Many USC students linger around the School of Film and Television, hoping to meet Steven or Robert Zemeckis, and the nine-member team of the awards committee will take a day out today to work on the final business of the short film competition, they will watch all sixteen short films in the small screening room of the film and television school, and the staff will collect the scores after each short film and calculate the average score, and the method used by the committee is not the usual consultation, compromise and collective decision of film awards, but a very straightforward scoring. These people include big directors, studio executives, well-known producers, Oss Best Cinematography Award winners, etc., and they will rate each short film from their own point of view, and the staff will only do a simple accumulation and average, which is the basis for the final award.

It's probably one of the cleanest awards in Hollywood, because it doesn't mean anything to a famous actor, and because the big directors are usually weird-tempered, it's hard to be sure that he won't be averse to using tactics in this kind of student competition.

"It's not an easy task today," Steven whispered to Zemeckis who was walking side by side, "and I hope these young men can surprise us." ”

"You mean Pete or Julia Roberts?"

Steven laughed, indeed, it is difficult for these naïve little directors to get the initiative from the big stars, and the short film is not so much the director's work as the joke of the big stars.

Without any red tape, Steven and the others sat down in the screening room, and the final version of the short film submitted to the Federation this morning began to be screened according to the number.

As Zemeckis said, it's really hard for them to see anything that catches their eye.

"Brad gave more guidance than we could have imagined," Zemeckis whispered, and they were now watching the clever white kid's work, "Sergeant of Glory."

Steven's seat was a few steps away from him, and Lucas sat next to him.

"The technique is much more sophisticated than the previous works, at least it is well organized, and it seems to borrow a lot from Steven's "Ryan", I don't know if he will like it."

By the end of the morning, they had watched nine short films, but luckily they were all professionals, otherwise it would have been enough to confuse people's minds.

The School of Film and Television provided a simple working lunch, and after a little they went back to work.

Until the last part, Jossen Zhu's "Silent Love".

"A short film of a topical idol." Lucas pays more attention to the Internet than anyone else, and has more awareness of Daniel's Internet popularity, "Let me see what story he filmed." ”

The cold-toned biochemistry room descended from the pale fluorescent light, and a focused and detached Matthew gradually appeared.

"Smack"

"What happened?"

The first picture of "Silent Love" appeared, and the screen in the screening room suddenly went black.

These important industry bigwigs, to be honest, have some curiosity about the first shot just now, it seems that Qiao Sen's photographer is very skilled, and the picture is full of texture and content.

But the photographers of this batch of short films were all recommended by the federation, and there were no successful people.

The staff in the screening hall were visibly frightened and came out to tell everyone that the equipment was temporarily out of order, and it might take an hour to fix it.

"Okay, let's take a break." Steven spread his hands, this was an accident that could not be helped, and there was some excitement in changing the venue for this remaining short film.

It's less than 3 p.m., and the awards ceremony starts at 7 p.m., and PwC's vote counting staff should have accumulated the scores of the previous short films, and it shouldn't be too late in time.

During the break of these juries, the media reporters and the big stars who participated in the show got the news of the judges' departure.

The results should have settled.

Although PwC was also chosen, this is not an Oscar after all, and the need for secrecy is not so high.

So, the judges haven't returned to the screening hall yet, and the results have been circulated.

People who are eligible to get messages have basically received statistical points.

For example, Matt Damon and his agent Philip are already preparing to attend the evening event in their mansion.

"'Sanda Hull' is number one, 'Sergeant of Glory' is number two, and your 'Haven House' is number four, which is better than I thought." Philip held a piece of paper in his hand, and there were only the top six on the paper, and all the awards belonged to the first six, and the rest could only sit dry.

"Is there "Silent Love"?"

"The expected result - no." Philip looked happy, "I will contact the media and report on this matter, no matter how he looks in "Gladiator", the audience will not be so easy to praise him as an acting school." ”

Matt Damon also laughed, and the young Brooklyn who was in the limelight had already given him a sense of crisis, especially since he had recently received some information from industry insiders that Daniel's performance in "Gladiator" was extraordinary.

Johnny Depp, who lives in his Los Angeles apartment, also got the result.

He is the star of the short film "Spider" in third place - you know, he has a lot of worries, in addition to asking the anime to help guide the editing - like Daniel, Depp also asked his photographer friends and director friends to give the crew friendly guidance.

After finishing third, behind Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt, he has no regrets, and importantly, he doesn't see that name on the list.

"Silent Love".

When he talked to Tracy about the list, he almost couldn't help but feel a little proud.

"Look, that's a kid who's about to stumble." That's what he thinks in his heart.

Daniel's tentacles are still too short for such a list to leak out of his hands, so now he is still trying on clothes, and several first-line sponsors are now willing to provide him with some clothes, purely because the attention is high enough.

The jury of the contest didn't quite know about the leak of the list, and they rested outside for an hour and twenty minutes before they sat back in the screening room.

Jossen's changeable shots, Daniel's outstanding and multi-faceted performance, Jessica and Quigley's wonderful appearances, and wonderful camera compositions all dazzled everyone.

It's certainly not what Ferguson called "perfect", but in this short film competition, it's really refreshing.

Whether it is the shooting skills or the editing ideas, including the sincere performance of the new faces, it is a big surprise.

Especially the last scene of the short film, which can be called a work of genius.

"More than an hour of waiting doesn't seem like a waste." Robert Zemeckis said with a smile as he scribbled on the paper.

His colleagues are also writing down their scores for "Silent Love".

The two accountants of PwC got the number jù of the last film, and after the statistical calculation, they sealed the results in the award envelope, which cannot be faked, all the basic numbers jù will be retained, and PwC's reputation will not allow such an accident.

The Staples Center is lit up at night.

Tonight's red carpet is no less than some of the big awards galas.

Big-name directors, superstars, and heavyweight behind-the-scenes personnel have stepped onto the red carpet.

It's just that Daniel was asked by the CAA to play with Quigley, which made Jessica a little angry, and she was already unhappy about Daniel's indifference.

Getting dirty with CAA in this kind of thing is definitely something Daniel will not do, although CAA put him together on the temporary agent, but many things, in fact, CAA is still helping him, Melissa herself as CAA's agent, the resources she uses undoubtedly belong to CAA.

Smart people should at least be stable and calm with the CAA at this time.

Quigley has been offered a new contract to open up her Hollywood career, and the CAA is already negotiating a longer deal with her, so it makes sense for Daniel to add a little more exposure to the newcomer.

The crew of "Silent Love" is of course intimate in front of the camera, in fact, except for Jessica and Daniel, the relationship between everyone else is indeed normal.

The awards ceremony was not as lengthy as usual.

After the glittering red carpet session, the host was Billy Crystal - a well-known actor, talk show host and who has hosted the Oscars many times.

It can be seen that the cast of the awards party is gorgeous.

As usual, Billy teased the directors and big stars in attendance.

"Johnny Depp looks like he smoked a lot last night."

"Robert Zemeckis, what about your Forrest Gump, has he been left on some island by you?" Robert and Tom Hanks collaborated on "Desert Island Aftermath" for the second time this year, the previous one being the amazing "Forrest Gump".

What is enviable is that Billy has not forgotten Daniel Sandler.

"Hey, Mr. Sandler, I can understand that my daughter has a picture of you in her room, but why is my son too?"

Some of his peers see Daniel's muscles as a target to work on, and Christo Jr. may be one of them.

There's no live broadcast of the awards event, so you don't have to force yourself to laugh at this point, so some people do turn a deaf ear to this rather funny idea.

After a brief opening, the awards soon entered the formal process.

This time, it was Steven, Robert, and Lucas who presented the best short film, second and third prizes respectively.

Lucas was the first to take the stage and presented the third prize, which was won by the fourth to sixth place.

"We watched the film all day today, and we were amazed by the directors' wonderful creativity, amazing creativity, and grasp of the camera, and I think we have reason to believe that: USC will continue to bring in great talent for Hollywood, and they will achieve even more brilliant results." Lucas said a few window words and tore open the envelope.

"The third prize belongs to them: Mill Weller's Blue Beach, Thum Renzi's Haven House, and Hull Watson's The Spider.

Maybe when it comes to starring, everyone will be more familiar, Mark Wahlberg's "Blue Beach", Matt Damon's "Haven House" and Johnny's Depp's "Spider" are ranked sixth to fourth.

Depp struggled to keep his expression under control, and even though there was no camera, many people were looking at him, and he had to smile properly to congratulate Hel Watson, who was happy like a fool - he really looked like a fool.

But he was already roaring inside: why fourth? Isn't it the third? And the third? Who's the third?

(Everyone cares about the heroine line, I'll reply in a unified way, a single heroine is unrealistic, but don't expect me to write a bulldozer, the protagonist will follow the spirit of the contract, and if there is a definite relationship, it will not mess around.) Then, then, Jessica is not the heroine, and Jessica in 2000 is really tasty. Is it really good to reveal it in advance? Dazed face)