… As the person who won three Oscars for the first time in a single session, Miss Mason seemed very conceited. When asked if it was accidental or inevitable, she replied that there are both! "
"... Obviously, Miss Genius lacks interest in the best screenwriter, and being one of the best screenwriters in Hollywood doesn't care about this award, it has to be a funny thing..."
"… Angela claims she's going to do better, so for sure she's got a bigger appetite, what would that be? Hers
The first directorial work "Lola Run" is very popular, maybe Angela has already aimed for the best director? "
After the Oscars, various media began to become lively again. There are countless newspapers such as the above that randomly guessed and interpreted the girl's answer, which made Angela a little helpless. She has been very careful and cautious to answer with the simplest words, but those guys still It can be arranged at will, which is really annoying.
The girl finally chose to ignore it. Anyway, this is not the first time, and it will not be the last time. Instead of worrying, it is better to throw it in the corner. If the tabloid does not write like this, it will not be called a tabloid.
And the big press has focused on praise for "Titanic" and sympathy for "The English Patient."
"Cameron's perfect combination of computer effects technology and storytelling is a great victory!"
"Although it is also a great love, "The English Patient" is more delicate and more realistic, but it has lost to a fairy tale. Don't people like to face reality anymore?"
The two views have been in constant conflict, and fans have also expressed their views through various channels. According to a survey by the Los Angeles Times, the support rate of the two films is about 48% to 52%, and "The English Patient" has a slight upper hand. It is the privilege of a tragic hero.
Of course, there are also people who pay attention to the records that were broken at the 69th Oscars, and they are full of wisdom.
"Undeniable. Titanic is an unprecedented miracle. The record of 15 nominations and 12 winners will be hard to beat. And at the same time, Miss Angelason has won the most awards in a single session at the age of just 17. And The 12 nominations for "The English Patient" got nothing. But for the film company, the 200 million investment in exchange for the global box office revenue of nearly 2 billion is the most worthy of attention. I am very worried, this may completely open up the big investment and big production. Doors, maybe in the future filmmaking will just have to throw money in, and we’ll just see stories that are so powerful and then forget about it!” —Thomas Addison, The Washington Post.
In all fairness, the columnist came to the point. Angela, who has a previous life experience, is very clear that after 2000, the North American box office list will gradually begin to be occupied by movies with large investment and high special effects. This is irreversible. After all, what movie companies want is profit! Immediately, computer technology became more and more mature. As long as the audience is willing to pay for it, this situation will not stop!
The current "Titanic" exemplifies this very well. It was about to go down, but because it won the Oscar for best film, it immediately set off a small climax! Although it is no longer in the prime time period, there are still many people rushing to it. By mid-April, the North American box office officially exceeded 700 million!
"Aren't you going to take a break? Your... boxing has been done 4 times." Annie raised the towel in her hand.
"Wait a minute, I'll be fine right away." Angela stepped on her feet in the garden under the sun, and showed her legs with a stoic fist. Although her grandmother sentenced her to death early on for her damage, it was still a little bit used for self-defense. The effect is that practicing boxing can maintain your body and vitality better than doing aerobics.
After the move, the girl's clean forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, but she didn't plan to stop, she jumped twice, leaned down and rubbed her knees, then flipped in the air and landed firmly on the ground. , followed by inversions three or four times in a row, until after landing a few steps back, the exercise is not over.
"Thank you, Annie." Angela took the towel and wiped her face.
"In this way, your sense of balance is actually very good, but why does it go out of shape when you dance?" Annie asked with a smile.
"No talent means no talent, it has nothing to do with balance." The girl pouted and waved her hand.
"Really? But the reporters photographed you dancing happily at Kate's house yesterday." Annie's tone was snarky and mocking, and Angela couldn't help rolling her eyes: "Dancing happily doesn't mean dancing well. ."
She exchanged the towel with Annie with a clear feeling that she didn't want to talk about it, then sat down at the small table and opened the laptop. When it came to the party girl last night, she was very depressed. Kate was very considerate to host an all-female party. So she rarely played very openly, but she didn't expect to be photographed by the reporters. Fortunately, they did a lot of measures when they were making out after the party, otherwise she would definitely make headlines today. And even though it's been more than half a month since that incident, there are still some ghosts. Last night was the first time they had sex in half a month, and Angela still had a little escape in her subconscious.
Damn crazy woman! asshole! How could she have been recommended to James in the first place! Thinking of this, the girl couldn't help but feel a little angry, but after scolding her, she couldn't help but feel a little ashamed and confused. It seems that as long as she has a good impression on the other party and is used forcefully, she will not be able to resist? ! And when I recall it carefully, I can always feel that there is nothing in Rachel's heart... Sadness? !
Forget it, stop. Angela frowned and waved her hand. Whether it was the one-night stand in Rosarito or the half-rape on Oscar night half a month ago, it has become a thing of the past. As long as she doesn't talk nonsense to Kate, then they can be okay with each other. She could be regarded as an acquaintance, and she would never be polite if that happened again.
Thinking of Kate, the girl couldn't help showing a smile. Last night, Kate, who had always been wild during sex, was rarely gentle. Even though she turned down several dates because of that incident in the past two weeks, she still didn't complain. what.
"What are you thinking, such a contented expression." Annie's voice rang in her ears.
"Ah? Ah, nothing." Angela, who shrugged, took the coffee, took a sip and nodded: "I have to say, dear Annie, the coffee you brewed is getting more and more to my taste."
"If I can't brew coffee that suits your taste for so long, then I'll be remiss." Annie raised her eyebrows.
"Okay, okay, thank you." The girl said with a smile, and suddenly wrapped her arms around Annie's waist, burying her head in her lower abdomen and hugging it tightly before releasing it. Unpredictable Annie rolled her eyes angrily and amusedly. Then turn around and leave.
Angela took another sip of coffee before she focused on the notebook, opened the writing document and prepared to continue writing the script for "Mulan" for Disney. As early as last year, she had completely given up writing by hand. Anyway, the computer is American. It was invented, so it is indeed much faster to type English letters than handwriting, but unfortunately, the beautiful fonts that she has learned so easily with her hands do not know whether it will become ugly due to long-term use of the keyboard.
On the screen, the story has developed to the stage of the final Shanyu attack on the palace. When Angela took over, she wanted to add more Chinese elements to play well, but after a few thoughts, she gave up. After all, the main audience of this animation is It's an American, and the Chinese market is far less valued than it was in the 21st century. Disney just wants to find a new content to please the audience. If too many Chinese elements are added, it will even change beyond recognition, and the audience will not buy it after it is produced. That would be a little thankless. So in the end, the girl basically wrote according to the script of the previous life, and then tinkered with some small details, such as changing the name of the eunuch or official next to the emperor's old man named Cifu to be more in line with Chinese habits.
Speaking of Disney's animation department in recent years, it has been really depressing. CEO Michael Eisner has never been interested in animation that Disney relies on to make a fortune. As the former Paramount president, he is very good at film operations. Will not be keen to see Angela's potential, and let George Wells find a way to win over the girl!
So if you encounter staff layoffs, the animation department will definitely take priority, but it will always be in the back when it comes to budget. This situation became more apparent after the unexpected death of his partner Frank Wells and the success of several films based on Angela's script. The second version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" finally had to be abandoned, and the new animation was delayed again and again, so when the manager of the animation department decided to use "Mulan" as the theme, he had to find a way to invite Angela to write the script.
These things are known to some extent through the Sparrow girl, so the script should not be modified too much. Although some people will buy it as long as the arrangement is good, but since it can be regarded as helping others, it will naturally reduce the risk to the bottom. Better.
After writing for nearly an hour, Angela stretched comfortably, got up and moved on and continued, but not to continue writing the script, but to relax her nerves to deal with other things, such as seeing simple, her Understandable financial statements.
Because she won three golden statuettes at the Oscars last time, Angela's attention continued to rise. Naturally, the box office of "Lola Run" also rebounded slightly before it went down, just like "Titanic" "That way, the North American box office finally reached 100 million. In addition to the distribution fee to Disney and the share and cost of the theater, the net profit after paying the tax is almost 20 million or more. If the overseas box office can also reach 100 million, then it is almost the same. There is an income of nearly 40 million yuan, which is considered a bumper harvest in independent film production.
However, compared with "Titanic", it is insignificant. The net profit of 700 million at the box office is almost 140 million, which is sensational enough, and this is not even the screenwriter's box office dividend, although The box office dividends in North America no longer existed when she bought the screening rights, but don’t forget that there are still nearly 1.2 billion box office in overseas, and the Chinese region has just been released! Asking for dividends as a screenwriter is the first in Hollywood in this era!
The screenwriters' union didn't know whether to thank her or hate her. There was a group of screenwriters who were brewing asking for a pay raise. Maybe the strike action ended because she didn't die. Because the president of the union didn't know how to ask for it, maybe the film company would readily agree. Now that Angela has set a precedent, of course others can ask for dividends? But the film company may also sternly refuse and want to pay dividends? Of course there is no problem, please do the results of Miss Genius first.
What frustrates the trade union most is that Angela is not currently a member of any trade union such as actors, screenwriters, directors, etc. It is impossible to fight for rights and interests in her name!
The girl doesn't know this. What she's more upset about now is that the expectations for "Lola Run" exceeded her imagination. The original estimate was that 50,000,000 or 60 million is not bad. After all, although this movie is in the world The scope has a huge impact, but the North American box office does not seem to be high, but I didn't expect it to exceed 100 million. Although there is an element of luck in it, it is much higher than expected!
Angela distributed most of the North American box office income as bonuses, from Mina to Edward or "Agent Smith" and assistant director Matthew, etc. All members of the crew have at least 1 million red envelopes, and even help during editing. The past Jim also made 500,000! But she was still a little worried, because the next plan... The higher you climb, the more painful it is to fall, isn't it
It doesn't matter, there won't be anything, anyway, the plan has been made early, and I also need this test, don't I? Angela encouraged herself in her heart. While creating the animation script for "Mulan", he also began to further improve the script of the lower director's work.
Time unknowingly entered May, and "Mulan" was successfully handed over to Disney, not only the script, but also the lyrics of several songs, such as the theme song "reflection", or the episode "I"ll make a man out of you" (that is Jackie Chan's version of "Men") and so on. Of course, she buried a foreshadowing of "reflectionn", and there is also a version of the two-singing song left in her hand, and it will be discussed later.
In addition to these, she also drew a lot of hair accessories, costumes and armor pictures and scripts of the Han Dynasty, as well as some materials about the Han Dynasty and the later Southern and Northern Dynasties. Although I believe in Disney's level of textual research, it is relatively safe to do so.
At the same time, the new script has also been completely finalized, including a lot of drafts for split shots, and preparations should begin. All of these made Angela very happy, but the happiest thing was two other things.
First of all, she passed all AP exams, but not the expected 4, but 5! She had the mentality of trying the extra door, and she didn't know how she got through! It's really interesting, but it's not much of a problem to go to Harvard.
Secondly, she finally got her driver's license. Although it's still a probationary license, it already means she can own her own car and go for a drive!