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On March 9, the day after the Oscars, during lunch time for the "Tuner" crew, Dai Lins sat in a soft chair eating macaroni while looking at the director not far away.

For Lehman, there was nothing wrong with the progress of the crew after he came back to host, and everyone was in a good state.

And because "Tuner" has a simple scene and few roles, it doesn't involve special effects shots, so it's easier to shoot than ordinary movies.

"The lights are dimmed. Too bright is not in line with the atmosphere of this section. Also, there is a slide rail next to the table. I need a lens that pushes into the painting."

Lehman directed and told the crew of the effect he wanted. On the other hand, Ryan was also arranging a few temporary actors to walk the show, "Remember, just walk around in this area soon, don’t go to the camera Location, just be natural."

"Director, the actor has changed into a good costume."

"Yeah." Lehman nodded slightly. "Remember to report to the local transportation department about the road closure of our next scene. The time is about 2 hours. Remember to communicate."

After giving the order, Lehman picked up the loudspeaker and shouted: "Turn on in 5 minutes."

Five minutes later, with the crisp sound of boarding, the scene immediately fell into the arrangement that should have been made.

The radio microphone is held diagonally above Heath-Ledger, and a camera next to it is slowly moved closer, forming a short, smooth shot.

By the road outside the house.

The pianist in a gray suit angrily took off his sunglasses, and suddenly became decadent, and then put on an indifferent face.

The camera is facing his front face, and a simple pan, following the change of the actor's expression, gives the audience a metaphor for seeing the character through.

This scene will happen when the restaurant owner’s daughter knows that the pianist is not blind, and her attitude is cold. At that time, the sound of the car’s engine will be added here to symbolize the break in the relationship between the two and advance the final reversal The emotional paving of the arrangement.

This is also a common sound and picture technique in movies.

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After shooting one piece, then transition.

It was not until the end of the day's filming work that Lehman saw in his mailbox a copy of the asset distribution and acquisition review of Summit Entertainment.

Summit Entertainment is a medium-sized studio established in 1993 and located in Santa Monica, California, covering multiple areas of the film and television industry. If you have to say that Lehman developed the "Twilight" series first, what other independent productions? Achievement, maybe only "Dancing Out of My Life", a song and dance series with a fairly stable return rate.

Moreover, the operating energy of this studio does not seem to be devoted to independent production. Their annual production volume is extremely low, often no more than 5, usually only one or two, which can be said to be very conservative. Be cautious. So far, no project with more than 40 million has been invested, and it is completely focused on the international film festival route or audited low-cost entertainment films with low risk.

However, when it comes to the field of agency sales and offline sales in the international market, they still have a bit of foundation. After all, this company was founded to run the international market. It can be called a reduced version of Miramax——

It's just that Miramax prefers to compete for the Olympics, or tap films from other regions to be shown in the US market, while Summit Entertainment is tapping local films to operate overseas.

Everyone knows that the amount of movies that can be shown in theaters every year in the film industry is not large. Compared with the huge production market, many filmmakers need a window of realization.

For example, a new director has worked hard to find funds and crew to make a film smoothly, but due to quality or personal connections, the theater is unwilling to pay resources to push it, and the release of DVDs is faced with insufficient channels. The phenomenon of Blockbuster bullying is also difficult to generate benefits.

Based on this demand, Summit Entertainment, like many studios engaged in agency sales, grasped this part of the demand market and provided services.

You give it to movies that you can’t get on the theaters, and it helps you operate to the movie market in the UK, Germany and other places, and then the profits from the operation are based on the pre-signed agreement, either buyout or split account model Settlement, of course, this settlement process may be very slow, and you may not get the money at once, but at least it provides a channel for many works.

In future generations, the advanced version of this model is called a big online movie. You know the quality, you know it, and there is a reason why you can't make it to theaters.

Looking at these contents, Lehman had to sigh. Sometimes, alternative opportunities can take off. Compared with the beginning of its establishment, the current peak entertainment assets have at least expanded dozens of times, and an office has been established in the UK. And gradually figured out his own distribution and production system, but limited by the capital chain, the output of the eye-catching is too small-and there is no blockbuster "Twilight".

But just as it has produced "The Hurt Locker" this year, it is still much stronger than the average studio.

In other words, the company itself is still on the right track of development, and the projects it manages are getting bigger and bigger, and more and more three-dimensional. It’s no wonder that future generations will be bound by Lionsgate’s stock + cash model-yes, and Warner’s attitude towards new lines is different. Summit Entertainment’s management has a very independent right to speak after entering the Lionsgate system and retains the release label.

It is a pity that due to the stock market crash, the situation that Summit Entertainment has finally developed is a bit pessimistic. If they cannot find a lucrative dark horse project, they are likely to be dragged down by debt.

After all, agency sales are low risk and stable, and profit output is just like that. It can’t support the gradual expansion of the operating burden. According to the assessment of professionals hired by Liam, Summit Entertainment is currently not only carrying part of the bank’s loans. , With assets of 450 million yuan, the bulk of which is concentrated in more than 1,000 films in the film library and several audio-visual copy factories in overseas regions.

What's more, because of poor management and bad seasons, the capital turnover has changed from a small problem to a big burden, which can keep prices down.

After reading this part of the information, Lehman began to think about how to grasp the core part. Speaking of which, even if the firefly has developed to the present, even if it catches the Cannes Film Festival, it has only accumulated more than 200 film and television rights, but the peak The vast majority of entertainment is bad movies, and there are lots of them, and there are many good works of Firefly, or there are many art films, and the development value is better overall.

However, if it is streaming media, the quantity cannot be low under the premise of quality assurance. At least the content coverage has always been the basis of a broadcasting platform.

When Lehman's thoughts recovered, a phone call was made to Johnson, "I hope Caa will help me contact a studio. Well, what I want is Summit Entertainment's film library."