Hollywood legendary director

"Hi, we meet again."

Coming to the digital field in the residential area again, the coffee man greeted happily.

He took Lehmann to a conference room, and then he introduced: "As for the creative concepts you want, we have already achieved results. Take a look."

The meeting room is not big.

There were not many people, and Lehman did not see the familiar figure after sitting down.

He actually wanted to see Cameron on this occasion.

Although he has written about his dark history before, I often complain about him.

But for the top director who is invincible at the box office, Lehman is more admired than directors who have the same outstanding performance such as Spielberg and George Lucas.

After all, just two "Titanic" and "Avatar" are enough to make him famous in film history, and it is the kind that knows how to shoot, and it is difficult to shoot.

Although Cameron’s shooting techniques are not sophisticated, he doesn’t like playing fancy, and the structure of the plot is nothing new, but the new technologies that he can figure out and can use alone make it impossible to replicate his success. .

"Can I see your boss?" Lehman asked the coffee man on the left.

"This..." the coffee man explained: "Our boss is not in Los Angeles. He is tinkering with a documentary."

Well, it seems that Cameron has already begun to ponder new filmmaking techniques to prepare for his sci-fi masterpiece "Avatar".Not surprisingly, the producer of this documentary also has the figure of 20th Century Fox...

Lehman thought this way, and quickly interrupted the long talk that Coffee Man used to introduce digital technology, "I don't understand this, I just want to see the effect. So just omit the courtesy and go straight to the topic."

This is the case when dealing with non-professional customers. Coffee Man is obviously not a qualified product manager.

At least, his words are not concise and simplistic enough, it is difficult for Lyman to understand what he is talking about.

Fortunately, the moment of embarrassment passed quickly.

The coffee man turned the laptop on the desktop and placed it in front of Lehman, "This is the concept map you requested. If you are satisfied, we will make a similar style based on the scenario."

In the computer, there are several completed special effects scenes, and you can see at a glance those movie concepts such as black fog, monsters, and cave-ins.

"Not bad." Lehman nodded approvingly.

"So, we will follow this idea in the next production. However, when will your film start? Has the process come out? At that time, we still need to go to the shooting site to collect data and coordinate in advance."

"Probably it will start production in February, and we will notify in advance."

Lehman finished this, settled the advance payment, and gave the first fee for special effects work, which cost a total of 2.35 million before leaving the digital field.

After the preparations for the production of the film advanced a bit, Lehmann was in a good mood on the way back.

He was still thinking, perhaps, Firefly Pictures should also have a special effects studio.

In his knowledge of the future, it is not difficult to find that the proportion of computer special effects in the film industry will become higher and higher.

But Lehmann has no idea how to cultivate a good special effects studio.

He doesn't understand this himself.

After returning to Firefly Pictures, Lehman saw Blake in a hurry as soon as he entered the production department.

"What's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

"It just so happens that I was still looking for you just now. I have sorted out the film production schedule, budget statement, and shooting schedule."

Lehman nodded and followed Black to the small conference room in the cubicle.

At this moment, on the writing board occupying one wall, the sub-shots of "The Mist" hand-painted by Lehman are densely plastered.

Similar coherent scenes are also classified.

On the right side, the plan table and the budget chart are made together.

I have to say that Black's ability to manage production is very good.

It seems scattered, but in fact they are all sorted together in the order of shooting.

Blake stuffed a few folders on the conference table into a drawer, and continued: "The preparations of the crew are under Thomas’ supervision, and the personnel arrangements and behind-the-scenes team have been sorted out. The rest is only waiting for the set, props, and performance. When the actors are ready, the filming of "The Mist" can begin."

"You worked hard." Lehman said relieved.

"This is my job." Blake smiled.

Afterwards, the two discussed some more details before the other turned around to work on other things.

After Blake left, Garcia quickly came up: "Boss, the content of the first episode of The Walking Dead has been filmed."

"Really. Let the top cut out the feature film, copy a few more copies, and send them to the five major commercial TV stations, and don't forget the pay TV channels such as HBO and SHOWTIME."

"Cast the net and let them bid?" Garcia looked puzzled. "If this is the case, why not adopt a hidden bidding model?"

The hidden bid means that these TV stations will give the psychological price of buying out the broadcasting copyright for the market prospect of a certain drama, and not open bidding.

In doing so, it is more conducive to the producers to obtain their own profits, and it does not hurt face.

Unfortunately, what Lehman never wanted was more money to buy.

What he wanted to do was to dig deep into the fame of "The Walking Dead" for the sake of the larger zombie market in the future.

The five major commercial television networks have clearly stipulated filming restrictions.

For example, the lines should not be yellow, and the shots should not be too bloody.

It's almost similar to NC-17's movie rating.The charm of "The Walking Dead" cannot be reduced by this.

In addition, it is not bloody or pornographic, and "The Walking Dead" is no longer called a zombie TV series.

Therefore, Lehman's goal has always been on limited premium channels.

Among them, HBO is the strongest and the most paying people...

"Garcia, your idea is good, but there are some other concerns regarding the choice of the broadcasting platform for the show "The Walking Dead". So, you just have to follow my requirements."

Garcia grinned, still wanting to say something, but seeing Lyman's unquestionable attitude, in the end he did not persevere in questioning.

As a subordinate, he still has this vision.

Although he was very confused about Lyman's choice.

Of course, he has already given his own plan. Whether to adopt it or not is the boss's business. No matter what, he has fulfilled his responsibility.

"Okay, let's do it like this."

Lyman patted Garcia on the shoulder.

After watching him leave, Lyman turned and went back to his office.

In other words, the "Million Dollar Baby" Chong Austrian PR also needs his cooperation.

very busy……