Chapter 1734 The epiphany of the King of Sunglasses
After completing "Carmen, Mong Kok", Wang Jiawei followed Yin Jun with anticipation and went to the United States and then to the Czech Republic.
Although he is an assistant director, Wang Jiawei has a lot of work.
Shi Shaoming was planning all the things on the set, while Wang Jiawei was responsible for the shooting of the camera. How could he express Yin Jun’s meaning when he stared at the camera?
This work is not easy at all. In the first set of shots, Wang Jiawei was scolded by Yin Jun once because he did not urge the camera to use a close-up of Tom Hanks' hands from a side angle.
Wang Jiawei has already made a movie of his own, namely "Carmen, Mong Kok", but in front of Yin Jun, he is like a student.
Not to mention that he has made a movie, even if other famous film directors in Xiangjiang come, they can only act as assistants by Yin Jun's side.
Especially for this kind of literary and artistic movie, it is Yin Jun’s specialty. Which director dares to point fingers at Yin Jun’s decision?
If you have the ability, you can also get two Oscars nominations for Best Director, two Best Film Awards, and one Cannes actor and actor?
Therefore, even if Wang Jiawei was scolded or accused, he kept silent and tried hard to correct his mistakes and cater to Yin Jun's needs.
After a month or two, Wang Jiawei finally found Yin Jun's pulse of filming, and began to slowly ponder Yin Jun's filming techniques and control the details from the perspective of an apprentice.
On the first day that day, only two shots were taken. Actors like Tom Hanks had to take pictures of the camera for more than three hours for a minute or two, and their hands almost flicked. Wang Jiawei was really frightened.
He never knew that there were people who dared to torture the Oscars like this.
I'm afraid only a great director like Yin Jun can shoot the camera so casually, without caring about which actor is in front of the camera?
I thought this was awesome.
But Wang Jiawei never expected that there was something even more amazing.
When he looked at Tom Hanks, who was so thin that he had almost only a skeleton, and held his body in a row, he was shocked after shooting a set of scenes of escape from the building.
First of all, it is for Tom Hanks' self-abuse.
No wonder he can become the Oscar winner!
I lost 20 kilograms before the show started, which is not counting. In order to pursue the best effect, I don’t need any post-touch or makeup effects at all, and I just lose 30 kilograms!
Tom Hanks is 183 cm tall. It is a relatively dangerous thing to weigh 100 pounds and have to film every day.
And it seems that during the last month or so, they will not only maintain it, but also adjust it at any time and lose three or five kilograms.
No matter what, after Tom Hanks finished filming, he would definitely not be able to recover his energy without resting for two or three months.
Thinking of Tom Hanks' role as a brother in "Rain Man", Tom Hanks went to the mental hospital for three months to stay. Wang Jiawei felt that this young actor would definitely have a bright future in the future.
An Oscar winner is not his end at all.
In the future, he will definitely become a superstar like Chaplin and Marlon Brando!
Even Wang Jiawei believes that after the release of the drama "Pianist", Tom Hanks is likely to welcome his second Oscar winner again.
Who doesn’t know that the subject of “Pianist” is Oscar’s favorite?
Thinking of this, Wang Jiawei sighed without hesitation.
He knew Yin Jun’s idea.
If it weren't for the script's restrictions, Yin Jun would have used a Hong Kong actor to star in his movie - just like "The Shawshank Redemption".
Everyone knows that if the protagonist of "The Shawshank Redemption" was not Zhou Runfa, it is really possible that he would win an Oscar-winning trophy.
But Yin Jun ignored it and directly modified the script, allowing Zhou Runfa to star in it.
Although Zhou Runfa was nominated for Cannes and Oscars, he was still not selected as the Oscars.
There is no way to do this either.
In the film industry today, even those filmmakers from Europe and the United States are in power. No matter how powerful Yin Jun is, he is not enough to overturn their deep-rooted rule for decades.
The reason why Wang Jiawei was shocked was Yin Jun's cruelty.
Others say that Yin Jun is a very gentle and kind person. To describe Yin Jun as "noble young master", I'm afraid that few people in Xiangjiang will not agree with it.
Even those who yearn for Britain and those who curse Yin Jun everywhere have to admit that Yin Jun does have the style of an ancient gentleman in terms of personal character and in terms of dealing with others.
But all these good reviews are not visible at all during the filming of the movie.
Wang Jiawei knew that Yin Jun's first movie, the first commercial movie "Life and Death" that successfully entered Hollywood, was very serious and harsh in the details, and insisted that all the actors take part in the battle themselves.
For this reason, Yin Jun's girlfriend Zhong Chuhong was also injured. Yin Jun was so scared that he ignored his identity and hugged her and ran towards the car.
This scene is also talked about by people.
If this movie cannot understand Yin Jun's ruthlessness, then the subsequent movies will fully let people know how harsh Yin Jun was when shooting movies.
For example, Sophie Marceau filmed the scene of giving birth. Later, Sophie Marceau said in an interview that in just a few minutes, she filmed for more than 7 hours in total, spanning two full days. The pain she suffered during this period was simply indescribable.
She even wanted to pick up a hammer and hit Yin Jun directly.
Others regard it as a joke, but directors like Wang Jiawei know that this is not a joke. Yin Jun forced Sophie Marceau to do so.
He was so cruel that he could almost break down such a 16-year-old girl.
For example, when Zhou Runfa was filming "The Shawshank Redemption", he also said something.
In addition to his prison experience for several months, Yin Jun also asked someone to dig an underground passage to let Zhou Runfa crawl out.
Zhou Runfa climbed seven or eight times in a row before he completed this set of shots.
When the camera was finished, his face and body were covered with wounds.
But do you think this is over?
Nothing at all!
Yin Jun specially chose to shoot this scene on a heavy rainy night. In addition to climbing the tunnel, he also asked Zhou Runfa to spread his arms in the rain without rest, tears and smiles intertwined, looking up at the sky, looking at the free sky.
Zhou Runfa also took this set of shots for more than two hours.
Then after the filming, Zhou Runfa was sent directly to the hospital for filming.
The suffering Tom Hanks suffered in "The Rain Man" is definitely no less than Zhou Runfa.
Not to mention his daily contemplation and role substitution in the mental hospital, he completely treats himself as an intellectually disabled person during the filming process, and the hardships he endured are hard to describe.
So, excellent shots and excellent movies were shot under such harsh torture.
So, Wang Jiawei began to examine himself in turn.
When I was filming "Carmen, Mong Kok", wasn't I too gentle to Ren Dahua, Lin Qingyun and Wen Bixia?
If I want to learn from Jun Shao’s cruel words, maybe I can go to another level and take pictures with a more stylish look?
Well, I decided!
When I finish my studies here and have the opportunity to start a second movie, I will learn from Jun Shao. Everything is based on the quality of the movie, and absolutely no matter what else.
Only in this way can a good movie be made!
With this idea, Wang Jiawei told Yin Jun when he finished work that night and had midnight snacks.
He regarded Yin Jun as his teacher in the film career. With these insights, he certainly wanted to raise them and ask Yin Jun to correct them.
Yin Jun laughed at that time.
The King of Sunglasses is indeed the King of Sunglasses. This talent is really unconcealable!
He could still see his own part by asking him to come over to learn how to film and how the actors express themselves.
Among the Chinese directors in his previous life, King of Sunglasses was the most harsh person. Secondly, Li Wu, who was the best director of the Oscar, and Xu Ke ranked third.
Even Yin Jun’s trick to motivate actors at the beginning—that is, the way to make actors constantly reshoot, was the way to motivate Liang Chaowei back then.
But Wang Jiawei didn't do this from the beginning. The route he took at the beginning was more hippie style, and even had a bit of comedy.
But when he gradually learned more about movies and had more ideas, he wanted to make some unusual movies.
"The True Story of Ah Fei" was born under this situation.
With his success in "Carmen, Mong Kok", Wang Jiawei fooled Deng Yanrong and asked him to invest tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, and even coaxed superstars such as Zhang Guorong into the crew.
Of course, the box office of "The Legend of Ah Fei" was extremely disappointing, and Deng Junrong was so angry that he was hospitalized on the spot.
Such poor results almost wiped out Wang Jiawei's path as a director.
Wang Jiawei was also extremely confused. He once decided whether he wanted to change his style, but he filmed some nonsensical comedy like his old friend Liu Zhenwei?
But at this time, the Xiangjiang Golden Star Awards came.
"The Legend of Ah Fei" won 9 awards in one go, Wang Jiawei won the Best Director, Zhang Guorong directly won the Best Actor Award, and the movie itself became the Best Movie.
At the Golden Horse Awards, "The Legend of Ah Fei" also won 9 awards nominations, and Wang Jiawei also won the Best Director.
With two awards and two best directors shining in one go, she was recognized by the two authoritative Chinese films. Wang Jiawei suddenly realized that I was born to make such a stylish movie!
From then on, Wang Jiawei went further and further on the road of literary and artistic movies and never came back.
He is also known as the No. 1 director of the art film in Xiangjiang. Compared with female directors such as Xu Anhua and Zhang Wanting, who can guarantee capital and win awards at the same time, he is even more famous.
It seems that in this life, Wang Jiawei's style of sunglasses will arrive several years in advance.
"Since you have this interest, then after you go back, let's try it!" Yin Jun said to Wang Jiawei, "I'll give you another script, I hope you can do better!"
Wang Jiawei was so excited when he heard this.
He originally thought that Yin Jun would say that he was a toddler in Handan, and that he was just a small director, but he actually dared to learn the way of an Oscar-level director.
Unexpectedly, Yin Jun directly affirmed his thoughts and also gave him a script.
You know, "Carmen, Mong Kok" has not been released yet, and I don't know what the results are, so Yin Jun gave himself another script?
Who in the world knows how rare Jun Shao’s script is?
Could it be that his talent is so outstanding that Jun Shao takes care of himself like this?
Thinking of Yin Jun's vision of knowing people, Wang Jiawei felt a little excited.
He wished he would end his studies here immediately, return to Xiangjiang, and devote himself to his new movies.
He also wanted to see if according to Yin Jun's model and his own understanding, would he make a more distinctive movie?
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Chapter completed!