Director’s Legend

() The air tickets to and from Huayi were booked by Huayi. A group of more than a dozen people were all sitting on the plane. Last night, they had a sleepless night and everyone was a little sleepy. They slept blindfolded on the plane. Shao Shuaijun didn't feel sleepy, he ordered a newspaper and held it in his hand, it was "Kyoto Entertainment Letter".

After turning two pages, I arrived at the section of film and television resources. There was a big headline on it, which read "Director born after 1985, box office of 20 million".

According to news from our newspaper, the movie "Buried Alive" released yesterday, as an ultra-low-budget film with an investment of no more than 100,000 yuan, successfully achieved a box office miracle of 23.5 million yuan, second only to "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" and "The Return of the King". Cold Mountain, ranked third at the box office of the year. Shao Shuaijun, the lead actor, screenwriter and director of this film, was born in 1986 and just turned 18 this year, setting a record for the youngest director with a box office of 10 million.

The movie "Buried Alive" tells the story of a man driving a truck in Iraq who was attacked by kidnappers, buried in a coffin, and called himself to save himself after waking up. There is only this one actor in the whole film, who keeps calling the outside world for help, and the camera is only limited to a wooden coffin.

It is difficult to determine what kind of movie "Buried Alive" is. It is not a horror film, without blood and horror, nor is it a literary film, without lengthy love, family and friendship, and it is not a blockbuster. I am afraid that there is no lower cost than it in history. movie. It has just one actor, tossed and turned in a coffin for 90 minutes.

But Shao Shuaijun, who directed a film for the first time, used his outstanding talent to give life to this film. A person's movie, only needs a phone, can extend a vast world, this world is not pale, but colorful, full of shadows of society, full of torture of humanities, intuitive and deepest of human nature place.

"It's hard to imagine that this is a movie made by an 18-year-old director. It subverts my view of Chinese-language movies. In the past, we only used artificiality to pile up literary films, or big investment in exchange for full of shit. Through this movie, I know that we Chinese can also make good movies and support the rise of Chinese-language movies!"

This is what an audience who watched the movie said in an interview with this newspaper. After watching the movie, most of the audience said it was a very outstanding movie, and the box office of 23.5 million is the best proof. Of course, radish and greens have their own favorites, and some people don't like it.

"Oh, you asked my opinion on Buried Alive? Sorry, I don't have an opinion! Why? Because it successfully hypnotized me in the first three minutes."

Obviously, the audience did not appreciate the essence of the film. According to the feedback from the film's distributor, Fang Hua, the taste of "Buried Alive" belongs to a niche audience. A large part of the reason for such a high box office is the film's profound Connotation, let some viewers choose to watch it again, or even watch it twice.

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""Jingdu Entertainment Letter" is not a newspaper invested by Huayi Brothers, how did it turn me into a flower?" Shao Shuaijun poked Zhao Cheng who was about to sleep, and the two sat next to each other.

Zhao Cheng yawned: "What's so strange about this? Didn't "Buried Alive" sign up for the Shanghai Film Festival? In order to shine at the film festival, the public relations department spent a lot of effort to tout it, not just the "Kyoto Entertainment Letter", There are also more than a dozen newspapers, all of which paid people to write good reviews. There are also online forums, as long as they are related to movies, please ask ** to post praises and bombard them with fatigue."

"As for it? Even if you win an award at the Shanghai Film Festival, so what."

"How could it be so bad." Zhao Cheng simply didn't plan to sleep anymore, "Only by winning an award at the Shanghai Film Festival can it attract the attention of old Americans, otherwise why should "Buried Alive" participate in the Sundance Film Festival. "

"Are you really going to participate?"

"Why not, anyway, the burial has already made a lot of money, and the rest is to sell it for a million dollars, and it can also improve the company's reputation by the way, so why not do it."

"I went to participate, and the chance of winning is not great."

"Didn't you be very confident at the beginning, and told Mr. Wang that "Buried Alive" was filmed exclusively for the Sundance Film Festival."

"I did it to raise the price..."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, we are very optimistic about the quality of the burial alive. There are too many gimmicks in it. The US market is completely pioneering for us. So what if we fail. If we really find a buyer, we can build a line. Lay the foundation for future films to be sold in the United States."

Shao Shuaijun nodded, thinking that "Buried Alive" should still have a market, after all, the results of the original version are there: "It's okay, if you are famous, I can still be famous, and maybe I can go to the United States to make blockbuster movies in the future." Shao Shuaijun didn't pretend to be lofty and disdainful about this kind of propaganda method. He spent an extra penny on publicity to make the movie earn an extra yuan. Anyone would choose to do this.

The entertainment industry is like this, you can't change anything, you can only guarantee whether you will do it or not. Shao Shuaijun is in charge of filming, while others are in charge of publicity, the two have nothing to do with each other.

After getting off the plane, everyone separated, Shao Shuaijun and others rushed back to the set, while Zhao Cheng went to the county government to go through the formalities. Zhao Cheng is now a trapeze man, flying back and forth between the capital and mountain city, the company's affairs are busy, and the crew's affairs are also busy. Of course, when signing the agreement, he was motivated by the box office share.

When he arrived at the crew, Shao Shuaijun once again devoted himself to the filming of the film. Without trivial delays, the progress of the film was rapid.

With the original version in mind for comparison, Shao Shuaijun was able to shoot with ease, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.

Soon, a month passed, and two-thirds of the film was shot.

During this period, many media came to visit the cast. Most of them wanted to interview Shao Shuaijun, but Shao Shuaijun refused on the grounds that he was busy with work, and then pushed out all the leading actors. With Huayi's promotion and the confidence of "Buried Alive", the media is also paying close attention to "Crazy Stone". The film has not yet been finished, and the leading actors are all familiar in major newspapers and entertainment news.

Only Shao Shuaijun lived in seclusion and avoided reporters. When the reporter wanted to write about him, he turned over and over again and only had two photos, one was taken at the opening ceremony, and the other was taken at the celebration banquet. Not even a single photo.

Time flies, this day's shooting is a set of exterior shots, the location of this set of exterior shots is a bit special, it needs to be shot on the Helix Bridge in Rongqiao Peninsula. This is the last set of shots in the film. Heipi (played by Huang Bo), who has been hungry for three days, snatches the bread from the bakery according to his style. The boss is chasing after him on a motorcycle with a rolling pin.

"Huang Bo, Brother Xi, just try to pass it once or twice." Shao Shuaijun sat on the pickup truck, talking to the two of them. Liu Sanxi plays the bakery owner.

Because the Helix Bridge is elevated, the traffic flow is relatively heavy, and the permission to apply for filming has not been obtained. Zhao Cheng personally went to the Yuzhong~county government~government to run. After running more than a dozen times, it took an hour to get the approval. The traffic~jing team is guarding the entrance under the bridge, and reminds every driver of a car on the bridge to slow down.

"Attention all units, prepare to shoot!"