Xia Tian’s speech on winning the award made everyone in the audience feel mixed feelings.

Indeed, Tianxia Production won 16 awards at this Academy Awards, setting a historical record, not because of the black box work.

The judges did not award all these awards to him because of Xia Tian's influence in the industry, but "Titanic", "Los Angeles Secret", "The Mind Catcher", "Man in Black", etc., which are indeed of higher quality than other movies.

In particular, "Titanic" is the most shocking movie produced by Hollywood in the past decade, from subject matter to story, from art to costume, from photography to editing, from special effects to makeup... almost all projects have reached perfection.

A movie like this is probably not as good as a movie in another ten years. All of this comes from James Cameron's meticulousness in this movie.

The carpets that appeared on the Titanic alone were manufactured based on the drawings of the year by the factories that served the Titanic ships. This one alone cost up to two million US dollars.

Although other movies have cost hundreds of millions of dollars, it is rare for those who want to be perfect in every detail, such as James Cameron, to be meticulous in art.

And to be honest, the reason why Cameron was able to succeed this time is really inseparable from Xia Tian’s strong support.

After all, it was spent 2 million US dollars just to restore the carpet at that time, and this detail was not well known to the public at all. This kind of investment can be omitted in the eyes of many investors.

But Xia Tian did not stop it, but fully supported James Cameron's decision and paid a huge cost of $200 million.

This trust and support alone are precious in Hollywood.

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But, then again, everyone wants to make a good movie, but good movies are really hard to come by.

Even if Hollywood's film industry is so prosperous and so developed, at least half of the movies produced every year are bad movies.

It’s not that the film company doesn’t want to launch a good movie, but that it’s hard for a good cook to cook without rice.

The main reason is that the script output is limited. Although Hollywood produces more than 10,000 scripts a year, which seems to be extremely numerous, but in fact there are few fine works, many inferior works, and even fewer have the hope of making a profit.

Just like the starting point, a large number of authors will contribute to the website every year, but they have commercial potential and can sign contracts less than 5%. It can be said that the probability is very low.

Because of the limited production of scripts, Hollywood is looking for scripts everywhere and searching for folk stories, historical masterpieces, novels and movies in countries around the world for adaptation.

For example, China's "Mulan", Fuso's "Stick with Heart", Egypt's mummies, Greek, Nordic myths, Central East's "Artise-Strange Tale", etc.

But even so, there are still few good scripts. In this case, many film companies insist on taking projects even though they know that the scripts are not good.

Because if you shoot, if you are lucky, you can still make a profit. If you don’t shoot, you won’t even have such a scene. Then will the company close for a whole year?!

Fortunately, thanks to the well-developed and mature Hollywood film industry, even bad movies have the possibility of making a profit. For example, by distributing video tapes, selling copyrights to TV stations, or selling them in packages to foreign film manufacturers, etc., you can still make profits by reducing costs, hitting big productions or hiring big stars.

For example, asylum, a well-known American bad film company, is involved in blockbuster films everywhere and follows the trend to make a film, but it can still make an annual profit of 3 million. Although outdated stars like Nicholas Cage are not popular in their own country, they still have a large number of fans overseas. So if you invite him to film, you can still use his name to sell movies to overseas film companies...

However, it would be very difficult to make more than one billion dollars if you invest $200 million in Titanic.

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In addition, many times, even if you have a good script, you may not be able to make a good movie.

After all, the reason why movies are called industry is not a single aspect that can determine success or failure. The script is just the basis of a movie. How to make it well will test all participants.

For example, whether the producer can raise enough funds to meet the filming needs of the film; for example, whether the director can accurately grasp the core of the story, rather than obsessing with the details but neglecting the narrative; for example, whether the actor devotes himself to the role, rather than just focusing on traffic and rumor...

Only when all personnel work closely together and work hard can the success rate of a movie be improved.

But to be honest, difficulties are common. During the filming of a movie, you will encounter various problems, and even many problems are strange and unexpected in advance.

For example, halfway through the film, the investment company is already bankrupt; for example, when the film starts, the protagonist is arrested for committing a crime; for example, halfway through the film, the set is destroyed by a storm, etc.

Therefore, there are many factors that determine the success or failure of a movie, and many times it cannot be solved by thinking alone.

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What's more, with a good script and making a good movie, you may not necessarily make money.

For example, "The Shawshank Redemption", which is a classic film history, suffered a lot when it was released. Thanks to its repeated broadcasts on cable TV, the audience re-experienced the beauty of this movie, which allowed the film to regain the cost through the video tape. Otherwise, the producer Columbia Pictures is still losing money now.

"The Past of America" ​​was originally filmed well, but because of the film dealers' intervention, they cut the original four-hour movie to only two hours, resulting in a large number of missing plots. They cut a good movie into a bad movie, and also led to its box office defeat.

So it is easy to say that making good movies and making a lot of money in summer, but it is difficult to achieve it.

Everyone present is watching Xia Tian now, and what he envies the most is that he can always come up with good stories, such as "The Love of Man and Ghost", "The Hangover", "Saw", "The Pretty Beauty", etc., and every script is made money.

This creative talent is beyond the reach of many Hollywood screenwriters.

Moreover, summer's investment vision is so accurate, "The Jedi Men", "The Mind Catcher", "Los Angeles Secret", "Titanic"... Every movie project he likes makes money, and each has a good reputation.

This investment vision has also made many film manufacturers very jealous.

Therefore, now when Xia Tian said this, everyone is in a bitter mood.

I sat here today and didn’t win a single prize, but I was secretly saddened by Xia Tian because they didn’t get the award because they didn’t take the time to film. This is really a big deal.
Chapter completed!