Chapter 118： Awards season is coming

The so-called awards season is actually an evaluation of the works of the film industry this year.

At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, major awards and judging activities in North America were held one after another, giving a panoramic view of the year's best films. The many awards and the intensive interval time also formed the awards season in terms of name and form.

In a narrow sense, it refers to various film awards held from December to February of the following year, such as the Golden Satellite Award, Annie Award and other awards categories, film practitioners such as the Producers Union, Directors Guild, Actors Guild, etc. The three forms of the trade union association awards, as well as the major film critics association awards in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, etc., will finally end with the awarding of the Golden Globes and the Oscars, which is the Oscars season in the general concept.

Anyway, the nomination list will be announced intensively in December, and then the Oscar nomination luncheon will be held. In mid-January, there will be the Golden Globe Awards, the finale, and mid-February will be the prelude to the Oscar ceremony.

After a whole **, even if it is a summary of last year.

Also because of this, almost every year Oscar's PR is very busy during this time, and January to February are the days when they are constantly turning around, and it is also the peak time for the most frequent parties and receptions throughout the year.

At this time, Hollywood has a feeling of an industrial social season, and stars from all walks of life are frequently dispatched. Celebrities such as film critics, senior directors, producers, etc. have become the objects of flattery by Olympic opponents this season... This is often the most popular and concentrated two months of the year for unspoken rules, not only It's just sensuality and sex/hospitality, but the exchange of interests involved in it is so frequent that it's hard to surprise everyone.

In the future, Harvey Weinstein can be exposed to so many harassment incidents, but how many of them are actually his initiative?

Anyway, if your reputation is ruined, you don't mind other people's black feet and whitewashing yourself.

Of course, it doesn't mean that he is innocent. There is no black and white thing here, so naturally he cannot escape this conclusion.

However, these alone do not mean that these so-called awards selections are full of black scenes.

There are rules, but first of all your players are the ones who can enter the game.

So if you want to enter the nomination list, you still have to rely on the quality of the work - at least there must be something that can be touted and some advantages, and the foundation should not be too bad.

After getting a different look from the film critics, I only have a ticket to enter the game. At this time, what means can there be room for display.

Then, if you have money, throw money at it, buy the services of public relations companies legally, and ask them to help lobby the judges.

If you are reluctant to spend money or your net worth is not rich enough, but you want to have awards to help you develop your career, or even take a shot at Oscar, at this time, the Eight Immortals will show their magic powers.

Agents, contacts made in circles, your own body... all roads lead to Rome, as long as you can get the slightest chance, you can contact the judges, change their attitude, and what to do, it's all up to you things that should be implemented.

If you want to get it, how can you do it without paying? Whether it's worth it is up to you to figure out.

However, generally speaking, times have changed, and at this level there are very few pure ****, and more common is an allocation of resources in the circle, such as meeting big people, helping to pull investment, and even Money hints.

As for the provision of the body, it can only be said that it is your own wish, and it is just a gift when you win over, and it does not have much impact on the overall situation.

On the contrary, in the small awards with low attention and high operability, there will be actors who are willing to offer their services in exchange for a chance, even if this does not guarantee that you will win the award, it just means that the odds are higher. point. Again, it's a question of whether it's worth it. Whatever you do, you have to think for yourself.

Of course, for Oscar, the rules of the game will be more obscure and strict.

Their attention is too high, the number of judges is too large, and they will be closely watched over the years. Apart from spending money to hire relevant public relations companies, there are fewer tricks for partiality, and it can be relatively fair.

After all, there are so many jury members, if there is no suitable way to provide them, you don't even know who to turn to for help, how can you do public relations?

And these are also resources, and even developed into a business. Is it suitable for admission? Of course, you have to use money to open the way.

So going back to the group of people who hit the Oscars, it all ended up being one point: Franklin didn't work.

As long as you have money, the public relations company will screen out suitable lobbyists for you and use various means of exchange to impress them; as long as you have money, they will try their best to promote your work and get a vote for you.

This approach is on the bright side, and Oscar doesn't even shy away from it.

Reasonable and legal things, why do you avoid them? Presidential elections, and what about political donations? I have not seen any disagreement with the US law.

What are you afraid of, even the list of receipts is clear and verifiable, and the charges are fair and reasonable.

Therefore, in theory, as long as all the members of the judging team with nearly 1,000 people are publicized once, and the astronomical fee is paid, you can be nominated 100%, and as long as your work meets the minimum level of Oscar selection, the water will come out. An Oscar statuette is nothing.

The later "Bomb Handler" successfully won the best picture among many competitors by virtue of the money offensive.

Of course, there is also a question of whether it is worth it. After all, the purpose of making movies is to make money, and if you want to use the awards to expand your popularity and sell for a good price, then the expenditure on public relations expenses must not be too exaggerated.

Otherwise, who would make a loss-making business?

The entire awards season is completely packaged, which in turn promotes the intensification of competition between films.

All contestants who want to win the prize can only passively or actively invest money in it to ensure that they are at least not discriminated against - Steven Spielberg of "Saving Private Ryan" ate this The loss, too proud, unwilling to cater to, ended up being overturned by Miramax's "Shakespeare in Love", missing the best film of the year.

Originally, all the film critics were optimistic about this World War II masterpiece, but so what? Not overturned yet.

This also makes everyone more and more respect the rules set by the judges - under such a vicious circle, coupled with the increasingly serious factors of political correctness, Oscar's reputation is also getting worse.

However, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, at least in the past few years, the gold content of the award is still being recognized.

As a result, the entire gray economic industry that has developed may be more caring than the awards season itself. Those professional lobbying companies in Hollywood earn only a few months of money a year, but they also live fertile and profitable.

So, in the long run, will it lead to the result that bad money drives out good money?

Anyway, no one cares, does it? Let time decide it all.

It's not the so-called shady scenes, nor is it dreamy, beautiful, fair and sunny, just as Hollywood is never a place where hard work and acting skills can succeed...

Of course Lyman knew this, and he didn't have the same self-confidence as Steven Spielberg.

On the contrary, he is very cautious and willing to abide by this form of industry rules.

After all, if you can really win the prize, your income will definitely be more direct and better than your investment.

He thought about it all, plus the revenue from the two films, a large part of it went to him, oh no, most of it was the studio's mutual revenue.

He discussed with Ryan, and Ryan agreed with his idea of ​​trying.

As a result, this PR fee will be paid to CAA from the account of Mann Studio.

The separation of public and private can last for a long time. Lyman has been paying attention to this aspect and his relationship with Ryan.

They are partners, and this emotional foundation should not deteriorate.

The cost of public relations is quite high, a full 5 million US dollars, if not for Europa Films, it would have to bear half of it.

Sure enough, what You said, it all depended on Franklin to open the way. Human feelings, once used, will be lost once.

As the money arrived, CAA immediately started relevant actions.

Paramount Pictures is still insisting on the release of "Three Silly Bollywood", which is screened in a small number of theaters. Recently, the box office of the single theater has suddenly increased.

Moreover, the name of the film began to be mentioned at the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards on January 3.

There is no doubt that is about to start brushing qualifications and prepare to get a pass for the Oscar selection.

Also from that day on, the title of the film kept appearing frequently.

The Directors Guild and the Film Critics Union have all received relevant nominations and won.

At the Golden Satellite Awards, (also known as the Little Golden Globes), like the Golden Globes, it was selected by the American journalists and media people. In fact, even the relevant organizing organization is a division of the American Press Association. It is also one of the Oscar weather vanes, and it is one of the most important selection awards in Hollywood.

Well, with the efforts of CAA, "Three Silly Trouble in Bollywood" was nominated again.

Then came the Houston Film Critics Association Award, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award and a large number of niche awards, which also received nominations one after another or were simply scheduled for awards.

Games? It gets boring when you play it all the time, and awards season too.

However, Lehman has not come to North America yet, because Kevin Howian said that he can rush over on the eve of February, and the previous ones can be done without showing up, and the judges of the relevant selection will not feel disrespected ( That's what Steven Spielberg got the judges off the hook for).

After getting so many nominations, the style has also begun to be shaped. In the entire foreign language film, "Three Silly Bollywood" can be said to be the top one, and it has the feeling of being in the limelight.

It is also the one with the highest expectations among the selection lists...

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