Chapter 623： Project TV series

Gambling has always been a common method in the film and television industry.

Such as guaranteed distribution, cinema quota (the screen that is determined at the beginning and the uniqueness of at least a period of time in the future, such as some blockbusters hit the street, why can they continue to be released, there is protection of interests in this area), as well as with actors It is also a gamble that the starring contract signed by the big name reduces the salary and gets the box office share.

However, many bets have become the rules.

It's like splitting the production account based on the ratings. In fact, a set of rules has been formed. How much is given when it breaks 3, and how much is divided when it breaks 4? Everyone actually has such a standard in their hearts.

And what Lehmann proposed is not too much, because it is the prospect of gambling projects, but who can say about the prospect of the market?

Bill McNico couldn't find a reason not to.

As long as the ratings do not exceed 6, Fox will always take advantage under the same conditions. Moreover, even if the average rating exceeds 6, it will not lose much, but the project revenue will be distributed to Firefly.

Lehman chatted with Bill McNico for a while, and asked earnestly, "So, will we cooperate according to this standard?"

"Of course." Bill McNico took a sip of coffee, put down the cup and said, "Fox may not participate in the production of the project, but the best partner for the subsequent broadcast rights will always be Fox."

"It's limited to this TV series."

"No." Bill McNico laughed.

"Looks like I didn't think much of it." Lehmann also smiled.

Now that the words have been spoken.

Then the atmosphere that followed was much more harmonious, and as for the trivial matter of blocking fire, it was completely insignificant.

After chatting for about ten more minutes, Bill McNichol said that the company had something to leave, and Lehman also stood up and politely sent him off.

Back at the company, Lehmann took the report below and watched it.

He left special personnel in the production department responsible for sorting out the production progress of each project, so as to avoid problems that he did not understand, and also supervise each project by the way.

——Although Lehmann seldom cares about how to shoot, he still attaches great importance to the general direction.

According to the report, "Little Miss Sunshine" has already selected most of the actors, and has entered the stage of setting - the last step before shooting.

Because the budget of the movie itself is not much - after all, the cost is small.

The selected actors are basically similar to the original time and space. They are composed of director Jonathan Dayton and his wife Valerie Faris, who relied on the friendship during the filming of the MV and some familiar young actors who had dealt with them.

Perhaps, the biggest brand in the whole film is Alan Arkin, who plays the witty character of grandpa. This old drama bone has been very good in many good box office movies such as "Edward Scissorhands" and "Eros". performance, and after reading the script, the old actor still acted with zero pay because of his favor, saving the actor's heaviest expenditure.

As for Greg Kinnear's father role, the **** painter and Jack Nicholson ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" Mike, "The Shining" writer Jack, "Old Edition" The Joker in Batman) is a powerful actor who is on the same stage, and because of the "traffic theory" that is gradually emerging in Hollywood, there are few opportunities to participate in the work, so he joined the crew at a cabbage price of 30,000 US dollars.

The rest, such as Steve Carlisle and Toni Collett, lived at the bottom of Hollywood, joining with $10,000 and $8,000 respectively.

The only trouble is the heroine Olive, who needs a very young girl (no more than 10 years old).

For this reason, the crew auditioned more than 300 little girls from major brokerage companies before choosing Abigail Breslin.

This little girl is not beautiful, and she is not as delicate as a doll of ordinary girl stars, but she is just pleasing to look at, with a big face, and when she smiles, she shows two small pear vortexes - charming and innocent. Be cute, this is the Olive that "Little Miss Sunshine" needs, because there is enough energy and enough sunshine.

Moreover, Abigail has experience in acting in movies, and it is also very important that she does not have stage fright, otherwise it will be unnatural when she sees the camera, and she will definitely not be an actor.

Finally, after signing a contract with her parents, Abigail's salary was only 25,000.

That is to say, the cost of the entire cast of "Little Sunshine" will not exceed 100,000, plus various tricks and extras, it will not exceed 150,000. Compared with the production budget of more than 8 million, it is really a very low compression. .

But most of the independent films are actually like this. In order to save money, some works don’t even look for professional actors. They directly invite relatives and friends to appear for free. It is less than zero point zero one of the total.

From the very beginning, as the producer of this project, Mark Tetotu has made detailed calculations. For interstate shooting, food and lodging are the major expenses, and even the importance of equipment rental requires more capital investment than hiring big-name actors. .

They don't need to think about publicity, traffic, attracting audiences, or even performance, they just need to put the story on the big screen, and the rest is not important.

Perhaps, this is also the difference between independent production and commercial production.

It is also why in recent years, independent filmmakers have frequently produced films with good box office reviews.

Sometimes, when you think too much, you ignore some essence.

Hollywood will need to be a popular movie star to attract fans on the road to groupization, globalization, and sequelization. It will need to cater to the market in other regions and give up more localized operations. It will need to consider various gains and losses, various risks, and various Pros and cons...

The more I think about it, the more it tends to be streamlined, as if the works produced from the same workshop look different, but the essence is the same.

For commercial reasons and for the box office market, this movie is bound to be mediocre and monotonous.

Of course, "mediocre" is also another way out for film production, but besides "mediocre", diversification is also what Lehman pursues.

He hopes that his studio can produce various types of films, whether it is niche literature or profound preaching, even light like landscape films, cool like space science fiction, or even brain-burning suspense, not for the faint of heart. Horror, whether it is losing money or making money, he is willing to accept it.

Firefly already has the confidence to make a loss to make movies that are well-received and not well-received.

Only when the works are sufficiently diverse can they better reflect the charm of the sound and picture art of film.

After the report was reviewed, Lehmann approved the second 20 million yuan for the "Spartan" project.

Someone knocked on the door, and Blake walked in.

"Boss, are you looking for me?"

"Well, look at a script first." Lyman took out the prepared script for the TV series from the drawer and handed it over.

Blake found a place to sit down, flipped through the pages, and asked with some doubts, "Will there be a market for such a subject?"

No wonder Blake questioned it. In fact, when Lyman first knew about the script, he also took it for granted.

If it is said that in the script library, the types of projects that are piled up and not optimistic can be roughly divided into three directions.

The first category is that the writing is too poor to see at all;

The second category is that the subject matter is old-fashioned or too sharp makes people worry, which leads to no one making it, such as "Juno", which talks about the conception of minors, and involves minors And the concept of sexuality, it is still more afraid of being boycotted by the audience after the film is released, or the reputation is too bad, and the investment will be damaged;

The third category is that the investment is too high, and most people do not have the ability to shoot. The more famous examples are "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Chronicles of Narnia". The former was limited by special effects technology, and it was not successful until Peter Jackson took over. The latter's first box office performance was not outstanding. After the sequel was shot, it was even worse, and the box office alone could not pay off.

In other words, the third category has very high requirements for directors and the technical era. For some scripts, you just can’t restore the scene, so no one casts the film. Because they know their own abilities, they are forced to do things they are not sure about. For mature capital , obviously impossible.

And the script in Blake's hands belongs to the second type of old-fashioned themes, and the writing is not very good.

Lyman also dug it out of the garbage heap.

Because as early as 2005, many TV stations such as showtime, TNT, and HBO gave up the idea of ​​casting after seeing the script, and the comments they gave were surprisingly consistent-no audience would watch a middle-aged uncle in New Mexico. The story of selling du, and the protagonist is also a villain. "

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