Chapter 713: November
Hollywood should be the most standardized place in the world in the film and television industry.
From the time he received a reminder from Metz, Lehman asked Liam to ask the theater's stalls for how much share it could be provided, or an internal screening would be held to give the hospital confidence.
This is actually all process, the task is not arduous, just follow the routine.
When it is almost done, it will cause topics and then push them into the market through promotion. The rest will be decided by the audience whether they buy it or not.
The company attaches great importance to this "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors" project.
The main creator of the crew pays more attention.
After all, Lehman is not stingy with rewards for the project profit.
Those who make a lot of contributions like production, photography, lighting, etc. generally have a slightly better grade and can get a salary of about one or two months from the bonus.
Not to mention director Zach Schneider, who has mostly made net profits from projects.
Although it hasn't been waiting for that moment, the quality and marketability of the films still make people think of it.
"Tsk tsk tsk, if the box office exceeds 300 million, it should be 70,000 US dollars."
Art director Hans was valued by the director because he had defected early and became a direct descendant. This time he was qualified to pay more bonuses. He calculated the money he might get, but he didn't know if he could have that luck.
Props logistics sat next to him, looking at the little leader behind the scenes who had been transferred to take over the art position for the first time not long ago. He despised the other party for no knowledge and looked speechless.
In the crew, they are also divided into large and small classes.
Needless to mention handyman and studio assistant, they are usually ordered goods.
When it comes to their category, they are almost at the top of each position, such as radio, photography, and field recording... In addition to the differences in attention and the differences in projects, although the salary is still very different, they are all "on the same level" in terms of name. They each manage their own affairs and make trouble.
So, he was not as good as Hans, who was newly promoted to art director, in terms of salary, in terms of props and clothing arrangements... This was very annoying.
No matter how many years he has been and how rich his experience he has, the gap in his position still cannot be made up, and he has more room for improvement than his work.
Seeing that the manager of the same group didn't say anything, Hans smiled and calculated again: "How much can Director Zha get this time? Can it exceed 20 million?"
"Maybe, it's all nothing. Why are you so keen on?"
"That's right, is it coming soon? Didn't you say that the boss will come here today?" Hans suppressed his inner joy and pretended to be calm, but the smile on the corner of his mouth still exposed him.
"Hey, why haven't the boss come yet?" Hans stretched out his neck and looked at the door.
But the side no longer answered his words.
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It's nine o'clock in the morning.
In an indoor screening room in the digital field, Lehman, Scott Rose, and Zach Schneider were sitting around watching several scenes.
For such a period of time, the digital field is still in the stage of burning money and not making profits.
However, the money spent has not been spent in vain, and has become various expensive graphics processing equipment and continuous in-depth special effects technology.
For similar professional fields, their development is driven by mixed research.
For example, Director Za’s idea of imaging "Sparta" on the big screen has also been specially solved, which is equivalent to practicing.
Scarlet battle robe, slow-writing shot, oil painting processing...
This kind of lens feels amazing.
At least, Director Zha was also very satisfied. At this time, he coughed twice and showed off, "How is it?"
"I think there is still a possibility of improvement in rendering."
Scott's serious analysis.
Of course, from a technical perspective, there is no best but only better.
But from the director's perspective, the picture color processing of "Sparta" has already made great innovations.
A big personal mark was saved.
Non-directors may think it is good, with strong senses, but the more you enter the threshold, the more you will feel the exquisiteness of the whole process.
After all, every step of innovation is not simple.
"It's very good." Leman praised the words of Director Zha sincerely.
Sure enough, Director Zha showed pride and felt comfortable - I worked so hard and spent so much effort to complete the directorial work, wouldn’t it just want to be amazed?
In this world, no one wants to be recognized.
"Oh, by the way, "Sparta" is scheduled to be screened next Friday, which is to be released on November 10th." After watching the main film, Lehman slapped his head and heard it.
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The cooperative issuance is profitable, and of course no one will refuse.
Whether it is Lion Gate or Mubao, he has mastered a certain amount of theater resources. Anyway, he cannot participate in Christmas and has no great masterpieces with great potential, so it is better to get a share of the "Sparta" project.
Things went smoother than Lehman thought.
Among them, perhaps it is because of the lack of strength in the work during the schedule.
According to the data, the market rose only 1.5% in October compared with last year, while the number of screens increased by more than 4,000 yuan compared with last year - from the total amount of just over 40,000 to more than 46,000 yuan. The number of canvases has increased, but the benefits that deserved did not meet expectations.
Of course, it doesn’t matter if the standards are not met in a certain month. As long as the total market value shows an upward trend, theater businessmen are willing to increase their investment.
The easiest impact on social development and wealth growth is entertainment.
In recent years, both the stock market and the real estate industry have been increasing value. As the people have more money left, more people can enjoy watching movies. Business people are not stupid. If you calculate a little, you will know the expansion of market capacity.
Just like the golden period of film and television in the 1980s, behind the explosive growth of theaters, smart people want to make money.
The threshold is high now. After all, is the theater chain chain? If you don’t have some strength, you can’t play theater chains anymore. Wall Street’s investment banks invest money in production, offline and other channels. Overall, there are still many people who are optimistic about the film and television industry.
Once the industry has more resources, it is even more necessary to have film sources, especially high-quality film sources.
After all, without excellent content, where can we earn subsequent benefits?
Even Disney has begun to pay attention to live-action movies, and has acquired Pixar at a high price for the sake of the animation industry.
Everyone has actions.
Anyway, in industries with a rich future, similar things are natural.
Content is the foundation of the film and television industry.
If you are on weekdays, as long as you make money, the more money you get from theaters, it doesn’t matter whether you support it or not.
But there are not many excellent film sources in October, so when "Sparta" was scheduled to be released on November 10, Liam communicated with several major theater chain dealers quite well.
Screen, screening, location and even internal promotion have received certain resources.
Of course, it's just a certainty.
As Christmas approaches, all five ace projects are released, so I just want to spend this period first.
After all, these old studios are more appealing.
Of course, Lehmann doesn't think his company is so attractive.
The movie is still the market until the end.
All the investments in the early stage cannot be converted into actual box office, and it is a waste of effort.
Who knows which work will the big winner be born?
"Boss, Mubao, and Lion Gate promised to provide no less than 1,000 screen canvases, but we have to pay the publicity fee, so they can cooperate. In addition, they also need 10% of the local box office net profit. If our project results are not ideal, it may be difficult to control the losses." In the office, Joseph reminded worriedly.
This time, the investment was the highest without the top five taking over, which was more than "The Demon Wearing Prada".
You should know that Liam alone has talked about 2,500 screens, and the subsequent additional screening terms and screening share. With the cooperation of the other two companies, the premiere canvases are as high as 3,500, which is basically enough for the resources of the five first-tier projects. If the results do not meet expectations, it is equivalent to taking all the losses in several aspects - Lion Gate and Mubao are a business that is stable and profitable, otherwise, the cooperative distribution will not become the mainstream distribution model of Firefly.
If it can be issued independently, who is willing to take risks themselves and give allies a happy share of the money they have.
However, the potential of "Sparta" is worth doing this.
Lehman didn't want to wait until it was released before discovering that the theater screens were insufficient.
That's the trouble!
Chapter completed!