China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

On the evening of July 10th, "Initial D" was released simultaneously in multiple places in Asia including Taiwan, Taiwan, South Korea, Neon, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore.

For mainland movie fans, this is just a movie released. At most, this movie has attracted a lot of attention.

For Xingchen, this release is a test of simultaneous releases across Asia.

Ping An's movies have achieved release coverage in Asia, and Ping An's movie + theater chain has achieved release coverage in Asia.

These are two completely different concepts.

The former affects Lu Ping An and Xingchen Company the most.

The latter is related to a wider range of distribution and screening business, and the profits may be the entire Chinese-language film.

Of course, we hope that distribution and screening will continue to develop well in the future.

It is inseparable from government support, local policy support, reasonable management, and most importantly, excellent content.

In the film industry, the most important thing is content.

The glory period of Xiangjiang movies and the current glory period of Hollywood mainly reflect this.

When the content of the movie is no longer innovative, local ones continue to grow stronger. For example, more than ten years later, the mainland began to be indifferent to many Hollywood movies that were the same. Even if there were more than 10,000 domestic movie theaters at that time, it would not have much effect.

However, the domestic films of the original time and space, or Chinese-language films, after a few years in the early 21st century, actually failed to achieve particularly outstanding features in terms of content. At least compared with competing products, they were not able to effectively stand out, so that cultural Radiation and influence have been slow to gain ground.

It was not until later that we really took the lead in TV dramas. In Southeast Asia, "Chinese dramas" gradually made their mark.

What Lu Pingan needs to do now is actually to use the expansion of channels from now on to slowly achieve high-quality and stable output of Chinese-language film and television works.

We don’t insist on really overshadowing high-quality content production places such as Hollywood or South Korea, but we just want to completely drive a nail and let everyone in Southeast Asia know that China has such a director, such a company, and such excellent works. Let everyone look forward to it, like it, and strive to make Southeast Asia gradually become one of the stable ticket warehouses of Xingchen Company.

At this stage, terminal theater chains and local distribution branches are the most important links.

Now, after several years of continuous development, Star Film and Television has achieved transnational development in distribution and theater lines, established multiple overseas branches, and finally no longer has to rely 100% on the distribution and screening of "Initial D" in Southeast Asia. Another company.

In the future, Xingchen will also get involved in streaming media and continue to cover a wider area according to the current model, rather than just living on the mainland.

I believe that the buried nails will have a very good effect when the time comes.

anyway.

As the release time reaches its best second.

Cinemas across the country are dimming their lights.

At this time, all viewers who entered Planet Cinema for the first time, whether from the mainland or abroad, have been baptized by the unified high-end decoration of this international cinema.

Next, they will be baptized by movies again

As the movie opens.

The opening scene of Star Movie appears.

First it was a planet, then a galaxy, then more and more galaxies, and finally it was held in the palm of a big hand.

Countless Southeast Asian movie fans’ eyes lit up, this beginning looks so familiar!

They thought of the mainland Chinese movies they had seen earlier, such as "The Tuner", "Source Code", etc., which all started like this.

A feeling of "high quality" emerged from my mind.

Just like when mainland movie fans see "DreamWorks' Fishing Boy on the Moon," "MGM's The Roaring Lion," "20th Century Fox's The Lighthouse," etc., what comes to mind are "Hollywood blockbusters."

Now, "Produced by Stars" has begun to have similar effects.

Facing a blockbuster film, everyone will naturally be in awe.

This is true for people watching the movie for the first time, and it is also true for old movie fans.

Everyone knows that the films of Oscar-winning director Lu Pingan from China are not bad.

In addition, the biggest shock to everyone at the beginning this time is actually "3D".

As the world's pioneer and leader in 3D movies, Lu Ping An will certainly not miss out on promoting this kind of racing drama and new market.

As a result, the eyes of the audience who were exposed to 3D for the first time lit up. They marveled, adjusted their sitting postures, put down their popcorn and coke, and started watching the movie attentively.

Then the video starts.

Compared with the original version, this version of "Initial D" has a score of 7.8 based on Goldfinger's score, and now it has a score of 8.5.

What's the difference?

The main reasons are that the plot is richer, the details are more abundant, the acting is better, and there are more racing scenes.

The overall movie length has been reduced from the original 108 minutes to 130 minutes.

In a word, "Initial D" has changed from a small-minded Hong Kong movie to a blockbuster similar to "Fast and Furious".

Boom boom boom~~~

The opening scene is a drag racing competition on a mountain road at night, with the roar of engines and taillights, accompanied by the original catchy rhythm music "Lost Good Things" and shots of various tracks and cars.

A feeling like a Hollywood blockbuster came over me.

Coupled with 3D effects, the visual impact is directly doubled.

The brightness of the original film was not very high, so Lu Pingan brightened it a little this time. This was to match the 3D effect, and to retain the thrill of racing in the dark, they also put some effort into color grading.

Now it looks like the visual effect is excellent.

While fans were enjoying the visual effects, they also quickly learned that these were two drag racing scenes performing a drifting competition at the same time.

Edison's Ryosuke Takahashi is a handsome one.

Deng Chao is equally handsome when his acting skills are needed.

The two people's eyes were either determined or cynical. They looked at the road ahead and the steering wheel in their hands was at ease.

As you drift through corners again and again, just over three minutes into the game, your adrenaline is soaring.

At the same time, the two people's narration continued.

The audience soon learned that this was an agreement between the two of them, an agreement to fight against Qiu Mingshan.

In the end, both men won at the same time.

The scene changed, and two people and two cars met on the mountain road of Qiu Mingshan.

The plot also comes to the decisive battle.

Then, the movie title "Initial D" lights up.

The video also officially enters the theme.

Next, there is still the drifting scene.

Jay, who sells tofu, holds the window with one hand, the tofu in the trunk is swaying gently, and the background music is also very pleasant.

But when the special effects of the camera were turned up, the entire car was speeding along the mountain road, drifting freely.

A contrast that directly aroused great expectations among movie fans.

Those two birdmen are about to meet our protagonist!

And Jay’s fans have already shouted in their hearts: Jay is so handsome!

The following plot is basically the same as the original version.

The drunkard father, the sensible son, the son's first love, and the protagonist who accidentally defeated one of the two birdmen by turning a drainage ditch, and successfully pretended to be a pig and eat the tiger, once again succeeded in his "career", and love also came.

"I bought a very sexy swimsuit."

and "I'm going back to the country for a few days."

Then the movie plot enters the second half.

AE86 is scrapped, and Huang Bo discovers that the hero's girlfriend is a paid date.

The final battle comes.

"86 is going up the mountain!"

Then there is the drag racing scene that is more thrilling and longer than the original film.

If there were time travelers in this world, they would know as soon as they saw it. Isn't this a scene copied from "Fast and Furious 5"?

The overall use of racing scenes in "Fast and Furious" is very strong.

A low-angle lens captures the front of the car, with frequent sideways movements. The car is stable, but the ground and tires are moving at high speed, and the only sounds in the ears are the sound of the engine and tire friction.

Then everything happened in the camera. When the protagonist's steering wheel swung, the camera couldn't capture the car. The whole car seemed to be out of control in the picture. The visual stimulation was very prominent.

The three-car competition was performed using this kind of lens, and it was far more thrilling than the original version.

In the end, Jordan Chan broke out of the track and the protagonist defeated Ryosuke Takahashi. After the game, he hesitated when faced with whether to pursue a higher peak in racing.

But he soon learned that no matter how fast the AE86 was, it couldn't catch up with Natsuki in a Mercedes.

I saw with my own eyes the heroine getting off the "uncle's" car after completing the hardware softening project.

Jay Cried in "All the Way North" and made a life decision: I want to join the team!

At the end of the movie, the hearty movie fans felt comfortable.

At this time, countless sharp-eyed movie fans in the mainland were even more happy.

Because they have discovered that "Uncle Benz" is Director Lu's guest appearance!