Wu Jing held the script of "Wolf Warrior" and was rejected by countless capitals, and he was embarrassed to bear the financial pressure alone as a production director, and won the first place in the Chinese film list in one fell swoop.
The same scene James Cameron has encountered.
When he took the script for Titanic and begged Fox to add $65 million to the $100 million budget.
Fox, who did not want to be wronged, pulled Paramount Pictures into the partnership and gave Cameron an additional $200 million.
Before the film came out, Fox and others believed that Titanic was doomed.
When it was first released in 1997, it was indeed as bleak as investors expected!
The first week plummeted at the box office, earning only $28 million in return.
This achievement, which can be counted with one finger, can almost cut the entire movie.
At that time, Fox and Paramount watched the silver of the white flowers flow out, and it really hurt. Even the producers almost jumped off the building, after which North Cameron pulled back.
I didn't expect that in the second week, the box office of "Titanic" gradually recovered, and finally got a good result of 600 million US dollars in North America and 1.8 billion US dollars in the global box office.
Breaking the world record also threw the former box office holder "Jurassic Park" behind his feet.
Admittedly, "Titanic" is a miracle in the history of American films, and Cameron has also played a beautiful turnaround battle.
To this day, countless fans have regarded "Titanic" as the first beautiful film on the list, and its Douban score has always stayed above the high reputation of 9.4.
But who can understand the truth that a thousand bones will be withered? Behind the fund classic, the actors and crew have paid a hundred times the hardship, who has seen it?
Little Plum abandons acting, Fat Wenguo goes abroad, Cameron has no money to find big-name actors, and there are countless bitter pasts behind the scenes of the desperate "Titanic".
So this time, let's reveal some of the two or three things behind the scenes of "Titanic".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" >, the out-of-town Cameron, and titanic</h1>
If a film wants to be accepted in terms of intention, it means that it can embark on a smooth road, such as reunion, "Fast and Furious" and other films.
And Titanic's supreme aura means that it has to "maverick" and blaze a new path from the thorns.
In fact, the key to the problem is still in Cameron!
Prior to the film, he had already entered the industry of emerging directors with science fiction films such as Terminator and The Abyss.
If "Titanic" is also like previous films, continuing the routine of science fiction films, there will definitely be many investors investing, but Cameron does not want to do this.
In addition to his role as director, he enjoys adventure, and during a deep-sea expedition he saw the wreckage of the Titanic.
When the giant ship, which claimed to never be sunk, stood in front of him, he felt nature's contempt for him and the impact of history.
Cameron thought a lot about it and finally chose to make it into a movie.
Based on history as a cornerstone, Cameron wanted to make a disaster romance film, showing the causes and consequences of the disappearance of the Titanic through the story of the poor boy and the rich woman.
Cameron's intention was praised by many peers as soon as he said it, but few people wanted to invest.
The risk is too great, the expectation value cannot be measured, just like the probability of winning the lottery, which capitalist dares to take over?
Fox gave him more than $100 million in investment to see that he had shot the hot sci-fi genre of "Terminator", and did not want to pull a grudge with the hot director.
But Cameron wasn't satisfied with fox's money, because he wasn't enough to build a Titanic.
"Honest man" Forbes adhered to the principle of blessing and sharing difficulties, and called on the good brother Paimonra, which only got a budget of 200 million US dollars.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > second, the cash-strapped actor starter</h1>
What a high cost of $200 million in the 1980s, in exchange for being able to make two "Reunions" now, pulling half a Hollywood star to open a lavish dinner!
What did Cameron use this money for?
It cost a lot of money to build a model ship, restore the layout of the first class cabin, library, dining table and bedroom inside 1:1, and restore the tableware, tables and other objects exactly the same as those on the ship in the past. Without leaving a single detail under control, even the English letters on the hat have to be buckled as they are.
In Cameron's nitpicking prop environment, almost 90% of the Titanic's original appearance has been restored.
However, a large amount of money is invested in the subsequent production process, which requires the expenditure of the funds to activate the actors.
So as it came time to shoot, Cameron didn't have much money.
Although titanic has many magnificent scenes and thrilling martial arts, Jack and Ruth's literary drama is important because all disasters are to promote the greatness of love.
So in terms of casting, Cameron is also very entangled, who should play Jack and Ruth?
Jack's initial casting was Matthew McConaughey, Billy Crudup and Chris, O'Donnell and others.
Although they are very famous, they are somewhat mature and cannot play the mental outlook of a 20-year-old boy.
In fact, Cameron wanted to invite Brother Atang, but his film remuneration was too high, so he had to give up, and finally the director recommended Xiao Lizi to him.
The moment he stepped into the audition building, all the girls were attracted to him, and Cameron had a bit of an idea of letting him be the male lead.
And Ruth's casting is also difficult, originally the selection director had booked Gwyneth Paltrow, Winona Red, Claire Dennis and other people, but because of the film contract and other relationships have not been agreed, into the point where no one can shoot.
Perhaps many people will wonder why the Cameron crew is so unpopular?
In fact, it is not that he has no connections, but "Titanic" is already a bad film in the perception of the outside world.
But Fat Wen is very interested in the role of Ruth and writes a letter of recommendation to Cameron, and she got the role under Fat Wen's stalking.
Seeing that the male and female protagonists have landed, the directors are very pleased, and they have not thought that Xiao Lizi wants to strike.
Because at the same time as the "Titanic" crew, there is another movie in the pipeline, he prefers the latter to the two scripts.
Just when the directors were at a loss, Fei Wen said that he only wanted Xiao Lizi to play Jack, and begged the director to take down Xiao Lizi.
Under the persuasion of the director, Xiao Lizi finally starred in the role of Jack.
Because the two know each other privately, the atmosphere during filming is also very good, and every frame is like a couple in love.
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In fact, the entire titanic film was filmed in only two places: on the boat and in the water.
The group scene on the boat is the simplest and the best to shoot, that is, the various shooting in the water is not easy to control.
In order for Jack Ruth to complete the scene of floating on the water after the shipwreck, Cameron used an indoor water tank to simulate the Atlantic Ocean, and Little Plum and Fat Wen were also required to swim in the water in the costumes of actors.
The shivering appearance in the film is actually a sense of truth, due to a long period of soaking in water, fat temperature has also suffered from flu and other diseases.
The more classic group scene in the film should be the scene where the Titanic is about to sink to the bottom of the sea and the bow of the ship falls vertically to the bottom of the sea.
In the words of director Cameron: I want to create a real and terrible chaotic scene.
To that end, he invited 100 stuntmen and 150 makeshift group actors to join the show, and the actors had to stand up on the sloping deck, which was almost impossible.
When the scene ended, many actors were injured in the process of falling, but they still failed to achieve the effect that Cameron wanted.
Later, for the sake of the reputation of the actors and crew, he had to change to a computer CG to assist the operation, which ensured the health of the group performance.
The shooting schedule was 138 days, which was extended to more than 160 days due to uncertainties on the set.
This period of time is a "battle of hell" for both the cast and crew.
Many stuntmen and crew members who could not accept the high-intensity workload withdrew from filming.
Even the heroine Fei Wen said that Cameron was the devil director after filming Ruth, and would never work with him again.
But it is precisely because of Cameron's strict requirements that "Titanic" won 11 Oscars and became a Grand Slam winner.
Therefore, behind each classic work, there is the condensation of the sweat of countless people.
James Cameron's success is not accidental, but inevitable!
If there are more directors in the film industry who are not afraid of traffic and disdain capital, will they create more classic works?
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