Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 303: Sharing of Real Experience
"Director Zhang, Director Zhang~"

Among the reporters, Zhang Xiaobei kept raising his hand. Zhang Chen happened to see him and called on him.

Zhang Xiaobei finally got the chance to ask a question: "I would like to ask Director Zhang, after the film was screened in Venice, the audiences who watched it said that there was a six-and-a-half-minute long shot in it. It is said that this long shot caused a lot of discussion among the directors in Venice. Some people said that this long shot was a fake long shot. What do you think about this?"

When the other reporters heard this, they were slightly excited. Based on their understanding of Zhang Chen, they knew that Zhang Chen would start to criticize him in the next second, just like he did to Wu Yusen. I will teach you how to shoot a long shot...

But unexpectedly, Zhang Chen was very calm this time.

He nodded and admitted shamelessly: "Yes, they are right, that long shot is a fake long shot."

Ok?
What's the situation?
The reporters felt that something seemed to be wrong.

Is it an irony?
Zhang Chen continued, "I never said that it was a real long shot. Besides, I never thought that long shots were anything special."

Seeing the confused reporters below, Zhang Chen shrugged and said, “Let me take this opportunity to talk about my original intention of shooting this long shot.

When I make movies, I never pay attention to techniques. My principle has always been very simple: the movie must look good.

This time I'm going to teach Wu Yusen how to shoot a spy film, so of course I have to show some real skills, so I was thinking about how to shoot it beautifully and amazingly...

Let me explain here. What I mean by stunning is something like the 360-degree flying kick in The Matrix.

When the audience watches it, they don't understand what the shot represents, but they will be amazed and exclaim "Wow".

This is exactly the effect I want.

So I designed this long lens specifically.

This shot is certainly not a real long shot. It is made up of many shots spliced ​​together through technical means. But the audience does not need to care about this. It is enough for them to think it is beautiful and amazing. If they can utter "wow", then I will be satisfied.

As for the criticisms in the Venice program that pseudo-long shots have transformed long shots from their original artistic means into a special effect, and that this is an advancement in film technology but a regression in film art, etc., I do not agree with them.

This is just a means of making movies. As long as the movie is good, it doesn’t really matter what means are used.

In addition, I think the long shot is not as noble as those directors say. Most of the time it is just a show of skill used by the director to satisfy his need to show off.

If we replace the long shot with a normal shot, will the film no longer be able to express what it wants to express?

Obviously not.

This is just a bunch of old stubborn people complaining without any reason.

"

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, the audience burst into applause. Zhang Chen's words really touched their hearts.

That's so true.

I don’t care what techniques or means you use.
I just want a good movie.

What I hate most is those idiots who shoot everything in one take. What kind of crap is that? It’s not pretty, and I don’t know what there is to brag about.

Are you bored?

The speech resonated with the audience, and Zhang Chen's gesture of bowing caused everyone to laugh.

Someone immediately asked, "Director Zhang, is Taken a series?"

This time Zhang Chen did not answer immediately. Instead, he looked at everyone and said, "It's a series, and it's not just a series. Well, since we're talking about this today, I'll take this opportunity to announce something."

Zhang Chen then pulled Chen Daoming and Zhang Jin in front of him and said, "Taken is a series that mainly tells the story of Liang Jiahui's character, but it is actually an agent universe. The characters played by Chen Daoming and Zhang Jin will have their own series of movies in the future..."

At this time, the concept of the universe was not yet popular, but many people knew about it.

Zhang Chen briefly talked about the concept of the universe, and the reporters immediately asked all kinds of questions.

"The Agent Universe is of course centered around agents..."

"The identities of the three people are different. You will know after watching the movie."

"The charm of the universe lies in the fact that it interweaves with each other. The supporting role in this play may become the protagonist in the next play, and an inadvertent incident in this play may be the cause of the next play~"

"If this model matures, we may collaborate with other movies in the future, such as the Hollywood Mission Impossible series..."

Zhang Chen drew a big cake. Everyone smelled the fragrance of the cake and they were no longer sleepy.

People kept asking questions about the Agent Universe, and Zhang Chen gave simple answers.

Someone asked Director Chen, and he also said that he had received a script called "Sanction Agents", which is part of the agent universe, but due to some other reasons, "Taken" was filmed first.

This time, the media became even more excited.

While asking questions, Wang Han came up quietly and reminded me that the time was almost up.

Wang Han was the host of this event. For this premiere, the host was neither Liu Yiwei nor Jing Wei, but Wang Han.

To maintain interpersonal relationships, you just need to visit each other more often. If you visit each other more often, the relationships will naturally improve.

Including this premiere, the top three Super Girls, Li Yuchun, Zhang Liangying and Zhou Bichang were all invited to the scene.

Mango TV needs them to get more exposure, and Star Entertainment also needs their popularity.

After a few polite words, the movie started playing.

As usual, all premieres of Star Entertainment will play the entire film.

The daughter at the beginning is willful and insists on traveling abroad.

Then her best friend was kidnapped and she was in danger.

When he was pulled out from under the bed, tens of thousands of spectators in the Workers' Stadium gasped.

When Jing Tian saw this scene, a different kind of emotion surged in his heart. He finally had a work that everyone would remember.

I believe that after "Taken", I will no longer be an unknown little actor.

The audience's thoughts are even more different.

They suddenly remembered what Zhang Chen had said before, that the material was taken from real cases, and Zhang Chen's reminder that young women going abroad must pay attention to safety.

Suddenly I felt a chill. This can't be true~
Then, they had no time to think.

The secret agent dad played by Liang Jiahui follows various clues to find clues about his daughter, killing his way through.

It's really 'hearty'~
Those action scenes and gunfights look a bit brutal, but they are really refreshing~
Every time I see gunshots and people falling, I feel inexplicably excited.

Even the way the protagonist changes the magazine looks extremely handsome.

No wonder everyone who has seen it says that "Taken" redefines action movies. Isn't this really a redefinition?

Some boys who are military fans are even more excited.

This... this... this...

This action is too standard.

The action of reloading, the CAR center axis gun holding system, the Mozambique shooting method, everything is exactly the same as what they know, or even more comprehensive than what they know.

Especially the scene where they encounter a dud. During a fight, they encounter a dud and cannot eject the bullet manually, so they simply use the friction on the tactical vest to eject the bullet. How did they come up with this idea?

No, I must strongly recommend it when I get back. This is simply a textbook on light weapons and a bible for military fans!

The plot moves forward very quickly, with almost no slow-down scenes.

Even the few literary scenes made the audience very nervous.

For example, the interrogation scene with electric shock made people's scalps numb~
The scene at my former colleague's house was even more chilling.
It completely subverts the previous values ​​and concepts of right and wrong, but everyone just feels that this is what a real agent should be like.

As for James Bond and Ethan Hunt, to hell with them.

It's all fake.

Only movies like Taken and The Bourne Supremacy are real.

Finally, the six-and-a-half-minute long shot appeared.

Because the fans who came to the premiere basically knew about "Taken" from all aspects, and they all knew that there was a six-and-a-half-minute long shot starting with the car chase scene.

So when the long shot appears, everyone watches very attentively.

Even though Zhang Chen had just said that this long shot was a fake shot, made up of multiple shots, it was not visible, and there was no trace of splicing at all.

They just think it looks good.

What does it mean to do it in one go?
This is called doing it in one go!
People kept exclaiming "Wow", and a smile gradually appeared on Zhang Chen's face.

It was worth his effort to transplant the classic shots from "Extraction".

……

The premiere is over and there are still two days before the official release, but the influence has already risen.

The 10,000 people who watched the premiere became the best tap water, and they never tired of recommending this movie to everyone around them.
Not only boys love to watch it, girls love to watch it too. Who doesn’t want to have an agent dad like this?
The details in the movie are talked about with relish:
Moon and star tattoo
Look for clues through reflections in photos~
Trick the trafficker into saying "good luck" to identify the person involved.
It is precisely because of these details that the image of the agent is more vivid.

The boys have different concerns. Some are curious why some pistols need to check the barrel after reloading, while others do not.

Military fans who had relevant knowledge immediately shared their knowledge and praised all the tactical actions in the movie. Compared with general gun battle movies, especially those in Hong Kong, there were very few mistakes in "Taken".

Some people saw for the first time the quick reloading technique of a shotgun, firing two shots at a time, which is rarely seen in other Hollywood movies.

He couldn't help but learn from him, but in fact he himself didn't know how useful it would be after learning this technique. Would he still have the chance to put it into practice?

As the discussion became more heated, an experience shared by a woman became the hottest topic:

"Taken" is right, it's really not safe abroad, because I almost became a Kimmy myself.

I was staying in a five-star hotel at the time. At 3:43 in the morning, I suddenly received a call from the front desk saying that there was a problem with my information and asked me to go to the front desk to verify it.

The reason I remember it so clearly is because I thought it was a wake-up call, but when I looked at the clock it was 4:43 in the morning.

I didn't want to go at the time, but then someone knocked on my door and rudely told me that I had to go.

After much hesitation, I finally went because it was an international five-star hotel and I thought it should be safe.

But I still made some preparations, such as setting the French emergency number as a shortcut key on my mobile phone, and memorizing the locations of the stairs, elevators, toilets, and fire alarm boxes. It was this little bit of "foresight" that saved my life later.

I stayed on the fifth floor of the hotel. There were eight floors of hotel rooms in total. I took the elevator directly to the lobby on the first floor.

The moment I stepped out of the elevator, I realized something was wrong. Only half of the lights in the hall were on, and there was no one there.

There was a van in front of the hotel. The door opened and a Middle Eastern man and a black man came over immediately when they saw me.

I immediately realized something was wrong, and said to him, "Stop," and while he was stunned, I turned around and ran.

Thanks to the mental rehearsal I had done before, I pressed the elevator because it was faster than the stairs.

And I directly pressed the buttons for the 4th, 5th, and 6th floors, because I knew that within three floors, a person's speed of climbing the stairs can catch up with the elevator, and I needed to confuse the other party so that he would not know which floor I went to.

I didn't dare go back to the fifth floor directly because I was worried that someone up there would intercept me.

So I hid on the fourth floor, rang the fire alarm, and hid in the cleaning room.

In fact, the nearest place was the restroom, but I didn't dare go there. If the black people downstairs saw the elevator stop at the fourth floor, they would definitely go to check the restroom on the fourth floor, because hiding in the restroom is everyone's first reaction.

After the fire alarm went off, about ten minutes later, I heard a lot of noise outside. Guests and staff came out one after another, so I dared to come out of the cleaning room.

It's not as exciting as Taken, but the tension is just as intense.

I want to say that it is really dangerous abroad, especially for single young women.

I wasn’t actually scared at all at the time, but the more I thought about it afterwards, the more scared I became.

Later, I reviewed the situation countless times and felt that there must be collusion between the hotel staff and the human traffickers, who specifically targeted wealthy single guests.

The men robbed the women and kidnapped them and sold them.

I guess they targeted me because they saw me carrying LV and Channel bags when I came back from shopping.

(End of this chapter)