Chapter 673： Clip

Barry Mayer doesn't think he was wrong to suppress the Fireflies.

From Warner's point of view, suppliers are starting to be strong. Don't the channel side warn them and give them some color?

This is like your family is a mobile phone sales channel, suddenly there is a company that feels that its technology upgrades or other advantages, and wants the highest-quality resources to distribute goods, does it really agree?

If you do this, what will happen to your own mobile phone, and what will other mobile phone manufacturers think?

Oh, the co-author helped him, and no other mobile phone brands are needed - everyone will compare.

Putting it on Warner, Warner does not only cooperate with the Firefly family. Other studios, large and small, also have business dealings. In the original system, Firefly demanded better treatment and resources based on performance. This is no problem. But beyond the upper limit, that is a change in the pattern, which cannot be agreed in any way.

The **** decides the head.

From the firefly's point of view, the more skilled the production business is, the more money you need.

A project that has been worked so hard to take the risk of unclear prospects, just to give the money to others to earn?

This is why all mobile phone brands are now involved in sinking sales, setting up specialty stores instead of sub-regional agents. The latter is fast in development, but has the greatest hidden danger. The former is slow, but one step at a time, the most stable... ...

Of course, Barry Mayer didn't expect that Lehman would prefer to open up channels despite the pressure of insufficient resources and less potential for film screenings.

Moreover, what is even more embarrassing is that this channel is not the Warner family. The other people saw that the Firefly did not cross the line, and they all held the attitude of watching a good show. In the end, they pushed the Firefly to the opposite camp...

Therefore, it seems that the best way is to directly ease the relationship, but it is the most difficult to do, it is better to dig Nolan.

After all, if Warner could directly order Lehmann to go east to the east and west to the west, would it still be like this?

Not because Lyman was disobedient.

To ease the relationship, what to ease? What else is there other than more benefits that you don't want to give?

Barry Mayer had to say: "Joseon, you continue to keep in touch with Firefly. As for the rest, we have no projects to shoot except Batman?" -Warner As one of the top studios, of course there is no shortage of projects Production, and the promotion of some projects, are estimated to be scheduled for next year. Moreover, it's better to wait for a while to talk, and don't let people take the opportunity to take advantage of it.

Johnson replied, "I will."

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In fact, Barry Mayer admires Lehmann.

For talented directors, he has never been stingy to win over.

In the first two years, the cooperation between the two has been very good. With such a wide production business and such a large global film market, there is enough space for these talents to display their talents. Therefore, Warner is not afraid of the growth of Firefly's strength, because the cake of the film market is not One family or two can eat it, and the lack of firefly channels is the biggest flaw.

At that time, Barry Mayer thought that he had found a director with great potential. He was as versatile as Spielberg, who was excavated by Universal in his early years. He could open up territory for Warner Bros. .

But I don't know since when, I have become more and more worried about his growth rate, and I can't control it more and more.

Perhaps, just like Spielberg broke up with Universal and established DreamWorks, Lehmann no longer misses Warner's asylum and began to work independently for himself.

Why are talented people always reluctant to be inferior to others? Or do people gradually increase their ambitions with the accumulation of resources and status?

Warners made a move, but it didn't work out, because Firefly is no longer the empty-shell studio that just picked it up.

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Johnson is annoying.

I am an executive of Warner's production department, and I can't even see Lyman's face.

Looking at this very polite and annoying Joseph, he said solemnly that Lehmann was editing the film, and no one would disturb him, so why don't you wait and come again.

Qiao Sen really wanted to yell, and he couldn't find a better reason to fool him? Clip? no one? What a mess.

Firefly and Warner are at odds, and there are some cases of dismantling. Jonson is well aware of this, and he never thought that he would be able to talk about it once or something. But man, let me meet.

Such an attitude still appears on the Firefly, who used to have friendly exchanges between the two, which makes people sigh.

But it's just a feeling. After all, it involves the general direction and policy of the two studios. It's really not enough to watch it as a production executive.

It's just that I took over the task myself and had to work hard to coordinate.

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Joseph was not lying, nor was he talking nonsense, because Lyman was really busy in the editing room for "Untouchable". For this reason, he had stayed up for two nights, and basically did not leave the house except for dinner.

Editing can be said to be the secondary creation of the film. Whether the film is finished according to the idea depends on how a director or team cuts it.

Therefore, the editing work is also the most important work in the later stage, and it is not allowed to be careless at all.

Sometimes, the cut is cool, and forgetting to eat and sleep is just the daily routine of all directors.

Of course, the absence of people is definitely an exaggeration, Lyman just doesn't like to be disturbed, but in any case, it is not so serious that no one is seen and nothing is ignored.

After marking an editing point, I will first deal with it roughly according to the connection between the front and rear plots. After waiting for this part, I will contact the previous and next scenes repeatedly for fine-cutting. After finishing, I will watch it again. Lehman nodded with satisfaction.

"Untouchable" is a relatively easy type to cut, because the main line is clear and there are not many branch plots. The scenes are all about Philip and Dreis, and cut all the way according to the story direction marked at the beginning, which is basically OK .

Not to mention that Thomas and Ryan also help each other from time to time without procrastinating or delaying, so it only took three days to complete the editing of the entire film. The content of the finished film is roughly 110 minutes, which is slightly more streamlined than the original version. It is the scene transition that is more clean and less sloppy.

After the editing is completed, there are follow-up work such as the insertion of titles and endings, the insertion of animated logos, and subtitles, narration, sound effects, and soundtracks.

Of course, these do not need to be done by Lehman himself. With the professional team taking over, the film will only be more perfect.

When he was out of the editing room door, Joseph reported something about Warner.

After Lyman heard it, knowing that Warner was still insisting, he smiled and ignored it.

This time, the conditions they offered were really harsh, and it was impossible for Warner to agree. After all, the distribution business of this kind of film is a big source of money, and it is also the channel operation that Warner relies on for its foundation. How could it be possible to give Firefly a share of the pie.

Of course, Lehman's purpose is not to ask Warner to agree to such harsh conditions, but to increase the price first, and then negotiate a few steps back, which will be more beneficial. This can be regarded as some small skills in negotiation. Anyway, I don't know if Warners is in a hurry. Firefly is definitely not in a hurry.

This year, Firefly's projects have been carried out relatively smoothly. Even award-winning films such as "Pan's Labyrinth" and "Tower of Babel" are basically able to make a small profit because of the network and the operation of awards, and there is no risk of loss. There's nothing to worry about in production. UU Reading

However, in order to consolidate the North American channel, the life of Blue Butterfly Pictures is not easy.

Speaking of which, unless channel distributors reach the top level, the lack of film sources is also a headache for distribution companies.

After all, a good project depends on a bit of luck in any studio. Coupled with the head effect, the middle and lower-level studios will basically not be very favored by distributors like Blue Butterfly. The same project, Blue Butterfly Butterfly Issue estimates that it will be 12%, 20% or 30% less profit than the Big Six, and the more resources are needed, the more so.

In this way, even if the six big draws are higher, but people can make the cake bigger, the points are still more profitable than small channel merchants.

Similar calculations, no one is stupid.

Even Lionsgate relies on its own independent producers, as well as capital power all over Europe, looking for film sources from Australia, Italy and other places, and the North American business is relatively small, and it is all the usual accumulation of contacts.

Of course, Blue Butterfly's life can go on after all, such pains must be experienced, and all publishers are no exception...