[US Entertainment] Superstar

Chapter 208 The Princess Movie

The shooting and preparation of small-budget commercial films are much more streamlined. The whole film is a collision between the upstarts of Los Angeles on the west coast and the old aristocrats of the east coast.

Most of the scenes in it are based on campuses, families, and courts. They are standard youth campus movies, so there is no need to go to other places for shooting, just around Los Angeles is enough.

Anyway, Harvard University is not allowed to shoot, and not many viewers can recognize that university. Anyway, try to avoid shooting some iconic buildings.

This is the first time for Eve to play the leading role alone. She is the real protagonist, and all scenes revolve around her, which is stronger than in other films.

It's a pretty good feeling.

In fact, the script reading session did not last long. It was all about the main actors getting to know each other and get acquainted with each other. But in fact, their shooting schedules are different.

Eve will participate in the whole process of filming. Some actors will start filming now, while others will wait until July to join the group. Everyone strictly abides by the schedule.

Leaving the complicated Vanity Fair and returning to the crew, she has a feeling of returning to her heart.

The meeting didn't last long and ended, so Eve simply drove to the city for a stroll by herself, and after buying some things, she stocked up and prepared to live a two-point and one-line life.

Maybe it's because the pink dress is particularly eye-catching in the crowd, and passers-by can't help but cast their eyes on her. Girls who can withstand the test of death Barbie fans are really very rare!

This is actually Eve deliberately looking for the feeling of the role. She regards herself as Ellie, and experiences the way girls talk, walk, and shop in life. It is not just shopping, everything serves the role.

Acting in a commercial film does not mean not doing any preparations. Eve regards it as equally important. She obviously has 100 points of acting ability, and she must not only play 80 points.

She rarely visits famous brand stores, but today she brought back a lot of things in big bags, some of which were bought for herself, and some were bought for herself and her family.

If she hadn't considered that the makeup artist and manicurist would help her with styling during filming, she would have already done all kinds of fancy manicures by now.

Fortunately, he made money recently, otherwise, going shopping just to experience the characters would definitely max out his credit card.

Eve looked at the shopping bags on the back seat of the car, feeling extremely happy.

Sure enough, spending money can make people happy.

She drove from Rodeo Drive towards her Melrose community, but she received a call from her agent Robert before entering the gate of the community.

"Good afternoon, dear girl, how was your cast meeting today?"

"It's not bad, everyone seems friendly and we'll get along pretty well."

Robert said with a smile on the phone: "Because you are the leading actor, of course everyone has to be friendly to you."

The entire crew, including the producers and directors, are friendly to Eve, which is exactly how a top star is treated.

After being exposed the truth, Eve wasn't embarrassed at all. She parked the car outside the supermarket and was making a call with her mobile phone while preparing to go to the supermarket to buy some fresh fruits and flowers.

"I was shopping in the supermarket, and I hung up the phone if there was nothing important."

"No, no, no, I haven't talked about the important content yet." Robert said after going around in a circle: "Some people say that your voice is very nice."

Eve is more open-minded and less talkative when she is with familiar people. She said in surprise, "You just found out now? I've known you for so long, and you didn't realize it?"

"You are the most perfect actor. I am surprised why others can see this. This is what a big guy said."

"Who?"

"Jeffrey Katzenberg."

Eve was extremely surprised when she heard the name. This is one of the Big Three of DreamWorks, the kind of bigwig alongside Steven Spielberg and David Goffin, and is now the CEO of the company.

I don’t know anything else, anyway, Eve knows that Jeffrey is absolutely amazing in the field of animation. He has served as the chairman of Walt Disney Studios for ten years, and launched "The Little Mermaid", "Aladdin", "Beauty Classic animation works such as "And the Beast" and "The Prince of Egypt" have laid a solid foundation for the future princess series.

Later, he disagreed with Michael Eisner of the Disney Group, which led to his departure from the company and participated in the founding of DreamWorks Pictures.

Eve knew that this kind of person would definitely not be aimless, and the praise for herself was definitely purposeful, how could it be spread out if she praised her in private.

So she asked, "What is the purpose of Jeffrey boasting me?"

"Of course, he wants you to play the princess." Robert said succinctly.

"Dreamworks is also going to release a princess movie?"

Eve's little head was full of doubts. She thought seriously, could she let herself act in modern princess movies like "Princess Diaries" or "Enchanted"?

She couldn't remember who produced these films at all, and she was both a little excited and puzzled at the same time, maybe she was a little too old to act in a princess movie now.

Now that they have established themselves in the adult field, why go back and do teen movies?

Acting in "Legal Blonde" is at least a college campus growth movie, and acting in "Princess Diaries" is really not in line with my positioning.

"That's right, princesses are not unique to Disney. It's normal for DreamWorks to have this idea. In fact, they want to invite you to voice a new animation. You are the first princess of DreamWorks." Robert said in a persuasive manner, "You Any idea how much they paid for the voice of the character?"

"How much?" Eve felt much less resistance when she heard that she was dubbing for an animated film.

Anyway, you don’t need to appear in real life, you just need to use your voice to cooperate. Many Hollywood celebrities will participate in the dubbing of animation.

"Ten million dollars. Girl, ten million dollars!"

After hearing this number, Eve gasped and said in surprise, "1000 million? I'm just doing the dubbing, so just give me 1000 million?"

Dreamworks' money is too easy to earn!

The "Lianlian Notebook", which I have been talking about with New Line Pictures for so long, has not yet been confirmed, but it is estimated that the box office will be 500 million to 800 million US dollars and a part of the box office dividend.

As a result, an animated film gave a salary of 1000 million US dollars. No wonder Robert was so excited.

"Because this movie has certain risks. It is not a traditional animation model. It is adapted from a story of the same name. It mocks all classic animations and overturns people's impression of fairy tales and Disney fairy tale movies. Subversive! Not just kids can watch it, but adults can watch it with gusto."

"Sounds good, what's the name of the movie?"

Robert said excitedly: "It's called Shrek, and you will be the voice of Princess Fiona in it."

After hearing this name, a green monster instantly appeared in Eve's mind, and it turned out to be this movie!

No wonder DreamWorks wants to find stars to dub. This movie is very funny and interesting. It is different from previous movies. For the first time, it targets adults.

The animated films that Jeffrey has produced in the past are basically about the prince saving the suffering princess. After experiencing various setbacks and trials, they finally live happily together.

But this "Shrek" is different, subverting everyone's imagination, and at the same time mocking fairy tale movies.

It is not necessarily the prince who saves the princess, but also the fat green man.

The princess who lives in the castle is not necessarily beautiful, she may also be a girl with mediocre appearance or even a monster.

The princess doesn't have to be weak and wait for rescue, she can even stand up and defeat the bad guys by herself when necessary.

Speaking of it, this is actually a new type of fairy tale that breaks the traditional fairy tale. There have been several sequels in succession, and the looks of Shrek and Princess Fiona will also become popular culture. Every Halloween, you will definitely see a bunch of green monsters.

Just when Eve was thinking, Robert became a little anxious, "What do you think? Do you want to try animation dubbing? This is a very interesting field."

"It sounds very interesting. I have never done dubbing before, and I am a little worried about whether I can do this job well." Eve hesitated in her heart. She knew that this was an interesting film, but professional matters should not be vague. Is it suitable for the role of Fiona?

It is said that there is a specialization in the art industry, and I am a good player in acting, but I have never tried dubbing, especially when I first come up with so much salary to dub a blockbuster, the pressure must be great.

The agent heard her worry, "I think this role is suitable for you, not just because of the high salary, but because you are really suitable for this role. According to the information I have so far, Princess Fiona is not She is not a princess in the traditional sense, so you don’t have to worry about being compared with other people, this is a smart and strong girl, she even knows Chinese Kung Fu, and can beat bandits to the ground.”

"Secondly, you don't have to worry about dubbing at all, because you are invited to come with so much pay, not just dubbing, but more importantly, performance! Dreamworks' pay is not so easy to get, they will make according to your performance during recording Animated scenes, especially the actions and expressions of the characters.”

Hollywood animated movies are actually dubbed first, and then the characters are made according to the performance of the voice actors, so the mouth shapes of most Hollywood movies can correspond to the lines.

Moreover, many animated characters are integrated with the voice actors, which is entirely the result of the artists referring to the voice actors.

Speaking of which, this is like an alternative motion capture. It is not simply standing in front of the microphone and reading the lines, but it needs to dance and liberate nature.

After the first stage of dubbing is completed, animation will be done, and then the second stage of dubbing will be done.

Pure voice actors cannot adapt to this kind of content that needs to be performed, so finding good actors is actually part of the production, not just for fame.

Fame is certainly a good thing, and can help this animated film appeal more directly to audiences.But the studios pay more attention to the expressiveness of the actors, who can create wonderful content for the film.

"You can only see the character design of the animation now. How to interpret Princess Fiona depends on your own ideas. The dubbing alone doesn't take much time. The only problem is that you need to enter the recording studio many times."

Eve thought for a while, but didn't agree directly, but said: "You can send me the information in your email, and there is also their schedule. I recently filmed "Legally Blonde" and couldn't go to the recording studio immediately. .”

"Look at the script. This story is very interesting. You can also find a picture book with the same name in the bookstore. My children feel very good when they read this story."

"I'll drop by and look for it."