At half past ten in the morning, the Chicago crew assembled at the rented Grand Theater venue.

Today is not a shooting, but an internal meeting.

In fact, because various props and scenes need to be made, the actors will have to wait a week before joining the crew.

There are three main actors in this play, namely the two heroines, Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Renee Zellweger is a comedian who did a great job in the comedies "One Head Two Big" and "Nurse Betty" the year before.

Another heroine, Catherine Zeta-Jones, acted in "Poison Network" and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globe Awards.

None of them are popular actors, and their salaries are not expensive, and the budget of "Chicago" itself is not high, otherwise it would not have found a group of crew members with outstanding experience and qualifications.

However, Miramax is a well-known Hollywood studio with small and broad movies, and many of their small-budget films have done well at the box office.

So the outside world is still more optimistic about this film, after all, the song and dance film has a wide audience in the United States, and the name that the show itself has accumulated on Broadway for so many years is enough to support the box office.

As for Richard Gas, it's also interesting to say that the original actor of this play was John Travolta, that is, the dancing gangster killer in "Vulgar".

But John Travolta turned down Miramax, saying that he had acted in similar films, so he didn't want to play it again.

Therefore, Richard Gass replaced him as the leading actor of this film, and this is not the first time, this is the fourth time that Richard Gass has taken over a film that John Travolta refused to act.

I have to say that the drama of the two people is indeed somewhat similar.

After director Rob briefly explained the matter of the actors to everyone, he went back to today's arrangement.

At present, all kinds of props needed for the movie have been completed, and under the leadership of director Rob Marshall, the props team has done everything more than a month in advance.

Now what they have to do is mainly to plan the shots, study the various camera positions and lighting points clearly, and strive for success when the time comes.

And when Donde joined the crew, Rob Marshall specially introduced the assistant photographer to the other crew members.

"Dieng, this is Donde! The MV was a great shot. "Rob has medium-long dark brown hair and a square face, which is the most orthodox white male look.

The Dion he refers to is the chief photographer of "Chicago", and his full name is Dion Bibby.

This is a white man with short hair, in fact, in terms of experience and resume, he is not as good as Donde, because before this he had only shot the Italian drama "Floating Life".

But there is no way, he is now a photographer under Miramax Films, and it was directly set by the company, so Tang De has no way to steal his position.

And he can't get enough of Chicago to recreate Thorn's previous bad luck.

But it doesn't matter, the movie is not completely decided by one person, as long as his assistant cinematographer plays a role far beyond ordinary people, presumably director Rob will not ignore him.

"Hello, Dieng." Don De held out his hand.

Dieng, who was on the other side, nodded and shook him perfunctorily: "Hello, your job is actually very simple, usually help me push the track and debug the camera, you should be able to." ”

Tang De was stunned for a second: "Of course." ”

"That's great, and I'll teach it too."

Director Rob then led Donder to meet more of the crew, including screenwriter Bill Conton, art director John Meyer and costume designer Colleen Atwood.

After Tang De greeted them one by one, he joined the discussion of the crew.

At the same time, the MTV awards announced last night have also caused widespread discussion in the United States.

And the first to suffer the criticism was naturally Tang De, because he was too outstanding at last night's awards ceremony.

One person is involved in five awards: Best Female Artist Video of the Year, Best Hip Hop Video of the Year, Best Director of the Year, Audience Choice Award, and Best Video of the Year.

In Dylan's pen, he denounced that this MTV was simply opened for him alone, completely losing fairness and justice! It is the result of being polluted by commercialization.

There are not many people who share his arguments, but they are quite determined, and they find various angles to prove that "SK8er BOI" is not as good as Joseph's "Without Me".

However, the magazines that contradict them also list various comparisons to prove the opposite.

For example, Tony, a music critic for nylon music magazine, published such an article in his column to strongly refute these people's views.

"First of all, I want to say that the threshold for music critics is really getting lower and lower! Any cat or dog can be on the magazine and talk nonsense, as long as you add a few words to prove your authority. ”

"For example, most fans think, after statistics, with my decades of experience, etc., bullshit! What are most of the fans? What is statistics? Experience? Don't look at this work with your eyes that are behind the times! ”

"Whether it's creativity, production, or core, "SK8er BOI" is better than "Without Me", there is no doubt about it!" 、

"First of all, creativity, although "Without Me" uses comic elements and various spoof elements, Tang's works obviously have more elements, freeze frames, big scenes, rituals, colorful fog, comics, several elements are perfectly matched! The fantastic atmosphere it creates is obvious to all, and it's stronger than "Without Me"! If you don't admit it, then you don't deserve to be a music critic. ”

"Speaking of production, the tone at the beginning of Without Me and the cutouts are a disaster, not to mention that some of the shots are not tense enough. And Don is better than Joseph in this point, the comic elements are used just right, and the flow from the wall is amazing. It can be said that as long as you are not blind, you can't say anything worse about "SK8er BOI". ”

"And finally the kernel, that's more obvious, isn't it? "Without Me" is more of a satirical comedy, but its height only stops at the point where I'm the boss and I have the final say. And "SK8er BOI" is like the "Titanic" in the MV world, under its dreamy and romantic color, it is actually a complete tragedy! ”

"Everyone has moments of regret, and the MV is about the things we often encounter, it dreams instead of us, and makes up for everything instead of us. To be honest, I still have those images in my head every once in a while, but the main character has been replaced by myself. I dare say that even after a few decades, this music video will still be a classic! It will become the object of imitation for all MV directors. ”

"So I don't know how Dylan and his fans are talking nonsense with their eyes wide open! It's hilarious! I recommend you to see an ophthalmologist! ”

After the article was published, all the controversy was quelled, and even if Dylan wanted to debate again, the magazine refused to publish it.

Because fans and readers have responded enthusiastically, they have begun to send letters warning the magazine to shut up Dylan.

Obviously, with the exception of a few recalcitrant elements, everyone is clear-eyed and knows what is better.

But that's not the end of it, it's just the beginning for SK8er Boi, as fans are once again starting to support it with their wallets.

After a gap of a few months, "SK8er BOI" has sprinted into the top 10 of the Billboard in one fell swoop!

To everyone's disbelief, only Avril's record label is crazy!

That's a lot of money! Even in private, the high-level leaders have decided that they want Don De to continue to be in charge of the MV of Avril's future records, and they must not cut off contact with her.

It is precisely because of such an amazing performance that major record companies once again handed the invitation to the CAA headquarters, which made Carl painful and happy.

I have to call Tang De every day to report which well-known singers have extended olive branches to him today.

But Donde didn't have time to worry about it, because the preparation of the "Chicago" film had encountered some obstacles.

On the fifth day of the drill position, some empty footage was shot in advance, which was the last day before the actors joined the group.

Director Rob suddenly discovered a very serious problem. That is, at the beginning of the movie, he planned to use a long shot to follow the actor as he moves around the nightclub to record the entire picture of drunken fans.

Unexpectedly, when the venue was looking at the scene, I made a mistake in the survey of the route, which led to the fact that when I tried the camera now, I found that the scene of the nightclub was very small, and it could not accommodate a large camera to follow the shooting.

And at that time, in order to express the excitement of the nightclub, there will be various group performances crowding the stairs and corridors, so that his creativity will not be realized.

So if he can't come up with a solution, it means that he has to change the lens temporarily, but this undoubtedly reduces the gold content of the film.

In his vision, this lens played a very eye-catching role.

So he sat in the corridor with photographer Dion and art director John to discuss this issue, and the cigarette butts on the ground were piling up all over the floor, and the sky was getting dark, and he couldn't think of a suitable solution.

Don didn't join their discussion queue because Rob wasn't looking for him, and he's been busy with other things on the set these days, from lighting to makeup to props and art direction.

He has been looking for someone he can work with in the future, after all, this is a crew that won the Oscar for Best Picture, or a musical and dance film, and his ability to make up for things like art props and makeup is certainly second to none in all of Hollywood.

Especially the stage art team, it will definitely be able to be used in the future, so naturally you can't miss this big treasure.

At the same time, he found that the Chicago crew had a lot of potential management problems, mainly due to the director, because he was not a good manager, and the on-set affairs were more left to the departments themselves, and it was no wonder that there were so many goofs when watching the movie

After improving these problems and establishing basic contact with some of the members, Tang De walked towards the lobby of the nightclub.

On the way, she met the costume designer Colleen, and she also greeted Tang De cordially: "Oh, dear, do you want to help the director think about the camera scheduling?" I feel like they're going to scratch their scalp if they keep thinking about it. ”

Many of the problems they have encountered in the past few days have been solved by Tang De, he seems to know a lot of knowledge in his head, and he can always find ways to solve those thorny problems, not like a full-time photographer at all, but more like a director who does everything in detail.

So Colleen thinks that compared to the main photographer Dion, maybe Tang De can have a good idea.

"Aren't they finished yet?" Tang De smiled: "But I do have an idea. ”

"That's great! I'll take you to them. Colleen had a pleasant expression on her face, and immediately pulled Donde to the director Robb.

(End of chapter)