The pseudo-documentary model film, the most famous is of course "Blair the Witch", with a cost of $60,000 and a box office of $140 million in North America and $248 million worldwide, making it one of the most famous low-budget and high-return films.

Of course, the first truly influential pseudo-documentary was "Cannibalism" in 1980.

The story mode is very similar to "Blair the Witch": a film crew composed of 3 men and 1 woman is in the jungles of South America, looking for a disappearing cannibal tribe, but the story of never returning...

The actors of the indigenous cannibals in "Cannibalism" use real cannibals, and some clips of the movie are so real that many people believe the movie clips, and some even accuse the director Rujed of murder...

It is said that in order to make the movie look more realistic, the producers signed a contract with the leading actors, and they are not allowed to appear in public for a year after the release of the film...

So, it's true.

The film was suspended 10 days after its release, and the director and the behind-the-scenes team were all invited to court.

Director Rujed had to find the actors and explain to the court that the clips that convinced the audience to be true were just the plot of the movie, and no one was harmed.

However, the animals killed in the movie are real, and in the end, Rujed was sentenced to 4 months in prison for animal cruelty.

Pull it back, in fact, after "Blair the Witch", a bunch of horror films in the pseudo-documentary mode, thinking of making a big deal with a small one!

But... Far less influential than "Blair the Witch"...

Even the sequel "Blair the Witch 2", the box office failed to continue the miracle!

Speaking of which, the pinnacle of pseudo-documentary horror should be the Spanish horror film "Death Video" - the heroine is hunted down by the loss.

"Death Video" is well-made and well-finished, with a detailed look at the zombie virus, and the result is a complete series that has a groundbreaking "night vision" plot at the end, which is a great idea even in any pseudo-documentary horror film;

The culmination of the collection should be "Deadly Videotape", the plot involves ghosts, demons, supernaturals, zombies, psychopathic killers, alien invasions, and almost all horror themes!

But the most profitable is definitely "Ghost Record"!

This film is so famous for its pseudo-documentary approach, which tells the story of a young couple who decide to use a camera to film all the incredible events after being plagued by supernatural phenomena in their home...

The film uses DV photography to record all kinds of strange situations in the home, creating an immersive horror effect...

The cost was $11,000, and the global box office was close to 200 million, and six films were made in a row, almost every one of which achieved incredible box office returns!

Therefore, Shen Xudong will be attentive...

He said to Jason Buren: "If a couple feels like there's a ghost in their house, and they write it down in a documentary... Eventually, the ghost did appear..."

Therefore, although Shen Xudong did not participate in the screenwriting and production of "Ghost Shadow", he is the biggest contributor behind the whole drama - he is an investor and a creative provider of this drama!

Let's put it this way, without him, "Ghost Shadow" would not have been filmed at all!

Therefore, Jason Buren had to call Shen Xudong as soon as possible to tell him the good news.

……

Shen Xudong is revising - "Rise to Fame"...

Shen Haobo told him that a publishing house wanted to publish the version of "Rise to Fame", and offered a buyout price of two million...

Damn, two million!

Shen Xudong immediately decided to do it...

Why don't you change the script to...

At most 100,000 words, Shen Xudong has been coding words for the past few days, rushing to complete the draft, revising and polishing...

Then I got a call from Jason Buren.

Of course it's fun...

"Publicity spends... $18.65 million..."

"I understand, the promotion of "Human Eradication Project 2" and "Happy Death Day" has also been increased to $15 million..."

"Well, don't let Lionsgate take care of the publicity, who knows if they will deliberately exaggerate the offer!"

“… The sequel, of course, can be done, made into a family drama, reorganized the family... The core of the play is placed on the child... In the third part, let's reveal the secret..."

"I have the whole plan... Well, that's it, hang up first. ”

Hanging up the phone, Shen Xudong felt that he didn't... Not so surprised!

Could it be that the money has not arrived?

No, when the "Human Eradication Plan" was a big hit, and the money didn't arrive, he was excited to experiment again and hit ten - challenging the limit!

This time, "Ghost Record" made more money than "Human Eradication Project", and it is also a series, which is equivalent to a gold mine...

Generally speaking, horror genre films like "Ghost Shadow" are not low in audio-visual copyrights, TV copyrights, and home entertainment copyrights!

How can I make a profit of 50 million dollars this time...

Don't?

Burned out?

Impossible, how can there be a burnout period to make money?

If there is really a burnout period, then why did he take the version of "Rise to Fame"?

No matter what, let's revise "Rise to Fame" first...

……

Shen Xudong 'doesn't care', in China, a bunch of media are excited, in itself, "Ghost Shadow" cost $17,000 on paper, filmed in three days, and then won the North American single-week box office championship...

What is it called?

The American Dream!

The American dream, which can only be realized by going to the United States...

In recent years, the media has promoted the American Dream in various ways, and even articles such as "Tonight, We Are All Americans" and "To the American Soldiers" can be published publicly...

Even in 2011, Yuan Tengfei was still promoted on the homepage of Youku...

Then, after an investigation, this movie was actually made by Shen Xudong!

Shen Xudong: This is a real case of the American dream!

It has to be well reported.

As a result, the $17,000 cost of "Ghost Record" and the $60 million box office were widely reported, which sparked a lot of discussion in a short period of time - as long as you are talented, the American dream will come true...

Oh, and these are just media reports, in the circle... Well, not only in the circle, but even Han Dong was shocked this time, and specially called to ask if it was true or not.

Shen Xudong explained: "It's a horror movie, saying that two couples suspected that there was something dirty at home and filmed it with a camera... The Americans are relatively simple, and after publicizing it, they went to see it ...

"I found a lot of celebrities to promote... The cost is really low, it took seven days to shoot, and it cost less than 20,000 in total... But the publicity and promotion budget is close to 30 million US dollars! ”

“… It's definitely going to be promoted, no advertising, no publicity, who knew there was such a movie? ”

"The Mainland... It's unlikely to be released, this film has ghosts... There are two concepts in horror films: there are no ghosts and there are ghosts..."

"I'll just earn a script fee and a production fee... There is no such thing as a book of great profits..."

"If they want to report it, just report it..."

Seeing him hang up the phone, Gao Fenfen immediately asked, "Han Dong also called?" ”

"Hmm..."Shen Xudong shook his head and said: "The media reports are too exaggerated, 10,000 times profitable..."

"Isn't it ten thousand?"

"At most, you can earn..."Shen Xudong originally wanted to hide his clumsiness, but when he thought about it... Forget it, "Ghost Shadow" can't hide it - pseudo-documentary mode, the actors are all non-well-known, and the cycle is 7 days...

simply said the truth: "It's only 4,000 times..."

"4000 times..."

Gao Fenfen quickly calculated the account, well, don't count it, 40 × 17,000 = 68 million...

A play made $68 million?

"Almost!" Shen Xudong continued: "The overseas copyright was sold to Fox for $38 million... Add one piece, and there should be a net profit of $68 million. ”

Gao Fenfen was a little short of breath...

Uh, last year, well, not last year, it's this year's company, the profit from pure movies is not $68 million, and Shen Xudong can get a horror movie?

(End of chapter)