Chapter 605: One Can Play Alone
The "Golden Dragon Award" in this world is similar to the "Golden Rooster Award" in the previous life, and the award committee is composed of the most authoritative directors, artists, playwrights, photographers, artists and other professionals in China.
It is not surprising that Xiao Yao was nominated for Best Newcomer, but it is also very incredible that he was nominated for the best actor in this authoritative award for the first movie he starred in. But the list of nominees announced on the official website of the "Golden Dragon Award" is clearly written, Xiao Yao did get the nomination for the actor in the first feature film he acted in.
Regardless of whether or not you win an award in the end, being nominated is a great recognition. This also means that even the most authoritative group of film professionals in China recognize Xiao Yao's acting skills very much.
After reading this list of nominations, it doesn't seem so incomprehensible to look back at Xiao Yao's winning of the first season of "Sound Immersion".
After all, no matter how good the reputation of "Sound Immersion" is, it is still a variety show, and the champion is voted for by the live audience. When the audience votes, they will always be influenced by some personal preferences.
In terms of traffic, Xiao Yao is undoubtedly stronger than the other seven finalists, and in terms of his own acting strength, Xiao Yao has been recognized by the "Golden Dragon Award" jury, which at least shows that there is no level gap between him and the other seven finalists. His age is much younger than others, and it is commendable to be able to play at the same level as others, coupled with his various bonus performances that are much more prominent than other guests, it is understandable that the audience voted for him as a champion.
Winning the championship of the first season of "Sound Immersion" and being nominated for two acting awards in the "Golden Dragon Award" came together, Xiao Yao naturally exploded again in the entertainment media and on the Internet, and adjectives such as "demon" and "monster" were once again placed on Xiao Yao's head.
After the list of nominees for the "Golden Dragon Award" was announced, Xiao Yao, who was far away in Europe, received many congratulatory calls and congratulatory text messages from relatives and friends. Xiao Yao himself knows about last year's Huaxia Film Market, and Xiao Yao didn't feel much surprised to be nominated for the Best New Actor, but Xiao Yao also felt a surprise that he could be nominated for the best actor.
You must know that Huaxia's "Golden Dragon Award" is different from many foreign film festival awards. Although it is also a very authoritative and professional award, it is also a slightly conservative and traditional award. In the history of the "Golden Dragon Award", not only has there never been an actor or actress under the age of 30, but even the actors who have been nominated for the actor and actress under the age of 30 are very few. Xiao Yao was nominated for the "Golden Dragon Award" at the age of less than 22, and has already set a record for the youngest actor to win this award.
The award ceremony of the "Golden Dragon Award", Xiao Yao must be attended. However, only the list of nominees has been announced, and there is still some time before the awards ceremony. After learning the news, Xiao Yao did not return to China immediately, but accompanied Sun Tingting to continue her graduation trip to Europe.
The two finals of "Sound Immersion" correspond to the ninth and tenth phases. These two episodes of the program have been broadcast, which also means that the tenth episode of another program of Shonan Satellite TV, "Singer", has been broadcast. The tenth episode of "Singer" has been broadcast, which means that the twelfth episode of this show, that is, the breakout competition, has been recorded, and the list of seven singers participating in the finals has been determined.
Among the people who called to congratulate Xiao Yao on winning the two nominations for the "Golden Dragon Award", Jiang Kailin in this season's "Singer" was also included. While calling to congratulate Xiao Yao on being nominated for the "Golden Dragon Award", Jiang Kailin also mentioned by the way that she had successfully advanced to the finals of this season's "Singer", and told Xiao Yao that she was going to sing Xiao Yao's "One Plus One Theater Version" in the first round of the finals, and asked Xiao Yao about the possibility of being a live narrator when she and Li Jiawen sang this song.
The recording time of the finals of "Singer" does not conflict with the time of the "Golden Dragon Award" award ceremony, and it belongs to the scope of whether to go or not for Xiao Yao. However, the ratings of the finals of "Singer" are very high, and it is a very good opportunity for Sun Tingting, who is still relatively young, to show her face.
As for the problem that the string part of the original arrangement and soundtrack of this song is not outstanding, it is nothing to Xiao Yao, the big deal is to modify the arrangement, increase the duration of the violin in the soundtrack, and then add a violin solo during the interlude. The lyrics, arrangement, and producer of this song are all Xiao Yao, whether it is in terms of arranging ability or discourse, Xiao Yao has no problem doing this.
However, Xiao Yao did not help Sun Tingting make a decision without authorization, and did not directly agree or reject Jiang Kailin on the phone, only replied that he needed to think about it. After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yao discussed with Sun Tingting that after returning to China, he would go to the finals of "Singer" as a star musician to help people as guests.
If it was to help Xiao Yao as a guest, Sun Tingting would definitely agree without hesitation. But as a musician for other people, Sun Tingting doesn't have much interest. In the United States for three years, Sun Tingting not only saw Xiao Yao very few times, but also got together less and separated more from her parents. Sun Tingting's original plan was to live at home for a period of time with Xiao Yao after returning to China from this graduation trip, accompany her parents, and then take the driver's license test by the way, and then think about career development, so after thinking about it, Sun Tingting still refused.
Sun Tingting didn't want to be a supporting musician for Jiang Kailin, and Xiao Yao certainly wouldn't be reluctant. Although Xiao Yao didn't have anything particularly urgent after returning to China, he was not without nothing to do. Since Sun Tingting didn't go to the finals of "Singer", Xiao Yao had no interest in going, and made another phone call to Jiang Kailin, declining Jiang Kailin's invitation on the grounds of work.
Xiao Yao had already helped Jiang Kailin record the official versions of the three versions of the song before coming to the United States, and also recorded the audio file of the narration for Jiang Kailin to use in the finals of "Singer", just in case Jiang Kailin wanted to sing this song in the finals and Xiao Yao couldn't go to the scene to narrate. Jiang Kailin was mentally prepared for such a situation, so after Xiao Yao refused, Jiang Kailin didn't say anything, and didn't continue to fight through Wu You, but accepted it relatively calmly after expressing some regrets.
Britain, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting spent more than ten days in Europe, and then returned to China together after traveling to seven countries.
Since the period from the American Professional Basketball Masters Game to Sun Tingting's graduation concert was during the Lunar New Year in China, Xiao Yao did not spend the Spring Festival at home for the first time this year. When the two returned to China, it was almost during the Lantern Festival of the lunar calendar.
The two of them flew back to Yanjing directly when they returned to Huaxia. After returning to China, Sun Tingting went home to accompany her parents. Xiao Yao also stayed with his parents at Yanjing's house for two days, and then went to visit his grandfather Xiao Chengru, and finally the family of four spent the Lantern Festival together before Xiao Yao returned to Shencheng.
After the Lantern Festival, colleges and universities in China have also opened one after another. Just going to school is easier for Xiao Yao. At this time, there were still a few days before the "Golden Dragon Award" award ceremony, and it happened that Tong Luo began to urge Xiao Yao to do post-production things such as dubbing and soundtrack of "Robot Wall-E", so Xiao Yao focused on the post-production of this animated film.
The first thing to address is the dubbing thing. There are not many characters in this movie, and the main characters are only Wali, Eva and the captain. The other characters with voices basically do not exceed ten, and they either don't talk much, or they are not very difficult.
Wali's character dubbing, Xiao Yao of course came by himself.
Eva's dubbing, Xiao Yao is ready to ask He Ying to dub. He Ying has dubbed many animated characters and has rich experience, and although she is in her thirties, her voice still does not have the slightest sense of disobedience when it matches the role of a girl.
The captain's dubbing, Xiao Yao is ready to let Huang Shi dub. Although Huang Shi has not dubbed animated characters before, this does not mean that he can't be matched. In terms of his voice characteristics, Xiao Yao felt that he was still quite suitable for the role of captain.
He Ying graduated from the Shen Opera Performance Department, and she is also Xiao Yao's senior sister. In the finals of "Sound Immersion", she also offered to dub Xiao Yao's animated film in front of other finalists. Although Huang Shi has no relationship with Xiao Yao, he has worked with Xiao Yao twice, and he is already the actor who Xiao Yao has cooperated with the most times. The personal relationship between the two is very good, Huang Shi has also performed in the short film directed by Xiao Yao, and he must have nothing to say about helping Xiao Yao dub his animated movie as long as time permits.
These two people just haven't taken on the drama recently, and the time is relatively empty. As soon as Xiao Yao contacted the two, the two agreed without saying a word. After the voice candidates for the two main characters were decided, Xiao Yao didn't put much thought into the voice candidates for the remaining other characters, and directly asked He Ying, who is more familiar with the domestic animation dubbing industry in Huaxia, to recommend some candidates to him.
For the voice candidates of these other roles, Xiao Yao only has two requirements: professional excellence and good spoken English, and does not require that he must be a star and how popular he is. Xiao Yao's animated film has the intention of being released overseas, and it will be dubbed in both Chinese and English. However, Xiao Yao did not plan to make two sets of voice actors, and planned to use the same set of voice actors to dub the same characters in Chinese and English.
Xiao Yao asked He Ying to help recommend candidates for voice actors, which must be no problem for He Ying, but before recommending candidates to Xiao Yao, He Ying had to take a look at the images of this animated movie. Only after watching the video and understanding the plot and the various characters in it can He Ying give the person she thinks is suitable.
Of course, this is also a very reasonable requirement for Xiao Yao, so after He Ying and Huang Shi came to Shencheng, Xiao Yao organized a preliminary viewing party.
This movie was made by Xiao Yao and Tong Luo's special effects company, and there was no formal film and television company involved in the production. Tong Luo's special effects company does not have its own screening room, and Xiao Yao is of course even more impossible, so this viewing party was held in a renovated practice room in the recording studio located in Yin Xi's studio.
In Huang Shi and He Ying's cognition, an animated film that is intended to be released in theaters must be played by a large company with strength and ability to afford to burn money.
Although Xiao Yao said in "Sound Immersion" that he invested two years of income in this movie, they don't know how much Xiao Yao earned in two years. In their minds, Xiao Yao is just one of the investors in this animated film, and he is definitely not a big head. The reason why Xiao Yao came forward to invite them to dub is most likely because the production company wants to use his connections in the circle, and it is better for him to come forward and invite people.
But just seeing this place to watch the film, the two of them felt very surprised. Although they had never been to this recording studio, they also knew that the recording studio in Yin Xi's studio was Xiao Yao's place. Shouldn't the movie viewing meeting be arranged in the professional screening room of those companies, how can it be arranged in such a place?
Suppressing the doubts in their hearts, Huang Shi and He Ying entered the room where the film materials were screened under the leadership of Xiao Yao. In the room, Tong Luo, who came first, was waiting for them.
Xiao Yao first introduced Tong Luo, Huang Shi and He Ying, and when introducing Tong Luo, Xiao Yao not only said that Tong Luo is the owner of a special effects animation production company, but also one of the producers and producers of this movie.
When He Ying graduated from Shenju, Tong Luo had only graduated from college not long ago, and he had not yet gone to Shenju to teach. Neither He Ying nor Huang Shi had heard of Tong Luo's company, nor had they heard of him as a person, so they didn't know anything about him at all. However, when I heard that he was the producer and producer, the two still greeted him very politely.
"Can you start?" After the three of them finished greeting, Xiao Yao asked Huang Shi and He Yingdao.
"We have no problem, but you just said that Mr. Tong is one of the producers, don't you wait for the other producers? And the director, even if the other producers don't come, the director will always be there, right?" He Ying said.
Generally speaking, both the producer and the director will attend the internal screening. When Xiao Yao experienced the viewing party of "Junior Vigilantes" in the United States, the producer and director were present.
"The producers and producers of this movie are Xiao Yao and me, and the director is Xiao Yao, who is already here. Tong Luo smiled.
"What? Are you the director of this animated film?" said Huang Shi and He Ying in surprise.
"Not only the director, but also the screenwriter!" Tong Luo continued, "I don't know if you have seen the video of Xiao Yao's application for the drama art examination, when the second test was examined, Xiao Yao danced a dance and made the examiner cry." He said at the time that the dance came from the script of a sci-fi animated film he created and was based on the plot of the movie script. Now what we're going to watch is that sci-fi animated movie. ”
Huang Shi had worked with Xiao Yao as early as when Xiao Yao was in junior high school, and he knew Xiao Yao, and He Ying graduated from Shen Opera. Back then, Xiao Yao made a fuss about the two champions of the Shen Opera Art Examination, and Shen Opera published Xiao Yao's art examination video on the official website for the first time, and both of them had seen it. Although they don't remember the details of Xiao Yao's dance, they all know about it. As soon as Tong Luo said this, they immediately remembered.
"So, are you writing, directing, and acting by yourself again this time?" Is it the same as that short film, and you have to make your own soundtrack?" After reacting, Huang Shi patted Xiao Yao's shoulder and smiled, "This is how short movies are played, and animated feature films are also played like this?"
Xiao Yao has already told the two in advance that he will also dub the characters in this animated movie. For animated films, Xiao Yao is equivalent to writing, directing and acting by himself in a sense.
"Not only that," Tong Luo said with a smile, "He is not only the director, screenwriter and voice actor, but he is also responsible for the soundtrack, and the characters in it are all designed by him, and he also has to add an artist." If it's a live-action movie, he's done the equivalent of a costume artist, stylist, and makeup artist, and maybe he'll have to add an art director?"
"I'll go, you kid is not only all-round in music, but also an all-rounder in film and television production?" Huang Shi was surprised, "Aren't you able to play nine roles by yourself?