Director’s Legend

When I returned to the United States, it was already February 2nd. I checked the progress on the crew and looked at the copies and samples. It was almost one in the afternoon without knowing it. At this time, in Beverly Hills, the most distinguished residential area in the world in Hollywood, Tom Sherak, chairman of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and the famous actress Anne Hathaway, announced the 82nd Oscar List of nominees for the like award.

In anticipation, "Slumdog Millionaire" can be said to be a complete victory, winning the best film, best director, best adapted screenplay, best photography, best editing, best film soundtrack, and the most Great sound, best song (two), best sound editing, 10 nominations in total.

It surpassed the 9 nominations of "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" and became the most nominated film for the Oscars this year.

Another film "The Detective Sherlock Holmes" produced by Summit Entertainment won two nominations for best film soundtrack and best art direction.

At the same time, the Oscars organizing committee also called and invited Shao Shuaijun to attend the awards ceremony and serve as the guest of honor for the best original script. However, Shao Shuaijun refused in one fell swoop. With the embarrassment of the Golden Globe Award, he is no longer interested in the awarding guests at all.

The ten nominations for "Slumdog Millionaire" made Shao Shuaijun a good mood, so it was especially easy to shoot.

"Hi, Shao, how about this bridge?" The screenwriter came over with a notebook. "Teddy Bear" has many American elements. Although Shao Shuaijun knows the general plot, in many places, he needs authentic American screenwriters to help him supplement the content of the movie and correct the style of the movie.

The scene written by the screenwriter was at a party when Teddy Bear’s house was too noisy and it quarreled the Chinese family next door. Then the Chinese took a knife and pierced the wall and stabbed it over. Then near the corridor, Teddy Bear vs. Ducks, Panther Gordon vs. Chinese, the two sides are fighting each other, with lots of funny elements.

Of course, there are suspicions of black Chinese people on this bridge, which vilifies the Chinese people. However, Shao Shuaijun didn't really think that the live screenwriter was looking for fault, because the Americans had this virtue, blacked themselves, blacked Russia, blacked Britain, blacked good friend Canada, there was nothing they didn't blacked.

In the United States, this is called freedom of speech. In their movies, even the Stars and Stripes of the United States are burned, and the president of the United States is also blacked out.

Although this R-rated movie is destined to not be released in the mainland, Shao Shuaijun still has to take into account the emotions of domestic audiences, and does not want to leave the place where they are scolded, so he thought about it and said: "Change it, change it to Vietnamese, just name it. It's called Ho Chi Minh."

The Vietnamese should not be scolded anymore, and there was once a leader in Vietnam named Ho Chi Minh with a "Ming" in his name, which happened to be similar to the name of the enemy of Fei Xia Gordon. The United States had another war with Vietnam. This bridge segment was used, which is absolutely awesome.

"Okay." The scene screenwriter was kind.

Shao Shuaijun handed him the notebook, and when he looked up, he saw Scarlett’s husband Ryan Reynolds, who came to visit again and had a sweet interaction with Scarlett. As soon as his eyes rolled, Shao Shuaijun shouted: "Hi, Scarlett, Ryan, do you want to play a game?"

"What?" The two came over.

Shao Shuaijun laughed and said, "Isn't there a **** group in the movie, Ryan, do you want to come here for a cameo?"

"Of course you can." Ryan agreed with one gulp.

Looking through the itinerary, Shao Shuaijun said: "This character has two shots in total, one at the teddy bear party and the other at Scarlett’s wedding. They are all shots without lines. Oh, the only thing that deserves excitement is You can kiss, with your **** friends."

"Wow, that must be funny." Scarlett laughed.

Ryan shrugged: "Although it's not a beauty, it's better to have a kiss than nothing, haha."

Ryan Reynolds can also be regarded as a popular niche in Hollywood. If you can come here for a cameo, the size is also a good buy, especially if you don't need to pay. Shao Shuaijun likes this feeling of free labor. I spent an afternoon in the crew of "Teddy Bear". In the evening, Shao Shuaijun went to the crew of "Rise of the Apes".

The progress of "Rise of the Apes" is not very smooth. The problems are mainly focused on two aspects, one is the outdoor facial expression motion capture, and the other is the Golden Gate Bridge battle.

Outdoor facial expressions are captured because the equipment is limited by the terrain, and the three-dimensional trajectory often appears biased. Not only the equipment needs to be corrected, but also the three-dimensional animation trajectory. This is a time-consuming and labor-intensive project, but it is more difficult. Once Andy Serkins didn't make his expressions and movements properly, he had already spent a lot of effort to finish the correction by the time he discovered it. In this way, all the previous efforts were wasted.

In this regard, Weta Digital and Sony Digital have urgently contacted and are rushing to produce another more portable and stable facial expression motion capture device.

Another problem requires teamwork. The Golden Gate Bridge is a landmark building in San Francisco. It connects the Golden Gate Strait and has a total length of more than 1,900 meters. The bridge is not only busy with traffic, but also has great historical value. It is a miracle of modern bridge engineering. Therefore, during the Golden Gate Bridge Battle, permission to shoot on the Golden Gate Bridge could not be obtained.

In response, the crew’s proposal was to build a studio in the suburbs of San Francisco to build an indoor set of the Golden Gate Bridge. Then aerial photographs of the Golden Gate Bridge, the two lenses are integrated together, in fact it is not two lenses, and the orangutans are captured separately. It means that this lens will focus on dozens or hundreds of small lenses and fit them together.

The difficulty is great.

"Build now, and the Golden Gate Bridge indoor scene should be built in a month. Half a month should be enough for shooting, and it won't delay our shooting progress." Joe Lerett said to Shao Shuaijun with the calculated conclusion.

Touching his chin, Shao Shuaijun nodded slowly: "There is only this way at the moment, I'll go ahead and set it up."

The Golden Gate Bridge battle is the most brilliant part of "Rise of the Apes", and the difficulty is also the most difficult. For this reason, Shao Shuaijun had to work hard and strive to make the regular part of "Teddy Bear" before the indoor scene was built. End.

Time flies, and February passed in a blink of an eye.

This day is February 28, the last set of shots of "Teddy Bear", the wedding scene.

"Turn and turn, okay, perfect, card!" When Scarlett and Joseph kissed together, Shao Shuaijun couldn't wait to call out the card. In this way, the last set of shots ended perfectly and "Teddy Bear" was officially finished. After dinner with the crew, Shao Shuaijun took all the copies and settled on the crew of "Rise of the Apes" in preparation for the Golden Gate Bridge battle.

While he was immersed in copying, on March 1st, the American "EW" magazine named the "50 Greatest Contemporary Film Directors" and ranked directors who are still active in the front line. "EW" is "Entertainment Weekly", a very influential worldwide magazine.

In the "EW" selection, three Chinese directors were selected, Li Yu won the 22nd ranking, and Wang Jiawei was ranked 45th.

Ranked first is the great director Steven Spielberg, whose masterpieces are "Jaws", "Jurassic Park" and "Saving Private Ryan". Ranked second is the great director James Cameron, his representative works "Alien", "Terminator", "Titanic" and "Avatar". Ranked third is the great director Peter Jackson, the representative of the "King Kong" and "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and fourth is Martin Scorsese, the representative of "The Infinite Walker". Ranked fifth is the great director Christopher Nolan, whose representative works are "Memories" and "Batman: The Dark Knight."

Ranked sixth is the Chinese director Shao Shuaijun, who is also the only Asian director among the top ten. His representative works are "Inception", "500 Days with Summer" and "Old Boy".

The single appearance of this list immediately caused a lot of controversy, because this list focuses on "still active on the front line" and has a big Hollywood preference. The selected directors have had works published and responded in recent years. Not bad. Most of them are Hollywood directors, and there are very few directors in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

For Shao Shuaijun’s ranking, the Chinese naturally think this ranking is good, but people from other countries, such as South Korea and Japan, think that Shao Shuaijun’s ranking is high. As for the Japanese director, Hayao Miyazaki, ranked 37, is generally considered to be too low.

However, "EW" magazine explained later that this director ranking focuses on the commercial nature, and the directors selected are all interested in the worldwide spread and influence rate of their films. Many directors’ films are excellent, but the dissemination rate is too low. What is the significance of the selection?

A list of people who have been shown and confused is not the pursuit of "EW". What they pursue is an easy-to-understand list. Everyone saw it and suddenly realized that this director and that director have seen theirs. What works and so on.

Looking at the list, Shao Shuaijun is also a little embarrassed. His work has won too few awards. Among the top ten, most of them are hot at the box office, and the awards are also soft. Only he wins at the box office. When it comes, the award is rare enough. However, this list is just a pleasure for bloggers, and you can throw it away after reading it.

He is now going to concentrate on filming "Rise of the Apes" and editing "Teddy Bear" with utmost attention. He is going to edit "Teddy Bear" into a 160-minute director's cut version, and then hand it over to professional editors for the next editing. For this kind of R-rated comedy, he is not sure about the film, so Professional editing is more appropriate.

Therefore, it can be said that in two months, he completely ended the filming of "Teddy Bear".

The indoor set of the Golden Gate Bridge has been set up, and the rehearsal and test shooting have begun. Time flew fast, and soon came March 7. The 82nd Oscars ceremony was held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. As the producer of "Slumdog Millionaire", Shao Shuaijun participated with the crew. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)