Reborn Hollywood Ladies

Chapter 22 Bad movie?

Not only the employees of the company, the three leading actors of Kate were also a little surprised after watching the finished film.Before seeing it, they always thought they were shooting a "normal" horror film.Although there is no witch in the script, maybe it will be added in post-production.

But the movie they just watched told them that the witch movie didn't even show the back of the witch!

They know that this is a company that only makes low-budget B-grade movies, and that saving investment money infinitely is what they are best at.But no matter how economical it is, is it really good to have a work about witches without witches at all?Wouldn't the audience smash everything in their hands while yelling "bad movie" after watching it?

But at the same time, they found that they also had a creepy feeling after watching the movie.Even if they were themselves in the movie, those dizzy shots and the natural switching of all the shots made them think that things really happened.

It's incredible!After the three of Kate glanced at each other, they couldn't hide the shock on their faces.

Why do they feel that the movie is terrible when they act like a bad movie in all aspects?
A horror movie scares the viewers. If it can do this, what reason is there to call it a bad movie?

Maybe sell it for a good price?

The actors were messed up, the staff was messed up, everyone in the screening room was messed up except Lyra.

Even the most experienced Louise didn't know what her little boss had photographed.Call it bad, it literally freaked out everyone in the screening room.But if it's a good movie, she's pretty sure there's going to be a lot of criticism for those jittery shots and a witch movie without a witch.

"Demi, what do you think?" Laila just smiled at Louise's eyes looking at her, and then turned to ask the blonde secretary sitting beside her.

Demi's right hand was resting on her fiercely rising and rising chest, her lips painted in orange lipstick were slightly parted, and she looked overly frightened.

"Miss Morland, this is really terrible! It's terrible! Are they really captured by the witch?"

"Pfft." Laila was amused.Several actors were sitting a few rows in front of her, yet she still asked such a question.

But it cannot be denied that her performance made her very happy, which shows that the effect she wanted to achieve has really been achieved!

The sound of their talking made people in the screening room think that the director was behind, so all kinds of questions flooded towards her.

"Director, are you really shooting a movie based on recent events?"

"Why did you know about the disappearance in advance? Is there any inside information?"

"boss……"

"Okay." Laila stood up, clapped her hands, and made everyone quiet. "How do you feel after watching it?"

The clerks hesitated.

"I don't know, I feel like vomiting. Why do those lenses have to be shaky?"

"I gotta say I was terrified, it's a horrible movie. But what the hell am I afraid of? The damn witch doesn't even appear in a single frame!"

Laila was amused by what you said and said: "Okay, let me ask it another way. Did you guys get scared while watching the movie?"

"Of course, it's terrible."

"It's so scary, I even think there is a witch who is off-camera and might come out of the screen at any moment!"

"Man, what a horrible experience, I don't think I'll be able to watch horror movies for a long time!"

Lila shrugged: "Then what are you worried about?"

yes!Everyone reacted, if even those who knew that the movie was made were frightened, wouldn't those audiences who thought it was true be frightened?As long as the audience is scared, isn't their movie successful?
"Louise stays here, everyone else should leave." Lila walked up to the three leading actors and shook hands with them one by one: "I will give you a big red envelope when the screening is over. Your performance is very good. Great."

Bradley whistled: "That's really great, I didn't expect that I would be on the big screen one day."

Not only him, Kate and others thought that it would not be shown in the cinema.According to the previous example of Phoenix, unless it is a particularly outstanding movie, it will be screened in theaters, and it is usually sold directly on DVD.

"Don't worry, you will be a hit." Leila left these words and went back to the office with Louise.Even without looking back, she knew that those three people would not believe her words, but it didn't matter, the facts would prove everything, wouldn't they?
"Leila, regarding the distribution, we have only found a dozen or so theaters that are willing to cooperate. You know that our company's reputation is getting worse every year, and they are also worried that they will not make money."

Louise sighed.The distribution department of the company was built by Reynolds. In its heyday, Phoenix would have two films that could be screened in a small range every year.It’s just that later the boss became obsessed with Las Vegas, and there was another annoying Cooper who saw that they released the film and blacked it out. As a result, it was marked as a bad film before it was screened, and it could only make money from DVDs, video tapes and limited TV. .

The theater chain is not a charity association, and they will not be willing to sign a screening contract even if they know that they cannot make money.You must know that they can make money by showing more popular movies that more people are willing to watch, instead of wasting screens in empty movie halls.

"Try to look for it. Especially places with good locations, and take them down at any cost. Just look for as many as you can find before the release."

Louise was startled: "Are you serious?"

Laila raised an eyebrow at her: "Do you think I'm joking?"

"It's not like..." Louise smiled bitterly.It really doesn't look like you're joking, but what you say looks like it's a joke!
As a theater chain that screens films, there are generally three methods: fixed share, stage-by-stage share, and negotiated guarantee.The share is easy to understand. The contract stipulates the proportion of profits to be distributed. This proportion generally changes with the playing time.

Dividing by stage is also very simple. For example, how to divide when the box office reaches [-] million, and how to divide when it reaches [-] million. In short, everyone earns money and no one suffers.

As for the negotiated minimum guarantee, it is generally only for films that are not favored by the theater to sign. If it does not reach a box office, it will be made up by the distributor.Basically, that's the choice of rich people or people who are very confident in their films but not well received by others.

For Laila, the extra was the extra, as long as enough projection screens were available.When word of mouth goes out in the future, are you afraid that no theater chain will come to your door waving dollar bills to ask for a screening?
But Louise didn't have her confidence. She only knew that if the box office was not good, their losses would be much higher than the cost of the movies they produced.And she really didn't feel that there was a need to show that movie. It is obviously more advantageous and safe to release the DVD video tape directly, isn't it?

She can only explain her stubbornness towards the little boss as the obsession of a novice director.After all, for directors, there is nothing more attractive than being able to show on the big screen.

(End of this chapter)