557 [Low Energy]
Shortly after "The First Drop of Blood" was released, Ye Jin received news that John Carpenter had completed the production of "Halloween".
The film was prepared in mid-September and was completed in mid-October. Compared to Hollywood movies that were filmed for one or two years, the production process was so fast that Ye Jin was very surprised.
In fact, the reason why "Halloween" was produced so quickly is mainly because as director John Carpenter, he was actually considering shooting issues long before Ye Jin invested.
What actors are used, what scenes are chosen, and what lenses are used... Everything is in his mind, so once the funds are in place, it will be natural and twice the result with half the effort.
The entire shooting time took only twenty-one days. Including the audition, preparation, site selection, editing, soundtrack, sound effects, subtitles, printing, etc., one month is just right.
In fact, this is already longer than most production time in Xiangjiang. In Xiangjiang, most movies are produced in less than half a month.
The movie "Halloween" was actually a good thing for Ye Jin.
Because Fox Pictures just didn't prepare for the movies released during the Halloween schedule. At the beginning of this year, only "The First Blood" was filmed. "Alien" has only been filmed for most of the time. It is probably after the New Year to be completed. As for "The Past of the United States", it will be even slower, and it will be nice to be able to produce the first movie next spring.
The production of "Robot Men" invested by Ye Jin may have to wait until next year, so Fox Pictures originally wanted to skip this Halloween schedule.
But now that the movie "Halloween" is really great.
Ye Jin immediately arranged for Fox Film Distribution Department to promote and distribute the film.
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"Boss, I don't think this movie is exciting enough. Can it really win the Halloween period?" Damian Carret said worriedly after watching the original film of "Halloween".
He felt that the movie "Halloween" was vulgar, the story was boring, and it really had no value for release. Only three or four people died in the whole movie, and there was almost no bloody scene.
Damian believes that no horror movie enthusiast will like this kind of movie. Releasing it is just a waste of money.
"Are you questioning my investment vision?" Ye Jin glared at Damian unhappily when he heard this.
This movie was invested by him and was also issued by him. Damian Carret dares to say that this movie is not exciting enough?!
"No, no, I'm just worried that boss, you have only read the script and never watched the original movie, and you are worried that you may be deceived." Damian said quickly.
Questioning Ye Jin?! He is not so brave yet. Moreover, Ye Jin's investment vision has long been well received. No film company was willing to release "Star Wars" back then, but it turned out to be the most popular movie in the world.
The script "Rocky" was rejected by hundreds of film companies, but Ye Jin had a unique vision. As a result, it not only won hundreds of millions of dollars in box office, but also made a top action star famous.
This is Ye Jin's report card, which is almost blinding, so he naturally has no right to question it.
However, in the film industry, examples of the very different scripts and movies are like the Crab Crocodile. Many producers will talk about it when promoting their projects. But when watching the movie after the filming is almost completely different from what they promised at the time.
Although Ye Jin had worked with John Carpenter before, that happened two years ago. People always change, maybe John Carpenter becomes unreliable.
"Is his original film not good? What are the disadvantages? Tell me carefully." Ye Jin frowned and asked when he heard this.
Damian immediately mentioned what he thought was inappropriate, such as the whole film was too few, there were no bloody scenes, the protagonist killed people without logic, etc.
After hearing this, Ye Jin looked at Damian depressedly, "Do you really think so? Do you really think these are all shortcomings?"
Damian was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
He did find this inappropriate. Compared with other horror movies, this movie is simply boring.
In comparison, Ye Jin's previous filming of "The Ghost Street" is good, with many murders and bloody people. Moreover, the origin of Freddy, the evil spirit, is clearly introduced, and people will not know what they are talking about after watching the movie.
The most important point is that Freddy, a chatterbox, can even tell cold jokes. He is really interesting to hurt people and complain. And Michael Myers in "Halloween" is a boring one. There is no line in the whole film, only the dull breathing sound, which is really boring.
After listening to Damian's explanation, Ye Jin couldn't help but slapped his head in depression.
He never expected that the distribution manager of Fox Films was so low that he had put gold in his hands. However, he thought it was a piece of trash.
No wonder Fox Pictures has developed so badly in recent years. With such low-capacity and no vision, it would be strange if Fox Pictures' performance is good.
"Enough, the quality of Halloween is not your business. Just release it well." Ye Jin waved at him and said, "Also, you are not allowed to make any decisions in the future. Whether a movie can be released, you must first seek my opinion."
"Ah?!" Damian screamed in surprise when he heard this.
If the distribution department does not even have the right to decide which movie should be released and which movie refuses to be released, then the distribution department will not have much power.
"What, do you have any objection?" Ye Jin glanced at him and said.
"No, no." Damian waved his hand quickly, complaining in his heart.
I am really confused. I know that Ye Jin personally invested in the movie "Halloween" and released it myself. I just need to do it, so why do I have to talk more about it? Now that I don’t even have the right to decide, it seems that he has done the final job as the distribution manager.
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In order to make up for the mistake and please Ye Jin, Damian had to work hard to release the movie "Halloween" and make it as high as possible.
Because he could figure it out that if the movie "Halloween" sold at a high box office, Ye Jin might still leave him behind, and at most he would criticize him for being [no vision].
But if the box office of the movie "Halloween" was a mess, Ye Jin would never let him go. Although his judgment was right, Ye Jin's judgment was wrong.
But because of this, Ye Jin would not let him wander in front of him. After all, when he saw him, he remembered his mistakes, and no boss would be happy.
The unhappy boss is to make mistakes, so Damian worked hard to promote the movie, and even gave his own face. In the end, he helped the movie "Halloween" to win more than 1,240 theaters, with an unprecedented scale.
Chapter completed!