Many people think that since Hollywood is located on the outskirts of Los Angeles, all movies will be shot there.
In fact, this idea is wrong.
Many American film companies, including the seven major film giants, have only registered their offices in Hollywood, and their headquarters and operations have long since moved out.
There are many reasons, but the high cost is definitely an important reason.
Take today's "The King's Speech" as an example. Its main filming location was Michigan in the northern United States, which is also a state surrounding the famous Great Lakes on the border with Canada.
In fact, the plot of "The King's Speech" is not very complicated, but in order to find some suitable locations for medieval scenes, the crew searched for a long time before discovering such an ancient town in Michigan, which looks very similar to the United Kingdom.
The city in the eighth century was much the same.
In many places in the United States, especially in the North, because there is no population pressure, there is no urbanization process and no large-scale development. Many places remain the same as they were a hundred, or even two or three hundred years ago.
As a literary film, the budget was originally small. The director of "The King's Speech", Tom Hopper, just hoped that he could attract an investment of 20 million US dollars, and he also used the title of a literary film to attract actors.
Then it should be almost there.
What he didn't expect was that he found his good friend Helena, the wife of the great director Tim Burton. After playing the role of Queen Elizabeth, Helena took him to find a young female producer Megan Eyre.
Leeson.
Megan Ellison is not yet a friend of the future of literary and artistic films, but she has successively invested in many artistic films in the past two years. In addition, she is the daughter of the super rich Larry Ellison.
Naturally, she is favored by many directors who hope to get investment from her.
Helena's acquaintances are indeed broad. After a conversation and reading the script, Meghan immediately decided that her Hope Film Company would invest 30 million US dollars in filming "The King's Speech" and even boasted about Haikou.
As long as the photography is good, funding is not a problem at all.
At first, Hopper thought Megan had a hairless mouth and a weak tongue.
How can 30 million US dollars be taken out casually? Even if your father is the president of Oracle, he won't be so generous, right? Unless your father is Xiao Qi! But Xiao Qi doesn't have a daughter as old as you!
But Hopper didn't know that it was Xiao Qi who was relying on Megan.
She didn't even invest a penny of the 30 million US dollars. She directly asked Xiao Qi to invest in it. The price she paid was just to have China's Kiwi Film and Television listed as a producer.
At that time, the news of Xiao Qi's acquisition of AM Cinemas had not yet come out, and Megan did not know that AM Cinemas would be given to the Kiwi Film and Television Group by Xiao Qi. After the Kiwi Film and Television Group announced that it fully owned the AM Cinemas,
Megan really admires herself. She actually made another deal that kills two birds with one stone!
You, Kiwi Pictures, are the producers of "The King's Speech", so when the movie is released, do you have the nerve not to give it more screens and not focus on promoting it?
Hopper would be even happier!
Not only is the budget 50% more than before, but it has also roped in such a giant. Not only can it hit the Oscars, but it can also make a breakthrough at the box office!
This person becomes impulsive easily when he is happy.
With a larger budget, Hopper was not so careful in using it, and Megan, who also wanted to become famous, urged him to "be prepared" and "keep improving"... and other words. As a result,
After all the actors have been hired, the scene has been arranged, and the preliminary preparations have been completed, there will only be more than 5 million left.
Megan blushed a little, and did not need Hopper to look at her with too many sad eyes. She directly called the richest man in the world and deceived him into paying 20 million U.S. dollars. Helena had to admire that this girl really knew how to do it.
Deceiving people.
Although the price paid is that more emphasis must be placed on the wife of the speech therapist Lionel, and she must be Chinese and played by a small movie star from China. But both the screenwriter and the director Hopper are very good at it.
I have no opinion at all on this.
Stuffing people into a film crew is not just a practice that is only practiced in Hong Kong and Mainland China. American investors are also very familiar with doing this, and they even invented it.
However, after taking the money, you still have to do things.
The screenwriter immediately increased the number of direct appearances of this dispensable character several times, and Hopper also decided to increase the number of her appearances. It cannot be said to be comparable to the three protagonists, but second only to them, so there is no problem.
Well, the most I can do is add some footage of Lionel’s family life.
Under such circumstances, Du Feixing came to the United States in April and joined the crew.
As a Chinese who has never lived in the UK, Du Feixing's English is not very good, let alone classical English. So after she came, in addition to familiarizing herself with the scripts, she also tried her best to learn British classical English.
This spirit of hard work made the serious female teacher sigh with emotion: Chinese people are still the best at learning as before.
Because of her hard work, the filming progress was not delayed. After all, there was another point. Although Mona, played by Du Feixing, appeared, she did not have long lines, let alone rich and exciting characters.
The expression of emotion, so in general, she acted very relaxedly, at least her acting skills were up to par.
Americans don't really like Chinese beauties. What they like are the ones that Chinese people generally think are ugly, with flat noses, small eyes, flat faces... just like that super popular supermodel.
Therefore, Du Feixing, a charming beauty that is loved all over China, looks a bit unattractive to Americans.
However, there are many Americans who like to hunt for novelties, and places like the production crew are even more mixed. In the absence of any good entertainment activities, many people are focusing on Du Feixing.
But in the end, few people dared to take action.
First of all, many people know that Du Feixing was hired by the investors, and the entire crew relied on the investors' 50 million US dollars to be able to film. If the investors were offended, no matter how big the background was, they would have to leave.
The second is that Du Feixing has several female bodyguards around her at all times, almost all of them never leaving her body. How can a woman with such a bodyguard be able to be spied on by a simple person?
And the third reason is because Du Feixing likes to be quiet. During filming, if she doesn't have a scene, she will watch how the director and actors communicate and shoot. After the filming is over, she will go back to her room to rest.
He doesn't attend any parties at all, and there's no way to hook up with him.
Therefore, the person closest to Du Feixing is Miss Megan, the producer of the movie.
As soon as Megan saw Du Feixing's battle, she knew that she was really Xiao Qi's woman, because both Tang Mingxiang and little Taylor had such female bodyguards around them.
Although she secretly scolded men as not being good, as time went by, Megan fell in love with this little woman who was as quiet as Danju.
Her personality is quite bold and masculine. A delicate woman like Du Feixing is just right to her liking, making her willing to take care of Du Feixing. Although the age of the two girls is that Du Feixing is
Feixing is seven years older than Meghan! But no matter how she looks at Meghan, she looks more like her sister.
So, no matter what happened, Megan would go to Du Feixing's room to eat and chat.
Although Du Feixing doesn't like too complicated environments, she still likes a carefree and cheerful woman like Megan, so the two women get along well.
The progress of "The King's Speech" was not too fast, and with sufficient funds, Hopper wanted to make a more classic movie, so he often couldn't shoot more than a few scenes in a day.
But neither the actors nor the staff had any intention of complaining.
Because the actors knew that "The King's Speech" was going to compete for Oscars, they all wanted to perform better and get a nomination. It would be even better if they could win an award.
The staff are mainly interested in making money. As long as you pay enough, they will be eager to keep filming no matter how long the filming lasts.
We were shooting the movie in a small town, and there weren't many lively and prosperous entertainment venues around. In fact, it became a bit boring after a long time.
But these actors and staff are all very professional, so generally the atmosphere is still very energetic.
That night, after work was over, Megan came over to have dinner with a bottle of red wine and a smile on her face.
Du Feixing's female bodyguards are not used to Americans' stupid and thick food, so every time they have a break, they drive to nearby towns and buy a lot of condiments and ingredients to cook Chinese dishes.
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For Meghan, many Chinese dishes are appetizing, and they are much better than those fried and roasted things.
Of course Du Feixing would like to have such a little sister come over for dinner. It is lively when there are many people.
Of course, the simple Du Feixing didn't know that Megan had "sinister" intentions in befriending her so well.
There is sufficient funding for the filming of this film, but if you want to hit the Oscars, you must spend a lot of money on public relations!
Hope Pictures has little money to begin with, and the crew has even less money, so naturally the publicity and public relations funds will fall on Xiao Qi, the culprit!
Megan has already asked Xiao Qi for funding twice. If she asks her again, she is afraid that she will be beaten up by Xiao Qi, so it is best to leave this matter to Xiao Qi's woman, who is also an important supporting role in this movie.
On Du Feixing’s body!
As long as the relationship is established, and you beg this kind-hearted silly woman to let her blow the pillow, it will probably be done! (To be continued...)