Chapter 655 Compet.i.tion on the Same Schedule
At the end of the first set of shots, a group of actors who were ready to go ash.o.r.e were carried up by others for some other tasks. After a while, they were sent back.
Some of them had great acting skills. For example, the handsome actor who played the role of the Royal officer pa.s.sed after a single take.
The two little actors were a little nervous and scared, so they got stuck several times in different scenes. After that, they returned to the sh.o.r.e one after another.
Among them, the most leisurely were the people who controlled all kinds of scenes on the small yacht. The director was supposed to sit there, but these people seemed to have forgotten the director and didn’t take him there.
After arriving at the sh.o.r.e, the camera staff rushed to the director’s side and began to show him the previous scenes.
After all, he was the experienced chief director.
The footage just shot shocked the chief director, who kept silent for one minute.
Then he said with a trembling voice, “They are awesome! I didn’t expect the effect of this shooting method would be so good! If this is popularized, then…”
While saying like this, he turned his gaze at Jiang Yanlan, who was lying on a bench nearby.
He didn’t want to say anything.
“Popularize it?”
“How many shooting teams can have immortal means like these people?”
So far, he had made more than 20 films, each of which had a very difficult shooting process. He had been to the primeval forest, trekked over mountains and rivers, and sometimes even shot all night.
It was his first experience of such an easy shooting and special effects production process.
The people who had just been filmed were in high spirits. Many of them had been filmed for the first time, which was quite an interesting experience for them.
On the outside, a group of people in Royal uniforms and long guns, as well as a variety of walk-on actors, were standing by.
“Start preparing for the next set of shots!” The director stood up and said.
Then he walked gently to Zi Yan, “Well, Miss Zi Yan, is it convenient for you to make up? The next first shot is when you open your eyes.”
“Ah, yes.” Zi Yan nodded her head, then turned to Zhang Han and closed her eyes, “Come on.”
“Huh?”
The director was surprised.
“What is she doing? Waiting for a kiss?”
He thought Zi Yan was going to make up, but this was not the case!
What happened next made him realize that he could not use common sense to work out the behavior and intention of these immortals.
Zhang Han raised his right hand, and there was some gold powder in his palm. He blew the powder it gently towards Zi Yan’s hair.
“Phew…”
The gold powder was constantly floating, and the Zi Yan’s long hair suddenly changed from black and straight to gold and curly.
A rose suddenly appeared in Zhang Han’s right hand.
The red rose was very eye-catching. Zhang Han held the rose in his hand and swiped it back and forth at Zi Yan’s cheek.
It was like there was fluorescence pa.s.sing by.
Next second, Zhang Han took back the rose and Zi Yan slowly opened her eyes.
When she turned to the director…
“Buzz!”
The director narrowed his eyes in astonishment.
Zi Yan now had blonde hair and green pupils. Although her cheeks hadn’t changed much, which was still very delicate, her vivid pupils, hair and hairstyle made her look like a foreign beauty.
“How is it?” Zi Yan asked in English.
“Great! It’s exactly what we wanted!” The director exclaimed and then looked at Zhang Han, “Boss, can you transform yourself?”
“Yes.” Zhang Han thought about it. As soon as his right hand was raised, powder pa.s.sed over him, and his hair style and face shape changed a lot.
William Turner appeared in front of them, and they were only able to see clearly the features of Zhang Han, especially the eyes, although the face shape had changed. Zi Yan felt like Zhang Han had strong makeup.
“My prince, let’s go!” Zi Yan smiles and gracefully reached out to hold Zhang Han’s arm.
Zhang Han was amused and shook his head.
The changes of Zhang Han and Zi Yan surprised the others.
“Boss, I can hardly recognize you when you are like this! But you are not as handsome as yourself! ” Ah Hu ran to the side and flattered Zhang Han. After saying that, he patted his belly, “I just heard that today I can’t play the part of pirates, so I dressed up all in vain.”
“You can change your clothes and play the Royal Army.” Said Zi Yan.
“That’s what I think, but it takes more than half an hour to make up. It’s too painful. Well, can you transform me, boss?” Ah Hu said with a smile.
“Go to Master w.a.n.g. He can also do it.” Zhang Han waved his hand.
The materials he used before were elaborately made with the best effect, and the makeup was easy to remove. w.a.n.g Zhanpeng had also prepared some makeup materials, which were relatively inferior.
For this movie, w.a.n.g Zhanpeng, w.a.n.g Zhanhong and w.a.n.g Ming, who were proficient in arrays, were all very active in helping Hang Han. They came to Mount New Moon to live under the protection of Zhang Han, but they never repaid him. Now, they had the opportunity to do this. Besides, they had learned a lot of new arrays, and wanted to practice them here.
This saved a lot of manpower, material resources and most precious of all, time.
Zhang Han didn’t have much time. He arrived here at 9 o’clock every day and had to go back to pick up Mengmeng at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
Zi Yan was very clear that Zhang Han insisted on this, and everything else should make way for it.
Even Zi Yan sometimes came home late because of her busy work, but Zhang Han couldn’t.
Because Zhang Han was so reliable, Zi Yan was very relieved to work outside.
“Master w.a.n.g, please transform me. Now my face is a little dark!”
Ah Hu ran towards w.a.n.g Zhanpeng.
w.a.n.g Zhanpeng replied with a smile. Then he turned Ah Hu into a handsome man with personal characteristics, who was waiting to change into a Royal Army costume.
Zhang Han and Zi Yan were walking, when they suddenly heard a cry from Ah Hu at the back, “Elder Way, why is this part of skin missing?”
…
The shooting site was in a big villa.
Zi Yan changed into pajamas and lay on the bed. This time, the scene was shot by the staff.
Jiang Yanlan stood by to watch them with great enthusiasm.
She had no friends in Hong Kong, and she was forced to come here by Ye Tianlang. She was bored and naturally came to see how the film was made. In the past ten days, she beat Instructor Liu three times and was gradually used to it.
If she didn’t hit Instructor Liu for a few days, she would feel a little itchy. Instructor Liu’s bravery surprised her, but the poor man had never defeated her.
“Action!” The director announced.
They started working.
Zi Yan, who was receiving a close-up of her eyes, suddenly opened her eyes as if she had a nightmare. She looked at her bedroom and then turned her gaze at the candle beside her. The whole room was dim, so she stood up, picked up the candle, opened the drawer, and took out a gold coin with a skull mark under several notebooks!
This gold coin was the main clue throughout the story, and also the reason to attract the Black Pearl led by Barbossa.
After looking at the gold coin, Zi Yan went to the mirror and looked at it. The shooting ended.
Without hesitation, they made some preparations and soon began the next act.
“Knock, knock, knock!”
There was a knock at the door, accompanied by a soft voice, “Elizabeth.”
It was her father. After Zi Yan put on a long dress, the door opened. Elizabeth’s father came in with three maids, who began make arrangements for Zi Yan’s body shaping clothes. It took her great effort to put on a beautiful princess dress. She was going to attend Norrington’s promotion ceremony.
Then came Turner. Zhang Han took a sword box and was very involved in the play. Zi Yan’s recent training was also very useful.
They pa.s.sed after three takes.
Then came jack, who was standing on the sails, looking to the front with complex expression.
Zhang Han, dressed in a different costume, played vividly until the camera turned to the next scene.
After the s.h.i.+p came ash.o.r.e, Jack had experienced a series of stories and the scenes changed constantly.
Until the Royal Navy’s funny duo finished the cla.s.sic fight, Zhang Han looked at his watch and said, “It’s time to pick up Mengmeng.”
He announced the end of today’s shoot.
The director sighed with emotion.
It was the first time for him to experience such an easy shoot. Not only did he not need to work nine to five, but he could also enjoy his weekends. At work, he just needed to give instructions and check the footage.
“Why are directors so relaxed?”
“Everything goes well, and all I have to do is sit down and have a cold drink!”
“I feel so comfortable!”
In the meantime, he had been appreciating all kinds of beauty.
The next day, the third day, the fifth day… The seventh day!
Every day there was a qualitative leap in the progress of shooting.
When Elizabeth fell into the sea and Jack jumped to save her life, Zi Yan’s pirate gold coin gave a strong shock.
Everyone could see a very strong wave, with a light blue light, spreading to the depths of the ocean, which was so mysterious and profound.
All kinds of special effects were described in detail in the script.
Therefore, there are constantly staff members running to Chen Changqing for help, “Master, I’m sorry to trouble you again. We need…”
Chen Changqing became a special effect engine.
Everything went smoothly.
They soon began filming Jack’s escape after he was interrogated after saving Elizabeth. The most amazing thing was that Zhang Han took out an object, turned it into Turner and fought with him as Jack. Their battle was so wonderful, dazzling and frightening.
Finally Jack was caught, Barbossa arrived, and the night battle began.
At about 11:00 in the night, Zhang Han came out alone to shoot the film. He and Ziyan moved separately, leaving a person at home to take care of Mengmeng.
It was a waste of time.
But the shooting progress was still very fast.
Finally, several pirates found Jack, and all the actors were from the security group. After chatting for a while, the leader of the group suddenly extended his arm, which turned into a skeleton in the moonlight, scaring many people.
But the actors were more nervous. They are holding their boss’s neck, which was so frightening.
Finally, Elizabeth was caught on the s.h.i.+p, the crew became skeletons, and even the actor who played Barbosa was confused. How could himself become skeletons? It took him two or three times to get used to it.
They always used the most real special effects to promote the rapid development of the plot.
Until the night, under the sea, many pirates walked on the bottom of the sea, and all the fishes could be seen clearly. When they were exposed to the moonlight, they all turned into skeletons with evil spirit.
The director was used to it.
Therefore…
The shoot lasted 30 days.
The whole film was finished.
It took them another half month to do post production.
Generally speaking, the duration of a film was 90 minutes. For this reason, the director held several meetings and finally decided that every shot was a cla.s.sic, and he didn’t want to delete it. So the duration of the film became nearly 150 minutes, or two and a half hours.
Then there was the issue of film release.
To the surprise of Sun Ming and the director, they planned to schedule the film on May 2nd. But it also involved some other matters, such as the approval of the relevant bureau and the advertising of the cinema.
However, when they just finished making their plan, Chen Changqing made a phone call, “h.e.l.lo, uncle. My brother Han’s movie is finished. It’s scheduled for May 2nd. Please arrange it.”
So within ten minutes, the relevant personnel contacted Sun Ming, and in the end, it took only one day to fix the problem.
The efficiency shocked the director and all the staff.
There was no problem here in Hong Kong. All the major cinemas agreed to cooperate with them without any reward and sign extremely favorable contracts with them.
As for other places. The problem of the film’s release in Singapore was easy to solved, but its experience in Europe and America was a bit unexpected.
The Hollywood side even sent out two famous men to help them.
May 2nd was the day when Purple Moon Entertainment Company’s Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was released worldwide.
Originally, Sun Ming and others doubted the reason why the famous people in Hollywood would help them.
But then, big news came out.
Green Man in Rage, made by Hollywood Ring Av with a 500 million dollar investment, would be released worldwide on May 2nd!
“Hiss!”
Sun Ming and others suddenly realized what was going on.
Hollywood didn’t want to help them. It wanted to compete with them on the same schedule!
They wanted to ruin the movie by Purple Moon Entertainment Company.
In fact, this was their plan.
At 8 o’clock in the evening…
Edmund was having dinner with his elders and some famous people.
“Our Green Man in Rage took two years to shoot and cost US $500 million. Although the plot is not so rigorous in terms of the logic of some details, what we need is this kind of weak compet.i.tion. The special effects will dazzle. I believe that those in China who enjoy special effects will speak highly of this movie.” A middle-aged man with gla.s.ses said with a smile.
“Yes!” Another fat man said with a smile, “Since I made it, I have said that I will sweep the global box office list in May. It was originally set at May 20, but because of the ridiculous pirates movie by Purple Moon Entertainment Company, we have advanced by a few days, even if the publicity is less, our box office will crush them.”
“If I remember correctly, they did it in March and the movie was finished in May? Think about it, it must be rubbish.” A sharp faced man sneered, “We must help Edmund this time.”
“I’m looking forward to the expressions of those fools in front of the ma.s.s media.” Edmund raised his red wine gla.s.s and sneered.
Except for those who were behind the scenes, the entertainment circles in many places were talking about it.
There were some ironies in this.
“It’s worth two hundred million dollars. It took them only two months to finish the film. G.o.d! Are they making doc.u.mentaries? ”
“Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl，is it a comedy? They know pirates, too? Perhaps they just took a picture of the ocean, built a boat, and hired a couple of dogs and cats as pirates?”
“I’m afraid Purple Moon Entertainment Company is going to be a big joke. Their compet.i.tion is too strong. Green Man in Rage made by Ring Av with 500 million US dollars is a big production indeed!”
“Purple Moon Entertainment Company is just a newly established company, and they are not qualified to compete with Ring Av on the same schedule. They are done. I’m afraid that as soon as their film is released, it will be completely criticized by netizens! ”
“…”
These were very normal slanders in their thoughts, which were all over the country, even in Hua nation. Many companies in the Entertainment Circle were also watching, because a blockbuster made in two months seemed to be a joke.
But they would use this hot trend to release their own new films in May to carve up the advertising effect of Ring Av.
However, on the next day…
There were still a lot of comments, but a trailer promoted by Purple Moon Entertainment Company seemed to turn into a huge event.
“Bang.”
Many voices were silent.
The deep background music, the magnificent s.h.i.+p, the exquisite heroine, the attractive personality jack, as well as the crew with the cold faces, whose arms exposed in the moonlight would become skeleton arms.
They attracted everyone.
In this way, the trailer of Pirates of the Caribbean directly rushed to the most searched list.
Many people wanted to see more previews.
This caught Edmund’s group off guard. After studying the trailer of Pirates of the Caribbean for a long time, they suddenly found a fact that made them suspicious.
“This special effect is so realistic. Which company helped them? Is it possible that there is a traitor on our side?”
But the trailer alone was not enough to defeat them, so they also released their prepared trailer the next day.
There was a smell of gunpowder.
But when the Green Man in Rage’s trailer hadn’t been publicized…
Another news spread.
“What？ Is the main character of Pirates of the Caribbean the same as the supporting male role? The actor is called Hanyang? They don’t look like each other at all. ”
“Who are you talking about? Hanyang? Is it Hanyang we all know? The amazing composer? He and Zi Yan have performed together before in Chinese New Voice. Is he also an actor?”
“Is it him? Go check his Weibo! ”
Many Chinese insiders went to Hanyang’s Weibo, and suddenly found that there was new news on it.
It was posted two hours ago.
“Yes, it’s me.”
“Swis.h.!.+”
Many netizens were shocked again. They believed it was true when they saw the number of likes and replies Hanyang received.
So the film of Purple Moon Entertainment Company was successfully publicized.
If the publicity was enough, it meant that more people knew that Pirates of the Caribbean would compete with Green Man in Rage.
Not only the same day, but also the same time!
Too many people were looking forward to May 2nd.
But Zhang Han was preparing for the special program of Labor Day arranged by Saint Kindergarten on May 1st.
It was time to work!