My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 1542 A movie is nothing more than a commodity futures
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Do horror movies have a head start?
This will not be considered at all in future generations.

Even in the mainland market, there are quite a few horror-themed movies released on time, which shows the market for horror movies.

The history of horror films is basically the same as that of films. The first horror film was born in France in 1896—the 3-minute "Castle of Ghosts". The real mass production was around the 30s in Hollywood. level film development.

When it comes to the development of horror movies, it is inseparable from a hot man, yes, Hitchcock!

"Fright Night" is a turning point for horror movies.

The emergence of zombie films during this period marked the emergence of an important pillar of horror films-"Night of the Living Dead".Many settings of zombies and zombie movies in later generations originated from this movie.

The 70s and 80s were the era of real horror movies, such as "The Exorcist", "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "Alien", "Razor's Edge" and so on.

In the 90s, the success of "The Silence of the Lambs" at the Oscars marked the true peak of horror films.

Of course, this is the category of horror movies in general.

Really let the low-budget horror film become popular and wait until the witch-"Witch Black".The horror movie branch in the form of pseudo-documentary has become an important part of horror movies, and the later "Ghost Story" is also a representative of this.

"Black the Witch" remains one of the most successful examples of low-budget independent horror movies even in later generations.

The film doesn't really show anything, but it tricks you into believing that everything you see is documentary footage.

It cost $2.2 to make, took eight days to shoot on digital cameras, and grossed over $8 million.

This set a Guinness World Record for return on investment for a movie.

In other words, every dollar spent by the producer brought back what 1 did not.

certainly--

This does not count marketing expenses.

Few people know that the marketing of this film is also a famous marketing case in film history.

Still, that's a 'scam' for horror films.

In fact, during this period, after experiencing the peak of "The Silence of the Lambs", orthodox horror films fell into a low ebb and bottleneck...until later "The Clown's Soul", "The Conjuring Universe" and so on appeared.

Therefore, even though horror movies are still springing up like mushrooms now, we have to admit that at this point in time, horror movies are actually thunderous and rainy, or lukewarm, which is not considered a real "resistance" in the market, unlike In later generations, horror movies suddenly appeared on the summer schedule, and this was the miracle of "Return of the Clown", which invested 3500 million U.S. dollars, and finally won more than 7 million U.S. dollars worldwide.

This series has also become the most successful horror film series in history, bar none.

In this day and age, horror movies or B-grade horror movies are not really taken seriously.

According to Wu Xiaozu, the way out for independent film companies lies in B-level movies.

Therefore, the horror movies he mentioned are actually not accurate. Generally speaking, what he really values ​​is the B-grade movie market——

A B-rated movie is not the same as an R-rated movie.

Whether it can become a heavy-tasting upstart is actually a blank in the B-level horror market.

On the one hand, supporting DreamWorks and letting it act as a shield and a thigh, this allows Wu Xiaozu to have access to many mainstream resources, which is conducive to the export of Chinese-language films to Hong Kong.On the other hand, vigorously developing the B-grade film market and becoming an emerging force in independent film companies actually gave him a secure foothold in Hollywood.

then……

nothing then.

When the day comes, either sell yourself to a Hollywood mogul, or slap your ass and leave.

"Our development of B-level films is in line with our positioning. Your "Fear Chamber" (Chain Saw) series has a high rental rate in North America. It can be said to be one of the most popular series of Chinese-language films in North America." Zhang Jiazhen He took a slow puff on the cigar.

"However, in this way, we may have to adjust the company's positioning and strategy."

"I think it is possible to operate a separate label for production. How about Lions gate films? I happened to have a Lions Gate Bridge in Vancouver, Canada some time ago." Wu Xiaozu said solemnly.

Do not know why.

When Wu Xiaozu pronounced "Lion's Gate", Zhang Jiazhen had a feeling of luck, and he felt that the name was a good one.

As for the name coming from the Lions Gate Bridge...

who cares.

He's the boss anyway.

"The company can employ more local managers in North America, and at the same time focus on finding some interesting low-cost films at film festivals such as Sundance. The purchase cost of these films is not high, and the chance of losing money is not too great."

Wu Xiaozu didn't want to compete with those giants on the main track.

Basically, the meat bun beats the dog, and there is no return.

Don't talk about him, didn't Spielberg's DreamWorks fall on the road in the end?
Facts have proved that this path is difficult to navigate.

Instead of thinking about becoming a big shot, it's better to take the opportunity to sink, then hug your thighs tightly and go with the flow.

Anyway, unless one day Wu Xiaozu also considers emigrating, otherwise, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to get the 'leading right' in this land.

In fact, a movie is a 'futures' product.

It is an unknown and high-risk commodity, and every investment is actually a futures judgment.

And there's no barometer to judge the future's future performance.

Gambling is very strong.

At the same time, such futures also have the risk of capital retention.

Even now, Xinxian is still 'delaying' his payment.

If he hadn't cultivated his own network now, Jerry Bruckheimer has now become his partner, maybe he would not have integrated into the mainstream market so smoothly.

Of course, there is no free lunch in the world.

At least the other side of the movie "Source Code" has obtained the priority investment right, and once again served as one of the producers of this movie——

Wu Xiaozu reciprocated, and will also serve as Jerry Bruckheimer's appointment: producer and film consultant of Michael Bay's "Bad Boys".

For such a connection, Wu Xiaozu did not refuse.

"We also participated in the investment of "Bad Boys", and Bruckheimer is also urging you to join the crew." Zhang Jiazhen reminded, "The crew of "Source Code" in Australia is also waiting for you to start work."

Wu Xiaozu shrugged helplessly.

I, a billionaire, are not still the same 996!

In the past few days, Wang Zuzhen squatted, Wang Zuzhen squatted, Wang Zuzhen finished squatting, Aunt Lin sat; Aunt Lin sat, Aunt Lin sat, Aunt Lin finished sitting, Teacher Liu took...

Proper 996!
"I asked him to have coffee together in the afternoon." Wu Xiaozu shook his head with a smile.

If you want to get 'friendship', then you have to prove your worth.

Undoubtedly, taking the initiative to act as a producer for Michael Bay this time is itself a kind of interest replacement for Bruckheimer.

(End of this chapter)