Chapter 438: We Did It
"Fireflies become the biggest winner of the BFCA" - Yahoo Entertainment, "Fireflies won the best of the BFCA" - Sina Entertainment, "Fireflies shine in BFCA and magically raises two awards" - Tencent Entertainment...... The 11th Critics' Choice Awards came to an end yesterday on January 9, and a total of 19 awards were presented to the awards ceremony held in Los Angeles that night, and finally "Firefly" won three awards: Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Score; "Brokeback Mountain" won Best Supporting Actress and Best Screenplay; the remaining 14 trophies fell to "Good Night, Good Luck", "Capote", "Walking with Songs" and other films, "Brokeback Mountain", "Firefly" and other films Naturally, they were all selected for the TOP10 films of the year (in alphabetical order).
The BFCA originally scored 97 points on "Firefly", which is evident in critics' love for this sci-fi epic, so it is not a surprise that it won Best Picture and Best Director.
"It's not enough to say that Firefly will definitely win the Oscar, it's just that the BFCA chose it. β
Katey-Rich, a well-known film critic in the industry, said that the Oscars are Oscars after all, and there are too many unknowns, as Wonder Young himself said, he didn't win the BFCA Director Award three years ago, but he won the Oscar.
In 1996, the first "Best Director: Mel Gibson (40 years old), "Braveheart" β, the best film: "Sense and Sensibility" Γ, the Oscar "Braveheart"", the second "Best Director: Anthony Minghella (43 years old), "The English Patient" β, the first "Best Film: Mel Gibson (40 years old), "The English Patient" , the third "Best Director: ΓJames Cameron (43 years old") in 1998, the third "Best Director: James Cameron (43 years old"), " Titanic" β, Best Film: "L.A. Confidential" Γ, Oscar "Titanic", 1999 4th "Best Director: Steven Spielberg (52 years old), "Saving Private Ryan" β, Best Film: Saving Private Ryan Γ, Oscar "Shakespeare in Love", 2000 5th "Best Director: Sam Mendes (34 years old), "American Beauty" β, Best Film: "American Beauty" β", 2001 6th " Best Director: Steven Soderbergh (38), β of "Never Compromise" and "Drug Network", Best Film: "Gladiator" β", 2002 7th "Best Director: Ron Howard (47), "A Beautiful Mind" β, Best Film: "A Beautiful Mind" β", 2003 8th "Best Director: Steven Spielberg (56), "Got Away" and "Minority ReportΓ", Oscars: Wang Yang, "District 9", Best Film: "Chicago" β"; 2004 9th "Best Director: Peter Jackson (42 years old) β Best Film: "The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King" β", 2005 10th "Best Director: Clint Eastwood (74 years old), "Million Dollar Baby" β, Best Film: "A Glass of Life" Γ, Oscar "Million Dollar Baby", 2006 11th "Best Director: Wang Yang (25 Years Old), "Firefly"?, Best Picture: "Firefly"?", "Firefly"?", "Best Picture: "Firefly"?" In the past ten years, the BFCA's Oscar for Best Director has hit 90%, and the only miss happened to the magical baby Wang Yang, with the best picture hitting rate of 50%, and the performance in the last five years is 0%.
At the age of 25 years and 11 months, Wang Yang became the youngest BFCA best director in history, after the average age of the winners was 46.9 years old, and the youngest was 34-year-old Sam Mendes, who is now nine years ahead of the record. However, it is age that prevents him from winning a second Oscar, if he is 45 years old, even if he is 35 years old, almost 100% hit, but 25 years old, 26 years old when the Oscars are held in March...... Will this most unusual young man let the BFCA screw up a second time at the Director's Awards?
"We can see that the Flame Movie is working at full strength for both films. Katie Rich said this is one of the reasons for the chaos of this year's awards season, and if FF reduces its publicity for one of the films, then it is clear that the other will have the upper hand.
Every year during the awards season, in order to build momentum for the film, major distribution companies will put a large number of "For-Your-Consideratin" advertisements in print, outdoor and website media, these FYC advertisements include posters, the most impactful and impressive scenes in the film, and will also attach the award-winning resumes of relevant films or filmmakers, as well as high praise from well-known authoritative media critics.
For example, in the mainstream "Hollywood Reporter" or "Variety", the beautiful posters and movie footage of "Firefly" are published on a large page, such as in the plum blossom forest in Tranquility Valley, the confrontation between Captain Marr and others and the children, and the name of the award is printed on it: "FYC: Best-Picture, Best-Director...... and then the praise of major film critics is written,ββ "Time" magazine, Richard Corlis: "In this world, almost no one can make a better match than "Firefly" Amazing Jan is a perfect director......"
Through the amount of such advertisements, it is intuitive to see how much the distribution company has invested in a certain work, and the purpose of publicity is of course to attract the attention and impression of the judges of each award, so as to attract votes.
However, burning money is burning money, the quality of FYC advertising determines success or failure, each film has its own positioning and heat, otherwise the amount is too much, especially if the box office is too high, it is easy to attract disgust, so the publicity strategy of "Firefly" is to use its innovation, its connotation and significance, its film history significance and other "literary and artistic aspects" to build momentum, rather than how much box office it has, How popular it is, so that the judges feel that they have made a wise decision to choose it, and not blindly follow the trend or are forced by public pressure.
There are several scenes in this year's FYC advertisement for "Firefly", the ending part of "Return to the Valley of Tranquility", the passionate passage of "The Battle of New Shanxi", the superb performance of "Blue Gloves", etc., as well as Wang Yang, Joss Whedon and others' self-described creative ideas, etc.
All of this costs money, plus sending DVDs, hiring media PR experts in the distribution department to advertise, arranging specific media PR activities, lobbying and canvassing, etc., everything is inseparable from throwing money at it. And now FF treats "Firefly" and "Brokeback Mountain" equally, investing resources and publicity strategies to do the best, single-handedly creating the situation where the two tigers are fighting today.
Spending twice as much money to compete for the same number of trophies, is the flame movie a fool? The question is how to make sure that the awards are made in these two films?
If you choose to only operate "Firefly", then "Brokeback Mountain" will definitely not be able to suppress films such as "Good Night, Good Luck" and "Munich Tragedy", they will become new tigers, and then if the judges choose academic literary films, "Firefly" will lose, "Brokeback Mountain" will lose;
"They left the answer to the judges. Katie Ricky understands this very well, the flame movie is also in a dilemma, not only the palm is meat, the palm is also meat, and the eggs cannot be put in the same basket at the same time, and running two movies at the same time can ensure that the trophy is in the scope of the infighting to the greatest extent. She also said: "If "Firefly" wins the Golden Globe Award again, it cannot be ruled out that the flame movie will focus its promotional firepower on it. β
Her idea is based on the consideration of saving money, but FF is known to be addicted to burning money, who knows? And in her personal Golden Globe Award prediction list, Katie Ricky's answer is: "Best Picture: "Firefly", Best Director: Wang Yang. Yesterday the CFCA announced the winners, Chloe Moretz beat Miranda Jolai, Georgie Henry and others to win the most promising actor, and "Brokeback Mountain" won the big winner for Best Original Score, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Director and Best Picture, in stark contrast to the BFCA.
It is understood that at the BFCA awards ceremony, Wang Yang, who appeared on stage twice, made everyone laugh, and when he received the best director trophy, channel E! said that "Clooney became the object of magical Yang teasing", he opened a small talk show, making a big joke about George Clooney; and then when it came to the best picture, he invited Heath Ledger, Jessica Alba and other "Firefly" crew to take the stage together, and said "We did it!" After a few words, he handed the microphone to the others.
"I can't wait to see MY on the podium. It's not just Suzanne-E's mood, many fans are looking forward to the show that will air on the 20th, but most of them are not subscribers of the E! channel! Britney-J said: "My family didn't buy E!, and the budget didn't support it, so it's a pity, I hope to see MY's award part on YouTube." Alenor-L said: "Guys, you don't have to wait until the 20th and YOUTUBE, the 16th will give out the Golden Globe Awards, I think MY will definitely stand on the stage to receive the award." ββ¦β¦ In any case, after "Firefly" was crowned as the most accurate Oscar vane, it temporarily overtook "Brokeback Mountain" and other films; in terms of director awards, Wang Yang now has LAFCA, ASA, BFCA; Ang Lee continues to be NBR, NYFCC, and the next main battlefield is undoubtedly the Golden Globe Award on the 16th, can "Firefly" still make them happily say "We did it" on stage?
No one knows, in fact, the current situation of the awards season is unexpected by Flame Movies and even Wang Yang, they are indeed full of confidence in "Firefly", but they did not expect it to explode with such great power.
Wang Yang knew that "Brokeback Mountain" originally won this year's Oscar for Best Director, and "Crash" won the Best Picture, although now "Crash" attended the last session in advance, but last year's final trophy belonging, once again fully shows that nothing is doomed, if there is no "Firefly" this year, maybe the best picture will be "Good Night, Good Luck", or it may be "Brokeback Mountain" or "Munich"; As for Best Director, since he became the first Asian-American winner, it is possible that the judges will choose Ang Lee or George Clooney Spielberg, who has lost his groundbreaking significance.
It's the best and safest thing to do for two films to work together, and they and the people behind the scenes deserve the opportunity to compete and wait for the world to answer.
Wang Yang didn't want to think about so many things and so many things, he was tired enough to participate in various activities and socialize, and he was planning to go on vacation for a week during the wedding anniversary and Lunar New Year week at the end of the month. The vacation is not only to rest, but also to say goodbye to the director of "500 Days with Shamo" and "Firefly", to empty the whole person, to think and feel "I Am Legend", to find the feeling he needs, and the day of the 10th belongs to his baby daughter, Keke is full moon.
According to Chinese tradition, the baby is celebrated with a few tables of full moon wine while the baby meets with relatives and friends. The child's mother is not confined, he and her, she herself took Keke out on the street several times, there are a lot of street photos, and the little angel and relatives and friends have also met a lot, which seems to have lost most of the meaning of the full moon wine, but Wang Yang and Jessica's family purpose is to absorb the festive and happy traditions and festivals, so the BABY-SHOER (baby shower) before birth is indispensable, and the full moon wine after birth will also appear.
What's more, he didn't participate in the BABY-SHOER limited to his sisters last year, so the full moon wine must be placed!
So that night, family and close friends gathered at Wang Yang's house for a dinner celebration, and the lively and lovely Fat Keke became the absolute protagonist, making everyone love and happy.
Keke is naturally a smart and clever girl, and her growth progress is much faster than the average of the baby, but Wang Yang and Jessica are happy, but they will not let up, and their training and education for their daughter is no less than prenatal education during pregnancy. The baby's senses need to be stimulated to promote the neurological development of the brain, if there is a lack of stimulation, only let the baby eat and sleep, wake up and eat and sleep...... The number of nerve cells and nerve fiber connections in the baby's brain will be reduced, resulting in mental backwardness and emotional indifference.
If their daughter's greatest work is a movie, and it is only the beginning of filming, of course the two will not allow this "co-best director" to fail, they can not win any awards, they must be "best parents", and they must be healthy, lively, smart and strong! Jessica is very determined: "If Keke gets a B or A- in school in the future, then I will be too much of a failure." Wang Yang glanced at her: "Actually, you don't have to be so strict, I sometimes take B, the SAT is very good, there are four digits......"
In any case, they have developed a series of baby sensory stimulation tables, and set up training in detail in terms of vision, hearing, touch, hand-mouth contact, movement, laughter, and language learning, so that the little angel can learn to express his feelings as soon as possible, "integrate into society", and be more willing to interact with others.
Keke has opened a social smile a few days ago and knows how to take the initiative to show a smile to others, and now the next milestone goal for the two is to laugh out loud.
Because of the use of singing and listening to music when training the baby's hearing, this gave Wang Yang the opportunity to show his singing voice, and he constantly sang English and Chinese, and could also come to a few words in Cantonese. Since Keke was born, Wang Yang feels that his singing level is getting higher and higher, and he may soon be able to release a record and enter the finals of "American Idol", Simon Cowell will give a thumbs up when he hears it: "Unbelievable!" It's just that Jessica doesn't agree, she thinks she knows better than Simon Cowell: "You are suitable for singing slow songs, and you will soar as soon as you sing fast songs." β
Wang Yang didn't think so, he called Simon Cowell and asked him to give advice on the hosting style of "American Idol", and after singing the song, Simon Cowell's opinion was: "Your lyrics are well written, and the movie is well made." β
Keke received a bilingual education, English and Mandarin Chinese, and Wang Yang himself came here like this, so he didn't have to worry, he knew how to teach, what might happen and how to solve it...... To put it nicely, in fact, he had forgotten how he had learned to speak in the first place, he had forgotten everything, he seemed to have been born with two languages, and it was only in the memories of his parents that he vaguely remembered or perhaps imagined some experiences.
AT FIRST, THERE WILL BE SOME MIXED UPS, SUCH AS "I-ANT-TO EAT AN APPLE", "I WANT TO EAT AN APPLE", AND YOU DON'T EVEN WANT TO SPEAK ONE OF THE LANGUAGES, BUT GRADUALLY AFTER STICKING TO IT, EVERYTHING WILL BECOME NATURAL.
He also asked doctors, bilingual education experts and scientists, and as an honorary fellow of the Royal Canadian Academy of Sciences, he also knew a lot of science, and the latest scientific research results have preliminarily proved his theory: "Do what you want!"
Young children's adaptability is super strong, and has a very strong motivation to learn, from an early age to receive bilingual babies will not learn not understand, for her, all languages are some code names to describe things, a red apple? she naturally thinks that just that thing has two names, "Apple" and "Apple".
When the baby reaches the age of 2-3, she can clearly understand that she is using two completely different languages without being told by others, so she knows how to distinguish and consciously use different languages in different language environments without confusion.
So it's not a big deal for children to learn more than two languages, and in parts of Scandinavia, most children are trilingual, they are developing normally, and there are no language barriers or other intellectual disabilities. On the contrary, science has shown that people who are able to master more than two languages tend to perform better on intelligence tests. But it is also necessary to pay attention to prevent stuttering, grammatical mistakes, etc., and the key is patience and correct systematic education.
Naturally, her weight has to be weighed every day, seeing that she is getting fatter day by day, her hands and feet are knotted, although the fatter she is, the cuter she is, just for the sake of health, the two still took control measures.
"Ding Ding Dingβ"
Keke opened her big round eyes and looked at the sky, only to see a few wind chimes swaying in the crib, and suddenly saw two grimaces sticking out from the side.
"Hehehe!!!Look at me-" Wang Yang's eyes rolled up hard, sticking out his big tongue, Jessica pulled her lower eyelids down with both hands, and also stretched out her tongue and swayed from side to side: "Roar, look at me!" Wang Yang glanced at her and said, "Look at me!"
"Look at my ......" Jessica glanced at him, immediately pinched her face with both hands, pulled and squeezed without any effort, and rolled her eyes, "Grunt, goo, oh-" Wang Yang couldn't help laughing, and immediately said, "Look at me!" He pulled the entire nose and mouth part left and right in different directions, and let out a wild laugh: "Whahahaha-" Jessica couldn't help laughing, swinging her waist and hitting him, and continued to change her grimace: "Look at me!" Wang Yang immediately bumped into her too, and changed his grimace with his mouth wide open: "Look at me!" ...... "Oh oh oh!" Keke, who had been smiling, suddenly burst out laughing, Wang Yang and Jessica both took a deep breath and looked at each other: "Oh my God!!" At this time, Keke slapped his arm and laughed happily again: "Oh he, oh!"
"Oh my God!YEAHββ!! we made it!!" The two hugged each other in ecstasy, jumping and jumping excitedly, shouting loudly, "Haha! we did itβ" The two hurriedly let go of each other and continued the grimace game just now: "Ahhhh
"Haha!!" Seeing their daughter's cute appearance, Wang Yang and Jessica finally couldn't help laughing, kissed, Keke was also laughing, and the whole baby room was full of happy laughter.
(To be continued)