Chapter 971： film library

On March 9, the day after the Oscars, during the lunchtime of the "The Tuner" crew, Denings sat in a soft chair eating macaroni while looking at the director not far away.

For Lehmann, there was nothing uncomfortable about the progress of the crew after he came back to host, and everyone was in a good state.

And because "The Tuner" has a simple scene and not many characters, it doesn't involve special effects shots, so it's easier to shoot than a normal movie.

"The lighting should be dimmed. It's too bright and doesn't fit the atmosphere of this section. Also, there is a slide rail next to the table. I need a lens that can be pushed into the painting."

Lehman directed and told the crew the effect he wanted. On the other hand, Ryan was also arranging a few temporary actors to walk the scene, "Remember, walk around this area for a while, don't look at the camera. Location, just a little bit naturally.”

"Director, the actors have changed into their costumes."

"Yeah." Lehman nodded slightly, "Remember to report to the local transportation department about the road closure for our next scene, which will take about 2 hours, remember to communicate well."

After giving instructions, Ryman picked up the loudspeaker and shouted, "Turn it on in 5 minutes."

After 5 minutes, with the crisp sound of the board hitting, the scene immediately fell into the proper arrangement.

The radio microphone was held diagonally above Heath Ledger, and a camera next to it was also slowly approaching, forming a set of short, smooth footage.

Outside the house by the road.

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

The camera is facing his face, and a simple panning mirror follows the actor's demeanor to give the audience a metaphor for seeing through the character.

The scene that will happen is that the restaurant owner's daughter shows a cold attitude after knowing that the pianist is not blind. At that time, the sound of the car's engine will be accompanied by the sound of the car's engine, which symbolizes the rupture of the relationship between the two, and prepares for the final reversal in advance. Emotional foreshadowing.

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

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After the filming is completed, one is guaranteed, and then the scene is switched.

It was not until the end of the day's filming that Lehmann saw a piece of assets distribution and acquisition commentary about Summit Entertainment from his mailbox.

Summit Entertainment is a medium-sized studio established in 1993 and located in Santa Monica, California, covering many fields of the film and television industry. If you have to say that Lehmann has preempted the development of the "Twilight" series, what else is there in independent production? The achievement may only be "Dancing Out of My Life", a song and dance series with a fairly stable rate of return.

Moreover, the operating energy of this studio does not seem to be focused on independent production. Their annual production volume is extremely low, often not more than 5, usually only one or two, which can be said to be very conservative, Be cautious, so far none of the projects with more than 40 million yuan have been cast, and they are completely focused on the international film festival route, or review low-cost entertainment films with low risk.

However, when it comes to consignment sales and offline sales in the international market, they still have a little background. After all, this company was founded to run the international market at the beginning. It can be called a miniature version of Miramax——

It's just that Miramax prefers to compete for the Olympics, or to tap films from other regions to show in the U.S. market, while Summit Entertainment taps local films to operate in overseas regions.

Everyone knows that the number of films that the film industry can screen in theaters every year is not large. Compared with the huge production market, many filmmakers need a window to realize their profits.

For example, a rookie director went to great lengths to find funds and crew, and successfully made a movie, but due to quality or network reasons, the theater chain was unwilling to pay for resource push, and if they released DVDs, they faced a shortage of channels. The phenomenon of Blockbuster cheating is also difficult to generate benefits.

It is because of this demand that Summit Entertainment, like many studios engaged in agency sales, has seized this part of the demand market and provided services.

You hand over the movies that can't go to theaters, and it helps you operate the movie market in the United Kingdom, Germany and other places, and then the profits from the operation are based on the pre-signed agreement, or buyout or share the model. Settlement, of course, the settlement process may be very slow, and you may not get the money immediately, but at least it provides a channel for many works.

In later generations, the progressive version of this model is called a big online movie. You can understand the quality, and there is a reason why you can't make it to the theater.

Looking at these contents, Lehman has to sigh that sometimes, alternative opportunities can take off. Compared with the beginning of its establishment, the current Pinnacle Entertainment assets have at least expanded dozens of times, and they have also set up an office in the UK. And gradually figured out his own distribution and production system, but limited by the capital chain, there were too few dazzling outputs - and it was not yet the blockbuster of "Twilight".

But looking at the fact that it 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 taller and more three-dimensional. It is no wonder that later generations will be bound by Lionsgate in a stock+cash model—yes~www .novelhall.com~ Unlike Warner's attitude towards the new line, the management of Summit Entertainment has a very independent right to speak after entering the Lionsgate system, and also retains the publishing label.

It's a pity that due to the stock market crash, the situation that Peak Entertainment finally developed is suddenly a little less optimistic. If they can't find a dark horse project with great profits, they are likely to be dragged down by debt.

After all, consignment sales are better at low risk and stability, and the profit output is the same. It cannot support the gradual expansion of the operation burden. According to the comments of the professionals that Liam found, Pinnacle Entertainment is currently carrying a part of the bank’s loans. , which is 450 million in assets, most of which are concentrated in the more than 1,000 movies in the film library and several audio-visual copying factories in overseas regions.

What's more, due to poor management and bad seasons, capital turnover has changed from a small problem to a big burden, which can be very good at reducing prices.

After reading this part of the information, Lehman began to think about how to hold this most core part. Speaking of which, Firefly has developed to the present, even if it catches up with the Cannes Film Festival, it has only accumulated more than 200 film and television copyrights, but it is only the peak. Most of the entertainment is bad movies, and the amount of money, and the firefly has more masterpieces, or there are many art movies, and the development value is even better overall.

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

When Lehman's thoughts were withdrawn, a phone call was made to Johnson, "I hope caa can help me get in touch with a studio, um, I want Summit Entertainment's film library."

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