Hollywood superstars: Start as a child star

On-campus Screening Ceremony

Claire and their grade tutor, Professor Freden, also came to the film show.

The opening of this year’s film festival was more lively than in previous years. The news that Claire wrote and directed the film had already spread to the news media through word of mouth among students on campus. There were a lot of reporters at the scene today, and there were also a lot of fans who looked like Claire at first sight.

Claire’s fans are easy to recognize. They have agreed to use blue as their representative color. As long as you see girls wearing blue headbands, scarves and capes, you will know that they are right.

In name, this on-campus film festival is a private event, but the school turned a blind eye. The powerful media reporters sneaked in.

The on-site red carpet is very simple compared to major film festivals and fashion conferences. However, David was still very excited when he saw the short red carpet. This is the red carpet!

“Let’s go! Don’t stay there, let’s go together!” Murphy urged.

Claire and her group of eight people were divided into two rows and walked across the red carpet.

“Claire!”

“Claire! We love you!”

“…” Although there are not that many fans at the scene, the momentum cannot be lost!

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“Claire is really popular!” David exclaimed. This was the first time he intuitively felt Claire’s popularity. It could be so lively in a small school.

The works of each group are distributed in different screening rooms and shown in a loop. The screening room is very small and can only seat a dozen or twenty people, making it the size of a small classroom.

The screening room with the poster of “This Man Is From Earth” posted at the door has long been occupied. Claire and other creators and mentors including Freden squeezed in with difficulty.

The room that could only accommodate more than 20 people was crammed into a room with more than 40 people. It was really crowded.

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After finally getting quiet, the movie started.

There are no fancy studio or distributor presentations in the film’s title sequence, just the names of the six members of the team.

Everyone was very excited to see their names appear on the screen.

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At the beginning, everyone thought this was a science fiction movie, from the title of the movie “This Man Came from Earth” to Claire’s own slogan of “soft science fiction”. The ability of science fiction movies to burn money is obvious to all.

Everyone in the industry, ordinary students, and even fans believe that it was Claire who showed her ability to make money. Determined to invest a lot of money and crush his classmates in the final screening.

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This caused many people to complain, feeling that even if they won in the end, it would be a weak victory. Who can have as much money as you, and have so much off-field support, the starting line is different.

But now, when everyone actually sees this movie, they are all dumbfounded.

What a simple movie!

It was filmed in an old house from beginning to end, and not even an alien was seen. There are no intense lightsaber battles, no close-ups of the universe or Earth.

However, the words that came out from the mouths of scientists, historians, psychologists, and philosophers in this room made the audience have an orgasm inside their heads!

This…this is incredible! Reasonability is shown in the absurd narrative. When you believe that everything is logical, you ask yourself, isn’t it all absurd?

Everyone’s hearts were filled with excitement…

This was the first time for David to completely watch the movie he starred in. When he read the script, he knew it was very exciting, but after watching it on the screen for the first time, he just wanted to say, this is This is probably the best movie he has made since he has been inactive for more than ten years. Although the investment is only more than 20,000 US dollars, his salary is almost a quarter… Instructor

Freden was no more surprised than anyone present. few people.

His first instinctive thought was – where did Claire buy the movie script? It’s so amazing! I really want him to introduce him to the screenwriter behind the scenes!

The second thought is that Claire’s camera skills are not bad. Although this scene is extremely monotonous and does not allow the director to show his talents, Claire’s mature use makes this rather dull scene full of story.

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“Come! Let’s drink!” After the screening, Claire and the others held a celebration banquet. Celebrating the successful completion of the film and the overwhelming response!

“In addition, I have another piece of good news to share with you!” Claire said mysteriously.

“What’s the good news?” the students asked one after another.

“That is…”The Man from Earth” will be put on the big screen and released in Disney theaters!” Claire announced the good news.

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In fact, he will eventually cooperate with Disney theaters, which is a result that Claire herself did not expect. When he decided to move the movie to theaters, he habitually went to 20th Century Fox, the company behind Roxy. They are all acquaintances, and previous cooperation has been quite smooth.

Claire and Fox also made a lot of concessions when it came to the distribution of distribution profits, allowing theaters to take the lion’s share. After all, for a small film like this that costs 20,000 US dollars, copying a few more sources will probably result in losses. 20th Century Fox has promised to show the film in 500 theaters in the theater chain, but they will not do it any more.

Claire was hesitant because he disliked the small number of theaters. But there is no other way. If people are willing to release such a weird and weird movie, it is already for Claire’s sake. Just when Claire was about to agree…

During this period, Claire was still negotiating with Disney about the contract for the second and third parts of “Pirates of the Caribbean”. Disney is planning to shoot two or three movies back to back, and shoot them all at once, which will save the actors’ pay and time.

Of course, their confidence is also based on the huge value embodied in the IP of “Pirates of the Caribbean”. Because for Disney, a hardcore player in operating IP, the 700 million global box office earned by “Pirates of the Caribbean 1” is not their main source of income. The real big deal is the derivatives from the film, from VCD discs to IP licensing of clothing, toys, books and other brands, which makes a lot of money.

Just looking at Disney’s [Disneyland] around the world, after the global release of “Pirates of the Caribbean”, the number of visitors to the park has also increased significantly. Disney is also very keenly aware of the money flow behind the “pirate culture”, and decisively announced that it will add a “Brave Adventure” area to major parks around the world, expanding the original pirate ship amusement facility into a comprehensive one. Paradise Zone.

As of December 2000, “Pirates of the Caribbean 1” had grabbed a box office of 700 million, second only to the 900 million box office reached by “Spider-Man 1” at the beginning of the year, becoming the annual box office runner-up.