Regarding the gap between China and the United States, one thing is that we are not weaker than theirs in terms of special effects - we can also use what they can afford!

"Asura" costs 750 million yuan, and it is said that the special effects alone cost 400 million yuan!

If you convert it into US dollars and round it up, it will be a special effect investment of nearly 100 million US dollars!

Let’s put it this way, we are not afraid of anything that can be bought with money.

But what about the most basic labor?

Props, costumers, sets, and makeup are far from being a big deal!

Even the crew of Xiaobai is basically all Hong Kong people’s teams. There are very few people doing these in the mainland and they are not very professional!

At this time, the guys who played zombies walked out of the studio, each with a rotten big face, with gray complexion and dull pupils. Some lacked noses, some lacked ears, and some simply had a bloody hole, and they were covered with disgusting corpse spots and maggots...

Uncle Ying established his position as a master with a movie "Mr. Zombie", and George Romero also did the same thing. With a movie "Night of the Living Dead", he turned the most traditional and boring zombies in the West into a regular basis.

In the following thirty years, all zombie movies basically followed his settings, the five basic principles of zombie:

The zombies themselves do not have any consciousness or thinking ability, and they are completely dependent on instinct to move;

Like to eat human flesh and attack humans in order to find living human flesh;

It will be infected, and people bitten by zombies will become zombies and attack their partners who originally fought side by side after death;

It will not die, so no matter how it hurts his body, the zombies will continue to move;

Groups of zombies moving slowly forward, and then chase and kill living people, panic, causing psychological oppression to the audience.

Many great directors become famous by relying on zombies. The most famous one is of course Peter Jackson. He once filmed "Collections Playing Through the World", which is the horror movie that many assault fans call the most disgusting...

I really admire the foreigner for being so brave.

Of course, even if we have brains in the mainland, we will be restricted!

Finally, a zombie theme was released - feudal superstitious theme was not allowed to be photographed!

...

My mind was a little heavy, so that even Agata could see it.

"What's wrong with you?"

"fine…"

"Are you feeling uncomfortable? Sighing on your stomach? That's all tomato sauce, not plasma!"

Agata thought Xiaobai was not used to seeing the arrangement of the scene...

B-level film, "Scary Planet"...

Because of its natural "low-level" - small investment, short production cycle, no big stars, and even no concern for the plot - such movies can usually only be screened in cinemas with poor conditions.

In order to attract people's attention, there will naturally be many shots that make normal people feel disgusted.

The nausea shot that never spits, the murderous scenes that flow into a river, the naked and intense erotic performance…

Many people watch B-level movies just for the most primitive physical stimulation. This thing has the same effect as Ivy!

As a director, Xiaobai has long had enough psychological endurance for these things. He can even enjoy "The Mermaid in the Sewer" while eating noodles...

"No, I just thought of the movie environment in our country..."

"Oh, can you tell me?"

Agata was curiously opening her big eyes, her long eyelashes flashed, and her sea-blue eyes were particularly charming.

Xiaobai couldn't help but hug her and kissed her.

"Then let me tell you about my alma mater!"

Speaking of which, the Central Academy of Drama has a pyramid building, which itself has a pyramid college award.

In order to give the school some spiritual traditions, the school leaders held a Pyramid College Award to select the films produced by alumni that year. Each award was publicly voted by various departments and awarded the Pyramid Award to outstanding alumni.

Then the trophy with the winner's name engraved with the name of the movie is stored in the pyramid, and a brick must be pasted outside the pyramid. So this pyramid building was found, and the first Pyramid Academy Award in 1992, and the best film selected by the director department was awarded to "Qiu Ju Fallen" directed by Zhang Yimou; then in 1993, all the awards in all departments were selected for "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Chen Kaige.

However, the results of these awards must be reported, and only if the above approval is approved is considered effective. The above does not agree that "Farewell My Concubine" was elected the best film because there is Wen Ge again, and the content of homosexual videos is not good!

The school had to ask the students to vote again, but the other departments changed the result, that is, the director department continued to choose "Farewell My Concubine" as the best film.

In this way, the second Pyramid Academy Award ended in vain.

In 1994, the Central Academy of Drama wanted to continue this award, so he thought of a method and changed it to one session every two years. The second college award from 93 to 94 began again. Most of the awards from other departments chose "Back to Back, Face to Face", but the people from the director department chose "Farewell My Concubine".

And until now, the second college award has not been completed.

Dead without success...

"But, I think this idea is very good. Then later students see this pyramid, you know, the university has traditions, honors, and ownership is very important to students! How could they not do it?"

“…Yes, why didn’t you do it anymore?”

He shook his head with a wry smile.

How do you say this?

“The national conditions are different…”

Well, a very accurate overview!

...

Beijing, the biggest event for the Chinese Directors Association every year, the shortlist of the annual commendation conference will be announced soon, and at the same time, they will also have to recruit a group of new directors.

Generally speaking, as long as you have senior member recommendations, newbies can join the club directly.

Of course, someone recommends it.

As long as he makes a lot of direct seniors in the Central Academy of Drama, the leaders will definitely approve it - this is the reputation!

Compared to the many miscellaneous directors on the market, Bai Xiaofei is at least from a regular college.

What we are now struggling with is what kind of award should Bai Xiaofei be awarded!

The director of the year is definitely not good. He is not qualified enough, and "Knocking on the Gate of Heaven" does not reflect his superlative directorial skills.

The annual work is definitely not a good idea. "Old Cannon" has not yet appeared, "Assassin Nie Yinniang", "The Scarlet Sun", and "The Old Friends" are not better than it!

What should I do?

Young directors must encourage more, otherwise, they will always give the prize to those people. What's the point?

"Let's do this, let's follow the previous year's "Lost in Thailand" and give Bai Xiaofei a young director of the year?"

Someone suggested.

"…I am not qualified. I prefer Bi Gan's "Picnic on the Roadside". Time, memories, dreams. Bi Gan's movies are very personal, not very friendly to the audience, and even a bit rough. However, because of the spirituality and imperfection that burst out, people are full of expectations for their future. He is a young director with great potential."

“Having potential does not mean there is an audience!”

"But wasn't the establishment of the Directors Association to encourage the creation of literary and artistic films?"
Chapter completed!