Chapter 835 Prediction

After becoming an investor and producer, what Shen Xudong dislikes the most is those ‘filmmakers’ who keep talking about their ideals and dreams...

You don’t know anything, yet you dare to ask for money!

Anyone who has seriously worked on a film and television project knows that during the early stage of evaluation, the most important thing is to investigate the audience of the film and the box office that this audience can bring, and work out a reasonable production cost range based on this.

Do you dare to ask for 60 million for a literary film?

A movie with a cost of 60 million will need at least 200 million in box office to make back the money.

What is the concept of 60 million?

Even among American independent films, which have a broader market, that’s a lot of money!

The cost of the two movies "Dallas Buyers Club" and "Manchester by the Sea" is about US$8 million, which is less than 50 million when converted into RMB.

What’s even more outrageous is that a film with an estimated cost of 5 to 8 million yuan was written with a script shot in three locations: China, Japan and South Korea.

Sometimes I wonder if these directors have never flown before. I don’t know that dragging so many people (a complete crew of at least 50 people) to Japan, not to mention filming, is just about three days of food and drink plus round-trip air tickets. 3 million is gone.

"As for the film bureau setting up special funds to encourage filmmakers with dreams? I think it's quite nonsense... France, Canada, Germany and other countries have their own film auxiliary policies, and then the local market is being beaten steadily... It's even worse. Yes, the auxiliary money has become a plaything of a specific group!"

Why not do film subsidy?

It's not very useful. Taiwan did it back then, and then completely pushed Taiwanese movies to the opposite direction of the audience - directors don't have to rely on the box office to make money, and use private goods to make some movies that are not available, and don't care whether the audience understands or not. , it’s better if you can’t understand it, but if you understand it, it seems like I’m not artistic.

On the other hand... it is due to what Shen Xudong said - the emergence of monopoly...

Since it is a film grant, who should it be given to?

Definitely for those famous directors who have already made a name for themselves...

This group of people can easily form a team with inherent interests - cheating and compensating!

"Okay..." At this point, Shen Xudong suddenly lost interest and changed the subject: "What do you think of "Titanic 3D" which will be released next month?"

Yin Hong immediately answered: "This issue is also what we will discuss next... Ning Hao, please tell me!"

Ning Hao took the microphone without getting up, and said directly: "I originally thought about converting it into 3D in the post-production process. It's a movie. What's important is the story. The source of "Titanic" can be found everywhere, so it's not a big concern... But Xudong told me that we need to analyze the audience group... Today, our mainstream movie-watching group is generally born in the 85s and 90s. This group of people is different from us. The first Hollywood movie they knew was "Titanic" , and they haven’t seen it in the cinema... If they have the chance to watch the movie in the cinema, they will definitely buy tickets!”

After a pause, he continued: "It is very likely to set off a phenomenon-level movie viewing..."

After Ning Hao finished speaking, Yang Shupeng, who was sitting below him, stood up: "I think people who have watched it once will not want to watch it a second time! I won't watch it anyway. The so-called 3D re-screening is actually a trap." It’s just money!”

Guan Hu, who was standing next to him, also chimed in: "Yes, Titanic is a classic, but it was a movie made more than ten years ago. I don't think a movie made more than ten years ago can make the audience pay for it!"

Ning Hao waved his hand: "I don't believe it either...but Xudong said it absolutely!"

A group of people looked at Shen Xudong, who smiled: "Let's make a bet. I bet that the mainland box office of "Titanic 3D" will be at least 500 million..."

Before the people below could speak, Shen Xudong changed his mind: "Five hundred million is not a challenge, let's do this, 800 million!"

"A bet? What are you betting on?"

"...What are you betting on?"

Shen Xudong thought for a moment: "Forget it, just think of me as making a prediction. There's nothing to bet on!"

There is nothing in these people that Shen Xudong wants...

…

The three of them got in the car and rushed to the appointed hotel. Xu Zheng drove and got on the road.

Shen Xudong and Ning Hao are chatting...

Ning Hao took Yue Xiaojun all the way south to Dali some time ago.

"Xiaojun got divorced. I stayed with him to help him get out of the shadows..."

"Then...have you come out?"

"It's not bad. I've finally come out."

Ning Hao told some stories about hunting for women...

Just spend money on tea...

"If you have an idea, you can write this story into a script and make it into a movie!"

"...Made into a movie?"

"Yes…"

Bald Xu, who was driving in the front seat, interjected: "Yes, this is a very typical road movie..."

"My friend went south to Dali with an old friend who was divorced. I originally wanted to take him on a sex hunt, but it turned out that my friend was enjoying the happiness all the way..."

"...You wait until I finish filming "No Man's Land" before doing this..."

"Okay, anyway, you have a studio, so you can do whatever you want... But one thing, no ink is needed. If you encounter problems with the script, contact me as soon as possible!"

Ning Hao nodded: "Okay!"

Baldy Xu changed the subject: "I read reports that Desheng's "Sediq Bale" received widespread praise in Venice..."

"Which company reported it?"

"I don't remember, it seems to be news on the Internet..."

Ning Hao interjected: "This movie is not very good!"

"you saw it?"

"Well, Gao Jun invited me to watch it, and it was a complete version...long, depressing, disgusting, and the editing level is still very low. It's hard to understand what the director's mentality was for editing like this. The long description of how barbaric and cruel they are Being ignorant and not knowing how to advance or retreat is worse than a beast. But it is not a documentary style, but a drama about the confrontation between heroes and demons... What does he want to express by cutting it like this?"

“I read some Taiwanese media reports, and they said that the so-called Wushe incident was actually a conflict caused by a lack of communication between the civilized Japanese army and the barbaric students... On the surface, "Sediq Balai" is praising barbarism. Actually no, he was criticizing!”

Xu Zheng looked at Shen Xudong: "Xudong, what do you think?"

Shen Xudong waved his hand: "It's not that complicated. It's just that I shot too much footage that I thought was good and I didn't want to throw it away, so I crammed it all in."

"But I think all the media is touting it!"

"Whether you want to brag or not, Gao Jun said that at most 10% of the film will be scheduled in the first three days. If the box office can come up, we will continue to arrange it. If it doesn't, we won't care!"

Yes, the "good reputation" of "Sediq Bale" was first brought by the praise from Taiwanese audiences, media, and film and television industry, and then attracted celebrities, film critics, and stars from all walks of life in the mainland to pursue the film - Taiwan Epic movie!

However, the audience was not impressed!

The original time and space will be released on May 1st, catching up with the moral attack of the two movies "Avengers" and "Men in Black 2"

At this point, a bunch of celebrities expressed regret - especially Han Han, who praised "This is a movie definitely worth going to the cinema to watch..."

Why are audiences reluctant to watch "Sedek"?

Regardless of ideology, an author’s film is still a bit avant-garde, so it’s normal for it to fail at the box office!