"I think, I have to say that when a TV series is professional and can do this, this TV series can definitely attract a considerable part of the audience."

When Alexander returned from ABC with news, he found that he couldn't help much for the time being. Here, Levy and the others have set up a pretty good working group, and they have set up a team of eight screenwriters who are seriously writing the script.

Among them, there are experts hired by Michael, assistants hired by Bob, plus Clark and Levy, the eight of them, are seriously writing the script.

These guys really don't care about spending money—Alexander grumbled inwardly.

Hollywood screenwriters are divided into different grades. The highest-paid screenwriter can get $30,000 for an episode of a TV series, while other screenwriters with their own expertise also have a fairly good income, while the lowest-level screenwriter is a TV episode with only $3,000. When Levy said he wanted to find someone to write the script with, Alexander didn't care too much about the cost, but now, he found that it was quite expensive.

Eight screenwriters, the main writer is Levy, and they don't have to pay the salary, and even if Levi and them are put aside, there are still five people, since these five people are all specially recruited people, I am afraid that none of them is the minimum standard of $3,000 per episode, if calculated according to the $6,000 per episode, those five people are 30,000 per episode, and after five episodes, it is 150,000.

That's a lot of money...... It's just that since everyone has already come, Alexander naturally can't say anything. He didn't know how to write a TV series, so he also decided that it would be better to just praise a couple of sentences instead of arguing.

Moreover, they seem to be working very efficiently. Alexander hadn't been to the company for a day, and their script had already begun to take shape.

"We didn't expect that Nick already had a fairly mature skeleton in his head. With such a skeleton and enough money in hand, the work is fast. Bob greeted Alexander, and Bob was slightly smug at his words.

Bob's pride, Alexander could see. It's just that Alexander also saw that when he spoke, the experts on the other side had some disapproving looks.

In their opinion, CSI's professional level is still quite problematic.

In fact, there is still a big difference between CSI and real scientific testing. In the real crime, whether it is on-site sampling, or follow-up inspection, it takes a long time, a very ordinary case, the inspection may take two or three months or even longer to complete, and because many small cities and towns do not have the corresponding equipment, if you want to test some evidence, you have to go to the big city, which makes the inspection work in the big city is often in a long queue, and there are always countless cases waiting.

In reality, CSI personnel are not involved in the scene, and it is difficult to say how much evidence the police at the scene can find, plus sometimes they are greedy for the speed of handling cases, and the judicial shady is not nothing, if you wait for the DNA test results to come out, it will take several months, as a judicial department, they are not willing to wait for so long, so they simply do not wait - in Houston, there have been serial murder cases, but someone 'seems' to see one of their neighbors appear at the scene of the crime, so they directly arrest the person, and the case is hastily closed after an interrogation. If it weren't for the murderer who couldn't hold back his loneliness a year later and jumped out to kill again, then the arrested person would have been wronged. As for professional testing? The magical testing department tells you that this case is still in the queue, and there are still more than 200 cases in front of him that have not started testing!

Compared to reality, these people at CSI are extremely fast in testing, never procrastinating, have no judicial shady to consider, and will go out on the scene in a Humvee, and be as close as a family in private - this is absolutely impossible in reality. The script has very strict requirements for the case, scientific research methods, the autopsy process, and the corpse props, but in these aspects, it is very idealistic.

These places are different from reality, in the eyes of professionals, the script of the TV series is written too quickly to solve the case, and it is already science fiction at all. And after the case occurred, there was no shady scene in the judicial circle, and it was even more incredible to go all out to crack it.

"We could have written more realistically." An expert named Emath who sat at the table spoke.

"Our script mainly reflects the way to solve the case, and it is inevitable that it will be faster...... Who wants to see a case drag on for weeks? You have to think about the audience. Levy said with a smile, and at the same time, he was also arranging new tasks, "Character design, basic case facts, after these things are completed, we have to put them in the script." Clark, you're also ready, set the style. According to what we said, since it is the crime investigation bureau of Las Vegas, it needs to have the style of Vegas. First of all, the scenery in the desert area should not be warm, and it will be more comfortable to use cool colors for all the scenery. Most of the charm of Vegas is at night, and there are a lot of night scenes that need to be shot, so it's better to use more close-up shots instead of wide lenses and long shots. In addition, we are shooting scientists, not case handlers, and they don't need to fight on the front line for a long time, so we definitely don't have a sense of substitution as those who shoot police stories, so we don't need to use it much. Even, it's better not to use it at all, using such a lens will make people feel immersive, but since the work we want to shoot is more realistic and realistic, it may not be a good thing for the audience to see the anatomy immersively, and it is not conducive to the theme that we have thought of to let the audience evaluate the characters from the moral high ground, or use it less......"

After designing the characters, Levy was also talking to Clark about the script of the TV series and the things that needed to be paid attention to in the lens design.

In Levy's memory, CSI is divided into three cities, with a total of more than 40 seasons, and such a large production volume, of course, cannot be completed by one person, and because of the use of different directors and different crews, CSI's style is very different. The cool colors of Vegas, the exuberance of Miami, and the hustle and bustle of New York's metropolis are all three with their own characteristics, and, because of the long span, the different seasons have their own characteristics.

Now, what Levy has to do is decide on a shooting style. And what he adopted was the style of Vegas.

The style of the New York chapter is too close to law and order, and the style of Miami is a little too energetic, most of the American dramas in the 90s use warm colors, which are close to the Miami style, and what Levi wants is something different.

In a patch of orange light, shooting a TV series in cool tones will have a better chance of success - Levy knows very well that after five or six years of popularity, warm colors have gone from being loved to being bored, and reform can be done everywhere.

Levy commanded his screenwriting team to do things, and after assigning the task, he suddenly found that Alexander, who was on the side, seemed to be a little worried, he stood up and pulled Alexander aside, "Alex, what's wrong?" Is something going on? ”

"Nothing happens, you don't have to worry, I'm worried about it, it's just a matter of the script. Nick, isn't it a little too reckless for us to do that? Have you paid attention to yourself? If you want to shoot this TV series, there is a lot of innovation in all aspects. Such a TV series may be a very good TV series, but the greater possibility is that it will only fail. What we need now is to be safe and make something closer to the mainstream, okay? ”

Unlike others, Alexander's ideas are still relatively conservative. What he hopes more is to make enough money, so in his thoughts, he is also looking forward to his TV series being watched by enough people. Levy's idea is good, but it seems to be too innovative. From the filming technique to the process of script writing, it is completely different from the traditional way, and such an attempt is too risky.

Success is unbeatable, but what if it fails?

Levy understands Alexander's worries: his friends are all too literate, and the scripts they write are likely to be unpopular because of the excessive pursuit of artistry and realism.

"Alex, you don't have to worry, my idea is also based on timing." Levy comforted him, "We still remember that last October, there was a major case that caused trouble because of the problem of scientific testing......"

"The Simpsons murder of his wife?" Alexander immediately answered, he remembered something, "That's right, this matter is now the time when the public is paying attention!" ”

In 94, a very famous case occurred in the United States: football star Simpson was suspected of killing his wife, and in the process of solving the case, it can be said that the evidence is conclusive. However, because the sampling process did not follow the prescribed process during the blood sample test, Simpson's lawyer found the flaw and fought for the invalidity of the incriminating evidence, which finally led to the acquittal of Simpson in October 95. Although the court found him not guilty, many people still believed that he was the murderer. And Simpson also wrote a book after his innocence, describing the murder in detail: of course, the premise of 'if I killed it' was added. This has caused considerable concern, as the acquittal of the recognized killer for the illegality of scientific testing has also led to a significant increase in interest in scientific testing.

One of the biggest reasons why crime dramas can attract the attention of many people is because survival is the first instinct of human beings. When something appears in real life that may threaten the survival and safety of human beings and is not taken seriously, this will naturally cause panic among people. Shooting CSI now can be regarded as capturing the hot spots of current politics and can attract a lot of attention.

Of course, the filming of the TV series must be closely related to the situation at the time - if Levi dared to shoot an anti-terrorist 24-hour in 96, I am afraid that it will be very powerful. However, CSI played in '96, maybe even better than in 2000. Because, the Simpson wife murder case in 95 has not been completely forgotten, and it may be better to release this TV series at this time.

"You can rest assured, our script has a good enough screenwriter, a good enough support, a good enough creativity, and a good enough background of the times - the success of this TV series is beyond doubt." Levy laughed, of course he also considered the possibility of failure, although the possibility is very small, but in this regard, he is still prepared to make a backhand, "Even if it fails, with the impact of Simpson's wife murder case, we will not lose money." The production of this TV series, what awaits us, will definitely be a foolproof victory! ”