After having lunch at Julia's house, Julia and the nanny took care of the little one, Eric and Elizabeth went upstairs to the study together.
Spread out the prepared materials in front of the woman, Eric took out a video tape and walked to the video recorder.
Elizabeth opened the information brought by Eric and looked at it. It was roughly the data analysis of Hollywood comedy types and the box office of various types of comedies in recent years. Just as she picked it up and read it casually, Elizabeth heard a voice coming from the TV. , Looking up, in the screen, an actor with exaggerated facial expressions is dancing and talking to a girl, but not long after this scene, it cuts to another completely different scene, but it is still the same person.
Seeing the actor showing exaggerated teeth from time to time, and listening to the funny dialogue from the TV, Elizabeth quickly couldn't help laughing.
Eric turned to the girl and said, "Isn't it interesting?"
Elizabeth looked at the man in the picture and made another exaggerated hip-twisting and falling movement, and said happily: "Well, who is this, why didn't I remember it before?"
"His name is Jim Carrey, and he has acted in several small-budget films. Last year, he played a small role in a TV comedy on Fox TV. What you see is just the effect of him after he has restrained his performance. .”
As Eric spoke, he pressed the fast-forward button. Soon, the screen turned to an audition room. This time, Jim Carrey was performing a pantomime without making a sound, but his facial expressions and body language were even more exaggerated. , can even be said to be crazy.
"Have you thought of anyone?" Eric asked again.
Elizabeth dragged her chin and said quickly, "Chaplin?"
"Yes, it's Chaplin. I feel that Jim Carrey's comedy talent is not inferior to Chaplin at all." Eric rewound 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 ones are like "When Harry Met Sally" and 1987 The box office champion "Three Dads and One Baby", "Home Alone" can also be classified as a family comedy, but it focuses more on children's audiences, and it can also be said to be a children's comedy. In addition, other comedy types are rarely outstanding. The studio does not dare to boldly try other types of works, so this is a good opportunity. You can watch it from "Fighting the Condor" at the end of last year. There is a market for more vigorous comedies. .”
Elizabeth asked curiously: "What is a more vigorous comedy?"
"It's comedies that sell spoofs and vulgarity. The main feature of these comedies is exaggeration. The plot violates or exceeds people's common sense, just like "Fighting Eagles."
Elizabeth picked up the materials in front of her and started reading again. Eric didn't bother, and found a magazine to sit there and read it by himself. Those materials were prepared by him, and he had read them several times in detail before. A lot of data has already been bumped into my mind, so I don't need to look at it again.
After a while, after reading it, Elizabeth said: "These statistics show that in the past ten years, both spoof and vulgar comedies accounted for only 3% of the total box office, and these types of comedies are also limited to North America. Now that the overseas box office is taking more and more weight, this type of comedy doesn't seem to have a future."
"That's why I said, this is a big untapped gold mine. It seems that there is no future, just because everyone doesn't pay attention to this market."
How smart Elizabeth was, she realized something quickly and said, "You won't let my tg be cannon fodder to test the waters for these types of comedies?"
Eric nodded: "You can also say that, but with me here, you will definitely not suffer. I personally selected Jim Carrey for you. This guy is still just a nobody. As long as I show up , can easily sign him to a minimum three-year option contract."
The so-called option contract is a restrictive contract signed with the other party when the film company is optimistic about a project. It is stipulated that if a newcomer actor wants to get a role, he must sign a subsidiary condition. Usually, this condition is related to the sequel of the project. There are also requirements for actors 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 that tg be responsible for comedy production, Elizabeth had already made detailed considerations. Although she habitually quarreled with Eric on the surface, she also felt that Eric It makes sense, instead of picking projects and making movies like headless chickens, it is better to specialize in one theme. Comedy is undoubtedly a movie category with great potential. With Eric's help, she believes that tg will be able to Good results in this regard.
"Eric, what about the release?" Elizabeth blinked and asked pretending to be relaxed.
"This is what I want to discuss with you," Eric said with a smile. He knew that Elizabeth was definitely the kind of 'family-oriented' woman who would think of her own family in everything. In Eric's opinion, this is a very good quality. TG's current shareholding structure remains unchanged, with Elizabeth accounting for 40%, Drew and Julia each accounting for 30%. Xiao Nizi is completely equivalent to her own clone, so it is almost equal to her own 30%, plus the following conditions, Eric can take more than half of tg's profits. Since using someone else's daughter as a 'coolie', it is impossible to swallow all the benefits, and the market is so big, this is impossible.
"I won't get involved in the investment. As for the distribution, Firefly wants local and video distribution in North America, and Fox can distribute it overseas."
Elizabeth said: "Actually, we can do the video distribution ourselves."
Eric shook his head and said, "It's not necessary, anyway, I won't let you suffer. TG just needs to concentrate on producing. With the backing of Firefly and Fox, TG will never encounter problems in discovery."
Elizabeth retorted unwillingly: "I don't want to be a vassal. You said before that a pure production company has no future."
"That's because they don't have enough backing support, so it's decided, no more bargaining, let's discuss some specific things." (To be continued...)