~： 202-Summer is here

"The show life won't be too long?"

Wayne grinned, and that's what's common in this genre, and they're not wrong.

Whether it is a horror film or a thriller, as long as this type of film appears in the theater, it must be a carnival for fans of short-term genre films, and then once the popularity passes, it will immediately withdraw from the theater market, which is a matter of earning a ticket. type of walking.

The production company that invests in this kind of film also understands this truth. The advantage of this kind of film is that it often appears to be small and big, and after a short period of screening, it immediately quits the theater market.

The studios would then seamlessly connect and release the tapes in the market, and this genre, especially horror, plasma, mill movies, has always been a major force in the videotape market, whether it’s for rental or buying and selling.

"It's okay, Nina. I have this mental preparation, and this movie is not the same as ordinary horror movies. Even if I can't stay in the theater market for a long time, I have absolute confidence in the box office!"

Since he chose this step of the movie, Wayne can think of the result, this is just one of his excessive works, a final benchmark for horror movies.

There are other reasons, no matter how it is shot, in the dark wind, no film can be as inciting in society as "Joker", and it is impossible to surpass the box office of "Joker" in a short period of time.

"Joker" is a product of special circumstances. First of all, the social influence of this film, like a virus, will spread to a large area. Secondly, this film directly hits the pain point of the current North American society, and even people of color are watching frantically, which is very rare in the film.

"All right."

The assistant lady continued talking about the recorded data. "For the second preview, Warner Bros. invited 1,500 ordinary movie fans. Among the questionnaires returned, 85% were rated above A, and the rest were rated below C.

It can be said that this is already a very good audience reputation in horror movies. Most of the fans who rated A or above said that they were moved by the beauty in the film, especially those who were touched in their youth, which is a good phenomenon. "

"Um."

Wayne nodded, which showed that the effect he wanted had been achieved. Now he just needs to wait for Warner Bros. to promote it slowly and see the performance of the market in September.

Unlike the busy film directors in the studio, listening to the cold digital feeling of the assistant report, Cohen Campbell, the manager of the Emperor Cinemas, and the company's film expert Alexander Odyssey came back from the Warner Bros. preview and got in. the manager's office.

The reason why Cohen-Campbell participated in this trial was because "Joker" left him with a deep influence, and he wanted to see the director's new film for the first time.

In some respects, this "Joker" is not comparable to "Joker" at all. Whether it is the core of the film or the ideology, the two films are too far apart.

But just from a horror film, "The Clown's Soul" is undoubtedly the top work of this genre, and the production cost of tens of millions of dollars is definitely worth it.

Recalling the "losers" alliance in the film, he automatically came up in his mind, his boyhood. Those children almost covered all the unfortunate childhoods, but they deduced the unfortunate childhoods so real.

If you just talk about the plot of this film, it may not be better than Wayne Greenberg's previous work, but it can really impress most audiences, especially the horror elements in the film, there is almost nothing new, but Combined together, it has become a top-level horror movie.

Based on my years of experience in watching movies, I will give the film a rating of around A. Of course, this is not an artistic rating, but an estimate of the market prospect.

Whether it's the real performances of the little actors, the beauty of the youth recorded by the director with the camera lens, or the horror elements, and the clown, every time the arrangement is just right, these will become the main selling point of the film.

The most important point is that the core of this film is simple enough that as long as the audience sits in the theater, they can understand all the storylines, and they will not feel as heavy as "Joker" after watching it.

It is very easy for ordinary people to get emotional when facing difficulties together with friends in their teenage years and hitting difficult scenes. Almost everyone has this special yearning in their teenage years.

For those hypocritical film critics, those hypocritical evaluations, Dwayne Scott has never been dismissive.

Saying that Wayne Greenberg has regressed, saying that he shouldn't waste time making such pure horror films, and should pursue more meaningful topics, in his opinion, these film critics are pretending to be confused.

This film is obviously an excessive work of Wayne Greenberg. The media reported on "Batman" some time ago, which means that the director's focus has always been on the "Batman" project, which is over 100 million yuan.

What is a good movie and a bad movie? Or in the eyes of Dwayne Scott, there is never any difference between art and art. A good movie is a blockbuster movie, and a bad movie is those that no one cares about.

And this "The Clown Returns to the Soul" obviously belongs to the kind of film with a variety of blockbuster elements.

"Wayne Greenberg has not regressed. On the contrary, in terms of story appeal, his level is as good as ever." Alexander Odyssey suddenly spoke up, interrupting Dwayne Scott's thinking.

The film expert continued to speak. "I studied this director for a long time after the release of "Joker". His films have almost no big scenes to attract attention, and they don't play too many large-scale **** scenes, but they can attract more and more audiences!

It wasn't until a certain moment that I figured out why, it was infectious! Even if the story is different, what he does is the same. At the beginning of the film, he pulls the audience's emotions onto the protagonist, and then tells the story through emotional resonance! "

The summary of the film expert Alexander Odyssey made Dwayne Scott think a lot at once. Yes, as he summed up, watching a Wayne Greenberg movie is always pulled into the story at the beginning.

"Yeah, I have to say, this director is really a genius, a genius with a different approach." Dwayne Scott agreed.

"No, Dwayne." Alexander Odyssey shook his head slightly, speaking while recalling. "During the first two films, you could say that he was a genius with a new approach, but after a simple accumulation and training, the use of this technique in the last two films has completely reached the level of a master."

It was completely unexpected for Dwayne Scott to be able to give such a high evaluation from a film expert who makes a living by watching movies.

The film expert opposite him has always been known for his vicious vision in the company, and not only is his vision good, the film market evaluation he gives is basically not too far from the actual performance of the film.

Dwayne Scott has known each other for nearly 20 years. There are definitely no more than ten directors who can be called masters by him. Almost all of those people are famous bigwigs.

How old is Wayne Greenberg? Judging from his age, his directing path is at most just the beginning, and it is not a vigorous age for entering the creation.

"Get ready to increase the scale of the screening of "The Clown's Soul", Dawn." Alexander Odyssey took out the viewing notebook, opened it and read his analysis at the time, and said with more certainty: "September This is a good time! The fierce fighting in the summer season is over, and it happens that "The Clown Returns" will take over the market!"

"I'll pay attention to this." Dwayne Scott nodded. He believed his old friend's judgment. Every theater company has such a film viewing expert, and they do this job. "I called John Gray back and asked for more copies of the film.

However, what do you think of "The Shawshank Redemption"? I remember you attended the preview and came back silent for a long time. Now those film critics have praised this film to the sky. "

Dwayne Scott is generally impossible to attend the preview in person unless he is particularly fond of the film. But this "Shawshank Redemption" made Alexander Odyssey silent and gave a moderate answer.

"It's a good movie..."

The look of the film expert was very complicated and tangled, as if he couldn't find too many adjectives. "This film is definitely a good film, which is undeniable, as long as people who have watched it will definitely be filled with the spirit expressed in it and let them fly.

However, this film is also very special, even I can’t judge whether it will explode or not, so let’s arrange the screening scale according to the normal commercial film level…”

After speaking, UU reading seemed to recall that special movie again, stretched out his hand and touched his head, stood up and walked out of the manager's office.

Dwayne Scott looked at the old man's back suspiciously. "Is it really that special..."

No matter how busy Wayne is, after three years, the summer season without him directing the film is still here, and after May, the fierce battle is still coming.

Different from the previous years, as soon as the previous few years entered May, Wayne's film family dominated, but this year without his participation, the fighting became more intense.

The whole month of May was basically in a state where you sang and I came on stage. Just when all the media thought this state would continue, Twentieth Century Fox's "Speed ​​of Life and Death" brought this melee to an end.

But before Fox could laugh, it was only a week later that PWE International's family-friendly animated feature "The Lion King" took away most of the audience in June with an unrivaled advantage.

This family-friendly animated feature film almost occupied the entire June schedule. Although "Speed ​​of Life and Death" performed very well, it could only always rank second.