Let me know what you think in the comments. I wish one of them worked out like The Producers and brought us an accidental hit, which still might happen someday. What's your take on these movies and the people behind them? And all these streamers want content, so they're not worried about chap options, as long as they can capitalize on famous people. Now, you're cruising on Netflix and press play, with little to no risk. You could pick them up in the Walmart bargain bin for $5, see a star's face, and take a chance. This is the same strategy that used to be done with "straight to video" movies with Steven Segal on the cover. They're very popular all over the world, especially on streaming sites that need a star's face to get you to click and watch.
They're playing roles that are front and center on the poster but maybe the equivalent of a walk-on, or even a minor character.Īnd it's not just Emmett doing these kinds of movies.
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These are people who used to get a lot of great movie roles, but now want to make millions over a few days. And he did it well, building his own franchises like the Escape Plan series, along with luring huge stars like Stallone, De Niro, and even John Malkovich. This kind of genius was easily replicable and efficient. Along the way, forgo union writers and directors whenever possible, keep shooting days to a minimum, and film on location in places like Puerto Rico, where the local government offers filmmakers tax credits that can be sold on the open market for 90 cents on the dollar." "There’s a crude, blunt brilliance to Emmett’s filmmaking formula: Accept money from just about anyone willing to hand it over, offer vast sums of it to an aging star for a day or two of work, then leverage that actor’s name to presell the movie in foreign markets. Grab stars who were fading, offer them lots of money for a little work, and leverage their power overseas to get the financing together to make a movie they could sell. He saw how movies were made and financed and had a good idea. While he's worked with Scorsese on Silence and The Irishman, he rose in Hollywood after being Mark Wahlberg's assistant (Turtle in Entourage is based on him). They followed an incredibly successful Geezer Teaser producer named Randall Emmett, who has over 100+ titles to his name. Vulture got there first and published a whole breakdown of how these movies get made. These low-budget affairs are called "Geezer Teasers." They're genre movies that star older actors and cater to the direct-to-video (or streaming) market.īut what's the process behind these movies, and how do they make money? Who gets rich off them? I decided to take a peek into the world when I was up late scrolling through some particularly bad options on streaming sites.
I downloaded the demo from Linplug site, on the legacy downloads and i get the following message 'failed to load Audio Unit Albino 3, contact the manufacturer for an updated version or further assistance'.
They might have a rotund Steven Segal toting a gun, or Nic Cage hunting an albino lion. Albino 3.2.1 does not work on Logic X, OS El Capitan. You've probably seen clips of these often-terrible movies floating around on Twitter or other forms of social media. What's the best job in Hollywood? You might think it's living your dream as a writer or director, but what if it's actually being an aging actor who works one to two days a month on low-budget movies that pay extremely well? I have also demoed Albino, but ended up with Predator and Blue instead since i prefered the raw sound you could get out of them, but i also have Albino on my wishlist so i will have all the three Rob Papen synths in my collectionīut for more ambient pads and arpeggios i would choose Albino.Old actors are cashing in on a few days' work. Predator is also more aimed at the dance and trance scene which you probably discovered while you demoed them, so is Albino but albino also has a lot of ambient sounds for more laidback music.
Predator has also the most flexible vocoder i have seen in a vst and it sounds damn good, and you can use the PredatorFX.dll as a vocoder with the built in synth right on the audio track with only 1 intance of PredatorFX. Predator also has a fx unit so you can use it as a effect or as a synth so you get 2 dll´s. Albino and Predator have a simmilar feature set, but there is where it all ends.īoth of them have different character in the sound where Predator can sound both warm and raw, and Albino has a more mellow sound (I Prefer Predator).