1115. Literary film
"Since it is a work that Director Wang is optimistic about, there is naturally nothing to say, just "The World of Truman." Tang Mingkai said with a smile.
Others looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally chose to support them.
Actually, it’s not that they really believe that "Trumen's World" can really bring surprises.
The key is that this matter will not have much impact.
Even if "Trumen's World" fails, it is actually not harmful. After all, the channels cannot be opened up in one or two times, but must be gradually improved.
Of course, if "Trumen's World" really hits, then of course it's the best.
The final result is released, and the specific matters will naturally be handled by several companies.
So soon a copyright operation company called Zhongxing was established.
The company's six giants, plus Huaying, Huaxia Film and Television, and two other national film and television factories have all shared their shares.
Basically, 10% of each company's shares.
Then Ali Media had to compromise. Like other companies, they authorized the copyright of its own huge acquisition and the copyright that originally belonged to Ali Media to this company.
At the same time, each company comes from 10 million US dollars and injects this new company as the company's starting capital.
Of course, as a new company, although Zhongxing has a strong background, it is all Chinese companies after all, and its foundation in Europe and the United States is still too shallow.
So, everything takes time to operate.
On the other hand, "Trumen's World" was designated as the first offline film and television copyright run by Zhongxing, but it actually did not cause much noise.
There is no way, "The World of Truman" is indeed not a big production. Even if the director is Chen Hang, a famous science fiction film director in China, the movie itself is a literary and artistic movie, so you can't expect such a movie to be really compared to movies like "The Tomb of the Explorer Poke Dragon Emperor" or Wang Yifan's "Titanic".
Actually, it’s not that the market for drama films is small, but in fact the market for drama films is also quite large.
Most of the examples of small and big in China are created by feature films.
For example, "I'm Not a God of Medicine", "Hello, Li Huanying", etc., are actually all feature films.
But the biggest difference between "Trumen's World" is that the commercial elements of this movie are actually not that strong.
Of course, it is not a purely literary film.
However, in contrast, such movies will naturally not increase the box office expectations.
Chen Hang doesn't care much about this, he himself likes this video very much.
For Chen Hang, box office is of course his pursuit, but reputation is also his pursuit.
Especially after experiencing the ups and downs of the past few years, Chen Hang's requirements for the quality of the movie, the story and details have become even higher.
"The World of Truman" has been filmed for a long time. For a major director like Chen Hang, the filming difficulty is almost non-existent.
After all, the movie itself is not too difficult.
Some people may say that drama movies are actually more difficult to shoot than special effects movies, and this is not wrong, but from another perspective, this is not the case.
First of all, special effects movie blockbusters need to cooperate with the special effects team during shooting, so the technical requirements are naturally higher.
But the plot will be relatively weak.
Drama movies, especially those like "Trumen's World", can be said to be almost purely plot movies. In fact, the biggest difficulty lies in the performance of the actors.
Special effects movies, commercial blockbusters, and popcorn movies do not mean that acting skills are not required, but because there are cooler special effects scenes, you will find that special effects movie blockbusters usually rarely have close-ups of the actors' overall or facial expressions.
But the plot is different.
Drama movies usually rely on dialogue to promote the plot.
In this regard, the actor's acting skills are even more tested.
Close-ups of expressions, eye contact, body language and other details often appear.
This leads to the need for the actors to perform very well, otherwise, under high-definition cameras, a little bit of subtle flaws can be magnified.
Then the flaws will become extremely obvious.
Therefore, the biggest problem in filming dramas is often the performance of actors.
On the contrary, for special effects blockbusters, such as movies like "World of Warcraft" in their previous life, to be honest, as long as you don't say it, who knows that Gul'dan actually starred in Daniel Wu?
Of course, this also requires reading the director and the script.
If you are like the King of Sunglasses filming "The Grandmaster", then forget it. The director himself hasn't figured out how to film it. It will be a ghost if it can get up quickly.
Of course, directors like King of Sunglasses are originally a minority.
Therefore, why literary and artistic films are usually low-cost? In fact, it is not only because of the return on investment, but also because the director of literary and artistic films is the more literary and artistic, the higher the pursuit of art, the more special the director is.
God knows when he will take pictures.
What I fear most when investing in a movie is not that the movie is failing when it is released, but that I fear most is that I cannot wait for the movie to be released.
Truck drivers actually had this problem when they filmed "Titanic".
Many people say that "Titanic" and "Avatar" are pure commercial movies, and this really can't be said.
In fact, in terms of details, the truck driver is no worse than any literary and artistic film director.
In fact, the biggest difference between commercial movies and literary movies is that most commercial movies have traces to follow, and movies are really assembly line homework.
Because the investment involved is large, there are definitely more restrictions on rules and regulations, because no one can afford to lose.
But literary and artistic movies are different because under the banner of art, and art movies are usually more likely to be said to be movies with distinct personalities of directors.
Commercial movies rarely have the label of a director, but literary movies will definitely have the label of a director.
Chen Hang is not a literary and artistic film director, but although "The Truman's World" itself is a literary and artistic drama, in fact, the story of this movie is very complete, and Wang Yifan's script usually does not allow substantial modifications.
Therefore, the shooting of this movie is actually quite assembly line.
Chen Hang's shooting speed is still very fast.
In just three months, the movie was finished and officially entered post-production.
When he decided to plan to become the first pioneering film by the stars, "The World of Truman" had been filming for almost two months.
In fact, Chen Hang is very confident in the reputation of "Trumen's World", but he really doesn't have much expectations for the box office.
Because this movie is different from the previous "The Sad".
The dramas in commercial movies are actually very particular. Either your movie has a certain plot that can resonate with the public, or your movie has the kind of sensational scene.
Is "The Sad" available? Of course, this movie has the greatness of maternal love, family affection, and indispensable emotions.
At the same time, I also have persistence in dreams, which is also a more popular emotion and can easily arouse the public's resonance.
And "Trumen's World" will be much worse in this regard!
Chapter completed!