Chapter 145: The Oscar Ecosystem
Although they are all mixed in a circle, the emotional world of the big names in the entertainment industry, even for colleagues, is actually a foggy sight, which makes it difficult for people to see clearly, of course, the most common way is not to ask at all, so as not to provoke right and wrong, so when filming "The Fifth Sally", the story between Christopher and Jennifer is not unclear that no one has seen some signs, but no one has ever talked to Jenny about this issue, after all, for the big guys, To fire a staff member is just a matter of one sentence.
This time the "Pirates of the Caribbean" incident was the same, Josh began to bump into the big. Hemp is certainly no secret in the crew, and Jennifer came over to make a fuss when she heard the news, kicking all of Josh's 'pilots' out of the room, and Josh himself was soaked in a cold tub to endure 'waterboarding', of course, it can't be only Mary and Nicholas know. However, even the hapless people who were kicked out of the room did not dare to comment on the matter - if this incident got out, they would definitely be fired from the crew, and they might even face high claims. After all, the industry also has strict terms, although there is Johnny in the crew, so the control is not strict, but there is still a public opinion on who is right and who is wrong.
The filming continued as planned, and no one in the crew invited Josh to those private parties again, and even rumors about the relationship between the two appeared in some tabloids: it is said that the reason why Josh only visited Jenny once was because he couldn't stand her desire to control, and took advantage of the good time when Jennifer was admitted to the hospital to hurry up and have a tobacco party.
Fortunately, Disney can still suppress Josh's death to this extent, this news that contains some truth does not include photos, and it is published by some substandard gossip tabloids, so it did not stir up any waves in public opinion. At Judy's behest, the two royal paparazzi went to Santo Domingo to take some photos of Jenny and Josh dining and talking, without too intimate actions, still preparing for the breakup, but it was enough to dispel those 'rumors'.
As for Josh's agent...... It is inconvenient for Jeanne to interfere in this matter, she just conveyed Josh's wishes to Cesare, as for Cesare's choice in Big Dream and his agent's career, Jenny has no right to continue to interfere, after all, she can't give Cesare a package ticket of 'Big Dream will definitely develop', whether to spend her energy on the agent's side, or more to manage the future of some Big Dreams, it depends on Cesare's own judgment.
However, in her opinion, Josh and Cesare are more suitable than her and Cesare, and Jenny herself belongs to a character that can be very assertive from time to time, so she and Cesare also found the current mode of getting along after a period of running-in. And Josh's personality is actually very soft, he belongs to the type of 'push and move', otherwise he would not be at the mercy of Anna and Claudia like this, Cesare's initiative and manipulation are actually very compatible with Josh's passivity and acceptance, the only problem is that Cesare may not be very optimistic about Josh's acting skills......
In all fairness, Josh's previous acting skills were indeed mediocre, he was not insincere, but compared with genius actors, he was always so bad, the role couldn't stand up, and he could only rely on characters to eat in big productions of the genre - in fact, his debut resources were better than Christopher's, Christopher's popular work "Trembling Lover" was only a medium-sized production, and the publicity was average, but he relied on his extraordinary personal charm to become popular all over the United States and become an ICON-like male god of the times, Josh, The resources are not bad, and they have caught up with two big hit productions in a row, but the charm is limited, so the popularity of the feedback is like that, after barely squeezing into the A-list with the box office, it feels a little lacking in stamina, and it is always not like Christopher, who stood firmly on the A-list, and it was probably a matter of time before he entered the super A.
However, probably the same as 'Article Hateful', maybe acting is destined to belong to a man with a story, or rather, a man with a story is the most beautiful. During the few days of filming in Santo Domingo, Jenny was playing soy sauce in group scenes because her body had just recovered, and she still had the energy to observe the performance of others - she really saw the traces of Josh's acting progress, at least now the role of Will, his joys, sorrows and sorrows make people feel very real, and he has eye-catching qualities, how to say, it is that this character finally has a sense of reality, it stands up, and with the blessing of Josh's outstanding appearance, it looks even more charming......
Even Josh's eyes, after the toss of this love accident, also seem much deeper than before, I can't help but say, temperament is indeed indescribable, anyway, Josh's beard style used to be somewhat nondescript, a bit of a teenager funny, but now, he is very manly and tempting when he grows a beard, and that kind of melancholy and deep temperament is enough to arouse any woman's desire to soothe him, that is, Mary, who knows Josh's subtlety, has not been able to hold back several times and launched a nymphomaniac against him.
"Claudia is the most loving Josh in the world." She half-jokingly said to Jenny, "It feels like Josh has taken all the key steps in his life because of her push." ”
"Who's to say it isn't?" Jenny grimaced, "This is a classic bloody story, the big star and his secret girlfriend, in the end the big star got everything, the heartache made him achieve higher, and his ordinary girlfriend got nothing but wasted time, and returned to ordinary life." ”
"Sounds like you're sarcastic." Mary looked at Jenny suspiciously.
"I do think Josh should give Claudia some financial compensation, but maybe my ideas aren't mainstream." Jenny also admits this - probably this is also the difference between Eastern and Western cultures, in her opinion, without Claudia, there would be no Josh today, with the ups and downs of the two people along the way, Josh should divide half of the property to Claudia. But neither Mary nor Jim seemed to have any idea that Josh should compensate Claudia. Maybe in Hollywood, where prenuptial agreements are the mainstream, there is no engagement, no marriage, and even the cohabitation relationship has been dissolved for several years, and the relationship has not even been made public, and the two have not reached the step of sharing property at all, and they cannot talk about □□ family. In short, American culture in marriage, a bit of 'frankly selfish', don't look at Josh dying for Claudia, but if Claudia is going to come to □□ house, the two hire lawyers to fight each other, Jenny will not be surprised.
Mary looked a little unimpressed, but instead of arguing with Jenny, she wisely changed the subject, "Do you want to attend tomorrow night's screening?" Jen, Judy suggested that we better attend, but that might get in the way of your schedule. ”
"Let's see the results of tomorrow's follow-up visit." Jenny hesitated, she did feel a little uncomfortable, but ......, "Try to go, if we go back to Los Angeles and don't show up at the screening, it might give the critics the impression of arrogance." ”
She smiled self-deprecatingly—"I'm in a much more desperate mood to please them now than I am to please my lover." ”
"Interestingly, I'm sure Christopher thinks the same way." Mary chuckled, "Jack just contacted me, they're at Heathrow Airport - Chris just stayed up all night filming his scene to make time back home." ”
"yes." Jenny said heavily, "Who would dare to offend the critics now? Whether "Sally" can be nominated or not, there is an 80% chance that it depends on their mood tonight. ”
Generally speaking, in addition to the Best Picture award, the Oscar awards are selected by professionals from subordinate branches, that is to say, the four major acting awards are selected by more than 1,000 people from the actor branch, and the script award is also selected by more than 300 people from the writers' branch. Therefore, there is a big difference between technical awards, acting awards and behind-the-scenes awards, technical awards are generally the least watery, after all, you can't fool insiders, besides, the technical people who can be nominated will basically be worth the top layer of the industry, and even if they win the award, the value will not be higher - no matter how high it is, no one will invite it. Therefore, whether to win an award or not has not much impact on the value, and there are very few moths who vote - there will hardly be such an award as corporate public relations. Even in the visual effects awards, there will be a strange phenomenon that the companies that win the awards will almost all fall into the crisis of bankruptcy, just imagine how can a special effects company that can barely maintain its own survival have money for public relations awards?
As for the behind-the-scenes awards, the script, cinematography, music, makeup, ...... These awards are relatively clean, because in the Oscar jury of up to 5,000 people, there are very few members belonging to these chapters, and some branch members are only 100 or 200 people, and there are also some big bulls who have won the Oscars repeatedly with their own halo effect and extensive connections, reflecting the preference of the Oscar jury. The curtain and controversy are almost all focused on the acting awards, director awards and best picture awards, and those various public relations tricks are actually running around these awards. And in the core of these PR biological chains, the most important position is undoubtedly the film critics who have no influence on the acting and directing awards.
This is not only because film critics manipulate public opinion, but also because film critics can directly affect the importance of the judges to this film, you must know that compared with the voting in the nomination-award stage, the audition in the registration-nomination stage is the step with the highest elimination rate, and it is needless to say how many films are registered every year, the judges must vote for five nominations in hundreds of films, so normal people know that there are many films that will be thrown directly into the trash, unless it is a famous actor and a film with great praise, it will be taken seriously, Enjoy the right to play the whole film.
So, how to influence these more than 1,000 actors? If an actor's performance is unanimously praised by film critics, then even if there is no public relations promoter, they will watch it carefully, lest the actor's performance really blow up but not be selected, so it will be ridiculed by the public, which will reduce the credibility and influence of the Oscars.
It must be said that after all these years of operation, the Oscars have indeed found a balance between political correctness, the push game and relative fairness, under this set of rules, truly outstanding actors may not get the Oscars, but few cannot get nominations. And the reason why Weinstein has been able to win the Oscars again and again is not how much he has turned his hands into clouds, but because in addition to his extensive connections, he has also eaten the appetite of those aging Oscar jury members, and has repeatedly produced politically correct, relatively good commercial results, and three views close to the judges for the Oscars - to put it bluntly, he has done a better job than anyone else in the big data of the Olympic Awards, and even in the later stage, he may be able to judge how many supporters he can win among the more than 1,000 judges after watching a work. How much hope for nominations and awards, after all, the annual changes and information of more than 1,000 people are all in his mind.
Therefore, on "The Fifth Sally", he earned not only the money for future contributions and dividends, but also the public relations fees of the male and female protagonists were earned by his Weinstein Pictures, and the money Christopher threw into it alone may be more than the box office dividends that Weinstein Pictures can get. But at this point, the two sides are willing to fight and suffer, and they are willing to give, and they are willing to receive it openly, because the old man is doing his own business, and in Hollywood, besides him, there really doesn't seem to be a second person who knows Oscar so well. In his eyes, the Oscar is a formula, there is no surprise award, and after you enter the data, the error of the result will not exceed 20%.
Compared with Christopher, Jenny spent less on public relations this year, and on the side of "Sally", she invested a medium amount suggested by Weinstein, unlike Chris, who directly raised the filmmaker's budget to the limit, and threw millions more into it - her chances of winning the award are almost zero, which Jenny herself knows very well: although she won the Tony Award, she started with a commercial film and rose to the first line of popularity in a few years, and she is on the show and hype topics, and she has no artist style at all. is still acting in a thriller, and it's strange that the old-timers of the Actors Guild will vote for her, so let's take a few nominations to brush up on the style.
-- Even Weinstein is powerless in this regard, after all, the judges are not the bargaining chips in his pocket, most of them are successful people with a good life and high status, and it is impossible for Weinstein to control them, but can only be curryed favor with him.
However, in addition to this money, she also invested a fee to entrust Weinstein to run Andy's supporting actress in "The Devil Wears Prada" for her - the protagonist is not delusional, and the Oscars have never had a single award ceremony in which one person monopolizes one award and two nominations, which is also something that no amount of money can be spent. After all, the first round of nomination voting was a secret ballot, and Weinstein could only publicize a certain amount, and two movies she starred in were written on one ballot, which was a shocking scandal that wanted to trigger a major reshuffle of the judges. And if you choose to disperse the vote, it is more likely that neither film will be nominated.
So, now there is a funny, or a little ugly, situation, that is, Jenny's Andy is obviously the protagonist, but he reported the supporting role, and Meryl's Miranda is obviously a supporting role, but under Jenny's personal phone call and Cesare's public relations to Fox, he reported the protagonist - in the case of no hope of winning the award at all, in fact, this is Chi. Bare. The naked profit maximization plan, in order to brush up on the deployment made by a few more nominations, Jenny and Fox's appearance is indeed a little ugly, so Jenny does not have much public relations money for Weinstein Pictures, and Weinstein Pictures does not dare to play big, but conservatively promises to fight for about 200 votes for her - this is the chip that Weinstein has pinched firmly in his pocket, and it is also the basic plate that "Sally" will get, as for how many tickets can be won outside the basic market, whether it is Sally or Andy, In fact, it all depends on how many actors can be influenced by the public opinion led by the film critic - at least, that's all Jenny can do, very indirectly, but this is the only means of effort.
Compared to Sally, who has almost half a chance of being nominated (if Weinstein judged that there was no such chance, he would not have proposed it at all), Andy's hope is a little slimmer, because "The Devil Wears Prada" has been out for a long time - the DVDs have come out, and it has also brought a lot of income and stable financial resources to Big Dream - although Andy has scenes such as playing ugly, crashing, and playing with Meryl, but that was half a year ago, and for Hollywood, it is almost a lifetime. Jeanne can only use Sally's voice to evoke the memories of the judges, try to win their admiration for herself, and try to fight her way through the army to get the nomination - even with those 200 votes as a guarantee, this is a difficult task, but unfortunately she has recently been injured and is not suitable for the high-profile publicity campaign - Cesare has now abandoned this somewhat unrealistic idea......
The author has something to say: Note: The relevant rules of the Oscars are true, and the Weinstein part is almost all true except for the data of the specific 200 tickets......
More, there will be two more later.