Entertainment: God-level director

Chapter 207

“Director Lin, since you came to the United States to make a movie this time, are you going to develop your career in Hollywood in the future?”

A reporter from a Chinese media asked

“I will develop in Hollywood in the future, but my focus will still be on China. Lin

Ran smiled and replied.

There is no doubt that Hollywood is the film center of the world. Even if Lin Ran is a super director at home, he does not have much fame abroad.

If he wants to become a world-class director, then You must develop in Hollywood.

But this does not mean that you have to leave China and come to Hollywood to develop.

After all, China will become the world’s largest box office in a few years.

A large number of Hollywood movies are trying their best to add China elements, to please the Chinese market in order to get high box office.

If Lin Ran, a local director, completely shifts his focus to Hollywood, he will abandon the good and the last.

“Director Lin, why do you want to make a horror movie?”

Another reporter from a Chinese media asked

“I have said before that I am a person who likes challenges. No matter what kind of subject I shoot in the future, don’t be surprised. Lin

Ran said with a smile.

He clicked on two Chinese media outlets in succession, and then Lin Ran clicked on a reporter from an English media outlet, Hollywood Online, to ask questions.

“Lin, as far as I know, your country does not allow horror movies to be made. Is that why you came to Hollywood to make this horror movie?

Can you also tell us your views on China’s film censorship system?”

Hollywood Online reporter Clark asked.

Hearing this question, Lin Ran frowned slightly. He didn’t expect that the reporter from the first English media he called would be so tricky.

Even from Clark’s tone and expression, Lin Ran However, it can be seen that this reporter should be very hostile to China.

It is difficult to answer this question, and a bad answer will cause an uproar in China.

After thinking for a while, Lin Ran said:”First of all, China is not Filming of horror thrillers, such as”Beijing 81″ and other films, is not allowed, but relatively speaking, the number of horror thrillers is relatively small.

As for censorship……”

After a pause, Lin Ran continued:”Actually, every country has its own film censorship system. You can’t just film whatever you want.

Even the most open country, the United States, is the same. Let’s not talk about it until the 1960s. The recently abolished Hays Code prohibits filming of some subjects even now.” Although

Lin Ran said it very cryptically, reporters like Clark understood what he meant.

There are many political injustices in the United States, and the African-American community has caused many social problems, but do you think anyone dares to make movies about these themes?

Not only did it not happen, but movies like”Black Panther” became very popular.

The reason is very simple. As long as this group is involved, even the reality cannot be told, let alone made into a movie. Otherwise, a big label of racial discrimination will be slapped on you, which will directly ruin your reputation.

“Lin, are you saying that you support China’s film censorship system?”

Clark ignored Lin’s second sentence and continued to ask.

“As a director, I certainly hope that censorship will become more relaxed, which will be more conducive to creation. After Lin

Ran answered, he reminded:”Everyone should ask more questions about the movie itself.””

“Director Lin, your two consecutive Chinese-language films have grossed over US$500 million, so are you still confident that this new film will gross over US$500 million?”

“《”The Return of the Clown” is a low-budget movie, and I’ll be satisfied if it can make $300 million at the box office. Lin

Ran replied humbly.

Then the reporters asked a few more questions to the leading actors. After more than ten minutes, the press conference ended. After the press conference

, Lin Ran immediately brought the leading actors to the set without even a minute. Delay.

In Hollywood, because the film union is very powerful, as long as the cost exceeds 3 million US dollars, union actors must be used.

Once union actors are used, they must strictly abide by the union’s many regulations when filming, one of which is to film every day The working hours are the same as normal work hours and cannot exceed 8 hours.

Even if it only exceeds 5 minutes, if you are complained to the union, you will face a huge fine.

Therefore, when making a movie in Hollywood, you must be very well prepared in the early stage, and prepare every step. The camera positions and lenses for each scene were carefully allocated and designed.

After arriving at the crew, Lin Ran saw that various departments were already busy in an orderly manner and very efficiently. It was much better than the chaotic situation of domestic crews.

In fact, this It is the so-called industrialization of movies.

Every aspect of the production of the movie is carried out according to the corresponding standards, rather than just focusing on special effects, which is industrialization.

While several leading actors were putting on makeup, Lin Ran narrated the scene to them. With the hidden influence of acting training skills, filming with several young actors can go more smoothly.

More than an hour later, all departments of the crew were ready, and the first scene officially started filming

“Action!”

Following the order from the first assistant director Richard Cowan, the crew immediately started moving.

Lin Ran stood in front of the monitor and carefully watched the performances of the actors in the camera.

Due to sufficient preparation, the first scene The scene only took two takes to meet the requirements.

As usual, Lin Ran was ready to ask for another guarantee, but after thinking about it, he decided not to do it again like in China. After all, you can work overtime at any time in China, and no one will care about you.

Just Lin Ran During the filming, relevant news about the launch conference was successively released by major media.

Although Lin Ran is not well-known in the United States, he is still quite famous among the Chinese community.

《The U.S. box office of”The Wandering Earth” totaled more than $12 million, mainly contributed by Chinese audiences, and many people have watched several of his movies through Netflix.

Therefore, when several Chinese-language media reported it one after another, it quickly spread among the Chinese community and they knew that Lin Ran had come to the United States to make a movie.

Then some international students also found out and spread the news back to China.

As a result, it didn’t take long for the domestic media to notice the news. When the domestic media reported it, it instantly caused a crowd of people to be surprised.

“Damn it, Lin Ran quietly went to the United States to make a movie?”

“Isn’t that wrong? Brother Ran is actually filming a horror movie?!”

“Since it’s a horror film shot in the United States, it’s probably unlikely to be released in China.”

“Ahhhhh, Brother Ran, why are you thinking about making horror movies again? Everyone is waiting for you to continue making science fiction blockbusters after you made The God of Medicine.”

“Yes, it is difficult for horror movies to be released in China, and the audience is not large. I am so disappointed.”

“Who said that horror movies have a small audience? Horror movies have always been a model of small and big.”

“Didn’t a marketing account reveal that Lin Ran’s new film is a science fiction action film, and it is also rumored that the starring role is Reba. Why is it now a horror film?”

“Who knows.”

Just when netizens were talking a lot, wondering why Lin Ran went to the United States to film a horror film.

Xinjing Newspaper forwarded a report from an external network, which immediately caused an uproar.