At night, Los Angeles is still bustling with lights and hustle and bustle, but some upscale neighborhoods are quiet enough. Gadot walked out of the courtyard, and behind her, the hostess with a bulging belly was sent all the way to the door. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

'Nat, it's a little chilly outside.'" Gail? Gadot turned around and looked at the obviously pregnant hostess with a concerned expression, "You go back quickly." ”

"It's okay...... "Natalie?" Portman leaned against the fence door, "I'm glad you came with me." ”

While the two were talking, flashing lights lit up nearby one after another, capturing them all, Gail? Gadot took the initiative to block Natalie? In front of Portman, Natalie didn't seem to care at all, "Sooner or later, it's going to be exposed, just let them go." ”

"Hmm." Gail? Gadot nodded, the mockery in his eyes flashed, "You go back, I'm leaving." ”

What is she to Natalie? With a wave of his hand, Portman left the gate, walked to his car, pulled the door open and sat in, starting the car and quickly driving off the road, but after two turns, she gradually slowed down, remembering the recent encounter with Natalie? Portman's relationship can only secretly sigh that this woman's methods are really clever.

How shrewd is a woman who can take advantage of even an unborn child? How deep is your mind......

Obviously, for next year's Oscar-winning actress, Natalie? Portman really fought hard, but in this way he could get the actress statuette?

A few words of mockery flashed through his mind, Gail? Gadot entered Rodeo Drive, stopped in front of a café, looked at his watch, sat in the car and waited for a while, until a familiar figure walked into the café, then got out of the car unhurriedly and entered the café.

Those bright eyes quickly caught the agent's figure, Gail? Gadot quickened his pace a little and walked over and sat down across from him.

"How's it going?" The agent puts down the coffee cup. Remind Gail? Gadot, "It's time to say the right thing. ”

Gail? Gadot opened his handbag, took out a voice recorder, and put it in front of the agent. "This is the last few days, and there is a clip in it that I secretly recorded Nat and Martin? A private conversation Miller has about the Oscars. ”

"Well done, Gail!" The agent's eyebrows are about to fly into his hair, "With your cleverness, you will definitely become popular in the future!" ”

Shrugged. Gail? Gadot was about to say goodbye, and before leaving, he asked, "What about our job hopping?" ”

"Don't worry." The agent solemnly put away the voice recorder, "Before the Oscars begin, Nancy? Josephson will take care of everything. ”

Hear that, Gail? Gadot relieved herself and strode out of the café, knowing that her future path would get wider and wider.

She drove out of Beverly Hills in her car and back to her apartment in Burbank, but didn't take an immediate break. Instead, he stood on the balcony with a glass of wine and looked into the distance, which was the direction of Warner Studios, not very far from the apartment, although it was late, he could still see the lights on there, and it seemed that he was still nervously busy.

And it's true that, as in the past few months, Duke is working overtime at Warner Studios to get the final touches on "Gravity" as quickly as possible. After an internal test screening, the film will be screened in North America in a small area after Christmas and before New Year's Day to qualify for the Oscars, and then wait for the New Year's holidays to begin. The film will be released widely in North America.

In the editing room, post-production is already at the end, and after Duke has finished supervising the staff to add the credits, he says to Tina? Fei said, "Immediately have people hand over the finished version to Warner Bros. to suppress the DVD.screener version as quickly as possible." Before the New Year, I want a DVD.screener version of Gravity on the desks of all the judges. ”

"Hmm...... "Tina?" Fei beckoned a few security guards who had been waiting here for a long time, and took Mike? Dawson sent the encrypted memory and said to Duke, "Don't worry, I'll do it myself." ”

See Tina? When Faye left, Duke breathed a sigh of relief, and after being busy for more than half a year, he finally caught the last train to Oscar.

However, now is not the time to completely relax, after all, suppressing the DVD.screener version and sending them out is not an easy job.

Every year during the awards season, filmmakers who want to compete for the Oscars send DVDSonsers to members of various Hollywood industry associations and award season voting members, such as members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, members of the Screen Actors Guild, etc., and if you count the members of the industry association and some media, more than 50,000 copies of a film can be sent out on DVDS......

And 50,000 copies is just the most basic base, most films will be mailed out of far more than 50,000 copies, for example, the previous Oscar nominees for Best Picture films, the mailed DVD.screener will be more than 100,000 copies.

One thing that cannot be ignored is that the same person may get multiple DVDs of the same film, because "a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is likely to also be a member of the British Academy of Film and Film Arts or the Society of Producers." Some people may bother to ask more than one question and promise not to send the movie to the same person repeatedly, but most people don't. ”

An important reason for this situation has to do with the fact that many Oscar judges don't think much of the film, and for the film itself, the more copies a judge receives, the more likely they are to see it, which means that the film is more likely to lead in the voting round.

Mailing such a large-scale version of DVD.screener will also bring corresponding problems - piracy!

For films released at the beginning of the year, spring or summer, there is basically no need to worry too much about piracy when mailing the DVD.screener version at this time, but the vast majority of award-winning films are released in November and December, and in order to create a good reputation, they are often screened on a very small scale, and only after a period of time after the New Year will large-scale screenings begin.

Such films are most likely to be threatened by piracy.

In fact, in the Oscars every year, there will be almost a different scale of the dvd.screener version of the participating films, and even if the filmmakers have taken enough precautions, it is difficult to eradicate them.

If you want to win the award, you have to take the corresponding risk, and mailing the DVD.screener version is a must, and it is a fantasy to expect all the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to respond to the filmmaker's call to go to the theater to watch the participating films.

Of the 6,000 judges, one-fifth can walk into the theater to watch a popular Oscar film, which is already astronomical.

As a result, mailing the DVD.screener version has become a thing that the producers and distributors of the Chong Olympics film have to do.

However, the filmmakers will also make a series of anti-piracy measures, such as the mailed DVD.screener version - also known as the DVD advance version - is not very clear, far from being compared with the normal release of the film DVD, this version of the movie DVD will constantly give "warnings" both on the outer packaging and in the feature film: copying or uploading the film is a violation of US federal law.

Moreover, in the process of video playback, there is also a relevant watermark code, if there is piracy on the network, the watermark code can quickly find the source of the outflow.

However, this does not completely eliminate piracy, especially online piracy.

On Christmas Eve this year, the DVD.screener version of Weinstein Pictures' masterpiece "The King's Speech" was put on the Internet, and it was downloaded more than 800,000 times in just 12 hours. Weinstein and Bob? The Weinstein brothers were furious, after all, "The King's Speech" was still screened in less than 200 theaters, and it was inevitable that it would be hit by piracy.

Not only Weinstein Pictures, but also an organization called Hive-CM8 that released online piracy said that they have other resources in their hands and will release the resources of other 40 films one after another......

Although "Gravity" was not included in the ranks due to the tight production schedule, Duke also spoke out for Weinstein Pictures and other studios.

In this regard, the interests of Hollywood studios, as well as producers and directors, are aligned.

Yes, the quality of the DVD.screener version can only be described as scummy, but the destructive power of piracy cannot be ignored.

This is certainly not a good thing, first of all, the box office of unreleased films will be greatly impacted; Moreover, even if the movie has been released, maybe there will be a DVD plan in the future, but as soon as the pirated version came out first, many fans have already downloaded and watched it first.

Weinstein Pictures has reported to the FBI that the watermark code on the online piracy of "The King's Speech" cannot be easily removed, and the watermark printed on the pirated screen confirms that the copy was given to Andrew Entertainment, the co-CEO of ICON Entertainment by the Weinstein Company. Kosovo's share.

The FBI subpoenaed Andrew? Kosovo, in response to this accusation, Kosovo insisted that he had never seen the DVD, had never touched it, and he also made it clear to the media that he would cooperate with the FBI and would also conduct his own investigation.

The investigation is at an impasse for the time being, and the FBI is currently conducting an investigation at ICON Entertainment's headquarters in California.

But people like Duke actually know very well, Andrew? The Kosovo-controlled Aiken Entertainment Company has little competition with Weinstein Pictures, and it is unlikely that Hollywood will be ostracized by the whole of Hollywood.

Andrew? Kosovo, co-CEO of Aiken Entertainment, which has worked on films such as "Summer of Jeans," "Brave 16 Blocks" and "Weakness," and a well-known producer himself, should have been a victim rather than a culprit.

It may seem strange that something like this could happen in a region like North America, where the copyright system is relatively well-developed, but in Duke's view, it is not at all surprising. (To be continued.) )

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