Chapter 490

In the whole movie, the most dangerous thing is that the little protagonist Kevin, sitting on a ski, slides down the stairs on the second floor of his house, rushes out of the gate, and hits the snowdrift in the yard.

This section must use split shots, and the scene of sliding down the stairs must also be a dummy.

Otherwise, if something goes wrong, not to mention the relationship with Jim and McCauley, not only will you lose money and be condemned by conscience, the movie may also be banned.

As for the scene where the little guy rushed to his room at the end, used the rope to descend, and escaped to the small tree house, it was the least problematic.

The steel cable and the safety lock on the back can support Li Changheng without any problem, and for Macaulay, a 6-year-old child, there will be no safety problems.

It took two days until the little guy was fixed on a skateboard, pulled by ropes, rushed out of the yard from the gate of the villa, and hit the snowdrift.

Horn, who personally held the film camera, gave a thumbs up, and there was a huge cheer at the scene.

The estimated 2-month shooting was completed in 46 days, and the cost was directly saved by nearly 500,000 US dollars.

In addition to the living place, the villas and villas for shooting are all provided by Grosvenor.

There is no need to spend money to make artificial snow, and the budget of 3 million US dollars is directly left, leaving a full 900,000.

Subtract the entire crew, plus the actors' £250,000, or almost $650,000.

That is to say, the various expenses during the filming of the film intensified group only cost 1.45 million US dollars.

As for the later stage, if you don’t need to do special effects, you don’t actually spend much money.

Moreover, the completion of a film is actually only half of the work completed.

Needless to say, dubbing, music and the like in post-production.

The most important editing, in many cases, can even determine whether a movie can be successful or not.

And this most important job, you already know what you want in your mind.

Even for Li Changheng, who had the whole movie in his mind, it was the easiest and most trouble-free link.

It takes a professional editor ten days or half a month to understand what the whole movie is about, and then start to think about how to edit it with the director.

In Li Changheng's place, it turned into a week, and he rough-cut the first version.

After that, it will be cut, and then the dubbing, soundtrack, subtitles, etc. will be completed in post-production.

On December 3, the main creator of the entire film was invited to 306 Regent Street, the first old theater in London history to screen films.

Watch the official first version of the film, understand what the whole film is like, and at the same time provide comments, see what needs to be changed, or even reshoot.

As for why Regent Street was chosen, of course it was Li Changheng who bought it.

Three months ago, when Li Changheng decided to make a movie and asked people to find a suitable theater, it was beyond his expectations.

At least 60% of theaters in London are losing money, and the more central they are, the more they are losing money.

Even the oldest theater at No. 306 Regent Street, since 1951, in order to maintain its business, it actually shows some colorful movies at midnight while performing dramas and operas.

Although countries such as France, England, and Italy have long regarded colored films as part of art films.

There are even movies made by some directors, all of which are related to luck, and as long as they are not too explicit, they can be played publicly in theaters.

But there are some things that challenge the acceptance ability of many people, even the bottom line, no matter which country they are in.

So Li Changheng's lawyers made offers for 306 Regent Street, London Leicester Square Theatre, Trafalgar Square Theater and Grosvenor Square Theater.

And publicly promised that these four theaters will no longer play any movies rated as second-level or higher except for operas and dramas in the future.

Immediately won the support of the vast majority of residents near these four theaters.

Even several district councilors in the Westminster area jumped out to support and criticize the owners of the four theaters.

Then naturally, during the negotiations, the four theaters that were still playing those special movies not only made headlines in major London newspapers.

There are also many temporary workers who are invited to hold banners outside the theater in the name of protecting the healthy growth of children to express their dissatisfaction.

What Li Changheng's negotiating team didn't expect was that in just two days, hundreds of temporary workers turned into three or four hundred people who spontaneously resisted.

And as the night goes on, the crowds get bigger.

After the legal team applied to Anne and donated a total of 120,000 pounds to six minor protection funds in the West End of London.

The number of people who resisted directly exceeded a thousand people.

The negotiating team had to do the opposite, let the hired people help the police maintain order, and secretly stare at those guys who took the opportunity to make trouble.

After the people from these six funds began to provide portable coffee to the crowd.

Many pedestrians and shoppers who appeared in these four Westminster districts, the busiest blocks and squares, also began to join in the fun and shouted a few words of boycott.

Then the Grosvenor Square Theater, which was deliberately chosen by Li Changheng, lasted for a week like acting, and it cost 3.14 million pounds.

The 8 million US dollars equivalent to the exchange rate at this time was sold to Li Changheng's offshore company in Cayman.

The other three theaters were faced with plummeting business, and because of the media reports, they were cursed by many people.

After learning that the buyer was willing to pay in US dollars, and the price was increased by 25%, it didn't take long for them to sell to Li Changheng.

And Li Changheng, who bought these four theaters, directly stopped his lawyer team, and wanted to buy a theater in all the bustling streets and squares in London.

He will set his sights on these four theaters, in addition to being located in the West End of London, or the Westminster area.

It is also because these four theaters have long been regarded as thorns in the eyes of many conservative groups.

Of course, these four houses will be watched all the time because of the superior location and the large number of people who go to these four places every day.

Coupled with the fact that Westminster is a traditional rich area, people can't pay attention to the four theaters.

Otherwise, they are not the only ones playing special types of movies in London.

In this case, the calculation of the four theaters can still be prevaricated by the fact that the people are spontaneous.

But if you target theaters in the bustling districts of London, you will offend too many people, and it will make people feel too domineering.

Moreover, from the name of Grosvenor Square, one could tell that this square was developed by the Grosvenor family, and they even retained the property rights of all commercial buildings within the entire square.

Even the US Foreign Embassy, ​​which has set up its foreign mission there, has to pay rent to the Grosvenor family every year.

And Li Changheng was able to buy the independent four-story building covering an area of ​​380 square meters in the square, only by asking Grosvenor to return favors.