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After a month and a half, the filming of "Junuo" was completed, and the crew announced the dissolution. (Read novel) Say goodbye to Toronto, the quiet and beautiful Taobao women's Tmall Taobao Mall Taobao women's winter coat m, Natalie Portman boarded the plane to Sydney; and Wang Yang took the shooting results, He returned to Los Angeles with Michael Pete, Joshua and others. After attending the premiere of "High School Musical 2", Wang Yang rested for no more than two days, and his life once again entered the busy post-production of the movie.

When looking for an editor for "Junuo", Wang Yang naturally first considered and interviewed the old partner Margaret Goodspeed. In the previous two cooperations, they have cultivated a certain tacit understanding. As a female, Grete has unique insights into the story of "Junuo". After talking with Wang Yang, she also knows exactly what he wants, and understands the charm of this character "Junior, arbitrary, freehand, cool "It is also clear that the style and rhythm of this movie is" warm and sunny ". In the end, she passed the interview easily and the two collaborated for the third time.

"Juno" has a scheduled length of 120 minutes, how to edit? If from a certain point of view, this movie is similar to the rhythm of "When Happiness Comes to Knock on the Door", they are all character dramas, which are about one thing and the change of life, and promote the time and story. , "When happiness comes to knock on the door" is Chris Gardner wants to be a stock broker; "Junuo" is Juno pregnant. So the movie is still a timeline-style single-line structure. Juno found out that she was pregnant, conspiracy to abortion, and decided to give birth. Then it was a whole pregnancy. Family, adoptive parents, Poly, classmates, etc. all appeared on the scene, and finally Juno gave birth child.

The theme of this film did not discuss whether the teenage pregnancy was correct and did not preach; nor did it discuss whether the abortion was correct and did not express any kind of bias. This is a clever point of "Juneau", the rock girl Juno started She chose abortion. She was free to choose, which was in line with the taste of the abortion school who advocated that "women have the right to choose"; but Juno did not do that. She realized that the child in her belly was a life, and her conscience found that abortion was eliminated. This is also in line with the conservatives ’respect for life.

In the original version, one of the reasons why Juno changed her mind was that she met a Chinese student Su Qin at the door of the abortion clinic. Su Qin said, "The baby has already given birth to nails". Although Su Qin has no obvious accent, But her original lines have a few cold humor, and her rigidity highlights Juno's special.

Wang Yang did n’t shoot that much. This is a “bad habit” in the movie industry. He makes jokes with ethnic minorities and Asians. He wo n’t be angry. He laughs when he watches it; The vices will not agree with the fixed images of Chinese supporting actors "stiff nerds, overwhelming beating guys, or directly yin and yang harlequins."

Therefore, Su Qin's role was directly replaced by white people, which will not have any effect on the film; and Juno said, "You should go to China. I heard that people there give baby like free d." Wang Yang removed this line. He did n’t know what d was, and he did n’t know the survival situation of babies in China. But this is definitely a joke, and it ’s not funny for him. This is also a vice. Besides, he did n’t want his grandfather to slap his face, and then scolded “Xiao Yang, what did you shoot?”

These two places are only minor changes. The real change is the change in the core theme, and the focus of the story. The original "Juneau" is naturally a very good story and movie, but it wants to express and tell things, and He wanted to express it differently. Relying on these rich shooting materials, Wang Yang can make Margaret cut out a 90-minute "Juno" with the same story and theme as the original. Maybe it is the same as it, maybe it is better than it; but What he wanted was not this, what he wanted was the 120-minute "Juneau".

Will it succeed? Even if he died, he just wanted to make "the movie he wanted to make." The rest is still the same sentence. Make a good movie, make a good publicity, do your own work, and let the audience decide the rest.

However, as the year passed, and after a month and a half of shooting, Wang Yang's ideas were also very different from the original. The script was revised repeatedly, and the ending of "Juneau" also had several.

At the beginning, he wanted Juno and Poly to raise their children together, but now there is no "memorizing women into madness" at that time. After communicating with real teenage mothers such as Kathy, I heard her say that "men are assholes." "Sometimes I will be very regretful and annoyed, I ruined my life", how about Juno? Although Poly became mature and became an asshole, after all, he and Juno did not have sufficient financial capacity, and it would be a harm to them and children.

So in one of the endings of Wang Yangpai, the custody of the baby still belongs to Vanessa, the adoptive mother, but Juno and Poly will not decide not to take a look at the child, then when nothing has happened; Juno and Poly will visit the child From the beginning, she tried to adopt closed closed adoption. She did n’t even want to get pictures and dynamics of her baby; to the last open adoption; from disdainful attitude towards children, to thinking that she was a “mom”, she would be gentle. Looking at the child, this is the change of her mindset. There is no childishness and escape from what she learned from pregnancy. She knows what is responsibility and what love is.

The same happened to Vanessa. From the beginning, when she heard Juno talking about the ecstasy of closed adoption, to the final calm and happiness, she also had her own "pregnancy period", and she also learned something .

It was the baby who made them mature. The child was Vanessa, Juno and Poly. This ending is also the most favored and appreciated by Margaret. As a middle-aged mother, she said, "This makes me feel very moved and warm." After many considerations, Wang Yang decided to choose the ending for the release version; other endings It will be included when the DVD is released.

Post-production without special effects, in addition to the other most important part of editing, is the soundtrack of the movie. The soundtrack style of "Junuo" needs that kind of country style, young and lively youth, warm and natural. Wang Yang did not look for Jen-Kezmelik. Jane's style is not suitable for "June", he is The master of string and piano, his soundtrack always has an atmosphere; but not "Junuo", not the guitar, harmonica and the like.

Wang Yang didn't know many soundtrack artists. He tried to contact David Lawrence. There is no doubt that the soundtrack of "High School Musical" is excellent and excellent. The original soundtrack was sold out of stock, but it was a passionate style. Can David Lawrence do the country style of Juno? After some interviews, Wang Yang got the answer in the soundtrack room, and David Lawrence also became the soundtrack artist for "Juneau".

While Wang Yang is busy with the post-production of "Junuo" every day, "High School Musical 2" also gains its own box office in North American cinemas. As early as August 4th, when it was premiered in Los Angeles, it was logged in 2986 theaters in North America. Although the director is not Wang Yang, many fan fans have disappointed early and expressed little interest; but Tom Willing The popularity of Jessica, Rachel and others cannot be underestimated, and they still attract a large number of fans, and the script is also written by Wang Yang, which gives fans a lot of confidence in this sequel.

During the week of August 4th-10th, singing and dancing fans have poured into the cinema. These young people brought "The High School of Music 2" the first week box office of 36.452 million. This number makes it ranked second in the week. The first is the horror film "Transparent Human Demon", which was also released in the first week and cost 90 million yuan. It received 37.256 million US dollars. But the second week of "High School Musical 2" with 25 second "Transparent Man" only had 18.31 million box office revenue.

On Imdb, "High School Musical 2" scored only 5.8 points, "Los Angeles Times" commented on it: "This is a satisfactory sequel, the story is not bad, but there are no surprises; and in terms of shooting techniques, Sarah -Sugarman gave it a bit of feminine exquisiteness, but lacked the confidence and aura of the previous work. Almost the only bright spot in the movie was the magical guest appearance, which performed well. "I am very interested in Wang Yang's guest appearance. There are also many gossip media, "Daily Entertainment" said: "Magic Yang is very talented for acting, maybe he should direct himself, just like Mel Gibson."

Seeing this piece of news, Wang Yang just smiled and shook his head. With regard to the few lines and expressionless simple cameo shots, he was NG countless times, acting talent? Self-directed? Kill him

Although the ratings of the film are not high, film critics almost always say that they are quite satisfactory, but this is enough. Relatively speaking, it is relatively speaking. It can be quite satisfactory under the excellent predecessor. In other words, it is good enough. On August 18-24, "High School Musical 2" took the second place, with a total box office of 78.478 million. With this decreasing percentage, it is difficult to break the 100 million box office in North America, but plus it In the future overseas box office, according to the characteristics of the first market, the overseas box office will be higher than the North American box office, so the flame film estimates that its global box office should be close to 200 million.

For a film with a production cost of 30 million and a publicity cost of 20 million, the 200 million box office means that the profit is over, and the profit margin of the screening reaches 100%. If you count the surroundings, you can sell super sound CDs and DVDs. Wait, "High School Musical 2" is definitely a profitable tool, no matter which movie company will covet.

Wang Yang participated in a meeting of the flame film. The initial plan for putting "High School Musical 3" on the agenda is still the original cast, starring Tom Willing, Jessica, Rachel, Zachary and others. Continue Directed by Sarah Sugarman, this is also the final story of Troy, Gabriella and others. Maybe the company will invest in the production of "High School Musical 4" and "High School Musical 5" in the future, but a new story will be written by the new screenwriter, and it will no longer be an old face.

"Jessica, I have something to tell you." In the living room, Wang Yang sitting on the couch patted the position beside him. Wearing a large white T-shirt, Jessica, who was tidying up the living room, turned to look at him, and came over to sit down and said, "What's the matter?" Wang Yang put her arms around her shoulders and said, "The company is sure to make" Sing and Dance 3 ", scheduled to be released next summer."

"Well, I know." Jessica nodded with a smile, she had already heard Wang Yang said, which was expected. She looked at Wang Yang's eyes and suddenly asked, "Yang, how is your new movie? Can I participate in the show?" Wang Yang was startled and couldn't help laughing, saying, "Hey, sweetheart, my new The movie is "Junuo" after you said "Junuo", I don't have any idea now, I can't answer you. "He smiled and kissed her forehead again, warmly said:" Jessie, don't worry, there will be Opportunity. "

Jessica leaned on his body and smiled: "Well, then I will play" High School Musical 3 "first." She had followed Wang Yang's suggestion long ago, and don't just take too many film appointments. Avoid getting bad movies. The acting career is not the more you perform, the better your acting skills are. It takes enough time to think and precipitate. There are 1, 2 influential good movies a year is enough. As a result, she has only two works of "High School Musical" since her fame.

"Jessie, there is one more thing, I want to discuss with you." Wang Yang's mysterious smile, this matter should make her very happy, or? Looking at Jessica, who smiled suspiciously, he said seriously: "I want to buy a house, and then we live together." Jessica suddenly opened her mouth in surprise, and her heart beat quickly, and she straightened up and stared. Eyes said: "God, what do you mean ..." Wang Yang nodded and said: "Yes, living together. I know that Catholicism is not allowed, this is just my idea, you can do it if you don't like it."

I thought it was ... Jessica chuckled, she exhaled quietly, frowned and thought for a while, and said, "We love each other sincerely, and I believe that the merciful Lord will forgive us." Saying, she Crossed a cross, closed his eyes and said religiously: "Thank you, Lord."

"Then we have to plan well." When she heard her consent and waited for her to finish praying, Wang Yang hugged her and smiled excitedly: "You know, there is our future home, can't just do anything casually, you What kind of house do you like? "Jessica thought with a smile:" Well ... I don't know, but I like the bigger one. "Wang Yang looked at her and wondered:" Like the Will Smith family? "

"No, that's too big." Jessica shook her head with a smile ~ www.readwn.com ~ A flash of reminiscence flashed across her face, gently said: "Yang, when we first moved to Los Angeles, I did n’t live here. At that time, we lived in another rich community, where there were big and big houses, big and big gardens, swimming pools ... but not ours. "She smiled slightly and said," It was the smallest house in the community. It felt weird. My father thought it was the best environment for growing up. "

Wang Yang listened silently. He had never heard this story, but it must have been a not-so-good memory. She said again: "At that time, my dad was so busy that I couldn't see his face every day. My mother was doing some odd jobs, and the bad children shouted at me and Joshua 'roll back to Mexico' ..." She smiled again, and said firmly: "At that time, I told myself that I must make a lot of money, live in a big house, and let the whole family live happily."

"Jessica, let me make money. You are responsible for living in a big house and being happy." Wang Yang hugged her tightly and kissed her forehead, saying, "Do you understand?" Jessica smiled happily. : "Well, but I also have a lot of money now, and all I earn is your money." Wang Yang laughed: "That's the audience's money. Come and be happy, design our house." Jesse Ka nodded, thinking sweetly and saying, "I like to have a big garden with lots of flowers ..."

Looking at her happily breaking her fingers, Wang Yang smiled and thought a little boastfully, men are not all bastards.