Netflix had a huge success with "House of Cards" and then really opened up with "Stranger Things," which officially established itself as a leader in the industry.
"Stranger Things" tells a story full of suspense. In the 1980s, a boy mysteriously disappeared in a small town. His friends, family and local police/police began to search for answers, and the little boy's friends met again. A girl with superpowers, a mysterious event about secret experiments and supernatural powers is revealed little by little.
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Compared with high-concept sci-fi dramas, the setting of "Stranger Things" is closer to the thriller and suspense part, while sci-fi relies on the shell of the whole story. The success of the whole series is relatively special. It is packaged in the retro style of the 1980s. A science fiction story, the core is about family and growth.
On top of that, the writer-directors duffers give the film a whimsical quality to the classic horror-suspense films: john-carpenter's The Thing, Steven Spielberg The atmosphere reflected in works such as "Alien et" by Stephen King and "Walk With Me" by Stephen King.
In fact, "Stranger Things" has many similarities with Renly's personal favorite "Walk With Me". The latter tells the story of four fourteen-year-old teenagers who went to find a corpse. The corpse symbolized a fork in the road. Those who were traveling together went to different fork roads in the process of growing up, and finally scattered in the end of the world; The former is the story of a group of friends looking for their missing friends.
The Duffy Brothers give such a coming-of-age story a unique flavor and texture, which is why "Stranger Things" is so popular. Of course, the excellent quality of the series is also the foundation.
In fact, before "Stranger Things", the Duffy brothers had written and produced the drama "Black Pine Town", and also co-wrote and directed the movie "Hidden", but neither of these two works was able to cause much repercussions, The side also proved that the story of "Stranger Things" gave the Duffy brothers more room to play, allowing them to find their own strengths.
After that, the story of "The Clown's Return" also has many similarities with "Stranger Things": it is also the story of a group of children looking for their missing friends, but the context, framework and core of the story are still different. Different works, but the similar texture of horror movies in the 1980s has made "The Clown Back to the Soul" more popular in the market.
It can be said that if it weren't for "Stranger Things", the Duffy Brothers might still not have succeeded; but conversely, if it weren't for the Duffy Brothers, "Stranger Things" might also fail.
In Renly's view, this is a directional cooperation project, and both parties are indispensable.
From an objective standpoint, this is actually not a good thing for drama series, because "the stage play is the actor's art, television is the screenwriter's art, and the film is the director's art". The core that really determines the success of a series should be the screenwriter. Although the Duffy brothers are the screenwriters of "Stranger Things", there are more special factors that affect the success of the series.
Outside of Stranger Things, other episodes are back on the script.
In the way of twists and turns, through a clueless murder case to spy on the cultural political/political changes in the background of the entire era, "Sin Night Run" really keeps the audience's attention interlocked, especially It is the opening scene where the male protagonist enters a party and wakes up to find that his party partner has died unexpectedly, and then he is exhausted. It is a bit similar to the opening of the movie "24 Hours" or "Prison Break", which guarantees the quality of the episode.
Focusing on the reconstruction of England after the end of World War II, and finally showing the "crown" of the profound meaning of "if you want to bring a crown, you must bear its weight". Compared with other historical dramas, the success of this series lies in the linear narrative. Instead of letting the characters become name symbols on the annals of history, they endow the struggles and ups and downs of personal emotions behind the events, and tell the ups and downs of history in a thick but delicate way. The screenwriter's energy has been maximized!
"The Handmaid's Tale", which reflects the predicament of contemporary women's status, explores such a serious and heavy topic in the doomsday situation, but further explores the relationship between power and class, and then breaks away from the "women". The limitation of topics gives the episodes more potential potential, absurd but realistic, absurd but cruel, and undoubtedly finds a way to open up on mainstream topics, which is far deeper and broader than the big screen of the movie.
In contrast, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" also tells about the plight of women, but abandons the heavy and profound, and presents a comic-style ridicule in an elegant and retro style, a bit similar to "" "Mad Men" has a sense of age, but it is lighter and more relaxed, and it is more acceptable to ordinary audiences. Among them, the stand-up comic part is undoubtedly a severe test for the screenwriter's line skills and the level of jokes, and the drama series succeeded in this regard!
The "Big Little Lies" that unfolds contemporary life with group portraits of women is deeper and darker than the soap opera "Desperate Housewives", but the real core is to spy on the true meaning of marriage through these women, and then open up the Pandora of middle-class life. Box, the scars behind the glamorous life, only I know, the power revealed in this drama is enough to penetrate the back of the paper. The screenwriter's character control is undoubtedly crucial, and of course the actors also contribute.
The "mourning" culture born in the context of the entire fast food era gave birth to dramas such as "London Life" and "Bojack Horseman", while "Go to the World of His X" is a drama that reflects the culture of teenage mourning. It is still a discussion of growing up confusion, and an in-depth discussion of the many influences of family culture and social environment on young people's thoughts. The screenwriter's digging is not deep, but he can impress the audience with comedy effects. "I didn't know until that day that silent silence is really noisy."
"Mind Hunter" is another suspense drama. David Fincher's guidance gave the whole series a unique temperament of coldness and darkness. It is not so much a crime-solving drama as a psychological discussion. "After that, David Fincher tried again to decipher the psychological distortions behind the murderers, but it went further than "Criminal Minds". The atmosphere of audio-visual effects gave the series a cinematic quality, and the script presented it. The social observation is even more reflective.
After all the calculations, Renly has only selected eight works so far. The number of episodes is far lower than the number of movies, but from another point of view, a movie project needs to consider multiple aspects such as cost, production, distribution, and revenue. ; But after the episodes are watched, you can start preparing immediately, which is much simpler and faster. The only problem is: the movie can be made into theaters, but where should the episodes be made? Play it
Compared with the movies, the directionality of the episodes is more distinct.
For example, "Stranger Things" is that the Duffy brothers are looking for investment; another example, "Mind Hunter" is a project that David Fincher has been brewing for a long time. Although "House of Cards" is also a work directed by him, it is actually a big project. David Finch directed a very limited number of episodes, and he focused more on "Mind Hunter".
For another example, "Sin Night Run" is written by the gold medal screenwriter Stephen Zellian, who wrote "Schindler's List", "Gangs of New York", "Mission Impossible", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" As the screenwriter of other works, he also came to the small screen for the first time, hoping to find a new situation in his career. He is currently discussing projects with hbo.
In other words, after the script is released, these episodes already have a general outline, the whole context and framework are clearer and more direct, and they can be directly put into production at any time.
Because the directionality of the episodes is relatively clear, so below each episode, Renly gave a simple summary of the plot. In fact, it is only a sentence or two, at least not to be confused because there must be more than one script for the TV series. , When Andy and Andre made the second selection, they couldn't read them all, it was too time-consuming, and now Renly has put together a simple weather vane.
When Andy was reading the list, the amount of information came straight to his mind.
He really felt that none of these eight episodes were suitable for production, and felt like he was being shot in minutes, so he cast his eyes at Renly, "...Are there any special instructions? For example, if it is really possible to If we're going into production, which one should we make first?"
"Part of the list of episodes, I wrote notes at random, and Matthew finished the final arrangement." Because the contents of the notes in the episodes are too many and too complicated, Renly originally planned to give them all to Andy. Compared with the movie , the competitiveness of the episodes is also much smaller, and the six major film companies are not likely to be interested, so naturally there is no need to make a secret code; but in the end, Matthew couldn't see it, and made a simple arrangement.
Matthew thought about it seriously, "It depends on Andre's financial planning. If there is enough money, 'Stranger Things' and 'Mind Hunter' can be the first to be filmed; but if there is a shortage of funds, 'Go to his x world' ' and 'Sin Night Run' can start first; and 'Big Little Lies' if you want to open up your network."
"Networking situation? What do you mean?" Andre asked.
Matthew explained simply, "First, it's a show about women as protagonists, promoting women's rise; second, the show includes three main characters. You can go to Hollywood for a walk, and now you're willing to take on such shows The big-name actresses, should easily be more than two hands. It's going to work really fast."
Andre and Andy both understood in an instant.
Andre pondered for a moment, then cast a glance at Renly, "The question is now, what should we do with our capital chain? If Renly wants, after Oscar, we will go back to London, and also Remember? I said before, we need more money."