I’m in Hollywood - Chapter 414
[Chapter 411 Comedy]
After lunch at Julia’s house, Julia and the nanny took care of the little one, and Eric and Elizabeth came to the upstairs study together.
Spreading out the prepared materials in front of the woman, Eric took out a cassette and walked to the VCR.
Elizabeth opened the information brought by Eric and looked at it. It was roughly the Hollywood comedy genre and the box office data analysis of various types of comedies in recent years. When she picked it up and read it at will, Elizabeth listened to it. A voice came from the TV, and I looked up. In the picture, an actor with a rather exaggerated facial expression was dancing and talking to a girl, but it didn’t take long for the scene to cut to another completely different scene, but Still the same person.
Watching the actor showing some exaggerated teeth from time to time and listening to the funny dialogue on the TV, Elizabeth quickly couldn’t help laughing.
Eric turned to the girl and said, “It’s interesting, right?” : “Well, who is this, why didn’t I remember it before?” “His name is Jim Carrey,
He’s acted in a few small productions, and last year had a small role in a Fox TV comedy, and what you’re seeing is just a little bit of his acting down.
Eric said, pressed the fast-forward button, and soon, the screen turned to an audition room, Jim Carrey was performing a pantomime this time, and he did not make a sound at all. But facial expressions and body language are more exaggerated, even crazy. “Did you think of anyone?
“Eric asked again. Elizabeth dragged her chin and said quickly, “Chaplin?
” “Yes, it’s Chaplin, I don’t think Chaplin’s talent for comedy is bad at all.
Eric rewinded the video tape and played it again, got up and went back to Elizabeth, picked up the information just now, and said, “In recent years, Hollywood comedies are mainly romantic comedies and family comedies.
The most successful, like “When Harry Met Sally” and the 1987 box office winner “Three Nurses and One Baby”, “Home Alone” can also be classified as a family comedy, but it focuses more on children’s audiences and also It’s a children’s comedy.
On top of that, other comedy genres rarely do well, and studios aren’t daring to try other genres.
So this is a good opportunity. You can watch it from the “Fighting Condor” at the end of last year, and comedy with more force is very marketable.
Elizabeth asked curiously, “What is a more forceful comedy?”
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“It’s comedies that sell spoofs and vulgarity. The main feature of these comedies is exaggeration, and the plot goes against or exceeds people’s common sense. Just like “Condor” Elizabeth He picked up the material in front of him and read it again. Eric didn’t bother, he found a magazine and sat there and read it for himself. Those materials were prepared by him. He had read it in detail several times before. A lot of data has been bumped into my head, and I don’t need to look at it anymore.
After a while, Elizabeth finished.
Said: “These data show that in the past ten years, spoofs and vulgar comedies have accounted for only 3% of the total box office data, and this type of comedy is also limited to North America. Now the proportion of overseas box office is increasing. Big, there doesn’t seem to be a future for this type of comedy.” Take this market seriously.” How smart is Elizabeth, who quickly realized something and said, “You’re not going to let my tg be cannon fodder. Test the waters for these types of comedies?” Eric nodded: “You can say the same, but. With me, I will definitely not let you suffer. I personally selected Jim Carrey for you. This guy is still just a A nobody. As long as I show up, I can easily sign him to a minimum three-year option contract.”
The so-called option contract is a kind of restriction contract signed with the other party when the film company is optimistic about a project when it activates the newcomer.
It is stipulated that if a new actor wants to get a role, he must sign an additional condition. Usually, this condition is related to the sequel of the project. It also requires the actor to appear in the company’s film within a certain period of time, or must sign another film at a low price. contract.
At Drew’s birthday party, after Eric proposed to let tg be in charge of comedy production, Elizabeth has already made detailed consideration, although on the surface she is habitually fighting with Eric , but she also thinks what Eric said is very reasonable. Instead of picking projects to make movies like a flies, it is better to specialize in one subject. Comedy is undoubtedly a potential movie category, plus Eric’s Help, she believes that tg will be able to make good results in this regard.
“Eric, what about the release?” Elizabeth blinked and asked pretending to be relaxed.
“This is also what I was trying to discuss with you,” Eric said with a smile, he knew that Elizabeth was definitely the kind of woman who cared for her family, and would think of her own family for any benefit.
In Eric’s opinion, this is a good quality.
tg’s current shareholding structure remains unchanged, with Elizabeth accounting for 40%, and Drew and Julia accounting for 30% each.
Xiao Nizi is completely equal to her own clone, so it is almost equal to taking up 30% of her own, plus the following conditions, Eric can take more than half of tg’s profits.
Since taking other people’s daughters as ‘coolies’, it is impossible to swallow all the benefits. Besides, the market is so big, this is impossible.
“I will not be involved in the investment. As for distribution, Firefly needs North American local and video distribution, and overseas distribution can be given to Fox.”
[End of this Chapter]
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