Making a movie is not an easy task, and Lehmann knew that he had to be fully prepared, especially in terms of finances.

So, the next day he showed up on time at the coffee shop where he had made an appointment with Christopher Lambert.

When we met yesterday, he made some new requirements as an investor: for example, increasing the investment budget to 500,000 euros and taking 50% of the profits.

For Lyman, who had no reason to refuse, he had no reason to refuse. He was coy for a while and pretended to be reluctant to agree to the investor's new conditions. Therefore, he came here today to sign the contract.

"Thank you for your support, Mr. Lambert."

In the coffee shop, Lyman signed his name and took his thumbprint under the witness of a lawyer.

"You're welcome, this is what I should do."

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It was only then that Lehmann finally got a start-up fund for the film as he wished, so when saying goodbye to each other, he specially shook hands with Christopher Lambert and said, "This will be a pleasant cooperation."

Lambert responded with a smile: "I thought so too."

After saying that, he took the lawyer and walked out of the coffee shop.

Lyman looked at his back, shrugged, and relieved his inner excitement. After his mood calmed down a little, he also left the cafe.

On the way, he went to a Swiss bank, and sure enough, he checked and found that there was an extra 500,000 euros in the newly opened account. Christopher Lambert did not trick him.

All the way back home, Lyman sat on the bed in his bedroom and began to think about how he should use the money.

First of all, all of this money must not be used to invest in film shooting. At least about 50,000 euros must be left.

After all, making movies is risky. Even if he has many memories about movies in later generations, it does not mean that it is absolutely reliable. In the event of failure, the money left behind will prevent him from immediately falling into trouble.

Lyman is still frightened by the time he just traveled through time. He finally managed to get investment, but of course he can't go all-in.

As a rational person, this 50,000 euros is the escape path he has left for himself.

No one can guarantee that the first film he directs will be recognized by the film market.

He has experience, yes, but most of it is in TV dramas. This is the first time in his life to make a movie.

Not counting its predecessor, Lehmann did not regard that film as his own at all.

So, there is only 450,000 euros left that can be invested in film projects.

He didn't have much money, so he had to think carefully about the design of the script content. As for the script written by his predecessor, which was used to deceive investors, he simply threw it aside. The story framework was created under the guise of ambiguity and pornography.

, only Europe likes to play this trick, and Lehmann does not like this tone.

What is the difference between a literary and artistic film and a pornographic film?

Freeing his mind, Lyman began to recall the masterpieces he had watched in his previous life, trying to find movies suitable for his situation.

The capital investment is very small, so it must be a low-cost production, and the lower the cost, the better. After all, Lyman is a newbie, and he doesn’t know what will happen when filming, so he needs to set aside a budget accordingly.

Prevent problems that may arise.

Then scene changes, number of actors, camera positions, and behind-the-scenes staff must all be taken into consideration.

After such a screening, there are not too many movies.

In the past two years, there was an atypical success route like "Blair Witch". The production cost was only 60,000 US dollars, but it easily earned hundreds of millions of dollars in box office results in North America. However, this method is not suitable for Lehman.

A large part of the credit for the film's success is the staggering amount of money the distribution company invested in publicity.

Marketing expenses have reached tens of millions of dollars. If Lehmann had that kind of money, he wouldn't have to consider films like "The Blair Witch Project."

Of course, he currently has no distribution company willing to take over the distribution work. Whether it can be released or not is still a matter of speculation.

Therefore, movies with similar properties such as "Paranormal Activity" will not work either.

So, what other good options are there?

Lyman was thinking about it, and for a long time, the name of a movie came into his mind.

"Buried Alive"!

There is only one character that really needs to be portrayed in the camera, and the other characters are just supporting characters.

The scene is even easier to handle. More than 80% of the plot takes place in a sealed coffin. There is no need for too many scene changes. It can be easily done by spending a small amount of money to build a few more coffins suitable for filming.

There is also a behind-the-scenes filming team, these also need to be found.

It's impossible for Lehmann to do a series of jobs including directing, photography, lighting, makeup, props, etc. all by himself. Even if he wanted to, his strength doesn't seem to allow it.

At least his makeup is terrible, let alone controlling photography and lighting at the same time.

So you have to find a suitable and cheap photographer who can do lighting better. If not, then find a lighting engineer to help.

This money cannot be saved, and the quality of the shooting work is directly related to the quality of the lens.

As "Buried Alive" is a thriller-focused movie, the camera sense is very important.

In the same way, a makeup artist is needed. If an actor without retouching is shot directly on camera, the high-resolution camera will infinitely magnify a seemingly insignificant flaw. Moreover, there are some scenes of wounds, which are also

All require the help of a makeup artist.

Thinking of this, Lehmann found that the 450,000 euros that he had previously thought was a bit nervous. Just setting up the filming team would cost a lot of money, let alone the post-production of the film. The soundtrack, editing and other work also required a lot of money.

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He should also plan carefully how to save money, otherwise, the money will seem a bit reluctant.

This is a very realistic society. If you want others to work, you must always give them corresponding rewards.

So how can we build a professional production team with less money? Lyman couldn't help but lower his head and thought.

By the way, "Intern".

Lyman's mind flashed back to the conditions mentioned by the lady when he applied for an art job that day.

You don’t need to pay “interns”, why don’t you just find “interns” yourself?

There are still many schools in the Cannes area that specialize in film and television production. As soon as students graduate, don’t most of them have to start from the most basic level?

Just like Lyman in his previous life, he started out as a field assistant on the set.

This is really a good way to solve problems. Lyman is very satisfied with his quick thinking ability.

In this way, the expenditure on behind-the-scenes staff can be greatly reduced, so that funds will not be too tight.

Regarding the filming and production issues, Lehmann thought about it for a whole afternoon before thinking it all through.

No one can guarantee whether a movie will be successful, but you will never go wrong if you make adequate preparations. Having reasonable production thinking can also reduce the possibility of movie failure.

Whether you want to make a movie or not, if you want to make a movie, you need to figure out all possible problems and try to solve them in advance. No matter how small the investment is, you cannot relax in this aspect.

For dinner, Lehmann went to a restaurant not far away to eat. A local buckwheat cake and a grilled beef rib. The portion was large, enough to eat, and the taste was very good. The total cost was 42 euros. Anyway.

He said that he is also a man with a huge sum of money. It is really outrageous to be asking for money on his stomach. Lehman does not want to eat bread and drink cold water anymore. Be kind to yourself and there is no need to save in this aspect.

After returning home, Lyman took out a notebook and carefully wrote down the ideas he had thought about in the afternoon one by one. He also wrote a plan along the way.

After initially completing these preliminary preparations, Lehmann began to write the script.

Although the script has a relatively low status among the elements that make up a movie, and many directors will not follow the plot design in the script to describe the shooting, and will even completely break away from the script creation, but after all, this is a

The basics of film shooting and production.

Moreover, with the script, we can better conceive the shots and formulate the shooting plan, which can be used for the actors to read, so that they can understand roughly what kind of story is being told, and it can also make it easier for him to bring the character into the role. In short, the benefits are

It's quite a lot, especially for a new director like Lehmann.

The first thing he wrote was the outline of the script. All the content of the movie revolved around the "protagonist". The story was very simple. It told about a construction contractor from the United States who was attacked while working in Iraq.

After waking up, he found himself in a coffin, buried alive, and wanted to escape.

Since the scenes of the entire work are roughly shot inside the coffin, other scenes are rarely involved.

And such a bold setting: starting with the coffin and ending with the coffin also means that the world outside the coffin and the relationship between the characters must be outlined by the protagonist's lines, and all the plot advancement is placed on the protagonist.

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Therefore, this movie also has very high requirements for the leading actors. In a streamlined space, expressions, actions, and language are completely used to fill in the information of the incident. How to show what happened simultaneously inside and outside the coffin. The explosive power and appeal of the storyline.

How to restore the original background of the relationship between characters in a critical situation is a test of the leading actor's acting skills.

In fact, there are very few such one-man shows, and this is because it is very difficult to tell the content of the movie in a way that is not boring. A single scene for a long time, with the starring role alone, can easily distract the audience's thoughts.

Produce fatigue.
Chapter completed!