049.【Three Bullets in Burst】
The establishment of the film company is the result of Yi Feiyang's careful consideration, because through the release of the play "Blair the Witch", Yi Feiyang saw the gap between himself and Hollywood.
It can be said that this gap is not a chasm, it is a trench!
Without a company, you don't have a voice.
Without a company, you can't make films as much as you want.
Without a company, you can't really enter the fertile land of Hollywood, and you can't really enter the North American market.
It can be said that Yi Feiyang urgently needs a company to create its own golden signboard.
But setting up a company is not a child's house, just do what you say. It is necessary to have financial and material resources, as well as manpower.
But the most important of these is the location of the company!
The wise Jews once said that the prime location of commerce has created billions of wealth, so the secret of doing business is the location, or the location!
If Yi Feiyang is rich and has huge assets as a backing, he can establish his own company on Sunset Avenue or in the transportation areas around Hollywood, like Lionsgate, steady and steady, slow development, and eventually dominate the entertainment industry.
But Yi Feiyang is poor, and judging from the current situation, the most suitable place to establish a company is Chinatown.
First, Chinatown is the place where Chinese Americans gather the most, and as Chinese, they are connected by blood, at least they can help each other. Chinese help Chinese, and to some extent, they also occupy some compatriot feelings.
Second, Chinatown is the territory of the camel master, and I am in charge of my territory. Since Yi Feiyang has reached a friendly cooperative relationship with Master Camel, it is best to develop his own film potential here. At least a lot of unnecessary harassment can be avoided.
Third, American film companies can't afford to be hurt, especially those small film companies go bankrupt every year, either because of poor management, insolvency, or being threatened by gangs~. Don't think that the United States is very harmonious, the black ~ road here has long been civilized. But that sentence is well-said, the rogue ~ hooligan is not terrible, I am afraid that the rogue ~ hooligan is educated!
Fourth, Chinatown has rich movie resources, and many American Hollywood blockbusters like to shoot here, such as the future super blockbuster "Iron Man", and the sci-fi blockbuster "Men in Black", etc., which have scenes of Chinatown. If the company is established here, it is also unique in some respects.
Fifth, Yi Feiyang has carefully calculated that the company's settlement in Chinatown is only temporary, and it can be said that it has established its own base during the development period. When its strength grows, then in the future, the company will go out of Chinatown and face the whole of the United States.
Sixth, more realistic and economical, Chinatown's housing prices are lower than other places in Los Angeles, and most importantly, Yi Feiyang urgently needs a stable base area, rather than a shot to change places, so Chinatown occupies the advantage of cheap and beautiful.
Finally, it can be regarded as a very personal reason, Yi Feiyang is not used to eating Western food, what sandwiches, ham, chicken wings, McDonald's ...... He likes to eat Chinese food, and there are undoubtedly many authentic Chinese restaurants in Chinatown, which is very important!
To sum up, Yi Feiyang's choice to establish his first film company in Chinatown was deliberate, not a whim.
And the camel master can only applaud and welcome Yi Feiyang's plan. Not to mention anything else, Yi Feiyang's unpredictable ability to absorb gold alone made the camel master look up to the mountains, and now people say that they want to build a company on their own territory, what does this mean? That is to say, people can afford to look up to themselves and have a career together.
Master Camel, his old man's family is not old, and he has always wanted to raise his eyebrows and live again. It's a pity that what I do is some shady "career", and now I finally have the opportunity to "bleach", how can I miss it?!
So after Yi Feiyang proposed, the camel master patted his skinny chest and promised, "Don't worry, Yang Zai, the company's affairs will be wrapped up in me, I will definitely help you pick a place with excellent feng shui and a house full of gold and silver!" ”
Yi Feiyang is still very relieved about the camel master's affairs, as the so-called old people are old spirits, ghosts and old spirits, and older people are more thoughtful when they think about things.
Anyway, the decision to start a film company has been made, and then Yi Feiyang has to consider his new film plan.
Needless to say, Yi Feiyang also knew that Lionsgate was in such a hurry to shoot the sequel to "Blair the Witch" this time, and its purpose was to target Halloween, which is still a month away!
It's early October, and there is still a month before "Halloween" in the United States, and many studios, including Lionsgate, are ready to take advantage of the upcoming "Halloween" to make a big profit at the box office.
Halloween is a famous Halloween festival in the Western world, and often horror movies, thrillers, and thrilling B-grade productions all pour out at this time. Like the famous "Moonlight Panic", "Halloween Eve", and "Ghost Street" all like to choose to be staged on this schedule.
As long as the horror movie you shoot is gimmicky enough, exciting enough, and can match the spooky atmosphere of Halloween, it will definitely be full at the box office.
Since everyone has come to this schedule to shoot ghost shows, then I will also come in and have a good time.
With the plan, the next thing Yi Feiyang has to do is ...... Create a script!
Originally, he planned to shoot the three dramas "Bone Bag", "Flying on the Ball" and "1408 Phantom Murder", but time did not allow it, second, the funds were insufficient, and third, these three dramas were definitely not the opponents of the sequel to "The Witch".
He has 300,000 yuan left in hand, and he wants to start a company to use it, whether it is renting or buying, it will cost a lot of money. Yi Feiyang considered that it was best to shoot some classic movies with small budgets first.
After a simple filter in his mind, Yi Feiyang soon remembered three good movies, one is the horror film "Horror Tanker" that received four-star praise on the "Rotten Tomatoes" film review network in the United States in his previous life, and the other is the thriller "Buried Alive" that was nominated at the international film festival, in addition to the thriller "Ghost Shadow" that takes the type of "Blair the Witch" and has a very good box office and reputation!
The cost of these three plays is not high. The scenes are also relatively simple, one is on a cruise ship, one is in a coffin, and one is in a room. If you exclude the actors' salaries, the investment in these three dramas can be done at most 100,000 yuan. This kind of investment saving method is the best choice for Yi Feiyang, who is currently struggling with funds at hand.
The play "Horror Cruise" is mainly about the heroine and a group of friends, three men and three women, who meet to drive the yacht "Delta" to the sea, and soon they encounter a strong storm at sea. The yacht capsized, everyone fell into the sea, and after several struggles, they finally climbed onto the wreckage of the yacht. Just when they were at a loss for what to do, a huge cruise ship slowly approached the crowd. Overjoyed, the men and women boarded the strange cruise ship without thinking, only to find that it was a mysterious ship that had disappeared in 1932, and that it was empty. And then the blood everywhere on the cruise ship, mysterious instructions and sudden murders brought this group of men and women into a horrific cycle from which they could never recover......
After the release of this drama in North America, it set off a wave of discussion, and many people expressed their opinions and opinions on this drama, and it was hailed as one of the top ten thriller and suspense films on the same level as "Mulholland Drive", "Fragments of Memory" and "Shutter Island".
But when it comes to the box office, this drama is a bit sad, for some reason, this low-budget film with a cost of 1.2 million, the only countries that were released are the United Kingdom, Belgium and New Zealand, and the total box office after the final release is about 550,000 pounds, equivalent to 880,000 US dollars, but if you count the Blu-ray DVDs released, it should still be profitable, otherwise, the company that made this film will really lose money.
"Buried Alive" is about a contract truck driver who has been kidnapped and wakes up to find himself in a coffin buried alive somewhere in the desert of the Middle East. All he had was a lighter, a cell phone, two glow sticks, a flashlight that was on and off, and a pen.
In this suffocating space, he must and can only seek rescue with a tenacious desire to survive.
It can be said that this 90-minute movie, all the time focuses on the small underground space, which brings full space for the actor to play, and the performance of the almost one-man show is a great test of his acting skills.
In his previous life, he starred in this drama Ryan Reynolds, who became popular in Hollywood, who exploded in popularity in 2009 with "Adventureland" and "Fake Marriage", and hoped to boost his career through "Buried Alive". In the end, the show lived up to expectations, and in addition to being a box office success, it also won several awards, including Best Original Screenplay.
When it comes to cost and box office, the cost of this "Buried Alive" is 3 million US dollars, but most of them are paid to Hollywood fried chicken Ryan Reynolds, and the box office has reached more than 20 million, which can be regarded as a small and large.
Finally, when it comes to "Ghost Shadow", this series of films can deservedly become the hegemon of "pseudo-documentaries" in the field of American horror films, surpassing the "Blair Witch" series in an all-round way.
The first part of "Ghost Record" once generated more than $100 million at the box office with tens of thousands of dollars, and the second part of the emergency follow-up also went crazy on Halloween and achieved amazing success, with a cumulative box office of more than $80 million and an investment of less than $3 million. "Ghost Shadow 3" continues this standard plot, but plays a "prequel" gimmick in time and space - a pair of little sisters met a ghost as early as 1988. The story of "Ghost Record 4" refocuses on Katie, who wanders with her little nephew, and tells the story of their neighbor's family who are victimized, and the cost of $5 million is exchanged for $135 million at the global box office. For Paramount, the "Ghost" series is the equivalent of Lionsgate's "Chainsaw", destined to be filmed until the audience gets bored and then stops.
According to Yi Feiyang's plan, there is no need to have a big star lineup now, and filming these three dramas is the best.
However, which of these three dramas should I shoot?
Yi Feiyang had a headache.
All three are very loved, and none of them are willing to give up.
Yi Feiyang gritted his teeth and stomped his feet!
Fuck it, no matter what!
Three bullets in a row, all start shooting!
If people heard this, they would definitely think that he was a madman, a madman!
Three bullets fired in a row, and no one in Hollywood dared to roar such wild words!
Do you think filming is so simple, so easy, filming three movies in a row in more than ten days, and they all have to be released on Halloween, is this possible?!
But the more impossible and challenging it is for someone.
Just do it, Yi Feiyang directly brought the fat man Jack Black over, and said in his name, "Master will teach you another trick", which is actually to let the fat man be a free gunner.
The two worked hard and began a difficult journey of script writing.