China Entertainment started from Nortel 2002

Chapter 245 Technique Road

"Inception" was released in China on September 9st. There was no premiere in China and it was released directly in major theaters.

The movie currently has a global box office of over $7 million.

Before it was released, the saying "You need to know the Mathematical Olympiad to understand the movie" began to circulate on the domestic Internet.

This rumor also aroused the curiosity of the audience, after all, who would admit that he has a low IQ.

"This marketing method works!"

Li Mu knew after just a quick glance that this rumor was just a propaganda technique.

Imperial Evening News: "Inception" makes Hollywood no longer empty.

Xinmin Weekly: "Inception" is the best science fiction
Domestic media also praised this movie.

"Yifei Liu is such a great character, the dream maker."

"The imagination is so strong. Liu Yifei played the role well."

Zhang Ziyi looked at the comments online with some disdain.

How do these audiences know whether the character is well-acted or not?

She has also watched the movie. To be fair, there are many people who can play this role in China.

For example, if she were to act, she would not be worse than Liu Yifei.

"What a pity, such a good character."

Zhang Ziyi sighed inwardly, this year was the worst year for her career, but it was almost over.

Recently, she is still competing with Zhou Xun, Xu Jinglei, and Zhang Yuqi for the heroine of "A Romantic Affair". Before, she should have won this role long ago.

Recently, Gao Qunshu announced the casting criteria for heroines: "Must be beautiful."

It clouded her confidence.

Liu Yifei's "Those Years" is getting better after a week of grinding.

Li Mu looked at the crew sweating under the scorching sun, thought for a while, turned around and left the crew.

"Director Li, where have you gone?" The crew members were a little confused when they saw Li Mu leaving.

"Who knows, Director Li is not the director of this movie."

"That's true, Director Li almost never said a word!"

"Director Liu is just getting started."

Li Mu drove nearby and selected some large iced watermelons, and asked the store's uncle to help carry them into the car.

"Drive slowly later to avoid bumping into each other and cracking the melon." The uncle deliberately reminded that this was a big customer, and he bought a dozen at a time.

"Okay." Li Mu didn't intend to drive too fast. He was not far from the crew, so he just drove slowly.

This road is also repaired. It is not a dirt road with uneven terrain, so don’t worry too much.

"You're from outside, right? Here to shoot a movie?" The uncle could see at a glance that Li Mu was not a local, and he was wearing sunglasses, so he asked intentionally.

"Uh, no!"

Li Mu thought for a while, he wasn't lying, he was indeed one of the people who watched people make movies this time.

"I heard that we have a crew here. Hey, it's been decades and I haven't seen what it's like to make a movie." The uncle chatted with Li Mu while he was carrying it.

"That thing is probably just like that. After seeing it, you won't find it strange." Li Mu smiled.

"That's what I said, but isn't that just curiosity."

Li Mu drove slowly back to the crew. It happened that the crew was still resting at this time. Not far away, Liu Yifei was communicating with several actors about the filming situation.

"Help move the iced watermelon, cut it quickly, and share it with everyone to cool down." Li Mu took the opportunity to give instructions to several field staff nearby.

"Thank you, Director Li. In this weather, we need some ice!"

When they heard that there was iced watermelon, these people became very enthusiastic and hurried to work.

Li Mu walked over. Liu Yifei had already finished explaining to the leading actors. When she saw Li Mu coming over, she smiled sweetly at him.

"Let's take pictures after eating the watermelon later. The weather in southern Fujian is quite hot!"

"It's great, I finally have watermelon to eat!" Shu Chang's expression was exaggerated.

"Looking for a beating, I've tortured you, sing, sing!"

Several leading actors went over to eat the watermelon with a smile.

Instead, Liu Yifei frowned, a little anxious: "I feel like my shooting skills are a bit lacking."

She is getting better at directing, but has never been satisfied with her shooting skills.

When Li Mu heard this, he knew that Liu Yifei, like other new directors, had fallen into a misunderstanding. It was also a mistake made by many new directors. They always felt that they did not have a lot of skills and the shooting was not clever enough.

In this way, the movie seems unable to become a masterpiece.

Li Mu thought about it carefully, organized his words, and communicated with Liu Yifei:

"For new directors, or when you have become proficient in skills, don't think too much about showing off your skills. Techniques, methods, and Tao, skills are only the shallowest level and the least important level.

A good youth film can impress people not only because of its excellent use of film shooting skills, but also because it does not necessarily have to carry the value and thinking of youth. Everyone has their own unique and splendid youth, and the meaning of the film is to evoke the minds of moviegoers. The deepest memories of youth resonate.

The core of a movie is a good story, a movie that can move people. It may have shortcomings in shooting and skills but it must be 'content is king'. "

Li Mu naturally chose a youth film as his debut film for Liu Yifei.

In his previous life, Nine Knives was just a storyteller, but he was not a mature director. It can even be said that he was not even half-baked.

"Those Years" has many shortcomings. The writer and director Jiu Baidao lacks editing skills and the ability to control a good story and turn it into a script structure. He is even less able to carry the value and thinking about youth in a youth film. .

To a certain extent, he only has the ability to try his best to fully present the memories that he can no longer recapture but is reluctant to let go.

When Liu Yifei was confused, Li Mu gave her the answer. This is because only when people encounter problems and are entangled, they will be deeply impressed and understand.

It is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. This is the case with Li Mu. Excellent use of skills is just the icing on the cake. Practice makes perfect, and it even just takes more time to polish. How to teach Liu Yifei to focus on the story itself? is the most important.

“If a good movie or literary work wants to impress the audience and readers, there are only two effective ways.

One is to stimulate the human nature, moral or emotional resonance in the audience's heart through the protagonist's encounters or experiences, so that they can have sympathy, love or other emotional reactions to the fictional image in the work.

Such works often need to have strong universal values, that is to say, basic moral and human principles that audiences of any country or race can identify with.

For example, admiration for the fallen soldiers in the war, pity for the massacred, praise for mother's love, people's struggle in adversity or persistence in their dreams, etc.Sometimes many viewpoints are elaborated at the same time, such as describing the separation of lovers or relatives in a war environment, pity for the dead and wishes for the living in the face of disaster.

The other is to make the experience of the protagonist in the work similar to that of a certain audience group or individual through the author's conception and characterization, which is what we call "empathy."

"This kind of work" Liu Yifei was thinking about what Li Mu said in her mind, and Li Mu didn't interrupt. As long as this youth film is made to evoke the deepest memories of youth in people's minds, the film will have been more than half successful.

Just like when Liu Yifei proposed the plot of a boy and girl who are ignorant of their love in youth, this is the core that can make the movie go further. The so-called skills are not worth mentioning in front of these touching contents.

In the next two days, Li Mu clearly felt that Liu Yifei's persistence in shooting skills had relaxed a lot, and the lens language was more reflective of the characters' stories.

In this case, Li Mu has nothing to worry about. The acting skills of the several leading actors he has found can support the entire movie. As long as they do not deviate from the story itself, there will not be any big problems.

When Li Mu returned to the imperial capital, the first-week box office results of "Inception" were also released.

The revenue in the first five days was 9300 million.

Liu Yifei's popularity seems to have reached a higher level with the support of this movie.

It's just that Liu Yifei herself was still filming "Those Years" in southern Fujian Province!
Zhang Yi Mou's "The Hawthorn Tree" will be released in the middle of the month. Different from the strict and defensive publicity strategy of the previous film "The Hawthorn Tree", "The Hawthorn Tree" held a special screening for experts and media one week before its release. .

The media screening that day also attracted many celebrities to support the film, including Jing Yidan, Xu Tao, Chen Chusheng, Sun Honglei and Yan Ni.
Book fans are looking forward to this literary film.

"It's a worthwhile trip!"

“The choice of male and female protagonists is great!”

"Zhang Yimou is still very good at training actors."

Most of the media have a positive attitude towards the performance of the male and female protagonists. For the Chinese film industry where newcomers are scarce, the media have to admire Zhang Yi's vision and courage.

With the media's exposure, the audience's expectations for the two have continued to increase.

"Director Li won't follow Yifei now?"

Xing Aina also knew that Li Mu was back, but he didn't expect that he had given up completely after only following him for more than a week.

"Youth movies, it's not that difficult!"

Ning Hao didn't take this type of movie seriously.

Xing Aina said disdainfully: "Yes, yes, you are amazing! Why don't you prepare one for me?"

"cough"

"Ahem, Director Li can train Yifei, but you can't."

The 3.5D animated film "Panda Story", jointly invested by China, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium and other countries with a RMB 3 million investment, is preparing to sign a contract with China Film Group.

The team is composed of Disney's European production team, and Grieg, who once served as the executive director of "The Lion King", will direct the film.

Grieg is a fan of Chinese Kung Fu, and his "master" is Ip Man's disciple Huang Chunliang, the "Foshan Kung Fu King", who is also the prototype of Huang Xiaoming's character in "Ip Man 2".

"Congratulations, Director Han, for making another blockbuster movie!"

Li Mu looked at the news and realized that Han San's decision to promote Chinese culture was really generous. China Film Group accounted for at least 3.5% of the cost of 30 million.

It's just that why are the names of various cartoons called "So-and-so Mobilization"? Isn't it because there are no other good names?

Li Mu complained secretly.

"Influenced by you, our background plans to draw inspiration from domestic ink landscapes. We plan to put it at the beginning of next year, so it won't conflict with the schedule of "Kung Fu Panda 2"."

Han Sanping has no confidence in fighting "Kung Fu Panda 2". After all, it is a movie with an investment of 1.5 million US dollars, which is not comparable to "Panda Story".

"Don't worry, it won't be at the beginning of the year, it's expected to be in the middle of the year!"

Li Mu thought about the news that DreamWorks Animation gave him. "Kung Fu Panda 2" has been in production for a year and a half and is about to enter the final stage.

In Venice, Tsui Hark and Lu Yang collided.

"Director Lu!" Li Binbin next to her was the first to shout delicately.

The leading actors of "The Empire of Heaven" all came with Tsui Hark, Liu Dehua, Li Binbin, Liu Jialing, and Deng Chao.

Liu Dehua and others also rushed over to shake hands with Lu Yang.

"I originally wanted to discuss 3D with Director Li in Venice," Tsui Hark said directly.

"Director Li has something to do and can't come. I'll come over and do it for you!"

"I understand, the news has spread throughout the industry, and there are more directors than the media. It's a pity that I can't come that day, otherwise I would go over and join in the fun."

Tsui Hark laughed loudly. No one in the circle knew what happened on the day of the launch ceremony.

No one has this kind of appeal.

Li Binbin listened, filled with envy.

This network, these resources.
"Director Lu, remember to come to the 'Dream Back to the Tang Dynasty' reception!"

Tsui Hark specially invited this to be the exclusive celebration cocktail party for "Detective Dee".

"Okay, Director Xu, I'll definitely be here."

September is not a prime period for movies, but with the popularity of the National Day season in the past two years, many people have seen that during the period when the summer season has just ended and the National Day season has not yet arrived, the box office can still do a lot.

Liu Weiqiang sniped at the head-to-head confrontation between Zhang Yimou, Tsui Hark and Wu Yusen. Four major domestic films will compete during this period.

The film's various promotions have been full of tricks, making movie fans itchy.

Venice also came to an end on September 9, and Tsui Hark's "Detective Dee" failed to make any gains.

The Golden Lion for Best Picture went to Coppola's "Somewhere."

The 3D Film Award was given to Li Mu's "2012" and Cameron's "Avatar".

What is regrettable is that neither Li Mu nor Cameron showed up in Venice, and only sent relevant personnel to receive the award on their behalf.

"This is the face of the card!"

"Winning an award does not necessarily require someone to be present. If the 3D Film Award is not awarded to the first or second best in film history, I can't even think of who to award it to!"

"really."

Venice didn't make any waves in China, and the main Golden Lion didn't settle in China, so the audience naturally wasn't that high.

Li Mu took the time to watch Mengying Media's first cartoon.

Although the plot of "Your Name" is based on the live-action movie, the production is still very complicated.

The main reason is that Li Mu has very high requirements for the exquisiteness of the pictures. Whether it is the picture, composition or color, he requires that it be presented to the viewer in the most exquisite way.

Tian Xiaopeng and his team have been working on it for a year, and the progress is only less than half completed.

"Director Li, the beauty of this movie is beyond my previous imagination."

Although the progress of "Your Name" is slow, looking at the pictures produced frame by frame, he feels proud. They are making excellent movies, not the shoddy assembly line products on the market.

(End of this chapter)