Chapter 873 A good starting point
People's ambitions never suddenly expand.
In order to find a relationship, Spielberg became familiar with the big shots in the film industry every day, and he spent several years. Cameron made his debut with special effects on movies. Who would have thought that he could finally put up his own signature and gain the popularity of thousands of movie fans?
So, really, Chris Wetz is even higher than these two people's. This guy's brother Paul Wetz graduated from drama major. He was admired by his school tutor during his graduate school years and was also a director. He became a producer within a few years. When Chris entered the industry, he didn't need to look for opportunities everywhere, so his brother asked him to help the TV station write the script.
I have accumulated some experience and occasionally played a guest role in the middle, and I have successfully become an assistant director and an episode director, enriching myself during the filming.
With several works as foundation and solid foundation, people in the circle will naturally know that there is such a person.
Later, the two brothers joined forces, one producer and the other director, and became famous with the "American Pie" series, constantly accumulating capital, and jointly established a studio to officially participate in project sharing.
Look, Chris Wetz is coming step by step, better than 90% of the directors in the circle. When he enjoys fame and fortune, Lehmann didn't even come.
But life is sometimes fucked.
After finally taking it a step further, he became one of the few directors who could direct masterpieces. He was in a mess.
All the past were buried in an instant.
Do you think he will leave the market in disgrace? That won’t be the case, but he failed to make progress and retreated. It is cruel to a person like him.
What's more, these years, there are more and more works with higher budgets, and the amount of investment is higher than that of the other. Can investors be convinced by the investors to have the ability to direct masterpieces?
Many people in Hollywood are more superstitious...
"Ryan, there is a director who needs you to meet. This is his contact information."
The next day, Lehman, who arrived at the company, asked the production department employees to establish the project "Crescent Moon", while allowing Ryan, who was doing things steadily, to interview and cooperate with Weiz.
But when Ryan went to that person's house, he found that he had not been affected by much of the failure of "The Golden Compass", but he could not hide the sorrow between his eyebrows by chance.
Of course, Chris Wetz himself felt unlucky, and he was even more cautious about the choice of invitation, for fear of being cheated again. If he failed twice in a row, it would be a disaster, which is why he had not made any moves recently.
The two met and were kind to each other.
Chris pulled Ryan and went to the study, looking very serious.
After all, Ryan came to ask him to be the director this time, and Choris did not dare to fight a battle that was inconsistent.
In other words, he needs more protection for his right to film, and he can no longer be led by the investors, and he will take the blame in a mess - this guy is so unlucky that he is as unlucky as Wolfgang Peterson, the director of "Troy", is Pitt, who showed off his figure, had too much role, and had a greasy smell overflowing the screen. Well, that is also a project produced by Warner.
Both of them do not have enough control over the project, and the latter is even more amazing. The director's edited version sells better than Warner's cinema-cut DVD. How can I reason about this?
Ryan didn't think so much, so he took out the script that had been confirmed from his briefcase and handed it to the other party.
Chris Wetz took it casually, rolled it a few times, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.
No, he really never thought that Fireflies would invite him to be the director of the sequel to "Twilight", which was a subject that could trigger the crazy crazy of female audiences, but before that, there was no news in the circle.
After reading it carefully, I felt more clear, but the lessons learned by Chris in "The Golden Compass" made him suppress his slightly urgent mood and asked hesitantly: "Can I know why director Catherine gave up the filming of the sequel?"
He saw Ryan's strange expression and changed his words tactfully, "That's right, a little sudden."
"We both sides have not reached an agreement on salary." Ryan shook his head slightly, "I won't talk about her anymore. I came here this time to solve this problem. Mr. Weiz, can you leave a schedule for March to July next year?" Ryan has heard of Katherine Hardwick's "shamelessness". Of course, the director who spoke big in the lion could not have no emotion towards her.
"You must have asked in advance, I'm very idle now." Chris Wetz said first, but said seriously: "But I still want to ask your company how much power I can have after I serve as the project director."
"You have the final say in the filming later."
Chris seemed to have been brought up bad memories, with a little ridicule, "Is it true that your company won't hire a professional editing team?"
"Since we have said that, I don't hide it. If we are not satisfied with the film, we will naturally re-edit or re-film the script. We have put a lot of effort into the script and respect the original work. I hope you can understand it."
“It’s too subjective.”
"But this is the movie, sir. Everyone has their own preferences. What we can do is to meet the needs of the film audience, and." Ryan quipped: "At least Fireflies are a studio that is better for directors, and you can experience it personally."
Chris' smile was a bit reluctant, but he also knew that this was the easiest project to find him in the near future. It is recognized that the sequel is low risk.
After all, the first film had a expenditure of less than 65 million yuan to earn more than 400 million yuan worldwide, and the sequel naturally has a fan base.
"Okay, this project has impressed me."
"Then what do you think of the shooting of "Crescent Moon"?"
"The debates on the Internet are ignored." Chris said with great insight from the director's perspective: "The story of vampires is actually very old-fashioned, but in addition to the old-fashioned, this series is about the growth of a group of young men and women, and the theme is very positive, and it is not suitable for children like other vampire movies.
In fact, this series does not use vampires as a selling point. I think it focuses more on how the male and female protagonists of the story fight their own destiny."
The failure of "Golden Compass" is a bit worried about Chris Wetz, but after hearing this, Ryan suddenly realized that this person had completely grasped the core of his creation, namely growth, struggle, romance and love, and a dream belonging to a girl.
Many people may not understand how the first part was so popular. One imitated vampire and werewolf system is not the special feature of "Twilight". In fact, as Chris Wetz said, too much emphasis on magic will undoubtedly fall into clichés.
"I will tell Lehman about your shooting philosophy, and he will decide the rest."
Chapter completed!