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The filming of "Legend" started in the middle of the semi-finals of "Idol", and roughly when "Idol" entered the finals, it will complete roughly three or four levels, which is the initial stage of a TV series, and then "Legend" The first and second episodes of the simulcast will be directly followed by the finals of "American Idol", and the audience who watched "American Idol" will be diverted to the TV series "Legend".

In fact, the success of Legendary TV series does not depend on the ratings of the first and second episodes, because of the drainage of "Beauty Idol", the first and second episodes are destined to be a very bright result, but it is the first and second episodes that determine this TV series The results of the second week and even the third week, these two ratings results can really tell whether this "Legend" TV series with Adam's shot can help PD TV station fight a bloody way in the strong autumn season.

In addition, it is enough to look forward to, in addition to the "Legend" TV series shot by Adam himself, there is also a PD TV station invested by the well-known Hollywood production company Hayden & Adams TV Production Company. It is not very famous in China, but there are always one or two scripts selected every year, and they have produced more than three seasons of mainstream American dramas, but it is a pity that since their core and main screenwriter Kulia passed away in a car accident, the writing and directing team There is nothing that can be achieved, so that for three consecutive years, it has not been able to officially produce a work that can be recognized by the four major TV stations. The original writing and directing team of more than [-] people has also been rapidly reduced to less than ten people in the past few years. If this continues, Hayden & Adams, a relatively well-known TV drama production company, will go bankrupt.

Just when they lamented that their TV series was killed by ABC TV station, the dream of entering the autumn show was shattered, and the company's bankruptcy entered the countdown, suddenly Hollywood broke into a "little squirrel"-the TV station formed by the talented writer Adam Baker PD TV station, in order to cope with the fall season, found them after searching around again.

At that time, "Beauty Idol" had just entered the preparation stage, and the money in the hands of PD TV was pitifully small (compared to the four rich and powerful TV stations), plus it had no experience and ability, and it had just entered the TV industry. It is optimistic, so it is difficult for a big TV production company to pay attention to them, and just heard that Hayden & Adams, the only TV series that was established for more than ten years, was cheated, so naturally they quickly caught up.

Hayden & Adams general manager Wilmore Hayden, who was in trouble, unable to struggle, and did not want to see the company go bankrupt, reached a strategic alliance after a meeting with PD TV.

And the first work they collaborated with was provided by the brother company of PD TV-Dream Set Sail. In order not to make this TV series too ugly, it is natural to find a resounding IP with enough fan support to adapt it.

There are enough loud and enough IP fans in Dream Set Sail. In addition to Adam’s own works, the two writing groups Babel and Eve formed by Adam naturally bear the brunt. These two have grown wildly from the initial support to the later. His works are both good and bad, and have different reputations, but the popularity has accumulated step by step with the passage of time, and the members of the group have come and gone several times in such a long time, fortunately The leaders of the two groups stayed there all the time, supporting the tone and style of the novel, so that the style of the work would not change drastically.

The works "True Blood" and "Doomsday", which were inspired by Adam at the beginning, were updated slowly, but they still did not give up. By 1994, they had completed three seasons of updates respectively, and released three separate books, among which "True Love" And "Doomsday" are both the third volume of the novel released around the summer. Although the sales volume cannot be compared with the first volume, hundreds of copies have been sold in just a few months, which is the most eye-catching sales volume this year. one of my novels.

Compared with "Doomsday", which is a male-oriented novel with a larger scale and a lot of investment, although "True Love" is based on Adam's fantasy masterpiece "The Witcher", there are not many fantasy elements in the novel, and more are similar to Mary. Although Su's female drama plot is a bit greasy and has been criticized by many authors and novel critics, it just can't hold up its glorious status in the hearts of female readers.

Ever since, this true love has naturally become the first choice. Although Adam is a bit reluctant, in his opinion, it would be good to adapt another popular novel serialized in the "California Times", such as "Love Diary". Priority is given to the right to adapt, but Christian Drake, the general manager of PD TV, feels that only one "Legend" is not very secure. If there is another work with enough popularity to support the market, it will be more secure.

Although Adam was a little helpless that the other party still lacked confidence in him, he also admitted that this approach is indeed more secure, and it can be regarded as giving face to new partners Hayden & Adams, but after confirming the charter, with the popularity of "Idol" The shooting of the movie and the listing of the Garden of Eden, etc., Adam let go and handed it over, and they adapted and produced it. They didn't even pay attention to the selection of actors. Readers and fans of the novel know this.

Although the copyright fee for the adaptation of the Eve team does not belong to them, if the adaptation of the novel is successful, it will naturally further increase the sales of the novel, and for them who have a share of the sales, they will naturally be able to increase their income, which is also a benefit matter.

Compared with the chaos of various domestic IP adaptations in the 21st century, even after the TV series came out, the plot characters were changed so much that even the author himself could not recognize them. However, there is no need to worry so much in Hollywood. When signing an authorization, the two parties signed The agreement specifies the connection between the plot of the adapted TV series and the original work. If the TV series comes out with changes that exceed the scope of the original contract, the author may not admit it, or even threaten to remove it from the shelves.

Of course, the signing of this contract mainly depends on whether the author's position in this authorization is at the top. There are great differences between before and after the 21st century, but these differences mainly focus on the author's ability to How much is the income from these authorizations.

After most novels are adapted into works, they are still based on the original works. After all, why buy IP copyrights? It is for the fans standing behind and the excitement of the works. Otherwise, why not just choose the original works?

The reason why I don't mention all IPs is because there are too many comic adaptations that destroy people's IQ, such as a certain Dragon Ball, a certain Street Fighter, etc. What a sigh.

And when the dream sailing company signed the authorization contract with Hayden & Adams, it naturally emphasized this aspect. Fortunately, Hayden & Adams did not plan to make too much improvement, after all, it was aimed at the millions. Fans must try to stick to the original. As a new TV station, as long as [-]% of the fans can watch this adapted TV series, then this TV series will be considered a success.

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When Adam was filming "Legend", he heard the following people tell him that "True Love" was also being filmed, thinking about the planned film originally filmed and the popular "Twilight" in later generations, he felt a little painful, but so far he did He didn't have the ability to make a good mainstream movie. When he started to officially turn to movies, he had countless IPs in his hands. For their own company, they couldn't finish filming from beginning to end in a year. Why bother? If this work can support PD TV station, it will be regarded as a great merit.

Compared with the little sadness of "True Love" and the movie becoming a TV series, "Legend" has another big trouble that Adam has to worry about. Since the TV series "Legend" is somewhat biased towards the theme of supernatural abilities, it must Special effects were needed at some point, but obviously, Adam didn't have much on hand.

In fact, it's not that Adam is stingy. After all, which big film company doesn't have its own special effects company?And he also knows how important special effects are in the later blockbuster era, but special effects are too expensive, how many special effects companies have gone bankrupt because of lack of money, or in addition to the "Industrial Light and Magic" that is cared for in the palm of their hands, other Everyone has worried about money, even the Weta company that produced the classic movie "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has also had a crisis of bankruptcy.

At the same time, the special effects are also time-consuming and labor-intensive. In order to be realistic and dazzling, various calculations are required, but Adam’s film does not require many special effects, so even if Adam bought a special effects company, after all, it is not good enough to buy a few million dollars. Yes, although Adam has paid for them and given them various opportunities to try for such a long time, compared with the mainstream technology, it is comparable to the technological level of the United States and mainland China in this era.

Looking at the special effects they produced, Adam felt extremely worried, although in the eyes of others, this kind of special effect is already considered good in this era, or in a TV series, this special effect can definitely be worthy of the audience.

However, no matter whether he is worthy of the audience or not, he is sorry for Adam. His taste has been raised by all kinds of dazzling special effects in the 21st century. This kind of special effects that are not worth fifty cents in Adam's view is simply unacceptable, so he can only make himself He described his ideas with them, and then let them continue to rework, while he continued to film the next episode. After all, time is running out and the finals of "American Idol" are coming.

The author has something to say: I finally got the military representative away. I won’t work overtime today, and then I will start working after a short rest after I come back.

The story about the legend has changed three main lines, from heroes to X-Men at the very beginning, well, let’s just release it next time, I feel like I have to change it again every time I read it, the more it changes, the more shit, it’s annoying.