“fire！”

“action。 ”

In Toronto, on this day, two voices shouting "start filming" sounded on the set of "Little Sunshine Beauty", one was Ye Wei's, and the other was Nanette Postern's, the screenwriter, producer and director of the documentary "VIY: Chasing Dreams, Sunshine Little Beauty, and the Birth of a Prodigy".

The 35-year-old Nanette Postern is a graduate of New York University and co-produced "On the Ring" (director, producer, editor) with Brett Morgan in 1997, a small-budget documentary that follows the fate of three boxers and their coaches, first winning the Special Jury Prize for Documentary at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, followed by the International Documentary Association Documentary Award, and finally being nominated for the 2000 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

With a rookie female director winning so much recognition with her first film, Postern made a name for herself in the industry and got off to a great start in her career.

In 1998, before she became famous, she also co-produced the documentary "In the Name of the Emperor" about the Nanjing Massacre as a screenwriter and editor, documenting the Japanese army's murder of more than 300,000 Chinese civilians in Nanjing in 1937. However, the Western world, which has long ignored the Nanjing Massacre, has ignored and questioned it as always, believing that the figure of 300,000 is "so-called", and the film naturally did not receive much praise.

After "On the Ring", Postern produced two TV documentaries one after another, and collaborated with Morgan again on Robert Evans's biographical documentary "Light and Shadow", which was well received by film critics despite not receiving major nominations and awards. Last year she produced a TV show "Film Academy" for IFC, but without a second season, her career hit rock bottom.

It was in this situation that Postern negotiated with DreamWorks to take over the VIY project.

An Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker! Biographies of old legends like Robert Evans (one of the filmmakers of classic films such as "Rosemary's Baby," "The Godfather," and "Chinatown," and who spent most of his life in drama), and even if he fell into a trough, Postern's takeover of "VIY" was a surprise to everyone.

A "semi-legendary" Chinese genius boy who has not yet been conclusive, a derivative propaganda documentary?

When the news spread, the media was surprised, and some comments said that "Postern has lowered his value" and "stupid choice......

"I learned about his story and watched some of the relevant video materials, and I was impressed. Viy's story is interesting and powerful, he's a student on campus, he's a filmmaker outside of school, and he has a lot of things that teenagers have and don't, it's all in 'viy', and that's what attracted me. It's not going to be a propaganda film, it's a biographical documentary about growing up, youthful passion, genius. ”

Post said this in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

She has always wanted to make a documentary about the youth growth of American teenagers, and "VIY" not only provided an opportunity to try her skills, but she was really interested in the story of this extraordinary teenager, and she was not prejudiced against Chinese geniuses, so her takeover was actually a natural one.

In this matter, DreamWorks is still in the joy of being able to invite her, and is very supportive of her film positioning. A good documentary is much more clever and effective than a promotional film, and some people don't buy it after a 90-minute broadcast of ""Little Sunshine Beauty" is good, go to the theater to watch it", but a touching documentary is different. It's best if she can get "VIY" to get an Oscar nomination.

Ye Wei was also very happy at first, he liked and admired Nanette Postern, and felt that it was a bit condescending to invite her to make a documentary for him. To this day, Postern came to his set with her crew to shoot footage, and he was not happy and lost time!

The set has been busy filming the dining room scene these days, especially scene 18.

Tong Guò cut down some shots, as well as controlled the number of new shots on the spot, and consciously accelerated the efficiency of all aspects, so that he finally pulled back the lost man-hours, and he didn't want to be shot again because of Postern's visiting director.

Scene 18 was very hard to shoot, he made more or less adjustments to the performances of the six leading actors, Hanks and Roberts became more and more comfortable when they got into the mood, and Ah Jin's table was the best in the audience, and he asked for "Grandpa has two sides, a warm grandfather side to Oliver, and an old hippie side to everyone else", and Ah Kim definitely did it.

Tim Ross's uncle and Paul Dano's brother are a pair of fake melancholy, they play well, Dano's NG is of course much higher, and the most directed is Abigill who has to mention those scenes where the performance is not enough.

It is unrealistic and unnecessary for a 9-year-old child to understand the profundity of the whole story, and he allows her to complete the performance by himself acting out demonstrations, emotional substitutions, etc.

But the problem is often not due to the performance of a single shot, but to the physical coherence and emotional coherence between the shots, think about the first shot with a spoon and spoon of salad in his right hand, and the second shot without a spoon, both shots are played very well, but when they are connected together, they become inexplicable goofs.

This is the incoherence of the limbs, and the incoherence of the emotions is even stricter, and it will seem shocking, and it will be a big trouble to find out when it is edited in the later stage.

Therefore, the director, scene reporter, and shot editor all have the responsibility to remind the actors, but it is very important for the actors to grasp the situation themselves, and high-quality performances are planned and prepared, which not only reduces the workload, but also maintains the state of the performance. Coherence is the basis of film acting, and laymen think that acting refers to facial performance, but it is not.

Veteran masters such as Ah Jin and Hanks rarely make these technical mistakes, but Abigier is different, she is young and inexperienced, and it is difficult for her to do everything herself.

"I've won, I've won, I'm going to be a champion, oh my God, oh my God!"

At this time, the dining room scene of the studio was still busy, Maurer and other film crews were busy changing camera positions and lighting, Ye Wei was directing rehearsals for the actors, mainly Abigier who ran excitedly from the kitchen, others were sitting or standing at the dining table, and Roberts followed out at the kitchen door with a phone.

They watched Ye Wei personally shout excitedly in a child's voice, running from one end to the other, demonstrating the position and emotional coherence.

Ye Wei finished acting and said to Abigir, who was following him: "When you heard the news of being shortlisted for the finals in the kitchen before, it was the highest intensity of joy. And then you run out, and the intensity goes down little by little, from excitement to excitement to a kind of fascination, anticipation, and you can't hear what other people say, and you're a little crazy. Like me. He cried out quietly and long, "Oh my God, oh my God!"

"Good. Abigir's little round face was full of seriousness, and under the direction of the director, he started a rehearsal: "I won, I won! I'm going to be the champion......

"A little bit lower, and the whole thing is down, fascinating, and don't go up at all. ”

"Good. I've won, I've won, I'm going to be a champion......! Oh my God, oh my God!"

"Very good, little elf, that's it!"

Soon there was another shout of fire on the set, and soon there was action, one crew was filming the film and the other was filming them.

After shooting a few shots, he had to set up the camera again, and taking advantage of this free time, Postern called Ye Wei to the performance area of "VIY", this time he was told how to move. Ye Wei walked around in front of the dining room scene, and was about to go back to work after hearing Postern's "good-take", but she walked over and asked softly: "That key person is really impossible to choose?"

"Yes, it can't be. Ye Wei shrugged, no matter how many times she asked, the result would not change, because she was referring to Lily. At the previous stage of collecting information and writing the script, she found out that he had a relationship with Lily, and then she vaguely found that Lily was important and wanted to write it into the script, but he did not agree, let alone help.

Postern seized every opportunity to try to lobby: "Your documentary is incomplete without her......" Take "Dance of Angels" as an example, why Ye Wei, an unknown kid, can get the free access to Phil Collins's Oscar-winning original song "You'll-be-in-My-Heart", and how can Tom Hanks and other superstars see this short film, as well as his love life......

"Nanette, you don't know the situation, it's really just impossible. Not to mention my attitude, that key person would not be willing to appear in this way, there is no door. ”

Ye Wei said and smiled, even if we were still in love, Lily would not hesitate to say no. What's more, now, he fell off a cliff and was injured so much that the whole world knew about it, and she didn't send a single greeting text message, which was really unfriendly. If this happened to her, he would definitely send it, and he was not an enemy, it had been so long, and everything had passed.

"Don't mention this again, it's either that I don't want to cooperate with your creation, or ......" he shrugged his shoulders again and shouted to Maurer and the others: "Hey!

Postern reluctantly wiped her hair, which is a shameful situation, maybe others don't know, but she knows that "VIY" is incomplete. But this is also a documentary, which can only be recorded in parts, and cannot be in full force.

On this day, there was also an interview shooting area on the LMS set, so that the "VIY" film crew could interview everyone, of course, when they were free.

"How do you think he did his job on set?"

For the same question, everyone has different praises. Hanks smiled, "It's better than I expected, but Ge's professionalism and maturity allow him to deal with a problem, and he's been on the road since the first day of shooting." Roberts grinned: "He's so special, I've been on the set of a lot of newcomers, and he doesn't look like a newcomer at all, that's called a genius." ”

"He had an accident and was injured before filming, including a concussion, did that affect him in any way?"

Ah Jin replied expressionlessly: "What impact can it have, he is a teenager, and all he thinks about all day is how to spend his excess energy, and that little injury can't stop him." The interviewer asked again: "You are such a veteran actor, can he give you any useful advice in performance?" Ah Jin nodded and said: "There are a lot, this is nothing unbelievable, no matter how sophisticated the actor is, it is all acting the director's intention, and Abigir and I need to listen to Weige's construction." ”

"The Ye Wei we saw was a very hard-working person. "He's done a lot of preparation, but he's still working on set, sometimes sitting there and taking a break and then moving on." For a teenager, that's the hardest part. He has big ambitions. ”

"Outside of work, what do you think of him?"

"A mentor and friend. Paul Dano said sincerely, and smiled: "I'll take you for a lot of fun." ”

Abigier bared his front teeth and smiled: "The director is very funny. ”

The interviewer asked, "How funny?"

"In order to teach me acting, he also played a little girl himself, and his voice was very funny. ”

"What about outside of work?

"Not at all, he's fine. ”

......

The "VIY" crew stayed on the set for two days and left, waiting for the LMS to shoot the location. And when the LMS crew was filming for more than two weeks every working day, they also left this studio as scheduled and went to shoot in some real locations outside.

The work in the studio stage is generally smooth, and probably no set can be 100% satisfied, and the footage taken in the past two weeks is enough to make Ye Wei happy.

On the evening of Friday, April 15, the second Harvard-Westlake Film Festival was held at the football theater of Harvard-Westlake High School. The HW Film Festival is one of the pillars that support Jiya not to drop out of school, and at the end of last year, she made a short film and signed up, vowing to win the Ye Wei Award.

She wrote, produced and directed the screenplay, produced and directed herself, and assembled a simple crew of about ten people, and invited Emma Roberts to star.

This 7-minute comedy short about girls in a girls' school who sneaks into a co-ed school and makes a series of jokes, "Cool Girl from Girls' School" is already at the level of professional short films, although it is far from being as good as "Dance of Angels", Gia is 18 years old, and because she repeatedly dropped out of school to study in a very low tenth grade, she once again proves that Coppola's only granddaughter is not easy to mess with, cannot be called a child prodigy, and can also win a reputation for being talented and worthy of her own surname.

In the warm applause of the audience that night, Ji Ya on the stage lifted the Ye Wei trophy as she wished, and shouted out her acceptance speech: "Now the trophy in Ye Wei's house is only 3/6 of the weight, and the other half is in my hand!"

Ye Wei, Gia Coppola, Emma Roberts, if this matter is targeted by the gossip tabloids, they will definitely stir up a scandal.

Since Ye Wei and Angrano fought, he is no longer just a genius of the mainstream media, but also a bad boy loved by gossip tabloids. Although it doesn't have the almost daily cover like Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise, it takes up some space from time to time.

What is a gossip tabloid, regardless of the eyeballs, like the cliff accident a few days ago, the popular tabloid "National Enquirer" reported the whole process, how Ye Wei couldn't stand the huge pressure and committed suicide, and "In-Touch" magazine said that Ye Wei committed suicide because of love, and even what he was thinking at the time was reported.

There are many people who are popular, and the more popular they are, the more gossip news they have, and the more exaggerated and outrageous they are. Generally speaking, it is pointless to deal with gossip tabloids, which is exactly what they want, and tabloid readers will not be so stupid that they will believe whatever the tabloid says, and reading the tabloid is just to consume celebrities and current affairs hot spots for fun.

And compared with the true and false scandals of Pete and Cruise, the tabloids have always been gentle with Ye Wei, so he and his team never responded much in this regard.

However, in recent days, the "National Enquirer" broke out a "fierce news" about Ye Wei, not the usual gossip of emotional scandals, drugs and alcohol, and the sensational title: "VIY is a puppet director!!"

It turned out that according to a staff member on the set of "Little Sunshine Beauty" who did not want to be named, Ye Wei was an idler on the set, and the director's work was basically shared by everyone, so he could continue filming even if he was injured. The insider described: "He just sat in the director's chair and pretended, sometimes he would get up and say a few words, but no one took it seriously." One time he wanted to make a joke to Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, and they just blackened their faces and he sat back down. ”

"I don't know what Ye Wei does on the set, he doesn't count anything, three or four days a week he spends his working hours asleep, or he is playing game consoles. It's more like a movie without a director, everyone does their own thing, the actors can perform as they want, and the scenes are very funny. ”

The report of "National Enquirer" commented with emotion: With so many big stars on the set, Tom Hanks and Alan Arkin are also excellent directors, what can Ye Wei do without being a puppet in front of them?

There has always been controversy about whether Ye Wei is a real genius or commercial speculation, and the "National Enquirer" officially created the "puppet idler theory" with this vicious rumor.

It is difficult for ordinary people to know how the director works, and this kind of thing is difficult to prove, so for this kind of argument, those who are willing to believe it will believe it, and those who understand it will laugh it off, and the secrets are naturally very angry, how many people have a wrong understanding of viy because of these nonsense!

There must be more of them, and a lot of new "I heard that Ye Wei is just a puppet director, is this true?" questions have sprung up on the Internet, Yahoo Q&A and other places.

Ye Wei still didn't pay attention to it, but as time passed, this rumor gradually showed signs of fermentation, and the "National Enquirer" broke the news again that "viy was scolded and cried on the set!"

At the same time, April 22 arrived, the day of the release of "Exorcism Video".

Do your own thing, the actors can perform how they want, and the scene is very funny. ”

The report of "National Enquirer" commented with emotion: With so many big stars on the set, Tom Hanks and Alan Arkin are also excellent directors, what can Ye Wei do without being a puppet in front of them?

There has always been controversy about whether Ye Wei is a real genius or commercial speculation, and the "National Enquirer" officially created the "puppet idler theory" with this vicious rumor.

It is difficult for ordinary people to know how the director works, and this kind of thing is difficult to prove, so for this kind of argument, those who are willing to believe it will believe it, and those who understand it will laugh it off, and the secrets are naturally very angry, how many people have a wrong understanding of viy because of these nonsense!

There must be more of them, and a lot of new "I heard that Ye Wei is just a puppet director, is this true?" questions have sprung up on the Internet, Yahoo Q&A and other places.

Ye Wei still didn't pay attention to it, but as time passed, this rumor gradually showed signs of fermentation, and the "National Enquirer" broke the news again that "viy was scolded and cried on the set!"

At the same time, April 22 arrived, the day of the release of "Exorcism Video".