It is a relatively stupid way to start operating after having a general understanding of Hollywood and Oscars, but if there are people who are very familiar with Hollywood and Oscars to make ideas to avoid mistakes, it will be another matter, Shao Yingying's military advisor is naturally Harry Sloan, after Shao Yingying visited the few judges who no longer take the Oscar judges' votes seriously, Harry Sloan's idea to Shao Yingying was to let him get in touch with Huaxia and let these people come to Huaxia to earn some foreign money.

It's really a mutually beneficial approach, these filmmakers don't talk about acting, they don't talk about artistic concepts, they talk about the impact of the latest technology on filmmakers, about the use of the latest cameras and how to use this equipment to make the shots look more colorful.

At the beginning, Shao Yingying was still wondering whether places like Beiying, Chinese Opera, and Shangju would agree to cooperate, and deliberately asked Jiang Wen to go to Chinese Opera, and asked Zhao Wei to go to the Beijing Film Academy to explore the situation, but he didn't expect to get back an unexpectedly good answer, and the two principals quickly agreed after a meeting and discussion at the school leadership team.

In fact, many domestic crews use not particularly advanced photographic equipment, this thing is too expensive, just like what kind of hundreds of thousands of photographic equipment used by CCTV is already advanced in China, but when it comes to making movies, these hundreds of thousands of things are far from enough for the current era, and it is okay to deal with TV stations. There are indeed not too many people who can fiddle with this thing in China, and a few apprentices brought by Niu Wa have just started to get started, and they are currently the handheld of several TV drama crews of Hero Huayi, but this growth rate is too slow. It is completely insufficient to cope with the ever-changing development of domestic film and television dramas, so it is imperative to enter new knowledge.

In addition to photography. Post-production is also a shortcoming of domestic film and television dramas. At present, the post-production level of domestic film and television dramas has been significantly improved compared with ten years ago, but there will still be special fake situations in the post-production special effects, if you want to make good special effects, you can only go to the special effects studio of Hero Huayi, the key is that the special effects studio of Hero Huayi is expensive, as the current premier special effects studio in the cabinet, this set of equipment and talents that were completely moved back home from abroad were all put a lot of thought into by Shao Yingying. Isn't it expensive? In this way, the improvement of the level in the later stage has also become one of the trends.

There are also makeup, lighting, etc., which may not be inconspicuous in the crew on weekdays, but when it comes to the screen, it can always become one of the flaws, and the industry must also be improved. Even the recordings are the same. If the technical level of these industries is not improved, the price will not be raised, and the price will not rise, and film and television dramas will always have to rely on big names to win the world. When the time comes. These industries will become more and more inferior, and eventually become chicken ribs.

This initiative is a good start for the domestic film and television industry, when the first batch of photographers, lighting engineers, makeup artists, and special effects personnel sent from Hollywood to China start classes, not only students, but also many people who are already well-known in the industry plan to see if there is anything new.

I really can't catch up with the level of science and technology of others, this is not a sentence or two sentences can be clear, just a high-speed camera and femtosecond imaging for domestic photographers is an unlikely subject. If you want to complete it, you can also rely on special effects pile technology. Don't expect them to save time and take it for you while you're shooting. The same is true for lighting, the lighting engineer is linked to the director's storyboard script, where is the light, where is the dark, where is the shadow storyboard script is clear, and there is no need for the director to correct it on the spot, which can improve most of the shooting time.

For a while, there was really a wave of learning craze in China, regardless of whether there was real shooting experience photographers, makeup artists, stylists, and lighting engineers all signed up for classes, and those private experts from the wild road finally lost the capital to show off in Wukesong Photographic Equipment City for a few days, and the gap between the sky and the ground appeared in front of them.

This is Shao Yingying's purpose, he thinks it's good to do this, not only can the Chinese people let go of the Niu-B and get back the parts that belong to them, but also let the director, assistant director, and actor director pull the end back from the girl who has been aiming at all day, and first get the ability firmly and lean on thinking about messy things, otherwise, there will be a Zhang Yu in the circle.

Shao Yingying, who originally wanted to have the best of both worlds, didn't think too loudly about taking this matter as a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, but the result was still known to the media, and since then, almost every day in the domestic media, there have been headlines such as "Shao Yingying brings the shooting experience of the United States back to China", "Shao Yingying is still a Chinese, and he has not forgotten his roots", "A person who has become a Hollywood superstar and can still think of Huaxia" and other titles were still hyped up by the media, and the unstoppable reputation almost flew in an instant when Shao Yingying did not intend to have it.

In the end, the media of the Sanye faction and the domestic media who took the initiative to come to Hollywood for interviews actually arrived at the same time, Shao Yingying accepted two interviews in one day, not to mention, and was very embarrassed in one interview.

"Boss Shao, how do you want to bring Hollywood stuff back to China?"

"Boss Shao, there are many Chinese artists who come to Hollywood, but you are the only one who personally brings these things back to Huaxia, why did you do this?"

"Boss Shao......"

Shao Yingying didn't know how to answer these questions at all, he couldn't say: "I'm here to find some ...... for these Hollywood Oscar judges", right?

At this time, the result can only evolve into: "I'm not as noble as you say, I'm for myself, really, just for myself." ”

When he said this, no one believed him, and the reporter said vigorously: "Be modest." ”

In short, an interview that was constantly touted and extremely cleared was completed, Shao Yingying was so tired, he was just to add bricks to his Oscar chips, and he became a great benevolent person without paying attention.

Yes, a good man is a good man, admit it.

The days that followed weren't as easy as those days, with "12 Years a Slave" set to be released in early May and was one of the first films to flood the season. There is a rule in Hollywood, in the May film season, science fiction, comedy, and magic movies are the mainstream, and these movies account for about 75% of the market, and there are fewer other types of movies such as romance and comedy, after all, only students will have time to go to the cinema during this time period; Around Christmas, it is a more serious theme landing, of course, it is also very mainstream, but the purpose will not be so clear, specifically for the age group, but more scattered, each with his own ability.

At the beginning of May, the movie of this genre of "12 Years a Slave" is somewhat inconsistent with the market trend, but there is also an advantage to this, that is, the movie genre is completely differentiated, and the competition is not great.

During this period, Shao Yingying continued to land on various programs, and began to appear in major newspapers and magazines, and MGM bought four consecutive issues on the cover and back cover of "Vanity Fair", which happened to be a whole month of the publicity period. At this moment, Shao Yingying's previous connections have had a certain effect, and those non-famous film critics who have communicated with Shao Yingying in restaurants and parties before have helped Shao Yingying push it on Twitter, FB and other websites.

Those famous film critics cherish the tip of their pen very much, and it is impossible to praise Shao Yingying unless they really touch them, even if these too famous film critics just post some words such as "I am looking forward to Shao Yingying's serious movies" and "I really want to see what kind of story Shao Yingying can give us after "Dear", no one praises Tom Hanks, Tom Tom, these Hollywood popular lines, as soon as they see them come out, they are full of admiration or ridicule.

The effect of these people for "12 Years a Slave" is to let Hollywood fans know, 'Oh, there is such a movie in the summer file,' and that's it.

If you really want to hit the box office, you have to have real publicity and a serious test screening, if you don't have these things at the bottom, it's hard to say what the result of this movie will be. Fortunately, there are neither big names nor big investments in this movie, it is completely a film in which Shao Yingying shows his acting skills and improves, and the movie is very simple, except for using some more popular methods, there is not much work, and it belongs to the category of unpretentious.

"Shao, are you ready?"

"We've got invitations from 200 media outlets, and we've got more than 100 critics, and our first fight has to be a sensation in Hollywood, and it's to the point of acclaim, so that critics and media people can shout the slogan, 'This is a film that can be nominated for an Oscar,'" Harry Sloan said by phone. ”

Shao Yingying took the phone and sighed, now he is on the way to publicize, and he is in New York: "The ugly daughter-in-law always sees her in-laws, come on." ”

His words made Harry Sloan send out all the invitations without leaving a hand behind, inviting these media people will make all the stars who are watching feel that MGM is not hiding things, at least there is no media in Hollywood that favors Shao Yingying, even if they have a relationship with Shao Yingying, Shao Yingying has also made a more cooperative gesture and made a public welfare film, but there will never be any media that directly praises it because of this.

That's the key point, if you want to get into the Oscars and get the public outcry, even if everyone knows that MGM will definitely do something after that, but before that, you have to tell everyone that they are above board before stepping into this threshold. (To be continued......)