Chapter 426

Duke, this is the novel "Monster Love" published by Nancy Collins in 1994. The story I tell originates from this. It expounds the origins of werewolves and vampires in detail, and tells the grievances they have experienced for thousands of years. hatred."

Listening to Wallace Lee's words, Duke's gaze quickly glanced over the short stories on the table, and a sense of familiarity came to his heart, especially when a female vampire fell in love with a special human. The plot seems to be very similar to a certain movie I have ever seen.

Wallace Lee added, "I have seen the original author, but the price he offered is beyond my personal reach, and a man named Lun Wiseman from Lakeshore Entertainment is also in contact with Nancy? Collins, want to fight for the right to adapt."

Duke closed the text that Wallace Lee had brought, and after thinking about it, he said, "Lee, you know, the script has no meaning to Hollywood."

Just like he was hitting a wall at the beginning, trying to impress Hollywood with a script or story is just a fantasy.

Many people think that as long as talents are talented in Hollywood, good stories and good movies will surely kill Hollywood and the whole world. But Duke spent ten years in Hollywood, and he broke his blood at first, and now he is gradually climbing this place. The senior members of the circle have a deep understanding of this.

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Hollywood is indeed a place about art and talent creation, but in fact, making movies is a business, not an art.

Therefore, Hollywood-related industries are called "acting business" and have never been "acting art".

Perhaps some people think that Hollywood is looking for geniuses. In many TV shows, you can always see Hollywood agencies and film companies telling the audience in front of the camera that we are looking for geniuses in movies. This is the biggest lie of Hollywood. one.

In fact, if someone believes what they are saying and calls the biggest brokerage companies in Hollywood and tells them that they are the genius they are looking for, they will not have any reaction. Even hang up this kind of phone directly.

In fact, what Hollywood needs is not a genius mind, but a brand with marketing potential, such as James Cameron, Duke Rosenberg, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks and so on.

Whether it is a producer, author, actor or director, what Hollywood values ​​is not talent, but profit potential, many times. An aspiring young man in the film industry-such as Duke's journey-is not the artistry of his work that impresses the Hollywood company, but the income that his work can earn.

When a person's name has the ability to attract the audience, or to attract the money in the audience's pocket, then he is the so-called "genius" that Hollywood is looking for.

Not all people who can enter Hollywood are talented, but they must know or someone know how to package themselves and make their name a brand. To some extent, this is also a talent.

In this commercial paradise, creativity and stories are needed. But everyone knows that creativity and stories are the least valuable. Hollywood's super-selling movies have very simple stories, such as "Independence Day" and "Titanic" and many other works. The story of the script is the most. That is the level of second-rate and even third-rate screenwriters.

It is no exaggeration to say that such a story has no creativity. If the newcomer goes to the film company with this kind of story, no one will pay attention.

Is Hollywood thirsty for talents? Is Hollywood a place where talents will be valued and shine? Do not be silly.

Just like many people hear Hollywood. The first reaction is that this is a place for making movies.

Indeed, a large number of movies are produced here every year. Major Hollywood companies and even directors and investors, including Duke, also hope that the public will only regard Hollywood as a place for making excellent movies.

But the fact is that film production only occupies a very small part of Hollywood, which is an industrial area for film marketing. It is not a creative production paradise.

Just like those so-called small-cost big-selling movies, are their costs really low?

Their production cost is only a dozen or two hundred thousand dollars, but how much is spent on marketing?

In Hollywood, people spend more time on film marketing, which is about twice to three times as long as making a movie or even longer.

Movies in the Hollywood sense. It is not what the director shoots and edits in his own camera. It can only be called a film at best. A movie is a film that can finally be shown in a movie theater after a series of marketing activities.

The biggest difference between these two concepts is that films do not make money, but films can make money.

When a film can be advertised in the media and promoted to the public, it realizes the transition from "film" to "movie".

Just like Duke's films, each time it always creates a huge wave of promotion and marketing, stories, creativity, art... are very cheap in this process.

Of course, many artistic and idealistic directors will choose to take the road of film festivals.

But in fact, if you want to participate in most film festivals, including the three major European film festivals, not only works and art are available, you also need to prepare a lot of money!

If a film wants to participate in the festival, the producer needs to submit an entrance fee to the festival, which is often expensive, and then there are various expenses submitted, such as the cost of printing promotional materials, transportation costs, and staff Salary, expenses during the screening, public relations activities...

If you are lucky, the film meets a distributor who is willing to buy it at the film festival. At this time, the film has nothing to do with art. All discussions will only center on "profit", "sales", and "distribution." get on.

Doesn't this sound particularly "art"?

To put it bluntly, whether it is a person or a film, if you want to be valued in Hollywood, you must first prove that you are valuable and can bring benefits.

Otherwise, no matter how much you say, you will be rejected, rejected, and rejected again like Duke.

Can one story and one idea attract investment? Talent will be valued? This dream is really beautiful.

Before I have proved myself, all the stories and ideas are illusory.

Therefore, Duke closed the script and shook his head slowly to Wallace Lee.

Just when Wallace Lee thought Duke was going to reject it completely, Duke said again, "I will let someone buy the right to make the adaptation, but Lee, you need to prove to me that you have the ability to direct this film."

"I will!"

Wallace Lee is not an idealized young man after all, "I will work out a detailed plan after finishing my current job."

"I'm waiting for you." Duke handed the novel to Tina Fey.

It is never easy for a person to change from an assistant director to a director.

It was getting late, Duke left Anna Prinz and Wallace Lee to have dinner together, and a few people threw away the topic of the afternoon, and they were discussing the latter part of "The Two Towers".

Because some of the later work of the trilogy is advancing at the same time, "The Two Towers" is obviously progressing faster than "The Fellowship of the Ring". According to Duke's expectations, around the New Year, all the post work of the second part will be can be completed.

Although there is bound to be a long holiday for everyone in the middle, Duke will not wait until "The Two Towers" is released before starting the post-production of the third part. He intends to officially start the editing of "The Return of the King" from February. And so on.

After dinner, Wallace Lee and Anna Prinz left soon.

"Tina, when will mother come?"

Back in the living room, Duke first asked about his mother's itinerary. Tina Fei immediately replied, "It will not be later than next Monday. Mrs. Leah will meet with Miss Johnson in Tokyo and fly to Los Angeles together."

Duke calculated the time, he shouldn't run into it, so he was relieved.

When he walked to the sofa and sat down, he saw Tina Fei reading the novel with him, and exhorted, "Let the Duke's Studio take down the right to adapt the film as soon as possible."

"Yeah." Tina Fei nodded.

But Ivanka walked over curiously, looked at Tina Fei for a while, and asked Duke, "You seem to value it?"

"Pay attention?" Duke shook his head without explaining.

Seeing this novel, he naturally remembered the werewolf and vampire movies that he hadn't seen a few times. There was still a vague impression. The investment in the movie was small and the box office was not high. Philippine's profit, otherwise it would have been abandoned by the production company.

If Wallace Lee proves that he has the ability to direct commercial films, Duke will choose to invest. If he can't, then let someone else, such as Anna Prinz.

Unlike Sophia Coppola, this female director is a little bit resistant to the tremendous pressure to direct the film alone.

Duke wouldn't give the green light to his business decision just because Wallace Lee was his former classmate, so that his three Duke studios would eventually go bankrupt.

The lights in the Duke's Manor were brilliant, but the night sky above gradually became dark. Under the bright starry sky of Beverly Hills, a yellow Chevrolet turned to the auxiliary road, stopped lightly in the parking space, and opened the door to walk out. There is a kind of strong woman.

This is obviously a Latino. She closed the car door, strode to the side of the roadside cafe, opened the glass door and walked in, swept across the restaurant with a sharp look, the tall partition blocked her. look.

"I'm looking for Miss Jessica."

She said to the waiter who came by, and the waiter immediately led her to a partition.

"Hi, Jesse." She smiled brightly.

"Hi, Michelle."

Like the best sister, Jessica Alba stood up and hugged Michelle Rodriguez.

It's just that where she can't see, the disgust on Michel Rodriguez's face is fleeting. (To be continued...)