Chapter 393: Each opens its doors
Chen Linfeng, Liu Qianqian, and Zhang Yimou took their seats in the Kodak Theater.
Soon, Cao Yu and Liu Qingshan also sat over, and Huo Tingxiao from Zhang Yimou's team was also sitting around.
This is the royal art of Zhang Yimou, who served as the art director of "Sunset" and also received an Oscar nomination for art direction.
In addition, Zhang Yimou's Zhao Xiaoding, as the photographer he still cooperates with, was nominated for the best photography together with Cao Yu.
Zhang Yimou's Lin Po'er, together with Chen Linfeng's handy Chen Xinzhi, participated in the competition for best editing.
Chen Linfeng is also credited as an editor, and his ranking is still at the top.
After all, he and Zhang Yimou argued for a long time about the editing, but it was Chen Linfeng who finally made the final decision.
It's just that he didn't do much work after all, and the main work was done by two editors, so he signed up for more names.
In fact, it can be seen from the list of these personnel that Chen Linfeng and Zhang Yimou were really restrained and tried their best to cooperate with each other, so that the perfect movie "Sunset" appeared.
Otherwise, just the disputes between people in the same position within their respective teams would be enough to cause a headache.
If they are provoked into infighting, don't even think about it. The work will definitely be ruined. In fact, many domestic works are ruined because of infighting.
Cao Yu secretly asked Zhao Xiaoding, "Brother Zhao, are you ready for your acceptance speech?"
Zhao Xiaoding patted his left chest and said, "It's all here."
By this time, the two of them were no longer looked down upon by those on the set. They called each other brothers and were very affectionate.
"We are hopeful for this one award. I don't know if Director Chen is hopeful of winning several awards. How many points have he prepared for his acceptance speech? I feel embarrassed for him just thinking about it."
"Brother is right, I really want to share this difficulty with Director Chen."
Liu Qianqian was also asking, "How are you preparing for your acceptance speech? Don't lose one or two sentences when the time comes. Audiences all over the world are watching you, waiting for you to perform."
"Don't worry, I'll definitely finish it in one or two sentences."
"Hey you," Liu Qianqian said angrily, "Who do you think I am worried about? You are still joking at this time."
"Haha, it's okay." Chen Linfeng quickly reassured.
Actually speaking, Liu Qianqian's mentality is still good.
This time "Sunset" won awards all the way, and she is also an important supporting role.
But there were only a few nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and she didn't win a single award, but she still managed to keep her mentality unchanged.
Chen Linfeng was deeply pleased.
And Liu Qianqian’s idea is that even if I don’t win the award now, my boyfriend does. Rounding it off, it means I won it.
Moreover, Chen Linfeng had already analyzed with her that it would be difficult for beautiful female celebrities to win awards.
She is convinced of this and believes that winning the prize will be the most difficult one.
Therefore, we have already made psychological expectations.
It can only be said that after getting together with Chen Linfeng, this person's face has also grown thicker.
In fact, she was already surprised when the Kansas City and Florida Film Critics Associations nominated her for Best Supporting Actress.
As a result, I have a better impression of these two places.
Awards for the best makeup began to be awarded on the stage.
Chen Linfeng stopped chatting and looked at the front desk.
After all, the camera has been recording the scene. If you are caught chatting all the time, it will be considered rude.
In fact, this kind of party may be fine for TV viewers, who can sit or lie down as they please.
For the live audience, it is a bit torture. Sitting upright for a long time, maintaining a performing posture, and making appropriate expressions at the right time is actually a physical job.
The Best Visual Effects Award went to "Avatar", one of the three most popular films.
This belongs to everyone and is almost impossible to give to others.
Regardless of the fact that this award is a technical award, it is the least important among all Oscar awards.
But Hollywood can reach the world, and visual special effects are the key.
Chen Linfeng hopes that one day he can win this award by relying on domestic special effects technology.
Or go one step further and raise the domestic special effects awards to the highest value in the world.
But how difficult it is.
The next best sound editing was won by "The Hurt Locker".
Chen Linfeng raised his eyebrows. Both rival restaurants were open, and he didn't know when it would be "Sunset"'s turn.
Then the best sound effects went to "The Hurt Locker".
Chen Linfeng thought to himself that the Oscar organizing committee would not take the email scandal seriously at all.
Thinking about the past life, it seems like this.
Although there was no racial discrimination stunt, it did not cause the demonstration to be so serious.
Is Oscar stubborn to the end?
Chen Linfeng looked a little serious.
Then, best art direction.
Among the five candidates, the magnificent colors and beauty of "Avatar" needless to say.
"Young Victoria" focuses on the art style of the Victorian era, which is also one of the highlights of the movie.
This award is not stable in Chen Linfeng's heart.
However, the name that the award guest Sigourney Weaver read was exactly "Tingxiao Huo, Zhang Yimou, "Sunset"."
Although the Chinese language was unbearable to read, Chen Linfeng recognized it immediately.
"Sunset" is also open!
Zhang Yimou stood up with a big smile, pulled Huo Tingxiao up, and hugged and celebrated with the people around him.
After the celebration was over, the two went on stage to receive their awards.
"Lao Zhang is still awesome." Chen Linfeng sighed in his heart after sitting down.
In terms of color and artistic beauty, he never falls behind others, even if "Sunset" does not use many scenes.
But the so-called dojo in a snail shell, even in such a plain situation with not many scenes, can achieve the ultimate beauty of the picture and make it touching. The more it can make people tremble in their hearts and bow down in admiration.
"Sunset" can be rated as a nearly perfect work. The ultimate beauty in the picture is one of the keys.
Zhang Yimou and Huo Tingxiao took the stage together.
Sigourney Weaver was very respectful and handed the trophy in her hand to Zhang Yimou, but treated Huo Tingxiao more casually.
But it's not eye-catching.
It's normal for Hollywood to take advantage of the ups and downs, almost to the bone.
The artistic achievements of "Sunset" are obvious to all, and the guests present were very convinced.
When Zhang Yimou stood up and was about to give his acceptance speech, the whole audience applauded, which was a huge honor.
In the studio backstage, Wang Rui was obviously excited.
"Best Art Direction, although this award is a technical award, it means that "Sunset" has reached a very high artistic level in terms of graphics and aesthetics.
In comparison, "Avatar" is about fantasy and magnificent beauty, while "Sunset" is about the beauty of art and life. At least in the eyes of the Oscar judges this time, the beauty of reality is greater than the beauty of imagination. ”
As a director and teacher who prefers art, Wang Rui said this with some personal bias.
But it’s true, art is greater than science fiction, which is also the main theme of this Oscar.
But then, the best photography went to "Avatar".
In fact, this is easy to understand. The shooting concepts and techniques of the first mature 3D masterpiece that spread around the world are destined to have a profound influence and can even guide subsequent directors and photographers.
The significance is too great.
At least this time, no work can compete with "Avatar" in this award.
Chen Linfeng watched as Moro Fiola, whom he was familiar with, came on stage to accept the award. He was also one of the photographers of "Infinite World".
He often asked for advice on how to shoot 3D movies.
Cao Yu also has a good relationship with him.
Then for the best original screenplay, "The Hurt Locker" took the stage to accept the award.
Chen Linfeng began to wonder whether the organizing committee was deliberately trying to manipulate the show's effect.
Is it really just one person per family, taking turns?
After Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Animated Feature Film went to Up.
This is also a relatively famous cartoon in later generations, and Chen Linfeng also watched it as the opening ceremony film at the Cannes Film Festival.
He couldn't help but think of the Minions.
If it were screened earlier, maybe it would be in time for this Oscar.
Unfortunately, it was postponed to the summer season.
Next up, Best Editing, "Sunset".
Wow, it’s really fun.
Chen Linfeng was still criticizing the Oscar organizing committee in his heart, but Liu Qianqian had already exclaimed.
"Xiao Feng, you won another award."
Chen Linfeng realized instantly that his name was still in the clip.
Only a maximum of three people can accept an Oscar award, which is just the right number.
Chen Linfeng tidied his clothes, celebrated briefly with the people around him, and then went on stage to receive the award together with Lin Po'er and Chen Xinzhi.
The other two people almost forgot the way to go. Fortunately, their emotions lasted only for a while. After taking the stage, they felt much better.
Tyler Perry handed out trophies to three people.
When it was given to Chen Linfeng, he lowered his head slightly and congratulated, "Chen, congratulations."
"Thank you."
Chen Linfeng took the trophy, hugged him, patted him on the back, and acted like he was familiar with the game.
In the subsequent acceptance speech, he let the other two speak first.
The two always obeyed orders and were the first to speak.
When Chen Xinzhi gave his acceptance speech, he mentioned the editing dispute between Chen Linfeng and Zhang Yimou.
In his words, "The biggest difficulty in winning this Best Editing Award is probably to consider how to choose between the opinions of the two directors. Fortunately, they finally reached an agreement among themselves."
Lin Po'er also mentioned this. She praised Chen Linfeng's editing choices and said that everyone present praised Director Chen's persistence, and the final result proved that he was right.
Zhang Yimou said this before when he won the award in Cannes, but the venue was different after all.
Nowadays, many guests on the scene have heard about it for the first time, and many viewers in front of the TV have heard about it for the first time.
Zhu Jun from the studio asked Wang Rui, "The opinions on the work within the crew are not unified. Does this situation often happen?"
Wang Rui replied, "In fact, under normal circumstances, a crew usually has a clear speaker. For example, in China, the director is the one who decides the final editing effect and is responsible for the artistic level of the work.
It's just that the crew of "Sunset" is a bit special. Two great directors co-produced it, and their status is almost the same. It's so rare. Fortunately, they were both purely responsible for the work, and they created such an excellent work. ”
He paused and then added, "Actually, Xiao Chen mentioned this matter to me. In his opinion, Director Zhang's persistence may not be unreasonable.
It's just that based on his own understanding, he believed that his ideas were less likely to make mistakes. Director Zhang may have given up on his ideas for this reason.
So really speaking, there is no difference between the two directors' concepts, they are just different choices. ”
Zhu Jun praised, "But it is precisely because of this that the collision of concepts between the two directors becomes more and more valuable. They have their own persistence and at the same time can give up soberly. No wonder "Sunset" is so recognized."
"Zhu Jun's words are very good." Wang Shuo would sometimes lament that it would be great if he also had this art of speaking.
But after thinking about it, I let it go, the style of painting is wrong.
Zhang Guoli said, "Wang Rui is right. It is indeed not easy for two directors of the same status to come together without any major collision."
Chen Kaige scoffed. With Xiao Chen as the screenwriter, of course he knows how to choose.
If he cooperates with Xiao Chen.
Hum~
Hey, the more I think about it, the worse it gets.
(End of chapter)