You don't understand the happiness of the director

Chapter 72

Dragon Head Pictures now has more than 10 employees, and they are all working on the project "Escape Room". Once this movie fails, there is a high probability that the company will be dissolved and they will leave.

In Dorothy's office, Suter Green once again expressed his intention to join. As for the reason, he kept secret, and the two of them didn't inquire again.

In order to show his own value, Suter asked the two people a question, "What do you think Oscar is?"

Dorothy said without thinking, "The most influential and highest-level award in the world."

Wang Quan thought for a while, "It's a large-scale award within the US film industry."

Suter, "It's not comprehensive. In my opinion, the Oscar is not the Olympic Games of the film industry, but it is not an ordinary national internal award. It is the global film industry seen from the perspective of the United States, just like newspapers report news. It is impossible for more than 200 countries to share equally, it must be from the perspective of readers, and it is precisely because American film products account for a very large proportion of the world that the Oscars have global significance."

In other words, it is a global award based in the United States from the perspective of American audiences, and it is the most prestigious award in the world.

Wang Quan couldn't help but think, if Chinese-language films occupy the largest market share in the world, what about their status in the world?

However, it is superfluous to think about what will happen more than ten years later. Let's listen to Su Te's talk about winning the prize.

"If you want to compete for awards, there are generally two ways. The first is to release it at the beginning of the year, and the second is to release it at the end of the year."

"Wait a minute!" Dorothy stopped abruptly, and then called in the assistant Britt Marling outside and asked her to take notes, "Please continue."

Suter took a sip of water, "First of all, let's talk about the nomination rules for the best feature film. It's actually very simple. Before December 12 of each year, any film that has been screened in Los Angeles for a week, regardless of the place of production or the language used, can be nominated for the next year. Best Picture Oscar."

Wang Quan nodded. Contrary to what many people think, there is indeed no national restriction, but non-local works are very rare. The 12-year-old French film "The Artist" counts as one, but it is also a silent film + English dialogue.

There is also "Parasite" in the past 20 years, which is not only a non-local film, but also the first award-winning film with a non-English dialogue, but there are more doorways in it.

"The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has more than 6000 judges. If you want to make your work stand out, there are two ways. First, the most people have seen it; The pattern, which is what I said earlier, the beginning of the year and the end of the year."

Wang Quan was thoughtful.

Souter continued, "At the beginning of the year, the awarding process can last for a year, and thousands of judges can see your work to the maximum. Only after seeing it, can you be ranked first in the voting. This year, for example, "Crash" is a work made in early 05. Through continuous participation in film festivals and small-scale screenings to accumulate word of mouth, it has gradually made its way in the competition for the best film."

"And "Brokeback Mountain" is a typical year-end competition. It will be screened on a small scale in Los Angeles on December 12. The advantage is that for the judges who have seen it, it is fresh and has the greatest stamina. If you only cast one vote , Many people may choose the one that impresses the most in their minds, and the award-winning contestants at the beginning of the year may have been forgotten, unless your award-winning funds can last until the end of the year, or the quality is far superior to the same-year contestants."

Suter added a little bit of the benefits of winning awards at the end of the year, "For films that are winning awards at the end of the year, they can usually still be seen in theaters when the shortlist is announced, and there can be obvious feedback at the box office. If they win awards, then The box office can still soar. For example, "Brokeback Mountain" had a box office of 4000 million before being shortlisted, and the final box office was 8000 million (in North America).

Dorothy, "I like the first type, which can hit the awards calmly."

King Quan, "I have no choice but to choose the second option because I want to participate in next year's Oscars."

"What!" Dorothy said in surprise, "You plan to finish filming this year, and it will be released?!"

"Yes."

Dorothy, "Add "[-] Cloverfield Lane" in June and "Escape Room" in September, so you want to release three movies in one year!"

Yes, "Escape Room" is tentatively scheduled to be released in September, at the end of the summer vacation.

Wang Quan nodded again, "What you said, after the distribution team is formed, it is best to have a steady stream of films released, so as to dilute the distribution cost of each film. I have to shoot more, and you know that I will soon, They are all small productions, equivalent to one film in half a year, and they are completely manageable."

Dorothy was a little touched, although Lao Wang has a partner and I don't, but he is also burning himself!I would like to call you Sanburo for one year!

Suter Green interrupted the exchange between the two, "At the end of the year, it's not a matter of making a movie and releasing it in December, and everything will be fine. Usually, the marketing of the movie starts a few months ago."

Wang Quan Dorothy was busy and made a gesture of listening respectfully.

Su Te said, "Let's talk about "Brokeback Mountain". The film was finished in 04, and the post-production was completed in early 05, but in the end they chose to make their debut at the Venice International Film Festival in September 05, and successfully won the award. After winning the Golden Lion Award, it was from this moment that the marketing promotion of "Brokeback Mountain" began. Afterwards, the Toronto and New York Film Festivals basically had the presence of this film until it was officially released in December. A large amount of manpower and material resources made the topic explode, making this film lead the way in the award season, invincible until the Oscars collapsed."

Dorothy touched King Quan, "How about it, are you confident that you will be shortlisted for Venice?"

Wang Quan thought about it, "No. [-] Cloverfield Lane" will be released in June, and "Escape Room" will be released in September. The filming time left for him is only the two months between the two films. It will definitely not be able to catch up, and it is not so easy for the top three in Europe to be shortlisted.

Of course, we are talking about the main competition unit, and the sub-unit is relatively easy with Wang Quan's current director ability and popularity.

Wang Quan shook his head, "The Venice Film Festival will start in August, I'm sure I won't be able to make it in time, and Toronto in September is also relatively reluctant. In October, is there any more important film festival in October?"

Ma Ling, who had been taking notes, said, "Winter Beijing International Film Festival."

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Beijing, Office of the Director Department of the Academy of Film.

Xie Fei, who just went to work in the morning, received an overseas call from Wang Quan.

His core idea is just one, "Dear teacher, I am going to take the third director's work to participate in the Winter Beijing International Film Festival. I wonder if you can recommend it for me. It would be a shame if I don't even get the qualification for being shortlisted." Your old man's face."

After putting down the phone, Mr. Xie Fei was still dazed, no, isn't his first work not released yet?Why did the third work come out, and the second one, let the dog eat it! ?

And you can't mention this a year earlier. Last year, the chairman of the East Film Festival's jury was Yi Mou, so he was considered a senior, and he even won the best actor of the East Film Festival.

Xie Feichong favors Europe and the United States. Berlin, San Sebastian, Montreal, etc. He is not very familiar with the East Film Festival. After thinking about it, he thinks that there should be someone who can speak, "Hey, Zhuangzhuang, I ask you something..."

(Do you have any neon actresses you want to meet? Welcome to leave a message and see if the ones that Lafayette thinks are right~)

　(Push a friend's historical article, "Three Kingdoms: What's the matter with Xia Zhangxiu?", the content is brisk, the rhythm is tight, and the hero has a special kind of affection for his aunt, Mrs. Zou~)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)