There are some things that people in the game may not see clearly than those outside.

When he returned home, Murphy carefully considered Carla Fies' words, which made it very reasonable. If he threw all his money on the shooting and production of a movie like a bet, he would inevitably face a very painful situation if he failed.

The difficult life after being released from prison has already made Murphy feel scared. Now that he has just gotten rid of the poverty line, he doesn't want to return to that state.

Murphy did have some confidence in himself, but he also knew that it was not impossible for failure.

He has analyzed many films, and has been a student in the film academy. He is also very serious in his own study. He has just participated in the production of a documentary. He has some experience, but shooting movies is different from these. If you analyze successful films in the future, you will definitely be able to successfully produce this film?

As long as people with slightly normal minds know that there is no equation between the two.

As a sensible person, Murphy knew that to leave a way out for himself, the investment would be limited to less than 300,000 US dollars.

No one can guarantee that he will have the luck like the Bill Road incident in the future. The remaining tens of thousands of dollars will give him a chance to turn things around after failure.

From beginning to end, Murphy was very clear-headed. His more knowledge than others was a favorable condition, but he could not guarantee that he would succeed.

Everyone wants to succeed, especially in a highly competitive place like Hollywood.

But there are not too many cases of film Waterloo caused by Hollywood because of its ambition and vanity. Some make companies lose money until they go bankrupt; some make directors, producers or large studios retreat to the second line or even lose their jobs; some make a generation of superstars go on a road of expatriation and go further and further...

In the film industry in all countries and regions around the world, the number of pimp movies far exceeds that of successful people. There are countless people. How many of them are the dream works of geniuses? Where did these geniuses then be buried?

Compared with the investment of nearly zero cost in other art forms, the latecomer of film has never shown sympathy for its followers, and the film industry is also a recognized high-risk industry.

The entire film industry is influenced by some irrational rules. No one can be sure of the secret to a successful movie. Many times, some directors claim to make a big hit, but end up in a bleak end.

Also, Murphy once saw countless analyses of successful movies or failed movies on the Internet. Many people think that if you summarize these, you can do better or even avoid failure. However, there is a fact that they have ignored it. These summary is a typical hindsight analysis, and it is never verified whether it is correct or not.

The competition in Hollywood is extremely fierce. Judging from Murphy's current situation, once the plan fails, the consequences will inevitably be quite cruel.

Of course, no one thinks about such a failure, but when it gets stuck, he can only admit defeat.

Murphy certainly didn't want to be one of them.

From the day after meeting Kara Fis, he completely gave up his previous job and focused on preparing his film plan.

When shooting a movie, you must be viewed as a rigorous project. Even if you set up street stalls and sell things on the street, you will not succeed casually, let alone an unpredictable industry like movies.

The original studio, after Murphy changed a desk that was easy to type, became his project planning office.

When planning a project, you must determine the content of the project.

When he came to this world, Murphy had been in prison for a year and injured a director, no one in Hollywood was willing to use him. He had to be busy with his livelihood and start-up funds for more than two months. In the blink of an eye, more than a year has passed. It is now August 2000, but he has accomplished nothing except causing a lot of trouble.

After experiencing so many things and encountering so many difficulties, Murphy also knew that the scripts submitted to Hollywood might be launched in a small way. He basically gave up on this idea and turned all his energy to the new project that was about to be launched.

He only invested about 300,000 US dollars, which limited the scale and content of the film. It required frequent scene changes, large number of actors, many equipment, and cumbersome behind-the-scenes work, etc., all videos that did not meet the requirements.

Those relatively successful small productions are Murphy's first choice.

In an instant, countless film names appeared in Murphy's mind. In the past few years, there was the best-selling success of "Blair the Witch", and in the future, "Saw" will make a big splash with a small fortune.

Movies like "Blair the Witch" are not at all under Murphy's consideration. How many years have passed since "Blair the Witch" been released? Even if such a film is filmed, he may not be able to sell it. As for viral marketing, let alone whether viewers who have experienced it will buy it, and where does the large amount of money invested come from?

Many people always think that "Blair the Witch" can easily win a box office of hundreds of millions of dollars in North America, but they have never paid attention to it. Its publicity and marketing expenses in North America alone exceed 20 million US dollars!

If there were 20 million dollars, would Murphy still consider a movie like "Blair the Witch"?

Another way is to hand over the video to a large company to release it, so that the large company can advance the payment of distribution and publicity, and then participate in the share as a director...

If executives from major Hollywood distribution companies were going to kindergarten, this would be possible.

One of the prerequisites for the implementation of the Viral Marketing Plan for "Blair the Witch" and several other typical low-cost videos is that the producers of the film completely sold the copyright to the distribution company!

Shaking his head, Murphy threw these low-level boring ideas out the window and considered "Saw".

This is also a typical example of winning high box office with a small cost. In the future, it will be a classic masterpiece of plasma horror films. Relatively speaking, it does not require a lot of scenes and actors.

But after a few minutes of thinking, Murphy gave up on "Saw" and he wouldn't overestimate himself, knowing that he didn't have the ability to make such a film for $300,000.

He rejected many films one after another, but at the end, Murphy still found that what he had thought before might be the most suitable one.

In terms of actors, there are only two main actors. Although the requirements for minor female characters are relatively high, Murphy has figured out an alternative solution to relax the requirements for acting and make a fuss about the appearance of the character and the bloody scale.

It is better for male actors, so it should not be difficult to find an adult actor with some acting skills and cheap prices. After all, this is Los Angeles, where Hollywood is located.

The scene is even better. More than 90% of the plots happen in a house and can be solved by renting. The few other small scenes are all ordinary, and they can be found with little time and money.

There is also behind-the-scenes production, which is far more cumbersome than finding actors and scenes.

This is an ordinary modern drama. Can the costumes be brought by the actors? If they really don’t work, you can also buy some bargains.

The photographer can be the same as the deputy director, art director, and field notes. This can save enough salary, but it is still necessary for props, lighting, makeup artists and other positions. Without them, the difficulty of shooting will greatly increase.

Especially for lighting engineers, this is directly related to the quality of the shot.

Makeup artists and prop artists are also very important. The former is responsible for the actors' makeup. In principle, actors without makeup cannot be shot on the camera. High-resolution photography opportunities infinitely magnify a trivial defect; the latter also has a lot of work, especially in the imagination, many bloody scenes will appear, which require the assistance of props.

Murphy has no money to use CG to modify it.

Thinking of this, Murphy found that the $300,000 that had been a bit more expensive was really nervous, and he had to consider saving money when making advance plans.

Indeed, there are many professional talents in this field in Hollywood, and they must be a bit unsatisfied. However, those who are poorly employed are also the ones who need the most money to eat. If they can't even pay the basic fees, Murphy doesn't have to expect others to work for him.

This is a very realistic society. If others work hard, the employer will be given a certain reward, rather than illusory ideals and promises.

“Ideals and commitments?”

After repeating a sentence, Murphy couldn't help but pat his forehead, thinking about where to hire a professional and cheap manpower.

There are many colleges in the Greater Los Angeles area that have majors related to film and television production. After graduation, most of the students start from the most basic work, and many of them can only be interns in advertising crews. People who can enter the film crew are often lucky.

Taking out his notebook, Murphy wrote down the "intern" on it, which should reduce some behind-the-scenes career expenditures.

In addition, he also needs to recruit someone who coordinates the crew's chores. No matter how small the crew is, it will cause a lot of chores and trivial matters, and a dedicated person needs to be responsible for it.

You can also find an intern or someone with low salary requirements in this position.

Murphy was thinking about these for the whole day. No one could guarantee that a film would succeed, but making sufficient preparations would undoubtedly reduce the possibility of failure.

When shooting a movie, you don’t want to shoot it, you can shoot it immediately. Even if you invest in such a small project, you still need to do a lot of work.

In the following two days, Murphy not only recorded all the lines in his mind, but also wrote a plan that lasted more than ten pages. Although there were still many places to be revised, it was time to go.

After getting all this out, Murphy started preparing the script. Among the many elements of a Hollywood film, the script was relatively less valued, but it was also the basis for the shooting and production of a film.

Moreover, with a script, you can better formulate storytelling and shooting plans.
Chapter completed!