Disaster Artist

"Assault", was it successful?

Undoubtedly, the movie is well-known and widely circulated among movie fans, and it has successfully awakened people's love and nostalgia for classic action movies.

The highlight of the movie is that it is simple, crisp, neat, and direct. It really carries forward the characteristics of action movies. It is violent enough and **** enough. The sound of broken bones, blood splashes, and fatal explosions has a strong visual and auditory impact. .

However, did the "raid" really succeed?

The global box office is 9 million US dollars, which is far from the expected explosion. Of course, compared to the production cost of 1 million US dollars, it is still profitable. However, the box office potential of the film is obviously not fully tapped.

Language, this is definitely a factor. Bahasa Indonesia is still too unfamiliar to a global audience, which has limited it too much.

In addition, lighting and cameras are also key.

In Lu Qian's view, director Gareth chose to hold a camera to create a first-person perspective that is comparable to a documentary, and the realism is beyond the table. Too vague, but it affects the audience's sense of substitution.

Although both "Unfriend" and "The Raid" have chosen a documentary-like perspective, they are two different things.

The hand-held camera of the "raid" is a third angle of view, playing the function of the first angle of view; at the same time, the lens is always in motion, which also means that route design, picture composition, scene scheduling and lighting use are all tests. The key to directing ability - behind the film's effect is the result of countless rehearsals and planning by the entire production team.

Gareth is doing well, but he is still a long way from the top.

It is precisely because of this that at the script level, Lu Qian doesn't need to spend too much effort, but at the director level, he has a lot of work to do.

Moreover, choosing "raid" is undoubtedly the most suitable plan for Lu Qian.

On the one hand, it continues the style of documentaries, but switches to handheld photography; on the other hand, jumping from thriller movies to action movies, the track transition is not huge, but it can show its abilities at different levels step by step.

To put it simply, it is to make some innovative attempts, but not to step too far and get involved.

Of course, the most important thing is that inspiration flows.

After finishing the recording of the program "Tomson has something to say", Lu Qian devoted himself to the creation of the script and the sub-scene script, which was completed in less than two weeks. He was eager to join the crew and start work again.

This kind of anticipation and excitement is the most moving part of filming.

Ji Xu took a serious look at the script frame, then flipped through the sub-scene script, and looked up at Lu Qian.

"...Another building? A Qian, I thought you were going to spend a lot of money."

Sure enough, the producer is the producer, and the focus is completely different from that of the director.

Lu Qian didn't even notice that the filming location of "The Raid" was also in a building. Like "Unfriend", it also meant that it was convenient for the crew to save money.

In fact, the "raid" is indeed a small-cost project. According to Lu Qian's estimate, the shooting can be completed at about 7 million to 10 million.

That is to say, they don't need to use their own box office dividends at all, and they only need to successfully sell the sequel copyright of "Unfriend 2" to Qiyang Media, which is enough to complete the production of "The Raid", and even have a surplus. , into the post-publicity.

Really economical.

Ji Xu also thought that after they received the box office dividends, Lu Qian would want to make a big movie with an investment of 500 billion.

Lu Qian really hadn't thought about this issue before, but after Ji Xu's reminder, he thought about it seriously.

"Student Ji, you should know that for those movies with huge investment scale, the crews are very large, often three hundred or four hundred or even more; and the shooting team may also be divided into one, two, three groups, the director There are also digital assistant directors, and so on.”

"Managing such a huge crew and scheduling all aspects is not an easy task. It's a test for you and me."

"The entire crew of 'Unfriend' has less than 20 people. That's not the same thing at all. It's only my second movie. We don't need to rush it."

What Lu Qian considered was always the director's job——

With his current ability, he is not necessarily able to control such a huge crew. Filming is also a process of learning and growing step by step.

It is not "big gamble" but "stupidity" to take risks without considering one's own level and situation.

Ji Xu's thinking angle is different from that of Lu Qian, but they have the same goal -

They are alone now. If they rashly start investing in a large-scale film, the capital expenditure will be a burden, and the personnel operation will be far from enough. The most important thing is that a huge production crew needs the coordination and cooperation of different departments, and They do not have such qualifications.

It is actually a good thing to move forward slowly and down-to-earth.

But Ji Xu took advantage of the situation and thought of one thing. Even if the filming of "raid" this time, there is no need to worry about the large crew, but what about the next time? What about next time?

They can't always fight alone, can they?

Moreover, even the "raid", the whole scale is very different from "unfriend", martial arts instructors, extras, photography groups, etc. all need to keep up. "Unfriend" relies on the computer's front camera to record the screen to complete the shooting, but "raid" does not work, and it also takes effort.

The production cost alone has more than doubled.

"A Qian~www.wuxiamtl.com~ You said, how about we set up a film company?"

As soon as the words came out, information burst out in his mind continuously, Ji Xu's thoughts started to run fast, and light burst out in his eyes.

Looking at Ji Xu's eagerness to try, Lu Qian almost turned into a Cyclops, so he had to tighten the reins and pull Ji Xu's thoughts back a little.

"Etc., etc."

"A movie company? Isn't this too fast?"

Although the box office dividends of "Unfriending" are very impressive, have they reached the standard of establishing a film company now?

"We're only discussing the second movie, 'The Raid', you haven't said it yet, what do you think?"

Ji Xu looked at Lu Qian's expression, and a smile appeared in his eyes, but before he opened his mouth, Su Ziyi couldn't wait to express his loyalty first.

"I can!"

I don't know when Su Ziyi and Bai Cheng, who had ended their fight, were both watching the script.

Su Zi was able to see right away that this film also had very strict lighting requirements, even higher than "Unfriending".

Because the story of the "raid" happened at dawn in the early morning, darkness is the protective color of the SWAT team, but the problem is that the movie can't be so dark that the audience can't see anything; so, how to use the lights to present the scene, But it will not take away the important setting of the background of the story, which is undoubtedly a severe test.

Su Ziyi is already gearing up, and can't wait to get into work right away.

Bai Cheng was still taking his time, flipping through the script of the split scenes, and occasionally nodding his head gently, groaning with satisfaction from the depths of his throat, as if he was reading a comic.