Reborn Hollywood Ladies

Chapter 64 Stan Winston

Speaking of special effects, probably the most famous special effects company is Industrial Light & Magic.This digital special effects company founded by George Lucas once created the fantasy world of "Star Wars", and also produced classic masterpieces such as "Jurassic Park" and "The Mask".If you leave it to them, Laila believes that you should be able to get pretty good results.

However, things didn't go as smoothly as she imagined. It wasn't that Industrial Light & Magic didn't like their "small business" but that they had a lot of work on hand.

Since the success of "Jurassic Park" in 93, the special effects of films have been loved by many film directors and production companies, and various jobs have been sent to Industrial Light and Magic. time.

Obviously, she couldn't wait that long. First, the Phoenix company was still too small to afford a large sum of investment and couldn't get a return; second, she still had a lot of plans, so it was impossible to waste her time here.So I can only find other companies to help.

But what else can be considered?

Just when Lila was thinking, Louise called: "Lila, about the release time of SAW, should we change it a little bit?"

Lila was taken aback: "Any questions about Halloween?"

"That's right. Last year our Blair the Witch got a good result on Halloween, and this year, according to my information, there have been several horror movies focused on that time. So I wonder if we move forward or backward in time."

"Is there such a thing?" Laila frowned.

She knew that there would be many people following the time of Halloween after the Witch, but she didn't expect that there were already several of them.Although the works of those people are not necessarily wonderful and good movies, no matter how bad they are, they will lose SAW's box office.How much less money do they have to make if they are disappointed by other movies of the same genre in the same period because they see garbage horror movies?

If you can change the schedule... Leila doesn't want to do it either.In her previous life, SAW became a hit on Halloween, and she was taking a risk by making it ahead of time. If the schedule is changed, what should I do if there are other impacts?
She made SAW ahead of time not to let it be buried by time, but to let it leave a deep stroke in the film history with a more brilliant light in advance.

"Why don't we postpone it for a few days. By then, the enthusiasm for those movies will have dissipated, and it won't have a huge impact on our release."

"Postponed..." Laila subconsciously tapped the table with the pen she was holding.Halloween is October 10st, if it is postponed for a few days...

and many more!

She suddenly remembered something important.

In 1997, a world-shocking event was about to happen in film history!That behemoth that earned countless tears from all over the world and won a global box office of 18 billion set sail in 97!
What's the date?

Lila pinched her forehead, and found that she couldn't remember it, and it probably had something to do with her ignorance of this before. The only thing she knew was that the show was only shown in China in 98 in her original country.

"Louis, do you know when the movie directed by James Cameron will be released?"

Louise really knows: "It is said that it should be released in April or May, but until now Director Cameron has not come up with the final film. A friend of mine at Fox said that the director is very dissatisfied with it. I am even more worried that this film, which has already invested nearly 4 million yuan, will bring the company to its knees."

Yes!This is it!Lyra remembered.In her previous life, she once read a report, saying that because of Fox's lack of confidence in Titanic, they finally sold the North American screening rights to Paramount at a "cheap price" of 6500 million.

And Paramount used the 6500 million in exchange for a box office of 6 million US dollars in North America!

It's a pity for Leila. If she had been reborn two years earlier, she might have created a large enough distribution channel and sufficient funds to get the distribution rights of Titanic, which no one is optimistic about.It's true that she has enough funds now, but her distribution department is just an inconspicuous small department, and if she doesn't have something to sell, she won't be able to gain the trust of the theater boss.

Neither James Cameron nor the invested Fox and Paramount will allow a small company like Phoenix to get distribution rights. After all, they need a really good distribution company to make the film invest 2 million US dollars. Give it back.Phoenix, obviously, has no reassuring factor, even though there have been releases of movies that have done well at the box office like The Blair Witch.

After thinking for a while, Laila said, "Louise, help me keep an eye on the release and release of Titanic, and let me know as soon as you get any news."

"Okay." Louise didn't know why she cared so much about the Titanic movie, which was almost marked as a money-losing movie by the outside world.

Isn't it true that if you spend a lot of money, you can make a blockbuster movie? Are there still few movies in the history of movies with big investment and low income?And the most important thing is that it's not the same genre as their movies, a love disaster movie, a horror movie, it shouldn't matter if the audience is different, right?

Although she had regrets in her heart, she didn't ask.A good employee knows how to listen to the boss and do things, especially if the boss is very capable and thoughtful.If she could figure out what Lila was thinking, the phoenix wouldn't have been struggling to survive.

After hanging up the phone, Laila was still thinking about the shipwreck scene in the Titanic movie.

In the face of death, the people on board behaved differently, showing the terrifying side of human nature and the respectable side.The huge ship was cut into two pieces by the sound of screams, and even though it was a scene like a human tragedy, the audience still felt the impact of the picture on the soul.The impact is directly printed on the mind through the screen, and the special effects are as real as it happened...

Hey, special effects!

Lyra sat up straight with an electric shock.

Yes!Why didn't she think of it just now?The special effects used by the Titanic are also quite powerful!

Their movie should be coming to an end now, and they should not take on other jobs until the movie is over.

And the special effects company DigitalDomain (Digital Domain), co-founded by James Cameron and the famous Hollywood special effects master Stan Winston, will never be inferior to Industrial Light and Magic in terms of technology and creativity.

When it comes to Stan Winston, many people may not know how powerful it is, but if you talk about the shape of the scissorhands in "Edward Scissorhands" and the image of the dinosaur in "Jurassic Park", I believe everyone will understood.Yep, that was all created by Stan Winston.

There are also monsters in Alien, weapons and equipment of Predator, etc. It is absolutely not too much to say that he is a shining star in the history of Hollywood movies.

(End of this chapter)