Chapter 106

Braveheart lost a lot of box office due to head-to-head with Kevin's Batman The Dark Knight.

Originally, I wanted to make up for it in the follow-up DVD market through the Oscars.

Unexpectedly, this kind of thing suddenly appeared.

Mel Gibson's reputation suddenly stinks.

Even the DVD sales with Braveheart plummeted to the point where it was difficult to break even.

Paramount immediately broke his wrist and stopped selling Braveheart DVDs.

Knowing all this, Kevin didn't care much about what happened next. He put all his energy on The Matrix and continued to shoot.

Chapter 161 Bullet Time

Kevin has just been busy for a few days when Jackie Chan and Tsui Hark came to the United States.

After the Spring Festival was over and the work at hand was arranged at the same time, Xu Hark was even more anxious to come to the United States than Jackie Chan when he heard the invitation from the big director Kevin.

As a Hong Kong director, there is no one who does not want to enter Hollywood.

Not to mention other things, just in terms of investment amount, in Hong Kong, investment of several million Hong Kong dollars or even tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars is generally considered to be a medium-to-high production.

But converted into US dollars, in the United States, it is just a micro-production that invests one or two hundred dollars.

Hong Kong's largest investment, in the United States, is not even a medium production.

It is the dream of countless Hong Kong directors to be able to direct a real Hollywood blockbuster.

Therefore, hearing that Steve Kevin seemed to be looking for him to make a movie, Tsui Hark immediately turned down all film appointments and went directly to Hollywood with Jackie Chan.

As long as he can get a film contract, the amount of investment is much more than that of Hong Kong films. This is a rare opportunity. Even if he doesn't worry about filming, he can't stand this temptation.

...

"Is this the Hollywood studio set?"

The first time he came to the Hollywood studio, Tsui Hark was shocked.

Compared with the Hong Kong studio, the size of the venue and the equipment are far too much. Just thinking about shooting a movie on such a studio makes Tsui Hark worry about the Hong Kong film industry.

Seeing the novels, Tsui Hark knew how big the gap between Hong Kong's film industry and Hollywood's film industry was from just one studio.

It makes him despair as a Hong Kong filmmaker.

Ellie, Kevin's assistant, led the two directly into the set. Seeing Tsui Hark's shocked expression, Ellie didn't have the slightest idea of ​​looking down.

She knew that Kevin attached great importance to the two of them, otherwise she would not have been allowed to receive them.

Ellie started to explain to Tsui Hark:

"This is one of the largest studios in Hollywood, the 20th Century Fox studio. In Hollywood, no more than ten studios have studios of this size."

"They're basically studios that have been around since the beginning of Hollywood."

\"There are not many studios of this size, even in Hollywood.\"

Xu Ke nodded.

It has been more than 70 years since Hollywood was established. If you do this, the Hong Kong film industry is just an infant compared to the Hollywood film industry, and it is normal that it is not comparable.

After explaining, Ellie continued to walk towards the studio with the two of them.

After a while, I came to the filming site of The Matrix.

Yuan Heping is instructing the prop engineers to arrange Weiya, and the filming is about to start an action scene. Due to the characteristics of the virtual world, at Kevin's request, it must have a surreal sense of blow.

To this end, long before, they were working on new action scenes.

Now is the time to start shooting.

"Boss, I brought the two of them."

Ellie brought Tsui Hark and Jackie Chan to Kevin's side, and then turned to leave. She still has a lot of things to do.

The first time I saw Steve Kevin, Tsui Hark was obviously more restrained than Jackie Chan.

Kevin smiled and said:

"Don't be nervous, Director Tsui Hark, just in time, come and see what is the difference between the shooting of Hollywood movies and Hong Kong."

"After understanding, I can invite you to make a movie."

Tsui Hark's eyes suddenly lit up, Kevin's words confirmed the news that he would be invited to make a movie.

Immediately came to the spirit, and hurried over.

"Okay, I also want to see how big the gap between Hollywood and Hong Kong is."

Seeing that the two were chatting, Jackie Chan couldn't stand beside him, so he hurriedly came over.

"Director Kevin, how is my red zone arrangement?"

"It has been arranged, and it will be released in about a week. The number of open paintings is 300!"

Jackie Chan suddenly smiled.

Hong Kong movies, produced in the United States, are generally bought out.

In fact, many movies do not even have the chance to go to theaters. They are bought and sold directly in the form of DVD.

Of course, Jackie Chan's films are not like this, but they are often released in only a small number of theaters.

The number of 300 paintings is definitely a lot.

For Jackie Chan, this is a big opportunity for him to break into the American film market.

If the red zone fails again, then he will never think about Hollywood again.

In order to gain the American market, he has already put the story background in New York. If he can't be recognized by the American audience, there is nothing he can do.

Looking at Jackie Chan's face, Kevin continued:

"When the box office in Hongfan District comes out, as long as it is not less than 10 million US dollars, I will invest and make a movie for you."

Yes, what Kevin said is the future, Jackie Chan's pinnacle in Hollywood.

peak moment.

With a production cost of $33 million and a total of $240 million at the global box office, this is undoubtedly a masterpiece.

As a film company boss, although Kevin doesn't shoot himself, there is no reason to miss it.

Not only can it help Jackie Chan enter Hollywood, but most importantly, he can also make money himself.

"I promise, it's a mid-sized production even in Hollywood."

Jackie Chan couldn't stop smiling.

Since 1982, when he starred in Cannonball, which failed miserably in the Hollywood film market, no Hollywood studio has been willing to invite him to film.

The red zone was the last time Jiahe helped him.

Now, the famous Hollywood director... No, Oscar best director Steve Kevin has promised him that he will be invited to star in a movie as long as the North American box office exceeds 10 million US dollars.

This is definitely a good thing.

As for not even having ten million dollars, Jackie Chan has never considered such a thing at all.

If 300 movie theaters can't get a box office of 10 million dollars, then he doesn't have to think about the American movie market.

Go back to Hong Kong as soon as possible to be king and hegemon.

Seeing that both of them were very happy, Kevin said:

"After filming this scene, I will arrange it at night. Do you go out for a walk or watch it on the set?"

"have a look."

The two said in unison.

Jackie Chan still has some understanding of Hollywood shooting. After all, Cannonball Speed ​​is a Hollywood movie through and through, but it failed miserably at the box office.

But he still wanted to see how Steve Kevin, the best director at the Oscars, made a movie.

Not to mention Xu Ke.

Both chose to see how Kevin made the movie.

Kevin nodded and left the two of them alone, and started shooting directly.

At this time, it is the most creative scenes in the Matrix to be filmed.

Bullet time and the scene where Kung Fu Neo shows off his prowess.

From a filming point of view, the Bullet Time scene is unquestionably hilarious.

Chapter 162 A Brand New Vision of Shushan Biography

Nicolas Cage, with the help of Wia, made a movement like swimming, constantly swinging his arms, as if he was dodging invisible bullets.

This scene made Jackie Chan on the side look stunned.

Jackie Chan's films, at least so far, do not involve any computer effects, everything is real.

Simply put, it's a game of life.

The scene in front of him made him look very funny.

On the other hand, Tsui Hark, rubbing his beard, looked at the scene thoughtfully.

The same director, he could see that he was filming the scene where Nicolas Cage's character was dodging bullets.

In other words, the next step is to add the special effects of bullets to the movie.

But based on the special effects he knows, it is absolutely impossible for Hong Kong to achieve this kind of effect.

This made him sigh in his heart how powerful the special effects of Hollywood movies are.

At the same time, there are countless ideas in my mind.

In particular, to bring the story in his dream into reality, even the special effects of bullets can be completed. It seems that the effect he imagined is not difficult.

But the big question is whether Steve Kevin can support him in making a movie like that.

At the same time, whether Americans can accept the concept of Xianxia is a question.

Of course, even if Steve Kevin didn't support it, he would have done it, but that's what happened after he returned to Hong Kong.

After asking Cage to repeat this action many times, Kevin called the hired special effects team over.

"Have you seen the scene just now?"

Several people nodded.

Kevin continued to talk about his needs.

"My requirement is that the trajectory of the bullet is clearly visible in the air, and Cage avoids bullets one by one through his own actions. Note that this is a slow-motion shot."

Several people nodded and understood Kevin's needs roughly. At the same time, they took away part of the footage and prepared to make a sample first, and after Kevin made sure that it was correct, they would then make a complete special effect shot.

Tsui Hark on the side couldn't help but ask:

"Using bullets as a time standard? Is this bullet time?"

Kevin couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"Well said, this shot will be called bullet time in the future, which means slow-motion shots with bullet time as the standard."

Following Tsui Hark's words, Kevin directly defined the scene.

The Matrix, without discussing ideas, is actually a typical technology movie.

The same type, and director Cameron.

The release of this kind of film often means the innovation of film technology.

For example, after the release of The Matrix, bullet time amazed the world. Since then, bullet time has been widely used in various movies.

This is the result of innovation in film technology.

In the future, Kevin's name can be linked to another father of bullet time.

As soon as he heard Kevin's description, Tsui Hark immediately knew that this would be a great achievement in film technology.