Millennium director

After watching the finished film of "The Hangover", Wu Yuan put aside the last worry in his heart and embarked on the flight back to China with a relaxed look.

When he returned to China this time, Wu Yuan could no longer enjoy the treatment of being picked up by Director Han at the airport.

The courtyard at home has been renovated, but Wu Yuan did not choose to go home immediately because of the teacher's call.

After taking a taxi at the airport, he went straight to school.

The weather in Beijing in March is still relatively cold.

The public opinion discussion stirred up by "Hero" has gradually calmed down with this cold air.

However, the ripples caused by this movie in the industry have only just begun.

A number of film and television companies that mainly invest in and produce TV series, such as Tanglong International, Paige Taihe, Joy Media, and Guangxian Media, have all turned their attention to the film industry.

Companies like Huayi Brothers, which have been investing in movies on the sidelines for a long time, are even more enthusiastic.

Director Feng's "Mobile Phone" hasn't even been filmed yet, but Huayi's bosses are already discussing plans for their next movie with Director Feng.

Stimulated by the box office results of "Hero", which grossed 250 million in the Mainland and 30 million in Hong Kong, Huayi's bosses also planned to make a commercial blockbuster with Director Feng.

Of course it's not like "Hero", which doesn't focus on big scenes, but it wants to find big stars from Hong Kong Island to act!

Although the script hasn't been written yet, the actors have already made up their minds.

The initial plan is to ask Liu Tianwang, who became popular in the mainland because of the movie "Infernal Affairs", to play the leading role!

Bona Pictures, which mainly targets the private distribution market, is also interested in film production and plans to test the waters of film production.

Not to mention China Film and Shanghai Film, which have the prefix Guo, they must increase their power and work hard!

Even movie giants such as Emperor and Media Asia on Hong Kong Island have also shifted their attention to the mainland.

It is foreseeable that the Chinese mainland film market will definitely not be calm in 2004. The situation in previous years where only a dozen or twenty mainland films were released a year may be gone forever!

Living in such a period of industry change, Wu Yuan's heart was inevitably a little restless.

While in the car, he was thinking about his promise to Director Han again.

I will definitely shoot a commercial movie in China in the second half of this year.

However, the commercial film he knows is different from the current mainstream view.

Nowadays, in the eyes of major film and television production companies, commercial movies must be composed of big investment + big-name actors.

If a movie doesn’t have big investment and doesn’t have a superstar starring in it, it definitely can’t be considered a commercial movie and it definitely won’t sell at the box office.

But Wu Yuan didn't see it that way.

In his eyes, a movie is not commercial, but mainly depends on the plot and shooting techniques.

As long as the plot of the movie is refreshing and straightforward enough, it can stimulate the audience's perception, or it can move the audience and make them cry and laugh.

Such a movie, even if the investment is not high and the actors are unknown, still has the potential to become a hit.

Anyway, there are really not many movie actors that the public knows. Whether the actors are famous or not is definitely not the first factor for audiences to watch movies nowadays.

When "Titanic" was released, no mainland audience knew DiCaprio, and it did not prevent the film from breaking the mainland box office record.

But Wu Yuan is still thinking about which movie to make.

Although movies such as "Night Club", "Crazy Stone" and "On the Road" are small-budget counterattack masterpieces, it is somewhat inappropriate for Wu Yuan to make them now.

He is one of the best directors in Berlin, but if he makes a cult movie like this, his price will really drop, which will make the public's "evaluation" of him drop.

Movies such as "The Unknown", "I'm Not the God of Medicine", "The Chinese Partner" and "Life Events" have high box office and good reputations, but they have limitations when they are shot in this era.

Even if it is photographed, it feels like a waste, as if I have picked up sesame seeds and lost the watermelon.

No matter how you think about it, it would be a waste to put a domestic film that will be a big hit in the future to be released in 2003 or 2004. It will not be too late to film it in a few years!

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Continue to engage in Chineseization?

The path of Chineseization is very promising!

It will not affect the original domestic film development, but will also strengthen the mainland film market and improve the competitiveness of mainland films.

I just feel a little sorry for these foreign friends.

So which movie from which country should you choose?

Sitting in the back seat of the taxi, Wu Yuan dragged his chin with his hand and looked out the window, admiring the scenery passing by and pondering at the same time.

For him, his first choice is definitely a romance movie that can sell the box office without losing his style!

Love is an eternal topic for mankind, and it is also an enduring movie type.

From classical operas and dramas to modern movies and TV series, they are all inseparable from the theme of love.

Any director has definitely made a love movie in his career. Even the top three directors in Europe have never rejected love themes.

When Wu Yuan went to make a love movie, there was no way it would be cheap. If it was a good movie, it would be well-received and well-received.

Time passed quickly in his thoughts.

I had just decided on the subject of my next movie, and before I had even decided which one I wanted to make, the taxi had already arrived at the gate of the film school.

Wu Yuan had no choice but to put his thoughts back for the time being, paid the money to get out of the car, and rushed to the directing department building.

"Dong dong dong."

"Enter."

Xie Xiaojing, who was sitting in the office and flipping through some information, immediately smiled when she saw Wu Yuan walking in the door.

"came back?"

Wu Yuan was not reserved at all. He found a seat and sat down by himself. He did not forget to take credit and said, "Teacher, I took a taxi right after I got off the plane. I didn't even go home."

"Okay, I know you're working hard." Xie Xiaojing shook her head and laughed: "It's not easy to shoot a Hollywood commercial blockbuster, right?"

"It's not easy." In front of the teacher, Wu Yuan naturally said whatever he wanted and expressed his bitterness.

Even though Wu Yuan had experience in making special effects movies in his dream, it was his first time shooting a special effects blockbuster in Hollywood, and the first month of filming was really difficult.

Wu Yuan did not shy away from the teacher who could talk about the various accidents that happened on the set and the discomfort of the actors and staff.

Of course, Wu Yuan even dismantled the most important Hollywood special effects blockbuster shooting methods and the use of various studios and green screens and shared them with the teacher in great detail.

In the past, because he had no experience in making special effects blockbusters in his life, even if he knew how to shoot a special effects film, he would not be able to tell his teachers and classmates.

It's different now. Now that he has experience shooting "Pirates of the Caribbean", Wu Yuan can share some advanced special effects blockbuster shooting methods with domestic directors.

Wu Yuan and Xie Xiaojing chatted for a long time around the shooting of American commercial special effects blockbusters.

After chatting until mid-afternoon, Xie Xiaojing stopped the topic and talked about business with Wu Yuan.

"Xiao Wu, you are almost halfway through your first year of Ph.D."

After adding some water to the teapot, Xie Xiaojing asked with a smile: "You haven't prepared anything for the drama rehearsal, have you?"

"I asked you to arrange a play, not to find something for you to do."

"Drama production is a complex and arduous task that requires a lot of time and energy, and the director needs to bear the greatest responsibility."

"An excellent drama director needs to have excellent communication and organizational skills."

"They need to coordinate the working relationship between all parties, balance the interests of all parties, and ensure that the work of the entire crew goes smoothly."

"More importantly, they need to communicate with the actors about acting skills, emotional expression, and line interpretation, so as to help the actors better understand the characters and plot and show the best performance results."

"And that's exactly where you need to learn and improve now."

"Any top film director, whether domestic or foreign, is definitely very good at training actors."

"You are still very young, and you are indeed very good at filming, but you still need to learn a lot when it comes to training actors."

"Letting you rehearse a play is to exercise your ability to train actors!"

"If you want to be a top film director, you not only need to be able to film, but you also need to be able to teach actors how to act well!"

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