Chapter 10 Release
The budget is four million, which is really about the same as the budget.
Lin Nan took the film back to school for editing and would be a fool not to take advantage of it.
The school is also very generous. After all, 80% of the film is made up of students from the school. I don’t support anyone who supports it.
Because the advantages of this movie are its setting and plot, and its low cost, post-production is also simple.
Unlike those big-budget commercial films or films with special effects, post-production alone has to be calculated in years.
A group of senior students beat their chests loudly and promised to finish it in half a month.
Looking at them taking blood shots, Lin Nan knew that they would stay up late and work overtime. After all, the movie was like his own child, and everyone was still enthusiastic at this time.
The review and release permission are all handled by SIPG, so it is not a big problem. The sample film and the final film are absolutely consistent as planned, and the review is only a content review.
The next thing to consider is when it will be released.
When Lin Nan and the others were filming their movie at the end of last month, there were big moves in the domestic film and television industry. "Hero" was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.
The whole country was in an uproar. The man behind Director Zhang once shouted: Who will win if "Hero" doesn't win?
In the end, it lost to the German film "Love in Africa", and the public opinion suddenly changed its focus.
But fortunately, I won the Golden Bauhinia Award two days later.
I heard that I am attending the Hong Kong Film Awards in the past two days. If nothing else, the main awards will be for "Infernal Affairs".
Others have the same purpose as the American Academy Awards, which is to only serve their own people. At least there is an award for Best Foreign Language Film across the sea for foreign films to compete for.
As for the Hong Kong Film Awards, their vision is as high as the sky, and they will become more and more misaligned in the future.
Lin Nan looked at his account. It can be said that all four million was spent on the blade. The remuneration of the school classmates and the remuneration of the senior students in other departments have been settled.
Coupled with the rental fees for equipment and the cost of filming, Lin Nan couldn't afford film or a rented digital camera.
After counting the bits and pieces, there are more than 80,000 left. Lin Nan plans to wait for post-production to be completed and give them bonuses. If there is still some left, then eat.
Shanghai Film and Lin Nan finally determined the time for the completion of post-production, and he vowed to complete it before the middle of the year.
The result of SIPG's action was that the review and licensing were perfectly resolved. It was said to be post-production, but it was just tinkering.
Finally, when it came to the release date, Shanghai Film Studio wanted to put it in the second half of the year, but Lin Nan refused.
He doesn’t want to die, but there will be “Cell Phone” and “Infernal Affairs” in the future, so what will his death be like?
Lin Nan wants the first half of the year, and the latest she can accept for the second half is early August, because "Infernal Affairs" was introduced in early September and "Mobile Phone" was released in December.
After a final push, since it’s the first half of the year, let’s do it on May 1st, which happens to be Labor Day.
Lin Nan accepted decisively. This was 2003, and Labor Day was a seven-day holiday.
After setting the time, Lin Nan had to go see the senior brothers in charge of post-production. Was it too reckless to set the release date by himself?
In case something goes wrong, do you really have to show the sample film?
When Lin Nan arrived, they gave them the good news that it had been completed.
After calming down her anxiety, Lin Nan contacted Shanghai Film Studio and came over to watch the final film.
“The plot is exactly the same, the colors and sounds are even more perfect, and some of the gang shots are also well modified...”
Shanghai Film Group won the final film.
"Brothers, it will be released on May Day, and it will only take a month to complete the filming. The time has come to witness our achievements. Remember to ask more people to go to the theater."
Lin Nan asked everyone Mobilize the surrounding groups, and everyone readily accepts it.
There are many students who support it, but most still sneer at it.
"What kind of movie can a group of kids who haven't left school make? The box office will definitely knock out grandma's house."
Most people just watch the fun, but only a few people in the school participate in the crew.
Facing the angry Zhu Yawen and others, Lin Nan had to persuade them to calm down and not get angry, "I invested 1.8 million, and I'm not even angry."
Two On the 14th, Liu Yifei went back to school. "I signed a new drama, which is adapted from a game, and I will join the cast at the end of the year."
Lin Nan knew that it was Xian Jianyi.
"Why didn't you tell me when you were making a movie?" Liu Yifei was very fierce and glared at Lin Nan.
The fierce look is very good-looking and the eyes are big.
"Your mother said you have arrangements." Lin Nan didn't lie.
When I contacted her, it was Liu's mother who answered the phone. That's exactly what she said. She wished Lin Nan all the best and was very polite.
"Ah, my mother never told me." Liu Yifei instantly looked annoyed.
Lin Nan didn't say anything, just looked at the girl, feeling very comfortable.
Perhaps in Liu's mother's eyes, there is a high probability that few of her daughter's classmates will have great prospects, including Lin Nan, a poor boy from the northwest.
At the end of April, some newspapers and media began to report on this film school student crew. Contacted by Shangying.
For the first time, Lin Nan was interviewed by several people, including his participation in Li Yang's "The Blind Shaft". These were all promotional materials.
He named the director, screenwriter and producer. This news was published in the newspapers and was ridiculed by many people.
"The world is declining..."
"Both people and ghosts are becoming directors."
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"Lin Zi, don't worry about it. Those words." Zhu Yawen comforted Lin Nan, but the latter didn't take it seriously.
Afterwards, Lin Nan went to find his old classmate.
“Do you want to change your major?”
Teacher Zhou looked at his students as if he had seen a ghost and confirmed again.
"Yes, teacher." Lin Nan confirmed.
The school has this regulation, but the premise is that Lin Nan must meet the above conditions and must apply by himself. Academic review, transfer to department review, and prove that you are indeed more suitable for transfer to the department.
It is certain that he has not been agreed. Lin Nan is gone, so we should wait until the movie is released before discussing this issue.
Zhu Yawen got the MP3 player from somewhere and wore headphones.
Lin Nan brought over a pair of headphones, which was "The Little Blacksmith of Milan" by Jay Chou.
“Did you buy it?”
"Yes, you paid me the salary, and I bought this and a new mobile phone that day."
This answer is impeccable.
Farewell My Concubine was playing in the screening room. Unfortunately, Cheng Dieyi couldn't think about it and left at the beginning of the month.
I have to say that this film was really well shot, but Director Chen started to go downhill from then on.
In the past, when watching movies, students were required to learn the acting skills of the actors in them and put themselves into the movie.
Lin Nan began to try to watch movies from the director's perspective. The teacher did not agree to change his major and asked him to go back and think about it again, but it did not prevent Lin Nan from studying on his own first.
The next day, Lin Nan went to the directing department to observe the class.
Although the extra person is very conspicuous, no one cares.
The day before May Day, Li Yang called Lin Nan and asked him if he was nervous. "Blind Shaft" had no hope of being released and was beaten to death with a stick.
On May 1st, Lin Nan and a few people from his class went to the cinema. The Shanghai Film Festival was very careful in promoting it, with many posters and lots of gimmicks.
At the beginning of the millennium, there was no such thing as the Internet for movie promotion, and promotion relied entirely on local promotions.
Mr. Yu, who was born in Beijing Film Studio, founded the first private distribution company.
But Shanghai Film Film Corporation handles distribution and promotion entirely on its own, and has no involvement with any department or company here at all.
Sitting in the cinema, several people felt anxious.
“This is my first time filming a movie, and I’m still the heroine.” Zhou Yang drank a swig of Coke and took a break.
"Who is not?"
Zhu Yawen interjected.
"I'm not." Lin Nan said silently.
There are many people in this screening room, two-thirds of the seats are full.
Thanks to the small number of films nowadays and the lack of explosive output like later, Lin Nan feels that he should be able to make money. As for how much he makes, it depends on God's will.
This movie costs $4 million, and it's just a simple room. It may be on a quiet schedule for a week-long tour of theaters.
At two o'clock in the morning on the 2nd, Lin Nan was woken up by Nokia's classic ringtone.
"Hey, how much did you say...?"
Lin Nan said weakly and turned off the phone perfunctorily, he was too sleepy.
Early in the morning, there was a loud banging on the door of the dormitory, "Open the door quickly."
Rubbing his eyes and yawning, Lin Nan started to get dressed, "You don't even let people take a break during the holiday. What are you doing?"
"Box office, box office." Zhu Yawen shouted loudly outside. Fortunately, it was a holiday. , all went back, just like Lin Nan was alone in the dormitory.
"Box office? Oh, I'll go. Where's my mobile phone?"
Opening the door, Zhu Yawen rushed in impatiently.
Lin Nan was turning on his phone. He couldn't remember what was said on the phone last night.
"1.85 million on the first day." Zhu Yawen jumped up and down, more excited than Lin Nan.
Sure enough, there was a series of missed calls on the phone.
In the blink of an eye, another one called in, "Hello, who's there?"
"Mr. Ren? Shangying? Oh, oh, hello, I'm Lin Nan, I'm Lin Nan ..."
After answering the phone, Lin Nan sat there. It was unreal for such a big boss to call him.
"Linzi, did you hear me? I'm calling you." Zhu Yawen pushed Lin Nan.
"I'm not crazy, I'm not stupid, it's just 1.85 million."
"You are awesome, you have already started to pretend." Zhu Yawen sat opposite Lin Nan On the bunk, he crossed his legs and gave a thumbs up from time to time, "Calm down enough."
"Let's go out to eat. I'll treat you. I'll also see if any of them are still in school. Call them all."
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Lin Nan slapped his thigh and made a decision. It was time to reward his hard work. Last time he gave bonuses to the post-production brothers, and he still had 20,000 yuan left, which he counted as his own bonus.
Although it was May Day, most of the crew were here, just focusing on the results. Before joining the crew, they were just assistants and helpers. This time, the meaning was different. They were able to do it themselves with real swords and guns.
Everyone had a very exciting time during the May Day holiday. Lin Nan received calls from Shanghai Film Studio every day, and the data was updated every day.
Senior brothers or classmates at school will also pay attention to the box office, or ask Lin Nan directly.
It took me so long to apply for a phone card, but the total number of calls I received before May Day was not as many as those with numbers 1 and 2.
The phone number of my old class, the phone numbers of other teachers, the phone numbers of the school leaders, the phone numbers of teachers from the directing department, and the photography department. They all have students participating in film shooting.
For teachers and leaders, this is a teaching achievement that can be written into reports.
For students, this is a glorious resume. Anyone with a normal mind can see that this movie will definitely have a higher box office.
After the seven-day holiday, the box office reached over 15 million. It is expected that the box office will drop sharply starting from the 8th.
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(End of this chapter)