How can a director be a gigolo?

Chapter 42 Adding Flowers to Brocade

There was no other way but to use voice-over narration to explain and advance the plot.

This is especially evident in those who transitioned from television dramas to film directing!

For example, in a parallel world from a previous life, during a similar time period, a romance film emerged like a dark horse, grossing 300 to 400 million yuan and shaking the entire mainland film industry.

That movie was directed by a TV series director who switched careers!

Although the box office was good, many people in the industry were sarcastic and cynical.

This is because his filming techniques were too rudimentary; they were more like those used in television dramas than in movies!

Sure enough, he has no problem making this kind of low-budget urban romance film.

When he started working on his second big-budget movie, he immediately suffered a humiliating defeat and was practically forgotten!

After all, in an urban romance film, you still use narration to drive the plot.

In high-tech sci-fi films, can you really use narration to drive the plot?

Even Nolan, a man revered by many film fans around the world as the new god of cinema, has many who question his abilities!

Take Nolan's masterpiece "Inception" for example; it has too many explanatory lines, which has drawn criticism.

A truly great director will integrate all the explanations into the plot so that the audience can understand it.

Instead of two people sitting together and talking for ages!

These are the differences between film directors and television directors!

To put it simply, film is the art of light and shadow! Dialogue and such are all there to serve the visuals!

The goal of film is to make sure you can fully understand it through the lens.

With my camera, I can express deeper emotions and metaphors!

For example, in TV dramas, there's a line that says, "Our hearts are like a wall separating us."

Movies generally don't use dialogue, but rather visual language, presented through scene composition.

For example, two people can be separated by shadows or colors.

Even the door frame or the threshold on the ground can separate the two people, serving as a subtle hint.

Often, ordinary viewers may not even notice these things.

However, people's subconscious is very sensitive; they can sense it and subconsciously realize that new problems or crises have arisen between the two people.

For example, the difference in status between two people can be implied in film language by suggesting that one person sits in a higher position and the other in a lower position.

And there will absolutely be no narration, "This is my boss!"

These are the most basic cinematic languages.

Those in the know can tell at a glance: "Oh, this Wang Xiaohao is an insider. I've never heard of him before. Where did he come from?"

Then look at "Heartbreak": "Who the hell made this? Ha, they got incredibly lucky, managing to rake in hundreds of millions at the box office?"

Of course, some people disagreed: "So what if they used TV drama techniques? Their box office was still so high!"

Haha, for movies with simple scenes, you can't even tell the difference in presentation.

But when you see a more complex scene, you'll immediately be exposed!

Then the director who made "Breakup Buddies" later made "The Fortress with Bangs".

Bad movies made by industry directors are called "rule-bound bad movies".

Perhaps the poor quality is due to insufficient investment, inadequate resources, outdated concepts, and other factors.

The awfulness of laymen can be incredibly varied and unimaginable!

And in his previous life, the little cannon director was initially ostracized by the industry?

It's not entirely the result of jealousy and envy within the industry.

In fact, what this director initially produced was considered by industry insiders to be television dramas, sitcoms, and collections of skits, but definitely not movies.

Naturally, they didn't like this hot-tempered director!

However, they grew and learned during the filming process, and by the later stages, they had made great progress and were very mature in all aspects.

He was determined to make a serious film and win awards, largely because he was defiant and wanted to prove himself. He was saying, "I'm making movies now, and really awesome ones!"

The struggles of ordinary people!

The psychology of a "phoenix man" (a man from a poor background who achieves success) is twisted!

Wang Xiaohao doesn't have this problem. Although his first film was a romance, and he graduated from a low-ranking directing school.

But with the release of "My Sassy Girl", who in the industry dares to deny that he is Wang Xiaohao?

Therefore, every industry has its own set of evaluation standards.

Moreover, this set of evaluation standards is basically unaffected by outsiders!

To be honest, the production of "My Sassy Girl" took more than half a year of hard work, worry, fear, and various pressures.

He even wrote a will, but in the end he only received 500,000 in director's fees and less than 2 million in production funds.

On the contrary, Huang Anzhong earned several million yuan, and even Wang Xiaoshuang received more than ten million yuan in remuneration.

It seems Wang Xiaohao has suffered a huge loss!

However, this is not the case. Wang Xiaohao also gained tremendous benefits, earning recognition from the market and the industry.

This is the most important!

With market recognition, Wang Xiaohao wanted to make a second film, and people everywhere were willing to invest.

You could say that just by having Wang Xiaohao's name on his person, he could easily raise tens of millions of yuan.

In other words, Wang Xiaohao already has the same qualifications as Huang Anzhong to organize a gathering!

More than half a year ago, Wang Xiaohao was just a slacker shooting wedding videos for guys.

Now, after making a movie, he can earn tens of millions or even hundreds of millions!

Basically, it can be said that he achieved upward social mobility by relying on a single movie.

Isn't this a great achievement?

Only with industry recognition will the film industry truly consider him one of their own. And only then will various professional awards consider him.

Only with these things can one have industry influence.

This thing is much more important than money!

Although the film and television industry may not be very profitable, its influence is enormous.

As I said before, a project with an investment of hundreds of millions might not even get a second glance from the provincial government.

However, for movies with investments of several million or tens of millions, the provincial government will pay attention!

Once you're in this industry and gain influence, becoming a big director, your social status will definitely be much higher than that of an ordinary billionaire!

To put it bluntly, which city doesn't have a few billionaires with assets in the tens or hundreds of billions?

But who outside the locals would know them?

But it's different for a big-name director; wherever he goes, local officials will come out to receive him!

The movie was taken off the screens quickly, and even on its last day of run, it still grossed five or six million at the box office.

Clearly, the box office potential has not yet been exhausted!

The final box office figure was over 320 million.

Many analysts expressed regret, believing that the film should have grossed 400 to 500 million yuan at the box office.

Wang Xiaohao was indeed very satisfied with the box office results; he had already obtained the market share and industry recognition he needed.

No matter how high the box office is, it's just icing on the cake.

To put it bluntly, none of that box office revenue will end up in his pocket!