mousepad-d2 Chapter 270 The Glory of the Chinese Director
Chapter 270 The Glory of the Chinese Director
The filming of "The Devil's Fashion" was not difficult. Hollywood is already familiar with the filming of this kind of fashion film.Such a movie can be completed without too many working teams, and even the interior scenes of "Flyover" in the movie were built at the MGM Tower.In addition to MGM and United Artists, Europa Pictures and Universal Pictures, which are responsible for introducing European and Asian films, also work here.After all, within the Sherman Entertainment Group, only Europa, Universal and United Artists work as agents and distributors, and the rest of the film companies only work as producers.
Of course, in addition to these four film companies, the MGM Tower, New Century Records, MJ Music Studio, Avex North America, Poly Canon America and Rolling Stone Records International under the Sherman Music Group all work here.But here, only New Century and MJ are still responsible for music production, and the remaining three companies are only responsible for introducing Asian Chinese, Korean entertainment and Japanese music to the United States.
Since a large number of entertainment companies are concentrated in the MGM Tower, and the publishing company under Jade’s name is also here, the interior scenes of the "Flyover" magazine may simply be set up here, and by the way, it is also considered to be a help for the MGM Tower. It's just an ad.One must know that the MGM Tower has more than [-] floors, and the number of floors actually used by Sherman Entertainment Group is less than half, and the rest will naturally be rented out.Using popular movies for publicity can also be regarded as increasing the rent of the property.
Since "Fashion Devil" started filming in the autumn of 2, and it will not be released until the winter of 5, there is still more time left for Jed, so Jed plans to take advantage of the spring and summer of 2 to shoot again A medium-budget film, and this time it is a biographical film, which can be regarded as Jed's return to his previous directing work.However, when Jed was planning to make a biographical film, the Hollywood summer film schedule had also been completed.
Generally speaking, the schedule of Hollywood summer movies will basically be completed by the end of March and early April, and the basic data of some summer movies will also be released at the same time.For example, the production team and distribution company of the film, the production budget and cast, and even the approximate release date will be disclosed.As the flagship film company of Sherman Entertainment Group, Galaxy Films released three films in the summer, namely "Mission Impossible 3" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest" directed by John Woo; "The third episode of the movie-"X-Men 3: The Last Stand" was also released this summer, but the director has been replaced by Galactic Films to Brett Ratner.
Compared with Brett Ratner, the name of John Woo is more shining in this summer file.Hollywood has always been a very exclusive place, and white directors are okay, but it is almost very difficult for other directors of color (especially those of other nationalities) to make their way in Hollywood.Even if occasionally there are a few foreign minority directors who settle down in Hollywood, the films they can direct are generally small and medium-budget films of major film companies. How can Wu Yusen be able to direct the summer movies of major film companies?And what makes directors of other ethnicities, especially Asians, envy the most is that the summer movies directed by John Woo have already become a series, which means that as long as he does not cause problems himself, he will become a top Hollywood director for a long time.
What's more, even local Hollywood directors are jealous that John Woo actually has three series of movies under his name, "Mission Impossible Series", "Bourne Shadow Series" and "Pirates of the Caribbean Series". "Mission: Impossible series" is known as the only spy movie that can compete with "oo7 series"; It is one of the double treasures of Hollywood fantasy movies.
Now John Woo is not only the pride of the Greater China region, but even the pride of the entire Asian ethnic group.His deeds have become an inspiration for the new generation of directors in Asia. His shooting techniques and directing art have entered the textbooks of Japanese and Indian film schools. Mr. Wu is a master director who deserves the respect of every Korean director."
And this year's summer season has particularly excited the Asian market. John Woo actually has two movies released, and they are the two most popular series under his directorship.Although some entertainment media have played the title of "Agent vs. Captain", most Asian movie fans still hope that the two films will not interfere with each other and the box office is the best.Nevertheless, the major film import companies in Asia have very quickly contacted Sherman International Entertainment, which is in charge of distributing Galaxy films in overseas markets, and started negotiations on the entry of films into the Asian market.
Of course, Jade most hopes that these two films can be released simultaneously in the mainland without any cuts.But the strength of a certain department still made Jade a little worried. Fortunately, the PR company in charge of the mainland market brought good news. Although "Mission: Impossible 3" has many violent scenes, because it has nothing to do with the mainland, so a few cuts Innocuous shots can pass the test; and the theme of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is not taboo, and it can pass the test almost without cutting.
Although Sherman Entertainment Group has already prepared for the summer file, director John Woo is extremely worried.After staying in Hollywood for a long time, he knew where the cruelty of Hollywood was.Whether a director has a movie or not depends on your box office in the past three years.Your total box office or single-house box office must satisfy the production company, otherwise, even if you are Spielberg, you may not be able to make a film.Moreover, the mechanism of the big production companies is very rigid. Of course, this rigidity also ensures that the big production companies have almost no risks.
For example, in the script review of a major production company, within the Sherman Entertainment Group, there is a dedicated vice president responsible for leading a department, which is responsible for reviewing scripts.Only the scripts he approved will be handed over to the vice presidents in charge of specific production companies. These vice presidents can only accept and reject these scripts, and they have no right to bypass the vice president to accept scripts alone.And Wu Yusen himself has seen the "paradigm script" of Hollywood. It is interesting to say that one page of this standard script in Hollywood can just allow the director to shoot for 1 minute. Therefore, the Sherman Entertainment Group's primary script review has three stages, which the directors jokingly called "" counting".
The first person is responsible for counting the pages of the script. The standard length of a movie in Hollywood is 9o minutes to 12o minutes, so the page number of the script must be 1oo to 13o pages. The scripts with more or less than this number of pages will be scrapped in the first round Lost; the second person started counting "events" after receiving the script from the first person. The Hollywood rule is that in a scene, from trough to climax, or from climax to trough is counted as an event. If your script If the incident is less than 6o or more than 9o, then the script will be deleted here; the third person will continue to count the scripts after the second person's review. If the number of male and female protagonists appears less than 75 times, they will be deleted again, because Hollywood regulations require that they appear 75 times before they can be counted as the protagonist. Not respected.
This is still the primary review of the script, and then the script is disassembled into various types, sub-types and themes, and then professional analysts analyze the recent popularity of these types, sub-types and themes, and then combine the market prospects so what.The final script has to be submitted to the Green Light Committee within the group for review. The number and members of the Green Light Committee are not fixed, but it will ensure that there are several directors, several actors, several screenwriters, and several producers. Distributors who are familiar with box office tastes in North America and around the world.
Only the scripts finally approved by the Green Light Committee may be recommended by the vice president in charge of script review to the vice presidents in charge of production.And the vice presidents still have to contact the theater company for pre-sale first. Only when the pre-sale money reaches 3% of the production budget, the film will be approved, and only then can Wu Yusen see that he is going to shoot script.
After so many rounds of inhumane and mechanical review, the so-called script is actually a work that most directors who are familiar with Hollywood rules can shoot with their eyes closed.That's why Jed was able to hang out while filming the movie.Because Hollywood's industrial system has guaranteed that as long as every process is correct, the final product will definitely come out.
Hollywood directors actually control the narrative style and lens art of the movie, so that each assembly line product can at least bring a little bit of the director's personal style.But the popularity of this style varies, so Hollywood has first-tier directors, second-tier directors, and third-tier directors.Today's gold medal director may accidentally become a street director tomorrow.
"Don't worry too much, to be honest, you have been in Hollywood for so many years, I found that you are getting more and more stressed." As if seeing Wu Yusen's worry, Mrs. Wu comforted, "You are already successful and famous. , the money we have earned is already enough for our whole family to spend in several lifetimes. What are you so worried about? Be it 'Mission: Impossible' or 'Pirates of the Caribbean', everyone has seen your efforts and sacrifices. You An old man with high blood pressure and high blood sugar, squatting alone on those uninhabited islands in the Caribbean Sea for a month or two. You said that if you do something good or bad, it will be too late to airdrop doctors and medicines from Miami! You You are already worthy of everyone, so don't worry about it. Besides, the film has entered the distribution stage, and now the competition is the ability of each distribution company, you, the director, should rest at home."
"Oh, I used to think that a Hollywood director is such a great thing, but I didn't realize that it's not a human thing until I became a famous Hollywood director!" Wu Yusen sighed, "Mr. Sherman said before that I should find a director. The successor will take over the specific directing work, and I will be a producer or something. At first I thought it was because he thought I was exhausted, but now I realize that he is reluctant to tire me too much. Let me take a look, too, " I have to hand over "Mission Impossible 4", I don't think I have anything to shoot; "The Bourne" will also be handed over to others after finishing the trilogy; There are seven full films, it seems that I should take a break after filming the trilogy."
As "Mission Impossible 3" began to appear on the screens of major theaters in North America, the 6 summer vacation also kicked off.This is the third Mission: Impossible movie in which Tom Cruise participated, and the scene of the movie has also been transferred to Hong Kong. With the joining of maggieq, the appeal of this movie in the Asian market is getting higher and higher.To the satisfaction of Sherman Entertainment Group, North America, Europe, Japan, India, Brazil and Greater China, the world's six major ticket warehouses announced their draws on the same day!