Chapter 359
The reason why Hollywood movies can conquer the world is not only dazzling special effects, but also a group of people who have made great efforts. It can be said that without them, there would be no success in Hollywood.
They are talented screenwriters.
Unlike Hong Kong, who doesn't pay much attention to screenwriting, screenwriters have a high status and a considerable income in China.
Last year, the average income of members of the Writers Association of Western China was 47,000 US dollars, which is already a very high level at present. Moreover, this is an "average" figure, and the high income is averaged out by the low income.
In the words of later generations, most screenwriters are flexible employees. Their working methods are very flexible. They can work for a day if they want to, and lie down when they don’t want to. This kind of lifestyle may be a little poor, but it is better than freedom.
How to say that - if it is for the sake of freedom, both can be thrown away.
Now that I have freedom, what more bicycles do I need?
Screenwriting is also an industry where people at the bottom can live by their heads. Before they become popular, their lives are often very difficult.
A script that has been worked so hard to write can only be sold for a few hundred dollars, or even tens of dollars.
Hollywood film companies are not stupid. They have special personnel responsible for scanning scripts in the screenwriter library of the Screenwriters Association. When they see a script that is interesting, they will spend money to buy it to enrich their company's screenwriter library.
When the script is bought back by them, it may be eaten ashes in the warehouse, and it may never be made into a movie; it is also possible that the wonderful scenes are taken out and integrated into other scripts to piece together a new script.
Of course, this is talking about the screenwriter who hit the street.
As for those great screenwriters, who write scripts for movies produced by major film companies, they can get hundreds of thousands of dollars in manuscript fees, or even millions of dollars in bonuses.
The difference between a screenwriter who hits the street and a great screenwriter is whether the script written has been made into a hit movie.
If the script is made into a successful movie, then the screenwriter who hit the street will become a great screenwriter, and he will get rid of a career where a script can only sell for a few dozen yuan, and successfully enter the club with a unit of 100,000 yuan.
And what is the most important thing for a movie to be successful?
Of course it's a shoot!
Just like coming out to play, the most important thing is of course to "come out", if you don't come out, you're a fart.
For screenwriters, if they want to be successful and to be in the top position, the most important thing is that the script must be made into a movie. If it is not made, who the hell knows who you are?
In China, the Screenwriters Association is very powerful and can completely protect the interests of screenwriters. Anyone who wants to be a screenwriter is willing to join the Screenwriters Association.
You must know that the Screenwriters Association is not only known to charge membership fees, they will really stand out for screenwriters.
If the screenwriter's interests are damaged, as the screenwriter's natal family, they will immediately gather people to seek justice for the screenwriter; if the screenwriter feels that the price offered by the film company is low, it's okay, the Screenwriters Association has negotiators, and they will come forward to negotiate for the screenwriter.
What? Movie companies unite to lower prices? So what are you waiting for, strike, strike immediately, to increase our income.
There have been many strikes in the history of the National Screenwriters Association. Every time there is a strike, the salary will be raised once. Even later, the income of screenwriters has been comparable to that of directors and actors.
The actors here are not ordinary actors, at least they must be at the level of the 5 million club.
It can be said that the National Screenwriters Association is an industry association for film and television screenwriters and creative personnel. It belongs to the nature of a trade union and has independent legal personality. It can represent members to negotiate with employers and sign contracts, and is legally binding on members.
The association fights for and protects the rights and interests of its members. Regardless of salary or copyright disputes, all screenwriters who join the association will receive legal assistance from the association.
The association has detailed regulations ranging from minimum wages to travel benefits. More importantly, the National Screenwriters Association votes for personnel to negotiate with film and television production companies to strive for the greatest benefits for the members of the association.
It is the role of the National Screenwriters Guild that makes Hollywood movies prosperous.
Contrary to Hong Kong, Hong Kong does not pay much attention to the screenwriting industry, thinking that this industry is dispensable, and flying notes are the characteristics of Xiang Chuan's films.
In Xiangtang, there are often famous screenwriters who are poor and die in poverty.
Not to mention anything else, in the golden decade of Hong Kong film, the film industry has taken this opportunity to speed up the pace of formalization and organization——Hong Kong Film Association, Hong Kong Film Directors Association, Hong Kong Performing Arts Association, Hong Kong Although the Association of Professional Cinematographers was established one after another, the Association of Film Screenwriters was missing.
The Screenwriters Association has never been established, and the reason is that it has a lot to do with the low status of screenwriters in the Hong Kong film circle. The main reason for this situation is that people in the Hong Kong film circle believe that the industry threshold for screenwriting is not high.
Under the unique film industry system of Hong Kong, it is very easy to become a screenwriter. Even Zeng Jianlan, who was born as a dragon and tiger martial artist, can write several blockbuster scripts.
Because of the low threshold, screenwriters have not been valued in the Hong Kong movie circle for a long time. However, in those years when Xiang Xun movies flourished, kung fu movies were popular. No matter how good a screenwriter is, they can only work for kung fu stars and martial arts directors.
People come up with the concept of the story, and the screenwriter is responsible for Du Qiao to write the script.
The screenwriters in Hong Kong can be roughly divided into two types. The most common one is like the director's think tank. The director or the producer comes up with an idea, and then finds a group of screenwriters to collectively write the story and write the script.
Well, it's kind of like Gunners Inc.
The other category is called the screenwriters, which belong to the top group of screenwriters. They enjoy almost the same power as the director, can propose a complete story concept, and have "ideological guidance" for a movie. Contribution, such a person is also called a gold screenwriter.
However, most of the screenwriters who can become gold medal screenwriters in Hong Kong changed careers and became directors. This is also the reason why Hong Kong screenwriting talents have always been scarce.
Although there are many classics in Hong Kong's films, most of them are follow-up works with lack of content. Even in the glorious period of Hong Kong films in the next few years, the bad films produced still accounted for the vast majority.
The Hong Kong movie is a deformity. There are many reasons for its prosperity, but the most fundamental reason for its decline lies in its incomplete foundation. Screenwriters like Hollywood are an important part of a movie. There is no good screenwriter , there is no good movie.
In Hong Kong, screenwriters are basically doing chores, or filling in vacancies, and they don't have much status at all.
With a weak innate foundation, how can it be possible to be brilliant for a long time?
The lack of professional screenwriting talents also makes the content of Hong Kong movies lacking. In the eyes of European and American audiences, Hong Kong movies can be said to have always had irregular content, even inconsistent plots.
Even the mafia film "The True Colors of a Hero", which is praised by Hong Kong filmmakers as a classic, is full of loopholes in the eyes of European and American audiences and is not worth scrutinizing.
Xiang Xing doesn't pay much attention to copyright. Your "Best Partner" became popular. I changed my name and made a film similar to yours. What can you do to me?
The most disgusting thing is that the leading actors may still be the same people. The audience doesn't care which company produced the film, they only recognize the actors.
"Wow, the picture of Liu Ying's hooked nose must be good..."
As long as you like a star, even if his acting skills are not in place, you will think that this is a unique acting characteristic of others.
A certain pair of electric eyes has been electrified for decades and is still there, but many people say that there is something wrong with his eyes.
There is a der in a play, who has been playing himself for decades, and has never entered a role. No matter what the role is or his taste, he plays "the gangster played by so-and-so", "the big guy played by so-and-so" Xia", not a gangster or a hero.
However, Nan Yi thinks that his dedication is worthy of recognition. He never borrows a seat or resorts to fraud in sex scenes, and he is a role model for our generation.
Pull away, pull back.
To make a movie in a national project, you must first pass the script certification to prove that the content of your story is not plagiarized or crashed.
The content of your script must be that others have not registered. If others have registered, even if your script is much better than the registered script, there are more explosion scenes, more plot progression, and completely different lens language. , and cannot be authenticated.
A script that has not been certified cannot be made into a movie.
Because of this, it doesn't matter even if Nanyi can't recall the complete content of a movie. For example, in "Jurassic Park", after Nanyi read the script of the screenwriters, the idea is very clear. One can definitely come up with a script that is not bad from the original version.
Only this cobbled together script will be made into a movie, but other scripts will be registered with the Screenwriters Association in the name of sequels, and not only this batch, Nanyi will also find a batch of new screenwriters to order a batch of "dinosaurs" script.
After finding a batch, find another batch until the repetition rate of scripts is very high and no new scripts appear.
Write all the plots related to dinosaurs, register them all, and directly create a script barrier to see who can make dinosaur movies to grab a job.
Movies like "Jurassic Park" not only have the opportunity to get a high box office, but also its peripheral products and peripheral economy are too strong. Before this movie is released, the dinosaur theme park must be completed.
It would be a failure if Nanyi couldn't make more than tens of billions of dollars from "Jurassic Park".
The Gunner's office hadn't been finished yet, so Nan Yi could only summon the screenwriters to a movie theater under the AMC theater line in Hollywood.
There were not many people who came to see the show at 10:00 in the morning. In addition, there have been no good movies released recently, so the business of the movie theater was very slow. After talking with the movie theater, Nanyi booked a movie theater with a 40% discount on the ticket price. two hours.
When everyone was here, Nan Yi walked to the edge of the screen, leaned in front of the microphone and said, "Hello everyone, screenwriters. First of all, I will introduce myself. My name is Adam Nan. I am the manager of the Gunners Company. To those who provide logistics services.
Today we are also holding the first meeting of the Gunners company. It is to let everyone get to know each other. Usually, everyone writes in their own homes. Most of you may not have met your colleagues. After the meeting, we will have a dinner. Everyone can communicate well.
Aha, Alan, don't rush to communicate now, there will be time for you to get to know each other later. "
While Nan Yi was talking, Alan Ball had already greeted a female screenwriter next to him. When necessary, remember the names and looks of all the employees under your control. This is an essential skill for a manager.
This will make employees feel that they are valued, and the big boss who is several floors away knows his name, and he will naturally have a sense of belonging to the company.
In the past two days, Nanyi has carefully memorized the materials of each screenwriter, just to blurt out everyone's name inadvertently.
"Sophia, when listening to my speech, be a little more serious, and take the lollipop away from your mouth first." Nanyi nodded to Sofia Coppola again. He originally thought that this little girl would be absent , unexpectedly came.
Sofia Coppola shrugged and took the lollipop out of her mouth.
"OK, I'll continue. Let me introduce you to the Gunner Company." Nan Yi loosened his tie to make himself look more casual, "As for the Gunner Company, it has just been registered, and it turns out that everyone is being entertained by the red sofa You were recruited in name, but from now on, you belong to the Gunners Company.
As for the relationship between Gunners and Red Sofa Entertainment, maybe it just doesn't matter.
Red Sofa Entertainment was jointly founded by several shareholders of Pan American Holdings. Everyone should know about the acquisition of 20th Century Fox.
It was these shareholders who came up with a whim and established the Gunners Company to make everyone independent. In the future, we will be responsible for our own profits and losses. Our scripts may not necessarily be sold to Red Sofa, but also to other companies.
In this way, we gain a certain degree of freedom and independence, but also lose some security. If we are still affiliated with the red sofa, even if we write shit, they will have to pay for it. "
Hahaha!
Nanyi's words made everyone laugh.
"All of you here are basically newcomers to the screenwriting industry. They all dream of becoming great screenwriters one day. Joining the Gunner Company may be a helpless move for you. After all, before you become a big screenwriter and earn a lot of dollars, you Need to eat, need to have a source of income..."