Speaking of which, compared with the effort paid by the actors themselves, the difference in remuneration between commercial films and literary films is really big enough. Clayton's salary is only five million, and the roles are many and laborious, compared to the three million of "Iron Man", it is easy and happy, even without the blessing of the golden finger, Jenny also won it casually, it is nothing more than a little difficulty when acting in a love scene, she really doesn't seem to have acted in a love scene in a non-empathetic state, so it took a little time to find the feeling.

Yes, she has no empathy for playing Pepper - not because she suddenly became proud and disdained to use Goldfinger to be lazy, but because Jenny found that manga movies don't seem to be suitable for empathy Goldfinger, or that soy sauce characters are not suitable for empathy Goldfinger, because whether it is an actor or a script creator, they may not have put too much thought into it, which leads to her empathy The emotions and experience are very weak, if it is the soy sauce in the original movie, it's okay, this kind of manga movie, Pepper's image and personality are very different in different versions of the comics, and Jenny feels a very chaotic and vague emotion when she empathizes, which is not as solid as her own acting.

She has experimented with some characters in the Marvel Universe, except for Black Widow, the rest of the female characters have similar problems, so it can be inferred that no matter which comic book she buys the rights in the future, even if the character has appeared on the screen, Jenny can't be lazy and directly empathize when she plays. However, this is not too much of a problem for Jenny, such a commercial character, it should be no problem to find someone else's character to empathize, the key is to find the right comic character that fits her, which is very important. If Downey is playing Captain America, let Chris. Evans came to play Iron Man, needless to say, it would definitely have disastrous consequences.

However, according to the schedule, this is not to mention 09, when her relationship with Marvel and the box office results of "Iron Man" will affect the layout and progress of the project, so Jenny didn't think much about it, and still focused on getting used to this latest shooting method under the guidance of James. ――After almost a year of pre-work, James's studio has also been completely upgraded, the virtual reality shooting technology has become more mature, and the CGI images of Jenny and other leading actors have also been completely designed, and now the simulation effect seen in the camera is more detailed, and Jenny's character Nitri is also closer to Jenny herself, and the expression of Jenny herself is more nuanced. James' perfectionism is annoying when he's procrastinating, but once you see the results of his excellence, you'll forgive him for his delay and feel that it's well worth the wait for such an effect.

It is worth mentioning that Hiss. Ledger eventually chose Christopher, whom he admired. Nolan, gave up the idea of auditioning for "Avatar", the inertia of reality seems to be the enemy of the butterfly effect, but it is not necessarily, after a series of complex games, he was finally selected to play the male protagonist Jack. Sully's, instead of Sam, who gets the favor of big brokers. Worthington, but Australian actor Anthony. Ryan, Jenny had never heard his name in her previous life, and I don't know if she was too ignorant or if it was another world difference like Christopher.

――This is a multi-national mixed-race child, who entered the industry in Australia as a soap opera and has also made a number of independent films. Worthington is more slender than him, and his face is a little more handsome, he is just 30 years old this year, he is already married and has children, and has become a father of two children, which is a typical good Australian man. Anthony was of course overjoyed to get this opportunity, and his acting skills also made people nod secretly, agreeing with Cameron's unique casting vision.

In the first two weeks of the crew, Jenny and Anthony and the rest of the leading actors are in a state of cultivation, and at the same time, the crew is also making his character modeling for Anthony, and Jack's incarnation is the protagonist of the movie, in addition to being similar to the body, it must also conform to the audience's aesthetics, so as not to fall into the uncanny valley, making the audience disgusted with the image of the protagonist. In fact, the reason why Anthony was selected was also because his facial structure was very suitable for making beautiful modeling, so that his avatar still maintained a fairly pleasing eye without looking stupid after having a wide flat nose, and in this regard, greatly outperformed Sam. Worthington. However, Sam also got another precious opportunity, Cameron, who also admired him, pushed him into the audition list for "Terminator 2018", and if Jenny's memory is not wrong, inertia is not joking here, he still has a chance to enter Hollywood.

Since the official filming has not yet begun, the crew's schedule is not tight, take some fitness classes, learn a unique performance mode - in this kind of project, where most of the performances will be 'translated' into computer animation, the actors' performance methods are destined to be different from ordinary movies, all translations will lose information, and the same is true for the transformation of "Avatar", some small movements and eye movements, these emotional expressions combined with muscle movements, will be distorted and deformed in the final animation effect, which looks exaggerated and ridiculous, or make people confused, this kind of performance habit should be avoided as much as possible, because whether it is a remake or a restoration, it costs a lot of money, and if it is repaired, the facial expression will be a little distorted, and this kind of bug will seriously affect the quality of the film. Therefore, in special effects photography, the acting technique should be closer to the stage play, and the expressions should be made harder and more excessively than usual, because the Na'vi still have some animal remnants, and often make angry expressions such as lip lifts and growls.

Since almost all the stories of the film revolve around the male and female protagonists, Jenny and Anthony are of course also the focus of training, especially Anthony, to make sure that the performance before and after the transformation has traces to follow, so that the audience can find the shadow of the real person from the incarnation, which requires him to have two sets of acting skills with different degrees of force, but from the same source. This is also a requirement for his acting skills - although the actor in a commercial film does not have much room to play, he cannot be played casually.

However, even so, the feeling of filming in the big crew is also very leisurely, because of the coordination of the schedule, there will always be a lot of free time, the treatment of the big crew is good, the studio is located in Wellington, anyway, it is also the capital of New Zealand, compared to the poor Caribbean, the accommodation conditions are not much higher, plus Cesare contracted the daily operation of Big Dream, Jenny's happiness is much higher than when filming "Pirates of the Caribbean", but she is not the top enjoyment, It is said that "The Hobbit", which has a more adequate budget, not to mention the excellent food, and even hires a band to accompany the leading actor at breakfast time, compared to it, "Avatar" is at most not in a hurry, the performance is not difficult, and the accommodation conditions are good.

"Be a little lighter when you're running." In the co-working system studio, Jenny and Anthony both put on motion capture suits full of small polka dots, put on a facial photography machine similar to a headset, and listened to Cameron's personal guidance, behind them, there are many actors who are about to play the supporting role of the Na'vi, they are all listening attentively to Cameron's words, no one wants to be the one who is behind, forced to bear Cameron's anger. "Like cats, the Na'vi design draws a lot of feline elements, including the movement design, and I want you to feel like you're walking with a cat's step, not that you have to be in a straight line, but that the soles of your feet are on the ground, which gives me a sense of lightness and jumping. Jennifer, your footsteps are in place, but your facial expressions are often too cautious and relaxed when you are jumping, and your eyes are not right, try it at the same time, and we'll try again to see the effect. ”

He went back to the screen of the co-op system that had been used as a camera, clapped his hands and said, "Here, give us some more runs." ”

The actors had retreated to the starting point of the studio, and as Cameron greeted, they rushed in the direction of the camera at the pace of the Na'vi, all of them using the catwalk technique that the action instructor had been training for two weeks and had just been repeatedly emphasized by Cameron: the soles of the feet used to hit the ground, and when they ran, they felt a little kick-off, and the center of gravity leaned slightly forward, because the Na'vi had tails.

This way of running is not the same as people's usual running position, which looks a little weird in reality, but on the screen, it looks like a group of Na'vi people are running lightly, and James has the actors run back and forth twice, then he nods in satisfaction and motions for Jenny and Anthony to step forward, "Try shooting a few arrows." ”

Speaking of which, the acting industry is also a very workable profession, in order to act, Jenny has learned a British accent, horseback riding, martial arts and archery, this time in "Avatar" is a good review of archery, for these details Cameron is very strict, a few days ago Anthony's archery posture could not satisfy him, he let the people present have a good look at what is the temper of the king of the world.

The handsome man and the beautiful woman picked up the bow and arrow in the director's sharp eyes, Jenny took the lead in pulling the bow, and shot an arrow in a beautiful and standard posture, although the number of rings was very low, but it did not miss the target, but this also won her a round of applause and Cameron's approving eyes, Anthony on the side The pressure suddenly doubled, he gritted his teeth and sent an arrow, even if it can be seen that the posture is much more standard than a few days ago, but it is a pity that the arrow is off target, not to mention, compared with Jenny, his posture is far from chic.

"Are you a fool? This should be a very simple action. Cameron shook his head and commented, although this was not a rage for him, but the harsh tone also made the atmosphere in the room instantly drop to freezing.

Anthony touched his nose and said obediently, "Sorry, James, I'll practice a few more sets." ”

Although Cameron is somewhat unreasonable and ignores the progress he has made, Anthony has no intention of defending him, and all the actors and crew members are also like this, once filming starts, Cameron becomes a veritable tyrant, moody and often performs roaring miracles, but most of the crew members silently endure this, and the whole crew is like this The stars are prostrate under his obscenity - except for Jenny.

"In fact, according to the character setting, Jack really won't use a traditional bow and arrow at first." Finding that Cameron still had the meaning of continuing to yell a few words, Jenny couldn't stand it anymore, she smiled and said to Anthony with a smile, "This kind of clumsiness may still get a realistic effect, isn't it, maybe we should shoot a few sets of Jack's clumsy archery shots first, and when we shoot the war scene later, Anthony's pose should become very standard." ”

Once he talked to her, the originally strict lines of Cameron's thin face suddenly relaxed, he listened carefully to Jenny's opinion, thought about it again, and said angrily, "It sounds quite reasonable, turn disadvantages into advantages - that one, write down this matter, remind me to change the shooting sequence, and shoot these scenes this week." ”

Although his attitude towards Jenny is so special, the crew members did not show unconvinced and jealous expressions, but looked at Jenny with reverence and gratitude, and even Anthony, who was a few years older than her, looked at her with 'envious' eyes - it may be a bit sensible to say this, but Jenny, who is very favored in front of Cameron, is like an old hen, always standing up at the right time, acting as a lubricant between the director and the actors, This makes these poor actors suffer less from a lot of nameless anger from Cameron.

After such a brief episode, the film crew experimentally filmed some footage of the Na'vi walking and fighting, and Cameron even went into battle in person, repeatedly explaining the details that need to be paid attention to in the action scenes - he himself is a very good action director, in his movies, there are always exciting, appropriately exaggerated and very capable of bringing people into the action, even "Titanic", there is an action scene of Ruth saving Jack flower arrangement.

“ok，we’regood。” Eventually, he sighed and shook his head with some regret, but still came to a conclusion, "That's it for today, and the filming can officially start tomorrow." ”

After hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and several actors even sat on the ground exaggeratedly: Cameron only allowed the crew to shoot some human scenes before they passed physical training, and now almost all human scenes that appear alone are almost finished, if they delay the crew's schedule because they did not pass Cameron's exam, you can imagine how much pressure on the cast will be.

When everyone packed up their personal belongings and left the field one by one, only Anthony put on the sports bandana again, picked up the bow and arrow and returned to the training ground, Jenny walked up to him with a smile and said comfortingly, "Looks like you're going to have a hard job next, Anthony, do you need me to get Nicholas?" He was a good archery teacher. ”

"Thank you so much, Jennifer." Anthony hurriedly smiled at her kindly.

"It's just a matter of effort." Jenny bent down to find the phone and began to look for Nicholas's phone number, she did not forget to encourage Anthony, "You are very smart, with Nicholas's help, I am sure you will soon find the trick." ”

"I'm not just talking about the phone call," Anthony said earnestly, "thank you so much, Jennifer, I don't know how I, we, would have survived James' roar without you." ”

"Oh, that." Jenny shrugged her shoulders and said honestly, "Actually, I feel like it's my responsibility - I seem to have raised his bar a bit." ”

She was telling the truth - why was James tolerant of her, but Mary hadn't heard any gossip until now, and most people took it for granted? That's all because Jenny really doesn't have anything to make James angry: she reports to the group on time, never arrives late or leaves early, has an amazing understanding, basically masters the tricks taught the day before the next day, and becomes proficient on the third day, while at the same time, all the rest of the cast is still quite far from the 'basic mastery'...... Coupled with her status as a big investor, as well as her friendship with Jade, it is strange that James does not treat her specially.

Correspondingly, under Jenny's excellent performance, the rest of the actors immediately looked stupid, like James's perfectionist personality, I wish he had just taught you to run, and you could go to the 100-meter sprint to win a gold medal, "Since Jennifer can learn it in one night, then why can't you?" ”

Jenny can't say that she relies on the relationship of Goldfinger, she spends three times as much time practicing many times, and she can empathize with Nitri to help find her state. can't deliberately make mistakes to find scolding - she is the only actor in the crew who will leave the group for a short time many times because of her personal schedule, so she expects to brush up on a few more perfect reviews to please James, so that he will recognize that his temporary departure from the group will not affect his state. But seeing that the actors in a crew were scolded many times because of her, she really couldn't help the actors go, and in desperation, she had to help the actors pass the test, but this turned out to accumulate a lot of goodwill, and now her reputation among the actors in the same group is so good that she is simply a saint: not only is she 'born to know', but even the action scenes are learned faster than others, she is not like a human being, and her personality is not at all eccentric, withdrawn, and willful of a big star, but cheerful and lively, caring for people and responsible.

"You're too good to be mortal, Jennifer." Although she said this sincerely, Anthony was even more moved to hear it, and he half-jokingly said, "You won't fly straight from heaven to Hollywood, will you?" I mean, because we can't keep up, you're going to blame yourself? ”

He shook his head and sighed, "You're going to ruin my patience with other actresses, dear friend." ”

Jenny laughed, "You're exaggerating, Anthony. ”

Actually, this is not the first time she has received such an evaluation, if you treat the crew as a love development game, because of the terrifying atmosphere created by James, she took advantage of the situation to brush up on a number of 'friends of the heart' achievements, or she has brushed up a lot of younger brothers and sisters who really follow them, although most of the combat effectiveness is not high, but the loyalty is very high. Now after brushing Anthony, who will definitely explode in the future, she is basically the favorability task of the human group...... Jenny hasn't figured out the use of these actors' favorites yet, but in any case, it's better than training and filming under James's pressure, and maybe it will help her reputation and popularity in the industry.

After a few more conversations with Anthony, and after Nicholas arrived to instruct Anthony, Jenny returned to her luxury suite in a five-star hotel - this time she could finally enjoy the treatment of a superstar, although she had to pay out of her own pocket, but the fact that there was a five-star hotel on the shooting location was enough to be grateful. She looked at her watch to make sure it was time to talk to Chris, turned on her computer, dialed the number on Skype, and waited for a response from the other party on the other end.

"Hey," Chris said hello as he rubbed his eyes, "good afternoon." ”

"Good morning," Jenny replied with a smile, "Did you shoot the night scene last night?" ”

"yes, damn the location, it has to be in the early hours of the morning to start filming." Chris was still a little sleepy-eyed, Jack walked behind him, waved hello to Jenny, and handed Chris a cup of coffee, "What about you, has filming officially started?" ”

"Not yet, that's tomorrow." Jenny said, and after a few homely words with Chris, "By the way, Mary will be going to London for a few days, and I will let her stay in your hotel, and by the way, I will visit the class." ”

Chris laughed knowingly, and he casually said, "Welcome, baby, welcome." ”

Jenny did not deny that she had the intention of sending Mary to spy on whether there were too many dangerous factors in the crew, but this was by no means the reason for Mary to go to London, at most it could only be regarded as a reflection of the thoughts of some little women, she gave Chris a roll of her eyes, and said emphatically, "Another point is that Mary was pre-cast with Arthur in the past, and the script of "Monroe" has come out, we have to give Colin the candidates first, in addition, Arthur has also made initial contact with a few young directors who are interested in picking up the guide, if you have time." You can talk to them with Mary to see if they are qualified enough to direct. ”

"Oh." Chris also got serious, and he seriously put forward his opinion, "It's not that I don't want to help, but you haven't communicated with me your thoughts on "Monroe", if I do the first screening, are you sure you can do it?" ”

"I can't get out right now." Jenny was also a little helpless, "Cesare is also not familiar with the project, he doesn't even have time to read the script of "Monroe" now, you don't have to listen to their opinions on the script, just to see if they can be trusted for me, but this is on the premise that you are free, I will talk to them when I go to Europe." ”

"Oh? Are you sure you're going to the Cannes Film Festival? Chris was a little surprised and said, "Didn't you say that there was a little problem in the later stage, maybe you can't catch up?" ”

"I'm not going to Cannes - that's next week, I can't make it," Jenny shook her head helplessly, "I just watched the cut before I came to New Zealand, Tony's cut was so boring, we changed editors, we expect to catch up with Venice in August, and I definitely won't miss it again." ”

She paused, "According to the forecast, they will have another thin cut at the end of June, when I will fly back to Hollywood to attend the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", by the way, you can watch the film, if you can go back then, maybe we can meet again......"

Although Tony is the director, he does not have the right to cut the final film, if the producer is not satisfied with the finished film, it is not uncommon to cut the finished film beyond recognition, and after many games during the filming period, the producer who has the most voice in the crew is not Sidney, but Jenny, who participated in the investment, without her approval, even Time Warner cannot set the version without authorization.

Of course, Chris knew this, so he was not surprised, but nodded and said, "Look at the progress on my side, so do you still hold a media preview screening?" ”

"Not for now, but I'm going to invite some critics to watch the cut version with me, after all, my personal opinion may not be able to completely convince Tony ......" Jenny and Chris counted the time, "The final cut will be released in early July, a small test screening will be held in the middle of the month, and it will be sent to Venice in August, and it will be PR season again from September, Warner may go crazy, Daniel will not be able to participate in the promotional event, and I am going to film, this drama is completely unpopular now, and their usual tricks are completely inapplicable......"

"Don't think about that just yet." Chris could only say with relief, "Let's look at the wind direction of the critics first, maybe this film has no need for PR Oscars at all-"

Glared at Jenny viciously, he laughed wickedly and said forcefully, "I'm not saying it's too bad to be worth PR, maybe it's too good to need PR?" ”

Whether it's too bad to be worth it, or too good to be needed, with Jenny and Daniel, two big stars, in the role, "Michael. Clayton has become one of the most anticipated films in the Hollywood industry this year, and critics can't wait to see the two Oscar-winning actresses: Daniel's "Blood is Coming" has made its debut at the Berlin Film Festival in February, and his excellent acting skills have attracted unanimous praise from the industry, and some even think that he will be crowned emperor again. Jefferson's literary film career seems to have fallen into a low ebb after the Oscars (with "Pirates", the industry is embarrassed not to add the term literary films), and his acting skills in "Pirates 2" have been unanimously criticized, and even have the momentum of becoming the most popular actress at the Oscars. By Jennifer. Did Daniel, who was impressed by Jefferson, make the right decision, or did he rarely look at the wrong person?

In the midst of this suspense, curiosity has already been brewed to a very high level, and the film critics who were invited are all happy to go to the appointment, and some even put down the originally scheduled vacation and wait for "Michael. Clayton. The women's preview screening, counting the days and looking forward to this day to come: the end of May, the beginning of June, the middle of June - ah, the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" - and then the long-awaited "Michael. Clayton" internal preview screening.

Alain of "Empire". Morrison, Variety's Derrick. Eli, as well as Roger, who has been weakened for several years, but still insists on being there in person. Albert, the film critics who can be invited to watch are all big names in the industry, and they are all old acquaintances of Jenny, since she first debuted, these big names have made all kinds of guidance and praise for her performance, judging from their film reviews, these people are pure Jennifer supporters, but they also have high requirements for her, and even said that they were disappointed in her decision to star in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, can they conquer them again, and let them support themselves again after the unexpectedly bad reviews of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", Jenny knew that rhetoric and even extraneous tactics would not work at all for film critics of Roger's level, and in the end, she could only make her work - "Michael. Clayton", let 'Karen', speak for themselves......

The author has something to say: It's been updated, I've been waiting for a long time, it's super cold today, I turned on the air conditioner, stepped on the foot warming period, my hands are still stiff, and the power went out in the afternoon, so it's freezing and crying, so it's been delayed for a long time, please forgive me ^^