New Age Artists

Chapter 433: Two Paths in the Movie! Shoot at will! (13)

Shen Santong had long planned a series of historical films.

History and myth are the origins of culture.

The animated film "The Return of the Great Sage" is also in production, but it will take a few years.

First history, then mythology, then science fiction.

Step by step.

History, mythology, and science fiction movies are one path.

The road to big productions requires support from the film industry.

Another way is to make genre films.

Comedies, youth films, romance films, and suspense films do not place high demands on the film industry.

"Red Cliff" was a big hit, so Shen Santong naturally promoted the historical series.

After the Three Kingdoms came the Tang Dynasty, then the Ming Dynasty or the Han Dynasty.

One film for each dynasty, to build the framework.

The reason why they didn't directly film other dynasties but continued with the Three Kingdoms is because "Red Cliff" has gained a reputation as a high-quality historical blockbuster.

The Four Classical Novels have also helped, and the Three Kingdoms fever has been building in recent years. The Three Kingdoms fever has also led to a film market in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

Overall, the Three Kingdoms movies have relatively low risks.

For the two plays "Cao Cao" and "Zhuge Liang", Shen Santong plans to let Guo Fan and the other two complete most of the work.

"Red Cliff (Part 09)" was released in .

In 10, it was "Cao Cao" and in 11, it was "Zhuge Liang".

Guo Fan and his two companions had three years to complete the first part.

Shen Santong’s work focuses on one thing: control, and the other on improving the production team.

Strengthen the film process and reposition the director's role in filmmaking.

Shen Santong asked Guo Fan, Wen Muye and Lu Yang to introduce themselves.

"Red Cliff" is still in theaters, and the official announcement of the approval of two major projects is surprising enough.

Guo Fan and the other two once again left the reporters dumbfounded.

do not know!
Seeing that Shen Santong was interested in promoting the three people, the reporter asked a few questions.

Even more dumbfounded!
Each resume is thinner than the other, and none of them are from a formal professional background.

Two of the three people are related to Nortel.

The reporter could understand, after all, Shen Santong was a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy.

But none of them were native directing students. Lu Yang took the exam again after studying and working, and Guo Fan did not even get admitted.

The three of them don’t even have a feature-length movie, let alone a theatrical release.

Many reporters thought of Ning Hao.

Without any successful experience and no theatrical movies, Shen Santong chose him to star in "Stone".

Is Shen Santong going to challenge his limits?

This proves that even if Ning Hao ran away, he could easily find three more.

The reporter questioned: "Is it okay to co-direct such a big project with them?"

It is obvious that Shen Santong is just trying to promote someone, and he is most likely just a producer, and the first director is just a figurehead.

Shen Santong: "I will be the producer and first director to control the overall situation. There is no better choice than them."

The reporter reminded: "We have many more experienced directors."

Shen Santong explained: "They have studied and exchanged ideas at Hollywood companies, and also had experience with Red Cliff."

“We are 30 years behind Hollywood.”

"The preparation and post-production of Red Cliff is just a very common assembly line operation in Hollywood, which can be done by a third-rate company."

"In China, it took us 18 months to complete the design, drawing, planning and construction work required for filming."

"Eight studios were used, and the set workshop processed and produced more than 8 props. The extended set area is nearly 1 square meters, equivalent to 10 football fields."

"Among them, the large building ship, three fighting ships, and three Mengchong ships were all built in real scenes."

"In terms of special effects, nearly half of the more than 1,300 special effects shots were produced in Hollywood, and less than a quarter were completed domestically."

“It took a year and a half just to prepare, and the post-production of the second part hasn’t been completed yet.”

"This is the case with historical genres. If it were a science fiction genre, we would need three or four years to prepare."

"They are relatively familiar with the film industry process. There are very few domestic directors with such experience. Comparatively speaking, the three of them are better choices."

Six generations of directors.

There was no way Shen Santong would hand over the historical blockbuster to them.

It's not just that their brain waves don't match each other, there's also a problem of priority.

Even though Shen Santong has great box office success and a big business, he may not be able to manage these six generations of directors.

They claim that art comes first and dare to try anything.

The higher you go, the higher the generation.

If Shen Santong were to encounter someone who took over the situation, his pants would be covered in shit.

It's not that Shen Santong is overthinking or lacking confidence, this is the fact. Filming a movie, blowing up a military dog, and destroying the ecological environment.

If ordinary people want to go in, the director can just attribute it to artistic pursuits.

Some don't even try to fool people, but take pride in it.

Just say it's the pursuit of art, the pursuit of the best results, and a good background.

crime?
No!

People like Guo Fan are easy to deal with.

Hang a sci-fi movie carrot in front of you and tell you to do whatever you want.

The reporter had no interest in Guo Fan and the other two, and after asking a few questions he didn't want to ask any more.

The Sanlian Weekly reporter turned the topic back to Shen Santong: "You don't like Cao Cao, but you oppose Professor Yi Zhongtian's views?"

"Will it affect the play Cao Cao? Will you make it into a spoof comedy?"

Shen Sandong said: "First of all, my attitude towards Yi Zhongtian has not changed."

"What was like before is what is like now."

"As a historical writer, Yi Zhongtian has done a very good job."

"As a teacher, his lectures are of a very high standard and very interesting."

"But the popularization of history, the level of teaching, and historical research are not the same field."

"His story about the Three Kingdoms is very rigorous as a storytelling, but as a historical study, it cannot be taken seriously. There is no standard."

"History records that Cao Cao massacred the city, but it was his subordinates who did it, and Cao Cao didn't know about it."

"History doesn't record Liu Bei massacring the city. It's Liu Bei who did it, but history doesn't record it."

"Can it be history that Guo Jia and Zhuge Liang are listed together?"

"The minimum requirement for telling history is objectivity and fairness. Different opinions and unique perspectives are normal, but we cannot quote out of context or make up stories."

The history of China written by Yi Zhongtian later makes people feel physically uncomfortable.

Shen Santong did not make any personal attacks on Yi Zhongtian, but simply denied it based on objective facts.

In 08, Yi Zhongtian was indeed at the peak of his career.

Cooperated with "Lecture Room" again and started the lecture "Pre-Qin Philosophers: A Hundred Schools of Thought".

The point is that some media hype him up and deify him.

The reporter retorted: "Professor Yi Zhongtian's lectures are based on historical facts, not nonsense or nonsense."

Shen Santong said: "It is definitely not a historical fact. For a person, a politician, life span is very important."

"When a person dies, the government dies. This is the norm."

"Only by living long can you have a future. I won't give examples, this is common sense."

"Guo Jia died the year Zhuge Liang came out of seclusion, and that was the end of his political career. Everything after that was just imagination and creation."

"You can't say that when he was around, Cao Cao always won, and when he was not around, this and that happened."

"You can give lectures and popularize science, but if you say this is a historical fact, can it really be a historical fact?"

"It's like studying historical figures and designing a lot of psychological activities for the characters. Can it be true?"

“It is only when we study the facts and infer the results from the behavior that we can call it research.”

"Developing associations is called creation, not historical research."

Shen Santong winked at the staff and took away the microphone from the Sanlian Weekly reporter who was asking questions.

Cover your mouth.

He is not debating by using the superior to attack the inferior.

Shen Santong said: "There is nothing wrong with Yi Zhongtian, he is just doing historical popularization. As for claiming that he is based on historical facts, it is also necessary for teaching and is beneficial to his own interests."

"The problem is that some media outlets have created the title of 'academic superman'."

“Creation is about opinions, and opinions are more important than facts.”

"Some of our media like Yi Zhongtian's views."

"It confuses right and wrong, deconstructs and smears positive historical figures, demoralizes people, encourages speculation, creates anxiety, and increases the cost of social operations."

"Taking advantage of our people's respect for teachers and professors, some media have portrayed Yi Zhongtian as an authority on history."

"This is wrong. As a popular science writer and teacher of historical knowledge, Yi Zhongtian is not only qualified, but also excellent."

“But he’s not doing historical scholarship.”

"As a media person, you must have a basic sense of responsibility and make things clear."

"They deliberately create controversy just to sell more products. They don't even have basic morals."

"That can't be the case."

After "Red Cliff", Shen Santong embarked on the path to becoming a great director, and he was criticized when he deserved to be criticized.

Fearless.

Some reporters from the media felt that Shen Santong was no longer pretending.

Yeah!

Didn’t I just make a few bad remarks to you? How dare you talk back?
(End of this chapter)