Hollywood Starts with Animation

"What's going on with this movie?"

"Yeah? DV movies are also movies these days?"

"This is complete nonsense!"

"that is!"

"Let's not talk about the average picture quality of DV, which is far inferior to professional video cameras. Just the director's ability to control the rhythm is a complete beginner! Also, the sensitivity setting of the picture is also extremely unbearable; the lens shakes people's imagination. I vomited; in less than 30 minutes, I found at least 5 gangbangs. My God, is this a movie?"

"Blair Witch, hehe, this is just a joke."

Not only did Shanda and Marko give a bad review to "Blair Witch", but all the people who watched the film on the spot, unsurprisingly, all gave bad or extremely bad reviews.

Gusta, the boss of Lionsgate, left angrily after watching it for less than 20 minutes.

He declares...well, that's too hot for the eyes!

When "Blair Witch" first opened, there were more than 60 people in the theater, but less than 30 minutes passed, and only a few people remained.

"Boss, I'm dizzy and want to go out a bit." Marko shook his head and said.

Alexander didn't speak, but stared straight at Zucker, which also explained everything.

Too hot eyes!

Zucker got up.

"Since we don't like it, let's go out."

As soon as these words came out, Alexander and Marko were even more surprised.

After all, just now, Zucker also said that he is optimistic about the future prospects of this movie.

"Haha, being optimistic about the future of "Blair Witch" doesn't mean that I am willing to suffer this kind of hot-eyed treatment." Zu Ke thought to himself.

In the original time and space, after Artisan Entertainment bought the full copyright of "Blair Witch" from Daniel Merrick and Adeado Sanchez, it also carried out extremely difficult re-editing.

That's right,

Just re-editing.

It is said that the editors of Artisan Entertainment, after watching "Blair Witch", shouted: "This is an extremely poor editing technique. Saying they are beginners is completely praising them."

One can imagine how bad the original editing of "Blair Witch" was!

......

It was around 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

In a cafe in Parker Town, a representative of Artisan Entertainment met with the two directors of "Blair Witch", Daniel Merrick and Eduardo Sanchez.

"Dude, let me open the skylight and say something bright. We, Artisan Entertainment, want "Blair The Witch", and we have won the full copyright for $30,000." The representative of Artisan Entertainment said.

"Eh? Really?!"

The two directors of "Blair Witch" were immediately excited.

After all, when the film was broadcast in the morning, almost no one liked it; now that some people are willing to buy it, they are naturally very excited.

"Cheers, two young people. The first movie you directed can be seen by the great Artisan Entertainment, which means that you have a bright future." The representative of Artisan Entertainment said proudly.

Daniel and Adeyado naturally thanked them repeatedly.

But......

"Sir, isn't $30,000 a bit too low, we spent $60,000 around the time we shot Blair Witch," Daniel said.

"Yes, sir, since you like our movie, you shouldn't just pay 30,000 US dollars to take our full copyright." Adeyado echoed.

"Humph!"

In an instant, the representative of Artisan Entertainment, who was still smiling just now, changed his face at that time, and he snorted coldly: "If this is the case, then we have nothing to talk about."

After saying that, he got up and left.

The representative of Artisan Entertainment's face was full of sullenness, and he just didn't say the words "Shame on the face".

"This......"

Daniel and Adeyado also changed their expressions.

They got up quickly.

"Sir, how much do you need to add more?" Daniel gritted his teeth.

$30,000 to get the full copyright?

Nima, this is exactly half the production cost!

No one wants to lose money!

After hearing this, the representative of Artisan Entertainment softened a lot, but his tone was still very tough: "I will add another $20,000 and give you three days. If you agree, we will sign the contract immediately, otherwise it's fine."

After he finished speaking, he ignored the obstruction and left directly.

In fact, in the original time and space, in addition to Artisan Entertainment, there are two other film companies interested in "Blair Witch", but their bids are lower!

A bid of $25,000;

The other is only willing to pay $10,000.

......

On the other side, Zhu Ke, who had just watched a few good movies, washed his eyes and returned to the hotel.

"Marko, please contact the two directors of "Blair Witch" and get its full copyright." Zucker ordered.

"Boss, what about the price range?" Marko asked.

Zucker pondered for a few seconds, then said, "Under $150,000."

This price is enough to impress the two directors of "Blair Witch". In fact, don't look at Artisan Entertainment, which finally paid $120,000 to win the full copyright, but it took as long as 9 days before and after.

Is Artisan Entertainment really optimistic about the prospects of "Blair Witch"?

Shit!

They just have a try-and-see attitude.

You must know that after the artisan bought the full copyright of "Blair Witch", he did not invest much in the promotion and operation, at best it was 300,000 US dollars. But when the film grossed $570,000 in just 27 theaters in its first week, they realized the "fraudulent" excellence of "Blair Witch."

After that, it started to invest heavily in publicity and distribution!

In the second week, the number of theaters for "Blair Witch" rose directly to 1,100.

Therefore, Artisan Entertainment did not take the film very seriously at first.

This gave Zucker a chance.

Sure enough....

As a distribution talent of the original Fox Films, Marko directly served as the director of the distribution department after jumping to Wald Films. His ability is beyond doubt.

As soon as he shot, within a few days, he won the full copyright of "Blair Witch".

Not only that, but even the official website of "Blair Witch" set up by Daniel and the two of them, as well as the materials about "witch" and "missing people" posted on many forums, were also taken down.

$130,000!

That's right, the total price tag is $130,000!

"Two, you can sign the contract." Marko said with a smile.

"Thank you." Daniel was extremely grateful.

Another director and owner - Ed Yardo. He was also very excited because they made money from the movies they made.

"You two, I want to remind you of something."

Marko said heavily: "After signing this contract, the two of you must act in accordance with the contract, and are obliged to cooperate with Wald Pictures' announcement of "Blair Witch", otherwise you will have to pay $2 million for breach of contract gold."

"No problem, this is what it should be." The two of Daniel agreed very happily.

Isn't it just to cooperate with the propaganda, as new directors, it's too late to be happy.

But!

However, there will be times when they regret later!

The success of "Blair Witch", with a global box office of more than 240 million US dollars, is not because of how good the movie is, but because it is a complete "fraud", "hoax" and "viral" Promotional marketing.

The money is good, but it will lead to infamy!

The audience is not fools. When they come back to their senses, they will definitely find that they have been deceived!

Therefore, Zucker, Marco and others need the original crew of "Blair Witch" to stand in front of the stage, act as scapegoats, and become the target of the audience's anger!

"It's up to you to carry the infamy, and we earn the money."

This is the plan of Zucker et al.

I have to say that Zu Ke and others are treacherous enough.

......

at the same time.

The representative of Artisan Entertainment on the other side also learned the news, but he didn't care much.

"A rubbish movie, huh, and Wald Pictures treats it as a treasure."

" "The first more is sent.