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<blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 1295854" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>It's similar to a television miniseries treatment for big screen film making, isn't it?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The norm? Probably not. A trend? It's possible and would certainly lead to more cost effective filmmaking and likely better films.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Since approximately 90% of SAG actors are unemployed (due largely to the "Reality Television" trend), and since one of the larger portions of the budgets of many films is the money allocated to talent, there may be a simple solution available to your first consideration. They wouldn't be effectively tying up actors for a <em>single</em> film, but rather for a series of films for which they would be receiving payment.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's important to note that risk is inherent in all filmmaking but the financial risk <em>per film</em> is lower (as with LotR) than it would be to make each movie in a series individually.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd be interested to know what you consider a "similar production." It seems to me that the approach to making LotR was sufficiently different from the making of most other movie series that the similarities would be few. <em>Back to the Future</em> (whole series) and <em>The Matrix</em> (parts two and three, at least) both seem to have been made succesfully and somewhat in a similar way but I am not sure I can name any other film series that one could call <em>similar</em>.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I hope so but I am not familiar with others that are similar enough and have been failures as such.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Its success is precisely the reason that <em>it should</em> be used as an example for almost everything that has to do with filmmaking. It is now where the bar has been set. Any film that aims so high and manages to do half as well will be considered a huge success by current standards.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Was LotR a fluke? Perhaps from the perspective that most previous films (singular or series) are not critcally outstanding or nearly as financially successful. </p><p></p><p>Back to the original question...</p><p></p><p>IMO, the primary areas where studios would have to be more discerning for this trend to continue would be with property (or script) selection and script development. However LotR is an excellent example of how to make a series of films, or single film, in general. LotR also seemed to have been fortunate by hiring the right director for the films...on a number of levels. PJ completely invested himself in the project. He did so without dividing his time between his current project and his future projects. He garnered the confidence of the studio in such a way that they left him alone to do his job without meddling.</p><p></p><p>To summarize - </p><p></p><p>1.) Secure an excellent property.</p><p></p><p>2.) Develop the script properly.</p><p></p><p>3.) Make sure that the contracts associated with the film compensate for involvement but only truly reward actual success. (On all levels but most prominently, tie in the best available talent without frontloading the film's budget.)</p><p></p><p>4.) Hire a director that will properly invest energy in the project and let that director do their job unimpeded.</p><p></p><p>And for those that are meant to be a series - </p><p></p><p>5.) Make the films simultaneously to hold down overall production costs.</p><p></p><p>Well, that's my couple of coppers on the subject and, naturally, it's all easier to say than to accomplish...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark, post: 1295854, member: 5"] It's similar to a television miniseries treatment for big screen film making, isn't it? The norm? Probably not. A trend? It's possible and would certainly lead to more cost effective filmmaking and likely better films. Since approximately 90% of SAG actors are unemployed (due largely to the "Reality Television" trend), and since one of the larger portions of the budgets of many films is the money allocated to talent, there may be a simple solution available to your first consideration. They wouldn't be effectively tying up actors for a [i]single[/i] film, but rather for a series of films for which they would be receiving payment. It's important to note that risk is inherent in all filmmaking but the financial risk [i]per film[/i] is lower (as with LotR) than it would be to make each movie in a series individually. I'd be interested to know what you consider a "similar production." It seems to me that the approach to making LotR was sufficiently different from the making of most other movie series that the similarities would be few. [i]Back to the Future[/i] (whole series) and [i]The Matrix[/i] (parts two and three, at least) both seem to have been made succesfully and somewhat in a similar way but I am not sure I can name any other film series that one could call [i]similar[/i]. I hope so but I am not familiar with others that are similar enough and have been failures as such. Its success is precisely the reason that [i]it should[/i] be used as an example for almost everything that has to do with filmmaking. It is now where the bar has been set. Any film that aims so high and manages to do half as well will be considered a huge success by current standards. Was LotR a fluke? Perhaps from the perspective that most previous films (singular or series) are not critcally outstanding or nearly as financially successful. Back to the original question... IMO, the primary areas where studios would have to be more discerning for this trend to continue would be with property (or script) selection and script development. However LotR is an excellent example of how to make a series of films, or single film, in general. LotR also seemed to have been fortunate by hiring the right director for the films...on a number of levels. PJ completely invested himself in the project. He did so without dividing his time between his current project and his future projects. He garnered the confidence of the studio in such a way that they left him alone to do his job without meddling. To summarize - 1.) Secure an excellent property. 2.) Develop the script properly. 3.) Make sure that the contracts associated with the film compensate for involvement but only truly reward actual success. (On all levels but most prominently, tie in the best available talent without frontloading the film's budget.) 4.) Hire a director that will properly invest energy in the project and let that director do their job unimpeded. And for those that are meant to be a series - 5.) Make the films simultaneously to hold down overall production costs. Well, that's my couple of coppers on the subject and, naturally, it's all easier to say than to accomplish... [/QUOTE]
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