Chapter 170

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In fact, the core idea of Murphy's post editing is very simple: it can not cause confusion to the audience, distract them from the plot, or make them feel upset and depressed, but the overall plot framework is simple and easy to understand, which can make most people watching the film happy.

This is also the essence of the wide spread of film.

It took more than ten days to finish the first cut, and Murphy asked the special effects department to start adding special effects. Because zombies basically rely on make-up, the special effects mainly come from two aspects: one is Jessica chastan's artificial leg, and the other is to darken the tone of all the lenses.

In all the scenes of Jessica chastan's broken leg, the right leg is wrapped with a green screen. It's not difficult to remove the green screen and replace it with the corresponding wooden leg, M4A1 or Gatling. This is just a very simple post production technology in Hollywood, which can be easily realized in the early 1990s.

The latter relies on Leonardo da Vinci's palette to set all the shots taken during the day to the background at night.

Again, it's not hard work.

While the special effects department is adding special effects, Murphy and RASS beinte continue their editing work. Not counting the later videos and TV stations, they also have to prepare two editing versions for the cinema, which are divided into North American version and European version.

The former is mainly shown in North America, and the cyan lens is relatively convergent. The latter is mainly aimed at European cinemas, with larger cyan scale.

In addition, Murphy also prepared a larger scale version, which not only contains the scenes of Jessica chastan and Robert Downey Jr., but also a large number of large-scale pictures of other actresses.

This is a special screening version for Cannes.

Cannes has always been at the forefront of the most famous international film festivals in the world. For example, the lens is too common. If we don't make some large-scale cyan lens, we are embarrassed to say that we are the participating film of Cannes Film Festival.

Murphy clearly remembers that a film named love 3D, with its amazing large-scale erotic content and 3D screening system, successfully refreshed the public's three views on Cannes Film Festival. On the day of Cannes premiere, the screening was delayed for 30 minutes due to the large number of entrants. Once he saw the relevant reports, the film was hard to get a ticket, and even the queue to get into the film was not enough It's more crowded than the New York subway during rush hours.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the scale of films on display at Cannes Film Festival has been increasing year by year.

Gay, bisexual, S.M This is not a problem. Some Cannes film industry's "small" rooms directly broadcast the whole process of women's childbirth scenes, which is simply the rhythm that no one can match the sky!

Maybe this is the movie art in some people's eyes.

"Our goal of participating in Cannes Film Festival is very clear,"

sitting in the staff entertainment room on the first floor, Erica Steinberg said frankly, "use the film festival to improve the visibility and attention of the film and sell it at a better price!"

It's no surprise that Murphy and LARS beinte look at each other. Even Miramax, who is famous for producing art films and independent films, ultimately pursues commercial profits.

"It's said that the screening rights in several overseas markets have been sold in advance?" Murphy asked.

"Our goal is not just the overseas cinema market." Erica Steinberg laughs and explains, "Harvey and I don't think it's possible for horror planet to surpass chainsaw."

He looked at Murphy, Murphy did not mind nodding, his director is very clear, such as the "chainsaw" box office miracle can be met but not expected, he can not always achieve that terrible return on investment ratio, in most cases, the final box office of a Hollywood film can reach three to four times the production cost, can be said to be very successful.

Miramax can't expect the film to make 50 times the box office cost, unless the Weinstein brothers and the whole company are amused.

"Revenue from other sources is also crucial to planet of terror." Erica Steinberg said without hesitation, "participating in, showing or arranging exhibitions in the film festival can make more potential buyers have recognition of the film, and can also receive the audience or media praise and other similar good news. To a large extent, it can help the film get more profits."

"Unfortunately..." Lars beinte shook his head and joked, "I don't have a chance to walk the Cannes red carpet."

Murphy and Erica Steinberg laugh.

"You can pay out of your own pocket," Erica Steinberg joked. "You can pay out of your own pocket to buy an invitation and go to Cannes to rub the red carpet."

Rub the red carpet Murphy knows, but can you still buy an invitation?

"Can I buy an invitation to Cannes?" He asked.

"Of course." Erica Steinberg doesn't seem to be joking, "if you are a star or other film worker supported by the sponsor of Cannes Film Festival, it's easy to get an invitation. If not, you also have the opportunity to participate in Cannes Film Festival and appear on the red carpet."In Murphy's previous cognition, Cannes Film Festival is absolutely a big existence. He thought that Cannes is the limit of commercialization, but he didn't expect to get the chance to buy the red carpet.

"ERI," he was interested, "can you tell me more about it?"

"In fact, all these can be solved by money," Erica Steinberg did not refuse. "First of all, the seats on both sides of the red carpet that are easy to be photographed by the media and TV cameras, generally, the first class seats need 20000 euros, the second class seats need 15000 euros, and the second class seats need 5000 euros."

"The price of walking on the red carpet is even higher." He continued, "basically more than 100000 euros, but if you are the spokesman of the official sponsor of Cannes, generally 10000 euros can be done."

"There are also other public events in Cannes," said Erika Steinberg, a veteran with extensive experience. "For example, for some brand sponsored activities, you only need to buy a certain amount of the brand business to get the chance to walk on the red carpet."

Murphy knew that a certain amount would be a lot of money.

"Other Chopin's nights, closing ceremonies, or premieres of popular films, if you're willing to pay, you can get the red carpet invitation in Cannes," Erica Steinberg shrugged. "If you participate in a film festival, you'll see that it's almost a public auction. And it's not just Cannes, but Venice and Berlin. "

He added, "the Cannes Film Festival needs 15 million to 20 million euros for one time. If the organizers don't find a way to raise money, the festival will be finished long ago."

For ordinary people, it's not worth walking on the red carpet of Cannes Film Festival at such a high price, but for stars, it's a rare opportunity.

According to Erica Steinberg, these money making methods launched by the festival are mainly aimed at stars who want to rub the red carpet.

In his words, there are not only film sales agents but also "red carpet pushers" in many international film festivals.

Red carpet promoters not only seek opportunities for stars to enter the red carpet of the film festival, but also package the stars and pay high prices to participate in the red carpet show.

Even some companies or institutions in Cannes have launched similar services one after another. Even ordinary people can buy the opportunity to walk on the red carpet.

This kind of "tall and tall" service also makes Murphy astonished, that is, I don't know whether the stars can enjoy the discount; otherwise, it's a waste to spend so much money just to go to Cannes to find a photographer to take a picture and report it in the corresponding media. It's better to spend money on an exclusive interview directly, and it's less tiresome to travel.

He is a director who hides most of his body behind the scenes and can't fully understand the ideas of the actors and stars.

After talking so much with Erica Steinberg, the most useful information for Murphy is Cannes!

The heavier the taste of a film, the more attention it can attract in Cannes Film Festival, which arouses the controversy among the media, audience and international film watchers. Most of the commercial benefits brought by the controversy exceed the damage.

In the following clips, Murphy also appropriately released the scale of Cannes exhibition. As long as all the large-scale shots of the film are not in conflict with the overall plot, they are edited into this version in an appropriate way.

After the completion of the few special effects, he called the actors to dub again. During the shooting, live recording was used in a large area, and there were not many scenes that needed dubbing, mainly focusing on the roles of James Franco, Robert Downey Jr. and Jessica chastan.

In addition, this time, Murphy still used the old way to choose the right music from the existing music, and after paying a certain copyright fee, professional sound editing personnel added it to the soundtrack of the film. The soundtrack is mainly metal rock and electronic music, especially the final ending war. The soundtrack must be able to set off the atmosphere.

After that, Murphy edited two more trailers and gave them to Miramax's marketing staff. Miramax's professionals will be responsible for the promotion and marketing of the film, and his director just needs to cooperate.

Post production took two months. After the completion of three different versions, it was not the final film. The completed samples had to be handed over to Miramax, and the Weinstein brothers made the final decision.

In other words, the edited version of Murphy is not the last movie to appear in the cinema.

In the last two weeks of April, Harvey Weinstein and Murphy met frequently to exchange views on some scenes of the film. Now Murphy does not have the capital to ask for the final editing right, and is not paranoid. According to Harvey Weinstein's request, some scenes of the film have been adjusted appropriately.

In May, Miramax's North American promotion of "planet of terror" has just begun. Murphy, Erica Steinberg and several other staff members, carrying copies of the film, set foot on the plane to France. (to be continued). )