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Netflix found huge success with "House of Cards" and then really broke into things with "Stranger Things," which officially established itself as the 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. The little boy's friends met another A girl with superpowers, a mysterious incident about secret experiments and supernatural powers is revealed bit by bit.
Compared to high-concept science fiction series, the setting of "Stranger Things" is closer to the thriller and suspense part. Science fiction relies on the shell of the entire story. The success of the entire series is relatively special, packaged in the retro style of the 1980s. A science fiction story, the core is about family and growth.
The most important thing is that the writer-director Duffer brothers (Duffer) give the movie a wonderful texture of classic horror suspense movies: John-Carpenter (John-Carpenter) "The Thing", Steven Spielberg The atmosphere reflected in works such as "ET" and Stephen King's "Stand By Me".
In fact, "Stranger Things" has many similarities with Renly's personal favorite "Stand By Me". The latter tells the story of four fourteen-year-old boys who go to find a corpse, which symbolizes a fork in the road. , those friends who were traveling together took different paths as they grew up, and ended up scattered at the end of the world; while the former is the story of a group of friends looking for their missing friends..
The Duffy brothers gave such a coming-of-age story a unique flavor and texture, which is why "Stranger Things" is so popular - and 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 TV series "Pine Town", and also co-written and directed the movie "Hideout", but neither of the two works was able to arouse much response. It also proves from the side that the story of "Stranger Things" gives the Duffy brothers more room to play and allows them to find their own strengths..
After that, the story of "The Return of the Clown" 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. Although the two works are different from each other, the similar texture of the horror movies of the 1980s has made "The Return of the Clown" win more market favors..
It can be said that if it were not for "Stranger Things", the Daffy Brothers might still not be successful; but conversely, if it were not for the Duffy Brothers, "Stranger Things" might also be a failure.
From Renly's point of view, this is a targeted cooperation project, and both parties are indispensable..
From an objective standpoint, this is actually not a good thing for the drama, because "stage drama is the art of actors, television is the art of screenwriters, and movies are the art of directors." It is the core that truly determines the success of a drama series. , should be the screenwriters - although the Duffy brothers are the screenwriters of "Stranger Things", the success of the series has more special factors..
Outside of "Stranger Things," other shows have gone back to scripts.
In a twisting and unraveling way, and through a clueless murder case to peek into the cultural and political changes in the context of the entire era, "Night Run" truly managed to keep the audience's attention in a chain-linked manner, especially It opens with the male protagonist entering a party, waking up to find that his party mate has died, and then he is exhausted. It is a bit similar to the opening of the movie "24 Hours" or "Prison Break", which ensures the quality of the series..
Focusing on the reconstruction of England after the end of World War II, "The Crown" finally presents the secret of "if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight". Compared with other historical dramas, the success of this series lies in its linear narrative. The characters are not reduced to name symbols in the annals of history, but the struggles and ups and downs of personal emotions behind the events are given, and the ups and downs of history are told in a heavy yet delicate way. The energy of the screenwriter is maximized play！
"The Handmaid's Tale" reflects the dilemma of contemporary women's status. It uses the doomsday situation to explore such a serious and heavy topic, but it further explores the relationship between power and class, and then breaks away from the concept of "women". The limitation of the topic gives the drama more potential. It is absurd but realistic, absurd but cruel. It undoubtedly finds a new way to open up on the mainstream topic, which is far deeper and broader than the big screen of the movie..
In comparison, "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" also tells the story of the plight of women, but it abandons the heaviness and profundity, and uses an elegant retro style to present a comedic ridicule effect, somewhat similar to " "Mad Men" has a sense of age, but is lighter and more relaxed, and is more acceptable to ordinary audiences. The stand-up comedy part is undoubtedly a severe test for the screenwriter's line skills and joke level, and the series has succeeded in this aspect Got it！
"Big Little Lies" uses a group portrait of women to unfold contemporary life. It is deeper and darker than the soap opera "Desperate Housewives", but the real core is to use this group of women to peek into the true meaning of marriage, and then open up the Pandora's magic of middle-class life. Box, only you know the scars behind the glamorous life. 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 a lot..
The "mourning" culture born under the background of the entire fast food era gave birth to dramas such as "Fleabag" and "Bojack Horseman", while "The World of F*ck" is a drama that reflects the mourning culture of teenagers. It still explores the confusion of growing up, and deeply explores the many influences of family culture and social environment on the minds of young people. The screenwriter did not dig deeply, but he was able to impress the audience with the comedy effect, "I didn't know until that day that silent silence is really noisy.”.
“"Mindhunter" is another kind of suspense drama. David Fincher's direction gives the entire drama a unique cold and dark temperament. It is not so much a crime-solving drama as a psychological exploration. Following "The Seven Deadly Sins" After that, David Fincher once again tried to decipher the psychological distortions behind the murderers, but he went further than "Criminal Minds". The atmosphere created by the audio-visual effects gave the series a movie quality, and the script presented Social observation is even more reflective.
After all the calculations, Renly has only selected eight works so far. The number of dramas is far less than the number of movies. But from another perspective, movie projects need to consider many aspects such as cost, production, distribution, and income. ; But for dramas, you only need to start preparations immediately after you take a fancy to them. This seems much simpler and faster. The only problem is: after the movies are produced, they can enter theaters, but where should the dramas be produced? Playing？
Compared with movies, the direction of dramas is more clear.
For example, "Stranger Things" is the Duffy brothers who are looking for investment; for another example, "Mindhunter" is a project that David Fincher has been brewing for a long time. Although "House of Cards" is also a work directed by him, in fact most David Fincher directed a very limited number of episodes, and he focused more of his energy on "Mindhunter".
For another example, "Night Runner" was written by Stephen Zaillian, the gold medal screenwriter who wrote "Schindler's List", "Gangs of New York", "Mission: Impossible", and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" As a screenwriter of other works, he has also come to the small screen for the first time, hoping to find a new perspective in his career. He is currently discussing projects with HBO.
In other words, after the script is released, these dramas already have a rough outline, the entire context and framework are clearer and more direct, and can be directly put into production at any time.
Because the direction of the series is relatively obvious and clear, Renly gave a simple plot summary under each episode. In fact, it was only one or two sentences, at least it would not be confusing - because the scripts of TV series must be more than One book. When Andy and Andre made the second selection, they couldn't read them all one by one. It was too time-consuming. Now Renly has compiled a simple weather vane..
When Andy read the list, the amount of information came directly into his mind..
He really felt that these eight episodes were not suitable for production, and he felt like he was being shot every minute. So, he cast his gaze towards Renly, "...don't you have any special instructions? For example, if it's really If we can put it into production, which work should we make first?？”
“I wrote down some notes for the partial list of the episodes, and Matthew finished the final editing." Because the notes for the episodes were too much and too complicated, Renly originally planned to give them all to Andy in one go - compared to the movies. Said that the competitiveness of the drama series has also become much smaller, and it is estimated that the six major film companies will not be interested, so naturally there is no need to make secret codes; but in the end, Matthew couldn't stand it and made a simple arrangement.
Matthew thought about it seriously, "This depends on Andre's financial planning. If there is enough funds, 'Stranger Things' and 'Mindhunter' can be put into filming first; but if there is a shortage of funds, 'Fuck the world of X'" ' and 'Night Run' can be started first; and if you want to open up your network, then 'Big Little Lies'’.”
“Network situation? What's the meaning? "Andre asked.
Matthew simply explained, "First of all, it is a series about female protagonists, advocating the rise of women; secondly, the series includes three main characters. You can go to Hollywood for a walk, and now you are willing to take on such series There should be more than two hands of big-name actresses. It will work very quickly..”
Both Andre and Andy understood instantly.
Andre pondered for a moment, and then cast his gaze towards Renly, "The problem now is here, what should we do with our capital chain? If Renly is willing, after Oscar, we can go back to London and... Remember, we said before, we need more money.”
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