Chapter 63: Nominations
By early December, Leicester's "Stuttering" movie was taken off the theaters with a total box office of $4.8 million.
The December season is an important day for the North American film industry - the awards ceremony.
Major film companies have begun to play public relations for their own films that were released in 84, and the intensity of the means is unimaginable.
"Empire" magazine, "Hollywood Reporter", and "Variety" have become one of their main public relations magazines, and even many film critics have received gifts from film companies for public relations.
As long as your gift is expensive enough to suit their hearts, film critics will give your film a good review, which is a common occurrence in Hollywood.
The Oscars of the early 80s were different from those of other eras.
Because of the fierce competition brought about by diversified entertainment in the sixties, Hollywood fell into a trough, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which hosted the Oscars, rewarded box office blockbusters desperately, and the early to mid-seventies was the winning season for a new generation of box office, and the Oscars were ridiculed by film festivals in Europe and other places for being reduced to a business model.
However, in the late 70s and early 80s, the Oscars changed their award policy, and there were many changes, and it was difficult for box office blockbusters from 79 to 83 to touch the toes of the little golden man and get the mainstream awards.
This has also made mainstream Hollywood films consciously divided into two categories, one is aimed at earning box office during the long summer slot, and the other is born in the autumn and winter, heading straight for the awards.
Although there have been many changes in the Oscars, they can't stop the major film companies from being enthusiastic about the Oscars.
Under the policy of the Oscars, the media did not report on the box office champion of the year, "Ghostbusters", and the top box office "Detective", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Terminator", "Star Trek" and other big-box office movies.
The PR of these big-box office movies was put in the corner.
The media and critics have been predicting that the film will be nominated and won by the Oscar favorite.
The most popular media reports are films such as "Mozart" and "Journey to India", "2010 Megatron Sun", and "Slaughter".
Among them, "Mozart's Biography" has the highest voice, and the publicity and public relations are also the most intense.
In the midst of the hottest film nominations and awards in the media, a short film and commercial film are starting to appear at the bottom of the magazine, and are slowly climbing up the film rankings.
The Oscars can only enter the jury for review and voting if they spend a lot of money on publicity and public relations and impact the Oscars.
In order to hit the Oscars, the film company did everything to compete with other film companies, wanting to get out of it, hoping to get the green of the Oscar judges.
The Oscars are voted for by more than 5,000 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
The Oscar chairman and the judges will look the other way for a strong PR, and whether it can be made or not will ultimately depend on the quality of your film and the vote turnout.
For the sake of "Wall Street" and "Stuttering", Asuka Film and Television rushed to produce multiple copies of the two films and sent them to the major judges and chairmen of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
For both films, Asuka Film and Television applied for the Oscars for Best Actor and Best Live Action Short Film.
An Oscar application does not necessarily lead to nominations, and nominations do not necessarily lead to awards.
Whether it can be done depends on the final result.
The Wall Street PR run featured Oliver and Michael Douglas as they wandered between the judges and the magazine's reporters.
"Stuttering" is the easiest, and it was included in the jury when it was released at the New York Film Festival, and whether it can be nominated depends on the follow-up public relations publicity.
The publicity in December continued into January, and everyone stopped PR and waited for the Oscar nominations to be announced.
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In Billy Foshan's villa, Lester sits on the couch and watches an advertisement on the TV.
"It's not started yet. ”
Mokconette put a cup of coffee in front of Lester, sat down and asked:
"Nope. ”
Lester shook his head and took his coffee.
When Harvard University was on vacation at the end of December, Mocony Wright took her clothes and saluted and returned to Billy Foshan's villa from Massachusetts.
Lester's deeds, in the phone call between the two from time to time, Mokonelle Wright already knew about her brother, and when she heard that today was the time when the Oscar nominations were announced, she hurriedly came over to watch.
"Here we go. ”
Mocony Wright picked up something to eat, saw the Oscar statuette appear on the TV, and said vaguely;
On the TV screen...
The Oscar statuette accompanied by the music streaked across the TV, appearing as the president of the Giri Allen Academy, who was about to expire, and next to the two councillors, Robert Cora and Max Pike, and their assistants.
The trio introduce themselves to the camera, and then freeze in front of Robert Cora and Max Pike.
Welcome to the announcement of the nominations for the 57th Academy Awards.
Robert Cora picked up the microphone and shouted into front of the mirror to announce this year's nominees.
In order to match the TV ratings, the Oscars will announce important awards later, and the first nominations announced are music, makeup, artistic vision, costumes and other nominations.
The previous announcement was boring and boring, and there was not much to see, but Lester watched it with interest.
Reborn I, it was the first time Lester had seen the live broadcast of the Oscars on TV, and it would not be as boring as Mocony Wright, and some complained about the people who were announcing the nominations, and some were talkative.
"It's coming!"
Lester, who had been nestled on the couch, straightened forward and sat precariously looking at the TV, his eyes fixed on the TV as the staff handed the envelope to Robert Cora.
The nominees for the Best Live Action Short Film award are now announced. Robert Cora opened the envelope of the nomination announcement and said with a smile in front of the camera: "Nominees: "Meet and Part", "Up" Mike Hoover (director), "Painted Door"...
As Robert Cora recites the nominated live-action short, Lester's heart suddenly feels nervous.
Last live-action short film nominee: "Stuttering" director Lestrore. ”
When Robert Cora pronounced Lester's name, the nervousness disappeared and a smile appeared on his face.
"Great, congratulations, Lester. ”
Mocony Wright said happily when she heard her brother's name;
Maybe it's just a nomination, and it hasn't been announced which film will win the award, but it can represent that Lester is really a new director.
The nominations that Robert Cora read out next were all major Oscar awards.
"The Biography of Mozart", which was a double hit at the box office, won eight nominations including Best Picture, and "A Journey to India", which can be compared to "The Biography of Mozart", won seven nominations.
When the Best Actor nominations were announced, the most dazzling thing was that "The Biography of Mozart" occupied two more actor nominations, and only one actor in the other nominated films was on the list.
"Best Actor: '' Michael Douglas of 'Wall Street,'' Robert Cora read out the nomination for the last Best Actor.
Out of this, Lester was happy for Michael Douglas.
Michael Douglas, on the other side, was thrilled to hear that he had been nominated for Best Actor.
Robert Cora has announced the final Best Picture nominations, ending this year's Oscar nominations.