Huayu: Hard fight against Zhang Weiping at the beginning

Chapter 112 Premiere

As the plot of the movie progresses, time flies.

Lu Chuan was filled with contempt. Humph, it was just a thoroughly commercial film, without any artistry at all, and the director's technique was also very simple...

But then he became a little worried because the ordinary audiences around him were so engrossed.

Everyone looked intently, as if afraid of missing something.

Soon, the plot came to the scene where the heroine was treating her wounds.

When she took off her earrings and necklace and prepared to sew herself up, everyone in the theater seemed to hold their breath, and some timid viewers even covered their eyes.

The boys' eyes lit up~
The girls are afraid but also want to see~
Lu Chuan was very happy that she had found another point to complain about. Humph, she didn't know how such a shot got approved. She had to report it no matter what.

He happily opened his little notebook and wrote the words "too bloody" on it. On top of it, there were also several labels such as "pretentious", "no artistic value", "animal abuse", and "eroticism".

After this scene, the theater, which had been silent for a long time, gradually began to hear the audience's discussions.

"This director is so awesome, he even thought of using earrings and necklaces to sew up the wound!"

The audience, especially the male audience, were collectively excited, as such bloody scenes are rare in domestic films.

The moviegoers in the front row were more in-depth than they thought.

At least Feng Xiaogang saw through Zhang Chen's intention of arranging this scene at a glance.

Whether a character can stand out depends on many details.

The scene of suturing the wound is to highlight the ruthlessness and unwillingness to accept fate in the heroine's character.

This is a very common expression technique in movies.

The protagonists of a movie are often ordinary people with mortal bodies, and many people will put themselves into the movie when watching it.

If you encounter the same predicament as the protagonist, can you survive?
The answer is mostly no.

Why can the protagonist do that?

This requires a reason to convince the audience. Without this reason, the audience will feel it is too fake. But if this reason is established, no matter how outrageous the protagonist does, the audience will think it is normal.

Suturing a wound serves this purpose.

Its purpose is to tell the audience that although the heroine is set as an ordinary person, she has a tough character, does not back down, and is even cruel to herself.

So if such a person can finally defeat the shark, people will find it credible.

The same setting has actually appeared in many movies:
In "First Blood", Rambo sewed the wound with needle and thread without anesthesia...

In "A Better Tomorrow", Xiaozhuang poured gunpowder on the wound to burn and stop the bleeding...

The function is the same, reflecting the ruthlessness of the protagonist.

They can even do this to themselves, so why is it impossible for one person to beat a hundred people?
What's impossible about surviving being shot ten times?
As the plot progresses, Feng Xiaogang becomes more and more shocked.

He watched the film from the perspective of a film-watcher.

The rhythm of "The Shallows" is very well designed, with a small climax every now and then, which always captures the audience's emotions.

Injured, climbed onto the dead whale to avoid, used jellyfish to avoid sharks, got stung by jellyfish again, saw the ship, found the signal gun, lost the bullet, got the bullet, the ammunition failed to fire, the ship left...

Zhang Chen designed numerous plots to repeatedly tug at the audience's emotions, sometimes giving them hope and sometimes killing it.

Then give hope, and then kill the hope.

Including the end is also quite amazing ~
In previous shark movies, the shark was usually killed with the help of technology.

Either by gas tanks, bombs, or spear guns...

Originally, Feng Xiaogang thought that the signal gun was the final factor that determined victory or defeat, but it wasn't.

Zhang Chen really did something unexpected. Most people probably didn't expect that the shark was killed by the steel bars on the seabed.

The picture became increasingly blurred due to the diffuse dust and turbid water.

"Fuck, this is how a shark is killed?"

"What's going on in the director's head? He's really imaginative."

"Oh my god, this is the ending, it's amazing!"

"Sure enough, the brain is the primary productive force!"

It was not until the lights in the theater came on that everyone realized the movie was over.

An hour and a half passed so quickly.

“Pah pah pah pah~~”

After more than an hour of excitement, the audience did not hesitate to applaud and gave the most genuine response to those who brought them joy!
Looking at the audience's reactions, Zhang Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief. This should be considered a success.

Feng Xiaogang quietly chatted with Ge You beside him, "It doesn't have much of a story, but the rhythm of the movie is very good."

"Yeah, I think it's good too, quite thrilling and exciting." Ge You also agreed. His comments are always simple.

"The computer special effects are pretty good. The shark doesn't look out of place at all. I think it's not worse than what's in Hollywood..."

This is the evaluation of Chen Daoming. He usually acts in art films, but he has no prejudice against commercial films.

Not only they were discussing quietly, but other filmmakers were also discussing quietly. Of course, there were plots, performances, camera movements, colors, music...

Everyone focuses on different things.

Overall, people didn’t think the movie was particularly outstanding in terms of special effects, but they just thought it was pretty good.

Nonsense, the total cost of the whole film is only 1000 million, how can it be a special effects blockbuster? Just look at how much special effects blockbusters of the same period cost, such as "The Promise", whose prices are all in the billions.

But the rhythm of the movie is really good, and I didn't even have to go to the bathroom during the whole movie.

Moreover, the style is completely different from its predecessor "Darkness Invasion". It is no longer depressing, but equally thrilling.

This change was unexpected to some viewers and was a little surprise.

Most of the audience are ordinary people. They don’t see as many tricks as Feng Xiaogang does, but they just think it’s pretty good.

Zhang Chen did not invite any film critics. He knew that his film was a popcorn movie without any depth and would definitely not be well received, so he did not make things difficult for himself.

The loud applause continued. After Zhang Chen thanked the audience, he was called to the stage by the host. The two main creators stood on the stage ready to answer questions from domestic professionals and media.

The host looked at the two people standing alone on the stage and asked first, "Are you the only two people in the creative team?"

Zhang Chen scratched his head: "It is indeed a bit embarrassing, but except for the two of us, the others are behind the scenes. I asked them, but they were unwilling to come up."

The small question successfully eased the embarrassment.

"Okay, then let's hear what the creators think about this movie. Let me first ask Director Zhang Chen, how did you come up with this story?" The host Jing Wei brought up the topic.

“Haha, this was actually an attempt of mine. After The Dark Invasion, I was thinking about what my next work would be. The most reliable one was of course the sequel to The Dark Invasion, and the script was already written at that time.

Then I met teacher Fan Binbin by chance. Teacher Fan wanted to work with me once, and I also wanted to do it.

But the plot of "Dark Raid 2" is a continuation of the previous one and has already taken shape, so it's not easy to change, so we can only start from scratch.

It just so happened that during that time, I came across Jaws, and I thought, there didn’t seem to be any similar monster movies in China, so why not make one?”

"And then you guys collaborated on this film called The Shallows?"

"Yes."

(End of this chapter)