Chapter 202 The visual feast
Superhero.
Whether in the West or the East, they will always love the theme of showing heroes. The series of Cheng Long's movies in Xiangjiang, Jet Li's Wong Fei-hung and a series of films, the core of their pursuit is to shape the brand value of heroes and show the ultimate action picture experience, giving everyone a reason to admire him, either patriotism, or value love and righteousness, or plead for the people...
The core theme of "The Knife Out" is not very novel, and the way of expression is taken a different approach. It has taken a field that once belonged to the red theme. If it was ten years later, the military theme was filmed in both modern and war years, and everyone began to feel visually tired. It is not very classic and it is almost difficult to get everyone's recognition. Today in 2003, everything is still novel. With soldiers as the core, the reason for everyone to admire him is very simple and sufficient. The hero brand will be reflected in the greatest value at least in China.
In addition, what you can feel when watching this film is the strong sincerity that Yang Yichen wants to bring to everyone. Every shot is the best. During the video, everyone thinks the action scenes are very rigorous, and they really feel the feeling of being fist-to-fist. The special effects are also used appropriately and are not much or less. They do not seize the scenes of real action scenes, which plays the finishing touch. When the ending song sounds, as a professional media film critic, Zhou Kai realized that his ice drink is no longer cold, and the popcorn in his hand has never moved except the ones he had eaten at first. He told himself that he doesn't need to think too much, everything in his hand is the best answer.
Compared to the screening last night, the real addictive version, after the ending song was played, there were more than three minutes of filming editing, allowing all the audience to witness how desperate the actors were during the actual shooting, showing off all kinds of scars on their bodies one by one, and there were also various minor accidents, falls and injuries that occurred during the shooting, etc. It was not a big deal. At the end, Yang Yichen's scene of rope descending from a high-rise building was paired with a voiceover, and the sound was very noisy, but the audience could hear it clearly. They were all checking the equipment on the scene, and some of them were persuaded that Yang Yichen could use a stand-in without having to go on the scene. Then, the video with a very funny perspective was not used in the main film. When placed here, the video head was shaking along the rope, which was very bad, but everyone was focused on looking at Yang Yichen in the camera. This shot was enough to explain to all his fans that your idols were really hard when shooting this video.
Zhou Kai walked out of the screening hall. Like all the moviegoers, he felt that he could say something to everyone waiting to watch the movie. This video will not disappoint you, and you will see the end from beginning to end in a blind eye.
Zhou Kai decided to use his experience as a tester to give some reviews, not from the so-called artistic and professional perspective. Some videos are really not used as textbook reviews. They belong to the audience, it is that simple. After having dinner with his wife, he watched "The Knife Out of the Sheath" again. Zhou Kai still felt that it could attract himself, and he didn't need to rely on the plot. He felt very satisfying to appreciate the scene. He even came up with an idea, not that Yang Yichen did not have the ability to create a good story, but that he knew that he could create a video that was loved by the public without relying on the plot.
What he didn't know was that Hollywood would not need to rely on plots in a few years. It could only rely on special effects and superhero stories to make super box office movies. The core of those movies is the core of this "Knife Out".
When the box office on the first day came out, almost all the senior staff were there in the office of Dawang, the brother company. Everyone seemed to be drinking tea and chatting, but in fact they were waiting for the numbers being counted. It may take time abroad and Xiangjiang Baodao, but within the mainland, there can be an accurate statistics in a very short time.
Everyone knows that the box office of this film will be very good on the first day, and some people mutter in their hearts that it is based on Yang Yichen's personal charm. At least Xiaogangpao does not agree with this model. He advocates good stories and good plots as the core, which goes against Yang Yichen's point of view, and is also the reason why his future super blockbusters will not be successful. "Assembly" is a success result. Everyone does not recognize his adaptation of the story of saving the soldier Ryan and Qiuju in a lawsuit. In "The Great Tangshan Earthquake", everyone is familiar with the overall story. He took advantage of a trick to capture a small story, which is his most successful drama.
"It's out, it's out..."
Song Dexian and the person in charge of the data ran in together. When everyone saw the smiles on their faces, they knew that the box office on the first day was very good. When the answer was revealed, except for Yang Yichen, the room was shocked by this number. They did not expect that this film could have such an amazing box office.
"10.5 million, incomplete statistics, the specific number will be higher."
Depend on!
Xiaogang Cannon directly swears, which was a completely surprising reaction. He knew that Yang Yichen's loyal fans would support him today, but he never expected that such an amazing number would appear. The total box office of many movies could not reach this number. "The Knife Out" only took one day. Now, looking at his "friendship" gave up this period, not only did he sell favors, but also avoided the battle between two films in the same company to a certain extent.
The total investment in "The Knife Out" is not as much as "Mobile Phone". If foreign actors were not invited and many large-scale scenes were used to shoot, the investment required would be less. Of course, no one would deny that there are factors that strongly support the Southwest Military Region. Otherwise, so many large-scale equipment and personnel would participate in the shooting, the funds would be consumed. Before the film was released, Da Wang and Yang Yichen reached an agreement. No matter how much box office the company made money, it would give the Southwest Military Region a certain amount of reward and sponsor a considerable amount of logistics supplies to the Southwest Military Region for free. It has nothing to do with how much help. Da Wang is in business and can establish a relationship with such a large military region. The benefits are not the star point in front of him. Even without this help, being able to help others accept some of your sponsorship is a good hidden investment.
"Congratulations!"
In the office, everyone applauded and congratulated Yang Yichen. It would be no exaggeration to have two star-making and money-making machines for a company. Except for Da Wang, they were all happy from the bottom of their hearts. They felt that the rise of their brother companies was no longer able to stop them. Da Wang thought more about it. The more popular Yang Yichen became, the harder it was to do it. Now there was another director title. He knew that if this film achieved beyond imagination, he had to do it. Otherwise, the more he dragged on, the less capital and conditions he had to do it.
Early the next morning, Zhou Kai's article was published on the front page of his entertainment newspaper, titled "A video worth going to the theater".
The title is not very eye-catching, and Zhou Kai’s entire article does not have the sharp words he used to say. He just explained his feelings about watching this video three times from the perspective of a viewer.
"I was at the premiere. I watched "The Knife Out" from the perspective of a film critic. To be honest, this film does not have much artistic value, nor does it have the simple promotion of the main theme. It can be said that if you analyze this film from the perspective of an art film, it does not have much value, and I don't have a high evaluation of it. When I returned home and recalled the content of the film in my mind, I found that I seemed to have missed something. I always couldn't write it any time I picked up my pen and felt that the article I wrote was irresponsible."
"Walking into the theater again, I told myself that you are an ordinary audience. I came to watch a movie with a leisure and entertainment attitude. I bought ice drinks and popcorn, but I only ate a few bites of popcorn. After watching the movie for two hours, I didn't have a second to see the big screen. I didn't drink popcorn or eat it. I felt like I watched a Hollywood blockbuster of our own. Although it was still very young and did not have that kind of gorgeous special effects, Yang Yichen showed us the unique advantages of China with the most realistic fighting and action scenes. I had a feeling that our action scenes could be comparable to the effects produced by the world's top special effects."
"The third time was to walk into the cinema after dinner with my lover and accompany her to watch. She is a fan of Yang Yichen. I thought I could sum up the previous two experiences to watch the movie. As a result, when the scene was presented to me again, I would still be attracted by the reality in the picture. I hope Director Yang Yichen can release the behind-the-scenes footage in the shooting. I believe that these pictures will definitely be restored to our most realistic shooting. Here, I would like to express my gratitude to all the cast and crew of the film, thank you for giving me a visual feast."
Chapter completed!