Made in Hollywood

Now that Duke is the backbone of Warner Bros., I believe that not only is there no opposition in Hollywood, but the people inside Warner Bros. will also raise their hands in favor. For the summary of the story that Duke asked Tina? Pay attention to it. Just when Duke was busy continuing to shoot, they specially deployed staff, conducted related research, and discussed the feasibility of making a movie.

As for Duke's transfer to China Film Group, Warner Bros. naturally put it behind. If the project can bring significant benefits, they believe that Duke will not object to Warner's interception of these documents.

It can be said that Warner Bros. attaches great importance to this seemingly unfamiliar thing. After all, this is something that directors like Duke solemnly handed over, rather than those who think they are talented but have never proven themselves in the market. Inexplicable things out.

However, after a few weeks of research and discussion, people at Warner Bros. determined that this document has a certain value, but it is of little significance to Warner Bros.

They specifically asked Warner Greater China to conduct related investigations. The document mentions that although the characters are well-known in China, few people who leave China know that Hollywood is taking an international route. If it only produces movies specifically for the Chinese market , Doesn't make any sense at all.

In view of this situation, Warner Bros. forwarded the document to Warner Greater China. The cooperation between Warner and China Film Group has brought countless benefits. Warner Bros. also wants to use this to narrow the distance between the two parties.

This document was solemnly handed over by Phil, the general manager of Warner Greater China, to China Film Group. I heard that it was some ideas about Chinese film transferred by Duke Rosenberg. People in China Film Group did not dare Neglect, the first time it was sent to the mountain eagle.

In the spacious office, Zuo Shan Diao opened the file and looked at it seriously.

In recent years. As the fact that he is about to retire continues to circulate in the circle, all kinds of rumors that are not good for him began to float in the Internet and movie circles, but the mountain eagle does not care. Many words in it are facts, but in this country. Want to do something practical, how is it possible not to do it?

He has given Chinese films his entire life, and has also vigorously promoted the reform of Chinese films, and he considers himself worthy of the Chinese film industry.

Although he is about to retire, Zuo Shan Diao still wants to do something for Chinese movies.

After reading this document, Zuo Shan Diao sighed slightly. The characters inside are well-known in China, as long as they are appropriately adapted. There is absolutely no shortage of audiences, and if these characters are really brought together, I believe there will be a large number of audiences to buy it, and it may even create the glory of a Chinese super blockbuster.

However, as someone who knows the industry very well, Zuo Shan Diao knows that it is not realistic to make Chinese superhero movies.

In fact, there have long been such calls on the Internet. Chinese superheroes are no less or worse than those of the old and beautiful. They also have a broad mass base, but in modern society, everyone knows that this is just a delusion.

Zuo Shan Diao has also seen many related posts on the Internet. But don't agree with those views above.

Some people say that superheroes advocate extreme personal heroism, which symbolizes resistance to government power. It is easy to make taboos and make leaders look uncomfortable.

This reason is a bit on the line. If you are really so taboo, the first one to win is Monkey. The movement of people in the palace is no smaller than any superhero.

It is also said that Chinese movies are fake products, and neither imagination nor technology is enough to make blockbuster films.

For this reason, the mountain eagle thinks it is not right, and the technology is not enough. You can spend money to hire the Hollywood team. He has had a lot of dealings with Warner Bros. and Duke Rosenberg, the owner of Hollywood's best special effects company, Industrial Light and Magic. It is clear that those are people with the highest interests, as long as they are willing to spend money. They don't care where the business comes from.

Some people take the main theme as an argument, but in the eyes of the mountain eagle, this reason is not very sufficient.

The main theme is not at all contradictory to science fiction and superheroes. In fact, American superhero films are the main theme films of the old and the United States. There is no shortage of realistic and positive meanings. They can even match the current situation. Science fiction and superheroes are just forms. All themes can be installed, and the two are not mutually exclusive.

Despite vetoing these reasons in his heart, Zuo Shan Diao knows very well that these things do not have much meaning to Chinese movies at this stage. He pressed the phone to call the secretary and asked the other party to temporarily seal these things.

After the secretary left, Zuo Shan Diao knocked on the table lightly. As an old Chinese filmmaker, he said that he didn't want to see Chinese movies take off and kill the world like Hollywood movies. That must be fake.

Even on the basis of the documents he just saw in his mind, he has made some film-like supplements.

If you want to make these movies closely connected with modern society, you must be prepared in advance and design a superhero that conforms to the main theme and is positive. For example, he lives in a five-good family in Beijing. He is a newcomer with four talents. He loves this. This city supports the government. The story tells the story of how he defeated the super monster of terrorists and saved the entire capital. In order to meet the current situation, this superhero also possesses the outstanding qualities of virtue, tolerance, patriotism and innovation.

Just thinking of this, the mountain eagle shook his head and sighed long, "I can't shoot!"

If there are superheroes and terrorist monsters, then there must be fights. If there is a fight, it must be earth-shattering, or the audience will definitely not buy it.

Once the fighting has risen to earth-shaking levels, a series of corresponding problems will come.

Americans smashed their homes of New York, Los Angeles and other big cities and landmark buildings all over in their movies; not to mention, the number of destructions of Tokyo and other things in Japan is more than the number of times that Beijing encounters sandstorms. many.

Therefore, such destructive action scenes are simply unrealistic in China. Let alone Scissors and other departments, China Film Group alone will not be able to pass this level.

For example, the background of a duel between superheroes and evil forces is placed on the square in front of the palace.

Before the fight, the director and crew must face this question: Can you knock down a hero monument?

Do you need to ask? Certainly not, it is to commemorate the martyrs during the Revolutionary War. If the crew knocks it down, what political meaning does the film have? Will it work to smash the corner of the Great Hall where certain people have meetings? No, that’s where the people’s representatives from across the country meet. What if the people’s representatives stand up and say that this is not serious?

There is also a memorial hall, not to mention, a finger is blasphemy, and it will be infinitely blocked by big scissors.

Thinking of this, the mountain sculpture abandoned the most famous building in the city and replaced it with a place with less political significance, such as near the China World Trade Center. Superheroes and evil forces fought against the China World Trade Center as the background, and the scope was strictly limited to the east to Dawang. In the area from Luxi to Yong'anli, the Twin Towers were smashed, the overpass was blown half of the fan, and the big pants of a certain TV station burned once.

But after less than five seconds of thinking, the mountain eagle shook his head.

There are still a lot of problems in doing so. Will such an important bd of Beijing be smashed into rubble, will it discredit the achievements of urban construction? If the movie is just a fiction, what if someone takes it seriously? Will businesses protest? Besides, several years have passed since the annex building of a certain TV station had a big fire. The responsibilities have been cleared out. Now you want to put it on the screen. What do you want to insinuate? Is it to question the investigation conclusion of the relevant department?

What about moving the battle site out of the city? The wilderness is definitely not good. Although the mountain sculpture has reached the age of retirement, he has enough understanding of the audience’s viewing psychology. If the background of this kind of film is placed in a place that is unfamiliar to the audience, the sense of substitution is definitely not strong, so choose Some famous places.

How about putting it on the Badaling Great Wall? Far from the city, it is safer, but the feasibility is still zero.

The Great Wall of China represents the image of the country. The protagonist or villain of the film smashed into two sections with one punch. The meaning is not very attractive.

Even if the movie doesn't have the intention of allusion, it can't stand the misunderstanding of the audience with ulterior motives? If anyone just cuts this picture and put it on the Internet, and add a line of words about the country, the social impact will be very bad and it will be difficult to recover.

Also, the movie says that the villain is a monster sent by a terrorist, so where did this terrorist come from? The United States, Europe, and Russia are not good, they are prone to diplomatic disputes, and the Middle East is not good, and they are more likely to cause trouble. Those few organizations that do what they do are indeed villains, but the country does not allow them to mention it. What is enough to drink a pot of sensitive words in your movie? Fictional terrorist organization? Are you still not enough? ? How do you keep messing up the country?

Also, there are problems with the ending of this type of movie.

"Monsters are raging in Forty-Nine Cities, and everyone is helpless. At the very moment, a superhero appeared to save the city."

Just after muttering this sentence, Zuo Shan Diao immediately realized the problem. This "owner" also includes public security officers and armed police? Monsters are arbitrarily disrupting social order. The police are at a loss for such a big thing, and they have to rely on superheroes to save them. Does this make people feel that they are belittling the image of certain departments?

Perhaps it is possible to modify the script so that the superhero and the police can jointly defeat the villain, as Duke Rosenberg filmed in "Transformers", and let the Autobots and the US military fight together.

But the mountain eagle still shook his head. The feasibility is too low. If you set it this way, then who listens to whom? Does the superhero listen to the police, or the police listen to the superhero? Does this superhero have an authority? Perhaps the real identity that can be set as the protagonist is originally a policeman, who is usually on duty and becomes a superhero only when something happens. That shouldn't be the case. How can this kind of thing be hidden from the organization?

At this point in the simulation, the mountain eagle suddenly became disappointed, stood up and made a cup of tea for himself, and didn't bother to think about it. (To be continued.)

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