This article is from the public number: Cinema Information Service (ID: dianyingqingbaochu) , author: Martin, the original title: “specials, spinoff, big movie …. .. Inventory those derivative works of classic British and American dramas”, The title picture comes from:” Downton Manor “
After 5 years, Downton Manor is back. Moreover, unlike the various special derivative works that were previously launched, Downton Manor this time put its creative direction on the big screen, which has even excited many drama fans.
In fact, creating derivative works is a routine operation of many classic dramas, especially British and American dramas. The emergence of derivative works, on the one hand, while supplementing and enriching the original content, often also expands the serialization value and audience influence of the entire episode IP; on the other hand, for fans, it can be more It is also a great benefit to see more of your favorite characters and stories.
When the film version of “Downton Manor” was released, the Film Intelligence Office took British and American dramas as the main survey objects, and reviewed with you the development of derivative works of classic dramas.
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Compared to domestic dramas, British and American dramas are particularly mature at the level of serial development. Of course, due to the variety of film and television works, drama derivative works also show a variety of types. In general, there are the following:
The first is “Special Edition.” This is also the type with the largest proportion at present, especially in English dramas. There are also several divisions under the special chapter. Most of them are derivative works launched according to the festival.
For example, during the airing of “Downton Manor”, starting from the second season, a Christmas “Christmas Special” will be launched every Christmas after the main drama is broadcast every year, In 1984, “Yes, the Minister” also launched a “Christmas Special”, “Doctor Mystery” even launched a total of 14 “Christmas Special”.
In addition to Christmas, “Secret No. 9” and “Crazy City” also launched “Halloween Special”, “Doctor Mystery” has launched “Easter Special” and “New Year’s Day Special”. In addition, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of “Mysterious Doctor”, BBC TV also launched a “Special Chapter of the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who” to give back to the fans.
There is also a special “Special” chapter, which is “The End” . For example, due to the subsequent decline in ratings, FOX (Fox Television) announced that it would stop filming after the fourth season of “Jailbreak”, but finally re-shooting “Jailbreak Special: The Last One”, which is an explanation for the majority of drama fans. “IT Madman” also ended in the fourth season. In order to “give the audience a finale”, the director restarted the episode and launched “IT Madman Special”. In addition, there is “Needle’s Companion: Ending”, “Super Sensation Hunting: Ending Special” and so on.
The second is “derivative drama.”
Like “Sheldon” derived from “The Big Bang Theory”, “Coquettish Lawyer” under “Desperate Poison Division”, “Poison Squad: Mexico” under “Poison Squad”, “Psychology of Crime” The “Criminal Psychology: Beyond the Boundary” and so on, all have more than 2 seasons of derivative dramas, it seems to be an independent work.
In addition, “Criminal Psychology: Suspect’s Behavior” is also a spin-off drama of “Criminal Psychology”, and “Brecelli Four” San Francisco is a spin-off of “Brecelli Four”, currently two The works are only developed for one season.
There is another special type of derivative drama, “Mini-Derivative Drama” . For example, The Walking Dead, SHIELD Agent, and Black Mirror have all been developed. Because the episodes of this series are all within a few minutes, they are called mini-derivatives. Among them, the mini-derivative drama “The Walking Dead” has been successfully launched for 3 seasons.
The third is “TV movies.”
Such works have been released, such as Doctor Who, The Growing Trouble, and so on. “Game of Thrones”, which just ended this year, also launched a TV movie “Game of Thrones: Conquest and Resistance” in the form of animation in 2017, telling audiences the prequel stories before the first season.
In 2016, “Detective Sherlock: 2016 New Year Special” (also known as “Detective Sherlock: Abominable Bride”) A TV movie from Sherlock. Although it was a TV movie, in addition to the TV broadcast, the film was also shown on a small scale in some theaters at the time. It was even introduced to China, South Korea, Australia and other places for large-scale screening and achieved good overseas results.
Similarly, it is derived from “Desperate Poisoner”: “Desperate Poisoner Movie”. Although it is an “Internet movie” produced by NetFlix, the film has also been performed in theaters. Scale screening.
The fourth genre is “Cinema Movies”.
In addition to the movie version of Downton Manor just released today, spin-off movies like Sex and the Fireflies have been launched. Among them, two films have been developed for the first two episodes.
This year, in the 25th anniversary of the broadcast of “Friends”, also launched a “25th Anniversary of Friends: Anniversary”. Although in the strict sense, this is not a real movie, it is just a remake of the most classic 12 episodes in the episode, supplemented with some unexposed content and interviews with actors, with 4K HD version specifications, It is shown in three nights and four episodes per night, but the movie is still popular with many audiences.
Finally, there is another type of “drama”.
For example, Little Britain launched Little Britain: Live after the third season. In addition, the British drama “London Life” also has stage productions, however, the series was first known for stage dramas, and was later adapted by the BBC as an episode. After the success of the episode, this year’s stage show was launched again, and an NT LIVE version was recorded for screening in the theater. (PS: NT LIVE-the British National Theatre opened a project, that is, the use of lenses to shoot outstanding stage plays to achieve the purpose of being enjoyed worldwide )
The coexistence of praise and criticism makes it difficult to maintain the classics
Overall, derivative works are mostly special chapters and derivative dramas, while film and stage plays are few. Their contents are mostly prequels, prequels / postscripts, or different interpretations of the same story. Mainly in several forms.
Looking at the broadcast channels, most of the derivative works are still in line with the episodes, either TV stations or streaming media platforms. , the film version works are mostly small-scale screenings, and there are not many large-scale screenings in North America and even the world. Therefore, many insiders also said that the film version of “Downton Manor” is the largest derivative work ever shown.
“Stills of Downton Manor”
However, with the growing influence of streaming media platforms, many works have begun to enter. Of course, the larger reason behind this change is caused by the drama’s copyright.
For example, after the second season, “Black Mirror” was bought out by NetFlix for future episode development rights. Therefore, from the third season, the broadcast rights of the episodes have been transferred from British television to the NetFlix platform. Starting from the episode, the platform also focused on the development of two derivative works-“Our Future Story” and “Black Mirror: Pandasnaki” (also known as “Black Mirror: Christmas Special 2018”).
From the broadcast response, the response of each derivative work is actually different.
Take a cinema movie as an example. Although “Downton Manor” has just landed in the Chinese market today, from the North American market in September this year to the present, the global box office of the film has reached 187 million. Compared to the production cost of 20 million, this market has performed well.
As early as 2008, the movie version of “Desire City” was released, and the US $ 65 million global box office was leveraged at a cost of US $ 65 million to win market success. Two years later, “Sex City 2” was released and the cost increased to 1 100 million, although the total box office fell to 288 million, but still profitable. On the other hand, there are also works in the movie market that are generally less than the cost at the box office. The cost of 39 million U.S. dollars finally reaped 38.87 million box offices.
“Sex City” stills
At the level of other derivative works, works such as “Sheldon Jr.” and “Legacy Lawyer” have gained a high reputation after the launch, even more so than the original. In fact, due to the feelings of fans, most of the derivative works have a good reputation, especially the special ones. Of course, there are exceptions.
“Downton Manor: Christmas Special 2012” due to the ending of the story of the death of “big cousin”, attracted a large number of audiences to complain to ITV, the work ruined their Christmas. This also makes the work the lowest rated of all Christmas specials on Douban platform. In addition, works such as “Black Mirror: Pandasnaki” and “The Growing Trouble: The Movie” are also controversial derivative works.
The reason, FirstFirst of all, classic dramas must have a very high level of creativity and carry a large fan complex. Therefore, how to maintain a high reputation for derivative works and maintain “classic” is particularly important.
“The Growing Trouble”, which has a Douban score of over 9 points per season, has fallen to 7 points of reputation in the two subsequent TV movies. In the eyes of many viewers, despite the re-development of the big movie after a lapse of nine years, despite the return of the original class, due to the increase in the age of the actors in the play, the lack of tacit understanding among the actors, including the unclear positioning of the theme content Problem, it’s gone.
Under the influence of the fan complex, once the creation direction of the derivative works deviates from the fan’s expectations, the word of mouth of the work itself may also be “contaminated”. A typical example is Downton Manor: Christmas Special 2012. However, in the eyes of a rational audience who uses the work itself as the criterion, these may not be problems.
Stills of Downton Manor: Christmas Special 2012 2012
Second, for cinema films, the high production cost will also have an impact on subsequent market performance, such as “Run Out of Tranquility.” Compared to ordinary feature films, the production cost of science fiction movies is relatively high by itself. Therefore, it will be a bit difficult to recover costs.
Also, despite many classic British and American dramasHas a wide influence in the world, but the domestic audience is still small. Therefore, when strong movies enter the domestic market, their audiences are also limited. “Exploring Sherlock: Abominable Bride” won 160 million yuan at the box office that year.
Finally, the bottom of word of mouth is actually the content itself. “Dark Mirror” spin-off online movie “Black Mirror: Pandasnaki” gimmicked “Interactive Movie” before the broadcast, attracting the attention of many audiences. However, after the film was officially launched, due to the lack of content, chaotic rhythms, and the setting of “interactive selection”, the audience criticized “form is greater than content”, and even won the “Black Mirror” series at home and abroad Since the lowest word of mouth.
Stills of “Black Mirror: Pandasnaki”
Of course, although some of the drama’s derivative works will make the audience feel regretful, angry, or even “hate iron and steel”, but whenever new works appear, the fans will still be involuntarily paying attention. This kind of continually complex, like blood relationship, may also be the meaning of those film and television works that once accompanied us and brought us countless memories.
It is reported that the current “Downton Manor 2” movie has been put on the agenda. With the lessons learned from the box office success of “Sex City” and “Downton Manor”, in the current lack of Hollywood IP, there may be more British and American drama adaptation movies in the next few years, which will be released on a large scale in global theaters and become New market trends.
This article is from public number: Movie Information Office (ID: dianyingqingbaochu) , author: Martin