China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 376: Paying you a male lead

As a key film project of DreamWorks, "Edge of Tomorrow" did not disappoint the expectations of the company and the outside world. The May Day holiday was close to its competitors, and soon the winner was decided, occupying the top and suppressing it.

All Challengers.

DreamWorks has started its domination over the May Day holiday since "Source Code" two years ago, and it is famous, but the challenger cannot retreat because of DreamWorks' brilliant achievements.

In a film market with strong schedules like China, every important schedule is a battle for every inch of land.

It doesn't exist because your DreamWorks movie is like this schedule, and other filmmakers will give in or avoid you. There are only four major schedules in China. Each schedule avoids DreamWorks movies? What money does it make?

Therefore, there are destined to be a continuous stream of challengers, challenging DreamWorks, and trying to snatch the cake from the elite soldiers it sends.

Before the May Day holiday arrived, the recognized most powerful challenger was not the domestic movie, but the Hollywood blockbuster - "The Mystery of the Fantasy".

Chen Jingxing and science fiction movies opened up the North American market, causing many Hollywood media to begin reflection, and even criticized the crime of the two giants "Daxing Comics Reforms thus squeezed large amounts of funds to invest in other types of films, especially original movies."

As the object of criticism, Warner was not indifferent. He launched a science fiction movie with an original script a year ago.

It tells the story of a high school student who came to another wonderful world in his dream, and even found that the characters in that world had a one-to-one correspondence with some people he knew in the real world.

The protagonist then went through a series of adventures and found that the big boss in that world was his own consciousness. The evil consciousness wanted to kill the ontological consciousness in this wonderful fantasy world and replace it in the real world.

It is precisely because there are few actors, few lines and simple scripts that the director needs to use camera language to express the absurdity, bizarreness, mechanical beauty, classical beauty and strong sense of technology of this story.

As soon as Chen Jingxing said this, the two new actors who played the male lead and "Mechanical Girl" who were selected from the central opera were shocked and a little worried.

"There is no need to rush the construction period." Chen Jingxing waved his hand: "Just shoot at the rhythm you like and can adapt to. I have been delaying the construction period for the past two years. You all finished the filming on time, which seems to be a drag on me.

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As a first-line star, this kind of negative news was naturally a hot topic when it was exposed.

Although the number of actors is very small, the difficulty of shooting is the largest among the five stories of "Black Mirror II".

After "Edge of Tomorrow" premiered on 110 million yuan, the next day announced that the domination of the May Day period officially began with a box office of 180 million yuan.

There are some rumors on the Internet these days that Luo Chen was exposed to be a big shot, and even the crew of "Jiuzhou Sky City" swears to reveal Luo Chen's evil deeds and evil deeds.

When he used this unique lens language to shoot life in the market, he would give people a serious sense of alienation. This was also the reason why Wen Zhian's competition works were neither popular with the audience nor with other judges at that time.

It was Luo Chen who recommended himself, and the male lead had already been decided at that time, and he was willing to play the role at zero pay, so DreamWorks naturally had no reason to refuse.

Chen Jingxing smiled and greeted the director and the actors. Under some restrained eyes, he chatted with the directors Wen Zhian and Luo Chen and other actors standing next to him.

If you just treat it as a special-effect adventure blockbuster, it is not without advantages. Unfortunately, with the contrast of "Edge of Tomorrow", the mediocrity of "The Mystery of Fantasy" in the setting and plot is somewhat prominent.

The story is quite interesting, it can be called a fantasy version and a special effect blockbuster version of "Fatal Identity".

Under Chen Jingxing's gaze, Wen Zhian seemed to have lost his shyness when he participated in the "Movie King" program. His eyes did not dodge at all, his words were sonorous and powerful, and he did not tremble: "There was a little busy at the beginning, but it would be much better if the filming came out smoothly.

Now, the construction period is rushing in the past few days.”

However, Chen Jingxing had never told anyone about his value for Wen Zhian. Even Wen Zhian himself did not know that the boss had such high expectations for him.

This joke made the atmosphere much easier.

"Director Chen is here?"

However, in Chen Jingxing's opinion, this is worth it. The reason why Wen Zhian was attracted by him at first glance was because the mirror of the registration short film he filmed had a strange calm tension, and even felt a sense of suffocation.

Wen Zhian and Chen Jingxing are about the same age as Chen Jingxing, but Chen Jingxing has no prejudice against young people. Experienced things can be accumulated and trained slowly, and aesthetic talent cannot be easily trained.

Chen Jingxing was still very satisfied with this. It seems that sometimes it is necessary to encourage growth.

Overall, Chen Jingxing's previous life's plane low-cost science fiction movie "Mechanical Girl" has made some changes.

Chen Jingxing's words were naturally a joke. He really didn't know whether Luo Chen was a big shot in other dramas, but he knew that Luo Chen was quite dedicated in his movies.

Fortunately, this can only be regarded as an online movie, and the production cost is only 20 million yuan - mainly because the construction of this scientific research base with a full sense of science fiction hidden in the forest is expensive, and this risk is not great for DreamWorks.

But storyboards and light and shadow are things that are not in the script, and they are also the soul of a movie.

During the test, the male protagonist developed empathy and even love for the robot, trying to help the robot escape, and then the robot killed her creator and the male protagonist and escaped from the scientific research base.

After nearly a month of filming, Wen Zhian's changes were a little beyond Chen Jingxing's expectations. It seemed that he had been in charge of so many people in the crew for so long, and the youth in the show had basically faded away, and it was too much with a picture.

The young face gave orders without any signs of stage fright.

While netizens and movie fans were talking about the time reset of "Edge of Tomorrow", Chen Jingxing went to the set of a DreamWorks project to visit the set of a shooting situation.

"Hello Director Chen!"

Wen Zhian is one of the five directors Chen Jingxing selected in "The Birth of a Director", and is responsible for the shooting of one of the episodes of "Black Mirror II".

It’s just that the setting is not rigorous enough, the adventure plot is a bit cliché, and it feels like combining the sexual transformation of "Alice in Wonderland" with a high concept.

Chen Jingxing threw such a hardest bone to a new director, which is also controversial and very risky within the company.

But Chen Jingxing took a look at Wen Zhian at a glance. This is a director who is as good as Tian Xinye at narrating with cameras. If used properly.

"Director Chen!"

This is more vivid in his competition short films. With professional cameras and films, he is very good at using telephoto lenses to blur perspective relationships, allowing the elements of the picture to be highly abstract and symbolized, so even if it is common to shoot a picture, it is common.

The scenery also makes people feel strange.

Of course, it may be that he just dare not put on airs in front of him. During "Fatal Identity", Luo Chen was also in a low period of career, and when "Signal" came, he looked like he was devoted. After all, "Fatal Identity" was a help

Luo Chen has taken a big step from the trough and even took a big step upward.

Chen Jingxing and Wen Zhian and several new actors chatted, and gradually everyone's topics opened up.

Therefore, "The Mystery of the Fantasy World", which can still compete with "Edge of Tomorrow" on the premiere day, was widened on May Day.

However, after so much time Wen Zhian and others have been in contact with each other, Luo Chen is really a big star that is easier to get along with, and there is no problem they were worried about at the beginning.

Chen Jingxing was even regarded as his mentor by Luo Chen. Although in Chen Jingxing's view, his first collaboration with Luo Chen was considered to be mutual use. At that time, he had only had an online movie and could invite a first-generation traffic student like Luo Chen.

Burn high incense.

What kind of temperament a science fiction movie can ultimately show depends on the director.

Props, industrial design and special effects do not require the director to worry about. To this day, DreamWorks has become the most industrialized film company in China, and it started out as a science fiction film, and its professionalism is guaranteed.

The filming of this episode that Wen Zhian is responsible for is quite difficult. The story tells the story of the founder of a technology company who invites the male protagonist, the genius programmer from his own company, to a secret research base of the company, to provide the latest production of the company.

A robot conducted a Turing test to determine what level its artificial intelligence has reached.

He is a seedling born suitable for science fiction movies, and is the seed that Chen Jingxing judged as "promising future".

Luo Chen is the second male lead in the episode "Black Mirror II", playing the role of the founder of the technology company and the creator of "Mechanical Girl".

After all, "Edge of Tomorrow" combines the high concept of resetting time with the extremely perfect combination of fighting alien monsters, making the vulgar plot novel tricks, and the viewing and entertainment are better than the "Source Code" two years ago.

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And there is a sense of calmness everywhere, but calmness gives people a strong tension and pressure.

When everyone heard this, they felt relieved. It turned out that Director Chen was teasing Luo Chen.

"No one is playing big shots."

Whether it is "Fatal Identity" or "Signal", Luo Chen has never put on any airs on the crew.

Good guy, who has sued Director Chen?

The problem is that I have been diligent and diligent since filming. After all, it is such a rare opportunity. As a student of the Film and Television Academy, who dares to neglect and who dares not be serious?

Wen Zhian was also a little surprised. He was about to answer when he saw Luo Chen angrily: "Director Chen, don't be so mean to scold me. I'm going to be wronged. Others don't know how I filmed. Don't you know?"

In a building with a very postmodern science fiction built in a national forest park.

"How is it? Did the shooting go smoothly?"

This was an impossible thing, but it was impossible for the specifications of online movies like "Black Mirror" to invite first-line stars like Luo Chen, and they are also the second male lead.

Thinking of this, Chen Jingxing seemed to have made a decision in his heart, and said to Luo Chen, who had a misunderstanding expression on his face, "Stop pretending, I know you are not a big shot, just make fun of you. In this way, I will compensate you one.

How about the hero?”

"ha?"

Wen Zhian coughed twice in shock, and the other actors couldn't help looking at Luo Chen in surprise and envy.

Luo Chen still had an expression that was unresponsive.

(End of this chapter)