering king who could go wherever the enemy wanted.

When he played Emperor Jiajing, he was the most selfish monarch in history who devoted the whole world to one person.

The Emperor of Heaven he played cut off the upward potential of the entire human race to help the insidious Emperor of the Immortal Race.

"Ying Zheng, do you know what the consequences of going against the will of heaven are? I can make your Qin Kingdom collapse in an instant."

The Emperor of Heaven made a harsh statement.

The Heavenly Court cannot directly intervene in the affairs of the human race, but it can use indirect means to build up forces and bribe traitors within the Qin State.

The strength of these traitors is not weak.

As an emperor of all ages, Ying Zheng was extremely wise.

He had already dug out all the traitor forces hiding within the Qin Empire, but before the unification of the six kingdoms, he did not want to fall out with the Emperor of Heaven too early, so he did not take action against these forces.

Now that he has declared war on the Emperor of Heaven and the Heavenly Court, there is no need to think so much anymore.

Therefore, Ying Zheng immediately ordered the execution of those traitors who were bribed and supported by the Emperor of Heaven.

Even his queen was imprisoned until her death.

The first battle between Qin and Heaven ended with Qin's victory.

The audience at the scene found the plot of Ying Zheng playing chess against the sky with his flesh and blood very exciting.

From their serious expressions while watching the movie, it can be seen that "The Great Wall" has been a success as a commercial film.

Great directors like Feng Xiaogang and Zhang Yingmou were also impressed.

From their point of view, the plot of "The Great Wall" is not as rigorous as that of "Man Jiang Hong" and "Guan Du" series.

However, "The Great Wall" is positioned as a popcorn special effects commercial film.

These old hands know too well what the unparalleled visual and auditory shocks, coupled with a plot that is not lame and has no major bugs and is exciting and enjoyable, mean.

For example, the later Marvel superhero movies and DC superhero movies, the former were jokingly called popcorn movies with no nutrition and connotation, and the latter were considered to be the ceiling of the depth of superheroes.

The result? In terms of business, the former is much stronger than the latter.

If we make an analogy, the positioning of Li Yu's "The Great Wall" is similar to the former.

If nothing unexpected happens, this kind of movie will be a huge success.

(End of this chapter)