Solving the equation of a hit film script

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  • #16
    Re: Solving the equation of a hit film script

    I'm smiling. From a marketing perspective Bruzzese has successfully executed the old (snake oil huckster?) "exploit their fear" strategy.

    Execs fear funneling a couple hundred mil into a movie only to have it tank. So he tells them he has a magic potion - um, I mean, mathematical formula - to assuage their fear of a box office failure.

    As for focus groups -- I'm in marketing and I don't put much value in them. If the person conducting the group doesn't know what they're doing (and if the participants aren't carefully chosen), the results are likely skewed.
    Advice from writer, Kelly Sue DeConnick. "Try this: if you can replace your female character with a sexy lamp and the story still basically works, maybe you need another draft.-

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    • #17
      Re: Solving the equation of a hit film script

      Even if it does work, it's still the same kind of approach that ruined baseball.
      "Forget it, Jake. It's Hollywood."

      My YouTube channel.

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      • #18
        Re: Solving the equation of a hit film script

        Baseball has been ruined? I had no idea. Then again, I'm from San Diego.

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        • #19
          Re: Solving the equation of a hit film script

          Originally posted by emily blake View Post
          If that is really a thing that impresses executives, I'm going to tell everyone I'm a direct descendant of Emily Bronte and watch them try to figure it out.
          I'm the 7th great nephew of Francis Scott Key, author of our national anthem, according to ancestry.com
          "All of us trying to be the camera behind the camera behind the camera. The last story in line. The Truth" Chuck Palahniuk - Haunted

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          • #20
            Re: Solving the equation of a hit film script

            This sort of sh1t kills me.

            A few years back, some other bloke reinvented the business by analysing predicted profits and nobody made a film he didn't think would be a hit.

            A few gigantic flops later and some arse-monkey pops up telling how to write, rather than what to make.

            I'll make a prediction: a cosmetic guru will offer to mold actors faces to better suit features which audiences are proven to be attracted to.
            Cufk, Tish, Sips.

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            • #21
              Re: Solving the equation of a hit film script

              Almost 10 years ago to the day:

              A university lecturer has come up with a blueprint for a successful feature film.

              http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3023511.stm

              http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/def...ilm-2003-05-15

              Can't disagree with her assessment that Toy Story 2 is a perfect film, but why anyone hasn't adhered to her magic formula these past ten years is a mystery.
              Teach me a fact and I'll learn.
              Tell me the truth and I'll believe.
              Tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.

              - Native American proverb -

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              • #22
                Re: Solving the equation of a hit film script

                "...plot 10%..."

                Sounds about right.

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                • #23
                  Re: Solving the equation of a hit film script

                  Originally posted by SNAFU View Post
                  "...plot 10%..."

                  Sounds about right.
                  LOL I blew right by that part both times.
                  Teach me a fact and I'll learn.
                  Tell me the truth and I'll believe.
                  Tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.

                  - Native American proverb -

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