Chapter 184： Kelly's Oscar Guide

In the living room of the suite, Penny Kelly was pacing back and forth, eyes occasionally drifting past Duke. Duke sat on the sofa, sipping coffee unhurriedly, regarding the Oscar aspect she mentioned. The topic is obviously not very enthusiastic.

"Duke, do you want to get an Oscar?" she finally couldn't help asking.

"Of course I do!"

Putting down the coffee cup, Duke said seriously, "There are not many people in Hollywood who don't like Oscar statuettes, right?"

"Saving Private Ryan" is the established strategy of the film crew, and this year's time period is so special and suitable, it will definitely not change. He himself also agrees with this, the reason is very simple, as long as you can get a few heavyweights Awards, the income of the film will inevitably increase significantly, and his income will also increase accordingly.

"What about the best director?" Kellys walked over, sat across from Duke, and continued after Tina Fey helped her pour coffee, "Are you really not interested in personal awards?"

Duke pointed to himself, "Pani, I'm only twenty-five years old this year! Apart from other factors, do you think the academy will award the best director to a young director?"

Don't be kidding, even if he is a Jewish descent, before the age of thirty, the best director's statuette doesn't have to think about it.

︾℉, "The chance of winning is extremely small." Kellys shook his head first, and then said, "It is still possible to get the nomination."

"Nomination is optional for me." Duke put on the indifferent expression again, "With this nomination, my remuneration will not increase. Without this nomination, neither would the company that would invest in my film Will decrease."

"You can't never get an Oscar, can you?"

Kellys is not stupid. He can see that Duke is not uninterested in Oscars, but very general. "Every nomination is a seniority. It can improve the possibility of future awards."

"Can I really get the nomination?" Duke knew his situation. "Don't forget, the critic."

"There are things that are only known if they are possible." Kelly is very confident and enthusiastic, because the award season is often the bulk of public relations income. "Some things can be solved by public relations activities."

Duke agrees with Kellys's last sentence.

Compared with the three major European film festivals, which consisted of only a dozen or so members, the Oscars, an awards ceremony founded by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was voted by nearly 6000 senior professionals in various industries in the film industry. The entire voting mechanism The awards that have been running for many years and have been continuously optimized can be said to be relatively fair film awards in the world.

However, even if the game system seems fair, there is a lot of room for manipulation behind it. There are many good actors and movies in Hollywood every year, but there is only one figurine for each project. Who is it for?

It depends on their respective methods.

Once, George Lucas scolded Oscar as a political game, and famous directors such as Spike Lee also came forward to criticize Oscar not so much as commending good filmmakers, but as commending people with strong social skills and willing to spend money.

Perhaps these views are somewhat biased, but they can always explain some problems.

For example, in the previous "Saving Private Ryan", even some core members of the college thought it lost inexplicably. Of course, it is not just a public relations issue, there is another big factor. Dabing is a movie for most people, and Shakespeare is a movie for a few people.

In 90% of the cases, Oscar will choose to make a movie for a few people.

In Duke's view, if it weren't for such a time period, if the soldiers were so aggressive and couldn't crush the world's box office, it would be one of the Oscar obstacles. Coupled with the bad things between the director and the film critic, another tragedy will happen if not sure.

The determination of those old men to choose the minority can never be underestimated.

"Duke, have you heard of Anne Wilson?"

Seeing Duke shaking his head, Penny Kelly explained in detail, "She is a member of the Academy and an Oscar judge. Although a member of the Producers League has not had any commendable works so far, she is a master of relationships. She and the Academy Many of the core members of the company have a good relationship, which can affect their choices. If you get through her relationship, you will get the support of a considerable part of the directors’ association and the producer’s league, thereby offsetting part of the negative impact that film critics can bring."

"What's the price?"

His mother had told him with facts that there is no free lunch in this world.

"She has a hobby." Kellys looked at Duke, hesitated for a moment, and said, "She likes the well-known men in this circle, especially...well, the appearance is good."

"She has a habit of collecting stamps." Kellys said directly.

Duke looked there coldly, Kelly sighed, "Well, this plan can be abandoned..."

"Pani!" Duke interrupted her when he raised his hand, and asked, "Or talk about how much concrete work I have to do if I want to get the nomination."

If the time and energy spent cannot be directly proportional to the gain, he will give up even if he is nominated for the best director.

Yes, some people can pay a lot for Oscars, such as Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, etc., but they are still rational, and some people can only use madness. describe.

For example, "Mrs. M" Judy Dench in 007, in order to please some people to attack Oscars, he simply tattooed Harvey Weinstein's name on his hips and claimed that even on the red carpet, as long as Wayne If Stan has a request, she can untie her pants and show her buttocks to promote it...

This can be said to be the epitome of the grotesque and grotesque life behind Oscar.

Although a very realistic egoist, Duke definitely can't do this.

Kelly thought for a moment, removed those things that she thought Duke was impossible to accept, and then said, “First of all, it’s the pull conference. After the promotion of the film, the time between the awards season and the awards season is a bit long. The pull-up meeting above the scene invites members of the academy to watch, and at the same time impresses the film critics to praise the film..."

"There are also various promotional activities, public relations parties and public relations banquets." Kellys said as simple as possible, "In short, you can't stay away from the eyes of the media, film critics and Oscar judges."

Hearing this, Duke was already rubbing his forehead, and he knew it was far more troublesome than Kelly said.

This is not over yet, Kellys continued, "Public relations are not only for Oscars, but also for pre-season weather vane awards. These can increase the chances of nominations and even awards."

"What are they?" Duke was a little curious.

"I only talk about the main ones."

Even Kellys took out a piece of information from his handbag and glanced at it, "American Film Independent Spirit Award, New York Film Critics Association Award, Gotham Independent Film Award, American National Critics Award, Washington Film Critics Association Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, Boston Film Critics Association Award, American Film Association Award, Producer League Award, Directors Guild Award..."

Duke felt his head was about to explode. He thought that Oscar was very troublesome, but things were more troublesome than he thought.

"The film critic award and the union award are the key points."

After talking about this long list, Kelly picked up the coffee and took a big sip. “If you can get nominations from the three major film critics’ associations and unions, plus some necessary public relations methods, even at your age, you still have More than 90% may be nominated for best director."

Picking up the coffee cup, Duke also took a sip, thinking for a while, as if analyzing the gains and losses, and then asked, "Then in the next few months, I can't do other things? I have to spend all the time And focus on the Oscars?"

"If you want to ensure the nomination, this is the safest way." Kelly suggested directly, "After returning to Los Angeles, you'd better not leave and cooperate fully..."

"Wait!" Duke interrupted the PR. "Pani, I didn't agree to do this!"

Seeing Kellys looking over in confusion, Duke did not hide, "My time and energy are very precious, and I won't waste it on this kind of game."

"After the promotion, I am going to spend a long vacation!"

Duke said this with confidence. It seems that vacationing is more important than Oscars. "I also have an advertising cooperation with the Lauder Group..."

He certainly had no reason to refuse to shoot a commercial for three million dollars.

"Although the new movie will be pushed to next year, I still have to do some preparatory work." Duke spread his hands, "I am very short of time and cannot be wasted."

Doing this just for a best director nomination without any guarantee is absolutely not worth it in Duke's eyes.

Moreover, he has never underestimated the influence of film critics on academic awards.

With Duke's current achievements and status, even a senior publicist like Kelly couldn't make some strong demands at will, so he had no choice but to ask, "What about your opinion?"

"We cooperate with the film crew." Duke said lightly. "It is mainly based on the film crew's public relations. The best nomination can be obtained. It doesn't matter if you can't get it."

Although the main public relations of the co-producer must be the best film, it will also declare the best director and invest some resources appropriately. After all, the more important award nominations and the golden man get, the greater the future profit of the film .

"According to the director agreement between you and the film crew..." Kelly reminded him, "You must attend important public relations parties and public relations activities."

"I know." Duke nodded.

Compared to the long list of Kellys said, there are not many such activities, nor will it involve too much energy.

Penny Kellys came and left in a hurry. Her Oscar strategy had not been implemented, but was rejected by most of Duke, and she could only leave with regret.

Afterwards, Duke left the Oscar matter behind his head, and worked hard with Tom Hanks to promote the film, in order to try his best to suppress old cowboy Clint Eastwood’s newly released "Bridge Bridge Last Dream". Strive for the second week to continue to occupy the box office champion. (To be continued...)

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