rising director

The biggest surprise of the summer file in 2010 was Wan Xiaohu's "Inception".

It won three consecutive championships in North America, earning 2.13 million U.S. dollars, the same three consecutive championships in China, and captured 57385 million yuan. It is also the third consecutive championship in the world, with a total box office of 7.88 million U.S. dollars.

The word-of-mouth of the film is also super brilliant. On the IMDb website, more than 64 people have rated it, and it is fixed at the super data of 8.9 points, ranking eighth in the Top 100.The website Rotten Tomatoes has collected 288 film reviews, 249 are qualified, 39 are unqualified, the freshness is 86%, and the commercial film is top-notch.

Mme.times.com's score has more than 156 million people, with an overall score of 9.0, ranking third in the overall list.The Old Time Score currently has 3 film reviews, 675 are qualified, 613 are unqualified, and the brightness is 62%, which is well received.

In addition to the success of the box office and word-of-mouth, the social effect of the film is also huge. Throughout July and August, the word "Inception" became the headlines of keywords on major search engines around the world. It has become the number one topic in various online communities.

How many layers of dreams did Dom Cobb's Inception team enter? Is Dom Cobb still stuck in the lost realm? Is all this a dream of Dom Cobb? Who is Mel and Cobb? True, the last top is not toppled over.Waiting for a series of questions, burned the brains of many movie fans.

Fans of sci-fi and cul movies directly regard "Inception" as the bible of sci-fi.

In such an atmosphere, it is no surprise that the box office has been rising steadily.Of course, before the media bombarded indiscriminately, saying that "Inception" is heading towards "Avatar", this is hype.Perhaps word of mouth is able to surpass "Avatar" and grab the box office. It certainly cannot be compared with "Avatar". "Avatar" is a phenomenon-level movie that comes out every ten years.

What "Inception" has to do is to sell as many hits as possible.More likely to make more money.

The subsequent release journey also perfectly completed the set tasks.

Let Sasha entertainment make a lot of money.

From August 8th to 6th, the fourth weekend in North America, "Inception"'s consecutive championship was terminated by "Secondary Detective", ranking second with US$8 million, and the decline remained below 1980%.Compared with a wave of commercial blockbusters, the stamina can be described as full.

From August 8th to 13th, the fifth weekend in North America, "Inception" slipped to fourth place, earning US$15 million, a drop of 1256%.Still so strong.

Subsequently, "Inception" continued to be screened in North America for 22 weeks, and it was not officially released until New Year's Day of the following year.The final total North American box office totaled 3.02 million US dollars, ranking fourth in the North American annual box office list.

In mainland China, another 11020 million yuan was placed in the fourth week, directly rushing to 68405 million yuan, surpassing "Time Planning Bureau" and becoming the runner-up in film history.The fifth week was another 7860 million yuan, and the first week was 5230 million yuan.2050 million RMB in the seventh week, 860 million RMB in the eighth week...

After the two-month release cycle, the box office potential has dried up, and the extension was not approved by the radio and television. In the end, the total box office in mainland China was 85575 million yuan, which is still a long way from the 13.9 billion yuan of "Avatar", but it is still proud enough Rivers and lakes.

85575 million yuan, calculated according to the exchange rate of 6.77 yuan to the US dollar at the time, equivalent to 12640 million US dollars, "Inception" has also become another one.A film that broke $[-] million in mainland China.

In the end, "Inception" won tens of millions of boxes in eleven countries and regions including the United States, mainland China, the United Kingdom, Spain, South Korea, Russia, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, Brazil, and Australia. After the top box office in Turkey was drawn down, the cumulative global box office totaled 9.01 million US dollars.It ranks 15th in the total box office of film history.

Perfect curtain call!

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"Wan Xiaohu brought his most important blockbuster movie, he is the most profitable director on this planet!"

"Where there are thousands of little tigers, there are miracles that are constantly being created!"

"The best director in the country!"

"Oscar should give him a statuette!"

"Inception" is not Wan Xiaohu's battle of conferring gods. He has already become famous all over the world long ago. This time, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes. Wan Xiaohu's name finally soared to the sky and became the brightest supernova .

Become one of the hottest directors in Hollywood.

Although everyone knows that he is the big boss behind Sasha Entertainment, there are still countless film companies rushing to his door, wanting to invite Wan Xiaohu to direct the movie.

To this, Wan Xiaohu refused one by one. He still had "Gravity" and "Frozen" on hand, and the schedule could not be arranged at all.Besides, besides making movies, there are many meaningful things that he needs to try.

On September 2010, 9, the opening ceremony of Nortel.

Wan Xiaohu was invited to attend and delivered a speech in the auditorium. This is the first time since 2004, when he brought "Wanted Warrant" to the trial screening, Wan Xiaohu came to Nortel again to communicate face-to-face with the students.Wan Xiaohu back then was a potential star, and now Wan Xiaohu is an internationally famous director.

As soon as the opening ceremony ended, the entire auditorium was packed with students, including undergraduate students, postgraduate and doctoral students, and a large number of lecturers and professors.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, accompanied by the principal Zhang Huijun, Wan Xiaohu walked into the auditorium.

In an instant, the applause was like a tidal wave, shaking and lingering in the auditorium.

Countless students and teachers all stared at the two people who walked in from the door with a hint of stargazing. To be precise, they were staring at Wan Xiaohu who was beside Zhang Huijun.Today Wan Xiaohu is dressed very formally, with a suit and leather shoes, and his hair is combed meticulously, quite like a successful person.

The beard is clean-shaven, and the eyes are piercing. Although he is not very handsome, Gu Pan is full of energy and charm.

"Students, let us welcome the most outstanding student in Nortel's history, the international director Wan Xiaohu!" Zhang Huijun seemed very proud of being able to invite Wan Xiaohu.This is noodles.All the colleges and universities wanted to invite Wan Xiaohu, but Zhang Huijun was the only one who invited him!

"Hello, everyone." Wan Xiaohu waved his hand and smiled reservedly, "I didn't come to the auditorium too often back then, whether as a student or as a director. I've been busy this year, but I haven't been here for a long time. Seeing your new faces, it seems like I saw myself back then, youthful and full of vitality."

"Wan Dao is still young. I'm ashamed to stand next to you. I thought I was pretty handsome, and my face was pretty tender. Alas, now I feel like I'm 81 years old." Zhang Huijun laughed, and Wan Xiaohu sat on the two sofas on the podium.

A few words of courtesy.The microphone was in Wan Xiaohu's hands, and everyone including Zhang Huijun fell silent, waiting for his informal speech.

Wan Xiaohu was not polite, picked up the microphone, was silent for three seconds, and said: "After I made a movie successfully, many people asked me, where did you have the courage to come out to make movies in your sophomore year? I became famous when I was young. , Many people envy me, but what you don’t know is that I regret coming out to make movies so early, and I hope to finish my four years of college quietly, and then go up step by step.”

"The pressure to make a film is very high. I was only 20 years old when I was filming "Waiting Alone". At that time, my family was not in a good position. You also know that it is very expensive to engage in art. If I continue to study, my family will definitely have debts, and I will be in debt. You have to work and pay back the money. So one day I lay in bed and thought, how should I live my life? Finish reading in four years. Find a crew to run an errand, pay back the money, save the money, and then make a movie and become a director?"

"The years have passed, can I go down this route smoothly? Will my outstanding head and horns be obliterated in such a trivial life? So I risked my life, took a gamble, and planned to make my first movie. Fortunately, it became an instant hit, and has since embarked on the road of no return as a director."

"As I said before, I regret making a movie so early. You guys are wondering why? Because it's very tiring. When you actually direct a movie, you will find that it is completely different from what you imagined. Speaking and doing It’s two concepts. So I have to keep learning, more and more diligently than I learned in school.”

"You have to revise the script with the screenwriter, you have to talk to the actors, you have to look at the samples with the photographer, you have to communicate with the producer about finances, and you have to assign tasks with the director team. Yesterday you need to memorize the script for today's filming Tomorrow, you need to study carefully the copy you took today. You have to conceive while shooting, how to edit in the future, and how to connect these hundreds of shots together."

"When I was most nervous about filming, I only slept for three hours a day! Both physically and mentally, I was tired! What's more tiring is that you can't stop at the same place and don't move forward. You have to make more types of movies. You You need to learn more knowledge. When I first started filming, digital cameras were not yet popular, but now, 3D cameras and IMAX cameras are almost becoming mainstream.”

"If you want to make a good movie, you need to involve a lot of complicated scenes. For example, when I was filming "Wanted", it was a difficult problem for me to control the big scene. When I was filming "Inception", it was even more difficult. Exaggerated, every shot is a huge challenge. How can a person float in a room? How can there be floods in a palace? How can an explosion in the street be art? How can a train rush into the street? How should a 3D camera be used? IMAX camera How to use it? How to cut out the responsible background? How to balance natural light and artificial light? How to make the indoor performance of actors immersive? These are things I didn’t know before.”

"You must spend a lot of energy to master these. This is why I regret it. It seems that you just drove yourself to the shelf, and then you succeeded. This huge sense of honor prompts you to accept higher challenges. You just keep running, you keep learning, there's no time to rest."

"As a son, father and husband, I feel that I have not fulfilled my responsibilities in recent years, which is a pity."

After a pause, Wan Xiaohu stood up from the sofa, took two steps forward, and continued: "So I came to Nortel today, and after seeing you in high spirits, I wanted to tell you. Directing is an art , is also a profession, today you are studying at Nortel, whether you want to become famous or earn a lot of money in the future, you should think carefully about what you want to do."

"You must correctly understand the identity of a director, including actors, screenwriters, directors, etc., and don't be blinded by fame and fortune. Accumulate your skills, embrace your family, and you will truly discover that art comes from life , Movies come from perception.”

"Having said so much, I finally got to the point. The topic I'm here to share with you today is 'telling a good story by finding a story from the story'..."

In the entire auditorium, only Wan Xiaohu's eloquent voice echoed in everyone's ears.

0383【Upstart Sasha】

A director is a storyteller. For the same story, a qualified director can tell fascinating hype, but an unqualified director can only tell it dryly.But for the current Chinese film circle, let alone whether they are qualified or not, there are not many directors who can tell stories.

Many directors didn't put their minds on the script at all, they just wanted to invite celebrities, gossip, and hype to attract attention. As soon as the crew started shooting, lace was flying all over the sky.Coupled with the growing market, a large amount of hot money is pouring into the film industry in pursuit of short-term profits. In this general environment, impetuousness in the entire film industry is inevitable.

Movies are art, if you can't settle down, how can you make a good movie.

The auditorium was very quiet, only Wan Xiaohu was talking unhurriedly, the story he wanted to tell, the story he wanted to tell these students.

"There are many components of a movie. The teachers must have taught you how to tell a story. In the more than ten years I have been directing movies, telling a good story has always been my pursuit. Since I shot " "Waiting Alone" begins, I always like to get the script done first."

"In the past ten years, I have made thirteen films that have been released, and each of them has achieved the expected results, whether it is box office or word-of-mouth. If you want me to summarize the secrets, I can't do it, but I know one thing. The director tried his best to To tell the story well, to take care of the details that ordinary people can't take care of!"

"What are the details?" Wan Xiaohu glanced around, asking himself and answering, "The details mean that you have to put your emotions into it and tell the story with your heart."