Chapter 481 It’s really you
Zhou Mulong has been filming movies and TV series for decades, and has tried various genres and themes, among which comedy has never been touched.
It’s not that he doesn’t have the ability to make comedy movies, but that he hasn’t found a comedian who works with him or can spark a spark with him.
As for Django, there is no doubt that he directs the show and has a superb vision, but in his opinion, the Detective Chinatown series is not a true comedy, it only has comedy elements, and has always been a mystery film. "Lost in the Road" has been labeled as a "road comedy film" from project establishment to shooting and then to promotion. It can be said that this is the first comedy film created and filmed by Django.
The reason why he was worried about this new film of his prospective son-in-law was that it was easy to shoot a film and a comedy film, but it was difficult to shoot a classic comedy film.
There are many objective factors in this. A very important point is that a good comedy director must have a good comedy actor in his hands. Only when two people have the same ideas can they make a good comedy film.
There are many good comedy directors, but few good comedians.
For a comedian, what is tired may not be the body, but his own heart.
First, sometimes the funny points are some memes that go against common sense. It is difficult for a person to touch them, but if you want to break through this bottom line, this is a test.
Secondly, before pleasing the audience, you must first please yourself. Every burden will question whether the audience will laugh. This is a mental pressure.
"Look first and then talk about it."
Zhou Mulong took back his mind, put on reading glasses, and started playing the trailer.
In the picture, a passenger plane was taking off from the airport. Immediately, the camera turned around and came to the inside of the cabin. Chen Lei said to the flight attendant in his Mandarin with a Henan accent: "Waiter, open the window and get some air."
Hearing this, Xu Lai, who was sitting aside, laughed "hoo".
Next is a quick footage editing. Chen Lei seemed to be in a state of motion sickness and wanted to vomit, but he held back every time he wanted to vomit.
"What the hell?"
Zhou Mulong couldn't believe his eyes, but he actually saw Chen Lei "spitting milk".
What's even more terrible is that Chen Lei swallowed the part that had not been spit out of his mouth and even burped.
Then, the plane turned into a train, and the train turned into a car, which was interspersed with characters such as "selling women", "female fraudsters", "adulterators", etc. There are many elements, but they are all fleeting shots, and the cause and effect cannot be seen.
However, one thing is certain, that is, Chen Lei and Xu Lai are bound throughout the whole process.
The trailer that lasted more than two minutes ended in a blink of an eye, and Zhou Mulong held his chin and fell into thinking.
Generally speaking, clear genre positioning can provide direction and ideas for the creation and promotion of a movie, and identify the audience group, but the "difference" of the film is the selling point and can also attract audiences more.
Therefore, if a movie wants to achieve commercial success, it not only needs to have clear genre positioning, but also needs to have distinct selling points.
The selling points shown in the trailer "Lost in Thailand" are much weaker. In addition to the combination of [Chen Lei and Xu Lai] can be used as a selling point, the [comedy film, road film] type is difficult to be used as a selling point in China.
"What medicine is sold in Xiao Jiang's gourd?"
Zhou Mulong couldn't figure out Django's psychology, so he stopped guessing, turned his attention to the tablet, stroked his fingers and came to the comment section.
"This trailer is foggy."
"It's not a tidbit, at least not a tidbit."
"It doesn't look like the story that happened in this era, green trains are hard to find now."
"It should be from 00 to 10 years."
"This combination will feel sparks when Xu Lai with hair and Chen Lei with silly hair."
"Everyone puts his heart in his stomach, Django writes and directs himself, and the quality is absolutely fine."
...
"Well……"
Zhou Mulong was stunned for a while, then smiled.
He was just wondering whether to remind Django, remember to clarify the selling points of the film when promoting it to reflect the differentiation of the film's works.
As a result, after watching the audience's comments on the trailer, I realized that I was thinking too much. Isn't the biggest selling point of "Lost in Thailand" Django?
Yes, whether it is fans, passers-by, or even dark people, they don’t care about what they have or not before the movie is released, and only watch the “ginger content”. This is enough to let many people enter the cinema.
Compared to Zhou Mulong's worries, the two starring actors Chen Lei and Xu Lai are exactly the opposite, and they are full of confidence.
Although I have never seen the sample, happy laughter floated in every corner of the set during the performance.
What does this mean?
That must be good-looking and funny.
So, there is nothing to worry about.
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With September approaching, singers have released new songs, new albums, and the long-silent song list, which has become lively.
The first chapter of "Jin Song" is the five songs of "The Legend of Love". They ranked in the top five three days before they were released, but were surpassed later, but they did not fall out of the top ten.
This is normal. Although Cantonese songs have become popular under the promotion of Django, they still have audience restrictions.
Interestingly, there are fewer voices of slandering Django and mocking Django.
That's right, I'm afraid I'll be slapped in the face.
With the popularity of "Langya Bang", "Jin Song" and "Lost in the Road", Penguin Video has been launched in the second season of "Forensic Qin Ming" in the shelves.
This is how Django's trick to take advantage of the popularity. This is how the last time "The Word of Corpse" was operated.
In a moment, a large number of viewers flocked to Penguin Video.
Among them, some went for "Django", some went for the "Forensic Qin Ming" series, but most of them went for "Bai Ye Universe".
They all want to learn more about all the movies and TV series' first big bosses throughout the White Night Universe.
Bai Enko is one of them. He has been deeply trapped by the Bai Ye Universe. Every time he releases a new movie or a new TV series, he will watch it as soon as possible.
"Hmm? What's the operation of Penguin Video? It actually launched the full episode at one time."
Bai Enke looked at his phone in surprise. This was not like what Penguin Video would do.
OK...
After reading the instructions, I realized that the first episode is free to watch, one episode is unlocked every day; the second and third episodes are VIP, unlocked two episodes a day; the subsequent episodes need to be advanced on demand, each episode costs three yuan.
"It's worthy of being a penguin!"
Bai Enke's mouth twitched. If he wanted to watch twenty episodes a day, he would have to spend another fifty-one yuan on VIP.
Forget it, let’s watch the first episode first.
Chapter completed!