Chapter 605： Excellent opportunity!

Spielberg didn't talk to Yin Jun about the investment quota before they went to the premiere of Xiangjiang in "Avatar".

Since this matter has decided to cooperate with Global, how much investment should be given, how to use it specifically, how to allocate equity, etc., need to be carefully negotiated before finally being decided.

This cannot be decided in a day or two.

But he actually mentioned a sentence and asked Yin Jun to send the person who negotiated to help him fight for the final editing rights.

Because Spielberg was originally a big director, after the "Great White Shark", they all have the final editing rights, so he also felt that there was no accident, just mention it.

After being reminded by Spielberg, Yin Jun suddenly remembered a very important thing!

An important event about the change of the pattern of the Hollywood giant!

Let me first explain the issue of movie editing.

Movie editing, in the simplest terms, is a means to create a suitable film atmosphere by reducing the intermediate links and the future digital film materials by reducing intermediate links and removing unnecessary pictures.

Movie editing is not a one-time job, but requires multiple editing.

One cut, two cuts, three cuts ... these are all normal.

The ordinary film editors do the first or two edits before, and then the director must also come to watch the effects of the previous edits, and discuss with the editor how to achieve the desired effect.

Generally speaking in Xiangjiang, as long as the director finally confirms, and then the film company sees no major problems, then even if the editing is successful, the version made by the director is called the final editing.

But in the United States, the final editing right is a terrific power.

The most common situation is that after the director's editing is completed, the film company will make the last editing by itself, and then this version of the movie will appear in front of the audience, which is called the final editing right.

For the director, he worked hard for a year and a half of the film, and the final version was actually shown to the audience. It was not edited according to his own wishes. It is conceivable how much of the * in the heart has passed .

But any director who has a little self-respect cannot tolerate such a thing.

Because making movies is also a profession in art, most directors have a culture of youth, and naturally have a strong sense of self-esteem.

But even directors who have already made a name for themselves, often do not get the final editing rights.

In Hollywood, there are no more than 10 directors who can get the final editing rights, or even absolutely speaking, that is, three or five people.

The truck driver got this power only after the Terminator series.

Spielberg gained power after "E.T."

George Lucas had this power because he had always made his own movies.

In addition, even super-directors such as Peter Jackson, Michael Bay, Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino, Tim Burton, etc., do not always get the final editing rights every time.

Peter Jackson, for example, must have the final editing rights on "The Hobbit" after the Lord of the Rings trilogy is finished.

As soon as "The Hobbit" ended, he couldn't get the final editing rights in other movies.

For example, Bombshell, since a big **** like "Pearl Harbor" came out, he has at most the final editing rights in some medium-produced movies, and has made several big-selling "Transformers" movies in a row He also failed to obtain a separate final editing right, but decided with the production company.

Even if they are like this, let alone ordinary directors.

This is why after the development of DVDs, there are usually "Director's Cut" DVDs sold in the DVD market of movies-you don't let my cut version be released, but when the money was finally circulated, my version Take it out, is it always okay? Anyway, let me see the works in my mind and the audience!

Not to mention the hardships of directors in the future.

Did you say that Hollywood implemented the policy of the production company to control the final editing right from the beginning?

of course not!

In fact, although second- and third-rate directors still cannot obtain final editing rights, before this year, many famous directors, including quasi-first-class directors, had their own final editing rights.

The turning point in history happened exactly this year and a few months later.

The United Artists Film Company, one of the seven major giants in the United States, has produced a major production movie called "Gate of Heaven" since last year.

The so-called big production, firstly, Lianyi invested US $ 38 million to produce this western film, and secondly, the director they invited, Michael Simino, obtained the "Deer Hunter" last year. He won five awards such as Oscar for best film and best director, which is simply majestic and unstoppable.

The Lianyi movie is full of thoughts that relying on big production, plus the production skills of the best Oscar director, plus a group of well-known actors, "Gate of Heaven" will definitely achieve brilliant achievements.

But the fact gave them a hard blow.

After the release of "Gate of Heaven" at the end of November this year, it actually harvested only about 1.6 million US dollars at the box office in a week. It was immediately shamefully drawn and finally locked the box office at the number of 1.6 million US dollars.

As we all know, Hollywood film companies do not look very powerful, but in fact they are very fragile many times.

It is such a movie with a serious loss of about 36 million that directly contributed to the announcement of the bankruptcy of one of Hollywood ’s seven major film companies, and was received by MGM in the second year. From then on, such as Chaplin and other famous The established company created by the director no longer exists.

It's hard for anyone else to imagine such an example.

How can your seven major Hollywood movie companies with a turnover of US $ 350 million a year go bankrupt?

In fact, not all the money the film companies make for their own films, some are loans, some are cooperation, and their working capital is far less than others think.

So if you encounter a huge loss in a certain period of time, then it will definitely cause a chain reaction, and it is not surprising that it eventually closed down.

This kind of thing happened before 1980, and then there will be.

For example, giving the next MGM of Lianyi to the bankrupt "Windspeaker" is so famous.

Although they are just the last straw that overwhelms the camel, as in "Gate of Heaven", the two companies have had various problems before, but there is no doubt that this is an exhaustive catalyst for failure. So much so that people directly settled their crimes on them.

Go back to the movie "The Gate of Heaven".

After Michael Simino succeeded in "Deer Hunter", his mentality swelled. "The Gate of Paradise" is a movie made in this mentality.

Procrastination, unorganization, character facialization, too many dull links ... etc. These are the films he made.

In fact, the Hollywood director made a bad movie, but in the end it was edited to become a good movie, and there are also many movies.

The key to the failure of "Heaven's Gate" is that Michael Simino has the final editing rights. What he thinks the movie looks like, then that is how it ended up.

As a result, everyone naturally saw that the audience did not like his idea at all and did not buy it at all, so Lianyi went bankrupt directly.

After Lianyi declared bankruptcy and was acquired by MGM, the remaining six major movie giants in Hollywood reached a secret agreement.

That is, no matter how big your director is, the company must master the final editing rights, otherwise Lianyi's today is everyone's tomorrow.

This is the most important reason why most super directors have not been able to obtain the final editing rights since then.

It's just that few people, such as Spielberg and the truck driver, have really great results, enough to allow the film giants to treat them equally, so they can get the final editing rights.

But there are only a few such examples, and after the future directors rely more on special effects, it is less likely that there will be a director with a personality and talent like a truck driver and Spielberg, so this power may come later. There is really no director who can get it.

but!

The relationship between these final editing rights and Yin Jun is actually not much.

What Yin Jun really cares about is the collapse of Lianyi this time.

There are many factors to the failure of Lianyi, but it is one of the seven major Hollywood movie giants. It has a very perfect production capacity and distribution network. These are the roots of its foundation in Hollywood.

Not to mention that Lianyi holds two very good treasures.

The first is the well-known 007 series.

The 007 series was created by Lianyi. Since five years ago, it has collected all the justice copyrights, and it has truly become a unique Lianyi family.

James Bond, a super-big IP that everyone is familiar with on the screen, was bought by MGM, and it directly brought MGM back to life in a difficult situation, otherwise MGM may not only go bankrupt three times, according to the gamble. It's no surprise that the city tycoon's gameplay failed ten times.

The second is another super big IP that people are not familiar with now, far beyond 007-the copyright of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Many people think that "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Lord of the Rings" The Hobbit is new.

actually not.

As early as 1969, Lianyi Film Company bought the film rights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" from the Tolkien Trust Fund, at a cost of 7.5% of the total profit, including a series of movies, peripheral products, etc. Profit.

Of course, because the current technology is far from enough to support the performance of the entire Middle-earth world, Lianyi has not produced it since it won the copyright, but it is cheaper than the new line.

But the eating of the new line is really ugly, not only pitted Peter Jackson, but also the Tolkien Trust, pitting "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" so much more than a billion dollars in big IP , To make a loss account, a penny of profits will not be distributed to the Tolkien Trust.

At this time, the Tolkien Trust Foundation was irritated. They not only brought the new line to court, but also announced that all Tolkien's works will not be moved to the screen unless this situation is obtained. Maximum improvement.

You know, many Chinese people do n’t know. In fact, among Tolkien ’s novels, the most dazzling novel suitable for adaptation into a movie, and a larger scale of “Elven Treasure Diamond”, this is also Peter Jackson ’s filming of The Lord of the Rings "And" The Hobbit "most wanted to shoot the target.

But because of this, "Elven Treasure Diamond" was dust-covered, and there was no hope for ten or eight years.

Yin Jun remembered the collapse of Lianyi, and these two super IPs.

If, if I could get ahead of MGM and buy Lianyi, would it be a perfect opportunity to enter Hollywood?

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