Chapter 1576： geek life

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While most of the attention was drawn to Hulu.com, Evan Bell had little thought for uTube, because he was fighting for the production rights of a TV series for Eleven Studios. www.)

Although the TV series under Eleven Studio have achieved excellent results, many screenwriters are also very happy to hand over their works to Eleven Studio because of the studio's exclusive nature. If they can get Eleven Studio The favor of the company, then a miracle similar to the Lighting Entertainment Company seems to be in sight. But the problem is that Eleven Studios are too picky, and it has never been easy to get their appreciation.

Recall that the drama "Hero" was finally handed over to the TV station by Eleven Studios. Of course, Evan Bell has always hoped to cooperate with Tina Fei to produce "I'm Crazy for Comedy", but unfortunately it failed to do so. Could it be that Tina Fei continued to produce this excellent work with TV. It can be seen from this that although Eleven Studio is very famous, very few can really evolve into a work through Eleven Studio.

Therefore, in the competition process of film and television, Eleven Studio can not be called an absolute strength. It is a pity to miss the two masterpieces "Lost" and "I'm a Comedy Maniac" in the short years of Studio Eleven's production career. And this time, Evan Bell saw another classic drama, and he very much hoped to hand over the production rights of this drama to the team of Eleven Studios. But this time, Evan Bell faced a powerful challenge, which reminded him of the days when he persuaded Tina Fey to hand over "I'm a Comedy Maniac" to Eleven Studios, which ended in failure. Hopefully this time too.

"Bill, you have to believe our sincerity." Evan Bell did not start preparing for the shooting of "The Blood Will Come" at home, nor did he stand on the same front as uTube in Palo Alto against the launch of Hulu.com, but in Palo Alto. A small theater in Los Angeles, earnestly doing ideological work to Bill Prady, the screenwriter of "Gilmore Girls". "You and Chuck have this idea. I really like it, and it's a perfect fit for Eleven Studio, it's a different idea and idea, no matter what other TV stations, other production companies think. For Eleven Studio, It's a fantastic idea."

Bill Prady is also a veteran screenwriter in the TV drama circle. He entered the industry in 1994, but his "veteran" is only reflected in the year. He is not a full-time screenwriter. His regular occupation is a computer Programmer, he has been in the TV drama circle for thirteen years. He has only written less than thirty episodes of TV series in total, the most famous of which is the CW TV's "Gilmore Girls", in which he has written two episodes.

The "Chuck" mentioned in Evan Bell's words just now, whose full name is Chuck Lorre, is a friend of Bill Prady, a screenwriter in the TV series, and a producer at the same time. Chakroll is in much better shape than Bill Prady. Chakroll entered the industry in 1990, but in the last decade of the last century. Chakroll has never been able to make a breakthrough, and several episodes have been applauded and unpopular.

This situation continued until 2003, when a "Two and a Half Men" became CBS TV's leading comedy. Even being able to challenge "Friends", which was still at the peak at the time, can be described as a remarkable achievement. And now "Two and a Half Men" has aired its fourth season, and the ratings are still high. Not only has it become the most popular comedy series in the United States, but also starring Charlie Sheen has surpassed "Everybody Loves Raymond" star Raymond. Romano, with $850,000 per episode, became the highest paid TV actor in the United States for a single episode!

Put the names of Bill Prady and Chuck Roller together and you've got one of the most popular comedies of your life: "The Big Bang Theory"!

In 2012, before Evan Bell was reborn, "The Big Bang Theory" aired its sixth season, and the ratings remained high. [] And with another comedy "Modern Family", it can be said that it has propped up a day of comedy-themed dramas.

The story of "The Big Bang Theory" is actually very simple. It tells the story of a beautiful woman and four scientists. However, the settings of these four scientists are relatively extreme. They can be regarded as top researchers in their own scientific fields. , but back to life. They are life idiots with almost no self-care ability. The scientific knowledge they have has no way to directly connect with life, which makes many jokes in their daily life. What's more, because they are too addicted to science In the world of "normal people", they have serious barriers to social interaction, which makes them seem out of tune with the society of "normal people". In this case, they meet a new beautiful neighbor who has moved in, and this lively and cheerful beautiful neighbor has become a completely different existence in the lives of four scientific geniuses.

In short, it is actually the life story of four science geek nerds and a beautiful woman.

This story has won everyone's love, not only in terms of ratings, but also in the Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards.

The Big Bang Theory was a success, not without a reason. The four science geeks open their mouths to the science and technology knowledge Paul looks forward to. In addition to their own field, they also have considerable knowledge in other professional fields, and they have one characteristic that countless otakus have in common: fanatical fans of anime, from superheroes to "planets" The Great War", "Star Trek" and hypotheses like time machines are their hobbies. All of this makes when their words and deeds collide with real life, there will be countless jokes, which makes people overjoyed.

In addition, "The Big Bang Theory" is very different from "Friends", bringing the importance of scientific knowledge into life. In "Friends", only Ross is a scientist. When he introduced scientific knowledge, the people around him seemed impatient and even laughed at him. They didn't think Ross was an intellectual, and they even thought Ross was very good. Stupid, and the audience followed suit.

In "The Big Bang Theory", there are knowledgeable geeks everywhere, and even the colleagues of the four scientists in the school are all geniuses, and what they say may make people laugh and make people laugh. People were confused, but the audience understood that even though they were acting weird, they were undisputed geniuses who made a real contribution to society. In this play, the importance of knowledge is quietly introduced. Without any didactic element, the audience can learn knowledge through laughter. This is the real entertaining. When people keep watching, they will slowly accept the point of view promoted by the show, "smartness is a new kind of sexy".

Perhaps, compared with the body, the wisdom of the brain will be a brand new trend that will make people shine.

Therefore, after the broadcast of "The Big Bang Theory", the first season was still a little tepid, just a way of steadily rising, and luckily survived, but since the second season, both ratings and word-of-mouth have appeared a lot. It has grown substantially and showed the possibility of "longevity", which is really commendable.

However, from the current point of view of Evan Bell, "The Big Bang Theory" is not so glamorous. This film named "Lanny, Penny and Kenny" is still at a low point, and no company is willing to accept this film. "Bad show" - CBS TV quote.

Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre came up with the idea to make a comedy about geek life last spring, and they spent a long time working on the characters, story and clues of the show, starting with the They came up with the characters of Sheldon and Leonard, two geek scientists, with a heroine Katie, and the framework of the story was determined.

After the two people sorted out the context of the story, they reached a consensus. If they follow the traditional route to sell this work to the TV station, it is estimated that it will not be successful, even if Chakroll is only doing "two and a half heroes". It is well-known, but it is still difficult to impress the TV station.

The normal TV series production route should be that the screenwriter or producer has an idea, writes the idea into an outline, and then prepares a text introduction, as well as a printed "blueprint" - which will contain the ideas of each character and the setting of the scene. Details, and then they voted this idea to multiple TV stations like baseball, hoping that the TV station will take over their own baseball.

But imagine "a tale of two geek scientists and a beauty," which is really unappealing, even cliché. So Bill Prady and Chuck Lorre decided to spend a fortune, no matter the cost, to shoot an entire pilot episode to make it clear to the station what they envisioned and conceived.

Chuck Lorre found Warner Bros., who co-produced "Two and a Half Men," to invest in the pilot for the then-untitled series. It’s just the filming of one pilot episode. From the scene to the actors, it costs money in all aspects. On the contrary, if the entire episode is produced, the scene can be used all the time, but the cost will be saved. Now only one pilot episode is shot. Then the cost is naturally very expensive.

But in the end, the strategy of Chuck Roller and Bill Prady failed, and CBS, which currently owns the masterpiece "Two and a Half Men", rejected the proposal.

Later, Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady made adjustments to the series, replacing the heroine Katie, adding the new heroine Penny, and the series had a new name, "Lanny, Penny and Kenny".

Once again, "Lanny, Penny, and Kenny" produced a brand new pilot; once again, CBS rejected the proposal; and Warner Bros. lost patience, which led to Evan Bell.

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