489. Prepare to make a movie yourself

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If you want to talk about a small cost and a big box office, of course, this ghost movie record is the first to be recommended.

This movie was released in the original time and space in 09, and the cost was only more than 10,000 US dollars, but it won more than 200 million at the box office and earned nearly 20,000 times the income, which can be called the most profitable movie in film history, there is no one.

Of course, in terms of income alone, this movie is still not ranked, especially the giant films with a box office of more than a billion billions in later generations, which completely crushed this small film. But the rate of return of this movie is high, even if there are various shares, the income that falls into the hands of investors is tens of thousands of times. That is to say, invest 10,000 yuan and earn 100 million, where in the world is there a more profitable business and bank robbery than this.

What's even more commendable is that the film only took three days to shoot in the original time and space, and the filming crew was only three people, including the arrival of Oren Perley, and only three crew members participated in the shooting. And the film was made in a sneaky state, and even the neighbors didn't know what they were doing in the house. The studio is the home of director Paley, and in order to shoot this film, Paley also deliberately repainted his home. What's even more amazing is that this film doesn't even have a script, and all the lines are created on the spot.

is such a "shoddy" movie, but it has become a super blockbuster that has to be mentioned in film history, if Zhou Fangyuan wants to make a quick buck, to be honest, this opportunity is definitely not to be missed.

The main content of the film is about a young couple, Katy and Micah, who finally move into their long-awaited big house in the suburbs, but there is no trace of joy in their faces, as they are increasingly horrified to find that there seems to be something unclean in this house.

Both men are deeply troubled by the increasingly apparent supernatural phenomena, which, whatever the cause of these incomprehensible noises, always occur in the middle of the night, especially when they are asleep or half-asleep. Eventually, Carty and Micah come up with a solution, they decide to replace their sleeping selves with a video camera to see what bothers them from time to time. So, they installed multiple cameras in the house to track and film the two of them, lying up and sitting. I hope to be able to record the evidence of ghost haunting with real images.

However, their excitement was soon replaced by an inexplicable restlessness. Apart from the two of them, there seemed to be other lives hidden inside the empty house. At two or three o'clock in the morning, a camera in the corner of the bedroom room recorded the unusual events. As time goes by, the paranormal events intensify, and Katie can't bear to move away, but Mick is excited to make a movie about the event. Little did he know that it was too late when he really wanted to leave. But apparently, they were not fully mentally prepared for the terrible events that followed.

Unlike other Hollywood horror films, the Ghost Record is a pseudo-documentary approach. The film uses DV photography to realistically record the strange situations in various homes, creating an immersive thriller effect. In fact, the ghost is a movie directed by Ollen Pelli in 07, which was not released in theaters at first, but was directly made into a DVD, but due to its great popularity in the DVD market, coupled with the promotion of the great director Spielberg, it turned to the big screen, and after it was released in the United States in 09, it detonated heated discussions, and it was released from the original 12 theaters on a small scale, and quickly expanded to more than 2,000 theaters, with a total box office income of more than 100 million US dollars in the United States, and more than 200 million in the world, creating unprecedented results.

"Actually, my idea was very simple, at first I thought it would be fun to have a camera in my house and take pictures of what was going on in my house when no one was around. Later, the idea changed to that if the family was sleeping, what could the camera capture at night? When you sleep, it is the most real time for people, and it is also the time when people are most vulnerable. If a thief or something else sneaks into your house at this time, there is basically nothing you can do. ”

This is the creative concept he said when the reporter interviewed Paley later.

As for the reason for the creation, it is because of the director's own personal experience of hearing strange noises in the middle of the night after moving to a new house in the suburbs.

Well, none of this matters, the important thing is that Zhou Fangyuan clearly remembers all the contents of the ghost record, and he was also a lover of horror movies in his last life. Although he is really scared when he watches horror movies sometimes, this thing is like a drug, once he likes it, he can't extricate himself, and sometimes he knows it's scary, but he still can't help but want to watch it.

He didn't know about this movie at first, and he only watched it later on the recommendation of a friend, and he couldn't extricate himself after watching it once, and even watched several sequels later.

But to be honest, the level of those sequels is very average, and it may be because he has watched the first part and has already accepted the content, so he feels very average when he looks at the next few parts.

But I have to say, this is really an excellent movie.

Zhou Fangyuan's future focus will be on the Internet, food, smart phones and media, media is very important, and he has already participated in the production of Warcraft movies at this time, so when he thinks of the ghost movie movie, he immediately can't help it.

When he thought of the box office of 200 million, his heart was pounding, even if inflation is counted, the box office of more than 200 million can still be at the level of 100 million million, which is still a dollar, which is equivalent to a soft sister currency, and it will cost hundreds of millions. The funds that Andy needs are available at once, and there is still a lot of surplus, which can help Zhou Fangyuan do a lot of things. For example, in the next step, agricultural companies should be deployed across the country, and the farms and farms that are blooming all over the world will need money. Even if the local government can give various support policies, there is still a start-up capital.

Yuanfang Group's ability to attract money is not bad, but its ability to spend money is also not weak, and there will be more places to spend money in the future, so not only this movie, but also several high-cost and high-grossing movies in film history are within his consideration.

For example, the curse released in 04 mainly tells the story of twin siblings Ellie and Jimmy who were accidentally scratched by the claws of a giant beast on a moonlit night, and then both found that they had supernatural powers. To be precise, this movie is not a real horror movie in the strict sense, and some viewers will define it as a light comedy, because there are even several humorous scenes in the film. However, where this movie failed is that it has always been considered a true horror movie. The plot borrows a lot of elements from horror movies and werewolf movies, but some of them are too formulaic and have no new ideas of their own. In many parts of the film, viewers will accurately guess what will happen next, and even see the shadow of screams.

But I have to say, it was very successful, with an investment of $200, a box office of $650,000, yes, you read that right, the investment was only more than $200, but the income was more than $600,000.

However, Zhou Fangyuan thought about it carefully and decided to give up this movie.

Quite simply, there is too little money, even if the rate of return is very large, but the problem is that hundreds of thousands of dollars really don't make much sense. It's only a few million soft sister coins, what is it enough for

So this movie was directly passed by him, and then he quickly remembered a new movie, called Super Code Me.

This film is a documentary directed by Morgan Spurlock, a Chinese director, who experiments on his own body as a white mouse. For 30 days in a row, I could only eat the food sold by McDonald's for three meals. The film is Spurlock's first film director, who had previously worked as a programmer and screenwriter before winning the Director's Award for Documentary at the 24th Sundance Film Festival.

How much do people love fast food, and the young American director Morgan Pullock boldly experimented with his body as a white mouse. For 30 days in a row, he could only eat the food sold by McDonald's for three meals, and even the drinking water was taken from McDonald's. Before this crazy experiment began, Spoplok was 6 feet 2 tall, weighed 185 pounds, and was almost as healthy as a professional athlete. But after gobbling up hamburgers and fries for a month, tragedy strikes, and Sproclock's knee is sore from the sudden weight gain.

Why are people so fat in the United States The video makes a judgment by analyzing the physical composition of fast food and the analysis of calories after chemical reaction. According to a survey37 of the children and young people in the country eat too much fast food. And two-thirds of adults are overweight. This is because of the lack of self-control, or should the responsibility be placed on fast food companies such as McDonald's, director Morgan Poole Locke interviewed nearly 20 professionals in Houston, known as the "fattest city" in the United States. From fitness instructors to children's food chefs, from lawmakers to fat people. And these people's opinions, feelings, and discoveries give relatively clear answers to the questions.

However, Zhou Fangyuan is far from going to shoot this movie by himself, just have fun, he has not practiced his ideas yet, but he can find someone to shoot it, and he directly invests in it. There are more directors in Hollywood who want to be famous, and they can kill several people with a brick, and if you find someone of the same level, you can export such a movie casually. The investment of this movie in the original time and space was more than 40,000 US dollars, but it received nearly 30 million at the box office, and the rate of return was almost hundreds of times. Although it can't be compared with a god film like Ghost Shadow, it's not too bad.

In addition, there is a movie called Napoleon, directed by Jared Hess, about Napoleon, who is not the general who conquered almost all of Europe, but an ordinary high school student living in Princeton, Idaho, with fluffy red hair, clumsy hiking boots, and some special skills that are not appreciated, and he also has the same troubles as other boys in this confused adolescence.

Specifically, Napoleon was an ordinary high school student living in Princeton, Idaho, with fluffy red hair, clumsy hiking boots, and some special skills that were not appreciated, and he also had the same troubles as other boys in this confused adolescence. Napoleon lives with his grandmother and his unemployed brother Cap, a 30-year-old who spends his days in online chat rooms looking for his love. One day, Grandma fell and injured herself in the sand dune, so out of nowhere, an uncle from afar afar appeared, Rickao, who came to this remote town to take care of the two brothers, but what he didn't expect was that he almost ruined their lives.

Napoleon and Pedro, an alumnus he had just met, hit it off, and when he learned that Pedro was running for president of the school's student council and that he was facing a rather formidable opponent, Wheatley, whom he hated, he decided to put aside his work for a while and go all out to help his friend. At the same time, Napoleon had to remember to feed his grandmother's alpaca, and try to avoid being associated with his terrible uncle and the breast enlargement herbs he was recommending from door to door, and in the midst of these troubles, Napoleon and Pedro, who had only a few small art skills, won the victory with their enthusiasm and hard work.

It's a very ordinary inspirational little movie, but its success lies in the fact that it tells a different story of youth with a plot that is as slow as flowing water. Although the protagonist Napoleon is also a confused high school student, he is very pure and kind, and his introverted and melancholy nature makes him silently insist on doing what he thinks is right, and finally gets everyone's approval in the end. Compared with the flamboyant personality or overflowing confusion of many youth films, this film is surprisingly quiet, like a modern watercolor painting of a mountain village, allowing the audience to see the inner world of an unnamed boy in a remote town under the unadorned lens.

The investment in this film is 400,000 US dollars, and the final box office income is more than 40 million, with a return of more than 100 times. This number is very promising, after removing various costs and sharing of all parties, the investor can also settle for more than 20 million, which is also more than 100 million soft sister coins, which is worth a try.

And most importantly, all three films are not troublesome.

Needless to say, Zhou Fangyuan is ready to direct it himself.

He has no experience in this area, and he doesn't know how to be a director at all, but he has never eaten pork and never seen a pig run, anyway, he remembers the content of the movie, just copy it.

Super size me and the big man Napoleon can find someone else to direct, he just needs to be creative, anyway, now he knows Cameron, the relationship is not bad, when the time comes, let Cameron watch it, if not, let him help contact some distributors, Zhou Fangyuan doesn't believe it, the movie that can be a big success in the last life, at least the ghost and the super code will definitely not fail, but the big man is in some trouble, but it doesn't matter, even if it fails, the investment of 400,000 is only, he can afford to lose.

Do it when you think of it, after Zhou Fangyuan decided to make a movie, he immediately started to act. He first called Sun Jing and asked Sun Jing to help him buy a ticket to the United States in a week, and at the same time stepped up to deal with the affairs of Beitong, he was ready to finish these things before the winter vacation.

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