Hollywood legendary director

"Cut, who, you blocked the camera, be more natural."

Set.

As Lyman called to stop, Thomas raised his head and shut down the camera, and the sound engineer put away the long microphone he was holding.

At this time, the scenes filmed here are all urban scenes, including various signs prohibiting prawns from entering the film and some scenes of people coming and going, so there are many group performances.

As we all know, it is troublesome when there are more people, so I continued to shoot for three days, which is relatively slow in terms of shooting speed.

After being seated again, nothing went wrong this time, but it was noon.

"Let's rest and meet at 1 o'clock in the afternoon."

Since filming will continue in the afternoon, the crew does not need to pack up the shooting equipment, and they find a cool place to wait for lunch.

Is there any food for the crew? As always, mashed potatoes, meat, pizza, burgers, bread, fried chicken, etc. are very convenient and cheap.

rest area.

Lehman sat in the director's chair, nothing special.

While eating, look at the shooting plan in hand, or call up the previous shots to make some editing marks.

"Director, don't mind if I sit here."

"Of course, come and sit down."

Lyman took out a folding chair and handed it to Edward Norton.

During these two months of shooting and discussing the script in private, although there were occasional differences in performance, the two of them were more in love.

In other words, Lyman has always had a good attitude towards actors with acting skills and integrity like Edward.

Edward pulled back his chair and sat next to Lyman. He could see that the director was in a good mood, and he also smiled and said, "The filming is about to be finished, it seems like a blink of an eye."

"This is because there are relatively few shots in the group scenes of "District Nine", which makes it easier to shoot." Lehman explained seriously.

"Maybe, I just feel it." Edward Norton continued: "I hope there is still a chance to work together, really."

"There will be a chance, if you have the right role, and you have a schedule."

"Then it's settled, I have always had plenty of schedule."

After chatting for a while, Edward remembered something and asked: "By the way, how is your movie? "Iron Man."

"It seems that there are 280 million in the world, and 130 million in North America. I didn't pay much attention to this aspect."

Since returning to the crew and working hard to film the rest of the scenes, Lyman has indeed forgotten the box office results. Although Liam and Kevin will email him every night and inform him of the next publicity methods, but Compared with these, he pays more attention to the development of film surroundings and the operation of the licensing market, because that represents the sinking of the entire distribution system, and the benefits are in all aspects.

However, the box office of "Iron Man" is definitely not bad, and the box office decline curve is very normal.

As of today, Hasbro has shipped more than 137,000 pieces of various figures and models, of which the price is moderately expensive (about 279 US dollars) and the quantity is about 52,000.

In other words, after such a period of time, almost another $27.63 million in peripheral income has been received, and the depressed payment has basically been paid out.

The market benefit is so good. Hasbro’s factories around the country are also working overtime to make a new batch of toy figures. They have been supplementing them. The promotion teams of Marvel Entertainment and Blue Butterfly Pictures continue to focus on communicating with the brand. , Do the same paragraph for the authorization of joint names.

Right now, fans' desire for consumption has not yet dissipated, and there is plenty of room for digging.

With the support of sales data and a group of brand parties negotiated, other manufacturers such as apparel, sports shoes, and electrical appliances even have proactive contacts.

These years, who hasn't had the brain and the ability to see the situation clearly.

I may not dare to bet in advance, but the "Iron Man" project is all clear. If you don't rush up, you will not even be able to drink hot soup.

As a result, the number of brand cooperation has risen from a dozen to 42. It is estimated that the expanded licensing revenue will be more than 300 million (not net profit), involving daily necessities, toy dolls, wall lamp appliances, keychain rings, snacks and drinks, etc. field.

Then there is the Internet, the official Marvel website, the flagship store to be developed, and the cooperation with Amazon.

The latter was originally the largest e-commerce platform in the United States. Lehman had asked Joseph to plan for the station. Of course, he had already stationed before. But at that time, his business was selling comics. Now it only adds a series of Iron Man. Commodities, as well as discussing the purchase of an advertising space and exposure.

The pricing strategy above is almost the same as that of Hasbro, but with the addition of HOTTOYS's manual model selection and customized services, such as body-length, paint-colored wearable armor, the price defaults to more than 300,000, and the classic model is the cheapest If there are other different changes, a part of the price will be increased according to the material and manufacturing difficulty.

As for whether anyone will buy the local tyrants, Lehman is not worried. He does not rely on this to make money. The main purpose is to gather fans, satisfy the hobbies of a small group of people, and make them support Marvel more.

After the break, the crew became busy again.

......

The daily temperature in Mexico in May is around 26 degrees. After standing for a long time, my body is soaked with sweat.

And with this kind of temperature, wearing thick costumes to shoot is naturally more tormenting.

"Hellboy 2: The Golden Legion" set.

A group of actors who are completely inhumane covered by makeup have to cool down to prevent blurring every time they shoot a short segment.

The scene was filmed for almost two and a half months, and it was almost over.

While the actors were resting, Gyro and Alfonso also hid in the air-conditioned room.

"I feel that the role scenes are a bit rushed, and if more foreshadowing, the duration cannot be controlled."

Although Alfonso came in to help in the middle of the filming, he saw clearly.

As for the top, although he is three years younger than Alfonso, his entry time is not shorter than him. He still insisted: "It would be good to highlight the role of Anu-en-Rama (Hellboy). Imbalance."

Seeing his friends say that, Alfonso didn’t know how to persuade him. Maybe, he thought too much. He always felt that this movie was comparable to "Van Helsing". There were many characters in the same camp, and the structure seemed very long-winded. They didn't connect well.

But think about it, the first movie is profitable, maybe the fans like it.

"By the way, how about your "Social Edge"?"

"Now it's barely paying back."

"Then do you have a plan for the next project?"

"No, I haven't encountered a suitable subject or a good script."

Alfonso sighed, a little tangled inside.

The filming cost of "Social Edge" was 18 million, the promotional budget of 10 million, and the awards and public relations cost 28 million. As a result, the box office in North America only received 7.3 million US dollars, mostly by selling regional distribution rights and DVDs.

After the Oscars, taking advantage of the enthusiasm, the box office is still not very optimistic, and only 9.4 million yuan has been credited and the picture is released.

Although he himself knew that he was unlikely to attract a lot of viewers, he couldn't even provoke a little splash, which still dampens his confidence.

——How can there be so many difficulties and obstacles when shooting the subject that I want to shoot.

He feels very sorry for what Lehman valued, that kind of trust, freely acting, gave the best creative space and shooting environment, the result is worthy of return?

Putting it on him, he himself couldn't accept it, so for so many days, except for Oscar's meeting with Lyman that time, he was deliberately avoiding it, because he was afraid of embarrassment and didn't know what to say.

——At any rate, a lot of energy has been put into operation. The project profit does not require much, but it must be worthy of the effort.

Therefore, he is very upset now. If he shoots what he wants, he can immediately find someone to write the script, but if it is down again, the "bridge" may be broken, and the cooperation with Firefly will change the taste.

What Alfonso thinks is how to make a commercial film next time, to make some money for Lehman, and then to pursue film art, and he deserves what he has learned-he has the face to invest.

He is actually quite proud. After so many years of hard work, he has his own "rules"-he cannot "begging" without value.

After taking a break, the two went out to continue hosting the filming of the crew.

Seeing the completion of the scenes bit by bit, Gyro is naturally happy, looking forward to what kind of market his "Monster Legion" will have, while Alfonso thinks about what to shoot for the next film from time to time, except for some profound topics, and what to talk Market welcome?

He hasn't shown good inspiration yet.