Chapter 551: Premiere

If Lu Yan He only had expectations for the box office of "The Mist," that would definitely be fake.

What moved him to decide to star in a movie was definitely not just the box office factor.

And when the movie started, a chaotic town party opened, three young people were introduced, and a few very simple scheduling shots pointed out the personalities of the three people, and clearly told everyone that the three of them were hiding a secret that was difficult to speak out now.

Director Mukan's editing style is fast-paced and multi-lens.

In his movies, you basically can't see camera shots that stay for more than five seconds, cutting very fast.

Lu Yan He waited until the movie was 15 to 20 minutes in before he encountered his first appearance.

It was the scene with him and Arne.

When he suddenly swooped in front of Arne, there was an exclamation in the screening hall.

However, director Mukan had been shooting in panoramic view, almost without giving him a close-up.

This was different from Lu Yan He's expectation.

However, without waiting for him to wonder what was going on, suddenly a close-up of him came.

It was a look he gave Arne.

Various emotions such as hatred, anger, coldness, etc., were conveyed from this look in a slow and silent way.

Lu Yan He suddenly understood.

All the panoramic views in the early stage were waiting for the appearance of this close-up.

Without a word, just by this look, the audience could realize that this was not a simple ghost, and that he and Arne had intersections in the past, and something must have happened.

The next shot was Arne falling to the ground with a pale face, revealing a look of fear after the rest of his life.

The acting was not bad.

Arne, a young actor who has performed on stage for many years, is very good at emotional control.

However—

Tang Mu Wayne was a bit puzzled. Is it because his filter for Lu Yan He is too deep?

Why did he feel that Lu Yan He was completely leading Arne in the scene between the two just now?

The atmosphere and rhythm were all led by the ghost played by Lu Yan He.

Arne was like a reaction to suddenly bumping into a ghost, and the whole reaction was right and real—but it lacked a bit of control and mastery of performance.

Tang Mu Wayne had such doubts because in this movie, Lu Yan He's sense of rhythm and control took advantage of the tone of the character relationship and the scene itself, which was to scare Alvin by the Asian ghost. He didn't know whether this was Lu Yan He's own performance going up a level, or whether he was influenced by such convenience to present the powerful aura of being controlled by him throughout the scene.

What kind of horror movie is classic and will be welcomed by everyone?

In the past, it might really be looking at which one is bloodier, which one is scarier, and looking at the surge of adrenaline.

But with the development of the movie market, everyone's requirements for various types of movies are actually getting higher and higher.

Because the audience's threshold is getting higher and higher.

So, look at the few horror movies that have sold well in North America recently, whether it is "Get Out," or "Joker," or "M3GAN," which is a soft science fiction movie with thriller elements under the banner of horror movies, the kind of scenes that directly give you visual horror impact are getting fewer and fewer—

Lu Yan He has always suspected that it is to expand the audience range, so that many audiences who cannot accept horror scenes are also willing to walk into the cinema to watch this movie.

In short, horror movies are increasingly talking about "themes."

For example, "Get Out," what is scary is the life-and-death threat and dignity threat that black people have encountered for hundreds of years.

For example, "Joker," what is scary is childhood shadows, violence, and discrimination.

Horror movies, especially horror movies that sell well, are increasingly changing from direct, audiovisual horror to situational horror.

"The Mist" has a long stretch of space that still uses audiovisual performance to show its horror, but the main theme of the whole movie is not the theme of a horror movie.

Because the subject of horror is itself a victim and an avenger, it is not pure evil.

It is the surface of horror, and the arson incident of burning people back then is the inner layer of horror.

Lu Yan He likes such a contrast relationship.

The character opposition and contrast relationship of "The Mist" was a key factor that Lu Yan He liked about this script at the beginning.

Leaving aside the surface horror and thriller elements, this story itself is a very old theme. It is not innovative, in fact, even a bit old-fashioned, but making movies never needs a very innovative theme and story. 99% of movies are about things others have already filmed. The key is the technique of telling the story and the rhythm of telling it.

The acting skills of the four young actors contributed a very solid situational foundation for this movie.

There is a saying in martial arts scenes: how strong this action actor's martial arts is, actually doesn't depend on how well you fight, but on how the actor who is beaten acts.

The actor is the subject of presentation.

Whether the movie's filming is in place, in fact, is all reflected in the actor's performance.

The actor's performance is real, and everything is established.

The actor's performance is floating, and no matter how good other things are, it cannot let the audience enter the situation.

And "The Mist"'s requirements for the actor's performance did not lower because it was a horror movie.

At least Lu Yan He didn't have such a feeling when he was on the filming scene.

On the contrary, Mukan is a director who has quite high requirements for actor performance. He cares very much about whether the performance given by the actor can bring people into it. He will often observe the reaction of the staff on the scene. If the reaction of the staff on the scene is obviously not infected by them, then this take must not be passed, and it must be re-filmed.

Lu Yan He didn't expect that watching a horror movie he starred in, several places in the middle also made him stand up with sweat.

He usually watches few horror movies, mainly because he is timid. He thought that watching a horror movie he starred in would be better. After all, he is the guy who scares people—

However, he overestimated himself and underestimated the ability of the movie.

Mukan Zorge has been secretly observing the reactions of others around him.

This is one of the things he likes to do most when watching a movie he directed in the cinema.

What the movie looks like, he has long known by heart.

When a movie is released in the cinema, the director must have watched it countless times in the process of reviewing and cutting the film, watching it until he wants to vomit.

At the premiere, what he wants to see more is everyone's reaction to this movie.

This is the most real feedback.

According to the situation he saw, everyone's reaction to this movie is quite good.

Almost all of them are watching this movie with concentration, very focused.

A movie can let the audience watch until now, and still watch it with concentration, indicating that the movie is very grabbing.

For a horror movie, this is the first priority.

If a horror-themed movie cannot let the audience put their attention completely on the plot, then this movie can be directly declared a failure.

Tang Mu Wayne's mood is actually quite complicated.

He doesn't know how to describe his feeling of watching this movie. On one hand, whether it is from director scheduling, lens language, or the performance of the actors, this horror movie presents a very high texture—this is very different from the roughness of many horror movies.

However, on the other hand, he always feels that this movie... is too direct and obvious. Whether it is the attitude of other people in the town in the movie, or the lines of the actors, they point to the opposition, conflict, and hatred between outsiders and local indigenous people from time to time.

The concept is too obvious, and the theme is undisguised.

Just like many genre films.

Tang Mu Wayne has always disliked films that express their themes so clearly. But this film has a very magical sense of unity—probably just like those who arrogantly introduce their achievements, he is equally disliked, but compared to those who pretend to be B, this arrogance is just arrogance that makes people dislike, on the other hand, you won't feel this person is pretending, you will feel that this person, besides arrogance, actually has solid things.

This movie is also like this.

In his eyes, the shortcomings are obvious, not enough artistic beauty of the movie. But the advantages are equally obvious. The movie obviously didn't intend to try to lean towards the dimension of art films after the actors contributed such superb performances. It implemented the posture of "Yes, I am a horror movie" from beginning to end, basically all the elements that a horror movie should have appeared, but it was used more advancedly by director Mukan than ordinary horror movies.

Tang Mu Wayne is a bit worried that his good feelings for this movie are greater than his bad feelings because of his appreciation for Lu Yan He.

He doesn't want his judgment to lose objectivity because of personal relationships.

Although he knows very well that no matter how much he tries to be objective, film criticism itself is a subjective thing.

This is just a person's aesthetic.

The Asian ghost played by Lu Yan He let go of the character played by Lily Williams at the last moment.

But at this moment, no one felt relieved for the rest of Lily Williams' character's life.

They realized with surprise that the movie only revealed everything at this time: the big villain at the beginning was actually a victim who was tragically exterminated, and those innocent victims in the town who seemed to be attacked by ghosts were actually the real evil doers.

This ending made everyone present still immersed in emotions.

Especially the big climax part of Lu Yan He, emotions suddenly broke out—

People present, except for some audiences, are all people who are very familiar with movies. They know very well that this movie almost became Lu Yan He's one-man show.

It's not that the performance of other actors is not good enough, but that Lu Yan He's performance made this Asian ghost role, which was already in a dominant position, become the key character who pulled the audience's breathing throughout the movie.

As long as he appears, everyone will hold their breath.

This kind of soul-stirring performance rhythm is completely the aura that a big actor will have.

He completely performed a feeling that this is his home court in this movie.

"Lu Yan He's performance is too outstanding." Tang Mu Wayne heard someone say so next to him.

He did not doubt the truth of this statement at all.

In the movie, the only one who can truly form a rivalry with Lu Yan He is the exorcist played by British actor Jamie Wilson.

Jamie Wilson, an actor known globally, played a god-talking exorcist in it this time, which is also a role that subverted his previous screen image, very eye-catching.

Especially the two rival scenes between him and Lu Yan He are very exciting.

Unfortunately, Jamie Wilson didn't come to the premiere today.

He is not the lead in this movie, and he is filming in another crew at this time.

If he were here, he would definitely be the superstar in the spotlight today.

Tang Mu Wayne is actually a bit curious, why Jamie Wilson would come to "The Mist" to play an exorcist who is completely different from his previous screen image and even a bit ruined image.

Many action and spy movies he starred in can achieve a box office of over 100 million US dollars globally, and horror movies have never been his track.

Of course, at this moment, everyone is still paying attention to the actors who appear here.

The applause lasted for a while.

Tang Mu Wayne saw Lu Yan He accepting congratulations from people around him.

Needless to ask, people who came to watch the premiere today must have been moved and shocked by Lu Yan He's performance.

Just looking at the enthusiasm everyone showed for Lu Yan He at this time is enough to know their attitude.

You know, Americans have always been quite arrogant.

Americans themselves admit this point, they think they are the most awesome and powerful in the world.

It is the same in the field of performance, they think that the best actors must be in Hollywood.

And Hollywood has always been welcoming to top actors from all over the world. They use this posture and method to ensure Hollywood's leading position in the film production industry.

Of course, they also have to admit that in the field of art films, they still can't compare with those few countries in Europe, and can't compare with several top international film festivals. This is recognized by the American film criticism circle itself.

This is also why the Oscar Awards do not have the status of the only one in the world in this world like the one Lu Yan He came from.

Tang Mu Wayne looked at Lu Yan He surrounded by people, and suddenly thought, after the movie "The Mist" is released, without accident, it should be able to achieve a very good box office performance.

And Lu Yan He's performance in the movie will definitely be seen by people in the film industry.

Just the media participating in the premiere today will definitely not be stingy with words of praise.

If Lu Yan He is willing to act in a few more movies in Hollywood later, those film companies in Hollywood will definitely not be stingy with opportunities.

Hollywood is such a place, for people worthy of opportunities, various resources are sent to that person's hands like crazy.

To talk about chasing fame and profit, Hollywood must also be the first to bear the brunt.

It's just that I don't know how Lu Yan He himself will choose.

At this time, Tang Mu Wayne suddenly heard someone looking at his phone and saying in surprise: "The video of Lu Yan He being scolded to go back on the red carpet just now is on fire on Twitter, everyone is discussing this matter, and someone launched a #SupportLuYanhe# topic."

Tang Mu Wayne looked at them with some surprise, took out his phone, and opened Twitter to see.

It really is.

His homepage has several people forwarding this video, and expressing their opinions, expressing anger and condemnation for the person who attacked Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He's name climbed to the global trend list on Twitter. ===== CHAPTER 552 =====