Chapter 636 Will Hollywood discriminate against business?

A few days later, Sofia Coppola ended the roles of most of the extras. The most difficult part was not the filming, but the makeup. Shi Huiguo's super avant-garde dress made the costume and makeup team of the cast make a lot of preparations. Even so, these workers work nearly twelve hours a day.

Costumes are also a major feature of the film, and Ryan's request is simple, that is, to capture a few key elements to attract the attention of teenagers and female audiences as much as possible.

As for whether the film contains some hidden irony, that's something that writer Susan Collins and director Sofia Coppola need to consider.

There are a lot of action scenes in the filming. Sofia Coppola is not good at these. The action scenes are basically handed over to Tiger Chen Lai.

When actors, directors and various other teams from Hong Kong were squeezed out of Hollywood, he became one of the very few people who could gain a firm foothold in Hollywood because of the integration of his own efforts and the support from Jenkins Films. Apart from Tiger Chen, there are not many Hong Kong filmmakers who can stay in Hollywood.

The kung fu movie that was popular in North America for a while has also entered the sunset and is about to come to an end.

This is the inevitable development of Hollywood, and it cannot be changed by anyone or any group company. After the establishment of Hollywood, there have been several short-term rise of foreign films, but after Hollywood absorbed the essence, most of these outsiders were finally eliminated. out of North America.

It is very simple to say that Hollywood action directors only need to learn some kung fu fur, combined with other fighting methods, supplemented by various high-tech means, enough to design fights that attract audiences.

In the last ten years of Ryan's previous life, the situation was almost like this, after Hollywood absorbed some of the advantages of kung fu. Combining the specialties of Muay Thai, Judo, Taekwondo, Karate and free fighting, the designed fights are simpler, sharper and more direct, and the actual effect after the movie is released has proved that it is enough to attract the attention of the audience.

Tiger Chen basically abandoned Yuan Heping's routine, and he was almost completely Hollywood.

If you want to not be eliminated by Hollywood, you must first integrate into Hollywood and become part of this big factory or assembly line.

After all, a high degree of commercialization and industrialization is the key to Hollywood's success.

Ryan's character is a completely masked villain, according to the script. Except for the final fight with Peeta and Katniss, there is no place to stand out or show up. In the parlance of the previous life, it is a soy sauce crowd.

Most of the time,

He just sat by the side and watched the filming of the crew, and occasionally appeared in front of the camera for a few cool and handsome action shots, and even had very few lines.

Katniss is the only protagonist of the film, and most of the camera footage just follows Natalie.

in just a few days. Natalie went through the test of a series of action scenes such as climbing trees and hanging steel wires. Although there were several small accidents in the middle, under the protection of the crew's safety measures, she did not suffer any harm.

certainly. The story takes place in the future Shi Huiguo. Whether it’s shooting in the studio or going to Brisbane a few times, there is always a green screen in front of the camera.

With the rapid development of computer synthesis technology. This has become a necessary part of any big-budget movie shoot.

After more than ten days of filming, good news came from North America, after several rounds of negotiations between Julie Stewart and Alan Ruston. An agreement was quickly reached, and Disney Pictures obtained the adaptation rights of Dilemma in the form of one million US dollars plus 3% of the North American box office share.

Ryan also took the time to read the memoir, and then told Julius to start writing the script. This kind of movie, which is mostly a one-man show, depends more on the main actor and director's grasp. The script can only be said to be inferior. element required.

The progress of setting the scene here is a little slower than expected. Sofia Coppola put down the coffee cup, I had a phone call with Ms. Kennedy yesterday, and the farm is basically set up. After this week, we will go to shoot the location first. .

Today's show ended earlier. Ryan, Natalie, Sofia Coppola and other acquaintances, after returning to Brisbane, made an appointment to have dinner at the western restaurant of the hotel. After dinner, they sipped coffee and chatted. up.

That's great. Tyler sniffed the coffee, but still picked up his juice obediently. I miss Gru so much.

Who is Gru?

Natalie, who was chatting with Scarlett, suddenly raised her head and asked, Your new friend?

That... Tyler rolled his eyes and thought about what he wanted to say in an instant, A shepherd dog, the head of the hounds on the farm, is best at hunting hares.

Natalie nodded and turned to Ryan, who was sitting next to her, Aren't you inviting us to go hunting?

Of course you can if you like. Ryan's voice just fell, and Scarlett over there gently knocked on the table, In this case, you can prepare a bow and a pot of arrows for Nat...

Need a flying knife for you? Ryan joked.

She can't miss the rabbit even if she prepares it. Tyler bit the straw and muttered sarcastically, We tried it yesterday, and Scarlett couldn't even miss the target.

Scarlett Johansson shrugged, but rarely said anything, obviously knowing that her throwing knives were bad enough.

Several people laughed and talked about the herbivores that would flood Australia, and the topic turned back to the movie.

The crew borrowed the warehouse area of ​​the farm to build the 12th area. Sofia Coppola talked about some preparations there. The hilly area at the edge of the woods is arranged as the battlefield of the game.

She suddenly sighed, Frankly speaking, Ryan, the production cost of 100 million US dollars is a bit stressful. If you hadn't prepared another action director, I would definitely not have taken on this series.

Sophia, don't you want to make those film critics who criticized you face even more shame?

Holding the coffee cup, Ryan said with a bit of fascination, You were nominated for the Oscar for Best Director, and the film critics who laughed at you back then said that female directors can make literary films, and they do nothing at the box office. You don't want to be in those film reviews. A slap in the face hard?

And... He raised his finger and interrupted Sofia Coppola's words, If you really want Hollywood to recognize your value, high-grossing movies are essential.

There are many people who won the Oscar for best director in the past life, but all of them who can really enter the first-line ranks have proved themselves at the box office or in business.

The Oscars may discriminate against purely commercial directors to a certain extent, but Hollywood definitely does not.

The very simple truth is, for the film company, is it more important to Sam Mendes, who can win the Oscar for best director with his debut, or Michael Bay, who has never made any achievements in the Oscars?

You can even replace Michael Bay with purely commercial directors such as Stephen Sommers and Roland Emmerich.

Having said that, Ryan really can't remember who the director of The Hunger Games in his previous life was, otherwise he would not have chosen Sofia Coppola.

However, this is also beneficial. With the opening of the Internet era, it has become a normal phenomenon for directors to come to the front desk. The all-female main creative lineup will definitely attract the attention of women.

Maybe you can do some PR work for a few large feminist organizations, so that they can properly promote the film when they engage in activities?

I'll turn it over to Disney for discussion.

Several women chatted about topics of mutual interest, and Ryan listened and thought about these things.

If The Hunger Games is to succeed, it is not only necessary to promote the film, but also the influence of the novel. Like the Harry Potter series, there is a very significant relationship between the film and the book. One of the things Disney lacks is the experience of promoting teen productions.

From this year to now, according to Nielsen's statistics, The Hunger Games is the best-selling book after Harry Potter series and The Da Vinci Code. Since its publication, nearly 7 million books have been sold in the United States Disney has also made great efforts in the promotion of online and e-books. On several websites such as Amazon, the sales volume of this book has never fallen out of the top five.

Adapting well-received books into movies, and then promoting the sales of books and peripheral products through movies, Hollywood is very familiar with this set.

On the premise of ensuring the popularity of the movie, Disney's temporary promotion focus is still on the novel. The more readers of the novel, the future movie will have the most basic audience.

Maybe when the movie comes out next year, Mockingjay will become the most popular brooch in America.

mv? Waiting for someone from Hollywood Records to come over.

Tyler's words interrupted Ryan's thoughts. He smiled and said, Honey, are you in a hurry?

The time is set, there is nothing to worry about. Taylor turned the empty cup, Even if you want to shoot, it depends on Sophia's schedule.

When will the record be released? asked Sofia Coppola.

My fifteenth birthday. Tyler pointed to Ryan. He said this was my birthday present this year.

The MV will be released earlier. Ryan added, About half a month in advance, so I told you to cut a part of the film, and use the game location as the MV shooting scene. If the MV market responds well, you can also Promote the movie.

Although it has not been launched yet, the relevant departments of Disney and Hollywood Records have formulated a complete publicity plan, and they have also deliberately selected an alternative mv launch platform.

With Disney's huge resources, it is actually not difficult to make a girl with extraordinary strength popular. (To be continued..) ()