Chatty Hollywood

In fact, as far as Charlotte knows, "The Vampire Diaries" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" are indeed two different types of shows.

Although they are both fantasy TV series and more youth-oriented, the story of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" is more serialized, with higher independence between each episode. The heroine-centered narrative structure also has the so-called " Feminism” color.

In comparison, "The Vampire Diaries" in Charlotte's original time and space is more like an American love story - to put it simply, the plot is explained by the continuous arrangement and combination of several male and female protagonists.

However, "The Vampire Diaries" is wrapped in a fantasy cloak of a vampire story.

To a certain extent, it is not a big problem to say that it is a fantasy version of "Gossip Girl".

Coincidentally, in Charlotte's original time and space, when this series was broadcast, it was catching up with the craze of "falling in love with a vampire" brought about by the "Twilight" series...

In fact, in the beginning of the first season of "The Vampire Diaries", it made a lot of "references" to "The Twilight Zone".

However, later it gradually revealed a more complicated story.

Compared with the love story in "The Twilight Saga" which can almost be described as "pure", the love in "The Vampire Diaries" is more chaotic and heavy-tasting.

Of course, it can’t reach the level of heavy taste of another American vampire drama “True Blood”…

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In short, when Charlotte comes up with the script for "The Vampire Diaries", he actually has his considerations in mind——

First of all, the two male protagonists Moon and 1 of the American TV series "Death Note" currently used by Spectre Studio are Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder respectively.

——That is, the two male protagonists of "The Vampire Diaries" in his original time and space.

Both of them are currently very popular because of "Death Note" and maintain a happy cooperative relationship with Spectre Studio.

On the one hand, this is because the two young people are relatively sensible and do not dare to raise their tails at all when faced with the powerful veterans like Charlotte and Mr. Westwood.

On the other hand, it is also because of the contract signed between the two and the crew;

After all, unlike the other side of the Pacific, because American TV series have the habit of being filmed and broadcast at the same time, actors generally have to sign long-term contracts with the crew.

At present, the contract between the two and the crew has not expired, so they naturally have to be honest.

In fact, it is this system that allows American dramas to be produced for more than ten seasons without changing actors.

Across the Pacific, TV stars are freer because there is no convention of long-term contracts.

Therefore, it is difficult for a series to be produced on the other side of the Pacific to shoot for more than ten seasons, or even for several seasons.

——It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t.

Once a drama becomes popular, the value of everyone from the director to the actors will double, and they will face various invitations for new films. It will be very difficult to assemble the crew after one season.

Of course, industry habits are different, so there’s no way to say which one is better.

At least TV stars on the other side of the Pacific, unlike TV stars here in the United States, can easily be trapped in a role in a TV series and never get out.

After having an excellent work as a foundation, they can continue to try new dramas and roles, and even enter the film industry, which is quite smooth.

In this regard, they are actually luckier than American TV drama stars.

However, for those fans of the show, this is not a good thing——

All long-form works, after being turned into films and televisions, either have their plots greatly compressed, or they can only shoot the beginning.

It’s pretty good if it’s poorly photographed, so forget it if people don’t see it;

If the filming is good, then if everyone wants to wait for the next season, it will be really far away.

And even if the next season does come, the possibility of it still being the same as the original cast is very low.

Just like a certain famous "Ghost x Lantern" series.

Although the water inside is a bit deep...

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In short,

As the two male protagonists of "Death Note", Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder have signed long-term contracts with Specter Studio.

Even if "Death Note" ends after two seasons, the studio does not need to give them any additional compensation.

But from Charlotte's point of view, letting them go directly would be a bit of a disadvantage.

——The popularity they gained from "Death Note" will be used in other dramas or movies.

Although this is actually a normal thing in Hollywood——

Today you take advantage of my popularity, tomorrow I will take advantage of yours!

But Charlotte didn't want to do that.

——He is going to take advantage of his popularity directly.

After all, we already know that these two people are the two male protagonists of "The Vampire Diaries" in the original time and space, so why not bring out The Vampire Diaries?

On the one hand, with the background of the original time and space version, the two of them should really be a good fit;

On the other hand, they can also use their current popularity from "Death Note" to directly promote "The Vampire Diaries".

In particular, because of the previous long-term contract, even if the contract is changed, the cost of using these two people will be much lower than inviting other celebrities of the same popularity.

——According to the habits of the American drama industry, even if the two wanted to negotiate with the crew and significantly increase their salary, they would almost have to wait for the end of their long-term contract, while the series was at its peak and not yet finished.

Using them now is the most cost-effective time.

"you are right!"

Mr. Westwood agreed with Charlotte,

"but--"

Mr. Producer flipped through the script and frowned slightly.

"This time in "The Vampire Diaries", why did Paul Wesley play the upright brother Stefan and Ian Somerhalder play the evil brother Damon? This is the same as what they did in "Death Note" "The role positioning in "It's just the opposite, right?"

"Well..."

Charlotte smiled and said,

"First of all, if you continue to read the script, you will find that the black and white of the characters in "The Vampire Diaries" are actually constantly changing. The good guys will become darker and the bad guys will become white. Therefore, there is no one who is Purely righteous or purely evil!”

"This is understandable!"

Mr. Westwood nodded.

"However, this gameplay feels a bit like George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire."

"Whoever you use as the main perspective will become like the protagonist and be more understood and liked by readers?"

"Yes. Then again-"

Mr. Westwood was about to nod when a question suddenly occurred to him.

"——You won't be like in "A Song of Ice and Fire", where you will let whoever tells the story from the main perspective die?"

"I'm not that crazy yet."

Charlotte shrugged.

"However, when it comes to "A Song of Ice and Fire," I think if it could be adapted into a TV series, it would be great!"

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