Chapter 36： issued

After the crew started, Ronan took the initiative to reduce his presence on the set and maintain the director's authority in normal shooting. This is the most basic ability of a producer, unless the director makes a major mistake.

Ronan is self-aware. When it comes to filming on set, he can't keep up with James Wong now.

It’s never a bad thing to maintain proper humility inside.

Besides, the set has been under Ronan's control. He needs to sign his daily financial expenditures, and he will review the footage taken by James Huang.

The latter is very serious. On the one hand, he compares the relevant pictures that he can remember, and on the other hand, he also increases his own experience.

The producer is not a director, but he still needs to have a general idea of ​​what kind of scenes are needed.

One week after the shooting started, Ronan confirmed one thing. James Huang is really good at dealing with horror scenes. Although the shots were not processed, they were fragmentary, but they were really feeling.

After a week of running-in and coordination, the actors and the various types of work behind the scenes are also familiar with each other, and the filming work is on track.

As far as actors are concerned, as far as Ronan has observed, the actors and actresses, Robert Kneipp and Melissa Leo, have very good acting skills. For actors like them who have been unable to become popular after many years, most of the problems are not in acting.

Two Arab actors are also fine.

In contrast, Michelle Williams and Amanda Seyfried are a bit naive.

This is also a normal situation and is completely within the controllable range.

As a producer, Ronan also dealt with inquiries from several social organizations.

"Human Removal Project" was promoted at the beginning, and it was somewhat famous. The crew also attracted the attention of some organizations.

However, the project is not registered with any union in Hollywood. It is a typical non-union project, and there is no union organization to come to ask for trouble.

Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer non-union cinema movies, but they are not unique.

The first to come to the door after the film crew started was the Producers Alliance. After all, "Human Elimination Project" was filed in the Producers Alliance, and the investment and producer Shahai Entertainment is also a member of the Producers Alliance.

The Producers Alliance is not here to cause trouble, but to remind Ronan that after the projects filed by the Alliance receive benefits, they need to pay a membership fee.

The number is small, but it must be handed in.

This is actually a rule formulated by the Producers League following the example of several major unions in Hollywood. Projects filed by the union need to pay a certain percentage of industry dues to the union. When the total project revenue (including box office is not limited to box office) reaches 100 million US dollars, this fee Up to $1 million.

When a film crew hires a certain number of union members, it must register with the corresponding union, otherwise the union will find trouble.

Ronan knows very well that if the "Humanity Clear Project" succeeds, as the possible future investment increases, the number of crew hired by the crew will increase, and it will inevitably have to deal with unions, and new projects will also evolve into union registration projects.

Thinking about the future arguing with some labor unions, he has a headache. How good is it that Hollywood labor unions follow the instructions of capital?

Another organization came to the crew more seriously than the producer league.

The Los Angeles branch of the National Bureau of Child Welfare sent two commissioners to the crew to verify Amanda Seyfried’s protection of children’s work rights.

This is a must-go program for crews with child actors.

California’s law has clear provisions for child actors under the age of eighteen, restricting the working hours of child actors, guaranteeing a minimum number of hours of education, and not participating in dangerous or health-damaging filming.

In addition, California also stipulates that part of the salary of child actors cannot be paid directly, and the crew must be deposited in the trust fund of the child actors as the beneficiaries.

This is also to protect the future of child actors, especially when the parents of many child actors are not reliable.

Children represent the future. Any civilized country will actively protect the rights of children.

Ronan will not ask for trouble in these aspects, and there is almost nothing to be faulty in doing. The commissioner of the Child Welfare Bureau conducted on-site inspections and asked Seyfried's mother and daughter, and soon automatically quit the crew.

Sending away the great **** of the Child Welfare Bureau, Ronan set out to prepare another work that was vital to the "Human Removal Project". The director of this work was unsure, and he had to be the producer of Gaza Hai Entertainment himself. Go talk.

"A movie, what do I need after it is made?"

In the office of Shahai Entertainment, the four people gathered together again, Ronan asked and answered, "It's obvious-release!"

Robert looked at Ronan, nodded when he saw him, and added: "Whether it is directly entering the video tape market, broadcasting on TV, or showing in theaters, it can be summarized in the work of distribution."

"As we all know, the distributor is the top level of the industry chain, and can draw a percentage from the various income of the producer. The overall highest ratio can reach 40%!"

George and Mary didn't speak, and the "Human Removal Project" was filmed, and it doesn't make any sense if you can't enter the release link.

Ronan knew that what Robert was talking about was the truth. The 40% distribution ratio is very exaggerated, but it often appears in the industry. Most of the companies that play the 40% super-high rake rate are the studios under the same group. Give the release label.

The benefits of this are obvious. A considerable part of the budget of Hollywood movies comes from financing, and well-known directors or actors often enjoy profit sharing. If a film’s distribution fee is high, the cost will naturally increase, and the profit will drop significantly. The income of the profit sharing party It must be lowered.

Hollywood’s financial calculation rules are also carefully studied outside of work recently.

This aspect is very promising, especially for investors from overseas.

Not only the Arabs’ oil money, Hollywood has attracted a lot of capital from overseas, especially the huge sales of "Titanic", which can easily create an illusion for people outside the circle. It is easy to make a profit through Hollywood movies. thing.

Ronan suddenly asked: "I heard that an Indian delegation has come to Hollywood to do research?"

George was well-informed and wrinkled his face, and said, "I came in early May. There were not many people. After staying for a week, they left. It is said that they have the intention to invest in Hollywood movies, but they are still in the preliminary investigation stage."

Ronan nodded, and said to Robert: "You gather news about India, Bollywood and Mumbai, especially the Indian investment in Hollywood."

Robert responded, and asked with a little excitement: "Are you going to India for a big fight?"

Think about what Ronan took them to do in Abu Dhabi. There were not only monetary rewards, but also mental stimulation.

That will definitely be able to play with future generations for a lifetime.

Ronan said directly: "I just have an idea, and the specific plan has not been worked out. You must first collect information and make a plan that is targeted."

"Good!" Robert didn't hesitate.

George raised his hand: "Can I not watch the house?"

"I'll talk about it then." Ronan smiled: "Ideas become plans, plans become reality, it's early."

Mary reminded: "It's better to think about this kind of thing, the more thorough, the less trouble."

This is a good phenomenon, and even the most conservative Mary has no objection.

Ronan wrote a special note for the third brother in his notebook, maybe he can use the third brother's place in the future.

Looks like the third brother has a group of people who got rich first?

Ronan turned the topic back: "These are the next stage. The first task at this stage is to find a suitable distribution company for the "Human Removal Project."

George then said: "Shahai Entertainment has no distribution capabilities and needs to rely on other companies for distribution. This cannot be changed in a short time."

Ronan knows this of course. After only a few months, he has to understand the social and economic situation, solve the company's financial crisis, raise investment for new film projects, and change himself to adapt to the American society. There is no time to operate and distribute.

"We are going in two steps." He slowly said, "Now relying on foreign label distribution, we need to establish distribution channels in the future." He looked at the three people and asked, "What are your opinions?"

Robert put his arms around his chest and said: "A film company wants to establish a distribution channel in North America. Generally speaking, there are two ways. One is to establish and expand the distribution channel by itself, and the other is to directly acquire an existing distribution company. "

Although he has stayed at Shahai Entertainment in recent years, he has been in the industry for more than ten years and knows the film and television industry very well: "The former is time-consuming and labor-intensive. The representative is DreamWorks. DreamWorks was established in 1994. It was not until last year that a relatively complete The distribution channel, released the first film "Broken Lock Rage" after the establishment of DreamWorks. UU看书"

"The latter needs to spend money to acquire the issuing label or the issuing department of a certain company, which requires a large amount of money. The representative is Lionsgate. This company was only established last year. Frank Gusta relied on the bank behind it to raise money. Sufficient funds, spent tens of millions of dollars to directly buy a publishing company, and released a new version of "Lolita" last year."

George added: "Even if we have distribution channels, we can't compare with large companies."

Robert echoed: "Yes."

Ronan slowly nodded. In the future, Shahai Entertainment wants to truly develop, instead of having almost no ability to resist risks like Carlock or Orion, it is necessary to establish its own label.

North American distribution Fortunately, overseas distribution is the difficulty.

Neither DreamWorks nor Lionsgate has the ability to distribute overseas.

The distribution industry is firmly controlled by the Big Six. The Big Six may become the Big Five in the future, but the nearly monopoly of distribution resources will not change.

In the next two decades or even longer, there is almost no possibility that Hollywood will appear the seventh largest, even the Big Three of DreamWorks cannot do it.

The road of traditional distribution simply doesn’t work. Perhaps the Internet is the future?

"We can't get the funds for the time being, and the establishment of the issuance part will not be until next year at the earliest." Ronan is very clear-headed: "George, please pay attention to see if there is a suitable issuance company that can be acquired."

Mary interjected: "We have no funds."

Ronan frowned slightly: "I will find a way to raise money." He further ordered: "Collate the information on the "Human Removal Project" and issue official business letters to all Hollywood publishers. In addition, Mary, from tomorrow on you Accompany me to visit several issuing companies."