Chatty Hollywood

Of course, it was not Mr. Westwood’s intention to complain about Charlotte’s attitude towards art films.

He was about to talk about how to shoot "Prison Break", but unexpectedly Charlotte took out two more scripts.

"This is!?"

Mr. Westwood glanced at the names of the two scripts——

"'Supernatural' and 'The Vampire Diaries'!? - This is also a TV show script!?"

"Yes."

Charlotte nodded,

"Although with "Death Note" and the next stage of "Prison Break", the suspense crime theme that our Spectre Studio focuses on has no problem. But after all, this theme is similar to the science fiction theme, and the script requirements are very high, and It is not conducive to long-term renewal, and it is difficult to last for more than ten years like some long-lived dramas."

"so!?"

"So we need some dramas that are more ordinary and may not have that high ratings, but are also less difficult to produce and easier to shoot for a long time."

Charlotte explained,

"In this regard, the most suitable ones are actually those series that have a story in each episode. However, what our Spectre studio is better at is always suspense and horror, so I prepared the story "The Power of Evil" .”

"So, this is a fantasy series? A... um, a story about two brothers hunting ghosts!?"

Opening the script handed over by Charlotte, Mr. Westwood immediately understood what the selling point of "Supernatural" was.

He frowned,

"This kind of subject does have a fixed audience, but it doesn't seem to be a popular subject, right? If you are unlucky, it may be cut in half due to low ratings."

"indeed so."

Charlotte nodded.

He naturally knew that what Mr. Westwood said was true——

Whether it is science fiction, fantasy or horror, they are all niche themes on American TV screens, and they are also relatively difficult to shoot.

Therefore, even if these dramas are popular, they often do not have a particularly long life. If they can last for five or six seasons, they are already very good.

On American television screens, legal dramas and ordinary detective dramas are the real evergreens.

However, this type of drama does not help Charlotte gather the emotional power of the audience and then gather mana, which is not in line with Charlotte's plan to kill two birds with one stone.

As a result, Charlotte doesn't plan to branch out into those genres until the studio's TV series department is fully staffed.

——As for the problem of fantasy themes with low ratings due to the small audience, Charlotte has other solutions.

"We can rely on the cooperative relationship with Warner to broadcast directly on Warner's WB TV station - there is a relationship with the "Harry Potter" series. As long as the series we produce are not too bad, then in order to maintain the relationship with us, Warner relationship, we will not easily cut our series in half."

"...Can this still happen!?"

Although this method of almost insider trading was not unheard of, Mr. Westwood was still a little surprised that Charlotte was so skilled.

On the other hand, he was still a little worried,

"Even if WB TV station is willing to broadcast our series, the TV station itself has always had low ratings. "The Power of Evil" is broadcast there. If the ratings are average, we probably won't be able to make much money. Bar?"

"You can't say that."

Charlotte shook her head;

"On the one hand, the basic price cannot be reduced. On the other hand, we can sell peripheral products!"

Charlotte is well aware of how Supernatural has survived for so long in his own time and space.

——The ratings of this series have not been particularly high.

It was the same at the beginning whether it was on the WB station, or later on the CW station which was merged with the WB station and CBS - that is, the famous little broken station or the toilet station.

But this drama has never been cut in half, and has even been filmed for more than ten seasons, which is comparable to many classic long-lived dramas.

The important thing is that this series is very suitable for selling peripherals.

Now that Charlotte wanted to make money and practice magic at the same time, she naturally considered copying this method.

In particular, the current WB TV station and the future CW station themselves have this kind of business strategy——

Among all the first-tier television stations in the United States, it is the only one targeting young viewers aged 18-34.

These audiences don’t like watching TV as much as middle-aged and elderly audiences, so for dramas targeting them, high ratings are naturally good, and lower ratings are fine as long as they are not excessive.

——These people tend to invest more in peripherals than middle-aged and elderly people.

Therefore, to a large extent, CW station earns peripheral money.

Whether it is future DC comic book series headed by "Arrow" or youth dramas such as "Gossip Girl", it will benefit from the targeted strategy of CW to shine. .

Although it may take a few years for WB and CBS to merge into the CW station, WB TV stations have already been instinctively making this attempt before then.

Charlotte just wants to take advantage of this.

When necessary, he can also use personal relationships to give some advice to Warner Bros., and even promote the birth of CW station in advance...

"Well, according to what you said, there is indeed no problem!"

Mr. Westwood nodded.

"However, in this case, don't we need to worry too much about the filming of "The Power of Evil"?"

"On the contrary!"

Charlotte shook her head;

"Precisely because the script itself is not as exciting as "Death Note" and "Prison Break", we have to pay more attention to it when shooting - the difference is that in those two dramas, we attracted the audience through complex plots and gradually built the characters, while In ‘Supernatural’, we needed the charm of the characters themselves to attract the audience.”

"To put it simply, you want to have more handsome men and beautiful women?"

Mr. Westwood simply simplified Charlotte's words.

Charlotte didn't object.

——This is exactly the case. One of the most attractive things about the original version of "Supernatural" is that there are so many handsome men and beautiful women in it.

In addition to the Winchester brothers who are the protagonists and are constantly traveling around the United States to exorcise demons, there are also many good-looking heroines in each episode.

——This can be said to be an important aspect of this series, especially in the first two seasons.

Charlotte is also preparing to restore it intact in this regard.

Moreover, he also prepared another gimmick——

"Do you hope that the crew will actually go to some supernatural places in the United States to film from time to time!?"

Seeing that Mr. Westwood wanted to cover his heart again, Charlotte quickly explained,

"This is just a publicity stunt. Moreover, I also hired the famous psychic Patrick Jane as a consultant for the crew - so, there will be no problem!"

Of course, the truth is another matter...

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