Who would have thought that the little boss would be so well prepared for the first creative meeting?

Middle-aged white art director Donald Graham Burt didn't expect it, and was a little embarrassed.

The reason why Donald is sitting here stems from Wang Ying's connection, he and Wang Ying have been old friends and partners for many years, his debut is "The Joy Luck Club", and later collaborated on "The End of the World", "World Center" and "It's All Daisy's Fault". After filming Daisy at the beginning of the year, he was unemployed until he joined the Little Beauty of Daylight.

(In Another World, Donald later became David Fincher's longtime partner and won the Oscar for Best Art Direction for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" in '26.) ）

Taleffe, a white female set decorator in the prime of life, didn't expect it either, with surprise on her chubby face.

The reason why she is in the conference room is because of James Shams, she is a newcomer who has just entered the industry for a few years, her debut is the independent film "The Jimmy Show" in 2o1 with a cost of 15o and received an O3 box office), and then she has worked for 6 films in a few years, the most famous is "Love to New Jersey", and one of the investors of the unreleased "The Thumb Sucker" is Ted Hopper's production company "Here is there 1Tat-prtIc", back and forth, she has this joining.

(In another world, Heather was later nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Designer for "American Hustle" in 214.) ）

Tony Bonaventura, a white prop master who has entered the middle-aged and elderly world, did not expect that this was the first time that he had been in the industry for so many years.

Since Bonaventu worked as a field worker for "Dark Angel" in 193, he has been in the industry for more than 2 years, and has worked for nearly 4o film and television works, all types, good and bad, including the rotten legend "The Love of a Rich Girl", and his personal masterpiece "The Extraordinary Suspect".

His joining is the result of Peter Heller, and the prop master of "Jordan's Heirs" is him, when Heller proposed this candidate, Ye Wei felt that there was a kind of fate in it when he saw "The Love of a Rich Girl", so he nodded in agreement.

However, Bonaventu is a big-name prop master who does not worry about work, and the production cost of "A Fairy Wife" waiting for next summer to be released is 660,000, and just a few days after he agreed to join, the "Good Night, Good Luck" project written, directed and starring George Clooney also found him, and he had to choose one of the two due to schedule conflicts

Because of his friendship with Heller and the credibility of the industry, he did not withdraw his verbal promise, but chose the controversial little beauty of the sun.

(In another world, Tony Bonaventura joined Good Night, Good Luck and went to the pinnacle of his career.) ）

The trio form a strong lineup full of talent and experience, which is very satisfying; In addition, there is also an important person in the art team, and the art designer has not yet been decided, because it is necessary to determine the art style that the director wants, and then find a suitable art designer to execute and lead the design work.

The art director is the person who leads the art team, the film crew, the costumes, and the makeup, and at the beginning of the art meeting, Donald is of course responsible for taking out his own concept sketch, and he also brought it, but in front of Ye Wei, it is really a little too little to see.

Heather and Bonaventu are okay, they don't need to do much concept art at this stage, but their script analysis is very sloppy.

So on the one hand, the three of them couldn't help but admire Ye Wei's seriousness and professionalism, and on the other hand, how embarrassed they were to be taught a lesson by a young newcomer......

The conference room was quiet, and Heller was worried in his heart, is this a dismount for the old fritters? It is a good thing to be well prepared, but if you don't tell everyone in advance what you want to prepare, this lacks tactfulness, unless it is a deliberate dismount.

It's not impossible to do this, but the Y he knows is not a director with this harsh and strict style, has it really changed?

They were looking at Ye Wei's concept map, Ye Wei was also looking at their preparation materials, looking at these simple sketches, the young face smiled, and praised everyone: "Brothers, the work is very good, it is very suitable, they give me a lot of reference space." ”

Hearing him say this, everyone couldn't help but laugh, and the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly relaxed, this movie prodigy is really a smart person who is easy to get along with.

Heller laughed in his heart, a prodigy is a prodigy

Regardless of whether this is a dismount or not, everyone is indeed a little unprepared, and the huge amount of preparation of the VIyR spoon magnifies this, but he is not domineering, not blaming, not triumphant, but helping everyone to round the past, not focusing on the amount of preparation, but focusing on the completion of their concept map.

In the first meeting, the concept map of each department is simple and rough is the professional behavior, if it comes up with a highly rendered painting, it is not good, are you the director or the director is the director? Only the director is the person who decides the final picture and effect of the film, their job is to come up with the concept, participate in the deliberation and execute the director's decision

Y's seemingly nonsense "it fits" is actually a sign of his attitude - no one in the conference room is wrong, which encourages morale and popularity.

Even the lower horse has reached, look at this big stack of texts, who would dare to despise this young king?

If you want to say that the three of them had such thoughts before, "no matter how talented you are, you are a child", "this job is not difficult", there must be something, and now it can't be said that it is completely gone, but they know that this kind of mentality will only make them messed up and make a fool of themselves

At this stage, VIyf has done a good job not only as well as a full-grown director, but also very well.

Whether it is scene illustrations, prop sketches, or keyframes, the exquisite painting work alone is amazing, and the concept of the expression Xiàn also makes them suddenly understand the effect that the director wants. Ye Wei's age and qualifications are not a stumbling block to the production, just a dazzling light.

Maurer, who watched the storyboards of several scenes, also secretly praised, so he was really happy to be a VIyR spoon photographer, with such a fine storyboard, his grandmother could carry the camera when she came.

"Weige, will you wear warm colors?" asked Heller as he looked at the picture, helping to get the conversation aside.

"Yes, absolutely warm tones. Ye Wei nodded, and then saw a sketch of a Volkswagen bus drawn by Donald, the script was only written as a "Volkswagen brand bus", and what model and appearance were all places that could be created.

There is a premise, the car must be a Volkswagen bus, any other station wagon, RV, any brand of any car is not acceptable.

Because the Volkswagen bus was an important element of the hippie movement in the 6th century and the whole hippie culture, in that era, a few hippies drove a small Volkswagen bus around, which is a portrait of history. In this story, the Volkswagen bus is a symbol of the status of the soul, and the family of a middle-class family becomes a hippie, and finally breaks the shackles of the mainstream society's definition of success and failure, and runs towards freedom.

In addition, Grandpa has obviously always been a hippie, and from that era, the family's old bus is also his, and it is the fate of hippies to leave home in a public bus and finally die of drugs.

The hippie spirit is also a big part of road movies, starting with Bonnie and Clyde.

As for the model and color of this bus, in fact, it is also destined to be chosen by the story: first, it must be a classic model from the 6s; two, just enough to sit for six people; Third, it is pale yellow like sunlight, and all yellow is not conducive to the visual senses, so only the classic yellow and white are available.

Although these are reasonable decisions, Ye Wei still has to say it to be sure, raised the sketch of the bus, and said: "Change to a smaller model with a smaller tail, so that it will be difficult to put grandpa's corpse; Yellow-white, of course, old, a little dented, the interior of the car should also be done, highlighting the era and grandpa's background setting, this is a very uncommonly used dusty car; And whether there is graffiti on the outside of the body, make a version for me to see, and if there is graffiti, it should be simplified, don't paint the whole car. ”

The crowd nodded, and both Donald and Bonaventura took notes.

The meeting lasted for an afternoon, and finally it can be said that a successful result was achieved, many aspects of the scope of the first meeting, everyone clearly understood Ye Wei's intentions, and they could start the next step, improve the manpower needed by various departments in Toronto, survey the scene, and go to the props warehouse and market to find props and make props......

In terms of production, we must continue to build a crew and determine the actors.

The work can be done quickly or slowly, and the filming date of the film is already scheduled for April and June next year, and there is still plenty of time to prepare.

One of the key points in the amount of preparatory work for each department depends on how much budget the department gets, and nothing can be done without money. And this time, the production team gave the art team a considerable amount of budget, because Ye Wei paid great attention to the art table of the film, so the art team was not idle.

Anyone with a work ethic and ambition to make a difference will be happy about it, and Donald is undoubtedly not a mixed eater, and they are full of energy.

The reason why the filming period is not in the summer vacation, but is scheduled in April and June, and it costs a sum of money to ask the young actors to teach the teacher, and the time is delayed, because it is expected to be released at the end of next year, which is an undecided plan A; Plan B is to wait for the Sundance Film Festival in 2UU after the filming is completed next year, and then the film festivals throughout the year, and then release it in the autumn and winter of 2UU.

Plan B is a normal strategy for low-budget independent films, such as "Napoleon the Big" was filmed in the summer of 2o3, screened at Sundance in January 2o4, and screened in 6 theaters in June.

But "Little Beauty in the Sunshine" is not a normal independent film, Ye Wei is 18 years old in the fall of 2uu, and he has lost the publicity point of minors, as far as this project is concerned, the younger Ye Wei is when it is released, the more favorable the publicity will be, and the more legendary the film will be. And who knows if two years have passed, and there is still anyone who remembers this prodigy, or a former prodigy?

That's why the DreamWorks department was so anxious and formulated a plan A that took half a year from the start of filming to the release.

The plan is always the plan, and the actual situation depends on the publicity effect along the way, if it does not reach the expected node at that time, and cannot enter the publicity period before the release, then it can only go to plan B, or a new netbsp; On this issue, whether there is a superstar joining has a huge impact, and if there is, the publicity is easy to heat up, and the prodigy superstar can even explode the topic.

As for whether or not to hit the awards season? Everyone knows that if you have any crazy dreams, let's wait for the finished film to come out and see the quality.

After the meeting, Ye Wei took a car back to Scarborough Dubow's house, it was already evening, he thought that it was time for him to buy a car, he had to run around at work, it was really inconvenient to have no car, fortunately, the American driver's license can be exchanged for a Canadian driver's license, just apply for it.

The afterglow of the setting sun reflected the sky red, and as soon as Nina in the front yard saw him, she immediately walked over, as if waiting for him, the expression on her face was completely different from usual, with an apologetic smile, and a little gentleness?

What's wrong with her? Ye Weizhen was a little puzzled, he had no opinion on her, it was normal to greet and talk, but the last time she talked to him, ...... No, she didn't say anything that day, oh it seems like the day I watched the first episode of "UFAUU", yes, it's been more than half a month.

"Yunik. Nina walked up to her, pulled the show on her forehead, her eyes were shining softly, and she apologized and said, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you." She said with a silly smile, as if embarrassed and ashamed: "I only found out today, haha, I'm such a stupid person, haha......"

"You know?" Ye Wei sighed, and was finally recognized, so it was okay to save her eyes again.

"Well, I just found out that you were," Nina's face burned red and tapped her head, "I should have seen that I had done so many stupid things to you, I was so stupid...... Actually, you can sue me in the first place, I won't mind, really, we can be good friends. ”

Ye Wei shrugged his shoulders slightly and said with a smile: "I didn't want to hide it from you on purpose, Mihaela said that you may not be able to keep secrets, and this may disturb your normal life, just let me not say it, I respect them." Nina, I've always appreciated your kindness, that's not stupid, so we're okay?"

"Of course," Nina exclaimed happily, reaching for his stout arm and squeezing it, "I've always wanted to have a gay friend." ”

“...... What?" Ye Wei was stunned for a moment, the muscles in his whole body suddenly became tense, and he pointed at himself, "Homosexuality?

"yes......" This reaction was wrong, Nina's smile froze, and her eyes turned to the side, as if asking someone else, "Isn't it?"

"Of course not" Ye Wei loudly indicated her sexual orientation, watching her pretty face change her complexion, it was really ridiculous: "I am 100% heterosexual, how can you think so?"

"Yunic, you don't have to be afraid to come out, and I won't talk nonsense to others, I really won't mind......"

"Stop, I'm very, very serious about telling you, I'm not going to joke or lie about this, there's only one case I'm gay: I'm a girl"

"Are you a girl?"

"No"

Nina looked bitter with a look of "this doesn't make sense", followed Gu You who walked towards the main house, and said, "But, someone saw that you were playing close to Damian Rush in the eleventh grade, and his behavior was still very intimate, and he was gay, you know?"

There will always be so many rumors in the school, she is not a person who is keen on gossip, but she can still hear some rumors, recently there is a genius in the school, a genius who reads well, and there is a case about homosexuality, about Yunik, she inquired about it, and thought she understood, but he said no?

Ye Wei glanced at her and said funny: "You just said that you always wanted to have a gay friend, so are you gay? I am the same, I am just friends with Damien, he is good, he has a lot of artistic talent, I like this friend, that's it." Have you ever heard rumors stop at the wise, don't be stupid. ”

Nina took a deep breath, bit her lip hatefully, slowed down, and watched him walk into the room...... I'm not stupid She suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly followed, asking, "Wait, what is the secret you just said? What secret?

"I am your long-lost brother. Ye Wei replied casually.

"Impossible, oh my God" Nina exclaimed angrily, this guy's "humor" is really infuriating, "I only have one brother, sue me...... Ah, you were adopted by them? Adopt a six-year-old?"

"No, just kidding, okay, I'll tell you, I'll say it again, I'm a movie star. ”

Nina is really about to be, what is this guy talking nonsense, is it nerves to watch that "ufauu"?

"If you're a movie star, I'm still a hero."

"Which one?"

"Woman...... Oh my God, a real nerd."

North American box office for a week

September No. - O No., 2o4 years

------Movie---Name---Number of Weeks--Number of Theaters/Change---Average-----Box Office of the Week――-Total Box Office

"Psychic Puzzle" -- 1st place -- 1st week -- 1o4 home -- B462 -- 62479o -- 262479o

"Heroes" ―――――― 1o -- Week 6 -- 1713 -- I7o -- 6 -- 914,618

"Napoleon the Great" -- 11th place - 16th week ----- 1o24 house -- -- *, 26-----,364 --- - 622996

"The Wedding Date is Coming" -- 115th -- 19th Week -- 11 (6) -- 2o1 -- 2,611 -- B36o

This week, the North American film market only has the weakest weekly box office total of 1.77 million in the whole year, and the weekly champions are all average; And "Napoleon the Big Man" continued to sprint in the second week after its large-scale release, and the box office of 40 million was no problem, with a return rate of more than 1oo times, which was greater than the effect of "The Wedding is Coming" to create zào.

The media said that it was inexplicably popular, but young people liked it, what can be done. Y and Roger Albert's former film review saliva was turned out, from the perspective of box office and popularity, this time Ye Wei beat Albert; And the film review written by the Hess couple for "The Wedding is Coming" was also turned out and became a beautiful conversation.

In the beautiful conversation, the Hess couple are the protagonists, and Ye Wei, who is no longer simply sunny, exposed and declining in popularity, is a supporting role, or even a villain.

are all prodigies (although there are ordinary gods and gods), they are all small-budget films, and they all suddenly became famous, a pair of indifferent golden boys and girls, and a depraved bad boy.

"The Wedding is Coming" was officially drawn offline after this week, and the North American box office was fixed at B566o After all, it failed to break into the 40 million box office club, and the gap of 1.44 million was like an insurmountable gap. Dreams come true?

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