Hollywood Director 1992.

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On Friday, the post-production of "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" was completed, and a small-scale internal preview was held at the Guess Movie Theater. Those who attended the preview were mainly the heads of the publicity and distribution departments of Guess Movie and Columbia Pictures, as well as the main cast and crew of the crew.

The movie is good, quite funny.

It’s just that the scene was too rowdy and Jim Carrey’s performance was too flamboyant for Link’s taste.

不过其他参加试映的人员对这部电影的评价比较积极，有16人给出80分以上评分，8人评分为60-80分，仅4人评分低于60分。

According to everyone's ratings, this movie is of above-average quality, with a box office potential of over 6000 million U.S. dollars, and it will be a hit.

After watching the film, people from Columbia Pictures Distribution were very satisfied with it and planned to use a B-level promotional resource package to promote the film, with the total cost not less than 800 million US dollars.

Link did not intend to interfere with the promotion of "Sherlock". He handed the work over to Joe Fillemey, the head of the company's distribution department. He then took the lead in contacting and negotiating with Columbia Pictures for the promotion and distribution of "Sherlock".

After the preview of "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective", the system gave a quality score of 82.43%, and Link's participation was 8%, including script modification, investment, casting, etc.

The box office subsidy is only 1.03 times, which will only be a few million higher than the original box office.

Director’s experience bonus is 0, and director’s physical bonus is 1%.

The quality of movies increased by only 0.5%.

This also shows that movies directed by others have extremely limited effect on improving his performance.

If you want to become stronger, you need to make your own movies.

After the production of "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective" is completed, it is expected to be released in September.

Before and after this movie, Guess What Pictures released two movies.

The first one is "The Wedding Banquet" directed by Ang Lee. The film was produced by Good Machine Pictures and is now distributed by Guess Pictures.

The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on August 8 and has now entered the promotion stage.

The second film is "Dazed and Confused" directed by Richard Linklater, which will be distributed by Guess Pictures and is expected to be released in October.

When The Wedding Banquet began its pre-release promotion, the post-production of Final Destination was completed.

Link held an internal preview in the Guess What Movie screening room and invited the company's management, the film's creative staff, and several friends from the media to watch.

After the screening of "Final Destination" ended, there was applause that lasted for more than 5 minutes.

Joaquin Phoenix, Ryan Phillippe, Ben Affleck and others kept applauding after watching the movie, taking pictures one after another, and praising the movie again and again, saying that "Final Destination" was great.

After watching the movie, Link also thought it was very good.

Before filming, in order to prevent loopholes in the script, he discussed the script in detail with several producers and screenwriters of the company, sorted out the plot, and made the entire script look more refined.

Whether it is the scenes, the acting skills of the leading actors, the special effects, the plot logic, etc., they are all better than the original. Many loopholes and lack of logic in the original movie plot were corrected by him.

For example, the scene where the male protagonist Alex saves the female protagonist Claire.

In the original play, thunder and lightning struck the sky and cut off the high-voltage power lines in front of Claire's house.

The broken high-voltage wires were swinging around on the ground. The heroine was in danger in order to save her dog, and later prepared to drive away.

The car broke down, the petrol barrel exploded and high-voltage wires were still hanging around on the ground.

When the heroine was about to die, Alex rushed over and said a lot of nonsense before dragging the heroine out of the car.

That part of the plot was not well handled. The high-voltage wires were running around the hero and heroine, like a prank, and at a critical moment, the hero said a lot of nonsense to the heroine in the car, which seemed very inappropriate.

When Link was writing the script, he modified the way the hero rescued the heroine and reduced the lines of dialogue, using a different way of "hero saving beauty", which was much more effective than the original.

[The film has been produced and the box office subsidies are being calculated...]

[Host participation is 67.3%, film completion is 92.3%, and film-market compatibility is 76%]

[Rewards: 2.3 times box office subsidy; Director experience +20%; Director physical fitness +15%; Film quality increase +15%]

Seeing this number, Link curled the corners of his mouth.

Compared with "The Blair Witch Project", the participation rate of "Final Destination" increased by more than 10 percentage points, the film completion rate increased by 5 percentage points, and the degree of film compliance with the market also increased by 6 percentage points.

The film rewards have also increased a lot. The box office subsidy has reached 2.3 times, which is double that of "The Witch". The director's experience and physical fitness bonus has doubled or tripled, and the film quality has increased by 5%.

This shows that directing big movie projects can bring more generous box office subsidies and personal rewards.

"Link, Final Destination is the best plane crash movie I have ever seen. After watching this movie, I am a little afraid to fly again."

Graydon Carter, editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, praised it.

"I hope it won't delay your next trip."

"Haha, no."

Aaron Kuch, deputy editor of The Hollywood Reporter, said, "Link, Final Destination is great, not only thrilling, but also very profound. After reading it, people will feel the impermanence of life and cherish every day more. Link, after the movie is released, I would like to do an exclusive interview with you to talk about the creative process of this movie."

"no problem!"

"Director Lin, this movie is great and very cool. I feel it will be a big hit."

"Director Lin, I apologize to you. You were absolutely right to be strict with us during filming."

"Yes, when I watched the movie, I found that my acting skills were really good, better than many veteran actors. Of course, I also have to thank Director Lin for his guidance."

Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Damon, Edward Norton and others also came over to congratulate.

Link smiled and dealt with it for a while. Then he made the excuse that there were some problems with the movie and it needed to be revised. He took the master tape of the movie into the editing studio and watched it again several times.

After a 15% quality increase, Final Destination reached 98.9% completion.

The movies became more refined, the actors’ performances looked more rounded and harmonious, and the special effects became extremely exciting.

The plot also becomes more thriller.

When I watched the movie in the theater, I thought it was just average in terms of horror, a little better than "The Witch" but not as scary as "Paranormal Activity".

But after the film achieved a 15% quality increase, the horror effects of the film were greatly enhanced. For example, the scenes where the Grim Reaper appears, the plane explosion scene, and the sudden deaths of several leading actors will become shocking and very unexpected, giving people a great sense of fear.

When Link was watching the movie alone in the editing studio, he would be frightened by the sudden music and the sudden plot, and his heart would beat wildly. The cool breeze from the air conditioner would also make his back cold and give him goose bumps.

The overall feeling is scarier than "Paranormal Activity".

Link smiled softly. This movie should give the audience a big surprise.

(End of this chapter)