The Fantasy Entertainment Empire

At this moment, in "Lotus Leaf Films", the negotiation between David and Xu Ziting has also ended.

"...Mr. David, I hope we can cooperate happily."

Xu Ziting stood up and said with a smile on her face.

"Ok, wish us a happy cooperation."

After finishing the business, David suddenly mentioned another matter.

"The new movie of Dimension Entertainment is also released by you?"

Xu Ziting froze for a moment, but did not hide anything: "Yes, we just negotiated that the new movie is called "Hell Apartment", but how did you know, Mr. David?"

"The current CEO of Dimension Entertainment, Ye Jiayi used to be my subordinate, and I ran into it at the door of your company just now."

"Oh... so that's how it is." David said blankly, "Then, if our schedule is closer and your company releases these two works at the same time, in terms of promotion resources and allocation of film resources, what will you do? How to deal with it?"

After listening to David's words, Xu Ziting was a little puzzled.

As a producer, David will further strive for more resources for his company's works, which is a normal operation. But, between his words, why did he always bring Dimension Entertainment's new film?

Xu Ziting didn't understand what he meant, so she could only reply in a normal way: "The types of the two movies are different, and the audiences they face are also different. Generally speaking, even if they are on the same schedule, they should not There will be too much competition for resources, don't worry."

"Having said that, I'm still a little worried. Their movie should be a horror movie, which belongs to the niche category. I know that you may have signed an agreement on the guarantee of film scheduling rate. I have no position on this matter. You guys. But I hope that in that schedule, "Hell Apartment" can be scheduled to the midnight slot, our comedy-themed movie is more suitable for the prime time."

Xu Ziting finally understood that David was targeting 'Dimension Entertainment'.

Why did he do this? Xu Ziting didn't quite understand.

However, she knew which of the two films "A Happy Event for the God of Wealth" and "Hell Apartment" was more important.

Although these two films are the first time that the two companies have participated in the production of films, but judging from the situation of the two films themselves, there is a big difference.

I won't talk about "Hell Apartment". It is said that "The God of Wealth" has an investment amount of hundreds of millions, and most of it has been paid to the actors' remuneration.

As a comedy movie, it wasn't any fresh meat, but Shen Deng's team.

This is an actor who has done a good job in comedy in recent years. He was born in a stage play, signed a contract with "Happy Twist", and later made a movie.

His performance combines the style of comedy sketches and stage plays with movies very well. He has participated in a series of films such as "Charlotte Annoyance" and "The Iron Fist of Shame" and has also achieved very good results. word of mouth.

Shen Deng himself has a very good appeal in the field of comedy. The success of successive comedy films, from the audience to the capital, all like this actor.

"The God of Wealth" is a movie that introduces mythological elements into comedy. In addition to inviting Shen Deng, she seems to have worked with him in "Charlotte Trouble" and played the role of Ma Dongmei. The actor Ma Li was also invited to this movie.

In fact, the main feature of this movie is the golden partner combination.

At the same time, in addition to this pair of tacit partners in the movie, there is also a main actor, 'Tianhong Entertainment' invited Han Geng. This is an idol in the early years, and later he can be regarded as a star who successfully transformed into an actor.

All in all, this movie seems to be easier to make money than "Hell Apartment" with no famous actors and horror movies.

As the general manager of a film distributor, it was obvious how Xu Ziting would choose.

Even though she and Fan Zhe are classmates, what is that friendship between classmates in front of business? As for his own actors starring in "Hell Apartment", that doesn't matter.

...

In mid-to-late August, Fan Zhe and his crew were filming on an island.

This is the last scene.

In terms of the difficulty of shooting "Hell Apartment", there are not many particularly challenging places. Many special scenes will actually be completed by post-production special effects.

As a result, the filming of the entire movie basically didn't differ much from what was planned.

The preparations started last year, the crew was built at the beginning of the year, and the filming officially started in May. After about three months, the film was completed.

According to the usual practice, they held a wrap-up banquet on the island where they were filming.

The local seafood is very cheap, and the crew sat on more than a dozen tables full of them. People who love seafood can enjoy it.

Sitting in it, Fan Zhe was also very emotional.

In my life, as a director, I made the first film myself, and it is considered complete at this point.

Looking back on the three months or so of shooting, it was quite hard work, and a lot of work was unfamiliar. As a first-time contact, there are still many places that I am not used to.

But there are also many places that are similar to my previous experiences.

For example, the state of fully devoting oneself to creation.

Fan Zhe likes this very much.

What I think about every day is how the camera should behave and how the scene should be arranged so that it can achieve what I want. When shooting, you have to imagine the picture after the film is finished, and you have to imagine what the green screen version of the shot will look like after the special effects are synthesized...

Don't think about business matters, don't think about the messy things that keep the crew.

This is the coolest.

He is also very fortunate that he chose to create a company and gathered a group of like-minded people. One hero and three gangs, especially in a comprehensive art such as film, too many people have contributed their strengths.

In any case, now that the filming is over, Fan Zhe's life of running around and sleeping in the open has come to an end.

Of course, this does not mean that the creation of the entire film has been completed.

According to the plan, there is still about a month left for them to do post-production.

Includes editing, including compositing of special effects shots.

And when these are done, there is still a step of submitting for review.

Under normal circumstances, the movie "Hell Apartment" is very difficult to pass the review. But fortunately, the current government is becoming more and more open-minded about these aspects. Although 'ghosts' are still not allowed, demons are not particularly problematic.

After the script has been submitted for review and filming and filing have passed, the last step is to be submitted for review. If there are no accidents, it should be able to pass.

What's more, the mysterious investor who invested 10% of the money in this movie was not in vain.