How is Ye Wei doing lately? The gossip media are very concerned, this bad boy is going to make movies again, this time in the remote Springfield, Missouri, with a population of only 150,000, which is a mecca of country music, because the first country music show in the United States in the 50s, "Ozark Celebration", was recorded here.

But today, there are no professional paparazzi here, except for those who go on purpose. This means that VIY's private life may become more mysterious, and people can see that his latest series of photos were taken at the Los Angeles airport, and everyone can see that the big bad guy is in a good mood, sweeping away the depression of the previous while.

His hair was trimmed short, and he was still smiling and waving to the camera, but the long-lost sunshine was handsome but seemed to reveal a weirdness.

What's so happy? Where did the sad VIY go? The media and fans couldn't see through it, and she didn't break up with her rumored girlfriend?

The prodigal son is still personal, but he is really drifting away from the implementation of the scandal, and there has only been Elizabeth Olsen for three months, but he was photographed and quickly denied it once he went out on the street. Some rumors without evidence, a girlfriend who has never shown up, this is Ye Wei's current love life.

The gossip media is anxious and discussing, and they are still recommending candidates for Ye Wei's new girlfriend as a matchmaker, listing single actresses of the same age, including Emma Watson and other lists.

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Now sometimes I want to see jokes, Ye Wei goes directly to see the nonsense of the gossip media, and he laughs happily every time. Lily is because she thinks that normal people will not announce their relationship to the media public, but as a public figure, she has to do this, and she can delay it when necessary, and he really enjoys it, it is so interesting, and it makes me feel good every day.

I'm in a good mood, and everything seems to be going well. Arriving at Springfield on the evening of the 13th, when the crew stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn, he immediately met with Jennifer and Alicia in a small conference room in the hotel.

After more than ten days of character experience, they all seem to have experienced a little vicissitudes, during this time, under the supervision of the bodyguard assistant, they live in a barren mountainous area far from the city, personally chopping wood and cooking, living the life of "Rui" and "Gail", and will continue until the day of filming.

"Girls, why is the earth round?" As soon as he saw the two of them, Ye Wei asked with a smile, and the attendant Master Jiya glanced at him.

The two girls were stunned and were about to answer, when he suddenly stopped: "Think about it!" Jennifer suddenly understood, and replied in a witty cold voice: "What the hell does it matter to me." Alicia also understood, and smiled in Gail's tone, "It's pregnant, and it's different when it's pregnant." ”

"Hahaha. Ye Wei laughed happily, they have this awareness, always figuring out and imitating their respective roles, which is very good.

They were all a little surprised by his enthusiasm, it was completely different from the office meeting not long ago, Alicia felt that she saw the familiar Ye Wei, and couldn't help but be excited.

"Let me see your current acting talents!" Ye Wei sat down on the fabric chair next to the small conference table, picked up a script on the table and flipped through it, and asked them to rehearse a scene where Rui went to Gale to borrow a car, and made a gesture of invitation.

Under his and Gia's watchful eyes, Jennifer and Alicia started the show almost without reading the script, and the long hours of preparation allowed them to become proficient in every scene, and the on-site experience helped them in all aspects of building their characters and scenes.

The more Ye Wei watched their performances, the more he couldn't wait to start filming, great! Compared with the time of the draft, they have made enough progress, they are all actors who play roles, which is ...... to Lily's true performance of half a bucket of water Or don't compare.

When the two finished the scene, he puffed his hands and breathed a sigh of relief, determined that there was no need to change roles, maybe there was no one more suitable than them.

"Very good!" Ye Wei smiled at the two of them, "Keep it like this." There is still more than half a month, you can be better, don't set limits for yourself, better, better!" he was more serious: "What I want is an actor who will say no to me, confident, strong, enthusiastic, and self-minded, but really powerful, understand?"

Receiving VIY's praise and encouragement, the two girls couldn't hide their joy and nodded one after another: "Understood." "I will. ”

Gia knows better than them how important this is to them, and it is not uncommon for the role to be suddenly changed the day before filming starts, especially W'sB is an independent film owned by Ye Wei + producer + director, the power is all in his hands, or a non-union project, he can replace them whenever he wants, and a group of substitute girls are waiting in line.

"I don't want a bug. Ye Wei was not satisfied with the answers of the two, or said that he didn't like it, and frowned: "Liz Olsen disappointed me very much, just because she thought that actors were just tools for directors, and she trapped herself." I don't want you to be like that, this movie is for actors, you guys think about this. ”

Jennifer and Alicia looked thoughtful, and they didn't know if they really understood.

"How's Emma Roberts?" Jennifer asked suddenly.

"Emma ......" Ye Wei grinned, and gave her a white look imitating Emma's trick: "It's much better than you, because you are a zero." ”

Knowing that this was a laughing scolding, Jennifer laughed, Alicia smiled, but Gia glared at him angrily: "What are you doing to scare a little girl?" Ye Wei pursed his lips and smiled as if he was dimple, and said softly: "It's interesting." "If Emma was here, she would be by both of them.

In fact, Ye Wei felt a little guilty about Emma, but he didn't know how to make up for it, maybe it was to cooperate again. Saoirse, Mody, Liz, and the two in front of him, who are obviously not bad, all want to work together again. However, after making three girl movies in a row, I haven't thought about whether I am interested in making them again in the short term.

In any case, shoot "Winter's Bones" first!

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Starting on Thursday the 14th, Ye Wei led the crew to carry out on-site preparations.

One of the major aspects is the location survey, this story has more exterior scenes than interior shots, and the interior scenes are also directly shot with real scenes, so the workload is not large, and the only thing to do after determining the shooting location is the set.

On this day, Daniel Woodrier, the author of the original book, came to the crew to act together, and as a local, he recommended many filming locations. Of course, the crew will be considered, as long as it is suitable for filming and the director is satisfied. Woodrier is not as fresh as Alice Sieberd, and when "Riding with the Devil" was brought to the screen by Ang Lee, he knew what it was like to make a movie.

W'sB has sold average since its launch on August 7, but it is not a bestseller, and the very good response from book critics and book fans is enough. Its fans are happy, such a grim noir feminist novel came out in a movie version four months after its release, "Harry Potter" like, and the actors look quite alike.

The regular-scale crew completed the formation of the main body when they were in Los Angeles, and each department recruited cheap and easy-to-use handymen locally.

The previous recruitment of feminist members also had good results, and Ye Wei especially admired several of them.

For example, 20-year-old production assistant Lena Duham, a talented New York girl who attends Oberlin College in Ohio, took a long break from the fall semester, and this is a rare opportunity for her. Duham had written and directed a 15-minute short film "Dealing" for $1,000, which he wanted to participate in the Sundance Film Festival but was not selected, so it became the Slamdance Film Festival in December at the end of the year.

It was a 1995 film festival founded by three Sundance directors who had been rejected by Sundance, and the time and place were similar to those of Sundance, and they were dedicated to receiving Sundance's unsuccessful films. Later, in 1997, another person who was rejected by Sri Lanka held the Slumdance Film Festival.

If they all fail at Sundance, Slandas, or Slandas...... Make your own film festival, Slimdance (Slim tiny, worthless).

Another example is Britt Maling, the 24-year-old second assistant director, and her boyfriend, 27-year-old co-second assistant director Mike Cahill. Both are proud independent filmmakers who are truly away from Hollywood, having co-directed, written, cinematography and edited the critically accoladed documentary "The Boxer and the Ballerina" (budget 85,000), and last year Marling co-produced the documentary "All the Attention" and Cahill edited the documentary "Leonard Cohen: I Am Your Man".

Both wanted to maintain their independent spirit while their careers could be further developed, and the opportunity at W'sB opened their eyes to a possibility.

Of course, Ye Wei knows what it is, with his current financial resources, connections and status in the independent film industry, he can invest and promote others, it depends on whether they have the strength or not.

The producers of "Rough Talk World" and W'sB are all Cliff Films, which he used when he was a sole proprietor, and invested in Darlum and their "Christmas for Dogs" (300,000 or 45%). This family comedy with a budget of 650,000 yuan started filming in February, filmed for 6 weeks, and was completed in June, and is negotiating deals with distributors such as Lionsgate and IFC.

This kind of purely commercial film has not done anything if Sundance and Sylanda can be shortlisted, and what is fought for at the negotiation table is the buyout price and whether there is the possibility of theatrical distribution.

Ye Wei cared, but basically there was no chance. There are too many movies of this kind, and it's okay to release DVDs and TV, but it's bad to release them on the screen. But every filmmaker and dreamer will not be willing to be like this, Darum is still working hard, he understands and supports.

He can't make a decision as the second producer, as long as it is a buyout, he will not lose at worst.

However, "Half Nielsen", which Sundance bought out the North American rights for 1.5 million, is different, it will be released by IFC on September 15, although it has a guaranteed screening scale of 100 theaters, 3 theaters in the first week, and 11 new independent films like it tested the waters that week.