"What's the matter with this movie?"
"Yes? Do DV movies count as movies these days
"It's all nonsense!"
"That's it
"Let's not say that the picture quality of DV is not so good as that of a professional camera. It's just the director's ability to control the rhythm. He's a beginner! In addition, the sensitivity of the screen is also extremely unbearable; The camera is shaking to make people feel sick; In less than 30 minutes, I found at least five gangways. My God, is this a movie? "
"Blair the witch, ha ha, this is just for fun."
It's not just pressure mountain and Marco who gave poor comments on "the witch Blair". It's no surprise that all the people who watched the film gave poor or extremely poor comments.
Gusta, the boss of Lion Gate, left after less than 20 minutes.
He declared... Well, it's hot eyes!
At the beginning of "the witch Blair", there were more than 60 people in the theater, but less than 30 minutes later, only a few people were left.
"Boss, I'm dizzy. I want to go out a little bit." Said Marco, shaking his head.
Alexander didn't say anything, but his gaze at Zhuke also told everything.
It's so hot!
Jack gets up.
"Since we don't like them, let's go out."
Alexander and Marco were even more surprised by this.
After all, just now, Zhuke said he was optimistic about the future of the film.
"Ha ha, just because I'm optimistic about the future of Blair the witch doesn't mean I'm willing to be treated like this." Zhuke thought.
In the original time and space, artisan entertainment bought the full copyright of "the witch Blair" from Daniel Merrick and Eduardo Sanchez, and then re edited it very hard.
That's right. It's just re editing.
It is said that after watching "the witch Blair", the editors of artisan entertainment yelled: "this is an extremely poor editing technique. They are all praising them when they say they are beginners."
You can imagine how bad the original editing of "the witch Blair" was!
.......
About 2 p.m. that day.
In a cafe in Park Town, representatives of artisan entertainment met with two directors of "the witch Blair", Daniel Merrick and Eduardo Sanchez.
"Man, I'm going to open the window and tell you the truth. We're going to take all the rights to" the witch Blair "for $30000." The artist entertainment representative said.
"Eh? Really? "
The two directors of "the witch Blair" were very excited immediately.
After all, when the film was broadcast in the morning, few people were optimistic about it; Now some people are willing to buy it, they are naturally very excited.
"Cheers, young men. The first movie you directed can be seen by great artists, which means that you have a bright future in the future. " Craftsman entertainment represents pride.
Daniel and Eduardo, naturally, thank you again and again.
But
"Sir, is the price of $30000 too low? We spent $60000 before and after filming the witch Blair." Daniel said.
"Yes, sir, since you are optimistic about our films, you should not pay only 30000 dollars to take our full copyright." Adyado echoed.
"Hum!"
In an instant, the artist entertainment representative, who was smiling just now, changed his face at that time. He hummed coldly: "in that case, we have nothing to talk about."
With that, he was about to get up and leave.
The representative of craftsman entertainment, his face was full of sullen, but he almost didn't say "give face don't want face".
"This..."
Daniel and Eduardo also changed their faces.
They got up quickly.
"More or less, sir." Daniel gritted his teeth.
$30000 for full copyright?
Nima, that's half the production cost!
No one wants to lose money!
Wen Yan, the representative of craftsman Entertainment's face softened a lot, but his tone was still very tough: "I'll add another 20000 dollars and give you three days. If we agree, we'll sign the contract immediately, otherwise we'll forget it."
After that, he left directly regardless of the obstruction.
In fact, in the original space-time, in addition to artisan entertainment, there are two film companies interested in "the witch Blair", but their bid is lower!
A bid of $25000;
The other is willing to pay only $10000.
.......
On the other hand, just after watching some wonderful movies, Zhuke washes his eyes and turns to the hotel.
"Marco, you contact the two directors of" the witch Blair "and take the full copyright of it." Said juke.
"Boss, what's the price range?" Asked Marco.
Zucker pondered for a few seconds and said, "under $150000."
The price is enough to impress the two directors of the witch Blair. In fact, although craftsman entertainment finally paid $120000 for full copyright, it took as long as nine days to wrangle.
Is craftsman entertainment really optimistic about the future of the witch Blair?
Bullshit!
They just want to have a try.
You know, after the artist bought the full copyright of "the witch Blair", he didn't invest much money in publicity and operation. At most, it was only 300000 dollars. But when the film made $570, 000 in the first week at only 27 cinemas, they realized the "deceptive" excellence of "the witch Blair".
Since then, began to invest heavily in publicity funds!
The second week, the number of theaters where "the witch Blair" was shown climbed directly to 1100.
As a result, artisan entertainment didn't pay much attention to the film at the beginning.
That's giving Zucker a chance.
If not, then
As a distribution talent of the former fox film company, Marco directly took the position of director of the Distribution Department after he transferred to Wald film company. There is no doubt about his ability.
Just a few days later, he won the full copyright of "the witch Blair".
Not only that, but also the official website of "the witch Blair" set up by Daniel and his wife, as well as the materials about "the witch" and "missing persons" published on numerous forums.
130000 dollars!
Yes, the total price is $130000!
"You two, you can sign the contract." Marco said with a smile.
"Thank you." Daniel, thank you very much.
Another director and everyone - Eduardo. He was also very excited because the films they made made made money.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let me remind you."
"After signing this contract, both of you must act according to the contract and have the obligation to cooperate with Wald film's announcement of the witch Blair, otherwise you will have to pay a penalty of $2 million," Marco said heavily
"No problem, it should be." Daniel and his wife agreed happily.
It's just to cooperate with the publicity. As new directors, it's too late for them to be happy.
But!
However, there are times when they regret it!
The success of "the witch Blair" and its global box office results of more than 240 million US dollars is not because of how excellent the film is, but because it is a complete "fraud", "hoax" and "viral" marketing campaign.
It's easy to earn money, but it will lead to abuse!
The audience is not a fool. When they come back, they will find that they have been cheated!
Therefore, Zhuk and Marko need the original crew of "the witch Blair" to stand in front of the stage, act as scapegoats, and become the object of the audience's anger!
"It's up to you to curse, and we'll make the money."
This is the plan of Zucker and others.
I have to say that Zhuke and others are treacherous enough.
.......
meanwhile.
The artist entertainment representative on the other side also got the news, but he didn't care much.
"A junk movie, hehe, is a treasure of Wald pictures."
"The first watch" is presented.