Chapter 794. Tired director, starved screenwriter

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On the Oscar stage, a lift slowly rose, and Chen Xiaotang, who was dressed in a snow-white suit, leaned lazily on it. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

A beam of light hit him, and I saw that he was wearing a white top hat and dressed as an American man in a suit and leather shoes in the thirties, looking very gentlemanly, very retro, and very tasteful.

Originally, this "Heartless Talk" was a title song in his "Blizzard", and it was also the theme song of the Oscar film "Outside the Heart" in his previous life.

Maybe many people don't know George. Who is Mike, but everyone must be familiar with this song "Heartless Fast Talk".

George. Mike was one of the founders of the "Mighty Band", and this "Heartless Whisper" is one of the most distinctive songs he wrote in the 80s, and therefore one of the most played.

One day that year, a 17-year-old boy who was obsessed with music and worked as a ushers in a movie theater was riding a bus with a melody circling in his head, and when he got home, he hurriedly wrote it down. This is "Unintentional Fast Talk", which became the top song of the British and American charts four years later.

It can be said that this song is a masterpiece of natural inspiration, and it is more artistic and spiritual than other songs, so Chen Xiaotang chose to sing this song on such a grand occasion.

At this moment, on the stage, a group of actors who acted as backup dancers came to the stage to dance, and the two girls who played the heroine looked at Chen Xiaotang on the elevator affectionately, like a swan strolling, waiting for their lover.

With the uplifting melody of dance music. Chen Xiaotang wore a top hat obliquely, got down from the elevator, the wind blew his clothes, he seemed to be walking in the wind, holding the top hat in one hand, holding the microphone in the other hand and singing:

"I'm not sure

Holding your hand though

Take you to the whirling dance floor

The end of the song

Although it can be seen in your eyes

Flashes of tenderness

Only sad goodbye

I don't want to dance anymore

The guilt dance steps have no rhythm......"

This song is about a "love saint" who falls in love with three girls at the same time, others are talking about it, and his official girlfriend knows the secret, and everyone tacitly dances the last dance...... But he loved her. He didn't dare to speak. But he sings in his heart, intertwined with remorse, sadness and confession, but everything is irretrievable, and the feelings are tending to break in silence. You will find it in the heart of the person. Betrayal and loyalty turned out to be a symbiotic nature......

Chen Xiaotang interprets the amorous selfishness of the love saint, the melancholy pace with the stage lighting effects, and the cooperation of many accompanying dancers, creating a moving story. Especially in the flickering lights, Chen Xiaotang's facial contour expression is extremely affectionate, coupled with those melancholy eyes, which is enough to make any woman fall for it.

If the stage at this moment is compared to a palace, then Chen Xiaotang, the only prince, is singing in a low voice, and with that familiar and moving melody, the whole theater is surrounded by his heavenly voice

When it's the second time. Chen Xiaotang's incomparably infectious voice finally showed its effect. I saw that most of the fans sang along with him, and even those who were not familiar with the song could hum along.

Gradually, at the end of the music, Chen Xiaotang held the girl's hand with one hand, but his eyes reluctantly looked at the other girl, deducing a tear-jerking love story.

His true interpretation. All the audience at the scene were fascinated, and many female viewers even shed tears of emotion.

"Thank you!" More than three minutes later, Chen Xiaotang finished singing, and the thunderous applause and hysterical screams of the ladies immediately rang out. If you don't know, you'll think it's a concert.

"You're doing a great job!" As soon as Chen Xiaotang returned to his seat, Madonna immediately took the initiative to hug him, and this scene was also seen by most of the audience, and suddenly, whistles and screams came one after another.

Chen Xiaotang then hugged Mike, and then waved to the audience until the entire conference hall calmed down.

"I have to say, Rafi Chen's song is amazing and completely moved me!" Moderator: Alan. After Stone coughed lightly, everyone calmed down, and then listened to him say with envy: "He's a genius, well, yes, of course, this sentence is not for me to evaluate him, hehe, the following award is an award that reflects whether he is a genius, well, let's invite the great screenwriter, who has been shortlisted twenty times and nominated three times, but has been unlucky, and has only won the great screenwriter Abraham. Mr. Polanski! ”

You know, there is a particularly eye-catching system in Hollywood, called the "screenwriting system". In today's industrialization of Hollywood film production, the status of screenwriters is rising day by day, different from Hong Kong's neglect of screenwriters, or contempt, Hong Kong directors often occupy the dominant power and wear many hats, including the role of screenwriter, so Hong Kong does not have a real gold medal screenwriter, only a gold medal director in the all-round mode, so there is a saying in the Hong Kong film industry called "tired director, starve screenwriter".

In contrast, Hollywood has formal screenwriting groups that are separated from the director's duties, with the director in charge of filming and the director in charge of writing the story. Sometimes there is a conflict between the director and the screenwriter, and the screenwriter can even appeal to the producer to replace the director. In addition, the director cannot modify or delete the screenwriter's work at will, and the screenwriter's work is protected by law, and sometimes a good work sells for millions of dollars.

Finally, I have to mention a bad movie "Fuchun Mountain Residence" in my previous life, which was known as a big production, with a big cast, a big lineup, and an investment of more than 100 million, but the scene filmed couldn't be worse, and finally the director of "Thai" pointed out the key point: Since there is so much money to film, why not find a Hollywood screenwriter? The movie is a story, your story is rotten, no matter how strong the star lineup is, it will be in vain!

From this sentence, we can understand a fact, that is: Hollywood screenwriters are very good!

Yes, Hollywood screenwriters are among the best in the entire world film industry, and if you have to say how powerful they are, then let's talk about the fact that if the Hollywood Screenwriters Guild holds a general strike, then the entire Hollywood film will be set back thirty years!

Without further ado, let's say that this Mr. Polanski is a famous Hollywood gold medal screenwriter,

Born in New York in 1910 and of Russian and Jewish descent, Polanski began his film career in the forties, writing his first film as a screenwriter in "The Shadow of the Face" starring Marlene Dietrich. In 1947, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay for his film "Soul and Flesh," which depicted the life of a boxer, and in 1948 he wrote and directed the gangster film "The Power of Evil," which was a poor hit because of its dark style, but it was later regarded as a classic by critics and historians.

In the early '50s, Polanski was blacklisted in Hollywood for refusing to associate with the extremist group Huac, and has since been abandoned by major studios. In the days of the ban, the only collision he had with the film was "Never Say Never" in 1959, which he co-wrote as an anonymous person.

It wasn't until 1968 that Polanski was allowed to return to film, but only a handful of films such as "Madigan" and "Tell Them Willie Was Here." Today, he is committed to teaching film screenwriting in order to teach everyone how to be a good film screenwriter. This time, he was the guest of honor for the best screenwriter, which is well deserved.

"Uh-huh, hello everyone!" Polanski is also old, he looks almost eighty years old, but his spirit does not look bad, he holds the microphone in his hand, and then looks at Chen Xiaotang, who is finally nervous, "Hehe......" He smiled, "I will award the best screenwriter with the most personal strength in Hollywood...... The importance of the script is estimated to be known to everyone, a play can do without actors, but it cannot do without a script. Because the film itself is a storytelling, not a human sculpture, let alone a puppet show...... Okay, I won't talk nonsense, first of all, the films shortlisted for Best Screenplay this time are: "Field Platoon", William. Moore; "Sister Hannah", Woody. Allan; "The True Color of Money" Owen. Laborious; Top Gun. George. Roddy, and Rafi Chan in League of Assassins......"

After reading out the list of nominations for the Oscar for Best Screenplay, Polanski took a breath, but it was this breath that made everyone nervous.

You must know that when the heavyweight awards of Best Actor and Actress and Best Director have not yet come out, the best screenwriter is undoubtedly the heaviest. Whoever can represent the company will come out on top enough to make a name for themselves in Hollywood overnight.

seemed to feel Chen Xiaotang's nervousness, Madonna next to him couldn't help but shake his hand, Chen Xiaotang's palms were smooth and greasy, and he was sweaty.

"Nervous?" She asked.

"Well, a little." Chen Xiaotang said.

After all, this time his film was only nominated for these four awards, and now he has failed two, if he even loses this important award, then there is no doubt that this Oscar is a big failure.

What's more, now Chen Xiaotang is ambitious, striving to develop and expand his film company, and strive to be able to truly gain a foothold in the Hollywood film industry, so whether it is acting, singing, or being a screenwriter, he must do his best.

It's not that Chen Xiaotang is too demanding of himself, but reality oppresses him to do this, you see, tonight the stars are gathered, and the major film companies are waiting to see him, a Chinese joke, can it be said that he is so low-level, and he is laughed at by them at will?!

No, never!

Chen Xiaotang clenched his fists, this best screenwriter must not let go!

"Rafite, don't be nervous, it's just an award, look how chic I am!" King Mike also comforted Chen Xiaotang and said, it seems that he has long forgotten his hard work just now.

In this regard, Chen Xiaotang laughed at it. (To be continued)