Chapter 650 Returning to China
In the evening, Wang Shu attended the party of the cast and crew.
Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, David Gias and others were present.
As for Little Murphy and others who have not yet joined the cast, their scenes will be filmed at the end, so they will be the last to join the cast.
David Gias is black, which is one of the most politically correct things to do in America if the movie wants to compete for awards.
During the party, no one talked about work, only interesting things in life or in the industry.
"Shu, I heard that your first film won an award at the Berlin Film Festival, right?" Jessica Chastain looked at Wang Shu and asked curiously.
Wang Shu saw everyone looking over and replied: "It's just a small prize."
It was the first time for David Geas to cooperate with Wang Shu. He didn’t know much about Wang Shu’s past. He was surprised when he heard this: “So, Jessica is right, Shu, you are really the number one.” The movie won an award at the Berlin Film Festival? ”
Wang Shu nodded and explained: "The Alfred Ball Silver Bear Award is just a consolation prize, not a grand prize."
"Oh!" David Gias exclaimed, "Shu, even if the Alfred Ball Silver Bear Award is a consolation prize, that was your first movie?!"
"For any other director, it would be extremely rare for his first film to be successful, let alone win an award at the Berlin Film Festival!"
Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and others heard this and nodded in agreement.
David Gias is right, "Buried Alive" is Wang Shu's first film.
His first film won an award at the Berlin Film Festival. This kind of talent and strength is beyond the reach of many directors.
Moreover, this also shows that it is expected that Wang Shu can win the Academy Award for Best Director.
Anne Hathaway had investigated Wang Shu’s information and couldn’t help but said: “If you knew that Shu’s second award-winning film went to the Cannes Film Festival, it not only won the Best Screenplay Award, but also won the Are you even more surprised to have won a Cannes Best Actress?”
"Ah?" David Gias looked at Wang Shu in disbelief.
The first award-winning film went to Berlin and won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award, and the second award-winning film went to Cannes and won the Best Screenplay Award and a Cannes Best Actress? !
This.
Jessica Chastain saw that David Gias didn't know much about Wang Shu's information, so she smiled and said again: "David, if you knew that Shu's third award-winning film went to the Venice Film Festival and got it Best Director at Venice Film Festival ”
"The fourth impact film came to the Oscars and won the first Oscar for Best Director."
"The fifth award-winning film, "Life of Pi," Shu once again won the Oscar for Best Director."
"Are you surprised by this?"
David Gias was stunned after hearing Jessica Chastain's words. He had previously thought that Wang Shu was just a great director who had won the Academy Award for Best Director, but he didn't expect that Wang Shu was so powerful.
Whether it’s an Oscar or Europe’s top three, winning awards is like drinking water.
Make one film and win an award.
Hiss~
I couldn't help but take a long breath in my heart.
"Tree!" David Gias gave a thumbs up to Wang Shu.
Anne Hathaway couldn't help but ask: "Shu, when will you make art films again?"
"Interstellar" is a commercial film, not an art film.
Although there are artistic elements in this film, it is still a commercial film after all.
Commercial films may win Golden Globes and may be nominated for Oscars, but it is usually difficult to win Oscars.
When Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain and others heard this, they all looked at Wang Shu.
They know very well that Wang Shu is not only good at commercial films, but also at artistic films.
If you have the opportunity to participate in an art film directed by Wang Shu, you may be nominated for an Oscar or even win an award.
Of the people here, except for Wang Shu, who won an Oscar for Best Director, none of the others had an Oscar for an actor.
"We have no plans for this yet. We will wait until the filming of the film is completed." Wang Shu continued.
Matthew McConaughey asked: "Is there no satisfactory script?"
After saying that, he then explained, "I saw many producers handing you scripts."
"That's right." Wang Shu responded.
When several people heard what Wang Shu said, they thought that Wang Shu really didn't have a satisfactory script, so they didn't ask any more questions.
Anne Hathaway smiled and said: "Shu, if there is a suitable role in an art film in the future, I hope you will consider me."
Jessica Chastain heard this and quickly said: "Tree, and me."
Matthew McConaughey and others were not embarrassed and said with a smile: "Shu, we think so too."
Jessica Chastain's words just now made it clear to everyone here that Wang Shu is really capable of making art films.
If you have the opportunity to participate in an art film directed by Wang Shu, as long as you perform well enough, you might be able to win a statuette.
Compared with many major directors in Hollywood, Wang Shu's film appointments are definitely at the forefront for them.
The few people continued chatting for about two hours, and then dispersed because they had to film a movie tomorrow.
Wang Shu had just returned to the hotel and had taken a shower when the doorbell rang. When he opened it, he saw that it was Anne Hathaway.
"Tree~" Anne Hathaway blinked her crystal eyes.
Wang Shu smiled back and shifted his position to let the other party in.
"It's so late and you're not sleeping in the hotel room. What are you doing here?" Wang Shu teased, knowingly.
"What do you think?" Anne Hathaway bit her lip and asked playfully.
Wang Shu did not answer, but grabbed the other person and kissed them together.
The two kissed for a while, and when they were about to get deeper, the doorbell rang again.
Anne Hathaway and Wang Shu looked at each other, and she whispered nervously: "Go and see what's going on, and don't let anyone in."
Compared to Wang Shu, Anne Hathaway is obviously much more nervous.
This is because Anne Hathaway is not single, but has a boyfriend.
As for why you are like this with Wang Shu even if you have a boyfriend...
Let's just say, this is very common in Hollywood.
Wang Shu nodded, stood up and went to open the door.
When I opened the door, I saw Jessica Chastain standing at the door.
Jessica Chastain held the script in her hand and said with a smile: "Shu, I don't understand some of the content in the script. Can you explain it to me? Please~"
"..." When Wang Shu heard this, he knew that the show was fake, but actually he had other intentions. Although with his helpful character, he really wanted to agree to the other party.
But Anne Hathaway was in the room, and she came at the wrong time.
So Wang Shu whispered: "Jessica, I'm a little tired today and want to rest."
When Jessica Chastain heard this, her face froze, and she was so embarrassed that she was at a loss.
Wang Shu saw the other party's expression in his eyes. He was kind-hearted after all, and then said: "Jessica, I'm really tired today. How about you come back tomorrow? I'll tell you tomorrow."
When Jessica Chastain heard this, she believed that Wang Shu was really tired and wanted to rest, instead of rejecting her self-recommended pillow mat. A smile suddenly appeared on her face and she said: "Okay, Shu, I'll come back tomorrow. Looking for you, since you are tired, go to bed early.”
"Yes." Wang Shu responded, and when he saw the other party turning around, he closed the door.
"Who?" Anne Hathaway asked curiously.
The room Wang Shu lived in was a suite, and Anne Hathaway was in the room. In addition, Wang Shu and Jessica Chastain didn't speak loudly, so she didn't hear them clearly.
"Staff from the crew, please come to me if you have any questions." Wang Shu replied without thinking.
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What he said is correct. Jessica Chastain is also a staff member of the crew. Saying this is not deceiving Anne Hathaway.
When Anne Hathaway heard this, she was no longer curious, put her hands on Wang Shu's shoulders, and took the initiative to kiss him.
Then...
In the following days, the filming work went on in an orderly manner.
The large conference room at Paramount Studios is connected to a spacious office, allowing Professor Brand (Michael Caine) and Murphy (Jessica Chastain) to discuss esoteric scientific theories.
PracticalT8 fluorescent tubes in the ceiling are added with 1/8 CTO light film to add warmth and create ambient light levels.
The actors were illuminated by a 2x2KINOFLO, surrounded by handheld VHO120LiteRibbon light strips, and diffused by Lee129HeavyFrost.
"The LED housings were originally intended for use on the spacecraft set, but ended up being used on every set. Because they were battery powered, I could run around with Hoyt and hold the housings up next to the camera as eyes. Light." Wang Shu told Anne Hathaway and others.
Cooper and Professor Brand's daughter (Anne Hathaway), scientists Doyle (Wes Bentley) and Romilly (David Gyasi) embark on this journey to the universe Single Lane.
Paramount's Stage 30 sound stage houses the main Ever Given set and two "zero-gravity" vertically oriented segments; the full-scale Ever Given vehicle and spacecraft lander are mounted on hydraulic gimbals - which are It was built at Stage 26 and Stage 27 studios by special effects coordinator Scott Fisher and his team.
Wang Shu has always said that this movie was very troublesome to shoot. This is not just a casual statement, but it is true.
In order to achieve the effect of Nolan's version of "Interstellar", many details had to be refined.
Otherwise, both the pictures, the plot, and the scenes in the film will give people a cheap feeling.
And if you don’t want to be cheap, you have to work with a professional special effects team.
At Wang Shu's reminder, the crew got some inspiration from "2001: A Space Odyssey", such as the Ever Given artificially creating gravity through centrifugal force.
For such a science fiction blockbuster, it is impossible for Wang Shu to control all the details.
Therefore, he will put forward some ideas to the crew from time to time based on Nolan's version of "Interstellar", and then work together.
The effect of this was very good, everything went as he expected.
For example, in order to make the audience feel that the Eternal is spinning against the light of a bright star.
Wang Shu called the lighting engineer of the crew and told him: "I saw the reference material of the International Space Station. It is very dark there, so the sunlight coming in will be very bright."
At Wang Shu's suggestion, the lighting engineer hired an electrician to get six boxed Mole20K lights near the windows on site.
The dimmer would use a DMX-controlled shutter to turn off the lights before they were panned back and reset.
When filming the scene of the Eternal, Wang Shu called in the crew and said: "We hope to get rid of the typical 'movie spaceship' aesthetic."
"If you don't understand, you can look at more NASA materials from Imax and see if you get any inspiration."
"I wanted to be more like an Amtrak train, or inside a tank. Then I simulated the claustrophobic feel by tightening the scene and making it 100 percent real."
The crew carried out the work in an orderly manner according to Wang Shu's requirements and suggestions.
To cover all the windows in the Ever Given's main set, an 80'x300' muslin painted white had to be used as a canopy.
Los Angeles-based Background Images operates two 2K xenon projectors, which are mounted on the panning head of a large forklift, 0.76m by 1.27m from the screen. The software suite WATCHOUT controls both projectors, simultaneously outputting dual or separate image streams on a schedule for multiple sequences.
Franklin and co-director Andrew Lockley delivered content from workstations below the Ever Given.
After the content is delivered, it only takes a few minutes for the new digital elements to appear on the screen for Wang Shu's approval.
This time, in order to rush the work, Wang Shu also produced special effects while filming.
If something comes from nothing, it will definitely be difficult to do this.
But the content of the movie "Interstellar" is in Wang Shu's mind, so he can completely operate in this way.
For him, he wanted to finish the "Interstellar" project early so that he could start other work.
With the busy work on time every day, May is approaching in a blink of an eye.
On April 27, Wang Shu returned to China and the crew of "Interstellar" stopped production.
Wang Shu returned to China this time because "The Night the Comet Came" will be released on May 1st. As an investor and director, he returned to China to cooperate with the promotion.
Prior to this, the main creative actors such as Sun Li, Chen Kun, Chen Hao, and Deng Chao had been cooperating with the promotion of the movie, and they have been promoting it for less than half a month now.
Actors are a front-stage profession, and publicity work is primarily based on actors.
For a behind-the-scenes career like directing, you can just show up a little before the movie is released, or do some interview shows.
When Wang Shu came back this time, he immediately accepted an interview from Sina Entertainment, and then accepted interviews from Sohu and Tencent Entertainment.
Not only him, but Sun Li, Deng Chao, etc. also accepted interviews and appeared on programs to promote the movie.
For example, Sun Li, Chen Kun, Chen Hao, Deng Chao, Liu Yan, and Jiang Wu went to Mango Channel's "Happy Camp" together.
The production cost of "The Night When the Comet Came" was 1,000W, and the publicity cost was 3,000W.
This 3000W is not in vain.
"Shu, are you finally back?" Sun Li couldn't help but make a phone call after learning the news of Wang Shu's return to China.
Her schedule during this period has been arranged by Yishu Company, China Film and her agency.
Although China Film did not participate in the production of "The Night the Comet Came", China Film was responsible for the distribution of the film.
To be precise, China Film Distribution is responsible.
(End of chapter)