Director’s Legend

() From July 29th to 31st, 2011, "Captain America" ​​topped the North American weekend box office chart with US$67.4 million. "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 2)" earned US$10.2 million, currently US$270 million in North America, and US$660 million globally, and will soon surpass all previous series and become the best-selling one in the Twilight series.

From August 5th to 7th, 2011, "Captain America" ​​topped the North American box office with $39.7 million.

From August 19th to 21st, 2011, the four-week record of "Captain America" ​​was US$160 million in North America and US$290 million worldwide. The box office was not as good as expected, but considering the special status of the US team, it is already very good to get this result . And "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (Part 2)" is officially released worldwide, with US$290 million in North America and US$830 million worldwide, making it the best-selling movie in the series.

"The last one was able to sell $830 million, and the entire Twilight series has reached a total box office of $3.3 billion. No one wants to say that this kind of movie ends. There are only four key novels, and we certainly hope that it can continue. Going on, I don't know how to do it yet, maybe it would be a good idea to put Twilight into a TV series." Mitchell Bruce said vigorously.

With the reorganization of Chasing Dreams, he has truly become a boss-level big shot. He is currently the CEO of Summit Entertainment Group and the chairman of the board of directors. Of course, the power is also very limited, Chasing Dream Holdings occupies an absolute stake, and if you want to change people, it's a matter of minutes.

As August draws to a close, Summit Entertainment's sequel to another blockbuster movie, The Expendables 2, is released.

At this time, there was a huge cheer erupting on a set in Los Angeles.

"The Women's Federation is finished!"

"Aww ow!"

The spray of champagne represented Shao Shuaijun's fourteenth movie, and strictly speaking, the thirteenth movie "The Avengers" was finished. After five months and more than one hundred riri nights, this film invested 200 million US dollars, and added 40 million US dollars successively. Finally, it was edited into a master tape and handed over to d2, ilm and Weta Digital, etc. Company, continued post-production.

A few days ago, the production of "Night Watchman: Reflection" has been completed, and Shao Shuaijun can rest assured.

On August 28, 2011, the 14th China Film Huabiao Award Ceremony was held at the Beijing Exhibition Hall. The Huabiao Awards are held every two years and are used to recognize outstanding films released in China within two years. As a political award, Shao Shuaijun was also embarrassed not to go, and the above was also interesting enough to give Shao Shuaijun face and liking. "Old Boy", which was released the year before, won three nominations for excellent feature film, excellent director, and excellent film music. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was also nominated for excellent translation.

In the end, Shao Shuaijun won the Excellent Feature Film Award (9 in total), the Outstanding Director Award (double yolk eggs), and the Excellent Film Music Award. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" lost to "Avatar" as an excellent dubbed film. I said some nonsense as a testimonial, and ate and bragged with several leaders, and ended the award presentation.

After winning the award, "Life of Pi" also entered the second half of filming. The producer Shao Shuaijun finally took on the job he should do. Together with Li An, he studied "Life of Pi" "All the difficulties encountered in 3D shooting. The difficulty of this part is mainly shooting sea shots and animal shots.

The filming locations were in the mainland and Baodao, and Shao Shuaijun's family moved back to China.

"The elevation angle and depression angle of this shooting can be used to make the angle of the fly's eye, and then the setting is replaced with special effects, so that it can show the tranquility and serenity of the sea."

In the world's largest fully automatic wave device tank, a group of crew members, surrounded by Shao Shuaijun and Li An, are discussing the issue of 3D photography for shooting water reflections. The lead actor, Sura Sharma, was under intense make-up. Because she had to shoot in water, the make-up was often blurred by the water, and she had to keep touching up the make-up.

"However, to shoot the picture of the whale jumping out of the water, you have to use some method to imitate the whale out of the water, so that we can create a 3D picture of the whale out of the water." A special effects engineer from ILM said.

"Let's use the trajectory of the wooden stake to guide the water, okay?" Li An asked.

"It's a lot of work. It takes time and effort to describe the detailed posture of the whale and the splashing state on the water surface, and the effect is not necessarily good."

Shao Shuaijun waved his hand: "In this way, we use props to create the state of the water, and then use fluorescent light to blur the whale. What do you think? Director Li, what do you think, is the whale coated with fluorescent light very powerful?"

"This is a very good idea. Once the picture will add a lot of beauty, that's it!" Li An said pleasantly.

"Fantasy Drifting of Boy Pi" was the main event, and Shao Shuaijun put in quite a lot of energy, almost soaking in the shooting scene. Discussing with Li An and the crew, Li An's artistic achievements brought Shao Shuaijun a lot of thinking, and his business thinking also infected Li An. Together, we have new gains every day.

And Li An and Shao Shuaijun, the two great directors in the world, also passed on their experience to all the Chinese filmmakers around them. Over time, more and more directors came to visit the set. This place is no longer a production team, but a laboratory. They all participated in the filming and worked hard to make "Life of Pi" more beautiful.

Supervising the post-production of "The Avengers" and supervising the filming of "Life of Pi", Rizi is still busy. Time flies, September flies by, "Captain America" ​​sold for 361 million US dollars worldwide, "The Expendables 2" also surpassed the first one, reaching a box office of 300 million US dollars. An estimated $330 million cannot escape.

Released on September 23, "The Conjuring" directed by Chinese director Wen Ziren won the weekly championship with 40 million US dollars. It has a very good reputation. show. Since Lionsgate Pictures merged into Summit Entertainment, none of the few horror movies released has achieved such outstanding results.

On September 30, 2011, Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu lurked into a movie theater in Santa Monica.

Today is the day when Shao Shuaijun's real debut work "Night Watchman: Reflection" will be released in North America.

As a remake of a failed product, the attention is not very great.

It is all supported by Shao Shuaijun's current fame, so the film did not arrange a premiere, nor did it have a large-scale release. It was only released in 2468 theaters in North America.

And today is also Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu, going to the cinema together for the first time in more than a year. Since they were pregnant, things have been going on and on, and there is no time for the two to have sex. Now, all the heavy burdens have been relieved, and Xiao Shao has gradually grown up, so I feel relieved to leave it to Grandpa Nainai. The two finally resumed their two-person world as a young couple.

"Are you a little nervous?" Li Xiuxiu asked while eating popcorn before the movie started.

Shao Shuaijun shook his head relaxedly: "Fortunately, I was thrown into the street anyway, and this time I was a dead horse as a living horse doctor. I am delighted to be successful, and it is just a failure to try. I am still young, and I have experienced some failures. What?" Shao Shuaijun has tried his best to pick this thorn, if he really fails, it can be regarded as a kind of growth, as he himself said, he is still young, and he has plenty of time to polish it.

Having directed so many blockbuster movies, even though there are cheating memories from the previous life, they were still directed by him, and a little self-confidence was built up.

Looking at "Nightman: Reflection" again, it seems indifferent.

"Anyway, I think I can succeed. Come on, husband, open your mouth." Li Xiuxiu said confidently, then grabbed a piece of popcorn and put it in Shao Shuaijun's mouth.

Amidst the flirting, the movie theater gradually quieted down, and the official screening began on the big screen.

After the Summit Entertainment logo, the screen went black, followed by drunken voices and punches and kicks.

"Isn't this Thomas, who lost his wife? Haha, he's getting drunk here. Yoho, he's taking some of my brother's seats, beat him up!"

After crackling, subtitles slowly appeared on the pitch-black screen.

"Starring, Jack Gyllenhaal, Kelly Nestor."

"Producers, Shao Shuaijun, Mitchell Bruce, Louis Reiner."

"..."

After the subtitles of the leading role and producer appeared, the screen flashed and quickly lit up. Thomas, played by Jack Gyllenhaal, was taken into prison. At the door, Thomas smiled sinisterly: "I am the night watchman. Can't hold me down!"

The screen flickered, and the subtitles reappeared.

"Director Shao Shuaijun, after four years, the night watchman, the reflection returns."

Then, the movie plot officially began.

Thomas, played by Gyllenhill, lay curled up on the ground covered in blood, and several punks beat him. Thomas put his head in his hands and seemed to be whimpering.

At this time, in the distance of the dark and silent street, I remembered the sound of leather shoes touching the ground.

The punks were still punching and kicking, but Thomas suddenly raised his head and saw a figure in a black windbreaker, walked by, and then squatted down in front of him. His windbreaker had a high collar and a hat , because of the light, only one gloomy eye was exposed.

A hoarse voice that seemed to come from hell said from the man in black: "See the mirror in the corner, you can go over it, after you go over it, no one can hurt you anymore!"

The camera zoomed out, and the gangsters were still punching and kicking, but they didn't seem to see the man in black. Under Thomas' confused and muddy eyes, the man in black heard the sound of leather shoes touching the ground again, and gradually moved away. Thomas was in a daze, and without knowing where he gathered the strength, he rushed towards the mirror in the corner.

Without the imaginary mirror shattering, Thomas, like a ghost, passed the mirror and disappeared into the eyes of the little gangster.

"Damn it, what about Thomas, he got away with it." Several gangsters hiccupped, looking for no hope, and returned to the wine to drink.

The camera is dark, as if a person is opening his eyes and sees the blurred iron fence.

Some distant voices seemed to be yelling at someone: "What's going on, who told you to fight, be honest with me, go back! You two, put this and this in confinement for me!"

Eyes opened suddenly... (To be continued.)