China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

Filming will continue, and in mainland China, following the hits of "Twenty Again" and "Initial D", the summer schedule has already been detonated.

Then everyone's eyes finally turned to the last domestic blockbuster of the summer.

Huayi King: It’s my turn this time!

On August 1st, the crew of "Peak 3" moved to mainland China for filming. On the same day, "Painted Skin" finally had its premiere after half a month of intensive publicity.

It has already obtained distribution passes in Southeast Asia and other places, and like "Initial D", it can achieve a 5-day delay in release in the mainland.

Although in the project "Painted Skin", Xingchen and Huayi have the same share, in terms of publicity, this is always Huayi's project, but Xingchen's special effects and part of the team are introduced.

Therefore, in the eyes of the outside world, this movie is a return to glory for Huayi, which has been in turmoil for more than a year since Sister Hua left.

The premiere was a grand event.

It doesn’t work if it’s not grand.

Currently, mainland commercial films, not to mention Huayi and Chen Jiashang, are actually the great poet and Lao Mouzi. Compared with Lu Ping'an's golden signature, if you want to achieve the same publicity effect, you have to spend more money.

But I, Huayi, am rich!

"A magical milestone in domestic film history"

"Rebirth of traditional literature"

"Hollywood special effects" and so on.

All kinds of propaganda have been bombarded for half a year, and concentrated for half a month.

Just a piece of shit, the heat can reach the sky.

And in terms of quality.

All fans know so far is the trailer and theme song.

And these two things seem really good so far.

The trailer was directed by Xingchen, and it goes without saying that it feels blockbuster.

Fans can also tell from the trailer that the special effects are flawless, just like the stars, oh, are they from the stars? There's nothing wrong with that.

The strongest one is the theme song "Drawing Heart".

Jane Zhang's singing voice was a hit in last year's "Super Girl".

The dolphin sounds in "The Condor" in the first half of the year are also amazing.

The melody and singing of "Drawing Heart" this time are all excellent.

So combined, all pre-sales box office of "Painted Skin" directly exceeded 40 million.

Hong Kong great director Chen Jiashang, Zhou Gongzi + Chen Kun + Zeng Li.

Especially the last three leading actors, there are signs of upgrading their status before they are released.

Xingchen and Huayi also put a lot of thought into the promotion plan of the three leading actors.

Lizi was entrusted by Xingchen, and the marketing positioning was to assist Mr. Zhou, which means that if you don't compete for position, you won't be able to compete, so this is the most efficient and harmonious way.

It goes without saying that the main character is Mr. Zhou. The film would not work without her.

So in the question and answer session, Chen Jiashang recalled the past: "Of course Wang Sheng is Chen Kun. I have been optimistic about him for a long time. I was undecided about the choice of Xiao Wei at the beginning. Director Lu did not even think about it after reading the script. He said, we must find Young Master Zhou, who else can play the role besides her?"

Mr. Zhou felt comfortable, and Chen Kun also felt comfortable. They both responded to Li Zi: "At that time, we were thinking about who Pei Rong would find. Sure enough, Mei Sanniang came. The director's vision for casting was really amazing. .”

Chen Jiashang: "At that time, Director Lu and I happened to meet each other in Hengdian, and then we happened to go to the set of Liao Zhai. When I saw Zeng Li, I asked him who he was and we decided to play the role."

As for Wu Jing, she was also promoted to a star this time. Chen Jia said: "Wu Jing is very famous in Hong Kong. He is the villain of "Slaying the Wolf". Wow, the performance is really effective. This time we want a fighting actor. After looking for many people, I finally chose Wu Jing.”

Publicity means hello, me and everyone. The better the publicity is, the most beneficial it will be for actors who lack fame.

Now that the words are out, the next step is to watch a movie.

Soon, the movie started.

There are some differences between this version of "Painted Skin" and the original version.

I won’t talk about the actors, but the main thing is the scene and the way of persuasion.

The original version of the costume, how should I put it, the costumes of Xiao Wei and Pei Rong are good, but otherwise, at a glance, you can tell that this is Hong Kong style.

During the production process, Lu Ping'an learned that the original team responsible for serving Hua Dao was brought by Chen Jiashang from Hong Kong, and some of the people in this team were later members of Li Rengang's team.

Li Rengang was the person who later created the flying saucer hat in "Seeing the Dragon and Removing Armor".

This guy loves this stuff.

He also created a flying saucer hat universe tetralogy.

Since 2008, he has used the same visual style to shoot four movies with different historical backgrounds: "The Dragon Removes Armor", "The Imperial Guard", "The Legend of Hongmen Banquet", and "The Lion". The characters in the drama all use smoke makeup. Xun, the clothes are all flying saucer hats.

In an interview, he said: "This is not my preference. This kind of helmet has existed in history. Even if there are one or two helmets on display in the museum, I feel that there are only these types of helmets. There is one aspect that the Chinese have not done. Well, it’s about protecting our cultural relics from past dynasties.”

It does make sense, but the problem is that the flying saucer hat originated from the hat-shaped helmet that looked like an inverted sea bowl during the Southern Song Dynasty. This helmet shape was greatly developed in the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, but it was definitely unreasonable to use it in the Three Kingdoms period. Not to mention that this kind of helmet is usually pointed, because ancient Chinese, especially those in the Ming Dynasty, had buns, so the shape of the helmet must be very tall, leaving enough space for the buns.

Therefore, Li Rengang either thought that all ancient Chinese people were bald or bald, or he just took a look at the individual helmets on display in the museum and used the British helmet as a template as a prop without asking for a deeper understanding, and then blamed the Chinese for not protecting themselves. Good artifacts.

Lu Ping'an didn't like this kind of magic modification very much, and he didn't know if this guy had other purposes, but after talking to the Xiangjiang team, he was sure that they were in a state of being both sophisticated and careless about history.

For example, on the armor of the Song Dynasty, some Western or Ming and Qing elements were put on it, and then they were modified, just for the sake of looking good. As a result, the final product looked very strange when it came out, so that you knew it at first glance. Song Dynasty armor would never be like this.

But in their opinion, it’s all ancient times anyway, there are templates, so it’s just about the same.

This is exactly the same as the flying saucer hat.

Lu Pingan's attitude has always been rigorous when it comes to historical elements in movies.

You can decide which dynasty this is at will, but once you decide, you have to use the style of the dynasty.

You can make some modern aesthetic adjustments to match the film's composition and aesthetic style, but the basics still have to be consistent with history, unless you explicitly say it's false.

After all, this is a Chinese-language film, not produced by a small studio in Hong Kong.

The film will not only be released in the mainland, but will also be released overseas, so there is no room for messing around.

In the future, the best thing is to let outsiders see what form of clothing they wear and then they can know what dynasty they are from.

This kind of thing still cannot be blurred.

So Lu Pingan brought in the production team of "Wonderful Night 1" at that time.

Finally, through reasonable beautification, the current visual effect of "Painted Skin" has a sense of historical unity and weight.

So when the time comes for movie fans to complain, Fu Huadao will definitely not be able to complain anyway.

Then the movie starts.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Captain Wang Sheng led the Wang Family Army to rescue a stunning woman from a fierce battle with bandits in the Western Regions.