"But he told me before, and I have a similar point of view! That is, we have always felt that with his talent, it is a waste to make a commercial entertainment blockbuster, because blockbusters, From an artistic point of view, in his own words, the threshold is actually very low. Some blockbuster directors use 0.2% of their energy to do this for you, and then they eat, drink, and have fun and become rich, and you are here Looking at it like a fool, I think this is unfair!"
Everyone can see that Fa Ge is completely copying Liu Qingshan's way of speaking, which also proves that these words are absolutely true.
With another burst of laughter, Fa Ge continued: "During the filming process, I said this to him: If you want to make a fortune, remember not to challenge the public's aesthetics, even if you firmly believe that the public's aesthetics are stinking shit. Because it is said that in the land of dung beetles, only those who sell stinky shit can be successful! I am not saying it nicely, right? But this is part of the reality in the film industry. You know what his answer was? He said that art can mess around, and First of all, it’s fun, but sadly, many of today’s blockbuster directors don’t even know how to mess around, and it’s even harder for them to make a fun movie.”
He did not directly respond to reporters' questions, but through several exchanges between him and Liu Qingshan, he vividly portrayed the latter's creative and directing concepts.
The words should be rough but not rough, and the fun plot can be enjoyed by both refined and popular people. Strong entertainment is the core of entertainment films. How to make laughter fun first is the basis for telling the story in a precise way and with unexpected surprises from time to time.
Especially in such an occasion, no one will be willing to listen to your words of enlightenment or great principles. Only if it is easy to understand, it will be easy for people to accept it. The experienced Fa Ge obviously knows this truth well.
Uncle Ge took it with a smile: "This is a small-budget comedy masterpiece full of imagination, with particularly outstanding highlights in terms of action. Although violence, pornography, and foul language are all available, and the jokes are dense and smooth, but Speed and exaggeration ensure that all indicators are high and hard. Director Liu cleverly put his signature magical reality techniques and heroic complex into the coat of a commercial film, which is why his scripts have always been in demand, so My point of view is that the creation of the script is of great quality and meets almost all the factors that cater to the market!”
Compared with Fa Ge, his explanation has been more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Now everyone in the world knows that Liu Qingshan's scripts have always been optimistic about the market, and even Hollywood has reached the point where it is difficult to find a copy.
If you want to know more about the filming behind-the-scenes, the producers who have been with the crew through thick and thin should not miss it.
So next, Qu Jimeng asked a question very keenly to Han Shanping who was beside Liu Qingshan: "Can you tell me about the other side of Director Liu? For example, why is it classified as a low-cost comedy?"
Sanye said happily: "I understand what Uncle Ge just said, why the investment for this film was set at a low cost. Because the salaries of several film industry bosses in the film accounted for most of it, and the remaining filming The funds are very limited! As a supervisor, I think Director Liu is still very good at living. In order to save money, he has always used less distant views and panoramic views. Since it is rare to have three big stars and a bunch of small stars as supporting actors. For a luxurious lineup, you should try to focus the camera on their parts above the waist, especially their faces! Below the waist, unless necessary, you know! Otherwise, just click it away, well, just like what happened to Master Tang in the end .”
"Also, he will try to spend as little money as possible on backgrounds that are not the focus, and try his best to create some oversized hot pots, land mines, and injustice drums, as well as some outstanding mahjong masks, red-sheathed Japanese swords, and six-fingered tombstones. Props are affordable and memorable.”
Uncle Ge followed closely: "The most important point is that as we all know, if you encounter an action scene that is difficult to pass by, using computer stunts is much cheaper than traditional stunts, especially if the requirements are not high. Next. But Director Liu even saved the cost of this part of the stunts and replaced it directly with real-life performances. You must know that many of the action designs are quite difficult. It is estimated that only he and Wu Zhi can do this. His team, right?”
Seeing the reporter looking at him, Liu Qingshan smiled and nodded: "The cost of commercial films is much more expensive than soldiers' bullets. Funny lines and exaggerated performances are far more cost-effective than head-to-head action scenes. For example, shooting gun battle scenes, old city The ancient buildings inside cannot be moved, and the props master is unwilling to think of a way, so the pyrotechnics master should be wronged and not install any real explosions. Anyway, the audience is not here to watch "The Matrix", so the pillars are broken into pieces. What's the point of Kong? If you really want to shoot a gun scene, you can go to the barren mountains and mountains! You can fire as many guns as you like. Anyway, if you destroy the flowers and plants, you don't have to pay taxes until 2010."
Liu Qingshan's tips on saving money attracted thunderous applause.
Because people have just watched the movie, the climax of the final gunfight is a fight in the mountains and forests. The deduction of the plot is far more exciting than the description of the specific injuries. The distinct effect is that there are only a few people, but it feels like there are thousands of troops. As grand and cruel as thousands of horses.
This is a problem with the complete shooting technique. Compared with the gun battle scene where countless corpses are piled up and broken into pieces, this kind of plot setting is obviously much more clever, and more importantly, it saves money.
"Boss Yang, as a veteran of Xiangjiang Film Company who is best at producing entertainment films, how do you feel about Director Liu's first directorial work?" This was a question from a reporter from Xiangjiang.
Yang Wancheng smiled and spoke: "My biggest feeling is that Director Liu is really a good carving knife. Actors are like stones, and directors are like carving knife. Whether the mark is carved well or not depends on how he grasps the material. Director Liu is He almost never fails in this regard. As a final digression, I admire the bandit whistle in this film very much. How did you come up with this, how did you research it, and how did you compile it? Xiao Ju Mountain Forest, that’s how it works, right? ! When the bandit whistle blows, the movie becomes three points more exciting!"
Liu Qingshan also laughed and teased him: "Boss Yang, this is my specialty as a screenwriter. Without this ability to be different, why would people use my script! Even if you don't understand, don't say it. I’m still counting on this little thing to make a living!”
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In just a few words, he brought back the topic of the plot discussion that was gradually getting deeper. This was just an interview after the premiere, and it was over. The remaining professional questions were left to interpretation by various film critics in the future.
Following the guidance of his words, more reporters only mentioned some superficial things. The overall atmosphere of the interview was quite good, and it ended with bursts of laughter after about thirty minutes.
Moreover, the audience at the scene was not as nostalgic as before. This is because many people were thinking about how to buy tickets for the next movie to satisfy their newly ignited desire to watch movies. A good movie is a visual feast for true movie fans. How can one be satisfied after watching it once? Besides, there is indeed a lot hidden behind this movie.
At the same time, the enthusiastic response on the Internet was like igniting a powder keg, exploding with vigor.
Because in just over three hours, various film reviews have been posted online, and these first batch of reviewers are all big-shot figures in the film critic circle. Under the premise of not spoiling as much as possible, Writing out their true feelings about watching movies is the source of their lives.
Under the most famous posts, in the following hours, more than a hundred topic posts closely related to the movie emerged, and attracted more than tens of thousands of replies.
The webpages where several major Qingshan bars are located have more than one million people active online. This is incredible for the Chinese Internet in the early morning. There is no doubt that "Let the Bullets Fly" became a hit overnight. The throne of the latest hot spots.
At the same time, this movie caused long queues outside all the theaters where it premiered. Even for the last show of the day in China, there were still queues of hundreds of meters long to grab tickets.
In overseas markets, due to time differences, the premiere is at noon on Friday, and the subsequent rush to buy can last for a whole day.
As more and more people watched the video, in less than four hours, it first sparked a frenzy of discussion in the Yahoo community, and then spread widely on Facebook and photo walls, and even became a trending topic. List of keywords.
A Chinese film, without any effort, successfully made its way on the day of its premiere and gained the momentum of a Hollywood blockbuster, which was completely unimaginable before.
Moreover, it is a foreign language film with only English subtitles. This kind of popularity from theaters, although some people had predicted it, has completely detonated the box office so quickly, which still subverted the inherent perceptions of many people in the industry.
Especially on the Internet, all related news is like an active volcano, constantly erupting.
What is even more concerning is that an Internet movie database website called imdb actually caused the server to crash for a short time due to the number of posts published within twelve hours.
This is a website affiliated with Amazon. It is an online database about movie actors, movies, TV shows, TV stars and movie productions. It includes a lot of information about the movie, actors, length, content introduction, ratings, reviews, etc.
The most commonly used rating for movies is imdb, which is currently the largest movie database on the global Internet. It includes almost all movies and TV series after 1982.
Previously, Liu Qingshan's fans did not have a large number of fans on imdb, mainly because there was only one film related to him on the website, "Late Autumn", and most of the related entries were concentrated under this film source.
Perhaps because the film's mainstream audience is too young, the influence of "Late Autumn" in North America, the largest gathering place for senior movie fans, is not as popular as the market box office reflects.
