Chapter 411: comedy
After having lunch at Julia's house, Julia and the nanny took care of the little one, and Eric and Elizabeth came to the study room upstairs.
Spreading the prepared information to the woman, Eric took a video cassette and walked to the front of the recorder.
Elizabeth opened the information that Eric brought, and it was roughly the type of Hollywood comedy and the data analysis of various types of comedy box office in recent years. It was taken up and read at random, and Elizabeth heard the sound coming from the TV. Looking up, in the picture, an actor with a pretty exaggerated facial expression danced to a girl, but this shot didn't take long before it cut another completely different scene, but it was still the same person.
Looking at the actor from time to time revealing a bit of exaggerated teeth, listening to the funny dialogue in the TV, Elizabeth quickly could not help but laugh.
Eric turned to the girl and said, "Is it fun?"
Elizabeth looked at the man in the picture and made an exaggerated twisting and falling action. He was unwilling: "Well, who is this, how could I not have an impression?"
"His name is Kim Kerry, who played a few small production movies. Last year he played a small role in a TV comedy on Fox TV. What you saw was just the effect of his convergence after the performance."
Eric said, pressing the fast forward button, and soon the picture turned to an audition room. Kim Kerry was performing a mime this time, completely silent, but facial expressions and body language were more exaggerated. It can even be said to be crazy.
“Did you think of someone?” Eric asked again.
Elizabeth dragged her chin and said quickly: "Chaplin?"
"Yes, it's Chaplin. I feel that Kim. Kerry's comedy talent doesn't have to be different." Eric put the video tape back and played it again. He got up and returned to Elizabeth, picking up the information and saying: "In recent years, Hollywood comedies have been dominated by romantic comedies and family comedies. The most successful ones are like "When Harry meets Sally" and the 1987 box office champion "Three Daddy and One Baby", "The Devil" "Home" can also be classified into family comedy, but it is more focused on children's audience, it can also be said to be a children's comedy. In addition, other comedy types have few outstanding works, and the studios dare not try other types boldly. So this is a good opportunity, from the end of last year's "Fighting Condor" can see the talent, more powerful comedy is very market."
Elizabeth curiously asked: "What is a more powerful comedy?"
“It’s a comedy with spoofs and vulgarity as a selling point. The main feature of these comedies is exaggeration, the plot is contrary to or beyond people’s common sense. Just like “The Fighting Condor.”
Elizabeth took the information in front of him and read it. Eric didn't bother, and found a magazine sitting there and looking at it. The information was prepared by him. He had read it several times before. A lot of data has already hit my mind and I don't need to look at it anymore.
After a while, Elizabeth finished watching. Said: "These data show that in the last ten years, both spoofing and vulgar comedy accounted for only 3 percent 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, this type of comedy doesn't seem to have any future."
“So I said that this is an unexplored big gold mine. It seems that there is no future, just because everyone does not value this market.”
How clever is Elizabeth, and soon realized what he said: "You will not let my tg be a cannon fodder. Try water for these types of comedy?"
Eric nodded: "It can be said, but if I am there, I will definitely not let you suffer. Kim Kerry is what I personally selected for you. This guy is still just a nameless person. As long as I come out It is easy to sign his option contract for at least three years."
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. It is stipulated that if a newcomer wants to get a character, he must sign the subsidiary condition. Usually, this condition is related to the sequel of the project. It also requires the actor to appear in the company's movie for a certain period of time, or must sign another movie at a low price. contract.
At the Drew birthday party, Eric proposed to let tg specialize in comedy production, Elizabeth has already made detailed considerations, although on the surface habitually fighting with Eric, but she also thinks Eric It makes sense to say that instead of focusing on a subject like a headless fly, it is better to specialize in a subject. Comedy is undoubtedly a promising film classification. Together with Eric’s help, she believes that tg will be able to This has done a good job.
"Eric, that... about the release?" Elizabeth blinked and asked easily.
"This is also what I am trying to talk to you," Eric said with a smile. He knew that Elizabeth was definitely the kind of woman who was a "home" and that he would think about his family. In Eric's opinion, this is a very good quality. Tg's current shareholding structure remains unchanged, with Elizabeth accounting for 40% and Drew and Julia each accounting for 30%. Xiao Nizi is exactly equal to her own avatar, so it is almost equal to 30% of her own, and with the following conditions, Eric can take more than half of the profit of tg. Since taking the daughter of other people as a 'coolie', it is impossible to swallow all the benefits. Besides, the market is so big, it is impossible.
"I will not intervene when investing. As for the release, Firefly will be released in North America and videotape, and overseas distribution will be given to Fox."
Elizabeth said: "In fact, we can do it ourselves."
Eric shook his head and said: "No need, anyway, I won't let you suffer. Tg can concentrate on making a film. With Firefly and Fox as the backing, tg will never encounter problems in discovery."
Elizabeth reluctantly retorted: "I don't want to do anything about vassals. You have said before that pure production companies have no future."
"That's because they don't have enough backing support, so it's so decided. We can't bargain again. Let's discuss some specific things." (To be continued)