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Making a movie is not an easy task, and Lehman is very clear about making adequate preparations, especially in terms of funding.

So, the next day, he showed up on time at the coffee shop where Christopher Lambert had agreed to meet.

When we met yesterday, as an investor, he put forward some new requirements: for example, increase the investment budget to 500,000 euros and account for 50% of the income.

For Lehman, who was holding the empty glove white wolf approach, there was absolutely no reason to refuse. He was coy for a while and pretended to be reluctant to agree to the investor's new conditions.Therefore, he came here today to sign a contract.

"Thank you for your support, Mr. Lambert."

In the cafe, Lehmann signed his name and pressed his thumbprint under the witness of a lawyer.

"You're welcome, this is what I should do."

"..."

It wasn't until this time that Lehman finally got the money to start the film as he wished, so when bidding farewell to each other, he deliberately shook hands with Christopher Lambert, "This will be a pleasant cooperation."

Lambert also smiled and responded: "I think so too."

After speaking, he took the lawyer out of the cafe.

Lehman looked at his back, shrugged, relieved his excitement, and when his mood calmed down a bit, he also left the cafe.

On the way, he went to a Swiss bank. Sure enough, he inquired that there was an extra 500,000 euros in the newly opened account.Christopher Lambert didn't cheat him.

All the way back home, Lyman sat on the bed in the bedroom and began to think about how he should use the money.

First of all, this money certainly cannot be used to invest in the filming, at least about 50,000 euros.

After all, making movies is risky, even if he has a lot of memories about movies in later generations, but this does not mean that he is absolutely reliable.In case of failure, the money left will also prevent him from falling into trouble immediately.

The days after I just crossed over, Lehman still has lingering fears, and he finally got the investment, but of course he couldn't be overwhelmed.

As a sane person, this 50,000 euros is the way he left for himself.

No one can guarantee that his first film will be recognized by the film market.

He has experience, yes, but it's mostly in TV dramas, making movies, this is the first time in his life.

Not counting the predecessor, Lehman didn't even consider that movie his own.

So, there are only 450,000 euros left in the film project.

If you don't have much money, you have to think about the design of the script content.As for the script written by the predecessor used to fool investment, he threw it aside.With the ambiguous and pornographic story frame, only Europe likes to play this set. Lehman doesn't like this accent.

What is the difference between literary and artistic films and pornographic films?

Without thinking about it, Lehman began to recall the great works he had watched in his previous life, hoping to find a movie suitable for his situation.

The capital investment is small, so it must be produced at a low cost. The lower the cost, the better. After all, Lehman is a novice, and I don’t know what will happen when shooting, so I need to set aside a budget accordingly. Prevent possible problems.

Then the issues of scene change, the number of actors, camera positions, and behind-the-scenes staff must all be considered.

With such a screening, there are not too many movies.

In the past two years, there was an atypical successful route like "Blair the Witch". The production cost was only 60,000 US dollars, but it easily won hundreds of millions of dollars in box office results in North America. However, this method is not suitable for Lehman. Most of the credit for the success of the film is the amazing investment of the distribution company in the promotion.

Marketing expenses are as high as tens of millions of dollars.If Lyman had so much money, he would not have to think about films like Blair the Witch.

Of course, he doesn't have a distribution company willing to take over the distribution work. Whether it can be released or not, there are still two things to say.

Therefore, movies of similar nature, such as "Ling Dong-Ghost Record", will not work either.

So, what are the good options?

Lyman turned his mind, and for a long time, the name of a movie came to mind.

"Buried alive"!

There is only one character that really needs to be portrayed by the lens, and the other characters are all dragons.

The scene is easier to handle. More than 80% of the plot takes place in a closed coffin. There is no need for excessive scene transformation at all. It can be easily done by spending a small amount of money to build a few more suitable coffins for shooting.

There is also the behind-the-scenes shooting team, which also needs to be found.

It is impossible for Lehman to work part-time as a part-time director, photography, lighting, makeup, props, etc. Even if he is willing, it seems that his strength is not allowed.

At least his makeup is very scum, let alone control photography and lighting at the same time.

So we have to find a suitable and cheap photographer who can use the lights better. If not, we will find another lighting engineer to help.

This money cannot be saved, and the quality of the shooting work is directly related to the quality of the lens.

And "Buried Alive" as a film with a terrifying nature, the lens feel is very important.

In the same way, a makeup artist is also needed. If an unretouched actor is shot directly on the camera, the high-resolution camera will infinitely magnify a seemingly insignificant defect, and there are also some pictures of wounds inside. All need the help of a makeup artist.

Thinking of this, Lehmann found that he was a little nervous about the 450,000 euros he thought before. It would cost a lot of money to just prepare the shooting team, not to mention the post-production of the film.The work of scoring, editing, etc. also requires a sum of money.

He should also plan carefully how to save money, otherwise, the money seems a bit reluctant.

This is a very realistic society, and if you want others to pay for their work, you must always give corresponding rewards.

So how can we pull out a professional production team with less money?Lehman couldn't help thinking with his head down.

By the way, "Interns".

Lehman's mind flashed through the conditions that the lady said when she applied for an artist job that day.

"Interns" don't give money, just go find "interns" yourself.

There are still many schools in the Cannes area that are related to film and television production. Once the students graduate, don't most of them have to start from the most basic?

Just like Lehmann in his previous life, he started as a crew assistant.

This is really a good way to solve the problem. Lehman is very satisfied with his quick thinking ability.

In this way, the expenditures for the staff behind the scenes can be greatly reduced, and the funds will not be too tight.

Regarding the issue of filming and production, Lehman thought about it all afternoon before fully considering it.

No one can guarantee the success of a movie, but you can't go wrong with adequate preparations.With reasonable production thinking, it can also reduce the possibility of film failure.

Do you want to make a movie or not. To make a movie, you must figure out all possible problems and try to solve them in advance. Even if the investment is small, you can't relax the work in this area.

For dinner, Lehmann went to a restaurant not far away to eat, a local buckwheat cake, a roast beef ribs, the portion is large, completely delicious, the taste is also very good, a total of 42 euros.After all, he is also a person with a huge sum of money on his body. He is buckling his stomach, which is really outrageous. Lehman doesn't want to eat bread and drink cold water anymore.Be nice to yourself, there is no need to save money in this area.

After returning home, Lehman took out a notebook, meticulously recorded his thoughts in the afternoon, and wrote a planning book incidentally.

After getting these preliminary preparations, Lehman began to write the script.

Although in the elements of a movie, the status of the script is relatively low, and many directors will not portray the shooting according to the plot design on the script, and even completely break away from the script creation. The basis of film production.

And with the script, it can also better conceive the work of splitting the shots and the formulation of the shooting plan, which can be used for the actor to read, let him know roughly what kind of story is going to be told, and it can also facilitate him to introduce the role.In short, there are many benefits, especially for new directors like Lehman.

The first thing he wrote was the outline of the script, and all the content of this movie was centered on the "protagonist" alone.The story is very simple. It is about a construction contractor from the United States who was attacked while working in Iraq. After waking up, he found himself in a coffin, buried alive, and wanted to escape.

Since the scenes of the whole work are roughly shot inside the coffin, few other pictures are involved.

And such a bold setting: starting from the coffin and ending with the coffin, it also means that the world outside the coffin and the relationship between the characters must be outlined by the protagonist’s lines, and all the plot promotion is placed on the protagonist. .

Therefore, the film’s requirements for the leading actors are also very high-in a streamlined space, the information of the incident is completely filled with expressions, actions, and language, how to show the synchronous events inside and outside the entire coffin, the explosive power and infection of the storyline Strength and how to restore the original background between characters in critical situations are all tests of the protagonist's acting skills.

In fact, there are generally very few works of this kind of one-man show, which is also because it is not so boring to tell the content of the film, which is very difficult to do.A single scene for a long time and the appearance of a person with the starring can easily make the audience's thoughts tired.

How to deal with this aspect is what Lehman needs to pay attention to as a director.