This top guy is crazy!

Chapter 369: Cheng Cheng is really finished

[Fuck, I feel like crying]

【Recognition from all over the world! 】

【!!! How can a documentary be this good? ! ! 】

[It’s amazing! I watched this documentary and it made my eyes brimmed with joy]

[Everyone is so great. Who said we can't make a world-class commercial film? Isn't this what we made? ]

[Look forward to Brother Frog having greater development opportunities! ]

[Ahhhhh, Resident Evil is killing people all over the world! ]

[Please put "Resident Evil" on the video platform as soon as possible! I want to watch it again! ]

【Book of thousands of blood! 】

【plus one! 】

[It is scary that we have such well-made movies in Tianxia Films, as well as money-laundering and shoddy movies. Noble and despicable exist at the same time.]

【Everyone is so excellent! 】

【Thanks for your hard work!】

At the end of the documentary, director Qin Ping released the Resident Evil shooting log:
September 2019, 9, the first meeting of the project - script

September 2019, 9, the second meeting of the project - script and martial arts director Yuan Youhe entered

September 2019, 9, the third project meeting - preparatory meeting

September 2019, 9, the seventh meeting of the project - Art and Special Effects Props Meeting

On September 2019, 9, the island leader led the team to Serbia
On October 2019, 10, Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan arrived in Serbia. Cheng Cheng auditioned Samuel, Evelyn, Nelson, and Darren, and the creative team confirmed them.

In the scrolling subtitles, a line of words appeared on the screen
[After the success of the film, we asked Director Cheng a question: What is a truly good film and how to make a truly good film]
Cheng Cheng's voice sounded.

He didn't show his face, this was a telephone interview.

"When I first started learning how to make movies, I spent seven hours a day picking out 1-2 excellent feature films to watch, and the rest of the time studying theory or thinking about the techniques and themes of the film, with a ten-minute break in between."

[Frog also learned step by step]

[That was the time when he flipped over, right?]

"There is a kind of story in China and abroad, in which a monster or elf appears from nowhere and promises to fulfill three wishes of a person. But usually, the ending of such stories is not very good, and the protagonist is usually punished for his greed.

why?

In fact, the reason is very simple. The beautiful future that people imagine through their own free will is often wrong.

If you have never seen money, you don’t know what money is.

If you have never been loved, you don’t know what love is like.

If you have never seen success, you don't know how it is achieved.

What good can come from making a wish in a fantasy world based on hearsay?
The things you imagine are inconsistent with the real world, so even with the help of God, the ending is always tragic. The greater the power of God, the more tragic the ending.

Making movies is a whole different matter. The film industry has never lacked for moments of success that come from a flash of inspiration, but those who can stay in the industry and produce one good work after another all rely on 'universal rules'.

What are 'universal laws'?
You first need to understand what a good movie is, and then delve into the film's techniques, rhythm, and management team experience. These are all the results of in-depth learning.

Secondly, hiring good actors and spending money on production are the basis of a good movie.

Again, at the film level, we should really pay attention to a social issue. A profound social issue is equal to a huge film opportunity. Every filmmaker should at least know what social issue they are paying attention to, and then evaluate whether there will be enough audiences.

For example, lost families, bullying, illness, death, love and responsibility, peace and war, country and individual, responsibility and freedom, suffering and life, dreams and reality.

Of course, it is also possible to just present and restore a story, but the story also has a theme. "

In this interview, Cheng Cheng's answers were extremely normal, so normal that he didn't even seem like a mental patient.

But the audience listened with great interest, because this was a top director's top understanding of movies, which was quite inspiring to the entire film industry.

Through his words, the audience can also examine movies, the film industry, and the various practitioners in the film industry from another perspective.

"Don't always come up with some weird and tricky tricks to scare people.

Last month, director Tang Ping said, "I would rather the audience go to the cinema to watch movies." At that time, I did not express my opinion. Now, I would like to talk about it here. Why are so many audiences unwilling to go to the cinema to watch movies?

Ultimately, the audience has lost trust in current movies, filmmakers, and the film market.

This is not a problem for the audience, but a problem for filmmakers.”

【Name and praise】

【torture!】

【Whip the corpse! 】

【Brother Frog is too bold】

[I am so touched. Only Frog Brother would consider that it is a problem of film practitioners instead of blaming the audience for not buying tickets obediently]

【@唐坪hello】

"The biggest problem in the current film market is degeneration. Practitioners no longer explore the universal rules of film success, no longer hire good actors, no longer spend money on production, no longer delve into innovating new film techniques and rhythms, no longer deepen their studies, no longer pay attention to those profound social issues, and no longer shoot good stories that the people really like to hear and see.

Instead, they hire popular stars, spend lavishly on their pay, and haggle over production costs; they apply fixed rhythms and templates that have been tried countless times, and show off stiff techniques; they deliberately stir up controversial topics, set the pace for the sake of unlimited box office revenue, and make movies that cause trouble for the people.

This is a highly commercialized era, and so is the film market.

I understand that exploring the universal rules for film success is tiring, so film practitioners want to succeed quickly, want to become famous overnight, want to make big news, and want to get rich overnight.

But film practitioners should at least have a certain sense of social responsibility.

This doesn’t mean that making movies should educate the audience, but at least it shouldn’t go in a bad direction!
In the Internet age, no one is an island. Everyone is constantly influencing the world and is also constantly being influenced by the world.

As long as a person speaks publicly, whether it is on WeChat Moments or on Weibo, as long as it is seen by others, it will affect others.

And movies, as a strong medium of communication, will do so even more.

Every director should realize that your film either makes the world a better place or a worse place.”

【Well said】

【Frog Brother is responsible】

[We should really let Lü Zhuofeng come and listen]

Lu Zhuofeng: Stop cueing me, I’m listening.

"Let me give you another example. A movie called Goodfellas was released a few days ago. I didn't go to see the movie, but in the trailer, there was a line saying 'all men have original sin', which caused a lot of social controversy.

Yesterday, the director complained on Weibo that the movie’s box office was not good.

But why is this movie not doing well at the box office?
I think she answered Director Tang Ping's question intuitively.

It’s not that audiences are unwilling to go to the cinema, but that more and more audiences are being squeezed out of the film market.

Such "weird tricks" to grab high box office by deliberately provoking controversial topics and leading the trend without any bottom line are essentially harming the entire film market."

【The King of Hell calls your name】

[Finally talking about "Goodfellas"! I've been disliking it for a long time]

【This is a lousy movie! 】

[You are right, such movies are hurting the entire film market. They are really just for the box office and don’t care about their reputation at all]

[The funniest thing is that this movie didn’t do well at the box office! ]

[Ah? I watched it, I thought it was pretty good, it's totally different from what I told you, the trailer said 'all men have original sin' was a satire]

[Frog must not have watched this movie, otherwise he wouldn’t say such a thing/covering his face]

【!!! Misunderstood, really misunderstood! "Goodfellas" is quite mild, this sentence is also used to mock men in the female circle, don't hurt anyone by mistake】

[Misunderstanding your mother! Humorous irony. My take on the irony: It seems to mean this, but it actually means something else. It says this openly, but actually opposes this. Your take on the irony: It uses the character's mouth to secretly express this view, with some personal opinions.]

[Go read the director's repost on Weibo, and then tell me it's irony! I don't believe she denies this.]

[Don't wash away the irony, it's too late to wash it away. Every shot in the trailer is useful. It put this sentence in the trailer, isn't it just trying to eat the opposite meal! ]

[The punch hits the face]

[Support the justice group! ]

[Can the box office of "Goodfellas" be even a fraction of that of "Resident Evil"? ]

[Don't worry, the bag won't be damaged, not even worthy of carrying shoes! ]

“For film practitioners, it is inevitable that they make movies by trying to make a ‘big news’, but end up losing by relying on their own strength.

Because they rely on luck and on stepping on the contradictions of society, not on "universal laws".

The so-called lucky people and successful people are two different things. The so-called speculators are another thing.

A truly successful person must have experienced hardships, setbacks and adversity, and must have continued to move forward on the path of exploring the "universal laws".

The speculator's path seems simple, but - what is the cost?

I guess this director must feel aggrieved. I put so much effort into making this movie with my own skills, but the box office is so bad, and so many people are cyber-bullying me.

I wish she wouldn't say that, because first of all, she was the one who started the cyberbullying.

And this is fair. Whatever you do, society will give you feedback.

This is some kind of error correction mechanism.

I hope more and more filmmakers can explore the 'universal rules' of film success and produce a steady stream of good works."

At this point, the documentary "Cheng Cheng" has come to an end, and the audience feels lost:

【I actually finished watching it! 】

【I don’t feel like I’ve seen enough】

[Ahhh! I owe Brother Frog a movie ticket]

[My feelings after watching the film: It’s great that Tianxia has such a filmmaker! ]

(End of this chapter)