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- In a large temporary studio in Yangmingshan, the lighting engineer is constantly adjusting the brightness and color of the light, and finally illuminates a huge light blue "moon" on the blue background wall.
Some people say that the moon in the United States is bigger and rounder than that in China, and they also bring up a lot of air visibility and latitude issues for analysis. From Wang Zijun's personal experience, there is really no difference between the moons of the two countries, because the size of the moon seen by the naked eye is constantly changing, and it is impossible to say who is bigger than the other.
As for the photo of the giant moon that someone captured, Wang Zijun has never seen it with his own eyes and dare not comment on its authenticity.
Anyway, what Wang Zijun can do now is to artificially create a "moon".
In "et", the silhouette of a little boy carrying an alien flying into the sky on a bicycle and passing in front of the huge moon is known as the greatest movie moment. It can be said that the scene of the little boy riding a bicycle and flying with the moon sublimated the entire movie on an aesthetic level, and also greatly increased the sci-fi and mysterious flavor of the movie. Wang Zijun naturally could not let this scene go.
Building a studio, arranging various tree props and backgrounds, labor, time and post-production special effects, just for those few seconds of the movie, Wang Zijun spent an additional NT$5 million, which is more than 100,000 US dollars. . This may not be a big deal in Hollywood, but now the total investment in some literary and artistic films in Taiwan is only NT$4 to 5 million, which is definitely a veritable waste of money.
Wang Zijun climbed up an elevator more than three meters high and personally watched the projected giant moon effect through the camera lens. I directed the lighting special effects artist to debug for more than two hours, and finally felt satisfied with the size and color.
Lin Zhiying was already ready at this time, with wires hanging from his lower back and bicycle. The 10-year-old child practiced for three days just to shoot the scene of flying on a bicycle, and there were some scratches on his arms and face.
Wang Zijun gave an order, and the people in the Wi-Fi team immediately started moving. Lin Zhiying pedaled her bicycle forward in the air. Suddenly her body swayed, and the man and the bicycle fell half-separated in the air.
"Ka," Wang Zijun comforted. "Do it again, Xiaozhi, don't be nervous, just do it as you usually practice."
"Come again!"
"Aikesh!"
Two cameras captured the shot. The actual shooting time only took less than 30 seconds, and the shot was finally completed successfully.
But that¡¯s not all. Due to the lack of computer special effects technology, Lin Zhiying had to shoot the same scene in the wild in order to achieve a more realistic effect when doing post-production special effects.
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"Sister Zhen, touch up your makeup again. Yes, let your hair down too!" Wang Zijun said to Zhen Zhen.
After Zhen Zhen returned to Taiwan with her husband Liu Jiachang, she has been staying at home and being a housewife. When she heard that Wang Zijun wanted to cast a middle-aged actress, she couldn't help but come to audition. Whether it was about acting skills or face issues, Wang Zijun decided to cast her without even thinking about it.
The leader of the Taiwanese secret service in the film is trying to catch aliens. It is played by the talented actor Ke Junxiong. He and Zhen Zhen have collaborated on the screen again after more than ten years of separation. Just relying on the two's previous appeal, "et" was able to attract many older audiences to cinemas in Taiwan.
"Brother Xiong, when you drive to chase him later, look a little more anxious on your face. Okay?" Wang Zijun said to Ke Junxiong.
Ke Junxiong nodded and said with a smile: "Director, please don't call me Brother Xiong, it sounds weird."
Wang Zijun said: "That's it, let the makeup artist hurry up. Check the vehicle over there to see if there is any problem. We will be ready to start shooting in ten minutes."
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There are no major changes to the plot of "et". However, the role of Xiao Qiang as the eldest sister was added. This was purely because Wang Zijun helped her show her face. The role of the character is very small.
The shooting time is very tight, because we have to rush to release the film before the Spring Festival, and now there is not much time. Since filming started in October, it is now mid-December. Wang Zijun finally finished shooting the main scenes and spent three full days on reshoots. The whole play is finally finished.
The film was handed over to technical staff for post-processing, while Wang Zijun discussed with teachers Zhou Lanping, Zuo Hongyuan and others to create the soundtrack. Wang Zijun also wrote some of the original soundtrack, but since many details have been changed, such as the Dragon Boat Festival celebrations in the film, some oriental-style music must be added to it. The most important thing is that these songs must be coordinated with the original soundtrack, otherwise they will look completely different.
On this day, Zuo Hongyuan was at Zhou Lanping's house, discussing how to catch up on work, when Wang Zijun suddenly came to visit.
Wang Zijun walked into the house, followed by several porters, carrying a brand new car??The piano comes in.
"Teacher, where is this piano?" Wang Zijun asked.
Zuo Hongyuan stood up from the old piano in the Zhou family, walked over and touched the new piano and said, "Good guy, it's still a Steinway. Old Zhou, you made a profit this time."
Zhou Lanping scolded insincerely: "Zijun, why did you buy a piano? I have a well-used piano at home, what a waste!"
A little loli suddenly popped out of the corner of the room and said, "Brother Zijun is the richest man in the world, so he is not short of money. Uncle Zhou, why don't you give me your original piano."
It was Zuo Hongyuan¡¯s daughter who spoke. Zuo Anan, later a famous music producer and singer, was only twelve or thirteen years old now. Her name was given by Wang Zijun.
As soon as Zuo Anan said this, Zhou Lanping laughed, pointed at Zuo Hongyuan and said, "You are a hard-earned guy who loves to take advantage. You have ruined your daughter's education."
"Are you okay, Uncle Zhou?" Zuo Anan hung on Zhou Lanping's wrist and kept shaking it coquettishly.
"Okay, if you try again, your waist will break." Zhou Lanping said quickly.
Although little loli Zuo Anan calls Zhou Lanping uncle, Zhou Lanping is 60 years old this year. Wang Zijun is here today to give the teacher a 60th birthday gift. After Wang Zijun was reborn, Zhou Lanping was the only master he had, although he had not learned anything from Zhou Lanping since Wang Zijun made the movie. But he is still his mentor. If it weren't for Zhou Lanping's unwillingness to make public, Wang Zijun would have planned to throw a grand birthday party for him, because the old man didn't know if he had any unforgettable past when he was young. He was still alone and felt lonely at home.
The new piano quickly replaced Zhou Lanping¡¯s original one. After getting familiar with the feel, they started discussing the movie¡¯s soundtrack. What surprised Wang Zijun was that Zuo Anan, a little lolita, also interrupted from time to time and gave some weird suggestions.
Wang Zijun smiled and said: "An'an has good skills. How do you sing? Do you want me to make a record for you?"
"Okay. Okay." Zuo Anan clapped his hands quickly, smiling happily.
"Ahem!" Zuo Hongyuan coughed dryly, "An'an is in the process of changing her voice, and her singing skills are not very good either. Let's talk about releasing a record later."
Zuo Anan stuck out his tongue and rolled his eyes at his father. His funny look made Zhou Lanping laugh.
The two music veterans worked very quickly and handed Wang Zijun four pieces of music in two days. Wang Zijun took the music and plunged into the editing room, giving instructions to the editor from time to time.
Editing for Wang Zijun¡¯s film. It¡¯s both happiness and pain for the editor. The good thing is that Wang Zijun often helps to cut very good films. The painful thing is that Wang Zijun always interferes roughly with the editor's work. Editors who have even a little bit of confidence in themselves don't want to be ordered around like this.
Post-production dubbing, soundtrack, and samples were completed in January, and the first batch of 500 copies was quickly produced. Priority will be given to theaters under the Wang Cinema Line.
¡°As soon as I heard that Wang Zijun¡¯s new film was completed, not only film producers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, but also film producers from Japan, Europe and the United States rushed over like sharks smelling blood.
For a director who has just finished filming a movie with a box office of more than one billion US dollars, it is no longer important what he made, what is important is that he made the movie.
The staff in the distribution department of Wang¡¯s Pictures are very idle. Because the distribution work is actually basically completed before the film is completed, and the rest is just a small matter. Things like calling the film producers together for a test screening to see the effect are simply an insult to director Wang Zijun.
What? Do you want to see samples first? Then go home and wait. If you don¡¯t buy it, others will. Want to talk more about sharing? Sorry, I'm not available, next one.
This is the strength of big directors and big companies. Unlike other directors from small companies, who beg their parents to sue their grandma or even take the initiative to reduce their box office share in order to get a movie lined up in theaters, it depends on whether others can ditch you.
It was only then that the outside world finally knew the title of Wang Zijun¡¯s new film. In the past, Wang Zijun only said that he was making a film about aliens.
"Influence", Taiwan's first professional film magazine, which has been acquired by Wang Zijun with 60% of its shares, is promoting Wang Zijun's new film. However, he published an article criticizing Taiwanese movies: "Taiwanese movies have developed rapidly in recent years, but there has always been a hidden concern, that is, many directors are not grounded. Taiwan has a strong cultural atmosphere, and the movies it produces are not It is a good thing to be very humanistic and thoughtful. However, some directors blindly pursue trophies and play with so-called ideological connotations, and the films they produce make the audience confused
Taiwanese filmmakers try to ridicule Hong Kong¡¯s film industry as a cultural desert, but the speed of development of Hong Kong films in recent years is obvious to all. Last year, the total box office of Hong Kong films was US$260 million.It has reached 60% of Taiwanese movies. Five years ago, the total box office of Hong Kong films was only one-fifth of that of Taiwanese films, which was a wake-up call for Taiwanese filmmakers. Although many Hong Kong films lack connotation, they are all aimed at the market
There is also the fact that the types of Taiwanese films are too single. Although Wang Film Company has plans to shoot various types of films every year, except for literary, martial arts and comedy films, it is difficult to make other types of films even if they are produced. Get good box office. You can look at the Hong Kong films of the past two years, such as "New Shushan Swordsman" and "The Best Partner" series, as well as the "Royal Senior Sister" just released by Garbo Company, as well as a series of science fiction movies adapted from Ni Kuang's science fiction novels, etc. Movies of this type have done very well at the box office. In comparison, Taiwanese films seem to be treading water.
This time director Wang Zijun¡¯s new film about aliens should be a great opportunity to enrich Taiwanese film genres. However, based on the consistent style of our lovely film directors and investors, it is estimated that Taiwan will have at least 20 new alien movies in the next six months. Since I am reluctant to invest and want to follow the trend, I am afraid that the alien science fiction film produced by then will be very "good-looking", let us wait and see. "
"Influence" magazine criticizes Taiwanese films in Taiwan, but Hong Kong's Film Fortnightly reviews them from the perspective of film special effects. Speaking of Tsui Hark's "The New Shushan Swordsman" which just hit the box office in Hong Kong, and Wang Zijun's "et" which will be released soon, special effects expenses account for a large proportion of the movie budget. In the future, the use of special effects in movies will be more common, marking a sign that Chinese-language films have entered the era of special effects.
Some publications in the United States that want to sensationalize and increase sales by criticizing Wang Zijun are saying that Wang Zijun's talent has been exhausted after filming "Titanic", so he does not dare to stay in the fiercely competitive Hollywood. Now, returning to Asia to film alien movies is just trying to make money off of fame, following the advice of Lucas and Spielberg.
Regarding this statement, Spielberg said in an interview with reporters: "Wang actually mentioned the movie "et" to me six or seven years ago. It was a very novel idea. Maybe it wasn't made at the time. , because there have been too many alien movies, and after all, Zachary has never been one to follow the trend."
A new film directed by a Chinese director is ready to be released in Asia. Are you ready?
This is the title of an American entertainment magazine, discussing the American audience¡¯s expectations for Wang Zijun¡¯s new work, and finally conducted a survey. The results of the survey show that 47% of the respondents said they are very much looking forward to Wang Zijun's new film and will go to the theater after it is released in the United States; 28% of the respondents said they would go and see it when they have time, and they are still looking forward to Wang Zijun's film. ; Another 15% of the respondents said they would not enter the cinema because the movie actors are all Asian, which greatly reduces their appeal; the remaining part expressed uncertainty and the reasons were all strange.
Even so, the survey results have already made people in the industry feel horrified. You should know that this is a random survey on the street, not a targeted group of movie lovers. Nearly half of the respondents said they would definitely go to the theater to watch Wang Zijun's new film, which means that as long as the movie is not too bad, the box office of "et" in the United States is likely to easily exceed 100 million.
The publicity campaign had already started before Wang Zijun finished filming. After rounds of publicity, "et" was directly released in Taiwan on the third day after the post-production was completed. In Hong Kong, it took time. back. (To be continued)
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