Chapter 289： Horror Film Professionals

After Ronan provided the idea of ​​turning a reality show into a horror killing show, in just three days, the screenwriter department of Shahai Entertainment came up with a story outline.

In the new story, the protagonists will become actors participating in reality shows. When recording a survival program in the wilderness, they are attacked by a deformed ogre.

In addition, the content of the story will show more the social life state of the freak.

Ronan agrees very much with this point. Although a little new content should appear appropriately, more should follow the successful model of the first part.

More bloody, more H, bigger scale.

It doesn't matter if the plot is simple, the strong visual impact should be brutal and unreasonable from the beginning, and people don't have time to adapt.

This is the most attractive part of traditional plasma horror movies.

In the office of Shahai Entertainment's screenwriting department, Ronan also specially participated in the script creation seminar of this project.

"The model is very simple." Ronan said roughly: "This kind of film is to run away, be killed, and create blood. Then run away, be killed, and create more blood."

The head of the screenwriting team of this project said: "I suggest adding a powerful character. Although the ogres will still be killed in the end, the anti-killing of the ogres can be achieved to a certain extent, bringing some freshness. Excitement."

Ronan thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes."

Another screenwriter said: "The design of the plot, except for the escape, self-rescue, and counterattack of the participating survivors, can be appropriately interspersed to show the life of the abnormal ogre, such as childbirth, reproduction, father-son relationship, husband and wife relationship." He smiled. , Said: "Of course, husband and wife are brothers and sisters or siblings, because only their family lives here, regardless of their identity is the same surname."

Ronan nodded lightly and approved his statement. After all, this was just a communication meeting before the script was written. After the script was written, it was deemed inappropriate and then revised.

"What about the large-scale plot?" Ronan asked, "What do you think."

A middle-aged bald screenwriter was specifically responsible for designing these scenes, and then he said: "I designed a scene." He opened the slideshow, and a rough design artwork appeared on it: "A beautiful character was split into two by a long axe. Half, the internal organs snapped and fell, and the undead nerves were still twitching in vain."

Everyone stared at the artwork and nodded frequently, seemingly satisfied with the design.

Looking at this scene alone, it seems that the people in the office are a bunch of perverts.

Subsequently, the middle-aged bald screenwriter cooperated with other design drawings to explain in detail other killing scenes, such as beheading with a long axe, piercing the head with a sword, eating fingers with raw food, dinner with human flesh...every scene was **** and unambiguous.

This seminar did not last long, lasted less than an hour before it was over.

Ronan also made a decision. The budget for the sequel of "Fatal Bend" is lower than that of the first one. All actors are replaced with new ones to reduce remuneration expenses. The director also seeks a new director.

With the first successful model, the sequel may be more successful.

Ronan will not give up on the horror film project, as there are many opportunities to make a big difference.

In the past two years, Shahai Entertainment has gradually formed a brand effect in horror films, and even has a reputation as a professional horror film maker.

Not only Shahai Entertainment, but the entire Relativity Entertainment's films are of relatively large scale.

In front of an art theater in Long Island, New York.

"This actress is very familiar."

Looking at the "irrevocable" poster, Cleotte said to his companion: "It looks like a European movie star."

The companion rubbed his beard and said, "This is Italian movie star Monica Bellucci, famous for filming large-scale dramas." He suddenly lowered his voice: "Don't you know this movie? It is said that Monica Bellucci The odd scale has made a breakthrough again. At this year's Cannes Film Festival, the film was directly expelled from the festival by Cannes officials because of its too large scale."

Cleotte is quite curious: "Where can the scale be as large as that? Are European art films shot on the scale of the San Fernando Valley?"

"Go and see, don't you know." The bearded companion said.

Cleotte thought for a while and said, "Go, go and see."

Films that can be ejected from the Cannes Film Festival must be of extraordinary scale, and Monica Bellucci is so sexy.

The two entered the theater, and Cleotte went to buy tickets.

Before selling the ticket, the conductor said: ""Irrevocable" is not rated by MPAA, and some of its content may cause discomfort."

"It doesn't matter." Hearing that there was no grading, Cléot became more curious: "Give me two tickets."

He is an adult, and whether or not the movie has an MPAA rating will not affect his viewing choices. Anyway, watching this kind of movie is because Monica Bellucci reportedly broke through to the large scale of the sky.

Cleotte is full of curiosity, is it true that Monica Bellucci is really like the artists of the San Fernando Valley, shooting large-scale scenes with real swords?

Having said that, in his mind, European art goddesses like Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci are actually not much different from the female artists of the San Fernando Valley. .

But "Irrevocable" still surprised Cleotte and his bearded companion.

What kind of psychology is the director and the actor in order to shoot so...

Cleotte thought for a long time before he found the right adjective: such a disgusting scene.

Not to mention female audiences, even men feel uncomfortable when they see it, or even feel nauseous.

Which company introduced this film? It will be released without classification. If someone with low psychological tolerance watch it, will there be any accidents?

Approaching September, the Embassy Pictures has released two more films, Ronan bought "Shaolin Football" and "Irrevocable" from the Cannes Film Festival.

The former's theaters are concentrated in large cities with a large number of Chinese, such as New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, and the target audience is the Chinese population.

The latter is shown in less than 30 art theaters in North America and is not rated by MPAA.

"Irrevocable" has never received MPAA's rating review. Even if the ten minutes in between are deleted, the MPAA rating committee still has to give an evaluation of NC-17, and the Embassy Pictures simply withdrew the rating review.

Although there are no legal regulations, under normal circumstances, movies produced in Hollywood are not rated by MPAA, and most theaters will refuse to show them.

However, many films imported from overseas are shown in North American theaters as usual without the MPAA classification review, and it is a relatively common phenomenon for European art films.

Several films like Tindo Ballas have also been introduced to theaters in North America and are also not rated by MPAA.

Ronan also learned later that many distribution companies, such as Lionsgate and Miramax, will not be graded and reviewed by the MPAA at all for films imported from overseas, because it is not necessary.

It is impossible for these overseas films to be shown on a large scale, and will only be shown in dozens of theaters at most. MPAA classification is not necessary.

Therefore, Ronan simply asked Embassy Pictures to withdraw the "irrevocable" classification review from the MPAA.

There is no classification, and it is destined that "Irrevocable" can only be shown in a very small area, such as Utah and other conservative states, the Embassy Pictures did not contact any theaters at all.

In the end, there were only 26 theaters showing "Irrevocable", less than half of "Shaolin Football".

Even so, the film's attendance rate and box office are much higher than "Shaolin Football".

After being released for nearly a week, "Irrevocable" got $280,000 in the box office in North America, and "Shaolin Football" only had a box office of more than $80,000.

Not waiting for "Shaolin Football" to be released from theaters, Embassy Pictures launched video tapes and DVDs. Anyway, it was only shown in a very small area, and its attendance rate was very low. At the same time, offline distribution had almost no negative impact.

"Irrevocable" can stay in theaters for a while, but Embassy Pictures will also release video tapes and DVDs before the release.

In the situation of these two films, the cost can be recovered in about 2 months, and it will take time to accumulate if it is profitable.

Ronan also saw from "Irrevocable" that European art films are still somewhat marketable in North America. The feeling of watching small **** in theaters is also specifically pursued by many adult audiences.

Just like the Kung Fu films and martial arts films in Hong Kong City, although they belong to the niche films in the North American market, they have a certain audience in a small range. As long as the copyright price introduced into North America is well controlled, they can also become Profitable projects.

Therefore, when a Spanish film company came to Embassy Pictures to promote a love movie, Ronan bought out the North American copyright of the film for US$150,000.

In the eyes of the Spanish, this is an ordinary love movie, but in the eyes of Ronan, it is an out-and-out **** movie.

This film is called "Lucia's Lover" and the heroine is quite famous. Even Ronan, who doesn't pay much attention to European movies, has heard of the famous Spanish goddess of art and art Paz-Vega.

As for Paz Vega's filming and performance style, you can refer to Sophie Marceau and Monica Bellucci, and even the scale is even worse.

Ronan glanced at it roughly. This film tells the story of Lucia, who dares to love and hate, meets his favorite writer, Luo Lun Su, and devotes his body to him, immersed in crazy sex.

The North American copyright buyout for US$150,000 is not high.

However, Ronan asked the other party to edit again, and put as many large-scale shots in the North American version as possible.

Everything is for commercial interests.

Embassy Pictures successively bought out the North American copyrights of European art films, which is also conducive to establishing a deeper connection with the European art film circle. Maybe in the future many banned films can enter the North American film market through the channels of Embassy Pictures.

For this type of film, the profit is really not high if it is just one piece, but if there are more, the benefits are quite considerable.