Chapter 208

This is simply the fallacy of desolation!

From "the Pacific War" to "buried alive" to "crazy love", the movie pay is lower than one. It looks like a dead end actor“ It's low enough to pay 100000 yuan for "buried alive". It's almost the same price for third tier actors. Even many TV drama actors are paid more than that. But now, it's falling again and again, 20000 yuan? Isn't that sending beggars? It sounds like the price of the little fresh meat in the model circle.

What's more, lanli is emmetti now! Emmy Award! Emmy, one of the four major arts awards in the United States! Twenty thousand dollars? What the hell is this?

As for dividends? That's just boasting!

It can be judged from a few words that "crazy love" didn't find a production company at all. It just got investment, just like "buried alive". What does that mean? It means that directors and producers have no say at all. How much dividends they can get, the profit ratio and how the distribution companies and major courtyard lines should distribute, and even whether they can find suitable buyers, all of which are to be determined by each other in the future“ "Buried alive" box office dividend ratio is determined by the focus film industry.

Let's take a step back. Even if both the production company and the distribution company agree to the box office bonus, how much can lanli share?

The wave of Hollywood actors participating in the box office dividend began to rise after the new century. Although this situation has appeared before, it has not been the mainstream. The mainstream of the cooperation between the production company and the actors is the film remuneration. What really makes people realize the importance of the box office dividend is "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in 2006.

Before that, 20 million clubs represented the highest level in the industry; However, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" has brought Johnny Depp $33 million in revenue - basic film remuneration plus North American box office dividends, which shocked the whole industry, and then "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" only had a lot more, which surprised Disney.

Later, when filming "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", Disney signed Johnny to continue playing with a record $55 million. In fact, this figure is Disney's own internal estimate. After calculating the sum of basic film payment and box office bonus, Disney will pay Johnny's film payment at one go. In this way, the box office of the film will be more successful than expected, and all the profits will go into Disney's pocket.

After that, although 20 million clubs still exist, they are in name only. Instead of pursuing the level of basic film pay excessively, actors are more willing to participate in film creation in the form of dividends. This is also a good thing for film companies, because they can save budget and let the actors share part of the box office risk - making money together and bearing losses together. Therefore, the major film companies are also happy to see its success.

In other words, the willingness of film companies to pay dividends at the box office is to share the risks rather than divide up the benefits. Naturally, only the top actors with box office appeal can participate in the bonus list, and other actors can stand aside directly.

Although lanli has just won the Emmy Award, he can't be ranked in Hollywood where the stars are shining. The accumulation of only two works is not enough to make lanli a second-line actor. Now it can only be regarded as a third line actor at most. Even if lanli can participate in the dividend, one percent is the limit, and the film company will not let go easily.

The biggest possibility is that even the film companies are not willing to pay for this one percent. It's impossible to snatch chicken from the weasel.

Of course, Andy will not forget that there is another situation - if "love crazy" is taken over by independent production companies and independent distribution companies.

Well, because of the lack of budget, this kind of low-cost independent films often invite first-line or second-line actors to play in the form of box office dividends. For actors, they hope to try water in the award season; For the crew, they can save money, which is a win-win situation.

The most famous case is "vulgar novel" in 1994. At that time, John Travolta's career was at a low ebb, which was a mess. But after the peak, even if he was no longer on the front line, he was not a star that any independent film could invite.

Quentin Tarantino was very keen on old movies and had a special liking for John. He was invited to play in "vulgar novels", but he was short of money. At that time, John's salary of about 3 million was only the second-line standard in the industry, and Quentin could not afford it. Therefore, Quentin discussed the basic film salary of $170000, and then invited John to play in the box office dividend situation.

John thought, anyway, his career can't be worse. Why not?

Thus, the classic "vulgar novel" of film history was born. The second most important thing is that John got more than 10 million films. The key point is that his career has regained its second spring, and he even got the Oscar nomination.

But the problem is that there is only one "vulgar novel". At the beginning, the box office of this film reached 107 million in North America. What about "crazy love"? Not to mention 100 million, it is not easy for independent films to break through 30 million box office in North America“ This is true of "buried alive" and "crazy love".

All in all, this is the most ridiculous situation. Andy just feels a fit of chest tightness.

Actor's pay is not as simple as film pay. First of all, film pay is the guarantee of actor's recycling investment. The investment of the whole image project can not be completed by hundreds of thousands of dollars. What's more, lanli's "buried alive" still has some hope for this year's award season, and the expenditure of public relations activities is not a small expense. If these investments are not made, Then there is no possibility of the future.

Secondly, the film pay is a direct reflection of the status of actors in the industry. Those top actors occasionally reduce the film pay, act in friendship or appear in independent films, which is called "pursuit". However, new actors have not achieved any success, and the film pay is going from bad to worse, which is called self destruction.

The last is Andy's own dividend, which is also the most insignificant part, because training new people for Andy's top agents, 10% of the commission does not make money at all, not only that, he also has to pay back.

Looking at the light blue Li in front of him, Andy really wants to cry without tears. He found that in the short period of one month since he accepted lanli's brokerage job, he had more ups and downs than in the past year. Take a deep breath, take a deep breath, "can you tell me why you want to play in this work? Give me a reason. "

"Why?" Lanli doesn't seem to understand Andy's meaning. He is an actor and Andy is an agent. He looks at things differently.

Andy holds the armrest of the chair with his hands crossed and his body slightly forward. "For example, do you think the challenge of this work is even more arduous than burying it alive, and it may impact next year's Golden Globe awards or even the Oscars?"

Lan Li chuckled, "ha." Sure enough, the focus of agents and actors is quite different.

Not all films need to be linked with awards and box office. For example, the biggest injustice in the 21st century, "muheland road". At that time, this work was highly controversial. Those who liked it were regarded as saints, while those who disliked it were abandoned. Later, this work only received a modest nomination for best director at the Oscar, and other departments failed. It was just a comfort to David Lynch, which aroused strong dissatisfaction from countless fans.

Now this work has become the heart and soul of countless film critics and senior fans. Among the list of films in the 21st century, "muheland road" can almost occupy a place in the top five, which shows its status in film history. Nevertheless, Naomi Watts, the heroine, was born with this work and ushered in a turning point in her career.

There are also "fight club", "death illusion", "Requiem of dream" and so on. These works may not be able to achieve good results at the box office, nor can they win any recognition in the major award seasons, but they do not affect their important position in the history of film, and they have also become a bright sum on the resume of actors or directors, laying an important foundation for their future career.

The actors are concerned about the work itself, while the brokers are concerned about the effect of the work. This is the essential difference.

However, lanli understood Andy's worry, so he nodded and gave a positive reply, "this is the direction of efforts."

Andy let out a breath. "When I get the script, I need to have a look." This time, Andy did not use the tone of inquiry, but expressed his opinion directly. Lan Li didn't mind. He nodded directly to show that there was no problem.

The cooperation between the agent and the actor is an equal relationship. Even for the new comer, it is the actor himself who signs the performance contract. If the actor does not agree, the agent cannot force the new comer to sign. Of course, newcomers don't have enough vision, ability and experience. Generally speaking, they do what the agent says. Even some top artists who have been famous for a long time will listen to the professional advice of the agent.

There are people like Langley and Andy. However, both sides need to constantly explore in order to achieve win-win cooperation. Otherwise, it will be the actors themselves who will be injured in the end; Actors can also change agents at any time, but if they miss the golden period of career development, they will not have a second chance. Not everyone can get a second chance like Robert Downey Jr. and John Travolta Jr.

"So, what's the matter with you coming to me?" Lan Li looked at the alarm clock on the wall and asked.

Andy just reflected that the impact of "crazy love" was so sudden and fierce that he even forgot his destination. At this time, lanli reminded him that his brain just turned around and said, "I've come to see you. It's also about your next project. I've found two suitable projects, if you are interested, I can arrange for you to attend a one-on-one personal interview to see how the feedback is and then discuss it further. "

Obviously, Andy is not idle these two days.