Actually I just want to act

Chapter 707 Comedy Trend
April 2002 is destined to be an unusual month.

"The Whole Person Expert" was finished, and the box office was fixed at more than 300 million. There was no way to break the domestic box office record.At this stage, the highest domestic box office record is still a Hollywood blockbuster.However, the popularity of "The Whole Person Expert" is also the second highest box office record in China.The reason why it failed to break the record is that the industry thinks that the audience is not used to comedies, and they think it is just pretending to be crazy.

But the recovery of the domestic film market is already a certainty.

Domestic filmmakers are full of confidence and are preparing to make comedies.Ever since, a lot of comedy movies began to be released one after another.

It's a pity that the level of comedy is still the same. Few of the box office hits 1000 million, most of them are several million at the box office, and they almost didn't shatter an eyeball.

"There's no reason. How come Fang Jiming can make comedies, but others can't?"

"I think it's quite funny, why can't the box office go up!"

"what is the problem?"

"Can someone explain it! What's going on with this box office? You can't even recover the cost!"

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People in the industry are confused and don't know why.

Fang Jiming also went to see a few of them, and found that they all went the wrong way.Comedy is a type of movie that looks at actors more than drama.It can even be said that a comedy is a movie made around one or two core actors. Without this core actor, a comedy movie cannot be called a comedy movie.

Although those comedy movies were made with great care, but the plots were old-fashioned, the plot was bloody, and under various coincidences, it seemed deliberate, and they wanted to hide this deliberation, so of course they fell short.The best-performing comedy is still a comedy that hasn't been advertised much. Instead, Fang Jiming saw a fairly good supporting role with great comedy talent.But it's a pity that this supporting role still has to give way to the protagonist, because the protagonist is a popular star.

Look, it's no wonder there is a market for such a comedy movie.

How many people will buy a comedy movie where the protagonist doesn't uglify himself and relies on supporting roles?

Even if the protagonist uglifies himself, how many fans will still buy it after the character design collapses?

Such is the dilemma.

The comedy couldn't be done, and the audience was forced to squeak, and it ended in a dismal end.Therefore, it is difficult for comedy movies to find rivals except for Fang Jiming, who stands alone.You know, there were kung fu comedies in Xiangjiang in the previous life, but look at how many other people have made it besides Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung?That is to say, Lin Zhengying created the first zombie comedy, otherwise, Xiangjiang's comedy would only be dominated by a few people.

To put it bluntly, movies are made by people; comedy movies are made by people.

The most important thing is that actors must be popular with audiences.

For example, Zhou Xingchi, people want to laugh when they see him, this kind of unexplainable audience relationship, can you find someone else?Can I change to Wu Moufan?Can I change it to Baomouer?Play in minutes!
For example, Wang Baoqiang, when he was acting in a comedy, the audience was overjoyed as soon as he appeared on stage. Can you explain this kind of thing?
For the same reason, Shen Teng and Huang Bo are such actors, but when they act in dramas, they are also very stylish.Zhou Xingchi can't do it, even if he is acting seriously, the audience will still think that he will start to be funny the next second when they see him.Therefore, the box office of "Yangtze River No. [-]" was not ideal, because Zhou Xingchi didn't explain, it was not a comedy from beginning to end, but a tragedy.

In fact, in "Yangtze River No. [-]", the No. [-] Yangtze River does not exist, but the father played by Zhou Xingchi really died in the end.

It's just that the movie is a metaphor, to give everyone a happy ending.

Anyway, Fang Jiming interpreted it this way, but because the box office was really not ideal, Zhou Xingchi failed in transformation, and he didn't want to act in comedy anymore.

An actor who can act in comedies in his 20s, 30s, and 40s, but still acts in comedies at the age of 60 or [-], is not the protagonist, and he doesn't have that kind of energy.Fang Jiming thought that Zhou Xingchi began to transform because of this.It's just that "Yangtze River No. [-]" failed, and so did he.

Comedy is too particular about actors, and only a good comedian can support a comedy movie.

In fact, Fang Jiming has such a talent, he is not the most handsome in Nortel, but he is the most popular among the audience.As soon as the audience saw him, they wanted to laugh.This kind of audience popularity is definitely something that cannot be met.

Those domestic filmmakers haven't understood this truth yet, and it can be said that they don't understand comedy at all.It's just that they saw that Fang Jiming's comedy made money, and they blindly started to follow suit.

However, there was one movie that caught Fang Jiming's attention. It was an adaptation of a Spring Festival Gala skit - "Rural Events", and the cast was still the same.

"This is a bit interesting, who is such a genius, who actually thought of this method?"

Fang Jiming still dare not underestimate the people of the world, in this era when talented people come forth in large numbers, underestimating anyone is asking for trouble.

"It's a bit like a happy twist, let's see how it's doing?"

In fact, Fang Jiming is not very optimistic about this.

Because the skits in the Spring Festival Gala are all politically meaningful, and the comedies with politically political significance are not so pure.The most important thing is that a skit that is suitable for the Spring Festival Gala stage may not be suitable for adaptation into a comedy movie.Because comedy is something that grassroots people like to watch. After all, life is so hard, and watching comedy movies can have some fun all year round.

But he was a little uncomfortable adapting a skit that was too ambitious to be adapted into a movie.

In the previous life, the happy twist was successful because their stage play was very popular in small theaters, and the audience loved it.

It is very risky to put a sketch on the big screen hastily without going through the market test.

But Fang Jiming is happy to see it succeed, and it is also an inspiration for domestic films. If it fails, they will naturally find another way.

At the same time, the approval of "Love Saint" finally came down. Although there was no request to change the script, Pan Rui said that it took a lot of effort to get it done.Because the script written by Fang Jiming has too many dark sides of society. Although the ending is good, the plot in the script still touches some things that shouldn't be touched.

Fortunately, someone from Pan's family was in court. After passing a sentence, the above also said, don't set too many rules.

So, "Love Saint" can be filmed.

This time, Fang Jiming replaced the heroine with Chen Lu, and the karaoke lady, because Xu Qianying didn't play, was replaced with Shan Mengfei.Next, they were almost in the same class and started preparing for the movie.The movie is also planned to be released on Qixi Festival, so there is still plenty of time for shooting.

This is Fang Jiming's biggest adaptation of a movie. I wonder if it can continue the box office myth?He himself has no bottom.

(End of this chapter)