Chapter 201: Small-budget films

What are the small-budget movies, Yang Yang can think of a lot of them when he flips his brain a little.

The most famous "Crazy Stone", a super movie dark horse, cost less than 3 million and finally exchanged for more than 20 million box office.

and "People in Embarrassment", with an investment of 8 million, and the final box office was nearly 50 million.

Similarly, there are films such as "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love" and "Nightclub", all of which are typical of low cost and high return.

Even if Yang Yang's previous "Secret Room" is remade into a movie, the cost does not need to be much, and the box office should not be bad.

Yang Yang also remembered a super awesome movie that can be called a dark horse among dark horses - "This Man is from Earth". The investment cost is 14,300 US dollars, and the global total box office is 350 million!

Isn't it terrifying? So Yang Yang actually has a lot of choices, he has no shortage of god scripts, all he has to do now is to pick out a script that can be mastered by his current directorial level, as his screen debut in the true sense.

The first battle must be fought well.

Yang Yang first excluded "This Man is from Earth". The filming of this film is actually very simple, after all, the cost of less than 20,000 US dollars can be so high.

But there is one issue that he has to consider, and that is the audience of the film.

"This Man Is From Earth" tells the story of a 30-year-old history teacher at Harvard University who moves every ten years, but his appearance does not change for ten years. On the day he moved, he invited the other professors to come and finally revealed his secret - he claimed to be a caveman who had lived for 140,000 years.

Then the story proceeds under the cross-examination of various professors and the perfect interpretation of the male protagonist, and his entire narrative finds no flaws.

The film is known for its plot and mystery, with themes taken from prehistoric people who were talked about a few years ago, plus a bit of fantasy immortality and rich narratives by historians. makes this movie amazing and thoughtful after watching it, and it is impressive, and the box office will be so good.

However, there is a big problem, although the world Yang Yang is in now is roughly the same as the historical process of his previous life, there are still differences in details. Many famous great people and various representative historical events in his previous life have changed, and if he wants to make this film, he must consult a lot of materials and replace them little by little to fill the loopholes in the script. The slightest negligence can be self-defeating.

Moreover, almost all the plot of this movie is advanced through narration, and the plot is a little dull, and domestic audiences may not have the patience to watch such a film.

Whether it is applauded or not is a failure for Yang Yang.

so,pass!

Then there are films like "Crazy Stone", "People in Embarrassment", "Nightclub" and "Thirty-three Days of Broken Love", which basically win with comedy, plot arrangement, and lens use, Yang Yang has never shot a comedy, and it is a bit difficult to screen suitable actors, so he is very hesitant.

A good reputation is very important for small-budget films, only if the movie has a point that can touch the audience, or happy or moved or shocked or missed, it can be a perfect counterattack.

Yang Yang is a little worried that he can't grasp the point of a compact and exaggerated plot and a fast-paced comedy, and there are no similar films on the market as a reference.

In his heart, he is actually more inclined to what he is good at, just like writing songs, youth, campus, and his idol effect, selling a wave of feelings, and taking the audience to miss the once young and beautiful first love.

This seems to be much more certain.

"The Secret That Can't Be Said", this was the first thing he thought of. However, this debut film directed by Chou Dong, the results are not amazing, the plot is sweet, touching and the final flip, which is very exciting, but the content is a little thin.

Yang Yang thought about it, dug out the script book he wrote down whenever he had time, and found a script that he had written a long time ago and had been slowly revising - "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years".

This youth romance movie with a strong twist and turn flavor was like a hurricane in the previous life, sweeping the entire treasure island, and then the entire continent, leading the youth campus trend one after another in the next few years.

The male and female protagonists of this film have become the hottest male and female students in this move, all the way up, if it weren't for the death of the male in it, Yang Yang should have a place for the fresh meat sect leader in the circle when he was reborn.

Yang Yang likes this movie very much, it is real, interesting and full of emotion, he once thought about coming out with a new look in his own hands, but the taste of the original book is too strong, so he took the script to revise and revise it whenever he was free, and replaced some of the small details with the appearance of the mainland campus.

Yang Yang has selfish intentions, although it is a reference, he also hopes that he can bring something of his own in the movie.

Yang Yang is not very clear about the exact amount of the filming cost of "Those Years" in his previous life, but the publicity and distribution costs are definitely not more than 10 million.

And this time there is a relationship with the Film Association, and the publicity and theaters don't have to worry about themselves, plus the actor will definitely be played by himself at that time, and the other roles can be found around and in Nortel.

Yang Yang feels that Xu Chenghe and Yu Bo are very suitable for the two roles of "Lao Cao" and "Ah He", if all newcomers are used, the cost of actors will not be too high, and the cost should be controlled within eight million.

Million.. The box office of "Those Years", which invested 10 million in the previous life, exceeded 200 million!

Before the world's youth campus movies became popular, Yang Yang was confident that the results would not be inferior to the original.

Regarding this, "Fairy Sword", "July and Ansheng" and "Hypnosis Master" are already the best proof.

Yang Yang thought about it and was excited for a while, so he immediately started to sort out the script of "Those Years" and sent it to Yu Shuping for review as soon as possible.

During this period, the annual Magnolia Awards ceremony was officially launched, and countless star directors gathered in the magic capital. Yang Yang had already made an appointment with Wu Zheng, and two days before the award ceremony began, a ticket flew back to the magic capital that he hadn't seen for a long time.

After getting off the plane, Yang Yang made a phone call first. Zhang Bai heard that he was coming back today, and said that he would come over to pick up the airport and get together by the way.

"Hey, Lao Bai, I'm at the door, where are you?"

In the autumn weather, Yang Yang was wearing simple light-colored jeans and a casual sweatshirt, which was the one Su Mo bought for him. Although he is wearing a mask on his face, his tall figure and outstanding temperament still attract passers-by to turn back frequently.

"I see you, and I'm right behind you. ”

Yang Yang turned around and saw Zhang Bai walking towards him with a smile, followed by a person he didn't expect.