Coquettish Rebirth

"In addition to such a problem, there is also another problem, that is, Chinese and foreign audiences watch movies from different angles. Some movies are weird to us Chinese, but they may not be weird to foreigners. Similarly, if we shoot a movie about the Three Kingdoms If the film is simplified and messed up, Chinese, Koreans and Japanese can understand it, but if it is shown to Americans without this knowledge reserve, they will definitely not be able to understand it. And a film like Director Chen, even though it was shot by a Chinese, Although most of them are played by Chinese people, they cannot be viewed as movies with a Chinese background. If you regard him as a foreigner acting in a fantasy movie like "Lord of the Rings", many viewers will feel that this movie is actually like It’s not too bad either. So there is actually a misunderstanding here, that is, the audience thinks that Director Chen’s film is a story about China, which is specially made for the common people in China, but it’s not. Director Chen consciously wants to Developing the US market... That's why domestic audiences feel a little strange after watching it."

It's good for Jia Hongjian to make such a remark so round, right?Basically, neither side is guilty, right?However, this week, Ruihan seemed to have discovered the loopholes in Jia Hongjian's words. She smiled and asked Jia Hongjian with a gleam in her eyes, "But Director Jia, Director Chen's "The Promise" is not popular in the United States. The box office is not good, so does it prove that the films made by Director Chen for American audiences are not very attractive to American audiences?" Hey!This week, Ruihan is forcing Jia Hongjian to offend others, right?But who is Jia Hongjian?Can he be cornered by such a few words?So at this moment, I only heard Jia Hongjian say: "Well, there are actually many reasons why Director Chen's films did not do well at the box office in the United States.

First of all, because such a film was selected by the Weinstein Brothers to represent China in the Oscar competition for the best foreign language film, then such a film cannot be shown in English, only with subtitles.In this way, the audience itself will be much smaller.Of course, on the other hand.This is also Director Chen's initial attempt to market a commercial film. It is impossible to say that the first attempt was a perfect success, and it is normal to have some minor problems.But Director Chen's own skills are still there.Everyone still has to maintain confidence in Director Chen. I believe that Director Chen will fully grasp the laws of marketization in the future... After all, his own strength lies here.At the same time, there are so many Hollywood producers who are optimistic about his movies..."

That's right, Jia Hongjian found all kinds of reasons, he found all kinds of excuses to excuse Chen Kaige, anyway, he just didn't speak ill of Chen Kaige!Who is he, Jia Hongjian?He is also a fine man, okay, how can he speak to offend people?He's not afraid of offending people, but it's not necessary for him to do it when it's completely useless to offend people!As for Zhou Ruihan over here, he looked at Jia Hongjian in surprise.She really didn't know that Jia Hongjian was so eloquent!Although the questions she asked at the beginning seemed to be making things difficult for Jia Hongjian, but in fact, if Jia Hongjian's answers were not very good, they could be edited later!Such an interview is not broadcast live, what are you afraid of?Besides, she can do all kinds of remedies, right?

The interview here will of course go down all the way. After talking about Chen Kaige, Zhou Ruihan asked again: "Director Jia, the domestic film market is improving step by step, and many people say that it is you who drove it." Well, it is because of your appearance that the film market has become prosperous. Of course, even if it is prosperous. The level of our domestic films is still incomparable with that of Europe and the United States. And you have won many awards at the Oscars at such a time , then do you have any suggestions for domestic colleagues? How do you think they can provide audiences with more and better films that are more marketable?" She asked such a big question.If you want to make comments, it can be said that it is enough to write a paper.

For example, in terms of producers, in Hollywood, producers have a lot to do. Apart from thinking about whether a story can be made into a film to make money, and what director is more suitable for filming, there are more detailed tasks to be done. .For example, the executive producer needs to come up with a weekly budget report, where the money will be spent, all of which must be estimated in advance!It doesn't matter if you use your own money to make a movie, but generally speaking, you need to attract investment and use other people's money to shoot!Doesn't this make the use of other people's money more transparent?Didn't you want to give someone an explanation?Donors want to know how their money is being spent.This at least needs to be explained by a series of reports, right?

But these things in mainland China these days, few people know how to get them!There are no producers in mainland China right now.How could anyone do that!Now in mainland China, directors basically take over the responsibilities of producers, but how can directors have so much energy to do so many things when they are filming?Just like when Jia Hongjian was filming.Every day, he was preoccupied with how to film a movie, and how to plan and spend money was left to Catherine. Even if he wanted to, Jia Hongjian didn't have that experience!So even if many famous Hollywood directors have been producers themselves, they seldom act as producers when they are filming by themselves!Even if they hold two positions, more often they need others to assist them like Catherine assists Jia Hongjian!

So from such a point of view, domestic directors have too many responsibilities, which instead cause them to be distracted, and instead cause them to be a little unfocused in everything they do!Especially when such a domestic director's level is not enough, it is easier to let their level drop!Then there are personnel issues in various aspects. For example, the issue of production is only one link. Others include lighting engineers, photographers, editors, sets, costumes... It can be said that all links from preparation to post-production, It may be that the Chinese are not bad in the aspect of actors, but they are bad in other aspects!Now it is no longer the so-called short board in the barrel theory. Chinese movies can be said to be that one board is long for actors, and the other boards are short!

It’s not that Jia Hongjian doesn’t like people in China. For example, the domestic movies like “Assembly” and “Red Cliff” were all made in South Korea. The team did the blasting, what about the domestic team?Didn't do this to be particularly outstanding!This is because the level cannot keep up!It is because all aspects are a bit behind, which leads to the fact that even a master from China can't solve the overall problem.All in all, if Jia Hongjian is awesome, it is just that Jia Hongjian is awesome. It is basically impossible for others to become as awesome as Jia Hongjian, because the abilities of various hardware talents around him are not enough to support his development. !

But can this be said to Zhou Ruihan and the various audiences "behind" Zhou Ruihan?Jia Hongjian thought it was unnecessary, because the audience didn't understand so many things!And to put it bluntly, it's just an interview now, not a seminar, and it's not the film association or the theater that invites him to give lectures, and he's not speaking in front of professionals, so why does he want to tell the real truth?So now everyone lifts the sedan chair and says something nice!After all, to put it bluntly, we are a businessman, and if others didn't give us a penny, do we need to spend our heart and soul?It's not necessary, is it?So after thinking of this, Jia Hongjian said with a smile directly: "I personally think that what domestic film and television workers need to do is to get down to it and spend two years thinking about our God. It’s what the audience likes. Then go ahead of the audience and arrange a plot that the audience likes and will be very enjoyable to watch. With such a plot, combined with the professional knowledge of our domestic directors, I think it can be filmed without weakness Movies based on Hollywood movies.

The level of our country's film industry is relatively poor now, but we have a lot of room for improvement, and the environment is good. Every year, Hollywood films are restricted from importing. This is really a good time for us to learn and develop!Even looking at India, India is also a weak country, but the film industry is developing well. Although it can't compare with Hollywood, their own domestic audience likes to watch their domestic movies!This is mainly a result of their serving the society and producing according to their needs. I think that, apart from anything else, it will take a few years to slowly embark on the route of Indian movies, so that the movies made by filmmakers have a very good quality. Good returns, it's very possible! "

Jia Hongjian's words are really false. On the one hand, he minimized the difficulty of making a good movie, and on the other hand, he exaggerated the difficulty of making money.It is easy to understand that the difficulty of making a good movie has been reduced. How can we exaggerate the difficulty of making money?Because in fact, around 2012, although there are still a large number of "one-day theater tours" and films that are not even eligible for release in cinemas every year, for many commercial films, it is really easy to make money if you want to make money !The box office at that time was so good, and even the total box office in mainland China became the second largest overseas box office in the world after the United States. It was really easy to mix up a box office of hundreds of millions!When filming in the later generations, the posture is almost like money laundering. Just find a few stars, make some plots, and then add some post-production special effects, and just shoot.After filming and one release, the box office of over 10 million is just like playing, even a box office of [-] to [-] million can't break the box office record!The more sincere and funny films like "囧太囧" can directly reach the box office of [-] billion!

Why didn't Jia Hongjian just say that life will be better in the future?Because if you talk too much, people will stop working hard!So it is more difficult to scare everyone to work hard, how good is that?What a painstaking effort! (to be continued)