my movie years

Chapter 401: "My Motherland and Me" film length issue

Although it is only a low-budget film and is close to a literary film in form, the film still achieved a good box office due to Zhang Hao's strong box office appeal.

When it premiered on April 1.26, the film grossed [-] million in box office, which was quite good in a film market during the off-season.

What's more, in addition to regular publicity, "The Fault in Our Stars" didn't even have a premiere. Even the second male lead, Sanzi Brother, worked harder than the director Zhang Hao.

Only the sequel "Anti-Corruption Storm 4" starring Principal Gu was released at the same time, which took in 7968.8 million box office on the first day.

These are the only two films released at the same time. The others are not worth mentioning, and the audience doesn’t have much choice. They can only choose these two films to watch.

On April [-]th, the traditional Tomb-Sweeping Day holiday, theaters welcomed more audiences, and the film market, which had been quiet since the Spring Festival, was slightly picking up.

"The Fault in Our Stars" grossed 2.03 million at the box office in a single day, which is a pretty good result.

In the following two days, the film made 1.84 million and 1.53 million respectively, and it took in 6.66 million in the first four days of release.

In contrast, "Anti-Corruption 4" took in a box office of 3.54 million in the first four days, which is also a pretty good result.

However, the two films have different themes and are not comparable.

For movie fans, although "The Fault in Our Stars" is indeed good, it is not the movie fans want to see.

They want to see blockbusters, big productions.

"The movie is indeed good. Sister Zifeng and Haoran's performances are great, but I want to watch a science fiction blockbuster."

"Where's "Interstellar"? Bring it over quickly!"

"It's estimated that we won't be able to see it until next year. Don't forget, Zhang Hao has another movie "My Motherland and Me" this year!"

"To be honest, if it was served so quickly, I would wonder if Director Zhang was fooling the audience."

"Although the filming was good, it looks like a random work by director Zhang. He didn't pay much attention to it and didn't even promote it."

"It's true that I didn't pay much attention to it, but this random work is enough for other directors to learn for a lifetime."

Zhang Hao, who fans are talking about, is not only paying attention to the box office performance of "The Fault in Our Stars", but also focusing on the production of other units of "My Motherland and Me".

"The Night Before" directed by him and "Convoy" directed by Chen Sicheng have both been completed. Several other directors have also started filming since last year and are now completing production.

"Control the length of the film. It is best to control the story of each unit within 25 minutes." Zhang Hao made it clear at the meeting.

Kong Sheng said: "Director Zhang, it is difficult to tell the whole story within 25 minutes."

"We can negotiate. If the story can be shortened, shorten it as much as possible to make room for other units." Ning Hao suggested.

"But whose unit needs to have time reduced?" Xu Dabald asked.

This is indeed a sharp question. Everyone knows that this is a gift film to make money for oneself.Reducing the time of your own unit means being lower than others.

But the problem is that among the seven directors here, except for Zhang Hao, the other six are unwilling to be overpowered by others.

This is a matter of face, and most people will not give in.

Fortunately, Zhang Hao is the chief director and has sufficient qualifications. When he makes a decision, others will not object even if they have opinions.

Zhang Hao thought about it and said, "Let's do this. After the production of all the films is completed, we will watch them one by one and work together to come up with a suitable solution."

All the directors had no objections. Zhang Hao could have acted arbitrarily, but he still discussed it with everyone. This would have given everyone face.

Let’s talk about it when the film is finished, it won’t be a big deal.

After the meeting, producer Huang Jianxin still said: "Twenty-five minutes for one unit is still too long. With the opening and ending credits, the total length has exceeded 25 minutes."

Zhang Hao was also helpless: "There is no way. If we want to tell the whole story completely, we probably have to make a TV series. This is the result of trying to compromise."

Huang Jianxin also knew that there was no way to compress the time of the film, so he had to give up.After leaving the conference room, Ning Hao found Zhang Hao and asked some questions.

"Do you have the rights to adapt Da Liu's novels for film and television?"

Zhang Hao nodded and said, "Yes, it's all in my hands."

Ning Hao rubbed his hands in embarrassment and said, "I didn't enjoy filming "Crazy Aliens" last time. This time I want to try a science fiction theme."

Zhang Hao glanced at Ning Hao in surprise. This was something that had never happened in his previous life.

To be precise, "Crazy Aliens" is science fiction in its name, but it is essentially a comedy movie and not a science fiction film.

Perhaps it was the successive successes of Zhang Hao and Guo Fan that made Ning Hao tempted and wanted to try out whether the science fiction film pool was deep or not.

Zhang Hao thought for a while and said: "Which one do you want to film? "Ball Lightning"?"

"No, no, no, that one is a bit difficult. In fact, I want to film "Bring Her Eyes"." Ning Hao said.

"Okay," Zhang Hao nodded and said, "Go to my place another day and we'll talk in detail."

"OK," Ning Hao left with peace of mind after receiving Zhang Hao's promise.

Looking at Ning Hao's leaving figure, Zhang Hao was thoughtful.To be honest, he hopes that there will be more directors who can make blockbusters, not just comedies or war films.

Try your best to try all kinds of movies.

Just like himself, he can shoot suspense, comedy, romance, science fiction, action, anything.

But every director has his own areas and themes that each director is good at. Not everyone is as versatile as him.

In fact, after Zhang Hao and Guo Fan, many science fiction-themed movies appeared on the market, but only a few of them were successful.

Many film companies that make science fiction films focus on actors, thereby neglecting script creation and special effects production.

If you don't care about the script, at least the special effects production should be better, but unfortunately, special effects cost money.

Many film companies don't invest enough in special effects, so they produce only [-]-cent special effects.

In the Chinese film industry, making a movie is very simple. The director, screenwriter, and investors often decide on it after a meal, and then start filming in a hurry.

Pre-preparation, post-production, etc. don't matter. The choice of actors is also casual, and I choose the famous ones.

This concept cannot be changed for a while, it can only be subtle, making everyone aware of the importance of pre-preparation and post-production.

After the meeting, Zhang Hao flew to the UK again, met with Hans Zimmer, and listened to several soundtracks he composed using church organs.

The two soundtracks of "Cornfield Chase" and "STAY" already have the appearance of the original versions, and there is not much difference.

Zhang Hao was very satisfied with Hans Zimmer's work, and then he also felt the effect of the entire church organ playing.

"Very good, Hans. When the time comes to record the soundtrack, we will record it directly in the church." Zhang Hao said.

Hans Zimmer was obviously also very satisfied: "The sound pressure of the church is too strong, it feels shocking, and the auditory experience is unparalleled."

"This is true." Zhang Hao agreed.

After completing his inspection in the UK, Zhang Hao flew to Iceland to check out the initially selected filming locations.

In fact, the scene on the frozen planet could be completed in China, but the average altitude of domestic glaciers is more than 4000 meters, so Zhang Hao had to consider the actual difficulty of the work.

After much deliberation, I decided to shoot in Iceland, which is further away but less difficult to shoot.

The local government of Iceland gave the green light to Zhang Hao's application to film here. After all, the other party is an internationally renowned director who also visited Iceland with "Batman Begins".

(End of this chapter)