Chapter 19 Should it be sent to a film festival to win an award?
No one had enough to eat that day.
After all, that gaze is too penetrating, even the closest Neil children to Lucy are a little afraid, the so-called "killing you with your eyes", probably like this, right? Harry was the only one who showed his amazing potential as a director, and it felt like the last shot was beyond words, and there was no other mustard.
But he didn't have enough to eat, and Harry couldn't wait to go straight into post-production, although new directors are always having a hard time, and most of them have to break the bank to make their first film, but on the other hand, this first film is probably the only film that most directors can really show their own ideas.
If you succeed, then someone will invest in your next movie, and the investment will not only bring money, but also a producer, so that the movie you say will not be counted, and if you fail, then most people will not have a second movie.
The special effects and editing work in the later stage have nothing to do with Lucy, he has returned to a state of idleness, as a rookie actor, although he is the leading actor, his salary is only 50,000 US dollars, which still adds the screenwriter's share!
This is still the treatment of Harry's uncle Ray Allen after reading the script and planning to support his nephew's career, which can also see how difficult it is for new directors to really want to make a movie, there are so many graduates of the directing department every year, and very few really embark on the road of film directing, others go to shoot commercials, shoot MVs, and more people lose the opportunity to contact the camera.
Harry Daniel is much luckier, most of other people's graduation works are short films, and he makes a micro-film at the top of the day, but he directly came up with a complete movie, which alone far surpasses those of his classmates, and the starting point is different, not to mention the growth of experience that directing a film can bring.
However, Harry didn't take the whole movie to "hand in his homework", he just took a little time to cut a clip, which was enough to get a diploma, and the teachers at the school said that when his movie came out, he would go back to the cinema to support his students.
With his uncle's relationship, there is no problem for Harry's movies to be released, anyway, there are special literary theaters in the United States, which are most suitable for this kind of film screening that exposes the darkness of human nature.
In fact, there are many movies in Hollywood that have no chance to be released after they are made, and they have directly entered the DVD market, and now the Internet is developed, and there are also many movies that are specially made and put on the Internet.
In order to make this movie, Lucy and the Ancient One also went to the Actors Guild to register an identity, but the Ancient One mage estimated that there would be no second work, she found her successor two days ago, and she was in a very good mood, and now she has returned to Kama Taj and is waiting for her disciple to send it to the door.
Lucy also met the man who lost his hands (by mistake), he was extremely talented, and even had the possibility of surpassing the ancient one, it seems that Dormammu does not want to enter the real plane in this life, let us mourn for him for a while.
A month later, the full film also came out, and Director Harry excitedly approached Lucy to watch it together, he really wanted to share his work with others, and of course, he wanted to get praise from others.
So all the crew members and actors were invited, but most of the actors were the kind of low-level characters, and they took on new jobs for dinner during this time, so they couldn't be invited, only Lucy and Neil's children agreed to the invitation.
Among the crew members, those who have the best relationship with Harry accepted the invitation, including cinematographer John, Marianne from the makeup team, and gaffer Cole, all of whom are the henchmen of Harry's uncle Ray Allen, and director Ray Allen himself is naturally on the list of members who watch the film.
In order to get rid of his uncle's influence, Harry had long since rejected any request from Ray Allen to approach the set, and Ray Allen himself knew each other and had no intention of participating in the editing work, so this was the first time the director had seen his nephew's work.
As an "old driver" who has read countless films, in fact, Lei Allen does not have much expectation for his nephew's work, although he believes in his nephew's ability, but he also knows his nephew's character, Harry is not the kind of director who can surprise people, delicate emotional processing is his strength, but this ability needs a really good actor to play to the extreme.
With the leading actor only getting a salary of tens of thousands of dollars, what good actors can be invited?
But this impression disappeared after the first second of seeing Lucy appear, although Lucy in the lens was very ordinary, just a lost traveler, but Ray Allen still saw it, the sense of alienation.
Yes, Lucy can maintain a sense of alienation, which can make the audience feel that he is separated from the next city, in order to perform this feeling, Lucy will pause slightly before doing each action, as if he is thinking, or making a choice, this little detail, let the audience understand that he is unfamiliar with the city, he is an outsider.
Ray Allen has some expectations, he has read the script, such a story is mediocre, then success or failure depends on the actor's performance, now it seems that this Asian young man is not bad, but the acting skills required for this paragraph are not deep, the key is that in the end, can he complete the "transformation" with one shot.
Then "Gary" came out.
"This!" Ray Allen almost wanted to jump, this little-known actor gave him a great surprise, that kind of holy aura directly conquered the director, and the slightly masculine face perfectly matched the impression of "angel" in people's hearts.
"She's an angel!" Ray Allen didn't feel that way.
The others present were also distracted, and although they had been working with the Ancient One Master for two months, they were still unfamiliar with this woman.
"Who is this actor?" Ray Allen asked Harry.
"Her name is Gu Yi, and she is an actress brought by Lucy from Nepal, but unfortunately she is a monk and only agreed to act in this movie." Harry sighed, the unique temperament of the Ancient One can conquer any director, and Harry is no exception, of course he wants to ask the Ancient One to continue his acting career, but unfortunately, the Supreme Mage is not here.
"Alas......" Similarly, Ray Allen also sighed, he knew his nephew's dead face, and even Harry couldn't keep the actor, it seemed that he would not have the opportunity to cooperate with him in his life.
On the other side of the screening room, Lucy was chatting with Neil's children, who had been scared for a while, but a month had passed, and the children had long since forgotten about that experience.
"Brother Lucy has a cat at home? That's really amazing, I've always wanted to have a cat, but unfortunately my mom wouldn't let me. "Neil's child deliberately got a short haircut because he needed to play a boy because of this movie, and now a month has passed, and his hair is a little longer.
"Then I'll invite you to come to my house another day, as long as your parents agree." Lucy is also very welcoming to others, because Xiaobai needs to deal with more people, but this lazy cat is getting more and more homely, so he can only invite people to the house.
"Okay, I'll bring my friends with me!" Neil has been involved in the entertainment industry since he was a child, and he is a child star who is not big or small, and this movie is also her final work, and then she will go to school to go through this embarrassing period that child stars have.
The movie is only 110 minutes, and it will soon reach the end, and now Ray Allen's sense of anticipation has reached its peak, because this movie has given him too many surprises, Neil's role is amazing, it is a small breaking point, and the role of Gary directly conquered him, and through previous observations, Lucy also appropriately showed the subtle emotional changes from alienation to trying to accept and then rejecting.
As long as this shot doesn't collapse in the end, it's a masterpiece!
Ray Allen's attention span was unprecedented.
The others were too, and the look was so shocking to them that they still want to see it. Even Neil's little friend stopped talking, nervously waiting for Lucy on the screen to turn around.
"Oh!" Again, they were horrified by that look.
“!” Ray Allen found himself losing his ability to speak, with the foreshadowing of the first 109 minutes, Lucy's eyes are more deeply rooted in people's hearts than the previous "Gary", if "Gary" represents the angel in people's hearts, then "Lucy" is the real angel!
It doesn't have to be perfect in people's minds about the beautiful imagination, but just as holy, angels.
Ray Allen jumped up directly and walked quickly to Luci's side.
"Ahem, Mr. Lucy, I have a movie here, can you please play the lead role?" Ray Allen forcefully ignored his nephew's cry of "You are digging the foot of the wall" behind him.
"Huh? I need to look at the script. Lucy was also surprised, but he quickly found a reason to delay.
Now it's Ray Allen's turn to have a headache, where did he get the script? At this time, he just wanted to tie up Lucy first, and he had already lost the ancient one, and he didn't allow himself to let go of an actor like Lucy anymore.
But if you really take a script casually, even Ray Allen himself will not forgive himself, he has a lot of scripts in his hand, but most of them are mediocre, Ray Allen is not Harry Daniel, he doesn't want to make a work that can only rely on actors' acting skills to improve the quality of the movie.
In the end, this matter can only be put on hold, and the focus is on the "Angel" movie itself.
Generally speaking, the best way for a new director is naturally to send it to a film festival, fight for a name first, and then talk about the release, but Harry already has a way to be released, so naturally he doesn't need to go to the film festival to try, unless he can enter the campaign unit of a well-known film festival, but it is too difficult for a new director to do this.
Even if there is a recommendation from Ray Allen, Harry himself knows that there are only two leading actors in his movie, so he naturally won't bet on it.
In the art theater test screening, the response is good, and then gradually additional screenings are the choice of "Angel".