Chapter 128： Miraculous ambition (1/2)
Chapter 128—The Magical Ambitions
”The leading actor in” The Ninth District ”will be played by Robert Downey Jr. (see novel)”
When Flame Movie announced this latest development, in this hot summer vacation period, media fans suddenly had another talk. Robert Downey Jr.? Anyone who knows who this guy is also knows that Downey is **** with ”drugs, trouble, and self-reliance.” His drug addiction, which he can never quit, turned him from a hot and popular star into a prisoner who made fans regret and let the producers stay away.
And now Miracle Young lets Downey, who has just been released on parole, play the leading role? It is said that ”Ninth District” will be a special effects production? It ’s unbelievable that the two were roommates at Lake Island Prison. Everyone knows this for a long time. Maybe they have made a deep friendship and become a friend in trouble ... But seriously, is n’t Miracle Yang afraid of getting into trouble? ?
Anyway, Wang Yang ’s fan fans are very worried for him. In addition to the filming issues, there are many female fans who are worried that their sunny and handsome idol will be damaged by Robert Downey Jr., such as learning to drink alcohol and smoke, or even take drugs. ... On the fan site, female fans commented: ”If Yang becomes such a person, I will be sad”, ”That's too scary”
In an interview with the latest issue of Variety Magazine, Wang Yang was also asked about ”Donny's drug addiction”. In the drawing room of Variety Magazine, looking at the beautiful brown-haired reporter Eve Smaine across from him, he replied: ”I'm not worried. I know Robert's determination to get rid of drugs, and I believe him. What he needs most now. , Is everyone's encouragement and forgiveness. We support him, and then we will see a brand new Robert Downey Jr. ”
After talking about some of the questions about the protagonist, he naturally talked about the movie ”The Ninth District”. Eve looked at Wang Yang fiercely. She held her ears down and asked her voice in a humorous way: , What kind of story is ”District 9”? ”
”Well, I can only say ...” Wang Yang smiled softly, and realized in a moment, this woman wanted to get more exclusive information with the beauty plan. But since the time Juno selected the leading actress and auditioned thousands of young and beautiful girls, the beauty plan has no use for him unless it is Jessica. He took a sip of tea and said, ”I can't reveal it for now. But now you ask, then ...”
In fact, this was originally intended to be spoken in this interview for pre-promotion. Looking at the anticipating Eve, he smiled and said, ”This is an R-rated movie.” Then, he angrily patted his forehead and laughed at himself: ”It's over, I'll say everything when it's over.”
”Wow R-level?” Eve immediately opened her eyes in excitement, while recording, while asking: ”Are you sure? Not G-level but R-level? You know that in everyone's impression, Wang Yang is sunshine, in There is no violence in his movie, no ... there is not even a kissing scene, the magical R-class? What about it? ”
Wang Yang could n’t help laughing aloud because he remembered that three years ago, the “dy” said, “That kid does n’t make horror movies? What a joke.” He spread his hands and smiled: “I think they must have forgotten the ”Photograph”, I remember when someone said, ”That kid is really dark” Ha, when did I turn into sunshine? ”
Both laughed a few times, and he said seriously: ”I answered this question three years ago. I want to say that” Ghost Story ”is not all of me,” High School Musical ”,” When Happiness Comes to Knock on the Door ” ”,” Junuo ”is not. For me, each movie is a new attempt, each different story has a different expression, this time I will let everyone see another me, See a new Wang Yang. ”
Eve nodded and continued to charge him with his eyes, asking, ”Can you tell me what kind of R-level content? Will it be drug use?” She asked, naturally because of Robert Downey Jr.
”No, I can say no.” Wang Yang lifted the teacup, drinking a clear and sweet tea, and smiled, ”It's just some violent pictures.”
The violent picture Eve opened her eyes again, and quickly recorded it. She asked after the victory: ”You have revealed that the” Ninth District ”has special effects, and now it is said to be an R-rated, violent movie. Can we understand this? Is it a commercial special effects blockbuster? ”She described with a smile:” It's full of **** killings, maybe a blasting explosion ... ”
”No, no, it can't be positioned as a commercial violent movie, absolutely don't understand it that way.” Wang Yang interrupted her, brewed it for a while, and explained: ”This movie may have many categories, but I have to say it Whether it is a violent picture or a beautiful special effect, it is for the plot service of the movie, making the plot better. ”
He smiled and said: ”A lot of people have said this, but I still have to say it again. What is the most important thing about the movie? The story, the story, and the story do not have this core, no matter how beautiful the special effects are, only Meaningless.”
After answering this question, all the information to be disclosed in Wang Yang ’s plan was finished, so Eve ’s beauty plan was completely invalidated, but she was already satisfied with the information.
As soon as the latest issue of ”Variety” was launched, media fans who were concerned about ”The Ninth District” felt stupid. They could not guess what kind of movie ”Ninth District” was because these elements seemed to be mutually exclusive: Miracle Young, R-Class, Violence ... Is it the story of a beating paparazzi? It's a pseudo-documentary, but it has big special effects and can't be positioned as a commercial movie, but a drama ...
High-cost cult film (Cult-e)? Yahoo Movies made this speculation. The so-called cult films are simply films that ignore the mainstream market and do their own best. They often have strange themes, unique shooting techniques, a very personal style, and are very controversial. Xiandian movies ignore the characteristics of the market and are doomed to not get too much capital, so they are usually produced at a low cost, but this does not affect the birth of the classics.
Regardless of the United States, Britain, Hong Kong, Japan ... there are cult films all over, and now Hollywood ’s most famous ”cult director” is undoubtedly Quentin Tarantino, the director of ”Waterfall” and ”Pulp Fiction”; and David Finch, director of ”Seven Deadly Sins” and ”Fight Club”.
The Yahoo Movie Channel commented: ”After three academic-style film films, we have indeed forgotten the 18-year-old debut film” Ghost Plot ”by Miracle Yang, and we also forgot that it is an extraordinary evil Classic movie. It has pointed the way for DV movies, created a new form of pseudo-documentary, and also created a new way of propaganda 'viral marketing'. From the movie itself to the outside of the movie, how Cult is it? ”
”Let's think about it. In fact, the magical heart of Yang Yang never stopped beating.” High School Musical ”was a school song and dance film that no one dared to touch at that time.” Junuo ”was an unsuccessful teenage pregnancy theme. Only ”When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door” is all academic. In the future, this R-level ”Ninth District”, Magic Yang seems to want to come back. He said violence, he said it was not just business ... when he If it is a pseudo documentary, we should guess that this is probably a high-cost cult film. ”
The editor of the last comment said expectantly: ”Sunshine, warmth, warmth? Put them all away for now, maybe a weird evil director is the real magical Yang.”
The description of the Xiandian movie has been supported by many fans. As for the content of the movie, some fans have guessed that the ”Ninth District” is a theme related to aliens, because the title of the film is very similar to a place, that is, the legendary government Studying the alien base ”Area 51”; and in the latest street photo shoot, Wang Yang was wearing a T-shirt with an alien UFO pattern.
In the bright and spacious study room, Wang Yang sat at the desk, and the printer on the table spit out pictures, all of which were detailed alien design sketches. He picked it up and looked closely. His body was front, side, and back; head The front of the department ... Looking at the designs one by one, he nodded with satisfaction from time to time.
This alien is not simply a beetle or a shrimp. Its body structure is the same as that of the earth. It walks upright, has no tail, and has very thin and ugly hands and feet. It is not smooth skin, but layers. The shells of different insects are different in shape and color; on the important heads, they have long soft tentacles on top of their heads, and the armor of the neck is based on grasshoppers and tentacles of shrimp ...
They all meet the requirements, look dirty and ugly, but look cooler than the previous aliens. When Wang Yang went on to read the image of Christopher Fusson and his son, he decided to choose this design, leaning on the chair, he said to himself: ”What is the name of this alien race?”
But relative to this small problem, there is a bigger problem at present, that is, these aliens are just 2D images on paper. To convert them into 3D in the movie and complete the filming of the whole movie, naturally Need help from special effects company.
Blue Sky Studio seems to be an off-the-shelf choice. It used to participate in some TV special effects production, and also has excellent animation special effects technology, such as animation technology, radiant flux rendering technology, making models, bone hair binding and so on. However, the special effects team of ”District 9” could not choose the blue sky, because there are two problems in front of them.
First, movie special effects are not equal to animation, some technologies are interlinked, but some are different, especially the part of animation and real connection technology, why some special effects look fake, and some special effects are seamless, the difference is here, Blue Sky Studio does not have that part of the technology; secondly, now the animators of Blue Sky are busy with the final stage of the production of ”Ice Age”. After the production of ”Ice Age”, ”Ice Age 2” or other cartoons will start , They have no time.