Director’s Legend

When I returned to the United States, it was already February 2. I was checking the progress of the crew, looking at the copy and samples, and it was past one in the afternoon before I knew it. At this time, in Beverly Hills, the most prestigious residential area in the world of Hollywood, the 82nd Academy Awards were announced together by the chairman of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Tom Sherak, and the famous actress Anne Hathaway. Like the list of award nominees.

Amid the expectations, "Slumdog Millionaire" can be said to have won a big victory, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Film Score, Best Film Score, and Best Film Score in one fell swoop. Best sound effects, best song (two), best sound editing, a total of 10 nominations.

It surpassed the 9 nominations of "Avatar" and "The Hurt Locker" to become the film with the most Oscar nominations this year.

Another "Sherlock Holmes" produced by Summit Entertainment won two nominations for Best Film Score and Best Art Direction.

At the same time, the Organizing Committee of the Academy Awards also called to invite Shao Shuaijun to attend the Awards Ceremony and serve as the guest of honor for the Best Original Screenplay. However, Shao Shuaijun refused straight away. With the embarrassing experience of the Golden Globe Awards, he is no longer interested in the award presenters at all.

The ten nominations for "Slumdog Millionaire" put Shao Shuaijun in a good mood, so it was very easy to film the film.

"Hey, Shao, how about this plot?" The on-site screenwriter came over with a notebook. "Teddy Bear" has many American elements. Although Shao Shuaijun knows the general plot, there are many places. All need authentic American screenwriters to help him supplement the content of the movie and correct the style of the movie.

The joke written by the screenwriter on the scene was that at a party, the teddy bear’s house was too noisy, and it disturbed the Chinese family next door. Then the Chinese stabbed through the wall with a knife, and stabbed over with one knife. Then, near the corridor, teddy bears fight ducks, Flash Gordon fights Chinese people, and the National People's Congress fights with many funny elements.

certainly. This plot is suspected of black Chinese. The Chinese are vilified. However, Shao Shuaijun didn't really think that the live screenwriter was looking for faults, because Americans just like this virtue, blacking themselves, black Russia, black Britain, black good friend Canada, there is nothing they don't hate.

In old beauty. This is called freedom of speech. in their movies. Even the Stars and Stripes of the United States were burned, and the president of the United States was blacked out.

Although this R-rated movie is destined not to be released in the mainland, Shao Shuaijun still has to take into account the emotions of the domestic audience. I didn't want to leave the place where I was scolded by them, so I thought about it and said: "Change it, change it to Vietnamese, and the name is Ho Chi Minh."

If you blackmail the Vietnamese, there should be no one in China to scold them, and there used to be a leader in Vietnam named Ho Chi Minh, with a "Ming" in his name, which happened to be similar to that of Flash Gordon's enemy, Ming Demon King. There was a war between the United States and Vietnam again, and the use of this bridge is absolutely amazing.

"Okay." The on-site screenwriter followed suit.

Shao Shuaijun handed him the notebook, looked up, and saw Scarlett's husband, Ryan Reynolds, who came to visit the class again, interacting sweetly with Scarlett. Turning his eyes, Shao Shuaijun shouted: "Hey, Scarlett, Ryan, want to play a game?"

"What?" The two came over.

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

"Of course." Ryan agreed.

Looking through the itinerary, Shao Shuaijun said: "There are two scenes for this character, one is at the teddy bear's party, and the other is at Scarlett's wedding. Both scenes have no lines. Oh, the only exciting thing is You can kiss, with your gay friends."

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

Ryan shrugged: "Although she is not a beautiful woman, a kiss is better than nothing, haha."

Ryan Reynolds can be regarded as a popular niche in Hollywood. Being able to come and play a cameo, the size is also a buying point, especially since there is no need to pay, Shao Shuaijun likes the feeling of using labor for free. He stayed in the crew of "Teddy Bear" all afternoon, and in the evening, Shao Shuaijun went to the crew of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes".

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

For the capture of outdoor expressions and movements, because the equipment is limited by the terrain, the three-dimensional trajectory is often biased. Not only does it need to correct the equipment, but also the three-dimensional animation trajectory. This is a time-consuming and labor-intensive project, but it is more difficult. Once Andy Serkis' expressions and movements are not in place, when he finds out, he has already spent a lot of effort to complete the revision. In this way, the previous efforts are in vain.

In this regard, Weta Digital and Sony Digital Company contacted urgently, and they are rushing to produce another set of more portable and stable expression motion capture equipment.

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

In this regard, the crew's proposal is to build a studio in the suburbs of San Francisco and build the interior scenery of the Golden Gate Bridge. Then it was an aerial shot of the Golden Gate Bridge, a combination of two shots, which were not actually two shots, and separate capture shots of the orangutans. It means that this lens will focus on tens or hundreds of small lenses and fit them together.

Very difficult.

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

Touching his chin, Shao Shuaijun nodded slowly: "This is the only way at present, I will arrange it now."

The Battle of the Golden Gate Bridge is the most brilliant part of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", and it is also the most difficult. For this reason, Shao Shuaijun had to work hard and try to get the regular part of "Teddy Bear" before the interior scene was built. Finish.

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

This day is February 28th, and it is also the last scene of "Teddy Bear", the wedding scene.

"Turn around, okay, perfect, card!" When Scarlett and Joseph kissed each other, 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 completed. After having dinner with the crew, Shao Shuaijun took all the copies and settled in the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" crew, preparing for the Golden Gate Bridge battle.

Just as he was immersed in copying, on March 1st, the American "ew" magazine selected "the 50 greatest contemporary film directors" and ranked the 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 An was ranked 22nd, 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, whose masterpieces are "Alien", "Terminator", "Titanic" and "Avatar". The third place is the great director Peter Jackson, whose representative work "King Kong" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, and the fourth place is Martin Scorsese, the representative work "The Departed". The fifth place is the great director Christopher Nolan, whose representative works are "Memento" and "Batman: The Dark Knight".

Ranked sixth is the great Chinese director Shao Shuaijun, who is also the only Asian director among the top ten, with masterpieces such as "Inception", "500 Days with Summer", and "Old Boy".

As soon as this list came out, it immediately caused a lot of controversy, because this list focuses on "still active in the front line" and has a great Hollywood preference. Not bad. Most of them are Hollywood directors, and there are very few directors in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

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

However, "ew" magazine explained later that this ranking of directors focuses on commercial nature, and the directors selected are based on the worldwide spread and influence of their films. Many directors' films are excellent, but the rate of spread is too low, so what's the point of selection.

A confusing list for people to read is not what "ew" pursues. What they pursue is an easy-to-understand list. Everyone who reads it suddenly realizes that this director, that director, has seen their What works and so on.

Looking at the list, Shao Shuaijun is also a little ashamed. His works have won too few awards. Among the top ten, most of them are hot at the box office, and the awards are also soft. He is the only one who wins the box office. When it comes, awards are rare enough. But this list is just a fun for bloggers, and you can throw it away after reading it.

Now he has to concentrate on filming "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", and also distracted from editing and producing "Teddy Bear". He plans 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 finished film, so hand it over to a professional editor for the next editing. Professional editing is more appropriate.

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

The indoor scenery of the Golden Gate Bridge has been set up, and we are trying to rehearse and experiment with shooting. Time flies, and soon on March 7, the 82nd Academy Awards Ceremony was held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. As the producer of "Slumdog Millionaire", Shao Shuaijun participated with the crew. (to be continued..)