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It is true that I am not very old, and I have just officially stepped into this industry for a short time.

Ms. Kate Winslet is still a rookie walking in the TV series, but the girl is good-looking and her acting skills are reliable. It is estimated that she will enter the film industry in a short time.

Moreover, the British film and television industry is small in the first place, there are just a few people who are tossing around, and everyone basically knows each other, so when Diana mentioned this candidate, James Ivory almost did not hesitate. agreed.

In fact he was very pleased with the result.

The director is British, the male lead is British, and the investors of the heroine film also pay attention to the British. Even the producer team has found a British person after many considerations, let alone to save costs. The shooting location of the movie is also in the UK, which is almost a completely British team.

If there were no financial personnel from Flamingo Company in the crew, I am afraid that everyone would have the illusion that this is a British movie.

"No way, who told Alan to be an Englishman? He was also a graduate of Eton College. Otherwise, Mel would not have found a bunch of Englishmen to audition. Besides, this It was originally a story about him when he was younger, about how he became a serial killer, and the location of the story is not suitable for the United States." Diana bit her straw and complained to Robert.

Otherwise, why did Rupert Graves get the Golden Man Award for Best Supporting Actor?Even if this era is not like the kind of life-and-death later, it is not easy to win the acting award, otherwise her boyfriend would have won the little gold man, not to mention the best actor award Nomination, at least one for Best Supporting Actor!You must know that Mr. Graves is also a handsome guy. It doesn't make sense that he can win the award and Tom can't. There is actually not much difference in the acting skills of the two.

On the one hand, the role of Allen is very complicated, and he has indeed dug deep enough; on the other hand, the meaning represented by this character is the political correctness of the 90s; The background of the Cambridge graduates who came out was added.

As far as the Americans are concerned about the British, Diana really doesn't know what to say. She is envious, jealous, and scornful, and she is extremely contradictory.This is especially true in the cultural industry. Otherwise, where did so many British actor and actress come from?There are also those British biopics that continue to win awards, all of which illustrate Hollywood's complicated feelings for Britain.

It also shows that there is still a market for British-themed movies. As long as the investment is appropriate, the director does not collapse, and the actors perform normally, it is a basic operation to recover the cost. It is a routine operation to make a small profit, and it is not impossible to make a big profit.

When Diana wrote it, she just thought that the British drama industry is relatively strong, and a highly educated old-fashioned British gentleman is very in line with the mysterious perception of the American people about the oss behind the scenes. Who knew that the filming would give so much bonus to the film What about the score?

So in the new movie, not only the investment was cut in half, the style was changed, even the filming location was moved to England.

Of course, it is also beneficial, because of the extensive use of British staff, the film received some tax rebates, which allowed the film to recover some investment before it was released, plus miscellaneous merchandise sponsorship, this film is really nothing Possibility of losing money.

It's just a pity for a few Americans who have traveled across the ocean to work in the UK. Although they are both food deserts, the food in the United States is still edible, but what about the UK?The leader of the dark cuisine, the fried fish that does not remove the fishy smell and the endless potato food have made several staff members extremely miserable.

Gillian Wayne, who is also the producer, even crazily complained, "I finally understand why Rupert can lose weight so quickly. With this diet, unless it is to maintain the necessary body energy, otherwise I am really a little I don't even want to eat them in my mouth!"

She said in pain, digging a spoonful of the paste of unknown material.

When she came here for the shoot, she lost a lot of weight. As a lady who never wants to lose weight, this is really a depressing thing.

"Actually, it's good to come to the UK to shoot, at least you don't have so many reporters following you." Robert also said while biting a straw.

Compared with the afternoon tea of ​​the British, he still prefers coffee.

"But I separated from my boyfriend again." Diana's ability to make a clear sound with a straw in her mouth is also amazing.

"Aren't you going to get married next year? It will be easier to coordinate the time then." Ji Lian put down the spoon and said.

She was recruited shortly after the establishment of Flamingo. The relationship with Diana is not particularly close, but she joined from the early days of the business. She was a production assistant in a film project at the beginning. After watching "Good Night, Hudson", she had some experience and was stuffed into the new crew by Diana as a producer.

It is impossible for the company to rely solely on itself, so it is necessary to train its own producers.

""Sugar Coated Trap" is the last one, and I still don't have much experience. If I had thought of shooting in the UK before, I wouldn't put it on this point in time." Diana shook her head and said.

In Diana's plan, the new movie was not originally planned to be shot in the UK, she just planned to shoot a few exterior scenes and forget it.But after the preparation started, having an experienced producer made her deeply realize that she still needs to learn a lot, such as tax rebates.She always thought that it was the exclusive property of those big studios, and that small independent film companies would have no advantage in this. This kind of thinking is undoubtedly a very wrong thing.

To be precise, Diana actually only experienced two movies. "Thunder Ambition" doesn't count, she was added to that film halfway, and she was still a marginal role, the kind who just watched it as an errand.The only works that can be regarded as her producers are "Love in New York" and "Good Night, Hudson". The former is not the core character, and the latter is the main creator.However, these two works were filmed in the United States, and there is no such thing as tax rebates. Even the producers with rich production experience on the crew did not mention this issue.

When it came to the new film, because the British director and producer hired were relatively influential people in the UK, and they were a group of veterans who were well versed in the operation of local films, things took a turn for the better.

From taking some locations in the UK at the beginning to filming all in the UK at the end, the crew invested a lot of money on the surface, but it was much less when the amount of tax rebates was included.And there is another advantage of shooting all in the UK. The price of local extras is also cheaper than that in the United States, which can be regarded as a lot of advantages.

This taught Diana a very important lesson, she is still a long way from being a good producer.

"Speaking of which, is your wedding date set?" Robert asked.

There are only four people in the entire crew from the United States, the three who drank afternoon tea together today, and the financial staff who went to the hospital for water because they ate strange things in the morning.Today, the crew had a holiday, and the local crew members all went home. Only a few of them from other places stayed in the hotel and drank the so-called afternoon tea boringly.

"March next year. It will be warmer in Boston at that time, and our work will be finished, so we can go on our honeymoon." Diana said with a smile.

The mention of the wedding obviously made her feel much better, and even the wet, cold and heavy rain outside became pleasing to the eye.

"I'll send you an invitation then." She winked at Robert.

This venerable old man was the first person who showed kindness to her after she entered the industry, and helped her a lot in her career. He is also Tom's good friend, and he must be invited to the wedding.

"Well, I'm looking forward to it." Robert looked at Diana's mischievous face and smiled.

What a lovely girl she was, and she was a perfect match for Tom's lovely boy!

"And Gillian, of course, I won't forget you," Diana went on.

The number of guests that the two finally decided to invite to the ceremony has definitely reached an astonishing number, but it is a pity that they do not know more than 80.00% of them.It's really not easy to invite people who the two really know well. Obviously, Ji Lian belongs to this category.

"Thank you, dear. But even if you invite me to be a guest at the ceremony, it can't hide that our crew is going to overrun." Taking a sip of juice, Gillian said calmly.

There was an unwavering expression on the round face.

In this regard, her tolerance is much stronger than food.

"Over budget? I remember the filming went smoothly?" Diana raised her eyebrows.

"The filming went very smoothly, but you forgot one thing, the director has to fly back to the United States frequently to busy with the awards season." Gillian shrugged and said.

"Howard's End", which was released at the beginning of the year, is hitting the Oscars. If James, as a director, wants to gain something from this, he must appear during the awards season, instead of disappearing without a trace in China during the awards season.

This caused him to travel frequently between the United States and the United Kingdom. For an old man who is no longer young, long-distance flights are really exhausting.Considering the endurance of the body, no matter how smooth the shooting is, it will prolong the time.

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