What is the operating model of an artist studio? Is it an independent legal person?

The artist studio is an independent legal person.

At present, there are generally two types of artist studios:

One is a studio based on a company, such as the early Yang Mi Studio (based on Huanrui Century Company) and Deng Chao Studio (Relying on Huayi Brothers). The company will still provide corresponding film and television resources to artists, but artists can be more flexible in participating in commercial performances and performing arts activities that they strive for, and the share with the company is more flexible. The income of studio employees may come from the company, or they may have a name in the company, but the actual funds are distributed by the artists themselves.

There is also a studio with celebrity artists as its core. For example, Fan Bingbing Studio and Li Bingbing Studio. This studio is actually equivalent to a small brokerage and performing arts company, but it has higher flexibility than a company. Celebrity artists are their own bosses and are also responsible for the studio staff and the studio's artists.

In the post-agency era, artists with greater say have left their agency companies to set up their own studios. The interests of artists and their teams are highly tied up, and both prosper and lose. However, the studio sometimes becomes a target for fans. Or the scapegoat of celebrities, managers secretly embezzle the income of artists, and there is always an intricate ecological chain between managers, studio teams and artists.

Searching for "film and television studios" on Tianyancha shows 35,643 related results: Film and television studios have been blooming everywhere for a long time. As the key to the game of resources and interests of all parties and the mediation, the studio is often in a weak position when it comes to brands, fan groups, and artists. Opening personal studios was once popular among first-tier artists, but now even eighteenth-tier artists often choose to set up their own studios.

Celebrities are keen on opening studios. Firstly, the stars themselves will have greater decision-making power. Secondly, the threshold for opening a studio is low and they can move in and out freely. Thirdly, there is no bonus draw from traditional brokers, and they can gain The profit is greater.