King of Hollywood Chapter 6: The choice of the debut film
As the gentle tremor gradually disappeared, the plane entering the stratosphere began to fly smoothly. Adrian withdrew its line of sight from the window and looked at Denis Knight, who was next to him: "Why, some airsickness?"
"Fortunately, this is the third time I'm flying, it's inevitable...Somewhat uncomfortable." Dennis, who looked a little ugly, took a deep breath, but finally unlocked the seat belt and went straight to the toilet on the plane.
Interesting guy, Adrian smiled and shook his head, turning his gaze to the other side of the cabin, where the executive producer, assistant director, and assistant director recommended by Lafferne sat there. In addition, he has contacted acquaintances in the UK and will provide a series of assistance for Adrian shooting.
This is the advantage of acquiring a film company, with a complete operation team and ready-made contacts. In particular, this Bosworth film company was easily selected based on the information provided by Claude. Although it was small in scale, it had a wide network because of its early establishment. Even the vice presidents of the American Academy of Film Science and Art You can also get in touch.
Don’t think that Americans don’t talk about human relations, but their human relations rarely appear above the rules. Take the Adrian script for example. If it was not the relationship left by the parents that had not been abandoned in the chaotic life of the previous two years, how could a new screenwriter who did not even have an agent write for the first time let several major companies send someone to come to the door? visit?
After resisting London Heathrow Airport, it was already 2 o'clock in the morning. After a temporary rest at the airport hotel, I fell off the jet lag. Adrian brought a few people and prepared actors and employees on the British side to London. In a small town called Edwin in the northeast, the shooting took off.
The "virgin" he chose is Guy Rich's "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", an unexpected and coincident multi-line narrative style, compact and interlocking plots, and the ubiquitous black British cold humor makes all People's eyes light up, so even if the investment is reduced during the shooting, it will only be 80,000 pounds (Note 1) at the end, and it can be quite well received immediately after the release.
The only problem is that this is a British film, but there is nothing more costly than thinking about it. Even the cost of "The Chainsaw" is about 1 million, let’s maximize the benefits. From the perspective of "The Chainsaw", it is better to take it out after "The Seven Deadly Sins". Anyway, Adrian’s grandfather is British, so he and his mother also have British citizenship. Although they haven’t stayed in the UK for a long time in their memory, the British accent is pretty good, so the “virgin” is the same as a British movie. .
"Gentlemen, I think I should have made it very clear to you, please don't appear to be NG because of minor problems!" Adrian raised his head from behind the camera and shouted angrily, followed by waving his hand.
filmed for three days, he easily grasped the feeling. Although he didn’t touch the camera many times before rebirth, after all, he has practical experience. Besides, he has seen and analyzed many movies, and it was not difficult to shoot. This is why Adrian vowed to tell Laffer that he will complete the shooting and editing in 2 months and then send it to Venice for exhibition.
However, a good movie cannot rely solely on the director. Among the actors, except Dennis and the gang leader who played "Axe" Harry, most of them are absent. It's no wonder that to save money, it is naturally impossible to invite those actors who have become famous. Although the third- and fourth-line actors are also very good, they can only be recruited but only by luck.
"If you want to add a lighting engineer, Mr. Adrian, then the cost may be overrun." The financial assistant came over at this time and said with a bunch of reports.
"Overspending? This is not possible, the budget is only 200,000 US dollars." Adrian frowned, although he had carefully calculated and doubled the budget, he did not expect to overspend, how could this happen?
Turning through the report Adrian feels a bit of a headache. Of course there will be no problem with the report. Every expenditure is recorded, so why is this happening? Additional investment is not a problem, but if you want to make additional investment, you must figure it out, otherwise how to copy those classic movies in the future? Damn, what did Guy Rich do at the time? !
Looking at the sky, it’s not too early, and after thinking about it for a while, Adrian had to wave his hand to signal the end of work.
The sound of the rushing water stopped, and Adrian took a long breath and pulled out the shower curtain, and found a bath towel around him. Came in front of the mirror and wiped the mist from it, watching the figure in it involuntarily stroking his cheek.
has been almost half a year, although the integration has been very good from the beginning, such as persuading Claude and the grace and temperament displayed when negotiating with those editor editors. But there is always uncomfortable, for example, sometimes you either feel that you are completely Adrian or that you are completely Zhang Haoxuan. Fortunately, he set his goals from the beginning, and began to work hard without hesitation, so it has been completely integrated until now.
"The consciousness of the previous life should be dominant?" Looking at himself in the mirror, Adrian murmured. He smiled and shook his head quickly, so what? Even if Zhang Haoxuan, who was neither a past life nor Adrian, was always me, as long as he knew what he wanted to do and how to do it.
"Well, don't think about it." Patted his cheek, Adrian walked out of the bathroom in a bath towel. Although the matter in this area is not over, the meal has to be eaten bit by bit, and he already knows some things. For example, continue to integrate the resources of the Kewell family-this can be done in two or three days; or to find a way to go to China to see-frankly, he does not think he will see another himself, which is not in line with the laws of the universe.
"So let's focus on this **** movie," Adrian put on his pajamas cursingly, then walked over to the table and pulled up the table lamp, "Can the lights be brighter, this hotel even Can't afford the light bulb?"
This is a typical English-style small hotel. The yellowed walls and the old and rough patterns on the wall skirts seem to be talking about their long history. Coupled with the slightly dim lighting, it gives people a A feeling of being in London in the 18th and 9th centuries. It was better before, the desk lamp was relatively bright, so that he could type-Adrian had to write something besides directing the movie every day, script outline and... novel! However, the desk lamp broke down in the past two days, and the hotel did not deal with it in time, so he didn't want to hurry. This made him really desperate to wait for the one minute to be turned into two minutes.
Adrian pulls off the desk lamp and turns it off, and turns it off and on again. If it was not for one reason or another, he had already moved to the hotel. Forget it, let the assistant buy a new one tomorrow, the efficiency of this small hotel is obviously unreliable, and the lamp may be dimmer than the original one, which is equivalent to... wait, dizzy!
He seemed to have thought of widening his eyes, so after looking straight ahead for a while, Adrian slammed his slap. It turns out so! I understand! Guy Ritchie, you are so **** genius!
"You mean...I will shoot with orange filters in the future?" The lighting engineer looked at Adrian and was sleepy and irritated with some helplessness. Anyone who is called from a good dream will not happy.
"No no no, add a layer of orange-yellow filter paper inside," Adrian corrected, "This can reduce the use of other filter paper, basically you need to make a slight adjustment. Use it all the time, and then do some processing in the later stage to make the picture look like other movies-do you understand?"
"This..." The lighting engineer rubbed his head. "I have to think about it first, Mr. Adrian."
"Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow." Adrian also realized that he came here so abruptly and rudely, and after a few words, he left the room.
Cover Rich’s method of reducing costs is not complicated. Simply put, because the tone of the whole movie is relatively dark, after adding a layer of orange to yellow filter paper on the filter plate, only the color With slight adjustments, you can shoot all the way to the end, and it will not affect the viewing effect at all-just do some post-processing. (Note 2)
The reason why Adrian can recall this is because he had seen the remake of the high-definition version at that time. Although it was nothing like other movies when it was released in ordinary theaters, it can be re-made into a high-definition version of DVD. It seems that the whole picture is covered with rust~IndoMTL.com~Ordinary people don't know what is going on, but for a person who is familiar with film production, if you understand the situation of this work, then think about it Will understand.
Facts have proved that Adrian’s idea is correct. On the second day of the specially announced break, he was on the set with the lighting engineer and the photographer-in fact, a small office leased-after a long time of busy, finally this The method was settled.
"I have to admit that this method will save us a lot of things." The lighting engineer and the main force finally praised and said, "You are a genius, Mr. Adrian,"
"Can it be used? Then the next shooting will take time." Adrian waved his hand and said.
Although this method doesn't seem to save much, you can wait for the whole movie to be filmed, and the accumulated number can't be ignored. More importantly, through this, Adrian recalled more details that Guy Ritchie may have used in the shooting to save costs, such as moving two props and shooting from different angles to make one scene become another scene. And so on.
You are so **** genius, Guy Rich! Adrian praised again in his heart. All your things will be handed over to me in peace, and I will treat them well!
(Note 1: The cost of the movie on the Ferry Encyclopedia is 80,000 pounds, but the cost of the foreign website is 900,000 US dollars. The latter data was found after a long time, the plot is not easy to modify, so I have to make the mistake. . It can be explained that 80,000 pounds is the cost of booting up to the end of the mirror. The promotion of the film remuneration is not included in the calculation.)
(Note 2: These shooting methods are all made up by individuals, do not delve into it.)