Looking at her frowning daughter, Xie Li sat on a wicker chair next to her and asked suspiciously, "Honey, what are you worried about?" ”

Natalie? Portman shook his head slightly, "It's nothing, Mom." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Shelly asked tentatively, "Is it next year's Oscar?" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Natalie nodded slowly, seeing this, Xie Li couldn't help but pat her hand comfortingly, "Frank? Pearson, Cheryl? Boone? Isaacs and Harvey? Weinstein was full of praise for your performance, and he said vaguely that he would support you. ”

She laughed, "Don't forget who you are and what you've done, with proper PR, your hopes are the greatest." ”

If it was half a month ago, Natalie? Portman would think that these words made a lot of sense, but at the moment he shook his head, "Mom, they will support me, because I am a Jewish, and I am also the most representative and self-recognizing actress among Jews, if there is also a Jewish actress who makes a performance no less than my performance in "Black Swan", and there is a more powerful force behind it, do you think I will win?" ”

"But, my dear, is there such an actress in Hollywood?" Shelly really can't think of anyone born in the same generation who can compare with her daughter, "You are recognized as the best acting and the best image of the new generation, if the academy wants to introduce a representative of the new generation of actresses, no one is more suitable than you." ”

"If you have a good image and excellent acting skills, you can win an Oscar?" Natalie couldn't help but ask, "Mom, do you really think so?" ”

Shelly was dumbfounded, just as she thought Natalie should have a good chance of winning Best Actress next year, and the role and acting skills were not the decisive factors at all.

Still, she wasn't too worried. "The Jewish forces in Hollywood will support you."

"No, it won't!" Natalie? Portman affirmed, "Some people are going to support others. ”

She looked at her mother and said very seriously. "Scarlett? Johnson's new film is being filmed, and it's for the Oscars! Don't forget. She's also Jewish, and the driving force behind her is Duke? Rosenberg and the entire Warner Group! ”

"This ......" Shelly heard the news for the first time, and opened her mouth not knowing what to say.

And if there was only one Scarlett? Johnson, she doesn't take it to heart at all, but the person behind her, no one can ignore it, even if the other party's style has never been very popular.

And she won't ignore either, Duke? Rosenberg himself was an extremely important member of the Jewish Club in Hollywood. And Scarlett? Johnson's godmother is also inextricably linked to many powerful Jews like Spielberg in Hollywood.

She looked at her daughter, and her originally determined gaze had turned into worry.

"Want to increase your odds of winning," Natalie? Portman clenched his fists and said forcefully, "We need to do more!" ”

Need to do more? What needs to be done? Shelly didn't think of it for a moment.

"Mom, I want a baby." Natalie suddenly said something irrelevant, "Have a child with Benjamin." ”

"What?" Shelly was taken aback. "Nat, what are you thinking? Having children at this time is ruining your career! ”

"Nope. I must! Natalie seemed to have made up her mind, "This is pushing my career forward!" ”

Shelly didn't understand what Natalie meant, but looked at her in surprise, she knew that her daughter was dating the French dancer.

It's his own mother after all, Natalie? Portman didn't need to make too much of a cover-up, she continued, "Mom, as far as I know, Benjamin is still in a relationship with her ex-girlfriend......"

Speaking of which. This love was snatched by her, and Natalie would not admit that she belonged to a third party.

"Based on my observations. Benjamin is very fond of children......" she said seriously, "if there is a child." There will be no more problems between us. ”

"But your career ......"

Before Shelly's words were finished, Natalie? Portman interrupted with a wave of her hand, and she added, "It's good for my career, too." ”

Bow your head and look at the glass of juice on the table, as if you see your future, Natalie? Portman's eyes became more and more determined, "As long as I can get pregnant as soon as possible, during the awards season, the picture of my pregnancy will be in the major media, and most people in this society are sympathetic and inclined to pregnant women, which will definitely affect the voting choice of a series of awards!" ”

Xie Li was speechless, but she had to admit that what her daughter said was very reasonable, if an ordinary woman and a pregnant woman had a dispute, almost more than 90% of the people would stand on the side of the pregnant woman.

This is a social reality, and my daughter is undoubtedly very good at taking advantage of this reality.

Natalie? Portman is also sure that if she can move around with a big belly during the awards season, she will definitely be the strongest contender for Best Actress in various awards!

After some careful consideration, Shelly still said, "It's best to say hello to Martin." ”

"I will." Natalie nodded, "We also need him and William Morris to cooperate with PR." ”

The next day, William Morris's Martin? Miller got the news that he had to admire, Natalie? Portman's mind is definitely among the top female stars in the circle.

In mid-August, after intense preparations, "Gravity" entered the filming stage, and Duke kicked off filming at Warner Studios in Burbank.

As soon as the shoot began, Duke used a specially made piece of equipment, a light box.

Scarlett ...... stood in front of the lightbox, and Duke asked loudly, "How do you feel?" ”

Because of the previous test shoot, Scarlett didn't arrive too uncomfortable and made an 'ok' gesture to Duke.

"Pay attention to the picture on the LED screen!"

As a reminder, Duke returned to his director's seat, and the shots he started shooting weren't too difficult, just a close-up of Scarlett's eyes, and in the close-ups, the reflections on her eyes and helmet had to be carefully scrutinized to avoid goofs.

"Gravity" has a lot of close-ups, and if you don't do a good job of reflecting the eyes, many of the shots will go, and the crew is not the first team to take this into account.

In 2004, Tim? Webb's special effects team at ILM had this idea when making the commercials - to design a room with LED screens in the front, back, left and right, playing the corresponding pictures, so that you can directly obtain the reflective images in the eyes.

This idea was extended and eventually became the two major hardware of the "Gravity" visual effects - one is the "light box", a full-LED screen shooting device, and the other is a large LED screen to solve the problem of light reflection.

Duke's shooting here is Scarlett looking at the light and shadow of the simulated universe in the LED screen, and the camera captures the reflection of the human eye.

To shoot this close-up, Scarlett? Johnson was going to stand in front of a huge LED screen, looking at the light and shadow of the simulated universe in the picture, relying on the camera in front of the LED screen to capture the light and shadow reflected in her eyes.

The area of the eye is very small, and the accuracy of the picture is not high, so the low-pixel LED screen can still ensure the quality of the picture, and the collection of this picture and light effect is not only used in the reflection of the eyeball, but also in other specular reflection places, such as Scarlett and George? The space helmet worn by Clooney.

In the earliest filming, the difficulty was not the actors' performances, but the lighting, and this shot took nearly a morning because of the lighting problem, and it was only before lunch that the best plan was found.

"Even if I close my eyes, there are light bulbs inside."

At lunch, Scarlett also complained to Duke at the right time, Duke just patted her hand comfortingly, the film has just started shooting, and all aspects need to be adjusted.

Lighting is just one example of a range of issues.

The space environment lighting design process consisted of three main light sources, the distant hard sunlight, the soft light reflected from the Earth, and the occasional reflected light from the Moon.

This setting is neither like real outer space nor like inside a space station, where people are faced with pitch darkness and can only see part of the sun, part of the earth, and occasionally the moon.

But if it were filmed like this, there wouldn't be much to keep the audience watching in the nearly 100-minute film, so Duke decided to keep changing the lighting.

Therefore, the lighting engineer of the crew needs to constantly process the properties of the light according to Duke's requirements, whether the light is hard or soft, and what is the reflectivity? What about the color?

These seemingly small details can create many different environments.

However, they are also lucky, because the spacecraft are very fast, and they will experience several days and nights in 24 hours.

In fact, the lighting changes in abundance and drama as the camera and character rotate, with sunset every 90 minutes over the equator.

In the afternoon shoot, there is also a shot showing the heroine played by Scarlett finally turning into a dark starry sky, with almost no light, only a faint light emitting from the inside of the helmet.

Duke also designed an accurate global trajectory for the character throughout the plot development, such as in the first scene of the second day, Scarlett's heroine is over the African desert and the sun enters the field of vision, so the color of the earth will be warm, and the reflection on her face will also be warm.

After the filming of a few simple scenes, the crew gradually found their senses, and Duke began to put the choreographed weightless scenes on the agenda.

The weightlessness scene finalized specific combinations, which were necessary because the actors in the lightbox were constantly spinning during the shoot.

For example, Duke from George? Clooney's face starts shooting, and then you have to move the camera to Scarlett, and she's spinning at different speeds, and the camera is shooting around her, and then back to George? Clooney, because if you go straight back to George? Clooney, the next thing to shoot is his foot. (To be continued.) )

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