Chapter 542: Calling the name of a skill can increase the hit rate.
Tian Xiwei is currently filming "Wind Blows Half Summer" with Li Qin. The "double agent" thing can be put on hold, and it will be in time after she finishes filming and leaves the crew.
Chen Yao does not have many scenes in "Kuang Biu", but because it involves two timelines, he has been with the crew for a long time, and it will not end until June.
Just as she thought before, there was no problem with the audition with the label of "Mr. Meng's Strict Selection", and she was directly selected as the role of "Xiao Yu Hu" Chanzhi.
As for the male lead "Zhang Yongan", the final choice was a new actor named Zhang Linghe. He is not from a professional background. He studied electrical automation in college and only became an actor after graduation.
Coincidentally, his first drama happened to be filmed with Chen Yao. This time it is considered a second collaboration. The familiarity of cooperation can also make up for his shortcomings in acting.
The preparations for the crew have been completed long ago. As soon as the two leading actors joined the group, they flew to the UK with the production team.
Short dramas are small in size and have a short production cycle. That is to say, there are more special effects shots in "Escape from the British Museum". It just so happens that Arclight has its own special effects company and doesn't want to fool around. Otherwise, it would probably be broadcast next month.
But even if it is like this now, it is almost the same. One month for preparation, one month for shooting, and one month for production. It will be launched before October, and it can also take advantage of the National Day heat.
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Entering the summer vacation, the biggest news is that Shanghai, which has been silent for two months, has finally been unblocked.
For the film and television industry, this timing is quite suitable because it just caught up with the summer season. As one of the most important ticket warehouse cities in the country, even though there are still many areas in Shanghai that are in a "high-risk" state,
it is still more important than other places. It's just that compared with previous years, this year's summer season is much quieter. Although a total of 24 movies have been scheduled, to be honest, only "Lone Moon" and "Jurassic World 3" have higher expectations.
The former has the "Shen Teng + Ma Li" king bomb combination, and the latter is the final chapter of this series.
Ruyi has two movies coming out, one is "Life Events" starring Zhu Yilong, and the other is "Mozart from Outer Space" which Chen Sicheng took time to shoot last year.
This wave is the director and the leading actor of "The Vanishing Girl" competing in advance.
Before the release, the expectations for "Mozart from Outer Space" were higher than "Life Events". After all, the former has Chen Sicheng and Huang Bo, and the theme is a comedy for all ages, which is better than a realistic theme about "morticians".
But after the actual release, the two completely reversed from word of mouth to box office results.
"Mozart from Outer Space" box office 220 million, score 4.3, the audience unanimously bad reviews.
[It's a bit childish for elementary school students, but it's really stupid for adults. ]
[Director Chen, if you are short of money, you can just say it directly. We will transfer it to you for the sake of "Tang Detective". Why do you have to make a movie to ruin our brains? 】
【It can be seen from "Detective Chinatown 3" that Chen Sicheng is really a mess when he tells the story by himself. Please, Director Chen, let's get Mr. Meng back! 】
【Huang Bo is getting worse and worse now. His acting style has not changed for thousands of years, and he is even more greasy. 】
【……】
Obviously, this movie can be called a "Waterloo" for both Chen Sicheng and Huang Bo.
In contrast to "Mozart from Outer Space", the previously inconspicuous "Life Events" has emerged as a dark horse.
The box office exceeded 1 billion in 13 days after its release, and the cumulative total box office was 1.6 billion in one month, ranking second in the summer box office rankings, ahead of "The Lone Moon" with 3 billion.
When seeing the final results, Meng Bai even called Chen Sicheng specifically, teasing that "The Lost Girl" would be released next year, and he had to "take advantage" of Zhu Yilong's popularity.
Chen Sicheng smiled and didn't care. For him, as long as the movie performed well, it would be fine, and it would be even better if the leading actor was more popular.
"The Vanishing Girl" was finished two months ago, and is now in post-production, and is expected to be released in the summer of next year. Together with it, "All or Nothing" will also be released in the summer of next year.
There is no need to worry that the two movies will "kill each other". As the longest-lasting schedule, the summer schedule is enough for them to be released separately.
The web drama version of "The Three-Body Problem" was also finished with the two movies. The first story line was filmed until the end of "Guzheng Operation", which is about half of the first part of the original work.
In addition to these three big productions, Arclight has several smaller projects this year.
After Xin Shuang became famous with "The Secret Corner", Arclight gave him the highest authority in his own script library, allowing him to shoot any script he likes.
This buddy was not polite. After studying for more than half a year, he finally chose a script that Meng Bai had put in there before, called "The Long Season".
It is still a suspense theme, but this time the story background is moved to Northeast China, and the time is the special and turbulent season in the 1990s.
The main plot of the story is not complicated. Wang Yang, the son of taxi driver Wang Xiang, died in a murder case many years ago. Twenty years later, the murderer who had escaped for many years reappeared because of a license plate case. Wang Xiang, his brother-in-law Gong Biao, and the resigned old criminal policeman Ma Desheng formed a trio and began to re-investigate this unsolved case that had been buried for twenty years.
After Xin Shang asked for the script, he made some adaptations, adding more elements of the era on the basis of suspense.
The three leading actors, Wang Xiang's actor was chosen by Fan Wei, Gong Biao was Qin Hao who had worked together once, and Ma Desheng found Chen Minghao.
In addition to these three "elderly groups", there is also a "youth group" in the story, the core of which is the heroine of the play-a literary and artistic little white flower, but in fact, a white-cut black girl Shen Mo.
Because of the success of the previous work, and the role setting is also very exciting, the competition for "Shen Mo" is quite fierce. Many people contacted Xin Shang and wanted to play this role.
However, all of these were rejected by Xin Shang. There was no way, the role had been booked by his own Mr. Meng early on.
As for the selection of Meng Bai, there is no need to ask, there is no girl more suitable than Zhao Jinmai.
Let's not talk about the image, acting skills, and popularity for the time being. As a native of Shenyang, Mai Mai has reached a fit with "Shen Mo" in terms of role setting.
It just so happened that this girl had recently quarreled with Zhao's mother because of "being discovered in love with Meng Bai". Being in the group for a while can also allow both parties to calm down.
In addition to "The Long Season", Arc Light also has two low-cost film projects, and the main creators are the other two people from the previous "Three-person Screenwriter Group of "Famous".
One is Wang Yitong, who wrote a science fiction story called "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department". It tells the story of a middle-aged editor-in-chief of a science fiction magazine who has been mediocre all his life, but suddenly received a signal suspected to be from the depths of the universe, so he embarked on the road to find aliens.
According to him, this inspiration came from a program similar to "Approaching Science" broadcast by Shandong Satellite TV that year. There was a big brother in it who claimed to have caught an alien, but when the interviewing reporter opened the box, there was a silicone model inside.
Meng Bai read the script and felt it was quite interesting, so he directly "sent" him to Guo Fan.
Another person who submitted a project was Li Yang, but he came with Zhang Ruoyun, and brought a script that was hard to say whether it was science fiction or fantasy, called "Safe Evacuation from the 21st Century".
The reason why it is difficult to define its subject matter is mainly because this story is a bit too "crazy".
Li Yang had written this story a long time ago, but because no one understood it, it was shelved. It was not until the filming of "Famous" was finished that he took out the script and perfected it.
The new script was accidentally seen by Zhang Ruoyun, who thought the story was quite interesting, so he contacted Li Yang and expressed that he wanted to play the role of the male lead "Wang Zha", and volunteered to go with him to find Meng Bai to see if the project could be approved.
Meng Bai looked at the "script" in his hand. Strictly speaking, this thing is not quite the same as a traditional script, because it is mixed with a lot of comics and graphic demonstrations, and looks more like a "product manual.
" "Are you really sure you understand the plot of this story?" Meng Bai looked at Zhang Ruoyun opposite.
"Yeah, I've seen it, and I think it's quite interesting. Including the character design of the protagonist Wang Zha, don't you think it has the feeling of a classic boy's manga?"
"Boy's manga is real, and your second-year syndrome is real too."
"Haha, you're a person who shouts the name of a skill when you use a big move in a game, how dare you say I'm second-year?"
"Shouting the name of a skill can increase the hit rate, you know nothing."
Meng Bai replied, and then looked at the script in his hand.
How should I put it? In his experience, this movie belongs to the type with a strong personal style. Whether you can watch it or not depends on whether you can get the screenwriter's imagination.
But then again, the cost of such a small production is generally not too high, and from a commercial perspective, it is still worth a try.
Looking at Zhang Ruoyun and Li Yang, Meng Bai nodded and agreed to the project. Then, like Wang Yi, all of them were "sent" to Guo Fan.
Let him discuss the science fiction theme with people who understand science fiction, and he, as the boss, will be responsible for paying for it.
Whether it is "Cosmic Exploration Editorial Department" or "Safe Evacuation from the 21st Century", they are all small-scale films, with a total cost of less than 100 million yuan. Even if they lose money, they will not lose much money.
This kind of investment, rather than wanting to make money, is mainly aimed at supporting and cultivating newcomers in the industry. Anyway, the film and television industry is a job of "casting a wide net and catching more fish". Invest in projects of various types and themes, and you never know which one will explode.
Like Light Media, many years ago, it invested in almost all animation studios in China, and then gambled on a 5 billion "Nezha".
I heard that this project has recently started filming the second part. Conservative estimates are at least 5 billion, and it can also cultivate an IP.
Arclight was established late and rose even later. Although it has a strong momentum, it is still a little behind these old companies in terms of foundation. So Meng Bai is now constantly cultivating his own talent base system to consolidate the foundation.
When one day Arclight leaves his script and can still produce excellent works frequently, it will be considered a true king.
(End of this chapter)
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