Huayu Entertainment: Who let him be the director!

Chapter 370: "Your Name" is remade, Leo admires Zhou Qing
Because the film was being shot in Canada, Zhou Qing didn't hold any press conference.

After a brief makeover with the crew, they immediately plunged into the vigorous filming.

Although it is already May, it is still generally cold here in Canada.

Especially the Kananaskis area, which was the first filming location, was even covered with white snow.

It is just like the scene in the cold winter.

Both director Zhou Qing and other staff members were wrapped in thick cotton coats.

Otherwise, I really can’t bear it.

"How long will it take for the rails to be laid out?"

"Tell the makeup artist to speed up and finish Tom's makeup first."

"There is no need for lighting for now, the natural light conditions are pretty good right now."

"Props team, have all the props been inspected?"

Zhou Qing's voice echoed throughout the entire filming location.

All aspects of the work, big and small, are under his strict control.

There is no way. Making a movie has never been an easy thing. Every detail is very important.

There is no room for carelessness.

Fortunately, the behind-the-scenes team Zhou Qing found are the best in the industry with outstanding business capabilities.

So the overall work is relatively smooth.

"Attention all units."

"Clear the field."

"start!"

The first shot started quickly and was not too difficult.

The main scene is about Leo and his gang hunting in the forest.

To be more precise, it was just a group of people holding hunting rifles, tracking carefully in the forest.

Even the faces of many other people don’t need to be shown, only the key character Leo needs to be given a close-up.

For these actors with strong personal qualities, it is still easy to act.

"Hawk!"

After tracking for a while, Little Leo seemed to have discovered something and immediately called out to his son in a low voice.

He also subconsciously gripped his shotgun tightly and stared straight ahead.

The young actor standing not far from Leo also has great acting skills.

Even when acting with Leo, he can keep up the pace.

He responded to Leo's look and quickly adjusted his body shape.

The father and son cooperated with each other and moved forward step by step.

It seemed as if there really was some prey ahead in the forest.

But actually?
There was nothing in front of me.

Leonardo DiCaprio and the young actor performed a completely non-property-free performance.

"Calm down, hold on!"

When Leo saw that his son was about to shoot, he quickly stopped him.

Then I picked up the gun, aimed carefully for a moment, and pulled the trigger cleanly and neatly.

"Crack!"

"Pass!"

Zhou Qing, who was behind the monitor, nodded with satisfaction.

With the professional capabilities of this group of talented people, there will be no problem in handling the first shot.

However, the following shooting was somewhat difficult.

Because it was a free-for-all.

The story of "The Revenant" is actually not complicated.

The film mainly tells the story of fur hunter Hugh Glass, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, who leads his team to hunt in the primeval forest.

However, he was betrayed by his companions, he was almost killed, and his son also died tragically, so he rose up to seek revenge.

Some of the previous scenes are just foreshadowing, while the main story is also told at the same time.

Little Leo and his companions were having a great time hunting in the primeval forest, but they alarmed the indigenous people there, and a fight broke out between the two sides.

What Zhou Qing is going to shoot next is this battle.

Horse riding, archery, gunfights, close combat, and group battles, all elements are included.

Even with Zhou Qing's top-notch directing skills, it took a full week to complete the filming.

However, after this great battle, the subsequent progress can be accelerated a lot.

Since these are all literary dramas, the difficulty of filming is of course much lower.

"After eight years, Wang Baoqiang and Xu Zheng continue their 'old friendship' and 'Lost in Thailand' is a hilarious comedy."

"The Beijing University held a screening of Lost in Thailand. The laughter was heard every five minutes on average and it was impossible to stop."

Since entering May, "Lost in Thailand" has started various promotional activities at full speed.

Although its predecessor "Lost on Journey" was released in 06, the total box office was only over 6000 million.

However, this sequel still attracted great attention in the circle.

In any case, this is also a work produced by Zhou Qing Pictures, and the screenwriter is still Director Zhou.

Even if it is a brand new work, it is still heavyweight.

Whether it is a sequel to Lost on Journey or not is not important at all.

What?
The director of "Lost in Thailand" is new director Xu Zheng?
If other producers dared to do this, they would definitely be highly questioned.

But since he is a new director hired by Zhou Qing Pictures, it is not a big deal at all.

It can't stop everyone's enthusiasm for "Lost in Thailand".

What’s even more rare is that “Lost in Thailand” has already held a number of roadshows and screenings, and the response from the first wave of audiences was extremely enthusiastic.

Corresponding media people and film critics also gave "Lost in Thailand" extremely high praise.

There is no other reason. The script of "Lost in Thailand" was specially optimized by Zhou Qing.

The final effect will naturally be much better than the original version.

The leading actor Wang Baoqiang was so excited that he couldn't stop smiling.

Judging from the effects of various publicity, "Lost in Thailand" is bound to be a big hit, there is no doubt about it.

"I'm telling you, Baoqiang, Lost in Thailand has the potential to break 10 billion!"

Xu Zheng's heart beat even faster and he felt like the blood in his body was about to boil.

This is not Xu Zheng's blind optimism. Based on his personal experience, the only film that can be compared with the popularity of "Lost in Thailand" is "Lost in Thailand".

None of the other films that Xu Zheng has participated in can compare to this!

10 billion!

When Wang Baoqiang heard this, his heart started beating wildly.

At present, in the entire history of Chinese entertainment films, there are only four films of this magnitude.

Can Lost in Thailand really achieve this?
If this can really be achieved, wow, it would be really amazing.

In addition, in Hollywood, "The Hunger Games" has also started comprehensive publicity and promotion work.

This film, like Lost in Thailand, was released in June.

What about the momentum of The Hunger Games?
Needless to say, it can be described as hot.

This is all understandable. After all, the fans of "The Hunger Games" are not just for show.

This thing is just like the "Twilight Sparkle" series of movies. As long as it doesn't turn out to be a piece of shit, there's no need to worry about the box office.

"The Hunger Games 2 has also started filming, and the shooting period is expected to be two and a half months."

After talking about "The Hunger Games", Director Yang reported to Zhou Qing on the development of its sequel.

Zhou Qing understood what was going on and didn't say anything more.

I just asked Director Yang to keep a close eye on this project.

Anyway, he is busy filming "The Revenant" now and can't take care of so many things for the time being.

It is now mid-May and the "prelude" of "The Revenant" has been completed.

Little Li and his men were beaten to a pulp by the natives and fled in panic, but Little Li was unwilling to return empty-handed.

This guy made the decision he regretted most in his life: he went back to hunt quietly alone.

Leo thought that this way he would avoid alerting the indigenous people, but unfortunately he encountered a black bear.

Then came the famous scene: Leo was raped by a black bear!
It is worth mentioning that this scene was talked about and ridiculed by netizens at home and abroad.

Even the film company and Leo himself had to clarify again and again that it was not true, and specifically pointed out that it was a female bear, which only made the situation worse.

It has contributed a lot of fun to the majority of people.

The filming process is quite difficult.

Because the mother bear was a product of post-production special effects.

Leo being bitten by a bear is a test for both his acting skills and Zhou Qing's direction.

Fortunately, Zhou Qing and Leonardo DiCaprio were both very capable, and the filming of this segment was done quite well.

So what happened to the poor Leo after being ravaged by the black bear?
He was rescued in time by his companions while still hanging on to his last breath, but he was soon regarded as a burden by everyone.

Only Teacher Tang and three others were left to take care of little Leo.

Teacher Tang didn't want to take care of Leo at all. He just wanted to take over the reward from Leo and his son.

So at an appropriate time, Teacher Tang ruthlessly killed Leo's son.

He even buried Leo alive!
"Tom, Leon, are you all ready?"

At the shooting site, Zhou Qing coordinated all aspects of the work.

The next scene to be filmed is the scene where Teacher Tang kills Leo's son.

After making sure that all preparations were correct, Zhou Qing immediately called for the start.

"I'm going to tell the Captain and Jim what you did, and they're going to hang you!"

The young actor who played Leo's son was pressed against a tree by Teacher Tang, and he shouted at Teacher Tang fearlessly.

I have to say that this young actor was very well chosen. He is not very old, but his acting skills are not bad at all.

If it were placed in the Chinese entertainment industry, it would be able to beat many young people.

"You have to understand me!"

Needless to say, Teacher Tang’s acting skills are full of drama.

"Jim, help! Jim, come here quickly!"

The young actor didn't listen to Teacher Tang's explanation and started shouting around, calling his companions.

"Shut up!"

Teacher Tang glared at Li Zi's son with a furious look and stabbed him with a knife.

"Uh...uh..."

It's time to show off Leo's acting skills.

At this time, he was seriously injured and dying, lying on the ground unable to move, and could only watch his son being killed.

He couldn't even shout out loud and could only make vague sounds from his mouth.

The actor's inner thoughts and emotions at the moment are all conveyed by Leo's face.

Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't have any idol baggage when acting. Well, at this moment Leonardo DiCaprio may not be called an idol.

But his face was extremely distorted, almost hideous, and his eyes were wide open with veins exposed.

His saliva was all spitting out.

Don't mention how hard he acted.

"Crack!"

But unfortunately, it did not meet Zhou Qing's requirements.

In other words, there are still some flaws.

"Leon, your acting is not bad, but you are a little too hard."

"You should use your eyes more to convey emotions, rather than relying mainly on facial muscles. Eyes are the windows to the soul."

"It's not that your performance is wrong, but if your eyes were also conveyed properly, it would be more perfect."

Zhou Qing came up to Leo and pointed out some specific shortcomings in his performance.

Little Leo is indeed insightful. After communicating with Zhou Qing, he made corresponding adjustments.

You know what, it does feel a lot better.

But this scene is very important, and Zhou Qing’s requirements are relatively high.

If it were in an ordinary movie, Zhou Qing would definitely have given it a pass.

But it doesn’t work in The Revenant.

Zhou Qing intends to help Leo win the Oscar for Best Actor with this film.

Then we have to do our best.

"Crack!"

"Leon..."

After taking the photo five times, Zhou Qing finally gave it the go-ahead.

"Perfect, Leon!"

"Based on your performance, I won't agree to anything less than an Oscar for Best Actor!"

Zhou Qing couldn't help but praise Little Leo out loud.

With Leo's talent and his own training, the performance just now was absolutely textbook-level.

Definitely worthy of an Oscar.

"It's all because of you, Director Zhou."

Leonardo DiCaprio was also very happy to hear this. Although the filming was very hard, he felt that it was all worth it.

For his performance just now, he couldn't help but want to give himself a thumbs up.

However, the person Leo wants to praise the most is Zhou Qing, who deserves to be the best director at the Oscars.

His professional ability is the best among all the directors Leo has worked with, no doubt about it.

Now Leo's admiration for Zhou Qing is truly from the bottom of his heart.

"Everyone has worked hard. All units should prepare and start the next shot immediately."

The intensive shooting proceeded in an orderly manner.

After Leo's son was killed, he was buried alive by Teacher Tang.

But little Leo was lucky enough not to die and crawled out of the pit alive.

A man began his "wilderness survival" in this primeval forest, while having to avoid being hunted down by the primitive tribe.

How miserable it is...

"Director Zhou, there is something I need you to decide."

In the midst of his busy schedule, Director Chen contacted Zhou Qing again and reported a very important matter to him.

"A director in Japan took a fancy to "Your Name" and wanted to remake it into an animated film."

Director Chen can make his own decisions on most matters, but not on this matter.

"Your Name" is the work of Zhou Qing, who owns all the copyrights.

Only Zhou Qing has the final say on whether to agree to the remake.

A Japanese director?
Remake into an animated movie?
Zhou Qing's heart couldn't help but move, and he had a vague guess.

"The director's name is Shinkai Cheng. I looked up his resume..."

Director Chen's voice continued to sound, giving a general introduction to some relevant information about Xinhai City.

"It sure is him!"

Zhou Qing understood.

Makoto Shinkai is the original author of "Your Name", so it is not surprising that he is interested in "Your Name" at this moment.

Zhou Qing didn't hesitate much and agreed immediately.

“You can authorize him.”

Zhou Qing casually gave instructions to Director Chen.

If this movie was handed over to other people, there might be problems of one kind or another, but if it was handed over to Shinkai Makoto, there would definitely not be any problems.

Zhou Qing was completely relieved.

(End of this chapter)