Chapter 252 Find yourself a sword hanging over your head
Although many of the previous memes cannot be used due to the times, the tone of the film will not change in Murphy's plan. "Deadpool" not only needs to satisfy the original comic fans, but also please mainstream audiences. Xiao Jianjian also has to break the fourth wall from time to time to directly shout to the audience, mocking the concept of superheroes, but also not forgetting to talk to the people. He also jokes about the concept of superheroes while making fun of celebrities and various messy events in North America.
In the storyboard artwork where Murphy has already started painting, you can see Deadpool using lip balm shortly after the opening, because there is a famous meme in the "Deadpool" comic. He posted a band-aid for Wolverine, which is full of celebrity.
Just like Robert Downey Jr. mentioned him and Leonardo DiCaprio, since the actors have changed, those jokes about the Green Lantern Legion will certainly be useless, but Robert Downey Jr. can completely tease himself in the film.
The previous bed and drama meme was a joke about the "Star Wars" series. There would be such a scene in the script. When Deadpool and Vanessa were intimate, Vanessa would say that he would ride me like Master Yoda riding on Luke's back. Wade replied that this was a joke from "Star Wars", and the heroine said it was "Imperial Strikes Back".
At this time, on the bed, Jian Jian was holding the heroine Vanessa Carlysler from behind.
Of course, there are also jokes about other superheroes, such as the little spider who is surprised by the other two big mouths.
Also, Murphy accepted James Franco's suggestion and planned to add a little about Batman.
For example, when Deadpool describes his relationship with his landlord’s wife, we are like Batman and Robin, but she is older and darker, and she loves me. Wait, I’m sure Robin loves Batman too!
Murphy also doesn't give up the opportunity to make fun of himself. Deadpool will break the fourth wall and directly fire at the director, as well as the director. For example, there will be no shortage of lines such as inexperienced directing a superhero movie for the first time.
Several people discussed it until very late. When Bill Rossis left, he specifically reminded Murphy, "Can the final script be confirmed as soon as possible, and the guarantee company has been waiting. Our project still needs financing!"
The financing investment method adopted by 20th Century Fox is essential for the completion guarantee.
"I know." Murphy certainly knew this.
He sent these people away and returned to the backyard. The backyard was not a mess, but there was also a lot of garbage. Gal Gadot was standing by the pool, holding a clip with a long handle to clean the peels that fell on the ground.
"Hey, dear."
Murphy asked her to come over the weekend to relax, not to be a servant for herself. She quickly walked over and snatched the clip from her hand, "Don't worry about this, the people from the housekeeping company will come to clean up tomorrow."
"Pick these peels away first," Gal Gadot picked up the garbage bag next to him and walked to the table, collecting the remaining peels, "It's still very hot now, and it will change tomorrow."
She turned her head to look at Murphy, "Do you want our backyard to become a stinky dump."
"Of course not." Murphy also walked over to help.
The two of them had been busy for less than ten minutes and simply finished cleaning up the backyard and walked back to the main building together. On the way here, Gal Gadot kept thinking, as if they had encountered some troubles.
Gal Gadot first took Murphy to the bathroom on the first floor to wash his hands. When they went upstairs together, Murphy saw her strangeness and couldn't help asking, "Dear, do you have any worries?"
"I just came to Los Angeles," Gal Gadot complained, "You're leaving."
"I'm just going to Australia to shoot, I'll be back soon, and I'll have to wait two months before going." Murphy took her hand and whispered to comfort her, "The maximum shooting is two months. There are holidays on weekends, and I'll be back."
Gal Gadot just complained, knew Murphy's career aspirations, and admired him, and immediately shook his head, "I'll go find you then."
Murphy put his arms around her waist and gently kissed Gal Gadot's cheek.
In the next two days, after collecting a lot of suggestions, he quickly completed the final script, and then met with Cara Fais from the film guarantee company.
In the previous three films, the crew also introduced a guarantee for the film. However, Murphy is more of a pure director. Apart from knowing the representatives of the guarantor stationed in the crew and working with the other party in a good manner, he has never actually participated in the process of introducing a guarantee for the film. This time, he simply accompanied Cara Fais to complete this work.
In Hollywood, art and science have jointly created the prosperity of this industry. Commercial computing requires scientific support, especially in the discovery and mining of data, which is a powerful tool for business success in Hollywood. Since the birth of Hollywood, market research has been established. The accumulated data and the tools that evolved from this are the strong cornerstones of Hollywood's industry.
According to market research, the producer will determine the investment of the film and then raise funds from the outside. In order to ensure the real purpose of the investment, the investor will inevitably use certain supervision measures. The film-finishing guarantee system is undoubtedly the most powerful guarantee.
Hollywood's film industry has long evolved from homework forms and handicrafts to high-tech era of large-scale industrialization, and the industrialization of production management naturally emerged.
The entire Hollywood film production management actually has a text system, and everyone will follow this production system. The guarantee for film completion is a critical need for Hollywood and is part of the entire production system.
Production is the starting point of the entire film industry chain, and film completion guarantee is a special division of labor that concentrates on industrialization in production management.
The crew of "Deadpool" introduced the American AIA Insurance Company, which provides film-finishing guarantee services not only by producers, but also by investment institutions such as banks and funds.
In Hollywood, for all production companies, being able to obtain support for film-finishing guarantees is the key to bank or fund-financial financing, and it even determines whether overseas distribution companies will provide pre-sale financing to the producers. For distribution companies, the confirmation of film-finishing guarantees means that the film is delivered to the distribution company as scheduled, and therefore the producers, directors, and other main creators will actively cooperate with the "hard" management of the film-finishing guarantee companies in advance and during the process.
Murphy is no exception. He is already used to this system in Hollywood.
When the two parties signed the agreement, it stipulated that during the filming in Australia, the representatives of the guarantee company on the crew would communicate or meet with Murphy and Cara Fais every day or call to determine the shooting plan for the next day. They would send it to various departments and personnel of the crew the night before to ensure that the shooting plan for the next day is rules and not waste money due to wasting time.
Of course, not all film projects can be guaranteed by insurance companies, and Hollywood has unreliable premature film projects. If a project has problems, it will be a big trouble for insurance companies.
Just as Hollywood film companies review investment projects, every commercial company will not easily release the green light for commercial activities, nor will it guarantee a project with just one script.
In order to obtain support from AIA, so that the crew can pre-sale and financing as soon as possible, Murphy and Carla Fiss submitted a series of basic documents to AIA to evaluate the project.
The first is the final script, which is the prerequisite for the crew to shoot.
The script submitted and confirmed after the script was submitted, unless the director and investor reached a consensus on major changes during the filming process, they could only be slightly changed. Projects like King of Sunglasses that started filming without a script cannot obtain a guarantee for the completion of the film. However, King of Sunglasses comes to Hollywood to shoot movies, and also needs to have a script first.
The second is the budget table for online and offline costs. Murphy's plan was formulated in this regard, and 20th Century Fox made some revisions on this basis.
The third is a 20-100-day shooting plan. If the time is too short or too long, it is not conducive to risk control and it is difficult to pass the internal audit of the insurance company.
Hollywood film shooting generally takes between 30-80 days, and the shooting plan requirements provided accordingly are very accurate, so as to ensure accurate shooting operation. For investors, if they are out of the plan, overspending may lead to the project becoming unrecognizable on the final financial book, which of course means that the investment risk will increase sharply.
Murphy's plan is to complete the shooting within two months, and there is no problem at all.
Finally, the shooting budget is here.
The more detailed the budget table during the shooting period, the more conducive it is to evaluate the rationality of the project. The film guarantee company will compare the daily reports during the shooting period to supervise the implementation of the project. If there is any change, the film guarantee company will first communicate with the producer and director to how to complete the plan in the remaining shooting.
However, if the problem is very serious and the contradictions are irreconcilable, the guarantee party of the completion of the project will freeze the co-managed bank account and even take over the entire project.
Because Murphy and Cara Fais prepared very well, "Deadpool" was a project from 20th Century Fox, the crew soon signed a formal agreement with AIA.
Perhaps it was a personal participation. Murphy read this agreement very seriously for the first time, especially the link that would have a significant impact on him as a director.
During the filming of "Deadpool", the film-finishing guarantee will send representatives to the crew to supervise on-site. The producer and director team must submit daily reports, crew-related information and next-day shooting plan every day. The film-finishing guarantee will check whether it is consistent with the plan to ensure that it is carried out according to the expected goals and settings.
According to the agreement between the two parties, in order to effectively allow Carla Fiss' production department and Murphy's creative department to implement the plan on schedule and budget, the film-finishing guarantee company will establish a joint co-management account with the crew, and the investment funds of the pre-sale party and investors will be transferred to the co-management account as agreed after the film-finishing guarantee party confirms that the producer fulfills the contract.
AIA can be transparent and can use bank accounts with substantial intervention to restrict the crew's withdrawal of investment funds. Once Murphy and Cara Fais violate the plan and overspend the interests of investors, the guarantee party for the completion of the film has the right to freeze the account and take over the film in accordance with the completion guarantee agreement, including changing the director and producer to complete the delivery of the film to the distribution company, bear the expenses required for the completion of the film after the takeover, and protect the interests of investors.
Of course, this situation is only the bottom line of the completion guarantee agreement. Unless it must be triggered, the completion guarantee party will not exercise it.
With this kind of supervision restrictions on producers and crew, Hollywood is not short of a steady stream of investment.
Chapter completed!