novelraw Chapter 215
Chapter 215
Eve changed eight voice intonations in the recording room to perform, although it did not reach the expected dozens, but it was already very good.
Because the two directors, Andrew and Vicky, have already found the feeling they want from these dubbings, and at the same time they picked out that one separately.
When Eve officially records, she can play it out, so that she can find the feeling of recording.
It was already after six o'clock in the evening when the recording ended. Eve looked at her boyfriend sitting next to the console, and asked in a low voice, "Why don't we go get something to eat, you're going to spend ten hours on the plane."
"Honey, we didn't have lunch until after three o'clock in the afternoon, and now we can't eat anything at all." Keanu looked helpless, "There will be some food on the plane, and the crew has prepared it."
"Then what are we going to do now?" Eve glanced around, probably wandering around in the animation production center of DreamWorks.
Keanu looked down at his watch and replied, "Let's drive to the airport for a walk, I really don't want to be separated from you."
"This proposal is good. The airport is relatively remote, and there should not be many people there."
After Eve and her boyfriend bid farewell to the directors, they pushed open the soundproof wooden door outside the recording room and walked out, only to find that their two agents were smoking on the windowsill railing at the end of the corridor.
It was smoky, puffing, and looking uncomfortable.
"Already finished? What did the director say?" Evan asked curiously as he pressed the cigarette butt on the trash can on the window sill.
"Of course there is no problem. You should just wait for the contract to be signed. Have you negotiated?"
When Eve was dubbing, she saw the agent shaking hands with another stranger and going out from the corner of her eye when she was dubbing. After such a long time, some useful results should be obtained.
Robert nodded, pointed to the vehicle outside and said, "Let's go out and talk about it."
After all, this is someone else's territory, so it's better not to let others hear the result of the discussion.
A group of them came in a low-key way, and left in a low-key way. They waved their hands and took away the first draft of the agreement worth 5000 million US dollars.
Keanu originally didn't want to know these secret things about his girlfriend, but the other two didn't mean to push him away. Instead, they drove towards the airport while explaining the contract that Eve was about to sign.
DreamWorks is indeed a company that is not short of money. They never seek outside financing for filming and production. No matter whether it is Asian capital or European and American capital, they cannot enter it. After all, there is a billionaire supporting them.
In fact, DreamWorks is not making a lot of money now, because there are relatively few movies that make money. Even the previously mentioned "Prince of Egypt" is only a hit but not a hit.
Who would have thought that last year, that is, in 1999, DreamWorks' highest-grossing film was actually "American Beauty"!
It has risen this year. The global box office of "Gladiator" has exceeded 3 million US dollars, and it is not difficult to break 4 million.
"Dreamworks did not disappoint in terms of salary, but the original $1000 million salary was completely a gimmick to attract us."
Eve frowned and asked, "What do you mean? Did the final numbers change a lot?"
"It's not a big problem, but they want to sign two movies at the same price. "Shrek 1" and "Shrek 2" are both only 1000 million US dollars."
There are still many things left unanswered in the movie, such as the background of Shrek and Fiona.
These issues will be left for the sequel to show. DreamWorks has its own strength, and it is such an interesting story. Shooting the sequel is completely within the plan.
Not to mention that Eve, a soul from the future, knows that the "Shrek" series has released four films directly, each of which has sold well at the box office, and even broke the box office records of many animated films.
A total of $2000 million for the two films is already a huge figure for her.
"Honestly, the number sounds attractive."
"Because they set such a high price, we felt that it could be higher, so we discussed another plan with them, which is to increase the box office dividend. It is completely impossible to want the dividends of other derivative products or the disc market. , all we have access to is the box office.”
For these animation studios, box office dividends can be discussed, and other dividends need not be discussed. If you ask, you will refuse. Those dividends are the most profitable and profitable.
埃文-斯托夫卖足了关子之后才回答道：“我们主动将第一部电影的片酬降低到了800万美元，第二部电影本身会有所提高，1000万美元以及5%的北美票房分红。第三部电影1200万美元的片酬以及5%全球票房分红。”
"When the third film is finished, you'll have half a foot in the $2000 million club."
Eve carefully calculated, "The movie won't be released until next year. Even with the three-year efficiency, "Shrek 3" will have to wait until 2007 or 2008. I feel that if this contract is signed, I feel like It’s like buying an endowment insurance at DreamWorks.”
It's only 2000 now, and it turned out that the film contract was signed seven or eight years later, the time span is really a bit big.
The most important thing is that the amount involved in this contract may be much larger than the brokers thought!
Whether it's Ted, the producer of DreamWorks, or the two managers of CAA, they estimate that the box office of "Shrek" is similar to that of "Prince of Egypt", at a level of [-] million to [-] million US dollars worldwide.
Therefore, 5% of the North American box office dividend is about 500 million US dollars, which is not such a huge number.
But Eve knew very well in her heart that the sequel of "Shrek" was aimed at the film history record of animated films, and it was by no means such a little bit as imagined.
Now the highest-grossing animated film in North America is Disney's "The Lion King" in 1994, with a North American box office of 4.2 million US dollars.
If the sequel of Shrek can break this figure, then Eve's 5% North American box office dividend can reach 2000 million US dollars, plus the film salary, the total income can be close to 3000 million US dollars!
In terms of global box office, "The Lion King" is still an insurmountable peak, with 9.6 million US dollars, it can still be played in ten or 20 years, let alone now.
If "Shrek 3" can approach the global box office level of "The Lion King", it will directly have a dividend figure of 5000 million US dollars, which will not be inferior to Keanu's "Matrix" dividend.
Of course, if the box office figure cannot surpass "The Lion King", the global box office dividend will be at the level of 4000 to [-] million US dollars, which is extraordinary among all actors.
Eddie Murphy was looking at immediate benefits. He didn't think that "Shrek" would make much money at the box office, so it was all real remuneration without any dividends.
If so, he will increase his pay for each film by 500 million compared with the last one, from 1500 million to 2000 million US dollars. He only signed two films, and he can get a total of 3500 million US dollars.
It's just the first method of paying Ted to fool Evan and Robert. If it was agreed before, Eve could only get 2000 million US dollars for the two films.
The high incomes of Hollywood stars are almost not achieved through high remuneration, but through huge dividends.
Leaving aside, let’s just talk about Eve’s boyfriend, Keanu, in the “Matrix” trilogy, the box office together with the box office and derivative dividends can take away a total of 2.5 million U.S. dollars in revenue. The total pure film salary of the three films is only 4000 about ten thousand.
Another example is the film "The Sixth Sense", which competed with "Death Comes" at the Saturn Awards last year. The starring Bruce Willis received a salary of 1400 million US dollars, and 17% of the box office dividends took 1 million US dollars.
In "Forrest Gump", Tom Hanks gave up a salary of 500 million yuan, and finally got 6.7% of the box office of 10 million US dollars. With the total income of 7000 million US dollars, this figure is not inferior to many commercial films. .
If she can really get the box office sharing contract of "Shrek", then Eve will be a potential billionaire!
Everyone's expectations for the box office of this movie are not too high, which gave her a chance to pick up the miss.
Others think that the box office dividends will not get too much money in the end, and they would rather get it early.
Now Eve is very glad that the managers made this wise decision, and when the salary is paid out, I must give them a big red envelope to thank them.
"What are you talking about?" Keanu asked curiously. His girlfriend had been muttering in a low voice before, and no one knew what she said.
Eve clasped her hands together and said reverently: "I'm asking God to bless me, I hope I can officially sign this contract, and then I hope that my dubbing can make the role of Fiona popular among the public."
Perhaps knowing how huge the number represented by the contract is, Eve at this moment can no longer keep calm, but has a little worry about gains and losses.
She really likes filming, but when a contract worth hundreds of millions is in front of her eyes, who can not be moved by it?
"The audience will definitely like this role. When you were dubbing in it, Andrew kept praising you." Keanu glanced at his girlfriend, "Pray to God, why don't you prepare yourself better for this role."
"I think so too."
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The next morning after sending Keanu off, Eve, along with her agent and lawyer, signed the trilogy contract and agreed on the recording time.
If Eve wanted to, she could come to DreamWorks to record every weekend, but she didn't want the two films to be mixed together, so she chose another plan.
That is to arrive at the recording studio to record "Shrek" no later than August [-]st.
Now it is mid-June, which means that she will complete the filming of "Legally Blonde" in one and a half months.
In fact, for a romantic comedy movie, it is not too difficult. The MGM plan only has a one-month shooting time. The film is all shot in Los Angeles, no need for location, quite cost saving.
Even if something goes wrong in the middle, there is still half a month to make up for it.
When the contract was signed, Jeffrey, the head of DreamWorks Animation, finally showed up, a happy bald man with a shiny front scalp that caught the eye.
It's just that Eve didn't have much communication with him. Everyone went about their business, shook hands and left after signing the contract.
One was anxious to have a meeting with the animators, and the other was anxious to go to the UCLA campus to film.
"You and Mandy go to film, if there are other things, we will notify you." Robert took the contract belonging to the brokerage company and prepared to go back to CAA to register.
Eve, on the other hand, sat in the co-pilot seat and waved at him, "Then I'm off, see you next time."
Today's Eve is almost fully armed. In order to make a good impression on DreamWorks, she specially put on full makeup.Now I can only sit in the car and take off my makeup slowly, because this makeup is not delicate enough.
She was going to look tender in Legally Blonde, and the makeup artist would reapply it.
Before the heroine Ellie went to Harvard University, the plot took place at the University of California, Los Angeles, commonly known as UCLA, which is one of the most famous public universities on the West Coast, and is among the best in all rankings.
Because of this, it is a matter of course for the heroine to be admitted to Harvard University. After all, she has a background in UCLA, and she did not suddenly go to Harvard from a community college.
In this way, the rationality of the story is much more guaranteed.
The film crew is also a bit powerful, and they actually made connections and came to the UCLA campus to shoot scenes.
Most colleges and universities on the West Coast operate on a quarter system, with each quarter corresponding to a season.Now the crew is taking advantage of the ten days between UCLA's spring semester and summer semester to shoot.
This will not affect the normal classes of the students, and at the same time, the dormitories and classrooms can be cleared out to prepare for the shooting, and real students can be hired as actors and background actors.
However, because of the holiday, there are so many people watching the filming of the crew!
Not everyone is hanging out.
Now that I am in Los Angeles, I am no stranger to Hollywood. Everyone has seen filming more or less, but they rarely meet the crew filming in their dormitory.
So when Eve came to the shooting location from the parking lot, she was completely stunned!
Outside this dormitory, there is a sea of people. In the blocked area, the staff turned into monkeys and were visited by the students.
Some people simply came to the lawn near this dormitory to chat and watch the excitement while basking in the sun.
"Eve is here!"
"Look, it's Eve!"
"This movie is really starring her. I can't find much information on the Internet."
"She looks kinda handsome."
"Who? How do you all know her?"
"Where is she? I want to ask for an autograph and a group photo."
Eve is quite popular among young people. Although the number of movies she has acted in is not many, they are impressive.
In particular, "Mulholland Drive", which was just released recently, has brought its fame to the peak. It has good-looking appearances, wonderful stories, and superb acting skills.
And such an actress actually appeared in his school, so the students couldn't help being crazy!
Fortunately, these students have maintained a rational state, and there is no rush to ask for autographs or group photos. Everyone just waits and sees first.
Anyway, the crew can't finish filming the scenes here in a day or two, let's take a look first, what if I can join the crew to film.
They may not think that they will become actors in the future, but it feels good to experience being an actor by appearing in a movie.
Therefore, the staff of the crew who encountered extras were the busiest, and they followed the assistant director to select suitable students to be actors.
Director Luketic wore a peaked cap and specially grew a beard in order to be more authoritative. After he saw Eve, he gestured with his eyes: "You are so popular now, it seems that they all I like you very much, and even many people want to be extras because of you. It's a pity that our crew can't use so many people."
"They're not my fans, they may not even recognize me, but it's good to let them watch. Everyone has a lot of friends and relatives, and it will also increase the box office for our movies."
Eve felt the sudden flash of the spotlight, which was definitely a reporter taking pictures, which might cause a beautiful misunderstanding.
In case the photos are sent out and everyone thinks that her popularity has reached such a peak, it would be wonderful if a scene can attract students to watch.
Luke Tik pointed to the dormitory building and said, "You go up to make up and change clothes first. The make-up artist is waiting for you in room 220. I just happened to take a few shots downstairs first."
"No problem, I'll go up right now, and I'm looking forward to this performance."
After turning her head to look at the black crowd, Eve walked directly into the dormitory building, causing the onlookers to sigh involuntarily.
"What about people?"
"Why did it disappear?"
"Where did Eve go, the cameras are all over here."
"Don't she have a part to shoot today?"
"Maybe I've put on makeup, just wait a little longer."
"I told my friends from other schools that I saw Eve come to film, but they still didn't believe it. Send me a copy of the photos you took with your camera later by email, and make them envious."
Although this group of students was a little disappointed, they still did not leave. Instead, they continued to stay where they were, and the number continued to increase.
Because more and more people have heard the news of Eve's arrival, and they are now busy coming over to find out.
After Luke Tik saw Eve's attractiveness, his confidence in the film increased a lot. The heroine is well chosen, and the box office is really indispensable.
What Eve is going to shoot today is Ellie's first shot, which is also the first impression she will give the audience, so there is no ambiguity.
While Eve was putting on makeup, he was taking photos of the leisurely life on the UCLA campus. The sun was shining brightly. The students were reading books, playing basketball, cycling, and being in love. The whole campus was beautiful.
After Eve entered the dormitory, another round of onlookers came.
The female college students stood on the stairs and looked at her at the entrance of the corridor, which made her a little bit stressed.
"Hi guys."
She stood on the stairs on the second floor and waved to the students above, "Your dormitory looks great, I hope you have a nice day."
These female students also responded excitedly, everyone finally saw a living star!
"The director specifically asked you not to change your clothes after putting on your makeup, but to put on your bathrobe before filming the bathroom scene." The makeup artist glanced at her fingers, and they were really clean without any traces of nail polish. Eve took off the manicure on purpose.
In the movie, in order to bring out the beautiful character of the heroine Ellie, there is a special scene for her to get dressed.
"Miss Campbell, a lot of people are outside, it looks a bit scary." Assistant Mandy was a little nervous, she had never encountered such a thing.
The filming of a low-budget movie has attracted so many audiences, the charm of the actors is too great!
Eve sat on the makeup chair and let the makeup artist paint her eyebrows and eyeliner. She said with a smile, "Looking at the script, my scenes today are all shot in the room. They may watch for a while and find out that I won't go out." It'll go away, don't worry."
Movie stars have to be a little more mysterious, and they can't hold a concert tour with tens of thousands of people like singers.
In life, the audience should not see it, and if they want to see it, go to the cinema.
Mandy thought about it carefully, "That's right, maybe they will leave after a while."
However, Eve and the others obviously underestimated the perseverance of this group of students. They actually held a party outside the dormitory building. It was so lively that they had no intention of leaving!
After Luke Tik finished filming the UCLA campus scene, he came to the room with the cameraman. He pointed to the bathroom inside and said, "If you are ready now, we can start shooting."
"I can shoot anytime."
"Okay, let's come over first and see how the camera seats work together better."
This shot of the bathroom will be the first shot of the whole film. Eve will not show her whole body, but her calf will appear in front of the shot.
In the misty bathroom, a slender calf appeared on the screen. The calf was covered with white foam, and the slender hand picked up a tool to gently scrape off the foam.
With a pink towel and a pink shower curtain, Eve's movements are relatively light and natural, and her skin like creamy jade is extremely conspicuous under the camera.
The cameraman, director, makeup artist, assistant, and lighting engineer were all fascinated. They all knew that Eve was a beautiful beauty, and many previous movies did not deliberately show her appearance.
This rom-com movie is all about showing her charisma and highlighting it in front of the audience, both male and female audiences will love her!
The overall look is normal, but the camera only shows a close-up shot of her calf, which looks very sexy.
Eve's skin is very smooth. She didn't take much rest after shooting this shot, and started to shoot the scene of her slowly putting the necklace on herself.
The golden hair like a waterfall looks dazzling, and her hands have become the highlights in the monitor.
The ten fingers were all slender and fair, and when they passed through the hair, everyone's eyes were brightened. These hands were as beautiful as ivory.
The girl's skin is really good, firm, white, full of youthful collagen, and even looks crystal clear.
Luketic is definitely a master in this area. The first few shots he took were close-ups of Eve's body parts. Every part is flawless. It will definitely make the audience anxious and want to see these things combined in one person. full effect on the body.
It can be said that Eve does not have much room for acting in this movie, but her beauty will be 100% captured!
No wonder female stars always attract fans and increase their popularity through chick movies. They are not only beautiful in movies, but also have a likable personality, which exudes more charm than other movies.
Male audiences like them, female audiences want to be them.
Luke Tik suddenly became a little worried. Would it be counterproductive to make Eve too beautiful? What kind of trash man would abandon such a beautiful and lovely girlfriend?
Unless it is really blind!
The author has something to say: There have been a lot of trivial things in life recently, and the addition of 8 nutrient solutions can only be postponed temporarily. I am very sorry~~