my movie years

Chapter 21 Internal Screening (Please recommend, please collect ~)

After a day of relaxation, Zhang Hao went to work in a fuller state.

Composer Bai Shui sent the final version of the soundtrack. Zhang Hao began to add the soundtrack according to the needs of the film's plot. The whole film gradually took shape and began to look like a movie.

Because of the fusion of three versions of "Manslaughter", there is also Zhang Hao's own adaptation.So the initial cut version of the film was as long as 160 minutes.

This time is still too long, which is not conducive to the arranging of films in theaters.

After examining it, Zhang Hao edited the second version again.The content of the main film is about 120 minutes, plus the end credits, no more than 130 minutes.

The second version worked well, and Zhang Hao was very satisfied, so he submitted the second version of the film for review. It was already mid-March at this time.

Because it is a project of China Film Group, Big Scissors fast-tracked the review and asked Zhang Hao to delete and rectify several points of the film.

This is the benefit of being backed by China Film Group. If it is a film from other companies, Big Scissors will return it directly.Then tell you that the review failed, but did not tell you the reason why the film failed the review, that would be a headache!
Zhang Hao edited the third version again according to the request of the leader of the scissors, and finally added the end credits. The overall duration was controlled at 120 minutes, about two hours.

The review went smoothly, and the leading sign of the release license was finally obtained before the announcement.

After receiving the release permit, China Film and Bona's publicity and distribution departments immediately started to work and began to arrange the publicity and distribution.

First of all, the newspapers began to warm up. Yu Feihong and Xu Qing are considered popular, and the lead actor Guo Tao is also considered a familiar face, so they used the actors as a selling point to promote.

In addition, professional media professionals and representatives of the theater department were invited to hold an internal trial screening.

Although the third master was busy with the work of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", he still took the time to attend the internal test screening. The test screening of the film will determine how China Film and Bona will distribute the film.

At the beginning of this year, China Film released Ning Hao's "Crazy Racing" as the distributor. This film won a box office of over 1000 million with an investment of more than [-] million. The excellent quality of the film is a guarantee.

Probably due to the presence of the third master, many senior executives from China Film and Bona attended the trial meeting.

Zhang Hao can recognize Mao Yu, general manager of China Film Group, Hou Cichun, director of the distribution department, and Zhou Zhizhe, head of the investment and production department of Bona Pictures.

There are also some unfamiliar faces, they should be media reporters and film selection personnel in theaters, and these people will decide the distribution treatment.

Different announcements will bring about completely different market reactions. If China Film and Bona do not invest corresponding resources in online, the film will only hit the street in theaters.

Although Zhang Hao is a newcomer in the film industry on the surface, he actually already has experience in his previous life, and he is not stupid enough to think that the movie will be a big hit if it is exciting enough.

If you want China Film and Bona Pictures to invest resources, you need to let them see the selling points of the film and the possible profit prospects.

For commercial companies chasing profit, no profit is more convincing even in the name of Zhang emo.

Fortunately, the selling point of the movie "Manslaughter" is very obvious.

Sitting in the back row near the corner, Zhang Hao patiently waited and observed.China Film and Bona are both big companies in the mainland film industry, and professionals must have their eyes above the passing line when selecting films.

Especially the film selection experts of the Chinese cinema chain, who have introduced Hollywood blockbusters all the year round, have a broader vision. The style of "Manslaughter" is completely different from the current mainland Chinese movies, and they will definitely be liked.

Accompanying the third master, Liu Yongyun, the head of the line department of the Central Cinema, was a little impatient.

This kind of impatience is not for the third master, but for the movie he is about to watch.

Frankly speaking, Liu Yongyun knew about the close relationship between the Zhang family and the third master.When the third master advocated spending 1000 million yuan to invest in "Manslaughter", Liu Yongyun expressed his opposition.

Throwing 1000 million to a 22-year-old to make a movie is not a wise choice in any way.

Later, the third master revealed the situation in order to appease Liu Yongyun.

It turned out that most of the investment was paid by the Zhang family themselves, and China Film only needs to approve 200 million from the young director plan.

Only then did Liu Yongyun agree, but he still revealed the Zhang family's affairs in private, making Zhang Hao's mother Zhang Yu severely laughed at.

Being biased in itself, Liu Yongyun was naturally impatient when he watched this movie again.

Although China Film is the voice of the third master, as the person in charge of the theater department, Liu Yongyun also has a lot of authority to decide what scale and how long the film can be released.

Anyone who has experienced the era of Beijing Film Studios, who does not know that Zhang and Han have a very good relationship.

So in Liu Yongyun's eyes, Zhang Hao, like those young masters in the circle, is a young man who wants to get ahead by virtue of his background and connections.

Liu Yongyun came from a bad background, and he became an important figure in the film industry only through his own efforts. Naturally, he looked down on such a person with a good natural background, and it is normal to look down on Zhang Hao and his works.

So even though his eyes were fixed on the big screen in the film room, most of Liu Yongyun's energy was still on the third master, but when the film opened, this situation changed immediately.

The opening of the film is very different from the opening of the current popular movies in the mainland. The opening scene is a scene of a prison escape. The exciting part of the prison escape firmly attracted Liu Yongyun's attention.

"This movie is very unusual..." This is the thought that flashed through Liu Yongyun's mind.

And Liu Yongyun's original impatience and prejudice disappeared with the gradually exciting plot of the film.

Pang Shusheng, sitting in the second row, is a film selection expert of China Film Group. As a film selection expert, he watches a large number of domestic and foreign films every year and recommends suitable films for import and distribution to the group company.

Therefore, unlike film critics who pay attention to the so-called artistry, Pang Shusheng pays more attention to the commercial selling points and market potential of the film.

For him, a movie that sells for money is a good movie, and a movie that can't sell for money is a bad movie. It's a very simple standard.

Originally, Pang Shusheng thought that this was just a trial screening of favors, the debut of a 22-year-old young director. Is it worth sending them professionals to check it out?
So at the beginning of the film, Pang Shusheng chatted quietly with his acquaintances, chatting about recent anecdotes in the film industry.

For example, a certain director finds an actress to discuss the script at night, for example, a certain actress marries into a wealthy family, only to find out that the wealthy family is heavily in debt, etc.

But when Pang Shusheng turned his head and glanced at the big screen, he could no longer move his eyes away.

Watching Guo Tao's Li Weijie pretending to be dead and escaping from prison, accompanied by the tense heartbeat drumming soundtrack, Pang Shusheng's heart was also entangled with him, worrying whether the protagonist would be able to escape.

Pang Shusheng heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the protagonist's coffin was buried and escaped from birth.

But when he saw a dead man sleeping next to the protagonist, Pang Shusheng was startled again.Then the film officially opened, and it turned out that those stories just now were just the stories that the hero Li Weijie thought about.

"It's strange that this movie is going to be mysterious." Pang Shusheng touched his thumping chest and said to the acquaintances around him.But the acquaintances around him have long been immersed in the film, and Pang Shusheng stopped talking and concentrated on watching the film.

The film is full of highlights. Ayu Heping killed Sucha by mistake. In order to protect his family, Li Weijie fought wits with the police and successfully escaped the crime.

Because of the corruption of the police, the citizens were dissatisfied and riots broke out. In the end, the male protagonist had a disturbed conscience and surrendered himself.

Pang Shusheng understands that this young director has made the film the best within the scope of his permission. If this story is set in a domestic background, it will definitely not be able to get the leading logo.

Similarly, if the hero and his family are at large, they will not meet the value requirements of the scissors.

Due to the review system, the film had to make some compromises, but in other respects, Pang Shusheng only had two words to describe it: perfect...

(End of this chapter)