Coquettish Rebirth

"Stephen, is every movie in the United States like this?" Ye Jing asked curiously, "Just modify it according to the reaction of the preview meeting? Can it be a hit?" "Almost, according to our Hollywood film In terms of experience, basically about 8% of the test screenings can be trusted. But after all, the test screenings are a small batch of sampling, and there are not enough samples, and sometimes there will always be a little deviation..." Spielberg Said.Hearing this, Jia Hongjian and the three of them nodded. Even if there was a 2% chance, the other 8% chance still proved that this preview meeting is very important!It is entirely possible to say whether this "Who Am I Remake" will be a hit in the United States, and whether the film that Jia Hongjian, a reborn person randomly participated in modifying, can reach the level and box office of "The Bourne" in history? "The Bourne Shadow" has also become a generation of classics, we have to wait for the results of the test screening in front of us!It depends on the reaction of the audience who participated in the preview meeting in front of us!

Next, Jia Hongjian and his group slowly arrived at the door of the screening.When they came to the door, there happened to be a long line of spectators who were entering the arena taking questionnaires and so on.Looking at the long line of about two to three hundred people, Cheng Long asked Spielberg through Jia Hongjian's translator: "Is there a special rule for the selection of these audiences? It seems to me that they are all young people..."

"That's right. We basically cooperate with market research companies for preview screenings. For example, Jia Hongjian has a relationship with Nielsen. We are looking for a group of target customers through Nielsen. Like fighting movies, we usually aim at The targets are all young men, but your film is different from others. After our design and analysis, it can be considered that it can be accepted from 13 years old to 40 years old. Therefore, our main target group is high school students and college students. As well as young people in their 20s, people in their 30s and 40s have relatively few choices, because they are less willing to accept new things and new faces. Young people are more receptive. So this time probably 70% of the crowd are young people under the age of 30, and 80% of them are men..." After saying this, Spielberg saw that Jia Hongjian was about to get off the car, so he hurriedly stopped Jia Hongjian , "Wait, we're going to drive the car to the back door and sneak in. According to the market research rules, we can't let the audience know in advance what kind of movie it is and what it's about. A completely objective reaction from a psychological expectation..."

Whoa!There are so many rules in your sister's screening meeting?After hearing this, Jia Hongjian nodded, as if he was willing to follow Spielberg's arrangement.Next, accompanied by Spielberg, the three of them took a car to the back door, and after getting out of the car, they entered the back door of the theater like the shady little three.Then what.After they entered, they were first taken to a lounge. "According to our rules, it is inconvenient for us to enter the arena until the audience is seated. At the same time, in order to prevent the audience from finding us, we will take the position in the last row after the screening starts, and try not to cause trouble. Other people's ideas..." Spielberg took the trouble to introduce the rules!

By this time, Jia Hongjian understood the difference in the industrial system—look at how many rules there are in such a detail in other Hollywood movies!Is this how one or two film directors can raise the level of the Chinese film industry to the level of the United States?Totally impossible!People in the United States have to rely on the cooperation of an unknown number of units to make it.For example, filming requires the cooperation of photographers, prop masters, etc.Of course, China also has some good ones, so there won’t be many special effects in China, right?In addition, in order to get a good result, is there any market research company in China that helps to select the audience for the test screening?Then there are these sets of rules, various questionnaires, and even the criteria for judging the results after the results are released, and how to formulate corresponding publicity plans... All of these are in charge of specialized personnel!Can China now have such a perfect set of industrial chains to cooperate with?

And not to mention.The national conditions of China and the United States are different. Even in later generations, China’s film industry has become market-oriented and followed the money, and the Chinese market has grown into the world’s second largest box office pool. But at that time, the Chinese people were Think of going to the cinema as an "upscale" form of entertainment.After all, there are pirated movies and TV shows, so you really have to expect a lot more when you go to the cinema to watch a movie, so maybe a literary movie with a good test effect in the United States, no one will watch it in China!Who is willing to spend money to watch stuff?If you want literature and art, how good is it to watch free literature and art on the computer?

At the same time, although China's market is commercialized.Although everyone wants to make money, but to make money, I have not learned too much from the US side, but more from the short, flat and fast way from Hong Kong, which makes various blockbuster movies that treat people as mentally handicapped frequently appear every year. , It seems that as long as there are stars, it seems that as long as there are special effects, it is enough!At this stage of market and industry development, how can it be said that one or two people can change the entire film industry in China to the level of the United States?

However, Jia Hongjian never thought of changing China's film industry to the level of the United States.To put it bluntly, he just wanted to have a good time.Although he is interested in movies, he is not a filmmaker, but just a player. He does not have much love for the film industry, let alone the Chinese film industry, so he has no sense of responsibility and requires himself to To develop China's film industry, the reason why he thinks so much about the differences between China and the United States is that he remembered various sayings in his previous life. It seems that as long as there is no radio and television, Chinese films will immediately become Hollywood—your sister, those directors When making a commercial film, you can’t even tell a good story. Americans can make such a good film with the main theme. Why do Chinese people have to shoot all kinds of illegal things to make it?Can't the Chinese shoot the main theme as well as the Americans?Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" is also the main theme, look at the results of other people's shooting!

Having said that, after waiting for a while, a staff member knocked on the door and said "It's almost there, gentlemen and ladies", and then Spielberg greeted everyone to get up, "Okay, let's go, The movie will be screened soon, and the audience should have all entered the venue...”[

When Jia Hongjian, Spielberg and others came to the side door of the movie screening room, they found that the lights in the screening room had been turned off, and it should be that the movie was about to start showing.Led by the staff with flashlights, the group came to the last row and sat down.After sitting down, Jia Hongjian took a look. The entire auditorium was very similar to the auditoriums of cinemas of later generations. The front is high and the rear is low. One auditorium is not big, unlike the big theaters in China in the 90s. The hall can seat a thousand people.This auditorium is a medium-sized auditorium, that is, about 400 people.The 350 invited spectators happened to be basically full, with sporadic and a little space left.

To be honest, Jia Hongjian sat at the end and looked at it, and it was really strange-how could he pay attention to the reaction of the audience when he was sitting in the last row?To see the audience's reaction, shouldn't we set up a camera in front of the audience, and then directly watch the audience's facial expressions?Thinking of this, Jia Hongjian turned his head to look at Cheng Long. He subconsciously wanted to discuss this issue with Cheng Long, but when he turned his head, he saw Cheng Long poking his head and looking at the backs of the crowds of audiences below... Hey, what is Cheng Long doing? looking at what?

However, in an instant, Jia Hongjian realized something - not that he realized what Cheng Long was watching now, but suddenly realized how he sat at the end and watched the audience's reaction!Who said that you have to face the audience in order to observe the audience's reaction?Is it impossible to observe by looking at the back of the head?Even if you can't see the expression on the back of your head, can't you roughly judge the general reaction of the audience by looking at the back of your head?For example, Cheng Long as the director, and Jia Hongjian as the screenwriter and producer, originally designed a small plot somewhere, in order to have some humor while fighting, so that everyone can relax and laugh.But if there is no laughter in the whole theater after this scene is played, wouldn't that reflect something?Doesn't this reflect that the plot is not set up well, maybe the director's "lens language expression ability" is not in place, and the joyful emotion he wants to express is not conveyed to the audience, or the rhythm is not done well, and the foreshadowing is not good. Well!

Similarly, the scene that should have been tense should be when all the audience gasped and concentrated on watching, but the audience turned their heads to chat with each other, and there were chuckles. This does not obviously express the lack of skill or taste Is there a design bias?This still needs to look directly at the audience's face?You can see it from the back of your head!Not to mention there is a questionnaire at the end!

It can be said that now, Jia Hongjian finally understands the ingenuity of such a set of rules and troubles in Hollywood!He finally understands why people do things like this in Hollywood!

At this moment, a strong light shot from the projection room above Jia Hongjian's head and hit the front screen. "Who Am I Remake" is about to have a test screening!This movie, which Jia Hongjian put a lot of effort into, is going to be well received in Hollywood. You can get a preview right away through this preview!Will it be sold all the way, or will it be silently heard?At this time, even Jia Hongjian became a little nervous! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qn) to vote, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users, please go to read.)