China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Who is the leading actor in Chapter 428 "Operation Red Sea"?
If the cooperation with Hollywood is cut off, then... Tuanhuo Culture's global promotion will be cut off. If He Fang's movies want to do global promotion again, they will have to do it themselves.

In view of the importance of this matter, He Fang summoned several core figures such as Zhang Qian and Wang Tiejun to his home for dinner and discussion the day after receiving Kevin's call, which was the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

When He Fang told everyone what Kevin said, everyone couldn't help but take a breath...

"Then our business will suffer a serious setback this year." Zhang Qian said with a frown.

"One year?" He Fang snorted coldly.

Zhang Qian and Wang Tiejun were looking at each other in confusion.

"There will be no cooperation in the future, at least not in the next ten years or even longer. We will have a competitive relationship with Hollywood, not a cooperative relationship." He Fang took a puff of his cigarette as he spoke.

"Ah? Is it so serious?" Zhang Qian exclaimed.

"It is possible that it could be more serious than this. Of course, it may not necessarily affect our film industry, but it will have an impact. In the future, we will become the role of the former Soviet Union in the eyes of Westerners. Think about it, what will that be like, except If we fight with real swords and guns, anything will happen."

He Fang's words made everyone stunned. It was a bit hard to accept. Isn't this a good thing? Why...

"He Fang, isn't your prediction a bit alarmist?" He Ben asked something difficult for everyone.

"Dad, are you alarmist? Time will tell everything. When the next leader of the United States comes to power, all the rules of the game will change."

"What is the basis for this? Why? Is it because the new commander wants to do this?" He Ben was confused.

"It's very simple. Over the years, we have quietly achieved the second place in the world in terms of GDP, the high-end manufacturing industry, and the second place in the world in military technology. If we are allowed to continue like this, everything will be irreversible.

Therefore, if they are now competing with us alone, economically they can no longer compete with us after de-financializing the manufacturing industry, and in terms of international relations..."

After He Fang's analysis, everyone understood that it was not who came up that would have an impact, but all the circumstances that forced everyone to do such a thing.

Of course, He Fang can also directly ask everyone to move towards the global independent distribution route without analyzing it with everyone, but without persuading everyone, we can’t achieve unified thinking. If we are not unified ideologically, we will get half the result with twice the result, or even half the result.

Therefore, unified thinking is always the most important thing for a team.Everyone talks about teams. What is a team?A team means unifying ideas, establishing goals, and dividing work and cooperation.

It took He Fang nearly an hour and a half to explain clearly to everyone why the rules of the next game will undergo subversive changes and the international trust system will become in jeopardy.

Of course, these circumstances will still make Zhang Qian and Wang Tiejun doubtful. After all, who dares to believe that the world's hegemon will act regardless of credibility?
But they recognized He Fang's prediction that the rules of the game may change dramatically, and that the good cooperation with Hollywood now may be gone forever.

"Then what should we do next?" Zhang Qian asked.

"First of all, we must be prepared for the impact of losing the international market. Be prepared for the annual film revenue to shrink by more than half, and Huying Film and Television City will also be affected by the shrinking film revenue. The number and scale of the crew may be affected to a certain extent. Influence.

Secondly, we must do our best to develop the international market.Of course, the international market cannot be opened just by opening up. We must be prepared to face difficulties head-on.

The most important thing is that we must be prepared for a protracted war.We must know that any storm has a stage when it comes. The first ones are just small winds and waves, and then the real big winds and big waves come. It is possible that in the next three to five years, or even five to ten years, difficulties will arise. Will increase the amount heavily. "

As He Fang's remarks settled, everyone felt very heavy.

"Is the winter of China's film and television industry coming?" Zhang Qian let out a long sigh.

"Winter? When you think this is the worst time, there will be worse times in the future." He Fang sneered.

"Huh? Why?"

"Why didn't I say it? When the largest country starts to break market rules, it is not us who are hurt, but the whole world. This is a matter that affects the whole body, and friction occurs between the world's largest and second largest economies. Other markets will not fare well, and there will be a chain reaction.

Therefore, it is very likely that there will be no new growth in the entire global market in the future, and it will be good to maintain the current results. "After He Fang finished speaking, he took a puff of cigarette, then picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.

"What's the specific strategy? Is there any?" Wang Tiejun asked.

"Specific strategy? I haven't had time to think about it yet. Let's do this. I will come up with a preliminary plan when I go to work on the seventh day of the new year. Then we will discuss it together..."

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There are often warnings before a storm comes, but most ordinary businesses and ordinary people cannot feel such warnings. They will only find out that a storm is coming when it arrives.Just like the stock market, why do bankers always make money but retail investors are cut off?It's just that when the market changes, ordinary people don't know it at all. Retail investors will panic when a storm comes when everyone else is ready.

After the Chinese New Year, Tuanhuo Culture aggressively recruited international promotion personnel and actively explored the international market. However, everyone was still unaware of what Tuanhuo Culture was doing.

Of course, the same goes for Huying Group, which has also issued a new international theater development and merger plan.

This set of operations was simply dazzling, causing people from several film companies to come to inquire about what was going on.

He Fang has already confessed that he will not give out the predictions later, but will only say that cooperation with Hollywood may be hindered this year, so the international market needs to be explored by himself.

Some invisible things should not be publicized excessively. If you publicize them, wouldn't it let your opponents directly understand your methods?And some things are a bit alarmist.

It has nothing to do with the Spring Festival, and it has nothing to do with the Oscars.But He Fang is not idle. In addition to the company's affairs, the filming of "Operation Red Sea" is about to start.The original plan was to start filming in early March. Of course, there was some Hollywood cooperation involved in the process. I spent some time in the company discussing countermeasures with everyone.

So now to see if we can start filming within March, He Fang flew directly to Morocco with a team.

Why choose Morocco?

Quite simply, this place can instantly transform into different scenes in different time and space, making the audience think that they are in other corners of the world.The rich landforms, mature film industry system, and open and inclusive policies are the key factors in choosing to choose locations in Morocco.

The most important thing is that it is also a popular overseas filming location for European and American movies. Many famous film and television projects have been selected here.

For example, "Game of Thrones", "Cleopatra", "Lawrence of Arabia", "The Mummy", "Gladiator", "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", "007: Specter", "The Bourne Supremacy", " "Inception"... too many blockbusters and excellent film and television dramas have been selected here.

Since many blockbusters come here to choose their scenes, Morocco also has mature equipment rental, ground handling companies, extras... The most important thing is that the crew will not have any other troubles when filming here, it is just "professional" .

90% of the scenes in "Operation Red Sea" were completed here, so the crew will stay here for three months.

On the third day He Fang and the others came, photographer Du Jie was extremely excited. In his words, the scenery here is so beautiful. The most important thing is that the structure is good, the light is good, and the colors are good. No matter how you take the picture, it will look good.

What are the three elements of photography?Structure, light, color.

Many people don’t understand what structure is in photography. Some people understand it as composition, but it’s not.Composition often refers to the process of artificial construction, and photography is not entirely the act of constructing composition, but also the process of selecting beautiful structures.

Simply put, composition is man-made, and photography is used to filter out things that fit the theme and create a sense of beauty.Structure generally refers to fixed elements such as buildings, natural landscapes, utensils, etc.

Of course, there is another understanding.For example, a person is standing in a large market. There are various utensils, walls, light and shadow, colors, people flow, etc. In photography, this is called too much structure and too much chaos.

The disordered structure here means that the objects, lines, light and shadow, people flow direction, etc. that appear in the picture do not have a harmonious aesthetic feeling. It gives people the feeling that everything in the picture is grabbing people's attention and cannot be found by the audience at the first time. subject, generate pleasure, etc.

Therefore, sometimes when talking about structure in photography, it also means that there are too many elements and the theme cannot be highlighted.

Du Jie lamented that the structure of this place in Morocco is good, that is, basically if you place the lens casually, there will be good composition elements for you to choose from, and you can make a composition that matches the outstanding theme.

To say that the light here is good means that the sky in Morocco at this time is very transparent and the light is very pure.Generally, contemporary film and television post-production will adjust the light and color of the picture materials to make the light and shadow of the picture clean, translucent, layered and beautiful. However, the Moroccan sunshine does not need to be modified in the picture. The light here is very transparent and pure. , also has a sense of hierarchy.

Good color means that the colors here are very uniform, and basically it doesn’t require too much decoration to highlight the theme.It means that except for the blue sky, there is a golden yellow. This is a natural drawing board. Where is the best place for art students to paint?That's on a solid piece of paper.

For example, on a piece of white paper, if you randomly draw a few strokes of black, it will create a strong contrast and the theme will stand out.If you want to draw on a piece of paper filled with red, blue, and yellow, then you have to consider how to make your color suppress the interference of other colors.

The best picture should have no more than three colors. Such a painting should have a background, a theme, and a artistic conception.

In the golden background of a large desert like Morocco, it is very simple to highlight the theme. For example, if you ask the actor to wear a red dress and stand in the desert, it is already very beautiful, and there is no need to do too much. Color added.

In photography or art, what kind of images do people feel aesthetically pleasing?One is that the structure is clear and the theme is prominent, the other is that the light is very transparent, beautiful and layered, and the third is that the color is simple, direct and clear.

A large part of film art is the art of pictures, so how to make pictures beautiful and shocking is what every film director pursues.In order to achieve the beautiful picture in their minds, they often look for the most suitable scene through themes.

For example, the theme of "Operation Red Sea" is the evacuation of overseas Chinese from Africa, so the background Africa is the theme, and the action evacuation is the theme.So in order to match these two themes, the first thing is to choose the most beautiful African background. This is why film directors go to find scenes in order to pursue outstanding themes.

Finding a scene is not random. Strictly speaking, you can complete the movie by setting up a scene in a greenhouse, or just finding a desert or a place similar to African architecture to complete the filming. However, such scenes are not beautiful enough, nor are they realistic, and they are even more Not shocking.

Of course, in the future, with the improvement of virtual production technology, it may be possible to simulate some scenes in the studio, but after all, it is still far from the real scene.

The group of people had been busy in Morocco for nearly half a month before finalizing some details of the shooting scenes. The rest was left to the photography, external relations, art, and production departments to implement it.

After finishing these things, He Fang ordered the actors to join the group, read the script and conduct preliminary adjustments.

The actors of "Operation Red Sea" joined the cast on March 3. The actors this time are somewhat different from those in another time and space.

In fact, from He Fang's point of view, some of the biggest flaws in "Operation Red Sea" from another time and space are caused by the actors. For example, the reporter played by Hai Qing is a bit boring and his performance is too unrestrained.Of course, this may have nothing to do with the actors, but to do with the director's requirements.

After all, what Lam Chaoxian is best at is only in actions and scenes, not in training actors. The performances of the actors in his movies are not very good.

Moreover, Lin Chaoxian's movie casting cannot be said to be brilliant, it can only be said to be average. I feel that he chooses actors very casually.

Therefore, the casting selection for "Operation Red Sea" is different this time.

For example, when it came to choosing the leading actor, He Fang had to choose between Zhang Yi, Wu Jing, Deng Chao, Duan Yihong, Zhang Hanyu, etc. The first to be eliminated was Wu Jing. There was no way, he couldn't be allowed to star in two evacuation films in a row. Bar?

"Wolf Warrior 2" is about evacuation of overseas Chinese. Could it be that he is asked to act in "Operation Red Sea" about the evacuation of overseas Chinese?Then wouldn’t he become a professional evacuation expert?

Zhang Yi, Deng Chao, Duan Yihong, and Zhang Hanyu all have similar acting skills. They are all acting schools.The key is to see who best fits the image and temperament of the characteristic team leader?I did some comparisons at the time...

(End of this chapter)