David Simkins, Ronald's script assistant, has been very busy these past two weeks. Hundreds of scripts are being mailed to his office.
"The Evil Husband", produced by boss Ronald, has successfully become a dark horse at the box office. Although the marketing efforts are not strong and there are not many theaters, the box office in the second weekend is higher than that in the first weekend.
Reached second place on the ranking list.
This achievement has attracted many people to mail in independent non-commissioned scripts. (It is not a script that the studio signs a contract with and asks the screenwriter to write, but a script that the screenwriter writes himself and tries his luck.)
"If you don't declare anything and give up the copyright of the script, don't read it. It will be stamped and returned intact." David Simkins was teaching several assistants how to handle the script.
The copyright of this kind of uncommissioned script belongs to the author. If you read it rashly and there is a paragraph in any movie that Daydream makes that is similar to the one they sent, someone will go to court and file a lawsuit.
Therefore, if you don’t give up at the beginning, it means you are either a newbie who doesn’t understand any rules, or you are here to deliberately try to cheat, so you should return it intact.
Despite this, after processing more than half of the script, Simkins is still very busy. In the past two days, in addition to being in the office, returning home to eat, nurse the baby, and before going to bed at night, he has been reading the script non-stop.
"Can't you ask your boss to hire more script assistants?" The wife was a little dissatisfied. After putting the children to sleep, she started to complain when her husband didn't turn off the lights.
"It will be fine after a while, and I will bring it up to the boss. During this period, his ability as a producer was widely spread in Hollywood, and the number of scripts sent to the office increased tenfold, but after a while
It will stabilize and we can recruit people when the time comes, so I will be needed in a short period of time."
When the wife saw this, she turned over and hugged David, "So are you going to be promoted? How much salary increase can you get?"
"I think it will be good. Ronald is quite generous to his subordinates." Simkins flipped through a script called "Mannequin" and summarized what selling points should be highlighted when summarizing tomorrow's report."
"What about your script? I know that when you took this job, you just hoped that one day your script would be made into a script."
"I think there are still many childish aspects in my script...it still needs to be revised..."
"But I think the script you wrote is better than anyone else's." As a housewife, my wife also read the script Simkins brought back when she had free time at home.
"That's because you love me, really? I'll try too?"
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"Is this the script you picked out?"
The next day, Ronald frowned and read several scripts recommended by David Simkins. He was not very satisfied.
"Most of the sudden increase in recent times are uncommissioned scripts written by fledgling screenwriters. I read a lot of scripts in the film company's library in the past few months and picked out two that I think have great potential.
It has been handed over to you."
"Scripts are not the only factor that determines the quality of a movie, but these scripts don't make me feel good. They are more like plays released in children's theaters than scripts that can be made into movies."
Ronald scratched his head. His daydream was about a small studio. Simkins had searched the film libraries of many big studios before he found "Dirty Dancing" and "Moonlight".
A very literary script.
Most of the ones that have been mailed in the past two weeks are products for novice screenwriters, and being able to find these is the result of working overtime day and night to select them.
"I have no idea who would go to see this 'Brilliant Man' if someone made it into a movie."
Ronald pulled out the "Brilliant" book, which was already the best quality among the scripts Simkins had picked out.
"This is following one of the most popular production trends now, which is teen movies." Simkins reads a lot of scripts now, and he understands the latest trends.
"If you look at the plot of this movie, an ancient Egyptian princess turned into a wooden beauty and wandered in the river of time until she became an American youth who had accomplished nothing and decorated the windows of a department store.
Every night, the princess turned into a real person and met him, and in the morning, she turned back into a wooden model. In the end, the two defeated their opponent, freed the princess with true love, and became a real person."
"Nowadays, high school students like to watch this? Why does it feel like a fairy tale to me?" Ronald is also a little unable to grasp the preferences of teenagers these days.
"That's it. Since the General took office five or six years ago, the economy has developed very well. Most young people living in suburbs and small towns have good incomes and sufficient pocket money as long as they are willing to work.
They are not like our generation who were very distressed in middle school and had to compete for the jobs of delivering newspapers and milk in the morning."
"Okay, I'll know more about it." Ronald thought about the recent movies. Indeed, the life of teenagers in them was not as difficult as in the 1970s. They had to face the competition of involution and only had a few coins in their pockets.
A life where you can’t pick up girls.
Most young men, no matter what they look like, always seem to have a girlfriend. Love is more about the compatibility of personality and hobbies, as well as the pursuit of a more beautiful and unrestrained person, and becoming a popular figure in school.
In "Fast Pace" that Ronald filmed back then, an outstanding nerd worked hard and was kind-hearted, and finally gained the admiration of a beautiful female classmate.
By this time, the male protagonist had become a loser who would be fired from any job. He also had a girlfriend who was a supervisor. In the end, he dumped him just because he was not good enough.
Perhaps in the past few years, due to population decline and economic development, the values of young people have indeed undergone some subtle changes. With the popularization of education and the increase in opportunities, more people no longer struggle for possessions, but instead care more about quality.
Like Coppola's "The Kid", the story of dozens of teenagers who are all bachelors and can only get together to play poker on the ground for fun, appears less and less in movies. No matter how bad they are, they still can't
You can go to McDonald's.
Ronald was hesitant because he didn't like the script, but what Simkins said was reasonable.
"I'll take the script back and think about it...oops." Ronald accidentally spilled coffee on the cover of the script and quickly cleaned it up.
"Let me help you." David Simkins put the script away and pulled some napkins over to wipe it.
"What is this? Did you write it?"
After the stack of scripts on the table was removed, Ronald discovered a script lying at the bottom.
The title on the cover is "Adventures in babysitting", and the author is obviously Simkins.
"Yes, I have been writing a script for a long time."
"As I said, if you have a script you can give it to me, I will give it priority."
"I originally wanted to improve it, but there are still some plot flaws in this script."
Simkins wanted to say more, but Ronald raised his hand to stop him. He read the beginning and was attracted by the plot.
"A girl who was waiting for her girlfriend to invite her to the prom was rejected by her boyfriend and had to work as a nanny for a family with three children. Her friend had a problem at the airport and asked her to pick him up. The girl took the child with her and drove to the airport.
, but got a flat tire on the road and accidentally entered a car repair shop owned by a gangster..."
"It's very well written. I was fascinated by it. I have to say, the plot of this one is great, much better than that one of 'The Show'."
Ronald spent a short time skimming through Simkins' script.
It is true that as he said, there are still many problems with the details of this script. Some plots are too bizarre and there are many coincidences. In the end, many cartoon-like plots were added to the movie, which is also a bit nondescript.
But the theme and story of the script are very good, and it arouses people's appetite from the beginning. Starting from daily life, the protagonist suddenly faces force majeure and is pushed into a huge crisis.
This is a very orthodox way of writing a three-act play. Simkins has read many scripts, and his own writing is also very charming.
"What do you know? I will take these two scripts home and read them carefully. If they feel good, I will be the producer myself and help you find a suitable distributor."
"Boss, are you serious? My wife encouraged me to show you the script."
"It does give me a good feeling, but it still depends on the publisher's idea. Only if they nod can I start the project.
Your screenwriting skills are very good, what kind of job do you want to do in Hollywood in the future?" Ronald thought Simkins was a talent and wanted to keep him in his daydream for a long time.
"I'm actually interested in the process of film and television production."
"Then you want to be a producer? No problem. You can start recruiting people now, just like yourself, and find someone who can replace you. I will let you participate in more film production links.
If you're lucky, I can start with your movie script."
In addition to promotions and salary increases, employees must also be able to pursue their dream jobs. Anyway, there are many opportunities in the film industry, and Ronald just needs more production talents.