"What are you so happy about?"

Taking Natalie into his makeup trailer, Ryan pushed the chair over and pressed her against it, "Let me see, even the eyes are smiling." ”

"Is it that obvious?" Natalie turned her head to look in the mirror.

"The face is very normal, and others and yourself can't see it."

Pulling over another chair, Ryan sat down across from Natalie and looked down on her forehead, "Don't forget, Nat, I'm the one who knows you best. ”

"Okay, I'll admit it." Before Ryan's head could be retracted, Natalie pushed him hard, and after a slight sound, the two guys couldn't help but cover their foreheads at the same time, but Natalie laughed, "I'm really happy, very, very happy." ”

"Let me guess." Ryan snapped his fingers, "127 Hours" is a big hit? Isn't that right? ”

He deliberately scratched his head, "The movie has long been offline, and the box office in North America is only more than 30 million US dollars, ah......"

"I thought about it." Ryan slapped his forehead and leaned into Natalie's ear, "Nat, you're not going to get pregnant and be a mother, are you?" ”

"Ryan!" Natalie's eyes widened, two rows of snow-white teeth grinding, and she was in a posture of biting him hard, "Don't tell me you can't guess. ”

"Okay, okay."

Raising his hands, Ryan quickly moved away from Natalie, he didn't want to be bitten viciously, "The 78th Oscar Nominees Luncheon should have ended yesterday, Nat, how many nominations did we get?" ”

"Not much, only five."

Despite all that, Natalie smiled unusually brightly. "Best Picture, Best Editing, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Song."

"Oh, congratulations. My dear. Ryan understood what to do now, and reached over and hugged Natalie. A hard kiss on her forehead, "My Miss Best Director." ”

"Just a nomination."

Hearing Natalie's whisper, Ryan pinched her tall nose, "Now is the time to accumulate qualifications, there is always a chance to get it." ”

It is much more difficult for female directors to get the same treatment as male directors in Hollywood than for actresses to male actors, and directing is definitely a male-dominated industry, even if new feminism is on the rise now, but if Natalie wants to win the Oscar for Best Director in the first nomination. The price paid may not be worth the gain.

There is still an opportunity later, Ryan's script for "Black Swan" is almost complete, and after Natalie finishes filming "The Hunger Games 2", it can be handed over to her, this kind of cold theme is more popular with the Oscars than "127 Hours".

"Let's go, Nat."

It wasn't even ten o'clock in the morning, and Ryan pulled Natalie out of the makeup trailer, "I'll take you to visit the Hoover Dam." By the way, take a look at the shooting. ”

"Is there an explosion scene here?" Natalie took Ryan by the arm and walked towards the dam where the crew was, "I'd love to see Michael blow up the Hoover Dam." ”

"Then I guess the federal government is going crazy."

Walking to the guardrail of the dam not far from the crew, Ryan glanced down. Quickly retract his gaze, "There are some episodes in the script where the red spider attacks the dam power plant, but it can only be generated with the help of computer CGI. ”

"Is that a model of a bumblebee?" Natalie asked, gesturing ahead.

"That's right."

There's a scene of a bumblebee being caught in the dam. Ryan stood next to Natalie, "That's a scale-up model. And over there, it's the Hornet Camaro sports car that Chevrolet built for the crew. Counting these two, there are only six in the world with the same configuration, my dear, if you are interested, I can keep one for you. ”

"The other one you're going to collect?" Natalie asked.

"Alison has already booked it." Ryan made a look at her that you understand, "You know, she's loved collecting these unique movie props since she was a kid. ”

"I've been to see her collection." Natalie is clearly not very interested in cars, "Allison's collection of movie memorabilia will definitely surprise everyone." ”

Taylor's collection is not only limited edition dolls and memorabilia from the film, but also many original props from the film, such as Hermione's wand in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and Ryan's sword of Nasir in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Ryan's scene ended yesterday, and the two had no intention of going over, just watching the crew shoot from afar, especially Natalie, who spent a lot of time focusing on Michael? Bei body, watching him command and dispatch.

"There are always directors in Hollywood." She looked at Michael from afar? "Never liked by Oscar. ”

"It's normal, no one can make their films liked by everyone." Ryan simply gave a few examples, "Stephen? Sommos, Roland? Emmerich, they never invite Oscars. ”

"But it's the darling of Hollywood studios." Natalie added.

"Business is the foundation of Hollywood."

The two turned to the guardrail, looking at the scenery in the distance, and Ryan continued, "Compared to Sam? Mendes, the Coen brothers, Roman? Polanski, Hollywood prefers directors like them. ”

"Nat......" Ryan said suddenly, "what would you think if I used Transformers to help Michael get an Oscar nomination for Best Director?" ”

"Do you think that's likely?" Natalie knew Ryan was joking, and shrugged playfully, "He's one of Oscar's least favorite directors." ”

"How do you know if you don't try?" Ryan's tone still seemed to be joking.

Although the Oscars are also full of strong commercial atmosphere, which will be affected by a series of factors such as public relations, the genre of the film is still very important in key awards such as the four major awards.

In other words, Oscar will always release a 'noble' and 'glamorous' attitude to show his authority and difference.

Even now, the Oscar jury still selects 'special' films as candidates for awards such as Best Picture and Best Director, many of which are out of the mainstream commercial market and are often called strange and unpopular by ordinary audiences.

To this day, Ryan still remembers that before a certain Oscar in his previous life, the films that may have been nominated were extremely secluded, and many media ridiculed him, and Pall declared Best Picture for "Transformers 3: When the Moon Darkened", for Michael? Bey declared Best Film, for Iren? Krueger applied for Best Screenplay because "Transformers 3" is not only more well-known than the films that may be nominated, but even the content is not inferior.

This move has attracted a lot of heated discussions among ordinary fans, and ridiculed Michael, who 'I just like to explode'? Compared with those obscure films, Bei is indeed more eligible for awards.

Of course, Michael? Bei is loved by ordinary audiences, so he naturally does not attract those cold and noble eyes.

Even with Ryan's current status, after the film is released, it really applies for Best Picture and Best Director for "Transformers", and the film is still infinitely far away from the Oscars.

Fortunately, there are some directors who don't need the Oscar to admit it, Michael? Bay's status in Hollywood may not be as good as James's? Cameron or Stephen? Spielberg, but like George? Lucas, like him, can basically crush 99% of literary film directors.

After all, here is the first commercial Hollywood, not holding the color. Love and boredom as the art of the European film industry.

"Nat." Ryan turned to look at Natalie, "Are you interested in directing commercial films in the future?" ”

"Commercial?" Natalie frowned and thought for a moment, "Can you know the subject matter and genre?" ”

"For example, a big fantasy production."

Hearing Ryan's words, Natalie said directly, "With my current ability, I'm afraid it's difficult to control a movie like this." ”

"Future!" Ryan deliberately emphasized the word.

"Then wait until you take out the script." Natalie didn't fall for him, and then deliberately said, "I'll make your magic script into a romance movie!" ”

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

As the time approached the end of February, after the crew finished the scene at the Hoover Dam, they moved to Los Angeles again to continue filming the final battle shots, where smoke, explosions and crashes once again became the subject of filming, and it became the norm for Ryan to run around with the fire source, sometimes even running around in a detonating cord.

On this street full of garbage and props, Ryan Shun ends his scene.

Although he is the leading actor, strictly speaking, he doesn't have many scenes, and Josh? Duhamel is not much heavier than the supporting actor, and it can be said that everyone is also giving a group of Transformers soy sauce.

Similarly, Ryan for Michael? Bei was also very satisfied with the shooting, although he used an IMAX3D camera during the period, there was no sign of overspending his shooting budget, especially the crew's shooting time was strictly controlled within the plan, leaving enough time for the post-production zuò.

Although ILM had already started CGI production of Transformers, it also took a lot of time and effort to replace them into the shots.

In short, without overspending and overtime, Michael? Bei is about to successfully complete the filming of the film, exploding Bei has flaws, but also has his own strengths, and what he is good at is extremely popular with the market, otherwise, whether in his past life or in this life, he would not be so valued by Hollywood's big production company.

For Ryan, the work of "Transformers" has come to an end for the time being, and he has turned more energy to the upcoming 78th Academy Awards.

The only focus on investing resources is that "127 Hours" was nominated for Best Original Song. (To be continued......)