Hollywood Domination Chapter 220: Two new works

Speaking of which, compared to the hard work of the actors themselves, the difference between the remuneration of commercial films and literary films is really big enough. The remuneration of "Michael Clayton" is only 5 million, and there are many roles It's laborious. In comparison, the three million yuan in "Iron Man" is easy and happy. Even without the blessing of the golden finger, Jenny just won it casually. It's a little difficult, she really doesn't seem to have acted in a love scene in a non-empathetic state, so it took a little time to find the feeling.

Yes, she played Pepper without empathy - not because she suddenly became proud and disdain to use cheating fingers to be lazy, but because Jenny found that manga movies do not seem to be suitable for empathic cheating, In other words, soy sauce characters are not suitable for empathy cheats, because neither the actors nor the script creators may have put much thought into it, which leads to the very weak emotions and experiences she gets from empathy. If it is the kind of original The soy sauce in the movie is okay. In this kind of manga-changing movie, the image and character of Pepper itself are very different in different versions of manga. When Jenny empathizes, she feels a very chaotic and vague emotion. It's not as good as she acted more solidly.

She has experimented with some characters in the Marvel universe. Except for Black Widow, the other female characters have similar problems, so it can be inferred that no matter which comic movie she buys in the future, even if This character has appeared on the screen, and Jenny can't be lazy and empathize directly when she plays it. But this is not a big problem for Jenny. For a commercial character like this, it should be no problem to find someone else's character to empathize with. The key is to find the right comic character that suits her, which is very important. If Downey was Captain America and Chris Evans was Iron Man, it would, needless to say, be disastrous.

However, judging from the schedule, this is at least something that will happen in 2009. At that time, her relationship with Marvel and the box office performance of "Iron Man" will affect the layout and progress of the project, so Jenny didn't think much about it. In this regard, we still focus on getting used to this latest shooting method under the guidance of James. ——After almost a year of pre-production work, James’s studio has also been completely upgraded, and the virtual reality shooting technology has become more mature. The CGI images of Jenny and other leading actors have also been completely designed, and now they can be seen in the camera The simulation effect of Jenny is more refined, and Jenny's character Nitri is closer to Jenny herself, and the expression of Jenny herself is more subtle. James' perfectionism is annoying when he's procrastinating, but once you see the results of his excellence, you'll forgive his procrastination and feel that it doesn't matter how long you wait for such an effect. worth it.

It is worth mentioning that Heath Ledger finally chose Christopher Nolan, whom he admired, and gave up the idea of ​​auditioning for "Avatar". Not really, after a series of complex games, the one who was finally selected to play the leading actor Jack Sally was not Sam Worthington, who was favored by the big manager, but the Australian actor Anthony Ryan. Jenny never heard of it in her previous life. I don't know if she is too ignorant, or this is the same world difference as Christopher.

——This is a multi-national mixed race. He started his career in soap operas in Australia and has also shot many independent films. It is said that he is very popular in Australia, but he is a complete newcomer to Hollywood. He is the same as the original starring Sam. Compared with Worthington, his figure is slimmer and his face is a bit more handsome. He is just 30 years old this year. He is already married and has two children. He has become the father of two children. He is a typical good man in Australia. Anthony was of course overjoyed to get this opportunity, and his acting skills also made people nod secretly in favor of Cameron's unique vision for casting roles.

During the first two weeks of the crew’s establishment, Jenny, Anthony and the rest of the leading actors were in a state of cultivation. At the same time, the crew was also modeling his character for Anthony. The incarnation of Jack is the protagonist of the movie. In addition to resemblance, it must also conform to the audience's aesthetics, so as not to fall into the uncanny valley and make the audience disgusted with the protagonist's image. In fact, the reason why Anthony was selected on the screen is also because his facial structure is very suitable for making beautiful modeling, making his avatar still quite pleasing to the eye even after having a wide flat nose, rather than Looks stupid, and in this regard, he greatly outperformed Sam Worthington. However, Sam also got another precious opportunity. Cameron, who also admired him, pushed him into the audition list of "Terminator 2018". If Jenny's memory is not wrong, inertia is here No kidding, he still has a chance to break into Hollywood.

Because the official shooting has not yet started, the schedule of the crew is not tense. They have to take some fitness courses and learn a unique performance mode-in this kind of project where most of the performances will be 'translated' into computer animation, the actors The way of acting is destined to be different from ordinary movies. All translations will lose information, and the transformation of "Avatar" is also the same. There are some small movements and eye movements. The animation effect will be distorted, exaggerated and ridiculous, or make people feel at a loss. This kind of acting habit should be avoided as much as possible, because it will cost a lot of money to reshoot or repair, and if it is repaired, the facial expression will be somewhat distorted. If there are too many such bugs, it will seriously affect the quality of the video. Therefore, in the special effects photography, the acting skills should be closer to the stage play, and the expressions should be made more forceful and excessive than usual, because the Na'vi people still have some animalistic remnants, and they often make angry expressions such as lifting their lips and roaring.

As the story of the whole film is almost centered around the male and female protagonists, Jenny and Anthony are of course also the focus of training, especially for Anthony. Shadow, which requires him to have two sets of performance skills with different levels of force but the same origin. This is also a requirement for his acting skills - although the male lead in a commercial film has little room to play, it is not easy to play well.

However, even so, the feeling of filming in a large crew is very leisurely, because of the coordination of the schedule, there will always be a lot of free time, the treatment of the big crew is good, and the studio is located in Wellington. After all, it is also the capital of New Zealand. Compared with the poor and remote Caribbean Sea, the accommodation conditions are not so high. In addition, Cesare contracted out the daily operation of the dream. Jenny’s happiness is better than when she was filming "Pirates of the Caribbean" It is much higher, but hers is not the top enjoyment. It is said that "The Hobbit" has a more adequate budget. Not to mention the excellent food, and even hires a band to accompany the leading role during breakfast time. In comparison, "Avatar" At most, it's just that they don't rush work, the performance is not difficult, and the accommodation is good. These are just a few advantages. With Kashen's bad temper and the world's highest shooting budget, none of the crew members dare to spend the budget recklessly. Honestly thinking about how to do my job well.

"Be lighter when running." In the collaborative work system studio, Jenny and Anthony both put on motion capture suits full of small dots, and wore facial photography similar to headsets The machine, listening to Cameron's personal guidance, behind them, there are many actors who will play the supporting role of the Na'vi. They are all listening to Cameron's words attentively. No one wants to be the one behind and is forced to bear Cameron's anger. "Like a cat, the design of the Na'vi has absorbed a lot of feline elements, including the action design. I hope you have a catwalk feeling when you walk. It doesn't mean that you must have a straight line, but that you used to The soles of your feet touch the ground, giving me a light bouncing feeling. Jennifer, your footwork is in place, but when you are bouncing, your facial expressions are often too cautious and relaxed, and your eyes are not right. Try it at the same time, let’s go again Give it a try and see the effect."

He went back behind the screen of the synergy system that was turned into a camera, clapped his hands and said, "Come on, give us some more running."

The actors have returned to the starting point of the studio. Following Cameron's greeting, they rushed towards the camera at the pace of the Na'vi, and each of them adopted movements. The instructor trained for two weeks. The catwalk technique that Cameron repeatedly emphasized just now: before the soles of the feet touched the ground, it felt a little jumping when running, and the center of gravity was slightly tilted forward, because the Na'vi had a tail.

This way of running is different from people's usual running posture. It looks weird in reality, but on the screen, it looks like a group of Na'vi people are running lightly, and James asked the actors to go back and forth After running twice, he nodded in satisfaction and signaled Jenny and Anthony to come forward, "Try to shoot a few arrows."

Speaking of which, the acting industry is also a very disciplined business. In order to act, Jenny has learned a British accent, horseback riding, martial arts and archery. Cameron is very strict about these details. A few days ago, Anthony's archery posture could not satisfy him, so he let the people present have a good experience of what the temper of the king of the world is.

The pair of handsome men and women picked up the bow and arrow under the sharp eyes of the director. Jenny drew the bow first, and shot an arrow with a beautiful and standard posture. With the applause and Cameron's approving eyes, the pressure on Anthony on the side suddenly doubled. He gritted his teeth and fired an arrow. Even though it could be seen that his posture was much more standard than the previous few days, it was a pity that the arrow missed the target. Said, compared with Jenny, his posture is far from chic.

"Are you a fool? This should be a very simple action." Cameron shook his head and commented. Although this was not considered angry for him, the harsh tone also made the atmosphere in the room drop instantly. It's freezing.

Anthony touched his nose and said obediently, "Sorry, James, I will practice a few more sets."

Although Cameron is somewhat unreasonable and ignores the progress he has made, Anthony has no intention of arguing with him, and most of the actors and crew members are the same. Becoming a veritable tyrant, moody, he often performed roaring feats, but most of the crew members endured it silently, and the whole crew was like this prostrate under his despicable power—except for Jenny.

"Actually, according to the role setting, Jack really didn't know how to use traditional bows and arrows at the beginning." Realizing that Cameron still wanted to continue shouting a few words, Jenny couldn't stand it any longer. She smiled and helped Anthony out. He said, "This kind of clumsiness may still have a realistic effect, isn't it? Maybe we should shoot a few shots of Jack's clumsy archery first, and when we shoot the battle scenes later, Anthony's posture should also change. It's very standard."

Once he was talking to her, Cameron's thin face immediately relaxed. He listened carefully to Jenny's opinion, thought about it, and said with joy, " It sounds reasonable, turning disadvantages into advantages-who, write this down, remind me to modify the shooting order, and shoot these few scenes this week.”

Although his attitude towards Jenny is so special, the crew members did not show dissatisfaction or jealousy. Instead, they all looked at Jenny with admiration and gratitude. 'Rumu' stared at her—it might be a bit nasty to say this, but Jenny, who was very favored by Cameron, was like an old hen, always standing up at the right time, acting as a director and an actor The lubricant between them makes these poor actors less subject to a lot of unknown anger from Cameron.

After such a short episode, the film crew took some experimental shots of the Na'vi walking and fighting. It is a very good action director. In his movies, there are always thrilling, appropriately exaggerated and very engaging action scenes. Even in "Titanic", there is an action scene where Ruth saves Jack. .

"Ok, we'd." In the end, he sighed and shook his head with some regret, but he still came to a conclusion, "Let's stop here today, and the filming can start tomorrow."

After hearing this sentence, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, several actors even exaggeratedly fell to the ground: before they passed the physical training, Cameron only allowed the crew to shoot some human scenes, and now almost All the scenes where humans appear alone are almost finished shooting. If the crew's schedule is delayed because they failed Cameron's exam, one can imagine how much pressure the cast will have.

When everyone packed up their personal belongings and left the field one by one, only Anthony put on the sports scarf again, picked up the bow and arrow and returned to the training field. Jenny walked to him with a smile, and said sympathetically, " It seems that you plan to work hard next, Anthony, do you need me to find Nicholas? He is a very good archery teacher."

"Thank you so much, Jennifer." Anthony hurriedly gave her a friendly smile.

"It's easy to do with your hands." Jenny bent down to find out the phone, and began to look for Nicholas' phone number. She did not forget to encourage Anthony, "You are very smart. With Nicholas' help, I believe you will find the trick soon. of."

"I'm not just talking about this phone call," Anthony said again sincerely, "Thank you very much, Jennifer, without you, I really don't know how I—we, would survive James' roar Come down."

"Oh, that." Jenny shrugged and said honestly, "Actually, I feel like it's my responsibility—it seems like I'm setting his standards up a bit."

She's telling the truth—why is James being tolerant of her everywhere, but Mary hasn't heard any gossip until now, and most people take it for granted? That's entirely because Jenny really has nothing to make James angry: report to the group on time, never arrive late or leave early, she has amazing understanding, basically mastered the tricks taught the day before, and became proficient on the third day. , all the rest of the actors are still quite far away from "basic mastery"... Coupled with her status as a big investor, and her close friendship with James, it's no wonder that James doesn't treat her specially.

Correspondingly, with Jenny's outstanding performance, the rest of the actors immediately looked very stupid, like James, who has a perfectionist personality, wishing that you could go to the 100-meter sprint to win the prize just after he taught you how to run. A gold medal, "Since Jennifer can learn it in one night, why can't you?"

Jenny can't say that she is relying on the golden finger relationship, triple the time to practice multiple times, and can empathize with Niteri to help find the state. You can't deliberately make mistakes and get scolded - she is the only actor in the crew who will leave the crew for many times due to personal schedules, so she just hopes to make a few more perfect reviews to please James and let him admit that she is not happy to leave the crew temporarily. will affect the state. But seeing that the actors in the first crew were scolded many times because of her, she felt really sorry. In desperation, she had to help the actors pass the test more, but in the end, she accumulated a lot of good feelings by accident. Now she is in The word-of-mouth among the actors in the same group is so good that they are like saints: Not only are they 'born to know', they even learn action scenes faster than others. She is withdrawn and self-willed, but cheerful and lively, caring and responsible.

"You are too good to be a mortal, Jennifer." Although she said this sincerely, Anthony was even more moved when he heard it, and he said half-jokingly, "You will not fly directly from heaven Hollywood, right? I mean, you're blaming yourself because we can't keep up?"

He shook his head and sighed, "You will ruin my patience when working with other actresses, my dear friend."

Jenny laughed, "You are exaggerating, Anthony."

Actually, this is not the first time she has received such evaluations. If the film crew is regarded as a love development game, due to the terrifying atmosphere created by James, she has used the opportunity to make multiple appearances. A "friend of the heart" achievement, or in other words, got a lot of younger brothers and younger sisters who sincerely follow. Although most of them are not high in combat effectiveness, their loyalty is very high. After brushing Anthony, who is bound to be a big hit in the future, she basically lost the favorability task of the human group... Jenny hasn't found out how useful the favorability of these actors is, but anyway , This is also better than everyone training and filming under James' high pressure, and maybe it will help her reputation and popularity in the industry.

Chatted with Anthony for a few more words, and after Nicholas came to guide Anthony, Jenny returned to her luxury suite in a five-star hotel—this time she could finally enjoy the treatment of a superstar, although she received Out of pocket, but the fact that the filming location is a five-star hotel is enough to make people grateful. She looked at her watch and confirmed that it was time for the phone call with Chris. Then she turned on the computer, dialed the number with Skype, and waited for the response from the other party.

"Hey," Chris appeared tiredly at the computer segment, and he rubbed his eyes to say hello, "Good afternoon."

"Good morning," Jenny replied with a smile, "Did you shoot the night scene last night?"

"Yes, the **** exterior scene can only be filmed in the early morning." Chris was still a little sleepy, and Jack walked behind him, shaking hands with Jenny, and handed Chris a cup of coffee at the same time, " How about you, has the filming officially started?"

"Not yet, that's for tomorrow." Jenny said, and chatted with Chris, "By the way, Mary will visit London in a few days, and I will let her stay in your hotel , by the way, visit the class for me."

Chris smiled knowingly, and he said casually, "You're welcome anytime, baby, you're welcome anytime."

Jenny does not deny that she sent Mary to find out if there are any dangerous factors in the crew, but this is by no means the reason for Mary to go to London. Rees rolled his eyes and said emphatically, "Another point is that Mary was in the pre-selection with Arthur in the past. The script of "Monroe" has come out, and we need to decide on Colin's candidate first. In addition, Arthur has also initially contacted several young directors who are interested in taking up directing, if you are free, you can chat with them with Mary to see if they have enough qualifications to direct."

"Oh." Chris also became serious, and he put forward his opinion seriously, "It's not that I don't want to help, but you haven't communicated with me about your thoughts on "Monroe", let me do it Are you sure you are qualified for the first screening?"

"I can't get away now." Jenny is also a little helpless, "Cesare is not familiar with this project, he doesn't even have time to read the script of "Monroe" now, you don't have to listen to their opinions on the script, Just for me to see if they are trustworthy, but only if you are free, I will talk to them when I go to Europe."

"Oh? Are you sure you will participate in the Cannes Film Festival?" Chris said with some surprise, "Didn't you say that there was a small problem in the later stage, maybe you can't catch up?"

"I'm not going to Cannes - that's next week, I really can't make it," Jenny shook her head helplessly, "I just watched the fine-cut version before coming to New Zealand, and Tony's cut method is really boring Yes, we have changed an editor, and it is expected to catch up with Venice in August, and I will definitely not miss it again."

She paused, "According to expectations, they will release another fine cut at the end of June, and I will just fly back to Hollywood to attend the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", and I can watch the film by the way, if you arrive If we can go back in time, maybe we can still meet..."

Although Tony is the director, he does not have the right to make the final cut. If the producer is not satisfied with the finished film, it is not uncommon for the film to be cut beyond recognition. After many games during the shooting period, the crew now has the most say The original producer is not Sidney, but Jenny, who has participated in the investment. Without her approval, even Time Warner can't set the version without authorization.

Of course Chris is well aware of this, so he was not surprised, but nodded and said, "Look at the progress on my side, so will you still hold the media preview meeting?"

"It will not be done for the time being, but I plan to invite some film critics to watch the fine-cut version with me. After all, my personal opinion may not be able to completely convince Tony..." Jenny and Chris counted the time. The final cut version, a small trial screening will be held in the middle of the month, and it will be sent to Venice in August. From September onwards, it will be the public relations season. Warner may go crazy. Daniel can’t participate in the promotional activities, and I have to shoot a movie. This movie is now No one can promote it at all, and their usual reward tricks are completely inapplicable..."

"Don't think about it now." Chris could only say in relief, "Let's look at the direction of the film critics first, maybe this film has no need for PR Oscars at all-"

Glared at by Jenny, he smirked and said forcefully, "I'm not saying it's too bad to deserve publicity, maybe it's so good that it doesn't need publicity?"

Whether it's too bad to be worth it or too good to be unnecessary, with Jenny and Daniel participating, "Michael Clayton" has become one of the most anticipated movies in Hollywood this year, and the critics have already I can’t wait to see the scenes of these two Oscar winners fighting together: Daniel’s "There Will Be Blood" was first shown at the Berlin Film Festival in February. His superb acting skills have attracted unanimous praise from the industry, and some even Thinking that he will be crowned emperor again, and Jennifer Jefferson's literary film career seems to have fallen into a low ebb after Oscar (with "Pirate", the industry is embarrassed not to add the attributive literary film), in "Pirate 2" His acting skills have been unanimously criticized, and he even has the momentum to become the best actress in the Oscars. Will the confrontation between these two be a catastrophic crush, or a close duel? Daniel, who was moved by Jennifer Jefferson, did he make the right decision, or was he a rare misjudgment?

Amid all the suspense, curiosity has already been brewed to a very high level. All the film critics who were invited went to the appointment happily, and some even turned down the originally planned vacation, waiting wholeheartedly for "Michael C. Layton's debut screening, counting the days to come: late May, early June, mid-June -- ah, the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" -- and then the The internal preview of "Michael Crichton" has been waiting for too long.

Alan Morrison from "Empire", Derek Ellie from "Variety Show", and Roger Ebert, who has been physically weak for the past few years but still insists on coming to the scene, can be invited to watch The film critics are all big names in the industry, and they are all old acquaintances of Jenny. Since her debut, these big names have given various pointers and praises to her performance. Judging from their film reviews, these people are all Pure supporters of Jennifer, but they also have high demands on her, and even said they were disappointed with her decision to star in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. Whether they can conquer them again, in "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" is not unexpected. After the bad reviews, let them support themselves again. Jenny knew that rhetoric and even tricks outside the market were of no use to Roger and his level of film critics. In the end, she could only let her work—— Let "Michael Clayton" and 'Karen' speak for themselves...