這真是個(gè)天大的諷刺:當(dāng)眾多電影觀眾窩在沙發(fā)上找電影看時(shí),好萊塢卻無(wú)法繼續(xù)拍新電影了。
拜新冠肺炎所賜,電影產(chǎn)業(yè)(乃至于全球經(jīng)濟(jì))幾乎陷入了停擺的境地。原因顯而易見(jiàn),如果不能把演員、制片和其他工作人員都聚到片場(chǎng),電影制作自然無(wú)從談起。
好萊塢所在的加利福尼亞州,“禁足令”政策已經(jīng)執(zhí)行了有兩個(gè)月的時(shí)間,看著手中的片源日漸枯竭,電影制片人的心也開(kāi)始不安起來(lái)。其中就包括Blumhouse Productions公司的靈魂人物——制片人杰森·布魯姆。該公司制作的電影包括《禮物》(The Gift)、 《分裂》(Split)、《忌日快樂(lè)》(Happy Death Day)、《我們》(Us)等。隨著洛杉磯縣放寬部分新冠疫情管控措施,有傳言稱杰森·布魯姆正計(jì)劃與環(huán)球影業(yè)合作,在洛杉磯片場(chǎng)合作拍攝一部低成本電影。
據(jù)《好萊塢記者報(bào)》報(bào)道,這部影片耗資650萬(wàn)美元,其“全部演職人員都會(huì)住在附近的酒店里,同時(shí)還將采取一系列安全措施”。報(bào)道中還寫道:“受疫情影響,美國(guó)保險(xiǎn)業(yè)可能面臨集體破產(chǎn)的危險(xiǎn),所以還是別指望那些能覆蓋企業(yè)關(guān)停損失的保險(xiǎn)了。”
布魯姆這么做顯然不是一時(shí)興起。上個(gè)月在接受《洛杉磯時(shí)報(bào)》采訪時(shí),布魯姆表示,他認(rèn)為“低成本電影的拍攝工作可能會(huì)更早恢復(fù)”,但像漫威的超級(jí)英雄系列那樣的“大制作電影”,可能要等到2021年才能恢復(fù)正常拍攝。他補(bǔ)充道:“這取決于美國(guó)的檢測(cè)能力何時(shí)可以達(dá)到其他地區(qū)的水平,而現(xiàn)在顯然還沒(méi)有。”
即便環(huán)球影視和Blumhouse Productions公司真能達(dá)成合作,這個(gè)項(xiàng)目也還會(huì)面臨諸多問(wèn)題,準(zhǔn)備工作必須遠(yuǎn)程進(jìn)行便是其中之一。在拍攝電影時(shí),制片方還要確保自己不會(huì)違反所在地區(qū)制定的各項(xiàng)限制要求及公共衛(wèi)生規(guī)定,而這些規(guī)定在未來(lái)數(shù)周還都將處于不斷調(diào)整之中。除此之外,整個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)還得采取一切可能措施來(lái)確保成員不會(huì)感染新冠病毒。
但無(wú)論如何,這一項(xiàng)目都會(huì)成為好萊塢重整影視拍攝的“先鋒”之作。當(dāng)然,影視制作的恢復(fù)工作必須以“負(fù)責(zé)任的”方式推進(jìn)才行。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:Feb
這真是個(gè)天大的諷刺:當(dāng)眾多電影觀眾窩在沙發(fā)上找電影看時(shí),好萊塢卻無(wú)法繼續(xù)拍新電影了。
拜新冠肺炎所賜,電影產(chǎn)業(yè)(乃至于全球經(jīng)濟(jì))幾乎陷入了停擺的境地。原因顯而易見(jiàn),如果不能把演員、制片和其他工作人員都聚到片場(chǎng),電影制作自然無(wú)從談起。
好萊塢所在的加利福尼亞州,“禁足令”政策已經(jīng)執(zhí)行了有兩個(gè)月的時(shí)間,看著手中的片源日漸枯竭,電影制片人的心也開(kāi)始不安起來(lái)。其中就包括Blumhouse Productions公司的靈魂人物——制片人杰森·布魯姆。該公司制作的電影包括《禮物》(The Gift)、 《分裂》(Split)、《忌日快樂(lè)》(Happy Death Day)、《我們》(Us)等。隨著洛杉磯縣放寬部分新冠疫情管控措施,有傳言稱杰森·布魯姆正計(jì)劃與環(huán)球影業(yè)合作,在洛杉磯片場(chǎng)合作拍攝一部低成本電影。
據(jù)《好萊塢記者報(bào)》報(bào)道,這部影片耗資650萬(wàn)美元,其“全部演職人員都會(huì)住在附近的酒店里,同時(shí)還將采取一系列安全措施”。報(bào)道中還寫道:“受疫情影響,美國(guó)保險(xiǎn)業(yè)可能面臨集體破產(chǎn)的危險(xiǎn),所以還是別指望那些能覆蓋企業(yè)關(guān)停損失的保險(xiǎn)了。”
布魯姆這么做顯然不是一時(shí)興起。上個(gè)月在接受《洛杉磯時(shí)報(bào)》采訪時(shí),布魯姆表示,他認(rèn)為“低成本電影的拍攝工作可能會(huì)更早恢復(fù)”,但像漫威的超級(jí)英雄系列那樣的“大制作電影”,可能要等到2021年才能恢復(fù)正常拍攝。他補(bǔ)充道:“這取決于美國(guó)的檢測(cè)能力何時(shí)可以達(dá)到其他地區(qū)的水平,而現(xiàn)在顯然還沒(méi)有。”
即便環(huán)球影視和Blumhouse Productions公司真能達(dá)成合作,這個(gè)項(xiàng)目也還會(huì)面臨諸多問(wèn)題,準(zhǔn)備工作必須遠(yuǎn)程進(jìn)行便是其中之一。在拍攝電影時(shí),制片方還要確保自己不會(huì)違反所在地區(qū)制定的各項(xiàng)限制要求及公共衛(wèi)生規(guī)定,而這些規(guī)定在未來(lái)數(shù)周還都將處于不斷調(diào)整之中。除此之外,整個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)還得采取一切可能措施來(lái)確保成員不會(huì)感染新冠病毒。
但無(wú)論如何,這一項(xiàng)目都會(huì)成為好萊塢重整影視拍攝的“先鋒”之作。當(dāng)然,影視制作的恢復(fù)工作必須以“負(fù)責(zé)任的”方式推進(jìn)才行。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:Feb
It’s a great irony: At a time when most movie-watchers are stuck on their couches seeking more films to watch, Hollywood can’t continue making new ones.
That’s all thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic, which has virtually shuttered (along with the rest of the global economy) the moviemaking industry. After all, how do you make a movie without calling actors, producers, and other visual pros to the set?
Two months into shelter-in-place orders in Hollywood’s home state of California, film producers are getting itchy that their pipelines are drying up. Enter producer Jason Blum. As Los Angeles County begins to relax some restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic, the man behind Blumhouse Productions (The Gift, Split, Happy Death Day, Us) is said to be working on plans with Universal Pictures to film a small project on the company’s L.A. lot.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the $6.5 million production’s “cast and crew would live in a hotel nearby, and a set of safety protocols would be in place.” The report adds: “Forget about insurance that would cover a shutdown due to a coronavirus-related outbreak of illness.”
It’s evident that Blum has been thinking about the situation for some time. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times last month, he said he believes “smaller productions will start sooner” but expected “big expensive movies” like Marvel’s superhero films to wait until 2021. “It’s all about when testing will be in this country as good it is in other places, which it isn’t yet,” he added.
If it comes to pass, this new Universal-Blumhouse project would be far from straightforward—preproduction work would have to be conducted remotely, for example. The filmmakers would have to ensure that the project wouldn’t run afoul of the myriad city, county, and public-health restrictions governing activity in the region, which continue to change every few weeks. And the entire group would have to take every conceivable step to ensure that the coronavirus remains offsite.
But it would be an early data point in the broader effort to get Hollywood filming again—responsibly, of course.