1384 Retro Drama
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The "Naval Crime Investigation Office" in 2003, "Doctor House" and "Grey's Anatomy" in 2004, and "Prison Break" in 2005. In the past three years, Studio 11 has released a total of four TV series, all of which have achieved great success. However, it has entered July in 2006, but there has never been any movement from Studio 11, which really surprised everyone.
However, with the great success of "Singing and Dance" and "The Queen of Prada" in "The Queen of Prada", it is understandable that Studio Eleven shifted its focus to the big screen. The start of the shooting of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" attracted the attention of many people. This is the third time Studio Eleven has filmed a work without Evan Bell. Whether it can continue the glory of the previous two times is naturally worth looking forward to. At the same time, when Evan Bell takes on new works after "perfume" has become a topic.
NBC TV will send Mark Bonnet to the door at this point in time, obviously hoping to explore Evan Bell's tone.
Mark Bonnett went straight to the topic, and Evan Bell was not surprised. He did not deliberately avoid it, and said with a smile, "Yes, but it is still in the preparation stage, so we have not contacted major TV stations yet. Our plan is to broadcast it again next fall."
Evan Bell admitted it simply and frankly, which made Mark Bonnett stunned, but he just paused for a moment and quickly continued, "What kind of work is it? It takes up to a year of preparation time, which can be compared with the movie." In fact, it is not unusual to prepare a TV series for one or two years. For example, HBO filmed some epic dramas, and each episode was carefully crafted compared to the movie, and the shooting time was not shorter than that of the movie.
"Do you know Matthew Wiener?" Evan Bell did not answer Mark Bonnet's question positively, but instead opened up a new topic.
Mark Bonnett was not in a hurry. He knew Evan Bell was willing to talk straight to the point. That would be fine. All he needed to do was just follow the topic of Evan Bell, "Matthew? Of course. One of the chief screenwriters of the 3rd and 4th seasons of 'The Soprano'."
The "Subordinate Family" can be regarded as one of the pillars of HBO TV. After its premiere in 1999, it received rave reviews, and won numerous awards at the Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards. This TV series is hailed as a great masterpiece of American pop culture, which has also enabled HBO to successfully embark on the road of revival and changed the pattern of American TV screens. It is no exaggeration to say that hBO stood out in many cable TV stations, and the "Subordinate Family" made great contributions.
"At the end of last year, Matthew submitted a proposal he wrote for five years to us. However, it has never been taken seriously. After a few months, I saw this proposal in March this year. I thought it was very feasible and hoped to be filmed as a TV series." Evan Bell followed up with Mark Bonnet's words, "But unfortunately, Matthew took over the screenwriter of the last season of the "Sorcery", and this plan requires careful consideration. So our company plans to slowly prepare for the preliminary preparations and start filming next year."
Matthew Wiener, the 41-year-old "Mediterranean" screenwriter, entered the industry in 1996 and became a screenwriter. After that, he was in the screenwriter's career. Until 2001, Matthew Wiener was qualified to write a "Subordinate" screenwriter and his career began to improve. Unfortunately, in 2002, Matthew Wiener lost his job, and then handed over the "Mad Man" plan he had written since 1999 to hbo TV. Hbo, who is used to talking about sex, swearing and violence, rejected the proposal on the grounds that it was "unpretentious".
"Mad Man" was set in New York in the 1960s. The story describes the cruel commercial competition in the advertising industry in the golden age at that time. This is indeed a "stupid" TV series, without hot and powerful scenes, without talented strange things, and without exciting case-solving and chasing murders. It can be said that it is described with the adjective of dullness. But this TV series is better than hopeless retro, faithful and real insider, and with fake and real history, these highlights make "Mad Man" a retro drama with charming charm.
After being rejected by HBO, Matthew Wiener was silent for three years and had no job. At the end of last year, he chose Studio Eleven with no way out. In fact, Studio Eleven was not the first choice for Matthew Wiener, or even the top eight. Because Studio Eleven is too small and does not have sufficient funds, it can be seen from the movies and TV series currently filmed by Studio Eleven. Compared with HBO TV spending a lot of money on a TV series, Studio Eleven cannot meet Matthew Wiener’s requirements for “Mad Men”. The “Mad Men” truly restores the scenes and clothing requirements of the 1960s, which makes the production fee unabated.
But then, Studio 11 rose rapidly, and Matthew Wiener only focused on this newly emerging small-qualified production company after completing the Pixar acquisition. Unfortunately, Studio 11, which has always been bold and unique, did not respond at all.
After entering 2006, Matthew Wiener's bad luck was over. First, hbo TV invited him back to write the last season script for the "Subordinate Family"; then Studio 11 called and said they were willing to produce "Mad Men". Fortunately, Studio 11 agreed to let Matthew Wiener complete the screenwriter of the "Subordinate Family" first and then devote himself to the production of "Mad Men" next year, which really made Matthew Wiener overjoyed.
In fact, the person who was really overjoyed should be Evan Bell. He almost missed the "Mad Man". You know, this TV series has won the Emmy Award for Best TV Series in the Drama for four consecutive years, and has won three consecutive Best TV Series at the Golden Globe Awards. The outstanding work is undoubtedly excellent. However, Evan Bell's true love for this work is not because it can win the award, but because this drama is indeed a rare and excellent drama.
Generally speaking, the drama is a bit serious and dull, and it is difficult to attract a large number of viewers on the small screen. Evan Bell tried it four times in his previous life before watching it. Once he watched it, he was completely addicted to it. The "Mad Men"'s character creation, rigor of the industry, and pursuit of details all made the TV series exude charming charm. Among them, different social classes have different costumes and dressed up, mixed with real historical events in the 1960s, and real and credible advertising cases; and the most important thing is that in that year, in an era when the haze of World War II was dissipated, singing and dancing statements, and sensuality, the TV series truly created that nostalgic and hazy atmosphere, which made people fascinated... These highlights made the "Mad Men" a complete transformation and join the ranks of classics.
If Studio 11 can successfully create a TV series like "Mad Men", it will be a great improvement for the entire Eleventh production staff, which will have an unlimited positive effect on the quality of the studio's works in the future. Therefore, Evan Bell is very determined to create this TV series.
With the appearance of Mark Bonnet, Evan Bell did not hesitate at all. He followed the flow and proposed the plan for the show. Although filming will not start next year, he doesn't mind starting to cooperate with the TV station now and putting the preliminary preparations on the agenda.
After listening to Evan Bell's narrative, Mark Bonnet was very confused. On the one hand, in their eyes, they would never produce dramas like "Mad Men". At that time, Matthew Wiener must have submitted the script of "Mad Men" to NBC TV, but he must have been rejected, because unlike cable TV like HBO, NBC's commercial TV stations have to rely on advertising, and retro dramas like "Mad Men" are almost zero in their ability to drive ratings. If Mark Bonnet makes a judgment, he will definitely refuse.
But on the other hand, this is a drama that Evan Bell is watching. What does it mean? It means that Evan Bell's unique vision has attracted the "Mad Men", which is equivalent to the quality of the work itself. This makes Mark Bonnett unable to give up.
Evan Bell seemed to know Mark Bonnet's entanglement and struggle, and he was not in a hurry, just chatting and giving Mark Bonnet enough time to think. In the end, Mark Bonnet chose to refuse in extreme depression, "I think such a drama is still not suitable for NBC."
NBC TV stations now lack ratings and reputation, but relatively speaking, they are still even more lacking in ratings. If Evan Bell can come up with a plan like "jailbreak", it would be better for NBC. Mark Bonnett knew very clearly that even if he brought this plan back, it would probably not be passed. Therefore, even if he knew that "Mad Men" was favored by Evan Bell, Mark Bonnett still had to choose ratings first and could only give up.
Evan Bell was not surprised at all. Dramas like "Mad Men" are more suitable for cable TV stations because they have always valued quality but not weight to the audience. They only hope that viewers who watch this drama can like the series and maintain the audience's subscription rate, which is enough.
Mark Bonnet looked at Evan Bell, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Evan, since 'Mad Men' is next year's plan, does Studio Eleven have no other plans this year?" Evan Bell just now proposed a plan very kindly, and it can be seen that he highly praised "Mad Men", but Mark Bonnet directly refused; now he is getting more and more aggressive. Mark Bonnet also knows that he is not good at doing this, but this is a negotiation in the business world, right? Even if he knows that Evan Bell will not take it again, he must get a clear answer.
"No. There are no other TV series plans for Studio Eleven this year." Evan Bell simply said, extinguishing Mark Bonnett's last hope.
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