Chapter 1025 Remote Participation

Among the people Xiao Yao knew in the United States, most of them were singers, actors, and models in front of the stage. The senior executives of fashion companies knew some of them because of Chen Xuan and photographers. However, the senior executives of film companies and distribution companies, Xiao Yao still I really don't know a few, so I wanted to find Mu Ying to help me introduce and contact him. But in practice, Xiao Yao found that this matter was far less difficult than he thought.

Excluding the movie currently being filmed, Mu Ying has only two feature films filmed as the director, both of which were produced at a low cost. The others were either short films such as BMW commercial films or were co-directed in the crew. As an assistant director, he is generally a rookie director in Hollywood. Although he did know many film company executives, he did not have much reputation and had no deep relationship with the film company's senior management.

After Xiao Yao told Mu Ying that Tong Luo and Fang were still coming to the United States to sell films, Mu Ying agreed to Xiao Yao's help to come forward to contact American film companies, but he also stated that he was only acting as an intermediary to introduce it, and there was no guarantee. What a role to play in it.

   However, in this matter, it is actually not necessary for Mu Ying to play a big role in the middle.

  The U.S. does not have a quota system for imported films like that of China, and there is no limit on the number of foreign films introduced. "Wali" won more than 2.1 billion box office in China, and it has more than 300 million in US dollars. This box office is quite impressive even if it is in the United States. Businessmen are chasing profits, and American film companies will naturally not turn a blind eye to this "fragrant bun".

Of course, due to different countries, different markets, and different cultures, it does not mean that movies that hit the local box office will definitely get good box office after they arrive in the United States, but the movie "Walle" is different, and most of them have actually seen it. The people of this movie are also very optimistic about the box office of this movie in the United States.

  In a movie, the appeal of the star in the movie is an important factor in the box office. But the appeal of celebrities in different countries and regions is different. Even some well-known Chinese stars in the United States have completely different box office appeals in the United States and in China. However, "Wali" is an animated film, and the lack of real-life performances shows that the film's high box office in China is not piled up by fans of the stars that appeared in the movie. In the first place, possible differences in this area are avoided.

  Look at the content of the movie "Wali" again. The scene is space and the earth. In the movie, the earth and human beings are all as a whole. There is no country in it, and no sensitive issues such as ZZ or race are involved. The theme is about environmental protection and love, which are common in the world theme. In this respect, there should be no difference in the acceptance of audiences between the two countries. It is even possible that the acceptance of "robot love" by American audiences is even higher.

  Finally is the quality of this movie. Although it is a 2D animated film, the characters, scenes, colors, art, lines, special effects, and soundtracks in the film are all of a very high standard. Even in a 2D animation movie in Hollywood, it is a rare masterpiece.

  The film's release in China has basically ended. After the box office score of more than 2 billion came out, some well-informed American film companies became aware of this film and became interested in this animated film.

Before Tong Luo and Fang still came to the U.S. to explore classes, some American film companies had already contacted them on their own initiative, expressing their intention to cooperate in the release and release of films in the U.S., but Tong Luo wanted to come to the U.S. to bring Xiao Yao to talk together. Did not make a statement lightly.

Tong Luo and Xiao Yao want to sell the film and let this animated film be released in the United States. The American film company wants to buy tickets and also want this animated film to be shown in the United States. In fact, both parties have the intention of cooperation in this regard. . It's just that Tong Luo's small special effects company has never cooperated with an American company, and Xiao Yao has never had much contact with an American film company. Both sides are very strange, and it is inevitable that they have some scruples. With Mu Ying as a bridge, communication between the two parties will be easier.

  There are many film companies in the United States. There is more than one company that wants to represent or purchase the copyright of this animated film in the United States. Naturally, it is the seller's market of Xiao Yao and Tong Luo. Since it is a seller's market, Xiao Yao and Tong Luo naturally take the initiative. In addition to contacting and meeting Xiao Yao, who needs to be filmed on the crew, the other party can set the negotiation time at night, Xiao Yao and Tong Luo can also strive for some better conditions.

  Film companies generally have two forms of buyout and split-account when they introduce the finished film. For people like Xiao Yao who sell their songs, they will certainly not choose to buy out the copyrights of movies. What they want is to split the accounts. For film companies, it is definitely more convenient and cost-effective to buy out this one-shot deal. The differences between the two parties in this regard have also led to the negotiation of this matter not being too easy.

  Xiao Yao and the others are a seller's market. When the other party has competitors, Xiao Yao, who insisted on splitting the accounts, finally reached an agreement with a film company in the United States. It's just that Xiao Yao also appropriately made some concessions and promised that the issuing company would cooperate in some related publicity activities.

  Star publicity is a very important way of publicity. Although this is an animated film, there are also stars that can be promoted.

   During the promotion period before the movie was released in China, the stars who ran the promotion were Xiao Yao, He Ying and Huang Shi. He Ying and Huang Shi have almost no popularity among the non-Chinese groups in the United States, and they are not stars, so they naturally do not need to come to the United States to promote. However, Xiao Yao has made many popular events in the United States, and his popularity is not small. Even as a film director, screenwriter, producer, dubbing, and soundtrack, he is also a very good publicity point. And adding these identities together, he is even more topical and interesting than a certain star actor in a live-action movie, and the American film company that has obtained the distribution rights will certainly not let it go.

  Xiao Yao and Mu Ying plan to shoot a parkour movie for two months. The people who came to the US to visit the class from China came during the fourth week of filming, and there will be more than a month to be filmed later. Obviously, these people who came to visit the class could not stay in the United States until the end of the filming.

  Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoting’s parents returned to China after only three days in the United States, and Lin Qisan and Nina Aiguli, a pair of friends who stayed in the hotel, returned with them. Zhu Zitong and Sun Tingting did not need to live in a hotel, and the two girls who lived with their boyfriends stayed in the United States for a whole week.

  However, Zhu Zitong and Sun Tingting are not the longest staying in the United States among those who came to the class this time. The longest time to accompany Xiao Yao in the United States is Tong Luo and Fang Wei, who came on business, and some business people in Tong Luo's company. They stayed here for almost three full weeks, just better than Xiao Yao's movie. The crew finished half a month early.

  Tong Luo and Fang still stayed in the United States for a long time, of course because of the overseas release of the animated film "Wali". After discussing the release and screening with the film company in the United States, Xiao Yao accompanied them to discuss the release and release with film distribution companies in several European countries.

  Because Hollywood is the world's largest film production and export location, many European film companies also have branches or offices in Hollywood, and American film companies are relatively closer to European film companies. When selling film distribution and release rights in the European region, Xiao Yao, who is filming in the United States, would definitely not fly to Europe specifically, but invited those interested European film companies to send people to the United States to discuss.

  In addition to the European and American film distribution and release rights, Xiao Yao and others also reached an agreement with the largest online film rental company in North America to sell the copyright of the overseas network broadcast of "Wali" and the DVD rental and sale business to the other party. Since this giant company has a business scope in more than 100 countries around the world, Xiao Yao did not find other European companies to cooperate, and only gave them the copyright in terms of network broadcasting and DVD sales and leases outside of China. Of course, because it is exclusive, the conditions in this area will naturally be better.

  The online broadcast of the network must be scheduled after the movie is released. Although Huaxia’s movies have already been released, they have not yet been released in the United States, and overseas online broadcasts will definitely have to wait for the release of American and European films.

  The United States and European countries also have film censorship systems, but compared to China, film censorship in these countries is more about grading movies. This animated film does not have any questionable lines or shots, and the rating is definitely G-level suitable for everyone to watch, but this process is always going to be repeated.

Films need to be submitted for review and grading, publicity preparations and publicity work must be done before they are released, movie viewings in theaters must be organized, and a series of things must be striving for film scheduling. Therefore, after the copyright of the film is negotiated, the film will not be available immediately. It was screened overseas. The American film company expects the release schedule in the United States to be in October, and it is expected that it will be around that time in Europe.

  The film is expected to be released in October, and the promotional period has not yet reached the publicity period. The producer has no tasks for the time being, and Tong Luo and Fang will still return to China.

  After finishing the copyright of the animation film, Xiao Yao can concentrate on the parkour film.

  After Tong Luo and Fang returned to China, the crew took another two weeks to complete the filming. During these two weeks, the crew will have one day off every week as usual. During the holidays, Xiao Yao was not idle as usual.

  Xiao Yao asked Keith Craig to help him organize a MV shooting crew, and took advantage of the two-day holiday to pull the members of the "Immortals" band to take some shots needed for the MV of the song. Since the final MV is finished by editing the footage of the band members and some of the footage in the movie, after these shots are taken, the band members can’t see the finished MV and can only wait for the movie. I'll talk about it after the shooting is complete.

  But the band members didn’t wait too long, because four days after their MV shooting ended, the parkour movie also ended and finished.

  The end of shooting does not mean that the film is completed. There will be a series of post-production work to be done, such as editing and scoring. However, these post-production work is the work of directors, editors, soundtrackers, etc., and there is no need for the current crew members.

  In post-production of some films, the crew will be re-assembled for make-ups due to various reasons. Since Xiao Yao and Mu Ying will go through the shooting material of the day after the shooting is over every day, they feel that there is definitely no need to make up for the film, so after the film is finished, Xiao Yao returned to China with Xu Fei and Chen Xiaoting.

  This time is September, and the school is already open. Xiao Yao, Xu Fei, and Chen Xiaoting, the three seniors who had taken leave in advance, had not yet gone to school to report, and planned to return to school to report and sell leave. Zhao Rui stayed in the United States and participated in the post-production of the film with Mu Ying.

  The director also needs to participate in the editing and scoring work in the later stage, and it must play a very important leading role in it. Comparing the two directors, Mu Ying and Xiao Yao, Mu Ying's strengths are in the control between action scenes and movie shots, while Xiao Yao's strengths are in plot design, character performance and music. So in terms of post-production, although both of them are involved, they also have a certain lateral division of labor. In terms of editing, Mu Ying's control is the main focus, while the soundtrack is based on Xiao Yao's opinions.

  The editors and soundtracks of this film are invited from the United States. Of course, the post-production location is also in the United States. After Xiao Yao returned to China, he would not meet every day. It would be impossible to only communicate with editors and soundtracks through the Internet. However, because of Muying's existence, Xiao Yao can use Muying to understand the progress and results of post-production, and discuss post-production with Muying. For the above matters, it is still feasible to pass the opinions discussed by the two to the editor and the soundtrack through Muying.

  As an explanation to the crowdfunding netizens, the official website of Parkour Movies will update the production progress of the movie in real time. After the filming was over, the official website of the film not only updated the progress of the film production and announced the finalization of the film, but also randomly selected some of the shooting materials as film flowers on the official website, which was regarded as the netizens who participated in the crowdfunding. Reassured.

  However, the time between the end of filming and the release of a movie may vary from time to time. It is not necessarily true. Therefore, there is no release date of the movie on the official website.

  The filming time of the crew is relatively tight, because the filming location of this film is in Los Angeles, so a few students such as Xiao Yao will come to the United States during the summer vacation. The official website did not give netizens an estimated release date, so you don't have to rush in post-production, and you can slowly polish it. This is also an important reason why Xiao Yao dared to go back to China and participate in post-production remotely using the Internet and Muying as media.

  (End of this chapter)