"Yo, Sid, is it really you?" greeted a breathless voice. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as Sid looked up, he saw the energetic old man Charles Schell striding over, "It seems that your old man is not doing badly." Sid quipped.

Yes, Sid chose Charles Shear, the producer of "A Natural Pair", as the "mentor" who led Sid to the beginning.

Mr. Charles was originally an old fritter who has been rolling in Hollywood for more than 30 years, although he has always been mixed in the film industry, but the difference between the operation of the TV station and the production of the film is not as big as imagined, after all, it is all based on content production.

You don't see Barry Diller, the uncrowned king of Hollywood back then, who successively commanded Paramount Pictures and Fox TV, and there was no problem in running it.

"So, is Ali (Emmanuel) telling the truth?" Old man Charles was still a little incredulous, and when he heard Ali say that it was a career offer from Sid, he thought it was someone else.

"Yes, I have now bought a TV station and would like to ask you to be the CEO. Sid's words made Old Man Charles subconsciously raise his eyebrows.

"Why the TV station?" Old man Charles deserved to be an old man, and he didn't dwell on the details, but asked from the overall situation first.

"$1.6 billion. Sid said with a smile, "This is the box office revenue of Disney for the whole year last year." CBS's annual revenue last year was $10.4 billion. ”

Sid spread his hands and smiled: "At this point in time, a company that only makes movies has no future. Although people in the film industry despise the TV industry. ”

Sid's words suddenly made Mr. Charles, who has been in the film industry all his life, smile knowingly.

"But the reality is that the TV industry is nearly ten times more economical and commercially effective than the film industry. This is also the reason why in the second half of the 90s, Hollywood studios were acquired by media groups one after another. ”

"Film and television are equivalent to two legs, and operating at the same time can not only hedge risks, but also produce a linkage effect. On their basis, they will develop videotapes, DVDs, clothing, toys and other peripherals, and then control the entire industrial chain. In this way, a media group has the potential and value for its development. In Sid's slightly immature voice, there was a huge ambition, and Old Man Charles couldn't help but boil his blood when he heard it.

"Hey, you're more than just a TV. Old man Charles said with a smile.

"I didn't say I was only doing movies and TV. Sid winked slyly.

"OK, your plan makes my blood boil. Old man Charles smiled, "But are you sure you want to find me, an old guy who is almost 70?"

"There is a proverb in the ancient East - the old man is in wait, and his ambition is thousands of miles. As long as there is ambition, whether it is a young 'doll' or an old and strong 'old man', can't you have the power to fight again?" Sid pointed to himself and said jokingly with Old Man Charles.

Sid's hot eyes made Mr. Charles seem to have returned to his youth, the years of passionate struggle.

"Haha, okay! Then I'll fight with you again, an old man. Old man Charles slapped the table and said enthusiastically.

"Hey! The coffee clerk suddenly shouted.

"Ah, I'm sorry. Sid and Old Man Charles immediately craned their necks and apologized repeatedly.

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After throwing Fire Lion TV to Old Man Charles, in addition to the bi-weekly progress meeting. Sid was finally freed from the hustle and bustle of his daily affairs and moved on to his film career.

This is Sid's first official feature film, and after the short film, the core members of the Fire Lion crew have been resting for less than a week, and they immediately put into a new film project. This kind of "heartbreaking" filming speed is absolutely unprecedented, unprecedented.

This is also because Sid himself is the boss of the Fire Lion, otherwise even if he changes to a big-name director and producer, it would not be so fast. In any case, it is necessary to formulate, discuss and approve the project proposal first, and this will definitely take a long time.

But anyway, Sid was still excited to start his first feature film in the true sense of the word, but at the same time he carefully made thorough preparations.

What to shoot is a very important question.

Not only should you not choose too complicated films, but you should also give yourself and Jeremy and others enough practice to lay a solid foundation for future plans.

After Sid looked through the memories in his mind, he almost immediately chose the aura "LittleMiss Sunshine"!

"Little Miss Sunshine", a work of the best aura that has gone through several twists and turns and has been difficult to give birth to. The story of the film is simple - the Hoovers, all of whom are freaks with flawed personalities.

Dad is a Loser who thinks about learning by selling success all day long and reaching the pinnacle of life. My uncle was a homosexual who attempted suicide because he fell in love with his male student. In order to achieve his dream of becoming a pilot, his brother insisted on a silent vow for nine months. As for the grandfather, he was an old naughty boy who was kicked out of a luxury nursing home because of drug abuse.

Finally, the eleven-year-old daughter, Oliver, is a little girl who is obsessed with beauty pageants.

Because the youngest daughter, Oliver, was selected to participate in a children's beauty pageant in California, the family had to embark on a journey together, and began a process of bumps and bumps, but also no lack of jokes and warmth.

At that time, it took five years from the filming to the release of this film. In the earliest days, because the script was too "bland and trivial", no production company was interested in receiving it.

When the producer finally scraped together the funds to complete the shooting, it was ignored by all the distribution companies because this small-budget movie had no big stars and the story was a bland family road drama with no explosive points.

The producer ran into a wall and had no way out, so he went to the Sundance Film Festival.

It was only after Sundance's "accidental" success that it came to people's attention, and Fox Searchlight eventually bought the distribution rights for $10 million, setting the highest asking price for an independent film at the time.

"Little Sunshine Beauty" has a small cast of actors, with only six main actors.

The difficulty of filming is low, and it is just a simple plot of a family road drama.

The story is full of spirit, and it is particularly suitable for Lance Arcord's very fashionable photography style. In all respects, there is no more suitable film than "Little Miss Sunshine" to start Sid's film career.

After finalizing the film, Sid gathered Lindsay, Jeremy and Amy Adams and other royal actors to send them the script to familiarize themselves with the story and lines. On the other hand, Sid began to discuss the preliminary design with the art director of the crew, as well as the core leaders such as the royal photographer Lance Arkod.

And Lance Arcord, who is good at modeling and art, also took the opportunity to take charge of Sid's drafting, and the two of them determined the art style of the film.

"No, no, Lance, this time we don't want to be as exaggerated as 'Curfew'. Sid interrupted Lance Arcord.

"Because most of the scenes this time were daytime, and a lot of them were directly in the sun, I wanted to create that transparent air texture, and the colors and light had to start to be restrained, and not as exaggerated as the night in 'Curfew'. With Sid's description, Lance Arcord quickly drew the first storyboard.

A little girl with thick eyes, looking at the camera, her glasses reflecting the bright light of the TV screen.

"Wow, I'm going to wear such thick, ugly glasses. Lindsay didn't know when she got into the studio room, and when she saw the storyboard drawn by Lance Arcord, she said with a little grumbling.

Xiao Nizi's cute expression made everyone laugh, and Sid smiled and asked, "Is it ugly?" But I think even so, Lindsay, you are still very beautiful. ”

Sweet words are loved by girls, even little Lori is no exception, Lindsay heard Sid's words, and immediately turned cloudy and laughed, "Okay, for Brother Sid, I'll bring such ugly glasses." ”

Sid looked back at the design and frowned.

"What's wrong, Sid?" asked Lance Arcord seeing Sid's expression.

In this shot, the reflection of the TV on Lindsay's glasses covers her eyes. Sid pointed to the picture and said, "I need to make the reflection of the TV a little lower, so that it is not so conspicuous in the corner." Show Lindsay's eyes, you see......"

Saying that, Sid pulled Lindsay to his side, pointed to her eyes and said, "This is the first shot of the movie, when the dark prologue passes, I hope the audience can see these green eyes on the clean and transparent texture." From the first frame, the viewer is firmly captured. ”

Lance Arcord nodded, then redrew a sketch, this time with a staggered composition of glasses, eyes, and reflections.

"Not bad!" Sid clapped his hands.

Next, in the continuous run-in of several people, it took more than a week to finally draw the draft of the sub-shot and the fine storyboard of some key scenes according to the original film of "Little Sunshine Beauty" in Sid's mind.

Oh, I almost forgot to mention it. The pre-work was carried out in Sid's Sunset Villa, in such a beautiful setting that Lance Arcod quipped that it was the most luxurious pre-work he had ever undertaken.

While Sid and others were making preparations, Henry also began to audition for actors, especially those supporting roles that needed to be performed.

Auditions for these small roles don't have to worry about Sid, and the experienced casting directors of Henry and Fire Lion will handle it.