Legendary Hollywood Director

Regardless of how complicated Lionsgate's thoughts are, the established trajectory is still moving forward.

At night, in the study of Rust Manor.

Lyman was sitting at his desk thinking about the direction of the script.

As he replied to Perlman, since the company has been in the layout for so long and has initially established a firm foothold in overseas markets, it seems that the distribution system should sink and implement, and use suitable movies to open up the upstream and downstream accumulation reserves. It should not be too late.

When the movie was released, it was favored by overseas distributors, and found that there are many benefits to cooperate with Firefly, which also found a convenient way for the expansion of publicity and distribution in the future.

However, although the plan is like this, it is really troublesome to practice, just like the creative direction he wants to think about now has many restrictions.

Because this is a new pioneering action, it is no less than Blue Butterfly, which has been operating in North America for several years, and has deeper connections with advertisers, radio stations, media and theaters. Overseas, it is still "smeared with two eyes". It's just a loss, and because of the regional cultural gap, some themes are naturally flawed and must be abandoned——

Although Hollywood has always been a treasure trove of film trends, not everything works.

In this way, if you count the cards in your hand, there are actually not many cards you can play.

First of all, high-investment special effects masterpieces are not good, even if it has the least cultural gap, audiences all over the world can be visually satisfied, and distributors also like this kind of money investment most, and feel that the studio is very confident, but No or no, the delivery capacity is not enough for the time being;

Secondly, comedy is not good. No matter which country's comedy, most of the domestic box office is larger than the overseas box office. This is the most typical theme that is not popular for export...

As a result, Lehmann thought about the same points as possible in the domestic and overseas markets, and had to consider the budget issue, and gradually locked in two scripts.

One is the high-scoring work "Gone Lover", which focuses on bisexual marriage; the second is the high-scoring work "The Tuner", which focuses on suspenseful crimes.

The advantages of these two films are that they have strong storytelling, long-term operation, and the core of the story can be understood by the audience. In addition, the shooting cost is low, and high interest rate ratios can be achieved without too much resource investment. , which is suitable for the overseas channel initially established by Blue Butterfly Pictures.

As we said earlier, there are two screening modes in the cinema market at this time:

The first is to open up and close. It is a short-term operation with high investment, high share and high intensity that can consume all the potential of the film in a week or two. , and then adjust quickly according to market feedback, and the theater chain also likes to support such films with the most screens, because this kind of film declines quickly after the peak period, which is also very convenient for the theater chain's operation system;

The second is that the cinema resources generally required for intensity are generally operated in a long period of time. The advantages are that the cost of initial investment is low, the risk is relatively small, and it is easy to pass the audience's word-of-mouth flow. The disadvantage is that it has high requirements for stories and film quality. And because the cycle is very long, the theater chain is also willing to maintain a certain screen size for the screen based on its own needs.

Having said that, it must be mentioned that the participation of the theater chain in the account sharing depends on the cycle + quota model, that is, in the first few weeks, the producer and the theater chain basically opened at 9:1, 8:2, and 7:3. The film side is generally the big head, and then it slowly transitions to 2:8 opening, 1:9 opening the theater line is the big head, and the algorithm is supplemented by the fixed ticket data whichever is higher (in Hollywood, when the studio is strong, the theater chain is often It's all the one who gets cut, for example, Disney's amazing split ratio: 70% of North America, um, it's Avengers 4).

In other words, if it can maintain a certain box office trend in the long period, the theater chain will also like it very much, provided that it has been released for so long, there are still a certain number of audiences to support it.

To put it in layman's terms, the short cycle is the "rich" game, and it has high requirements for its own strength, and the long cycle is the "poor" game. The dark horses of the box office every year are basically based on the long cycle, which is played by word of mouth, and it is often Some independent studios, that's why.

It is impossible to say which of these two routines has more room to make money, but there are some small problems in efficiency, but this is not a big deal, so the main decision depends on what the studio thinks about the prospects of the film. , and then arrange it, and Lehman just wants to rely on the advantages of long-term cycle to make up for the shortcomings of insufficient overseas promotion resources, and gradually expand the share, and naturally get involved.

With two projects set for future development, Lehmann began to think about the shooting team again.

He himself decided to make "The Tuner", because in all these years, he has not really made a film with such a strong suspense atmosphere, and it is very fresh, which is very important to him, trying different The subject matter has always made him feel challenging~www.readwn.com~ As for "Gone Lover", the director's first choice is naturally David Fincher, this is his masterpiece, and the film is full of big Wei-Finch's usual gloomy, melancholy and sad tone, and through the lighting arrangement and the use of photography techniques to create such a low atmosphere, if the personal style is not enough, this story may become a **** marriage drama , rather than the heavy taste, creepy, and known as a must-see classic for couples - after watching this movie, you are willing to walk hand in hand to the marriage hall, which shows that you are ready for pillow companionship.

Even the director's concept of this product is very eccentric: "I don't think that movies only play the role of pleasing the audience and entertaining the public. My interest lies in scar movies."

But what is a little more troublesome is that Lyman has no relationship with David Fincher, but as one of the most famous scar directors in Hollywood, although he is not short of money, he is also not short of various script submissions. In his hands, but he certainly has no shortage of appreciation for good stories.

In other words, as long as he takes a fancy to "Gone Lover", the two sides will have a bridge of understanding.

The time was very tight. The next day, the script outline of "Gone Lover" was first handed over to the screenwriting department to fill in and polish. Lyman also called Johnson and asked him to find someone to talk to David Finn through CAA's personal channels. The agent, who was oddly chatting with each other, strove to find out about David's own schedule.

After ordering this, and let Johnson continue to pay attention, remember to contact if there is any progress, follow him to take the outline of "The Tuner" and throw it to Ryan, let him watch more suspenseful works, and the taste should be enough.

But soon, after "Avatar" was completed, the schedule and theater arrangements were quickly crowded up...

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