Chapter 11: The Dark Fire Project
"That's it, let's shoot it in three parts, first shoot the scene where you can't let go of your hands and feet after you go on stage. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info Then after the two of you start singing, you look at Chris in amazement. Finally, after he takes off his coat, you can start laughing. OK?" Sid had no choice but to separate the whole scene piece by piece.
Explain the main points of the performance to Jessica Alba one by one, and then shoot. And then the next paragraph, and so on, it's like teaching a primary school student to ride a bicycle.
Sid taught her painfully, and complained in his heart, if my Lindsay was here, it would be done in minutes.
Although he thinks so, Sid knows that a newcomer like Jessica (Alba) who has no acting talent can only get the scene done as quickly as possible.
In this way, the interior scenes were finally filmed, and the last scene was the hero and heroine, in the New Year's countdown, outside the hotel, watching the New Year's fireworks.
"Nine-Eighty-Seven"
"Six-Five-Four"
Hearing the New Year's countdown from the crowd in the dance hall, both Troy and Gabriel looked away with some embarrassment. This is because, in Europe and the United States, there has always been a tradition of men and women standing together kissing in the early hours of the New Year.
"Three-two-one!"
At the end of the countdown, the "fireworks" are released, and the hero and heroine raise their heads to look at the sky, here Sid uses the method of shooting twice. First, the countdown in the room is connected, and the two protagonists are looked up at the camera, and at the same time, artificial red and blue lights are used to shine on their faces to simulate the light of fireworks.
Then the medium and long shots were shot simultaneously with a long shot on the side and a boom shot on the back, and the "fireworks" and "original films" in these two shots were added with computer special effects in post-production.
But Sid didn't want to save this little money, so it was natural to arrange a real fireworks team to set off real fireworks for filming. The blue and red fireworks are particularly beautiful in the blue-black night sky.
Sid and Lance Arcord are nervously holding the camera, filming the backs of Chris (Pine) and Jessica (Alba) from multiple angles.
Eventually, after examining the footage of the boom camera, Sid let out a sigh of relief and stood up.
At this time, Lance Arcord and others, who were operating the medium-view camera from the side, all looked over.
"Pass!" Sid laughed and waved his arms, shouting to everyone.
The crowd burst into cheers, the whole set was boiling, and Chris (Pine) and Jessica (Alba) breathed a sigh of relief that their first movie was finally over.
As soon as Sid threw the loudspeaker on the chair, Rachel McAdams, the sweet girl, ran over with a wicked smile on her face.
When Sid saw her expression, he subconsciously felt that something was wrong: "Is there something wrong?" ”
"It's not a big deal, I just came over to thank our director. Rachel walked over to him with a wicked smile.
"Uh, what do you want to do?" Sid saw Rachel's movements, and reacted very quickly and immediately ran out, but he was fast, and others moved faster.
With a "snap", Sid felt himself being hugged from behind, it was Lance Arcord, well, and Ryan Gosling, who was a 10,000-year-old sufferer.
"Hey, you guys, you guys, dare to attack the director, don't you want to live!" Sid asked in a "fierce voice".
"The film is over, you're no longer the director!" said Lance Arcord with a wicked grin.
Sid then felt his head be broken, and saw Rachel (McAdams) hugging Sid and kissing him the cheek, and a bright red lip print was placed on the left side of Sid's face.
And that was just the beginning, and then Kelly HSD ran over and kissed Sid on the right cheek, and even Jessica Alba ran over and kissed Sid on the forehead. And the female group performers in the back also came to "insult" the director one after another.
"Hmm~~, you bastards, see how I'm going to clean you up after that...... Hmm, woo woo...... "Sid can only struggle in vain under the "offensive" of a group of beauties.
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The Oscars are unique in the world, for example, you would just say "the Grammys are the Oscars of music", not "The Oscars are the Grams of film".
Regardless of the mood of MGM's "The Lion King" Louis Mayer, who proposed the establishment of the Academy Awards. But with the increasing external influence of Hollywood movies in recent years, the fame and effect of the Oscars have also risen.
Especially since "Titanic", which swept the world last year, audiences around the world have paid more and more attention to the Oscars.
The international tendencies of this year's Oscars are becoming more and more obvious, with the American film "Saving Private Ryan" and the British film "Shakespeare in Love" competing on the same stage, and the Italian film "Life is Beautiful" has won the most 7 nominations in the history of a foreign language film.
Of course, don't forget the 18-year-old Hollywood prodigy Sid Leonhardt, who came in with his "Little Sunshine Beauty" menacing Sha. Although the film only received four nominations, it was a supporting actor and actress, and four awards for Best Screenplay and Best Picture, and the shortlisted awards were very high.
So whether in terms of quality or topic, this year's Oscars ('99) are full of fierce competition. And the various public relations battles before the awards ceremony have long been fought, and all the results will be revealed today.
"Hey, do you want to bet on whether he will break last year's record as the youngest winner of Matt Damon?" a reporter asked his companion in his spare time.
"It's hard to say, it's not possible, my God, an Oscar winner for Best Screenplay under the age of 20? This isn't an actor award, you think it's a special award for Shirley Temple?" one of his companions denied.
"It's hard to say, since the members of the Academy of Sciences dare to choose him for Best Screenplay, then only God knows if he will win the award. Another reporter had a different opinion.
"It's not just God, at least the two PwC accountants must have known. The reporter who asked the first question pointed to two accountants from PricewaterhouseCoopers who had just walked the red carpet from the dedicated aisle.
I saw them in suits and leather shoes, carrying a metal suitcase in their hands, and between their hands and the suitcase, there was a shiny handcuff connection.
This suitcase is the one that will be delivered to the awards site by PwC's accountant every year, and this year's Oscar winners list!
The stars on the other side who were crowding the red carpet were already greeting each other, and some of the hot finalists were still being interviewed by the media. But when they saw the accountant from PricewaterhouseCoopers striding by the meteor next to them, everyone's eyes unconsciously showed a warm look.
It wasn't until the figures of the two accountants disappeared on the red carpet that everyone reluctantly withdrew their eyes.
"Frankly, I think whether or not he wins the Best Screenplay Award in the end, he has already set an unprecedented record! I don't think anyone else will be nominated for the Best Screenplay Award at the age of 18. Another reporter joined the discussion: "This nomination alone is an honor enough." ”
Next, several reporters discussed hot topics such as Spielberg winning best director again, who won and who lost "Shakespeare in Love" and "Saving Private Ryan".
At this time, there was a sudden commotion at the end of the red carpet, and several reporters immediately turned their heads to look over, and the young man they were waiting for had already appeared!
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Sid straightened his bow tie, took a deep breath, and stepped out the door. The long guns and short cannons that had been prepared for a long time suddenly clicked.
It wasn't until after the flash that the reporters around them discovered that Sid was actually wearing a matte blue-black suit, with a futuristic design style, which was completely different from the vast majority of the male guests around him who wore pure black orthodox suits, or even evening dresses.
Although Sid wore retro oily hair as always, the new suit in matte blue was refreshing and completely different from everyone else. You must know that now is not the time when ten years later, male guests can also compete in clothing.
At this time, on the Oscar red carpet, female guests can grab the attention of the media with a variety of costumes.
But the male guests must be all black suits, you must know that James Cameron won the best director last year, and when he took the stage to accept the award, he wore the most orthodox tuxedo.
Sid's sunny and handsome appearance and temperament, and refreshing clothing style, combined together, are like a whirlwind full of impact, making it impossible for everyone to ignore his existence.
Therefore, the camera in the reporter's hand kept shooting, and all kinds of recording equipment were handed over immediately, and all the reporters were eager for their hands to be longer.
But Sid remained uncooperative with a smile and did not speak, nodding slightly, or smiling, but did not open his mouth to answer any questions.
Anyway, the reporter's questions are all vulgar and boring topics such as "the feelings of the youngest nominee for Best Screenplay" and "how I feel about two short films being shortlisted for the Best Short Film Award".