You don't understand the happiness of the director

"Ice Age", also known as "Ice Age", also known as "Can't the squirrel eat nuts just once!" 》

Wang Qiankun was surprised. There was something wrong with this movie because it was a cartoon!

My son is already so old, why would he let his father watch cartoons with him, to relive the joy of childhood?

However, when he walked in, he realized something was wrong, "This hall is so big! The screen is so high!"

How high? It's as high as four or five stories!

Wang Quan held the popcorn and said, "Isn't it bigger than the biggest hall at home?"

Working together and loving each other, Wang Qiankun wanted to go up and touch it, but by then the screen had turned on, and he immediately returned to his seat with Wang Quan.

There were quite a lot of people, and there were almost no empty seats, because this was the first weekend of the release of "Ice Age 2," a blockbuster sequel that is predicted to have a box office of over 80 million in the first weekend.

As soon as the screen came on, Wang Qiankun said "Oh", "This is an IMAX giant screen!"

"Oh, you underestimated dad, you know."

"I know, I've seen you bigger than this."

"Where?"

“The Science and Technology Museum in Dongguan has one, but it’s a dome screen.”

Wang Quan glanced sideways at his father, "Is this still my real father? Why don't you watch the ball instead of watching the ball?" !

Indeed, there are currently no more than ten IMAX units in the country, and they are basically installed in science and technology museums. Screens four to five stories high are indeed difficult to accommodate in ordinary movie theaters.

When the movie started, under this giant screen, the visual enjoyment was obviously improved by more than one level. Lao Wang suddenly understood, "Young boy is not taking me to watch a movie, but taking me to watch the screen!"

Wang Quan "shushed", "Watch the movie quietly and talk later."

Next, Wang Quan enjoyed an hour and a half of happy time. Blue Sky Studio is worthy of being the third giant of 3D animation after Pixar and DreamWorks Animation. The swishing squirrel became more and more eye-catching, and it felt like it had a presence. It's going to surpass the protagonist group.

After walking out of the cinema, Wang Qiankun was about to speak to Wang Quan when Wang Quan suddenly turned back and ran to a bald middle-aged man who had just walked out of the cinema.

"Hello, are you Mr. Meledandri?" Wang Quan asked.

"Yes, you actually know me?" Chris Meledandri was surprised.

Although "Ice Age" is very famous, he works behind the scenes. He just passed by the cinema today to see the audience's reaction after watching the movie, and he was recognized unexpectedly.

Wang Quan smiled and said, "I am also engaged in film work. My name is King David..." After a pause, the other party did not respond. Well, it seems that he pays less attention to entertainment gossip.

"This is my business card. I also opened a film company." Wang Quan handed over his business card of Long Toutou CCO.

Chris Meledandri was a little confused as to what this young man wanted to do. He should not have any business interaction with his company.

After all, Blue Sky Studios belongs to Fox, and he can only work for Fox.

Unexpectedly, Wang Quan said again, "Actually, I liked the first one you made better, it was very relaxing."

These words were like a small hammer, accurately knocking open his heart. This young man has a lot of vision!

Although he is still the producer of "Ice Age 2", the director of the previous film, Chris Wedge, has also been upgraded to the producer of this one. This one is more about Wedge and his chosen director. leading.

So he wanted to see the audience's reaction to this movie, but he was a little frustrated. Judging from the laughter, the audience seemed to like this one more, so he was getting old?

Wang Quan's words made him very happy, and the two of them knew each other now.

After walking out of the cinema, Lao Wang asked, "Who is that old man?"

"The person in charge of Blue Sky Studio, he created "Ice Age" by himself."

"Hey, you can recognize this? It's not in vain!"

I didn't recognize him at first, but when I searched for the box office of "Ice 2" in the film and television library, I saw the old man's profile picture, so I recognized him. It was really necessary to get to know him.

Because the Ice Age was not his peak, it was only after he left Blue Sky and Fox that Meledandri started his own business again that he truly reached the peak of his career. (Note 1)

Let’s talk about the screen, “Dad, do you think it’s possible to build such an IMAX giant-screen cinema in China?”

"This kind of equipment is definitely not cheap. If it's like what you said, if the box office can reach 20 billion per year in the future, then there must be something going on. Now, if it's 2 billion a year, the loss will be dead."

Wang Quan asked, "Then do you know "Avatar"..."

The main purpose of taking my dad to the theater this time is to let him use 3D and IMAX equipment in the newly built theater. Although the investment is higher, he can make a lot of money in 10 years. The high investment in the past few years can quickly pay back. Now, Think about it, it’s only been three and a half years.

Wang Quan hyped up the not-yet-released "Avatar", but because it was too exaggerated, Lao Wang was skeptical. It was too exaggerated to think that there could really be a movie that could change the current theater landscape.

Seeing that Cameron was having trouble, Wang Quan said that he also planned to shoot 3D+IMAX movies in the future. Then Lao Wang said fiercely, "Well, isn't it just a 3D projector and IMAX giant screen? I will arrange it when I open the branch. superior!"

When he returned to the hotel that night, Wang Qiankun tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Finally, he picked up his mobile phone and made a call to China.

"Hey, Lao Ma, haven't you always been interested in my Qianlong enamel bowl? Let's meet at some time. We can't do it tonight. I'm at Gomericon."

Putting down the phone, Lao Wang let out a sigh of relief. He had saved up his wealth for half a lifetime and was finally about to spend it.

Wang Quan was about to start work next. He couldn't stand Lao Wang and begged, so he had to take him with him.

"Oh, this little girl is beautiful, you must be Xiao Wang." Wang Qiankun liked her from the bottom of his heart. It would be great if his son could get him such a mixed-race granddaughter. It would give him face when he takes her out.

"Hey, isn't there another actress in your crew?"

"I've already received my lunch box, and my entire crew is about to finish filming."

"Ah, did you shoot it so fast? Did it take a month? You can't make it in a rough way!"

Then he followed Wang Quan into a room and saw the filming scene of the squeeze room. Oh, it was so realistic, such a big deal!

He wanted to ask his son how much investment it would cost, but seeing Wang Quan wearing earphones and a walkie-talkie, flipping through the footage and looking attentive, Wang Qiankun didn't say anything and sat silently aside.

Naturally, we didn’t finish filming today. After finishing work in the afternoon, Wang Quan took his father to Longtou Pictures. Wang Quan looked at the Chinese signboard and shook his head, "Longtou is not as good as Qiankun. Son, when you return to China, Qiankun Pictures will be handed over to you." You are here, you can work hard."

Dorothy, who was accompanying me, was not happy when she heard this and abducted my director. My company cannot open yet. It seems that the battle for Director Wang is about to begin now!

Wang Qiankun came at a good time. There will be a trial screening of "10 Cloverfield Lane" tomorrow. Wang Quan told Lao Wang the time and place, and Lao Wang called his only friend here, Lao Tao, and they went to watch the movie together. .

In Hollywood, test screening research is an essential process before a movie is officially released, and almost every commercial film must go through this.

Some movies are even tested before special effects are added. Based on audience feedback, they are then adjusted and perfected step by step, and finally take shape.

"10 Cloverfield Lane" did not have a test screening at the beginning. It was only arranged for test screenings after being bought by Paramount. This is the last test screening before release. If there are no problems, it will be like this until it is officially released on June 16. .

Usually the audience doesn’t know what they want to watch. They only know that they are doing test screening research. This is to ensure fairness and objectivity. If you let the original audience and fans of a movie come to watch the test screening, the opinions given will usually be very Not objective or rational.

The audience has to sign a confidentiality agreement before entering the venue to prevent word-of-mouth leakage in advance. I haven't completely finished the production yet, and you start shouting that this is a bad movie when you go out. Isn't this destroying me?

Test screening research is usually carried out by a specialized company. Jenison is the person in charge of the "10 Cloverfield Lane" project. He also conducted a survey half a month ago. After taking into account the opinions of the audience, the film has almost no Make adjustments.

If this is still the case this time, it can only be said that the director has thoroughly understood the commercial movie routine. Not to say it is impeccable, he has also done his best under the existing conditions.

At the beginning of the movie, Wang Qiankun was surprised to find that the boyfriend talking to the heroine on the phone was the voice of Wang Quan.

One minute later, every step of the movie's development caught him by surprise.

First, the good-looking heroine got into a car accident. When she woke up, she found that she was locked in a secret room and her hands were roasted. This familiar scene made Wang Qiankun feel a little restless.

The tall and fat beard that appeared next made Wang Qiankun almost sure what was going to happen next, but it didn't happen. The beard told the heroine that there is something wrong with the world outside and everyone is dead. In fact, I am saving you. , besides her, there is a young man here.

Of course the heroine, who didn't look stupid, didn't believe it, and neither did Wang Qiankun.

So the heroine tried to steal the key and wanted to escape from the secret room.

Wang Qiankun, who has watched too many movies, knows that she will definitely not be able to escape, or she will be caught immediately if she escapes, or else she will act in the future.

Then the second plot that Wang Qiankun didn't expect happened. When the heroine stole the key and was about to go out, a woman with a ulcerated face appeared in the window outside the door. She was like a zombie who had lost her mind, and even used her head to Hit the tempered glass door.

Now she finally believed what the bearded man said, and she began to live in peace with the bearded man and the young man in the underground secret room, and spent a pleasant time.

Just when Wang Qiankun thought this was a doomsday survival movie, the heroine found another girl's signal for help while cleaning the air filtration system of the house, which made the heroine doubt the beard again...

Jenison and his colleagues stood low-key on both sides of the auditorium and found that the audience was all attentive and not distracted at all from other things, especially the fat Chinese uncle. He couldn't help but almost applauded several times, but in order not to It affected other viewers to hold back.

This is not the first time that Jenison has watched this movie. First of all, the heroine is really attractive. She is wearing a tight-fitting camisole. Which man can resist this kind of temptation? And let’s talk about the plot. Damn it, it changes every time. You can’t guess, you can’t guess at all!

It's been a long time since a low-budget movie with a solid script and superb shooting skills like this has appeared. It's worthy of being a quasi-dark horse bought by Paramount at a sky-high price.

When the movie lasted an hour and a half, another twist came. The heroine came to the outside world and saw birds flying in the sky, so she took off her gas mask. However, she was fine. It turned out that the outside was not polluted by poisonous gas at all.

Wang Qiankun, who didn't know the duration, thought the movie would end here. It was really exciting.

However, the excitement is yet to come. The next second, the alien spacecraft arrives!

The heroine was dumbfounded. At this moment, she had no time to think that the bearded man who was killed by her was actually telling the truth. The first thing she had to do now was to save her life.

The next ten minutes are what Wang Quan re-shot with the assistance of Robot Pictures. Lao Wang actually saw the feeling of a science fiction blockbuster. If there is a sequel, he will definitely pay for it. I really can’t imagine that this is a movie made by his son with 3 million dollars. ! (Note 2)

After watching the entire movie, Lao Wang actually had the feeling that he had not seen enough and wanted to watch it again. He felt that many details had been ignored by him before. This kind of movie is actually more suitable for buying a disc and going back to slowly savor it.

After that, Wang Qiankun filled out the questionnaire carefully. His English is also good, otherwise he would not be able to understand this movie without Chinese subtitles.

Jenison and his colleagues collected all the questionnaires, and after a casual glance, they knew that they were gone and had another A+ rating.

The beautiful heroine, the constant twists and turns, and the final battle with aliens completely exceeded the audience's expectations. Therefore, even if it seems to be a small-budget film with limited production funds and a bit rough, it is still It was highly recognized by the audience.

After walking out of the cinema, Wang Qiankun said to Tao Weilong, "Old Tao, go back by yourself. I have something to do."

"What's going on? I'm telling you, prostitution in Los Angeles is really illegal. I'm not going to lie to you."

"Screw you, I'm going to Paramount!" Wang Qiankun said firmly, "My son has such a good movie, it would be a pity if Chinese people can only watch pirated copies. I must bring this movie back to China! "

Wang Qiankun has been busy with this matter for the next few days and is still in contact with the IMAX company.

As for the crew of "Escape Room", as Ben and Zoe walked out of the secret room building, the last shot of the movie was completed, "Click! Congratulations on wrapping it up!"

After a burst of cheers, Wang Keying said happily, "Director, we are one week ahead of schedule!"

Wang Quan smiled and said, "No, the movie is finished, but your mission is not completed yet."

"ah?"

Cassie didn't have such a puzzled expression. Wang Quan nodded Wang Keying's head and said, "I want you not to read the contract carefully."

Cassie just asked, "When are we leaving?"

Wang Quan asked, "Your body can handle it."

In the last few days, Cassie has been physically exhausted the most, and there are still several fighting scenes.

"I have no problem at all. I will just be a member of the crew."

"Okay, then we'll leave tomorrow!"

(Third update! I tried my best to update the fourth update, but I can’t guarantee it. Also, the last paragraph of the previous chapter has been deleted. Don’t misunderstand me. I mean to speed up the update so that everyone can see what they want to see as soon as possible. , such as movie releases, such as domestic entertainment plots, but it does not mean to reduce the plot!)

(Note 1: After Chris Meledandri left Fox, he founded Illumination Entertainment Animation. His representative works include "Despicable Me", "Minions with Big Eyes", "The Secret Life of Pets", "Super Mario Bros.", etc.)

(Note 2: The original cost was 2 million, and the reshoots cost 1 million. The actual total was 3 million.)