Three Hundred and Sixty - Changes Brought About by the Launch of Video Tape Sales

With a look of confusion on his face, Zack Snyder kept talking about self-motivation and walked away. This was the only answer he got from this.

In fact, the matter is very easy to understand. Find a group of awesome people to get together and give them a salary that is worthy of their own standards. At the same time, don't forget the most important thing, full authorization.

The rest is self-driving force. As long as you do the basic work of a leader, set work goals, and give the team enough space to perform, it is enough.

Zack Snyder's work as a director was much more tiring than when Wayne was filming. Although the director wants to care about everything and take care of everything, it doesn't work to overly dictate all specific tasks.

This involves human nature. Everyone needs a stage to show their talents, and the higher the level, the more so. Without understanding this, Zack Snyder will never be able to unite a team, not just in the film industry, but in other industries as well.

After smoking a cigarette, Wayne drank the coffee in his cup in one gulp and returned to the editing room with his assistant.

Gilmour and Dawn Scott were watching the clip they had just edited, and Nina couldn't help but sigh when she came in. "Chris is so sexy!"

Hearing the woman talking to herself, Wayne looked at her curiously. "From the perspective of a female audience, do you think he is sexy, or do you think Brad Pitt is sexy?"

"Christian Bale is more in line with my fantasy." The assistant lady raised her eyebrows, made a tut-tsk sound, and stared again. "Actually, both of them are very sexy. It's a pity that this movie is destined not to be friendly to women."

When he just finished starring in Batman, the media conducted an audience survey. Among a hundred randomly interviewed passers-by, more than half of the women voted for Christian Bale, thinking that he satisfied their desire for another actor. Half a sexy fantasy.

Especially when this man is wearing black armor, he doesn't need to show his flesh. He can make women think about him with just one powerful breath and a few powerful movements. When he transforms back into the playboy who spends a lot of money, his strong body under the suit becomes even more attractive to women.

Countless women have watched Batman and clamored to experience the feeling of being hit in the back by Christian Bale.

But in fact, the British actor is not showing off his sexiness, but he interprets the role just right and exudes vitality involuntarily, which makes all sexiness traceable.

This kind of figure that makes women scream when they see it is not natural for Christian Bale. He is not an actor like Leonardo DiCaprio who is chased by God to feed him. All of this It was all because he could endure loneliness and endure six or seven months of hard shaping before filming.

If "Batman Begins" didn't explain anything, before filming "The Departed", he once again ran to the Los Angeles Police Department and truly experienced police life for a month, which has proven the role of hard work and hard work.

Wayne rarely saw Nina's expression and joked: "Hey, do you need me to help you date Chris?"

"no."

The editing room was working in a relaxed atmosphere. At the entrance of Warner Bros. Studio, Peter Jackson was holding a large document bag. Under the guidance of the staff, he put on the tram and went straight to the post-production studio.

He held all his expectations in his arms. For this thing, he had spent almost all his energy in the past three months.

When the New Zealander stood in front of Wayne, he was almost not recognized. The beard on his face is thicker now, and his figure has turned 180 degrees. He can no longer be called a fat man, but more like Zack Snyder now. figure.

"The script remains, what you should do now is go back and rest."

Looking at the state of New Zealand's bearded men in front of him, Wayne was not at all angry at having his work interrupted. "I will read the script as soon as possible. Don't worry, if there is nothing wrong with the writing, the director of this project will be you."

"Thank you, Mr. Greenberg."

Peter Jackson hesitated for a moment, put down the script and walked out of the studio. The other party had already made a promise. He was really tired during this period and just hoped that everything would end well.

Looking at the back of the New Zealand man with a thin beard, Wayne opened the document bag with a smile and took out a thick stack of printing paper. This thing feels wrong as soon as I take it out, it's too thick, far more than the first part of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

This was one of his favorite series in his previous life, and it was because the impression was so profound that he was forced to cut it before the Harvey Weinstein brothers and New Line Cinema did, and complete the integration of the film rights earlier. .

The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has created so much brilliance that the New Zealand director who just left probably wouldn't have imagined what this project would bring to him. After filming this series, he has become a top director in Hollywood. of ranks.

At the same time, all brilliance has been tied to Tolkien, and it will fall off the street without this master's masterpiece.

"Gandalf..."

When I opened the script, the first name that caught my eye was that of Maia, the demigod. Various memes about this melee mage from his past life have flooded the Internet.

In fact, after coming here and entering Hollywood, Wayne understood that Gandalf didn't just use the lighting spell and then use weapons to kill enemies. In the original book, he was indeed proficient in melee combat and also proficient in various magics.

Production costs really limit everything. Think about the big scenes in the movie, tens of thousands of costumes, weapons, armors, a large number of troops, etc. Spending money on magic special effects is obviously not as effective as spending it on other places. good.

Not to mention this year, if the film was shot ten years later, special effects production is still a huge money burner, like a bottomless pit.

"Put it away for me. Let's read it carefully when we go back tonight. I didn't expect him to adapt it to such a long length." Wayne shook his head, put the script back into the document bag, and handed it to the assistant.

A script like this is definitely not possible. If it is produced according to this length, the trilogy cannot accommodate these stories, and it is difficult to say that it is a five-part series.

There are a large number of branch lines that must be cut, and some less important main line scenes must also be deleted without affecting the integrity of the story.

As long as the film and television version of famous works begins, it is destined to destroy the existence of the original works. There is no solution to this problem. Compared with the number of fans of the original work, the film will not accommodate them at all, and all story adaptations will only serve more ordinary movie fans.

Time is slowly advancing unknowingly, until mid-February, the atmosphere of the awards season is getting stronger and stronger. This year is different from the previous years. Wayne's new project "Batman Begins" was abandoned from the beginning. All about the Oscars.

The film did not participate in public relations activities at all, and there were no film viewing parties, film parties, cocktail receptions, etc.

However, the publicity in the media has not stopped. Ever since the incident of the righteous boy that became popular in North America, Warner Bros. has been hyping it up, and topics about Batman have continued to appear in its media.

This kind of costly reporting is for the video tape that will be released soon.

And everything was as Warner Bros. expected. As soon as the video tape of "Batman Begins" was released, fans rushed to buy it like crazy. It was supposed to be the box office champion of the year in 1995. I don't know how many fans were waiting for this moment.

Coupled with the big show near the release, more families chose to take out their credit cards to support Wayne's superhero masterpiece.

The video tape is divided into a theater release version for $19.9, a director's commemorative edition with many extras added for $29.9, a super-long director's cut in a gift box for $39.9, and a Batman + Joker collaboration collector's cut for $59.9.

There are also differences from what Warner Bros. imagined. They originally thought that the last two gift box versions would not be shipped too much, and the main choice for most people would still be the ordinary version. This retail price is already very expensive for ordinary movie fans.

But once the video tape went on sale, no matter which version it was priced at, it was very popular, especially the last two gift box collector's editions. Many peripheral stores and Blockbuster stores were sold out on the first day.

Fortunately, the distribution department responded quickly enough. Before the replenishment call came, the situation was unexpectedly good, and they immediately notified the processing factory to work overtime to start production.

Such an enviable sales speed lasted from early February to mid-February. Warner Bros. has never released sales figures in this area. As several other giants in the industry, they can still analyze the approximate results from various feedbacks. revenue.

"It's at least more than 200 million U.S. dollars. This is the most conservative estimate. This number does not include independent peripheral stores outside the theater. Judging from the shipments in Blockbuster, theater stores, and large audio-visual supermarkets, it is absolutely It won’t be less than 200 million US dollars!”

In an office at Twentieth Century Fox, Townsend Rothman stood in front of the window with a cigar in his hand, listening to Terry's analysis.

He knew very well how much profit this number represented. The cigar that was about to be crushed in his hand showed that his heart was not as calm as it seemed on the surface. It's only been half a month, and no one knows how much the final understanding is. This is not a one-time deal, this is the long-term income of the previous company.

The cost of printing video tapes is nothing compared to the high selling price. Excluding the middle dealer, the profit margin is over 85%. Especially those two gift box collection versions, the profit can account for at least 90%.

The reason why so many productions in Hollywood are making losses on paper are still profitable in the end because the income from video tapes is huge profits.

In fact, this has always been the case. It is true to say that video tapes saved Hollywood after the 1970s and 1980s. Gradually, cheaper DVDs appeared, pushing the income in this area even higher.

"Wayne, you win..."

It wasn't until a while after Terry went out that Townsend-Rosman grunted softly, sat back at his desk, picked up the phone, and dialed Wayne's personal number without hesitation.

"Hello, this is Nina Klein, Mr. Greenberg's assistant. Who are you?"

"Tell Wayne that the release date of "Independence Day" will be announced tomorrow. I need his commitment to present it on paper..."

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