As for Andy Lau, there are 22 TV series in which Hua Zi has appeared, because more accurately, Hua Zi entered the film industry only after he made his debut in TV series. He has appeared in as many as 185 movies, with a ratio of 22:185; Andy's awards are basically from the movies he starred in;
From the perspective of proportion, both of them rarely make TV dramas after entering the film industry. Why?
The reality is cruel and the reason is simple!
Spend a little effort to earn back two points. To put it bluntly, compared with it, it is not very tired;
The film cycle is short and the time limit is fast. Usually movies can be done in a few months. Compared with the simple lines in TV series, the plot of the characters is not very complicated. For example, a movie by Jing Wong, a fast food hero, can be finished in seven days, with twice the result with half the effort, high returns and quick results.
However, TV dramas are generally dozens of episodes, and the shooting cycle of one or two years is normal. There are many lines and complicated characters. There are all kinds of characters of seven aunts and eight aunts, and you may not be good if you work hard. If you have time to make TV series, you can make some movies.
Movie star VS TV star-making TV series to support the family, pursuing art and making movies.
Except in special circumstances, movie stars are paid more than TV stars, but at the same time, directors will also have higher requirements for movie actors. After all, the cost is high and the quality should be improved.
But most TV stars will eventually make a transition to making movies, such as Hua Tsai in the title, which is the transition from TV series to movies.
For Brother Long and Andy, they are old now and have strong appeal. They can choose whether to make movies or TV. As the saying goes, "supporting the family, making TV plays and pursuing art and making movies", so they went to engage in art.
Let's be clear: the income from making movies is higher than that from making TV series. Generally speaking, unless there is no good movie, an actor will only take TV series. Many times, he can't make a TV series.
If an actor plays a TV series, it is also for the sake of moving to a movie one day. In other words, acting in a TV series is always an actor's secondary choice.
First of all, why is it more profitable to make movies than TV series?
Because making a movie generally takes less time and energy than making a TV series. Most movies, please note that we are talking about most movies. The average actor can shoot all his scenes in just over a month, at most two or three months.
At present, the duration of a movie is about 100 minutes, and even the starring scenes are 5 or 60 minutes.
So the filming time can be controlled. Although the film production cycle is more than one year, it includes preliminary preparation (script, actor selection, etc. ) and post-production (especially computer special effects production). The time spent on location shooting is almost enough in one month.
But shooting a long TV series, just shooting on location, usually takes more than half a year.
Then the income of TV series may not be as high as that of movies in the end.
For example, for a superstar like Jackie Chan, the pay for a movie is tens of millions, and with the global box office bonus, it is even more. Because of Jackie Chan's movies, he is the boss himself.
One of Jackie Chan's most successful movies in recent years is Kung Fu Yoga. The domestic box office exceeded 65.438+0.6 billion, divided into 400 million. Can Jackie Chan earn 65.438+0 billion?
Jackie Chan still earns less. Like Jason Wu, a movie "Wolf Warriors 2" grossed more than 2 billion yuan. He is a director, starring and major investor. How much do you think he earns? At least10 billion?
So what TV series do you shoot now to ensure such a high income?
The business models of TV dramas and movies are completely different. The movie has a box office directly, and the accounting is simple and clear; TV plays are sold to David and video websites.
In recent years, how much can a well-selling TV series sell?
Let's take Wu Xiubo's "Military Division Alliance" as an example. The reason for this example is that it is involved in a copyright lawsuit, and the direct amount is 200 million yuan for Jiangsu Satellite TV's first broadcast copyright fee.
"Military Division Alliance" is one of the most popular TV series in 20 16 and 17. In addition to the first round broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV and anhui tv, Youku also bought the exclusive network broadcasting rights.
According to related reports, the copyright fees of the two satellite TV stations and the exclusive copyright of Youku.com sold for about 900 million yuan. This is the top level of domestic TV series at present.
However, there are more than 80 episodes of this TV series, which was filmed in Hengdian location base for more than a year and took many staff 2 or 3 years to complete.
It is said that the production cost is more than 500 million yuan, plus various distribution and publicity expenses, in the end, there is actually not much money.
Compare the most profitable movie "Wolf Warriors 2". Everyone says, which is more profitable, making movies or making TV series?
Obviously, movies make more money and take less time. Jason Wu's "Wolf Warriors 2" was filmed in Africa and China for only two or three months, which is a very long film.
Of course, not every movie can earn as much as Wolf Warriors 2. Jackie Chan's films in recent years, 20 15-20 17, have been released for more than two years.
There are 900 million Jedi fleeing, 500 million Flying Tigers on the Railway, 65.438+600 million Kung Fu Yoga and 500 million British confrontations, which add up to nearly 4 billion.
It took Jackie Chan more than two years to get 4 billion box office.
Wu Xiubo spent more than two years filming a TV series, and the copyright fee was only 900 million.
Tell me, if you were Jackie Chan, would you make a TV series? Only a fool can make a TV play.
Although Andy Lau's box office performance in the past two years is not as good as Jackie Chan's, the combined box office of Chasing the Dragon, Grand Theft Auto League and Shockwave 2 has exceeded 654.38 billion.
In other words, Andy Lau still makes more money making movies than Wu Xiubo making TV series.
So the conclusion is clear. If you can make money by making movies, it must be a priority.
Unless you don't have the box office appeal of Jackie Chan and Andy Lau, you have to make a TV series. Now you understand.
As we all know, Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow and others are well-known film actors, who have brought us many classic films. But at the same time, many people are curious. Why do stars like Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and Stephen Chow still choose to make movies instead of TV series?
There are many reasons, but the most fundamental reason is because of interests. As we all know, compared with movies, TV plays have less investment, lower requirements for acting, longer shooting time and less relative income. And a good movie often costs hundreds of millions of yuan, which is not available in TV series, and if the box office is considerable, the income of the actors will be terrible! In contrast, TV plays have no such conditions as movies.
More importantly, the film's test of acting is more challenging. It is very strict to do all kinds of details in just a few hours! Although TV plays also test acting skills, they are not as harsh as movies for dozens of episodes.
Another is that the conditions of artists are different. Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and Stephen Chow are different in age and entertainment level from today. TV plays are more used as the criteria for selecting actors to screen whether an actor is suitable for the film and television industry, while movies tend to test actors. This is also the reason why most actors nowadays are famous for TV dramas and then switch to making movies. Another point is the preference of the actors themselves. Some actors just shoot TV series, others watch it, but the film effect is not so good. For example, in Sun Li, some people make movies more popular than TV series. So under today's conditions, everything depends on what the actor is suitable for, that is, the optimization of resources. After all, there is no reason to challenge the unknown with your own weaknesses.
Therefore, the reasons why Jackie Chan and other actors don't make TV series are obvious.