Chapter 837 - Lindy Hemming

She has always left the affairs in the East to professional managers, with Mr. Quentin overseeing them, she believes there should be no problems. The increasing revenue from that side also tells her how correct her decision was. However, in doing so, she doesn't have much understanding of that side.

If you were to ask her if there is an IMAX there, she really doesn't know.

After sending Nolan off, Laila called her professional manager to inquire about IMAX.

A professional-level manager would not be unaware of such information. Almost as soon as she asked, he answered, "There are only a few IMAX screens in the entire East, mostly in places like science museums. If I may be blunt, there are too few IMAX films now, mostly documentaries. Moreover, the cost of building a dedicated theater is too high, we can't popularize it now."

"I understand. What I mean is, what if we only build a few in tier-one and tier-two cities? For example, only one or two in cities below tier-two, and one in cities below tier-three."

Even though the film industry in the East has developed considerably due to her influence, pricing remains an issue. The cost of IMAX determines that it cannot be too cheap, and spending a hundred yuan to watch a movie is probably not as good as buying something or eating street food for many people.

So she is not greedy, she just wants to expand this market first, preferably making moviegoers think of their cinemas when they think of IMAX movies. Even if competitors emerge in the future, the word-of-mouth advantage they have gained will make them more competitive.

Laila will not forget that in her previous life, the domestic film industry had developed considerably. At that time, she was pleased to see the development of the film industry, but for her now, those would become her competitors in the future, and formidable competitors at that!

The manager thought about it and agreed with her idea, "If it's just one, I think it should be possible to build. However, Miss Moran, do you really think the future of movies belongs to IMAX?" He is very good at management, but he doesn't have much research on the development of movies.

On this point, Laila is very certain, "Believe me, in a few years, IMAX will become mainstream." By then, if a blockbuster doesn't have something like IMAX, they will be too embarrassed to call themselves a blockbuster!

The manager understood her meaning and promised to start arranging it as soon as the funds arrived.

After asking about the usual operating conditions and receiving a very satisfactory answer, Laila finally hung up the phone contentedly.

Making movies is her dream, and making money is her interest. With each movie she makes, her sense of achievement is unparalleled. And with each sum of money she earns, she can also feel the joy from within.

It's said that when you have too much money, it becomes just a string of numbers, with no feeling. She thinks this probably varies from person to person. At least, when she sees the growing number, she cannot deceive herself about the happiness in her heart.

When she throws herself into a movie, Laila's work efficiency is quite high. Under her leadership, the final script was completed in less than a month and distributed to all the actors. This also means that the crew needs to be established as soon as possible, and filming will start soon.

In filmmaking, the role of the director is very important. Not only will they be busy during filming, but they will also be very busy before filming. Some people don't ask about anything and leave everything to others to handle, but it's difficult for them to get what they want.

When it comes to anything related to movies, Laila never settles. Her films have been particularly focused on visuals since the early days, not to mention the two horror films at the beginning. Probably starting from "Kill Bill," fans have found that no matter when they pause, the images displayed are beautiful enough to be used as desktop backgrounds.

With money to spare, from the second film onwards, Laila has never been short of money. This allows her to create the effects she wants without regard to cost, props, costumes, and so on, everything can be done according to her wishes.

With such a director who is not short of money and has OCD, how bad can the movies she makes be?

Take the upcoming "The Dark Knight" for example, just Batman's suit alone has cost the crew a lot of effort.

"This suit uses a very complex tailoring technique, made up of over 200 independent pieces of rubber, fiberglass, nylon shards, and metal mesh. See the helmet? We used a design with a safety hood, the neck part is not connected, so Batman can turn his head and move his body more conveniently."

Listening to the designer's introduction, Laila looked at the Batman suit in front of her.

In the movie, Batman seems quite cunning, if his muscles aren't enough, he'll make up for it with clothes. Now that the suit is in front of her, that feeling is even more pronounced. Look at these piece by piece of "fake muscles," how much "muscle mass" does he have to add when he puts it on?

Of course, this is just her complaint. If she were to say it out loud, she would probably get a lot of fans rolling their eyes. It can't be denied that Batman looks really cool in the suit, very admirable. After all, among superheroes, there are very few heroes without superpowers. Just based on this, Laila will continue to support him even if he wears a suit with more muscle mass.

Today is the day to finalize the costumes for several important characters, not only Batman's suit has been brought over, but the Joker's costume has also been sent over.

To design the costume for this character, designer Lindy Hemming, like Roy, immersed herself in piles of comics and devoted herself to studying the character's personality traits.

She is a very professional costume designer, who has designed costumes for many excellent films, including several 007 films, as well as "Tomb Raider," and so on. Even the previous "Batman Begins" was designed by her.

When she heard that Laila was going to take on a new film, she thought she might be replaced. Because she knew that when Laila came, Janet would most likely come too, and even she couldn't compare to Janet, who had won the Best Costume Design Oscar three times.

What she didn't expect was that director Laila personally sought her out and expressed great admiration for her understanding of the character and the costumes she designed. This made Lindy very happy. To be recognized by a director like Laila was very important to her. Therefore, she is determined not to disappoint the director this time and must come up with the design she hopes for!

"The character of the Joker is very distinctive, my understanding is that he is very evil, somewhat neurotic. So I think his costume will definitely not be serious, it should have a messy, decadent, and sharp feeling."