Chapter 3: write script

In the next half a month or so, Ryan has been familiarizing himself with the surrounding environment, reading various books related to shooting, and the schedule is very full.

During this period, Helen called once, saying that a small crew was recruiting extras to serve as the backdrop.

Ryan refused without even thinking about it. With such a job, it is obviously impossible to understand the filming process of the crew.

Similar to "Forrest Gump", the opportunity to work with such a large crew is naturally not something that can be encountered casually, and one can only wait for the opportunity slowly.

Fortunately, the money in the credit card can last for a few days, and it is not too late to use it as a background cloth or a corpse.

However, in the next few days, there was no news from Helen.

In this regard, Ryan was not disappointed. After all, his work on the crew of "Forrest Gump" had already become a laughingstock for many people, and he was quite famous.

As a person with a good reputation and not yet a good reputation, it is obvious that no crew will hire him easily.

This is nothing but a normal thing.

"It seems that we can only go to the bank." After thinking about it, Ryan felt that instead of wasting time as a backdrop, it would be better to go directly to the bank and bring a sum of money first.

Of course, the amount of money will not be too much, and it will only cost tens of thousands of dollars.

But before that, he first had to write a script, a film that could cost tens of thousands of dollars. The content was simple, the plot was straightforward, the crew was small, and the lower the cost, the better.

At the same time, there must be enough publicity and selling points, preferably successful cases that have appeared in previous lives.

There are all kinds of success stories in his mind, and he can just pick one out of them.

Thinking of this, Ryan immediately found a pen and paper, and began to conceive slowly.

It is true that he had watched many movies in his previous life, but now that such a long time has passed, now he needs to recall bit by bit, and it is impossible to remember some details clearly, so he can only fill in slowly according to his memory.

In addition, there are inevitably differences in time points, and the plot must conform to the current time period.

In addition, although he had filmed many films on the other side of the Pacific Ocean in his previous life, but now he is in Hollywood. Many places are different from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, so there is inevitably a difference in experience.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean is the traditional oriental culture, while Hollywood is the Great Americanism, this must be remembered.

In this way, there will not be many films to choose from, or even a handful.

Literary and artistic films can basically be excluded. Regardless of past and present lives, he has never made a literary and artistic film, nor does he have that artistic talent.

There is no need to consider online movies, because there is no living soil for online movies at all.

Commercial films were the genre he was good at in his previous life, but unfortunately he said "no money", and without investment of tens of millions of dollars, he didn't even have to think about making commercial films.

There are also horror movies. In Hollywood or the entire North American market, there are often small-budget horror movies. It is not difficult to shoot with a small scale, but the difficulty is money.

No matter how low-budget a horror film is, the required investment would be more than one hundred thousand dollars, far beyond his budget.

According to Ryan's plan, it is best to control the cost of the film between 30,000 and 40,000 US dollars. If it is more, the bank may not lend him a loan.

There are American comedies left. Like horror movies, American comedies are also typical of small and big.

But let's not talk about cost.

For someone who grew up on the other side of the Pacific Ocean to shoot an American comedy film is a disaster.

"To shoot a movie at a cost of 30,000 to 40,000 US dollars, obviously there should not be too many shots, preferably one shot to the end, and there should not be too many background cloths."

"For an actor, it is best to be a college student who has just graduated, so that you can save a lot of salary."

Ryan's thoughts became clearer and clearer, and the ballpoint pen in his hand moved quickly. For a whole afternoon, he was thinking about the direction of the plot, choosing actors, shots and so on.

The plot of this film is very simple, and the actors do not need any acting skills. Even the title of the film is very simple, it is called "The Blair Witch".

A documentary or, to be precise, a pseudo-documentary with a tinge of horror.

This is one of the most classic marketing success stories in Hollywood in the 1990s, and one of them can even be removed.

The plot of the film itself is very simple, and the quality is even comparable to that of the experimental short film he shot. There is nothing to praise.

All the highlights are on the promotion and marketing.

However, Ryan was a little worried that he could not find a suitable distribution company.

Even if a distribution company finally agrees to distribute it, the price to buy out the copyright of the film will not be too much.

Yes, it is a buyout, and it is a one-time buyout of all copyrights of the film.

share!

He didn't even dare to think about it. It is already a good result to have an issuing company offer a good price to buy it out.

Of course, a more generous distribution company may be able to give a big red envelope when the film is sold well.

"It seems that in addition to the script, we need to make a publicity plan."

Ryan couldn't help but let out a long sigh. It's unbelievable that a director is forced to write a publicity plan.

However, "The Blair Witch", the highlights of this film are all in the promotion and marketing. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com has no selling points. If you want to sell it at a suitable price, you must have a wonderful promotional plan.

"Also, you must be cautious when choosing an issuing company. It is best to choose a company with a better reputation."

Ryan thought about the names of Hollywood distribution companies that he could remember, but he couldn't think of which distribution company had a more reliable reputation.

He is very clear about the virtues of Hollywood distribution companies. Once the price cannot be negotiated, they will immediately turn their backs, and even stab a knife in the back, making you lose everything.

In the previous life, I don’t know how many film companies and directors on the other side of the Pacific Ocean were cheated by Hollywood distribution companies.

Lao Mouzi is a typical example.

In the next few days, Ryan first submitted the script to the Editors' Association for filing, which was regarded as an insurance policy.

In the remaining time, in addition to sorting out a detailed character characteristics and outline, it will be put on the publicity planning plan.

The release and publicity of "The Blair Witch" in the previous life mainly relied on the Internet as the carrier, and traditional media such as newspapers and TV stations were only an auxiliary.

But the current scale of the Internet is far from meeting the requirements, so it can only be reversed, relying on traditional media newspapers and TV stations as the main body of propaganda.

To put it bluntly, there is no limit to the hype, making it difficult to tell whether the content of the film is true or false, and it has become a hot topic in North America.

As for the truth coming out in the future, how the fooled media and movie fans will react is out of his consideration, the worst is not to sign the director's name, anyway, he doesn't want to bear the infamy.

The issuing company doesn't care about these things, as long as it can make money, or simply register an offshore company for issuance.

It can make money without damaging the reputation of the issuing company.