Shen Changlin didn't mention "Happy Death Day" on a whim...

A very strange phenomenon later appeared in the North American film market: the failure of top big-budget superhero movies, such as "X-Men: Dark Phoenix", "Alita: Battle Angel", and "Men in Black: Worldwide". Almost all of them failed, but the market for R-rated films, which used to be regarded as synonymous with "alternative, extreme, and highly stimulating to the senses", has expanded!

The reason is quite simple. In a global large-scale production, there are too many things to avoid.

There should be no dirty dialogue, bloody, violent and erotic scenes, and the same goes for ideology. Extreme, terrifying, religious thoughts and the like must be deleted.

With so many regulations, it’s hard to produce good works!

A full set of models, also called the Hollywood classical narrative model:

A protagonist or a group of protagonists is given a big goal. He has to go to complete this goal. In the process of completing this goal, he will inevitably have conflicts with the villains who obstruct him and his own heart. In addition, a secondary line will be added, usually with The love line where the protagonist has romantic entanglements.

The final ending is usually a happy ending, and the stuck must be rescued at the last minute, so that the protagonist achieves his goal.

This model began in the 1910s and is like an assembly line factory. Each link has professionals doing targeted work, and the overall efficiency is very high.

It's terrible to think about it. Such an assembly line factory has been prosperous for a century, a full hundred years!

The R rating is different, so Blum House became famous!

"Insidious" series, "Ghost Chronicles" series, "Human Purge" series, "Escape" including "Happy Death Day"...

It’s all about using small things to make a big difference.

Shen Changlin remembers that "A Quiet Place," "The Return of the Clown," "Happy Death Day," and "After the Lights Out" were all blockbuster hits, and all of these movies were first-released - except for "The Return of the Clown."

The so-called theme first is to give a concept. For example, in "A Quiet Place", "Humanity on earth is almost completely wiped out. The surviving family lives a quiet life. If they make a sound, they will be captured by monsters. Staying quiet is survival." The only rule is, if they can't hear you, they can't hunt you.'

"After Lights Out" is a derivative of the short film, with one concept: when the lights are turned off, there is a ghost;

"Happy Death Day" is simpler, campus + time loop + comedy...

Of course, to do this, Shen Changlin needs a partner, and Wen Ziren is the best choice!

He is a great director of horror films, and he has many connections around him...

Although some profits will be lost, but... so what?

It’s a stolen idea in itself!

As for Lin Yibin... let's forget it, this guy is too weak...

It is often said that ‘Hollywood should respect the Chinese market’, but do you respect it?

The director who can make "Fast and Furious 9" probably only has money in mind!

In fact, for a work of the size of "Happy Death Day", we now come up with ideas, directly form a team, shoot, and then release it in October. What we strive for is cycle time!

Shen Changlin asked Yang Fan to expand the original office, set up a studio, and hired professional producers to specialize in producing such works.

Most of the scripts are created by domestic screenwriters...

Changlin Film and Television has a lot of messy high-concept settings, such as infinite streaming, main god space streaming, and apocalyptic streaming. If it really compares to creativity, Hollywood is a scumbag!

There was only one requirement, and the cost was controlled under $8 million.

It can be regarded as imitating the Bren House.

Blum House mass-produces 3-5 million movies.

This production cost has been carefully calculated. Within this range, even if the movie fails to be released to the public, you can barely make back the money just by selling the copyright to major websites. More than a dozen movies are produced every year, and most of them suffer a slight loss, but in general If you can have one or two hits, you can get dozens of times the income.

Of course, we will cooperate with New Line and jointly fund the creation of...

By the way, Shen Changlin told Yang Fan to remember to pay attention to a director named Damien Chazelle.

Convinced him to hand over his second film "La La Land" to the studio for investment.

In fact, there is no need to persuade at all, because not many people are optimistic about the project of "La La Land" - it is a musical about jazz, and the person in charge of the music part is Damien Chazelle's college roommate...

This is something to be said later, so I won’t state it here.

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Talking about the domestic market, the week after "The Hypnotist" was released, "My Deskmate" was released.

Stealing "The Hypnotist"'s second weekend box office title...

There is no way, this is the best era for youth movies, and there is light behind "My Deskmate", the convergence of two important forces in BJ culture~

Grain

And it coincides with graduation season...

Most importantly, "My Deskmate" has indeed enjoyed increased IP value!

The box office of "My Deskmate" exceeded 100 million in its first three days in the first weekend, catching up with the popular youth film "To Youth" released in the same period last year...

The box office of "The Hypnotist" in the second weekend was 91 million, which is already very good, almost the same as the first week!

Guangguang was grinning from ear to ear, not because it controlled the distribution of both films, but because the success of "My Deskmate" proved that we can create hits without Changlin Film and Television!

And then... "Go See You Now" was released.

It was released on April 28, and as of May 3, the box office exceeded 400 million in 7 days!

Xue Xiaolu + Wan Qian + Wang Kai, this combination is so powerful.

No one cares who the director is...

Just like the director of "My Deskmate" is not Guo Fan, it doesn't affect its success at all!

"Going to See You Now" is distributed by Maoyan, and the fact is obvious - changing to another distribution company will not affect the sales of Changlin Film and Television's works...

These have nothing to do with Shen Changlin, they are all established strategies!

After returning to China, he began to prepare for the release of "The Treasure Hunt".

The release date is confirmed: May 23rd!

China Film Group has directly postponed "X-Men: Days of Future Past", which was originally scheduled to be released on May 23, to September!

May 23rd was agreed upon by China and South Korea. "Transformers 3" will be released at the end of June and "Myeongryang Sea Battle" will be released in July...

As for the "X-Men" series, to be honest, the appeal of this genre in Asia is far less than that of Marvel.

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Shi Shi was recently filming "Want to Meet You" and invited a group of friends to guest star. Ye Qing and Xie Nan were all captured by her.

This is my first time as chief producer!

On this day, during a break in filming, Shi Shi was sitting on a rest chair with his head raised, his face covered with a soaked towel, feeling the coolness...

Huairou in May is quite hot.

The assistant suddenly came over: "Sister Shi Shi, someone is visiting the class!"

He took off his towel and asked slowly: "...Who? Are you looking for Brother Chang Lin?"

"No...it's Tangtang!"

Liu Shishi was a little surprised: "...she came to visit the class...let's go and have a look!"

Shi Shi was indeed surprised. The relationship between her and Tang Yan was quite... not a good one, although it was not a grudge.

After the last "Ghost Blowing Out the Lamp", Shi Shi complained to her a few words, to the effect of, 'You have already accepted the role, why do you need me to recommend it for you?' Tang Yan did not answer and silently quit the combination of Fairy Sword and Three Beauties...

Without the middleman, the two remaining immortal swordsmen could not get along. The WeChat group was no different than being disbanded. Shi Shi set up a message to do not disturb.

However, when "The Hypnotist" was released some time ago, Yang Xiaomi took the initiative to find Shi Shi and 'report' to her the news of Tang Yan's guest appearance.

Shi Shi didn't have any ideas, but Yang Xiaomi was quite angry. She felt that Tang Yan did it on purpose, knowing that she and Liu Qianqian were not getting along, yet she ran over to help her make a guest appearance.

Isn't this a slap in my face?

Women’s relationships are so complicated…

Arriving at the reception room of the crew, Tang Yan was chatting with Brother Hu, who was a friendly supporter of "Want to See You" and played the role of Hu Wenlei, the record store owner.

The male lead in "Want to See You" is Zhang Ruoyun, and the second male lead is Bai Jingting.

It's not about saving money, the main thing is that Wang Kai is too old, and as for Chen Xiao and Yang Yang... they are too handsome and inappropriate.

"Tang Tang, Lao Hu!"

Shishi greets warmly…

"Shi Shi is here..."

"Well," Shi Shi sat down and asked with a smile, "Why do you want to get up to visit the class?"
Chapter completed!