I'm shooting anime in another world

Of course, this form of performance has many disadvantages. The first is the parade troupe system mentioned earlier. Since the troupe parades between various places, the performance cycle is very long. If the audience wants to enjoy a performance, they often need great luck in terms of time, place and people.

Moreover, due to the high cost of facilities and labor, the price of a stage play is at least five silver coins, which is equivalent to the price of five or six days of food for ordinary people, which makes it almost impossible for the lower-class civilians to enjoy this kind of entertainment.

In addition, the threshold for appreciating stage plays is actually a problem. After all, most of the uneducated people can hardly understand the singing and dancing art in stage plays. In addition to applauding, they can't actually understand what the play is about.

Therefore, when Du Lin decided to shoot "Blessings for a Better World", he had already made up his mind to release this film in a brand new form - the form of a movie!

Unlike stage plays, the performance of a movie does not require a lot of manpower and material resources. It only needs a small imaging crystal and a magician who injects magic power to complete it.

Therefore, not only does the movie not require a large production cycle, but it can also greatly reduce costs. According to Du Lin's personal calculations, the cost of the hundreds of imaging crystals he has in reserve is less than ten gold coins, and the cost of shooting is almost zero, which is almost not proportional to the stage play, which costs at least three digits.

And it is precisely because of this that the Adventurer Guild in the Southland, after listening to Du Lin's advice, completely let go of its courage and directly set the price to five copper coins per show, which is a tenfold drop compared to the price of the drama!

What does this mean? It means that you only need to drink one less glass of beer to have a visual experience of up to one and a half hours in the cinema. In this way, not to mention ordinary people, even relatively poor people can watch it easily. Even if they sacrifice a little viewing experience, the imaging crystals can even be sent to those remote villages for outdoor broadcasting at night!

In this way, "Blessings for a Better World" or the movie will have the potential to achieve a very terrible entertainment popularity. Not to mention the fire in the entire Southland, it is not a difficult task to have a fire in the entire empire!

Of course, letting "Blessings for a Better World" be released in the form of a movie was a decision that Durin and the president of the Southern Adventurer's Guild discussed for a long time before finally making, because this is a gamble, and it is also an opportunity that can almost change the times!

It is a gamble, naturally because this kind of destructive behavior that completely ignores industry rules will cause countless interest groups in the Southern Territory and even the entire empire to be implicated in a crushing manner. No art industry practitioner will not be affected. At that time, let alone Durin, even the Southern Adventurer's Guild may not be able to bear the possible retaliation!

But at the same time, under such a great risk, the opportunities are almost unimaginable. After all, if this new form of entertainment art becomes popular in this world, it will bring unimaginable huge benefits to the Southern Adventurer's Guild and Durin, or in other words, they will become the creators of the times!

Once the form of film is really popularized, let alone the entire Southern Territory, even the entertainment industry of the empire will be shaken by the collapse of the sky, because this will directly lead to entertainment no longer being exclusive to the rich, even the poor with little spare money will be eligible to enjoy entertainment and experience happiness!

This is exactly the original intention of Durin to shoot. Although it contains his selfish desires, he also made such a decision to satisfy the selfish desires of countless people and wanted to make such a change!

Rather than pursuing the true meaning of magic, Durin, who came from another era with a higher level of civilization, hopes to change this boring world!

Although that was a bit second-year, he still wanted to say that he, Durin, wanted to be the one who changed the world!

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That afternoon, after hearing that the Adventurer's Guild had discussed many matters about the premiere with the person in charge of the Northrick Grand Theater, Durin took Wen Li to the Northrick Grand Theater in person.

As the guild leader of the Adventurer's Guild told him before, this theater is worthy of being a theater with a long history in Northrick. The gorgeous decoration and design elements visible to the naked eye surprised Durin. He also soon met the manager of the theater, a young man who looked quite elegant.

The other party was said to be a viscount who had some interactions with the Edward family in the past. The Northrick Grand Theater was his family business. This time, after hearing about the new product of movies, he watched it as soon as possible. The result was also very natural. He was deeply impressed by movies and agreed to the screening of the film in the Northrick Grand Theater as soon as possible.

"Hello, Baron Edward, I am Banil, the viscount who inherited the Northrick Grand Theater."

This Viscount Banil seemed to be very talkative. From the moment he met Du Lin, he began to bombard him with questions. He asked Du Lin how the story of "KonoSuba: A Beautiful World" would develop next, and asked Du Lin if he could also participate in the filming next. Finally, he even told him that he had directly severed the cooperation relationship with several previous theater groups after watching "KonoSuba: A Beautiful World".

Regarding this situation, although Dulin was very happy that the theater manager would be a person who could accept new things and not follow the rules, the other party's annoying attitude still made him helplessly say: "This time I am here to discuss the premiere. As for the matter, we can discuss other issues later, Viscount Barnier?”

Hearing his words, Barnier, who knew that the other party was impatient, quickly showed a knowing smile, and while turning around, he replied: "Of course, of course, then I will show the great great magician first Come to our theater."

Chapter 34 The first cinema in another world

Chapter 34

After visiting the Northric Theater for a while, Dulin generally recognized the only theater in Northric.

Viscount Barnier, who has been following him closely, has always seemed respectful. After all, although he is a viscount and Dulin is only a baron, don't forget that Dulin is still a great magician in the true sense. Although he has been nominally... The Tower of Mage is removed from the list, but its own strength will not recede because of this. At most, it will just lose the connections of the Tower of Mage.

"Baron Edward, do you have any problem with our theater?"

In response to Barnier's question, Dulin simply replied: "The auditorium is too big. Although there is no problem in watching a stage play, but if you are watching a movie, such a large auditorium will only make people behind." It’s just that the audience in the platoon will not get a good viewing experience. You can’t let every audience have their own eagle eye skills.”

Yes, since the Northwick Theater was originally an opera house, its interior design is a three-story structure. In this way, in addition to the auditorium in the front row, the audience on the second and third floors can also use the height to see the scenes inside. , but if the object becomes a movie, this approach is too limited. After all, even if the myopia rate in this world is not that high, the height difference alone is enough to cause a devastating blow to watching a movie.

"And the problem with the auditorium is not just this. Under the best circumstances, the auditorium of the cinema should ensure a certain inclination. Seats that are completely flat will allow people behind to be blocked by the front row. The internal light shading must be strictly carried out. At the same time, if conditions permit, I also hope that the audience can Bring your own food into the theater. No, the food you bring is messy and can easily cause problems when watching the movie. It is better to have the theater distribute it uniformly, and it is best to have food that does not make any noise when eaten and is easier to clean. snacks..."

Dulin spoke a lot about the changes to be made in the theater in one breath, which made Barnier feel a little dizzy. At the same time, he quickly wrote down what Dulin said with a pen and paper, like a studious student. While there was no difference at all, he also replied as soon as Du Lin finished speaking: "As expected of a great magician, Baron Edward, the ideas you proposed are all very good, they are simply ahead of the times, but if we change it now, it will be too late." I'm afraid it's too late..."

"Of course, I'm just giving my opinion and I'm not asking you to change it now. What you need to do most now is actually to quickly transform the stage used for drama performances into a place suitable for movie broadcasts."

Dulin said, pointing to the red curtain at the front of the theater and some decorations placed to ensure that the stage would not be too empty.

Soon, when Barnier emptied the stage according to Dulin's request, the theater finally looked like a cinema. Dulin roughly estimated the size of the wall and said: "If I want you to put that How long does it take to paint the wall white?”

"If the workers prepare quickly enough, it can be completed in about half an afternoon."

"Very good, then do it as soon as possible. If you can catch up, let's premiere it tonight."

Dulin's words declared that he was satisfied with playing movies in such a theater, and Barnier, who probably understood Dulin's ideas, quickly followed the other party's suggestions to transform the theater passed down by his family.

To be honest, if Barnier had not been a young man who had just inherited the family business, I am afraid that a more stubborn old man would not have agreed to Du Lin's nonsense. After all, old people who are not flexible in thinking and difficult to adapt often especially admire the old man. Traditional and unwilling to accept new things.

For conservative old people, throwing away ancient traditions is simply cheating the master and destroying the ancestors. It is an extremely disrespectful approach to tradition. Although such an idea sounds reasonable on the surface, in fact it is extremely detrimental to the progress of civilization. Huge obstacle.

Next, if "Blessings for a Better World" continues to be promoted as a film, these stubborn conservatives will be a difficult obstacle. The old theaters and forces controlled by these people will probably do their best to hinder the development of the film. , but Dulin is not without a solution. After all, he had planned to let the movie be played in the open square from the beginning.

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Seeing that Barnier quickly started to transform according to his requirements, Dulin nodded silently and said quickly: "When the movie is played, please make sure that the environment is dark, and the glowing magic stones must also be dark. Dismantle it immediately, or find a way to remove the inside Magic, remember to prepare more seats. I just tried it on the second floor. It’s barely ok for watching movies, but it’s definitely not working on the third floor. Remember to raise the angle of the imaging crystal before playing. Be sure to So that people in the back row can also see the complete picture.”

Dulin said a lot of things in one breath. Although Barnier had no time to write them down, his assistant came to the scene early and wrote down Dulin's suggestions.

As the renovation of the theater was gradually completed, Du Lin, who randomly picked a seat in the auditorium and sat down, also looked at the white-painted walls with satisfaction. Barnier was indeed quite devoted to the movie and achieved it almost perfectly. Du Lin's needs, and this also means that this premiere will get a perfect result.

Although the actual experience was definitely not as good as the movie theater Du Lin had been to in his previous life, at least compared to other environments in the world, this renovated theater had given Du Lin a barely comfortable state.

Thinking like this, Du Lin suddenly realized that he had planned to watch the second part of Fate HF theatrical version before traveling through time, but ended up traveling through time before he could see it. This was really a pity.

With these messy thoughts, when Barnier came back, the transformation of the theater into a cinema was almost complete.

"I should have asked you to promote it before. How is it going? Although the premiere does not require too many people, at least it cannot be too few."

Hearing Du Lin's words, Barnier nodded and said: "Well, I have asked the people below to replace the sign at the door with your movie. With the popularity of the Nosric Theater itself, it will be attracted to There are definitely a lot of people, and if the word-of-mouth of the Northwick Theater spreads, more and more people will come to watch it.”

Although what Barnier said was good, Du Lin, who always felt that there was something wrong with it, suddenly asked: "You said it relies on word of mouth? In other words, you have not conducted formal publicity or advertising?"

"Isn't publicity just about shouting at the door? Our Northwick Grand Theater is the only one in the whole of Northwick. People who know it will naturally come. What is advertising?"

Regarding Barnier's natural look, Dulin's expression suddenly changed.

Obviously, he has been going too smoothly and has unconsciously overlooked one important thing, which is that in this world where the paper industry is clearly developed enough, there is no means of obtaining real-time information, and the people in this world do not understand publicity at all. The correct meaning of the word! ! !

Chapter 35 Poster? Trailer?

Chapter 35

After discussing with Barnier for a while, Dulin quickly determined that the other party did not understand a series of marketing methods such as publicity and advertising at all. Even the key theater promotion relied entirely on so-called word-of-mouth, allowing the audience to do it themselves. Word of mouth spreads, and although this world has a good paper industry, newspapers have not developed at all, so that even if they want to advertise, there are no channels that can be used.

After all, because the people inside the city in this world rarely communicate with the outside world, and the speed of internal information dissemination is not very slow, there is no need to deliberately promote it at all, so a single company like the Northric Grand Theater The industry will naturally not make any marketing preparations.

Although Du Lin felt that this situation was quite bad at first, he soon realized the untapped business opportunities.

Yes, since no one has done this in the past, wouldn't it be great if Dulin and the others would become the first group of explorers to open up this field? Even if they were imitated later, the benefits obtained at that time were already stable enough. their position in the industry.

So, after thinking about it, Du Lin decided to discuss with the other party what the so-called advertising concept was.

"Flyers? Posters? Put your brand's name on the small items given out to moviegoers?"

After hearing the propaganda described by Du Lin in simple words, Barnier, who had never considered this aspect before, was as excited as if he had opened a door to a new world. At the same time, he was also the first to Time said: "Awesome! Baron Edward, your insights are simply ahead of the times. I finally understand why you were able to invent such a thing as movies immediately after creating the magic video recorder and imaging crystal. Such a wise mind. I’m so impressed!”

Although Barnier looked like he was blowing himself up to the sky, Dulin, who had experienced the prosperity of another world, had no enthusiasm at all.

Because these things that are very novel to people in this world are just daily occurrences that people in another world encounter all the time.

In short, after getting the idea given by Dulin, Barnier quickly began to prepare the so-called promotional advertisements, and the first step was naturally to distribute flyers. Although time was tight at the moment, tonight's premiere was not In the final release, according to Dulin's idea, the film should be able to be played for several months.

So even if the flyer is received a little later, as long as the flyer can be spread as far as possible, the audience who came during the film's release time will become the potential audience of the film.

And with certain printing technology, it is indeed very convenient to make flyers in this world. Of course, in terms of typesetting, it is still Dulin’s advice. After all, I have received so many raids by leaflet distributors in my previous life. There are posters on the street corners. There are definitely not many small advertisements, so even if you just copy one of those flyers, it will look pretty good.

Although it is still a bit crude in comparison, it is already a novelty in this world where small advertisements have never appeared.

"So are we going to send out these flyers now?"

Hearing Barnier's excited words, Dulin just shook his head and said: "Although we have made preparations quickly, distributing flyers still takes time. In order to ensure the premiere tonight, At least we need to make a fast and effective advertisement quickly!”

"Fast and effective?"

Regarding Barnier's confusion, Dulin just smiled and said: "Viscount Barnier, where is the place with the largest number of people gathering in the evening in Northric?"

I didn't expect Dulin to say such words. After thinking for a while, Barnier said quickly: "It's the central square. Although there is only one fountain and a medium-sized square there, there are often street performers performing there. Because of this, it gradually became quite popular, and most people would go there for a walk after dinner.”

"What else?"

"If anything, Northric's Great Market and Happy Street are both very popular places. The former is more popular with parents and children, and the latter is a gathering place for young people. Why, Lord Edward? Of course I understand.”

Regarding Barnier's expression that suggested something, Dulin just nodded and said: "Then let's put the movie posters in these three places in the most eye-catching way!"

"Seal? Poster? What is this?"

Seeing that Barnier could not understand what he meant, Dulin did not explain too much, but said silently: "Anyway, you will find someone to inspect these three places later, and make sure to find similar places where you can see them. It’s the same white wall, but of course it would be even better if you could get a cart and hang a giant square white cloth on it!”

"Well, then I'll quickly order someone to prepare."

Although he didn't know what Du Lin planned to do, Barnier, who already knew that the great magician in front of him contained wisdom that he could never catch up with in his life, said nothing more and immediately went to prepare what Du Lin said. There goes the poster.

On the other side, Du Lin, who stayed where he was, showed a subtle expression. The poster was naturally his first thought, but when he was communicating with Barnier just now, he suddenly realized why he had to use What about designing with ideas from another world? Yes, although the other world is far more developed in terms of civilization than this world, this world also has something that the other world does not have, and that is magic!

Although posters would be a good choice, if the element of magic is added, then there is actually a better choice in front of Dulin.

"The poster jumped directly to a large-screen advertisement before it was even born. Only a world with magic can do this. In this case, a trailer will have to be made!"

Looking at the imaging crystal that was copied and used as a sample in his hand, Dulin patiently edited the content to a certain extent after taking it out.

After exploring the mechanism of this crystal more and more, Dulin has mastered more ways to use the crystal, including this method of editing using the magic sequence inside the moving crystal.

Although the final editing results cannot be called good, they are at least passable. They are the scenes where the protagonist and the goddess are forced to go to another world, join new partners, explode magic, and the headless horseman appears.

With the mixed editing of these few shots, although it is impossible to figure out what the story of this movie is at once, it can make viewers feel quite awesome at first glance and look forward to it.

In the end, looking at the trailer version of the imaging crystal that he finally got in his hands, Dulin also personally performed the trailer dubbing for it. The general content is that "Blessings for a Better World" will be performed at the Nosric Theater tonight. Play, and those who are interested can go to the Northwick Grand Theater to inquire about the specific content.

After doing all this, Du Lin, who put away the imaging crystal, quietly waited for the news from Barnier, and the other party did not disappoint him, and soon came to him again, judging from his happy look. It seems that the task set by Dulin has been completed.

Chapter 36 The premiere begins!

Chapter 36

In the evening, the main square of Nosric.

Children who had just finished dinner were playing in the empty square. Couples holding each other's arms were walking slowly on the road. Artists who were ready to perform moved the props off the car little by little... ...

Although this is a world where magic exists, compared to the grand adventures in those fantasy stories, such a plain life is everyone's daily life, or boring daily life.

Yes, compared to the other world, which has developed into the Internet age and can enjoy all kinds of interesting entertainment without leaving home, ordinary people in this world can basically not experience any entertainment at all, and are full of innocence and Creative children can play a variety of simple games to kill time, but older adults really have nothing to do.

When the day's work is over, they have nothing to do in the evening and can only kill time by wandering in the square.

However, compared to the past, Nosric today seems a little different.

Suddenly, under the curious eyes of the young people in the square, a cart carrying a huge white cloth slowly moved over under the push of several staff members, followed by a blond boy who didn't look tall.

Faced with the confusion of the crowd, the boy, Du Lin, did not introduce too much, but slowly took out the imaging crystal in his hand, and after finding a suitable angle, he slowly put it down and injected magic.

"Isn't that the people from the Northrick Grand Theater? What are they doing here?"

Soon someone recognized the identity of the staff, but even if they recognized it, they couldn't understand why something like the Northrick Grand Theater, which had nothing to do with civilians, came to this square at this time.

So, after all kinds of curiosity and confusion gradually enveloped the entire square, Du Lin, who felt that it was almost dark, skillfully projected the picture in the magic crystal.

In an instant, with the trailer edited by Du Lin being played in the square, everyone who was gathered in the square at this time showed a shocked expression, and the originally quiet square was completely ignited by all kinds of words and disbelief.

This situation was beyond Du Lin's imagination. After all, although he, as a modern man, was used to movie ads and trailers, and even hated them, for people in this world who had never seen such things, even an ad was an interesting thing they had never seen before, and it was even too interesting!

"Mom! What is that?!!"

"Uh, it looks very interesting..."

"Northric Theater? It must be very expensive..."

"But it should be okay if you just want to learn about it. After all, I have never seen such a moving picture in my life!"

"......."

When all kinds of discussions were spreading in the square at this moment, Du Lin, who had expected it, just quietly greeted the back, and then the many adventurers who were on standby immediately mixed into the crowd.

The only thing these adventurers had to do at this moment was to play a good role as a shill, and use their previous experience of watching the preview at the Adventurer's Guild to brag to these audiences who had no experience in watching movies about how good the movie was.

Although considering the quality and historical significance of movies, even if Du Lin did not do this deliberately, he would sooner or later attract more and more people by word of mouth. However, since these adventurers volunteered to help, there was no need for him to refuse.

The reason why these adventurers were willing to help was actually because they had a lot of superiority that they had nowhere to vent. As the first audience to appreciate the movie, they really wanted to find those who had not seen it to express their excitement, or in other words, they just wanted to show off when they had nothing to do.

In short, at this moment, in the entire Northrick, there were a total of three places where similar things were happening. At this moment, a group of ordinary people who had never seen a movie were attracted by the trailer of "KonoSuba: A Beautiful World" and they immediately made up their minds to go to the Northrick Grand Theater to see what this so-called movie was.

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