After "Painted Skin 2" in 2012, an unfamiliar name came into the public eye-he was the director Wu Ershan.
At this time, Wu Ershan already had the idea of filming the film about "Fengshen" with the method of film industrialization, but at this time the idea of the unknown director did not attract too much attention.
Because in many eyes, the mature film industry in the United States is already leading the way. This is true for
. China’s film industrialization still needs a group of "pioneers" who dare to try, and China’s film industrialization has become an unstoppable trend with the vigorous development of domestic films.
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In the past few years, director Wu Ershan's "Fengshen Trilogy" has already been shot as planned.
Today, the film's official first exposure of the role posters made this mysterious cast of an epic movie begin to surface.
Huang Bo, Fei Xiang, Li Xuejian, Xia Yu, Yu Shi, Hai Liang...
has powerful factions and newcomers, but there is no "little fresh meat" that already has a special meaning in most of the population.
Huang Bo plays Jiang Ziya , but the special effects makeup is basically difficult to recognize Huang Bo himself. This is very similar to the mountain sculpture played by Liang Jiahui in the movie "Take the Tiger Mountain". If you don’t have someone who knows in advance to watch the movie, Most of them don't see Jiang Ziya played by Huang Bo. And Huang Bo’s creative role as Monkey King in "Journey to the West" gives us reason to believe that the role of Jiang Ziya this time will be a feast for our eyes!
Fei Xiang is a singer and an actor. The last time he made a brilliant performance in the film was the collaboration with director Wu Ershan "Painted Skin 2". After many years, Wu Ershan once again invited this familiar old friend to play the film. The Shang Wang Yinshou , the Shang Zhou Wang in our mouth, still remember the Sirius Wizard in "Painted Skin 2"? From this point of view, Fei Xiang's role as the King of Shang Zhou is indeed something special.
National first-level actor, senior old drama teacher Li Xuejian teacher also joined them, playing Xibo Hou Jichang . Ji Chang is the founder of the Zhou Dynasty, both in myths and legends and in history. His diligence and love is a virtuous lord, but he has endured many hardships and ups and downs. This makes the changes in the character's heart even though his situation very obvious. Actors need to be able to grasp the inner world and outer situation of the character with extreme precision. For Li Xuejian, this is almost easy to come by. We only need to wait for a wonderful performance.
Xia Yu, an 18-year-old international actor, has collaborated with Wu Ershan in "Looking for the Dragon", in which the character of the big golden tooth will be greedy, timid and conscientious. The most vividly. This time he will play the role of Shen Gongbao in "The Trilogy of Conferred Gods". He is evil but extremely capable, and people can't help but look forward to it.
has Huang Bo and Xia Yu. Isn't this the lineup of "Looking for the Dragon"? Naturally, Chen Kun is indispensable. Although there has not been an official announcement, it is almost certain that Chen Kun is also one of the core actors.
and the true founding monarch of the Zhou Dynasty Jifa was played by the new actor Yu Shi. The first starring role was to serve as the core character of the movie. I believe that the pressure must be great, but I have learned about "The Trilogy" My friends know that the director hired more than one newcomer, but a group. In the role poster, Hailiang , who played Yin Jiao (the eldest son of King Zhou), was also one of them.
In order to allow a group of newcomers to better adapt to the industrialization process of the film and the skills required for the filming of the film, the film has been officially selected for global audition of male and female protagonists since 2017, aged between 16-25.
In the end, was in the list of more than 15,000 candidates. The crew selected 1,400 celebrities to be interviewed by the director Wu Ershan. After screening, more than 20 people entered the Fengshen actor training camp. These two dozen young people in the training camp spent more than half a year practicing the basic skills of ancient costume action films such as martial arts and equestrianism before entering the crew and shooting.
has such patience to screen and train actors. What we see is the determination of the director Wu Ershan and all the production staff to shoot an epic masterpiece. Of course, the premise is that the funds must be in place.
has always been, "Fengshen III"Part" has an online investment of about RMB 3 billion (some say it is 1.3 billion), which is almost the most expensive investment in history.
Although this number has yet to be verified, it seems that the crew is indeed not bad for money. not only selects actors from the world and conducts professional training for half a year, but also specially builds 5 acres of outdoor shooting scenes. You can also see in the tidbits released by the film crew. Even the setting and placement of props such as bronzes are very elegant. .
It seems that "The Trilogy of the Gods" is indeed an epic movie.
But behind it is not what kind of film the director Wu Ershan wants to make, but the ability to make Chinese films truly industrialized.
Since 1980, the Hollywood film industry system has been basically formed, and Chinese films at that time were basically supported by Hong Kong films. The industrialization of Chinese-language films has been slow for many years, but we must catch up. This is what Wu Ershan wants to do most.
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The so-called industrialization of film, to put it bluntly, is to make every aspect of the film clearly visible, and can be closely connected . From directing, screenwriting, film production to actors, photography, lighting, setting, etc., all kinds of fine work are able to respond to various situations. This kind of strain is to find professionals to solve problems in the first time. It is scale. The larger the scale of
, the more detailed the division of work and the more positions there will be, and the more difficult it is to manage, but this is an important step in the industrialization of film. How can a team of thousands of people achieve timely and accurate scheduling? This also requires a complete management system for .
But looking at Chinese movies, there is actually no such "energy" to complete a movie. Wu Ershan, director of
, also said that he is just a bold attempt to accumulate experience for the industrialization of Chinese films. For this reason, during the filming process of "The Trilogy of Conferred Gods", Wu Ershan tried his best to implement the whole process with high-standard industrialization process in the process of creation, filming and management. In this process, Hollywood cannot be copied. The process of “localization” needs to be combined with the actual Chinese film. With such a huge amount of work, it took six or seven years from the initial preparation to the filming of the film, but all of this will pay off.
As far as creation is concerned, "The Trilogy of Conferred Gods" will fill the blank of "domestic mythical epic blockbusters", using modern creative techniques and norms to tell some stories that carry China's five thousand years of splendid culture, using brand new light and shadow Technology shows the essence of Chinese culture, and at the same time paves the way for the full-scale start of Chinese film industrialization.
Technically, we see that "The Trilogy of the Gods" has invited many world-renowned film creators to join. For example, the producer of the "Lord of the Rings" series Barry M. Osborne was invited to serve as a production consultant, etc. . Magic movies, like science fiction movies, require a lot of special effects production, and the common dilemma that the two faces is that there is still a shortage of high-level special effects companies in China. For this reason, Wuershan has established a special effects distribution company to let the various special effects shots of the movies. Find the most suitable production company worldwide. Finally,
is the guidance and stunning that the management technology brings to China’s film industrialization. The high-standard industrialization system has a complete and strict production process. The management technology must play a role in controlling the overall situation, and the coverage must involve every point. Such as dining and so on.
, as a magical giant, plus the participation of the producer of "Lord of the Rings", many netizens of said that the purpose of "Fengshen Trilogy" is to create a Chinese version of the Lord of the Rings, but don't forget, "Fengshen Trilogy" That's its name.
Wu Ershan and all the film production staff want to do not to reproduce a sinicized "Lord of the Rings", but to create a typified movie with oriental cultural characteristics through the industrialization of Chinese movies.
So, don't call this domestic magical giant system the Lord of the Rings of China. It is called "The Trilogy of Conferred Gods"!
It is reported that the three films in the series are "The Trilogy of Conferred Gods: The Demon of Chaos", "The Trilogy of Conferred Gods: The Demon Road Struggle", and "The Trilogy of Conferred Gods: The World of Conferred Gods", the first will be in 2020 It will be released in the summer of 2016, we look forward to it together!
