After finishing the interview at the awards night, Ronald and Diane each held a statuette and walked to the Executive Ball hosted by the American Academy of Film Technology and Arts behind the awards hall.

This is the event immediately following the awards show, which takes place at almost ten o'clock. Those who have received nominations and awards are automatically invited to participate.

When they arrived at the ball venue, the first thing Ronald and Diane did was to engrave the statuette. They got to know each other better at this inscription ceremony at the 1981 Oscars.

There were many people to engrave, and everyone was queuing up. Ronald asked Diane to sit down and rest first. High heels and dresses are not for standing for long periods of time, but for photographers to take pictures. Standing like this is not fun.

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The reason why Meg Tilly took off her shoes was probably because she felt uncomfortable. Of course, her behavior later offended someone, and someone kicked her shoes off on purpose, which is another story.

"Ronald, do you want to come first..." Several colleagues who won the Best Picture Award with him also asked Ronald to engrave the words first. The trophy already had the award, year, number of years, etc., the same as everyone else.

text, but the winner was announced at the last minute, so it had to be engraved on-site using an engraving machine.

"No, we are all winners, in no particular order..." Ronald held the two statuettes and felt very happy. Although the trophy was a bit heavy, he didn't feel it at all.

The reason is that the key is the statuette for the Best Director Award. Now he can fully understand Spielberg's mentality of holding on to two statuettes last year. This director award is different after all.

After more than ten years, the post-Awarding Oscar Executive Committee Ball has also improved. Now it is not like when Ronald won the first Best Original Song Award, it had to be handed over to the Executive Committee first, and then it took many days.

Take the trophy with your name engraved on it and wait for it to be collected immediately.

So, now at the Oscars, there will be a scene of a large group of winners lining up here in tuxedos. There are only one of the producers of Forrest Gump, Polly Platt, and another winner for Best Set.

female……

This will definitely be criticized in some reports tomorrow. Ronald tried hard to get rid of these messy thoughts from his mind. Now he just wants to take the joy of winning the award and save it deeply like Microsoft Office software.

Store it in your own mind so that you can happily recall it when you have free time in the future.

"Ronald, you'd better come first, otherwise we all feel it's too much and ask you to queue up with us."

Also standing in front of the queue was Greg Landecker, the sound mixer for the "Speed" crew. The Best Sound Award was the only award for this film. These people knew Ronald, the person leading the project. It was special.

The status of those who receive this kind of technical award in the industry is not higher than that of stars and producers, so they all felt uneasy when they saw Ronald lining up behind them.

"It's nothing too much. We are all winners of the 67th Oscar. We are equal. Hahaha. Do you want some ice cream? I will get it for you..."

Ronald is actually not being pretentious. He just wants to experience and enjoy the feeling of winning the Best Director Award as much as possible. In addition, he also has a technical background. His first Oscar Award was for Best Original Song. He actually has something to do with these people.

Many common languages.

"Hahaha, then you're welcome." Greg Landecker and others were also unambiguous. They grabbed the ice cream that Ronald's assistant brought and ate it one bite at a time.

After a few bites of sweets, these technical experts all started chatting. They and Ronald were quite able to chat together.

"How do you feel about using the recent DTS cinema sound system?" Ronald wanted to ask about the production of this new sound system that has been gradually transformed in high-end theaters in America since Jurassic Park.

Everyone who has been to this kind of sound system understands the effect of DTS, but what are the difficulties in production? People who are not professionals really don’t know.

The first thing the audience perceives about this sound effect is high fidelity and better stereo reproduction. This Dolby system is different from the old system next to the film. It is a completely new digital sound system.

Therefore, like Dolby Stereo, it cannot be produced next to the film and then restored through the projector. DTS must use a special disc to store the sound encoding, and then use a separate decoder and synchronizer to keep the sound and image in sync.

In terms of production, it also seems very troublesome. It has several more individual channels than Dolby Stereo and Dolby Surround. The production workload of a common 7 1 system is also much greater.

Such trouble brings about excellent results. Especially the so-called dynamic response of sound, the frequency range that can be restored is much greater than that of Dolby technology.

"So, this is an action blockbuster like Life and Death?" Ronald touched his chin. General theater dramas, or dramas watched on video tapes, actually don't have such high requirements for sound. What DTS is good at

It is a movie with explosions and action scenes, which gives people a unique shock.

"Actually, romantic movies and musicals are also more suitable. You know, Ronald, the hearing of teenagers is actually better than that of middle-aged and elderly people." Greg Landecker also said about a sound mixer.

A little secret. Many people will have hearing loss in high and low frequencies as they get older. Only teenagers can hear the broadest and richest sounds. This type of film is specially made for them, using dynamic response and frequency range to make it more precise.

Broad DTS is also beneficial.

"Actually, I have one more thing to ask you. Do you know Roger Coleman, whom I mentioned in my acceptance speech?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Of course, of course we know this exploitation film tycoon..." These technical people have worked in all kinds of movies, and they are no strangers to Corman.

They were all curious about how a big boss like Ronald might need their help.

"I tried to get him an Oscar honorary award, but this award requires the unanimous approval of all executive committee members before it can be awarded. I found many directors to write letters of support, but unfortunately it failed this year..."

"Haha, you want us, as Oscar winners, to build momentum for him, right? No problem, we will write to the executive committee."

It doesn't take much to say something nice to these people, but being able to get their support will be good for your influence in the Oscars. After all, they will become the new judges.

Today's machines can engrave very quickly, and Ronald was very happy to get two statuettes with his own names, and he was about to add new items to his collection cabinet.

Ronald said goodbye to everyone with a smile, and was going to go to the variety show's post-game party with Diane. The party there would be more upscale, and the winners of these technical awards may not have tickets to go to Morton's Restaurant in Beverly Hills.

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It was a luxurious restaurant that had just opened in Hollywood, and it was chosen by Variety Magazine as this year's party venue. It has very strict access control, and there are many private rooms inside, which is very suitable for top Hollywood stars to have some private exchanges.

The two of them were walking outside when they suddenly saw a white man coming from a distance. He seemed to want to chat with them, but he felt too abrupt and did not dare to come forward.

Ronald recognized it. This was Steve James, the producer and director of the documentary Basketball Star Dream. This film is very interesting. It captures two high school basketball players with the potential to enter the NBA draft and records their struggles.

The story of fighting for a scholarship to enter university.

The entire documentary was shot very well. It is not the kind of animal documentary you see on PBS, but shot and edited using the techniques of a feature film. When the audience watches it, they will worry about the fate of the two protagonists and hope that the two protagonists will

Everyone can get a scholarship.

The artistic quality of this film is very good, and it was nominated for an Oscar for Best Editing. It is rare for a documentary to receive such recognition.

The excellence of this movie lies in the fact that it has a box office record of more than 10 million US dollars, and it was sold to TV stations for broadcast. It is a commercial success and has artistic value. Ronald likes this kind of movie best, so he also waved to him.

, have a chat with him.

"Hello, Steve, I really like your dream of becoming a basketball star..." Ronald shook hands with him.

"Hello, Mr. Li... I'm taking the liberty to say that I just heard your conversation with the winners. I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I have great respect for your behavior in fighting for an award for Roger Corman.

You are one of the few people in Hollywood who can treat the little guy fairly.

I also have an unfair matter here and want to get your help."

"Ha, you can talk to my agent and he will record your request." Ronald lost interest after hearing this and was about to leave.

"Mr. Li, what I want to say is that the shady story of this year's Oscar selection was that I was hacked by two brother bosses of a certain company and some powerful people... This is a very big damage to the credibility of the Oscars, and it is also

It's just as unfair as Mr. Coleman not being able to win the award..."

"Huh?" Ronald immediately thought of the Weinstein brothers. Did he have any dirty information about the Weinstein brothers?

"I'm going to Morton's Restaurant in Beverly Hills. I'll take you there..." Ronald gestured to him to talk in the car.

"I'm sorry, I don't have an invitation to the Variety Magazine Party, but I think the time on the road will be enough for me to make it clear."

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"Mr. Li, that's what happened. I think you can understand if I'm telling the truth after some investigation... If you need me for anything, please call me."

Arriving a few hundred meters in front of the entrance of Morton's Restaurant, Steve James, who had already told the whole story, took the initiative to stop the car, got out of the car and walked away.

Ronald continued to sit in the car and slowly stopped at the entrance of the restaurant. Ronald got out of the car first and walked into Morton's with Diane. The arrival of the two also caused a commotion among the guests inside... This

Is the big winner tonight.

Ronald hugged everyone and said hello. This was a necessary courtesy and social activity. However, Ronald was still thinking about what Steve James said just now. If this could be confirmed and then exposed,

But it's big news.

It turned out that the quality of Steve James' documentary was very good. The buyer, PBS, originally only wanted to make a 30-minute short film. In the end, the material was exciting enough and it was edited into a feature film.

After the film was released, it received rave reviews. In the end, Steve James and the two producers came up with the idea of ​​going to Oscars for marketing.

There are many examples in history of small productions that, after being nominated for Oscars, were re-released and achieved great commercial success.

However, they also made a mistake. They actually wanted to apply for the Best Picture and Best Director awards for this basketball star dream, instead of just the Best Documentary Feature category to which it should belong.

Because of this lack of appreciation, the Weinstein brothers were offended. Because they were also doing their best to publicize these two awards. Unlike Ronald's Forrest Gump, which was well received by the public, the Weinstein brothers' project,

It really requires public relations to successfully get nominated.

Moreover, it is actually very dangerous for films such as Pulp Fiction to be nominated. This film has a lot of innovations, and ordinary judges may not be able to understand those sublime points, but will find it a bit lengthy and dragging.

In other words, the ordinary actors who make up the majority of the judges are not very sure whether to vote for him.

In this way, the dream of basketball stardom, which also gained the spontaneous love of the media and the audience, actually became Weinstein's biggest opponent.

Harvey couldn't afford to mess with people like Ronald, but he tried his best to suppress people like Steve James, using many very shameful tricks.

In addition to the usual smear campaign, Harvey Weinstein also mobilized some people to spread the news in the circle, saying that Dreams of a Basketball Star was a documentary and was nominated for Best Picture, which was disrespectful to all producers.

Some producers really had objections to this, and one of their potential competitors was eliminated as a result.

However, this is not the reason for Steve James' anger. Their application for Best Picture is just a try. What they are really determined to win is the Best Documentary Feature category.

Who would have known that when the nominations were announced last month, Basketball Star Dreams, a movie that was very likely to win an award, was not even nominated. It ranked sixth in the voting and would be excluded from the five nominees.

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Steve James was so shocked that two of his producers launched an investigation. The end result was outrageous.

The Best Documentary Feature is not voted by all the judges like the Best Picture. Instead, it is selected by some judges who have experience in the documentary category.

Unlike the technical awards, there are not many judges in the documentary category, and few people have watched the films submitted for selection. Therefore, the executive committee of the academy convened the judges to form different groups, and then watched them together and voted on the spot.

Since many of the documentaries submitted for selection were poorly shot, they gave each on-site judge a flashlight. If they felt bored, they would turn on the flashlight and shine it behind them. If the projectionist saw too much flashlight light, he would

Stop the show and put down one.

There are not many documentaries that are worth watching. This method can basically select the shortlisted films every year.

Of course, "Dream of a Basketball Star" is very interesting to watch. No one turned on flashlights, but it was only ranked sixth. However, there were two documentaries with many flashlights, but they ended up among the top five nominees. Steve James and the others couldn't swallow it.

I couldn’t bear to take this tone, so I was planning to take advantage of the fact that after the Oscars, the fact that Basketball Star Dream was not nominated for a documentary would be revealed in the media.

Ronald saw Harvey Weinstein in the opposite corner, closely following Quentin. Seeing the sinister look on his face, Ronald had to admire him in his heart.
Chapter completed!