The Best Newcomer award, as the opening competition of the Academy Awards every year, naturally attracts a lot of attention.
This year, because Jiang Yuan joined the competition, the Newcomer Award category received a lot more attention.
Many media outlets immediately squatted before the live broadcast or at the scene, waiting for the awards to be announced as soon as possible, and then sent out multiple versions of the press release prepared in advance.
There are multiple categories for the Newcomer Award, basically all of which are individual awards.
Such as Best New Actor and Actor of the Year, Best New Screenwriter of the Year, New Director, etc.
Among them, Jiang Yuan is no longer eligible for the two category awards of Best New Actor and Screenwriter of the Year.
The only one who is eligible to be shortlisted is the new director who is the most important among the newcomer awards and is also announced at the end of the list.
Among the candidates for new directors, one as famous as Jiang Yuan is the rarest lineup in the history of the Academy Awards.
The rest of the directors are not famous from the public perspective, and it is rare for some movie titles to be somewhat famous.
Until the time when the New Director Award was presented, Jiang Yuan acted relatively calmly.
Among the previous awards, the only one that could attract some attention to Jiang Yuan and others was the Best New Actress of the Year.
As a cross-border film actor, Shang Yan'er is indeed in the category of new actors.
The performance of playing two roles in "Love Letter" can be regarded as one of the best among new actors.
Coupled with the double success of "Love Letter" in word-of-mouth and box office, it is not surprising that it was shortlisted for this award.
She is even predicted to be the most likely candidate to win the Best New Female Artist in the eyes of many people.
"The next thing to be awarded is the award for the best new female actor this year. There are a total of shortlisted actors..."
After the award presenter said this in a very formal tone, the big screen also began to play the highlight performances of the shortlisted actors in their respective works.
Jiang Yuan and others also learned about some of the competing films at this stage through the clips of the previous Best Male Newcomer nominees.
The shortlisted films for Best New Female Actor are somewhat different from the previous films.
Because there is no special award for Best Newcomer Supporting Actor in the Newcomer Award category, there are also many newcomers who have contributed highlight performances among the shortlisted actors for the Best Newcomer Award.
Before watching the performances of these shortlisted clips, Jiang Yuan and Fu Yunshen, or the entire crew, were relatively confident that Shang Yan'er would win the award.
The main reason is that as a newcomer to cross-border acting, Shang Yan'er's performance in the movie can no longer be said to be a newcomer actor.
But the performances of the actors competing for awards together with Shang Yan'er were also not weak.
There are many academics and actors who are born with great aura. After the performances of the shortlisted actors were seen on the big screen, the final result of the award became confusing again.
"The above are all the new actors who were shortlisted this time." After the short video was played, the awarding guests also began to open the envelopes containing the results in their hands.
The envelope of the Academy Awards is very elegantly designed, with a black and gold color scheme, and is decorated with some prints related to film elements, such as film.
While the envelope was being opened, Jiang Yuan could clearly feel that Shang Yan'er beside him was getting a little nervous.
It wasn't obvious on his expression, but since he was familiar with Shang Yan'er, Jiang Yuan could clearly feel that the other person's body had become a lot tighter. This was a typical manifestation of Shang Yan'er's nervousness.
Regarding the award for Best New Actor, Shang Yaner takes it very seriously.
After all, it is an award that you only have one chance to compete for. In addition, there were not many awards nominated by Shang Yan'er that night, so this is a more important one.
As the live soundtrack became more exciting, the mood of Jiang Yuan and the entire crew also tightened.
After all, this is also the first nomination for the entire crew to announce the results that day.
If there is a good result and a good start, it will naturally be worth celebrating.
After the envelope was opened, the award presenters glanced around where the actors were sitting, and close-ups of the facial expressions of several candidates were simultaneously displayed on the big screen.
No one will value this award.
But the result will eventually be announced, and the award presenters also began to recite an award speech that the organizer had prepared on the card in advance.
In fact, during the award speech, everyone basically already knew a rough answer.
At least Shang Yanna has roughly confirmed the fact that she will not be eligible for the Newcomer Award.
Unlike other newcomers, if Shang Yan'er wins the award, the award speech should be very distinctive and distinctive, so that people can hear it with one ear.
But this was not the case in the award speech. It was more about praising the spirituality of the performance.
Jiang Yuan could clearly feel that during this process, Shang Yan'er's original tense state relaxed.
Seeing this, Jiang Yuan also stretched out his hand to shake Shang Yan'er's hand, and looked at each other with a comforting expression.
Although Shang Yan'er is more competitive in terms of award competition, she has been in the industry for many years and has rich experience.
Of course I was disappointed, but I didn't change my face because of it.
Especially when we already had a premonition, when the award presenter announced the final results, Shang Yan'er's name was not read out, and the award was awarded to another new actor.
When the camera panned to Shang Yan'er, Shang Yan'er just smiled faintly at the camera and applauded the winner.
Just like Sang Yanna said in the interview before the award ceremony, it is always a cross-border. If you can win the award, it will be a great recognition. If you fail to win the award, you will make more efforts in the future.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I will get a bigger award in the future." Jiang Yuan said to Shang Yan'er as he witnessed others coming to the stage to receive the award.
"Okay." Shang Yan'er didn't say anything more, just nodded.
But not being able to win the Best Newcomer Award also caused some changes in Shang Yan'er's mentality.
For example, I am more ambitious in my career as an actor, or I have some goals to pursue.
The big hit of "Love Letter" finally made Shang Yan'er's mentality as the lead actor wander for a while. Now that she has not been able to win the award, her mood has quickly come down again, and she has become more down to earth.
Jiang Yuan didn't know that so many changes had occurred in Shang Yan'er's heart in an instant. He focused more on the stage, listening to the award-winning actors delivering their acceptance speeches, and prepared to refer to them to prepare for his acceptance speech later.
Despite low expectations, Jiang Yuan tried his best to prepare an acceptance speech for each nomination.
It's just that the preparation for the acceptance speech for the Best Newcomer award will be much weaker.
It's been a while since I wrote the Newcomer Award acceptance speech. Although Jiang Yuan's preparation of the text was okay, I always felt that it lacked the vigor of some newcomers.
Especially when Jiang Yuan has no intention of continuing to work as a director, the acceptance speech was particularly difficult to write.
So much so that when the next award for Best New Screenwriter of the Year was being awarded, Jiang Yuan had been distracted, thinking about his acceptance speech.
The awards for the Best New Screenwriter of the Year also came to an end very quickly. Jiang Yuan had never heard of the shortlisted screenwriters and their works.
The one who finally won the award was the one Jiang Yuan sounded slightly familiar to.
After this award was handed out, the one that immediately followed was the Best New Director of the Year.
Jiang Yuan sat up a little straighter, but at this moment the host came on stage and announced that a singer would perform on stage next.
For Jiang Yuan, who was waiting for the results, this news was like suddenly entering an advertisement.
Of course, this arrangement is enough to show that the organizers attach great importance to the award of Best New Director.
Because he was concerned about the outcome, Jiang Yuan didn't really appreciate the rest of the performance. He only ended the performance by singing two of the most popular movie and TV drama soundtracks that year.
After the performance, the host also invited out the award-giving guests at this time.
The guest in charge of awarding the awards, and the most important one among the several newcomer award presenters, directly invited the well-known veteran director Chen Yue-yong who has shot classic masterpieces.
Jiang Yuan heard the name Chen Yuerong mentioned several times by He Jing, and he spoke highly of it.
It was only later that Jiang Yuan learned that when He Jing was still working as an actor, the first film to achieve outstanding results in the film field was directed by Chen Yueyong.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is He Jing's guide in terms of his identity.
Such a director presenting the award also makes the award for Best New Director of the Year seem even more valuable.
"The works nominated for the Academy Award for Best New Director of the Year include..."
Chen Yuerong's slightly accented voice sounded at the scene, and the shortlisted works began to play on the big screen.
The first thing that bore the brunt was the mash-up of highlights from "Love Letter". When the movie clips were played, Jiang Yuan's fans who had always been relatively restrained at the scene also cheered at this time.
There was a lot of movement, and it also attracted some attention at the scene.
I had the opportunity to shoot Jiang Yuan's expressions and reactions. When I saw the clip from "Love Letter" on the big screen, the corners of Jiang Yuan's mouth also slightly raised.
He and Chen Yuerong looked at each other in the distance. Not sure if it was an illusion, but Jiang Yuan also read a hint of approval in the other person's eyes.
The on-site time was limited, so the clip of "Love Letter" was played for about ten seconds, and it went by in a flash and was quickly cut to the next film.
The second movie clip was played on the big screen. Jiang Yuan looked very familiar, and the name of the work suddenly popped into his mind.
On the way to the award ceremony, Jiang Yuan was given a brief introduction by Fu Yunshen about the main competitors for this award.
Compared with the previously announced list, when the shortlisted candidates were announced on-site, the scope was further narrowed down, and there were only five candidates in total, including Jiang Yuan.
After the two candidates were announced, Jiang Yuan and Fu Yun also looked at each other deeply.
Unlike Jiang Yuan, Fu Yunshen took advantage of his previous free time to read some of these excellent works.
Therefore, the judgment of the final shortlist is relatively accurate. Several of the announced films were all mentioned by Fu Yunshen before.
The second film with clips played on the big screen is a suspenseful film, and it is also the one that Jiang Yuan is most familiar with among the several films.
The main reason is that in addition to competing with myself for the Best New Director of the Year award, this film also has some overlap with the nomination track for "The Invisible Guest", which can be said to be a relatively big competitor that night.
The five nominated films all focus on Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom, with different film types.
There are suspense, romance, and literary and artistic films among them, but the only thing they have in common is that the shortlisted films are not that big-budget.
After all, he is just a new director, and it is difficult for him to afford high-cost filming, so he mainly focuses on feature films.
Close-ups of five directors, including Jiang Yuan, were also shown on the big screen.
In contrast, Jiang Yuan's picture seems a bit too eye-catching, and there is still a big gap in appearance.
While waiting for the results to be announced, many actors and directors at the scene also sighed silently in their hearts when they saw Jiang Yuan's close-up appearing on the big screen.
Especially for many directors, when they see Jiang Yuan's face appear on the screen, the first thing they subconsciously think of is what role they think is suitable for them to play in their works, and they want to make an invitation to Jiang Yuan.
However, the scene at the scene made everyone realize that Jiang Yuan was shortlisted for the Best New Director award and was directly involved in their track.
The Academy Award for Best New Director still holds a lot of weight in the minds of many directors.
Many well-known celebrities today did not win this award when they were newcomers.
Directors who won Best New Director for their first film have basically become well-known in the industry.
Therefore, through the close-ups on the big screen, it can also be seen that the other four directors besides Jiang Yuan are also very eager for this award.
At this time, under the gaze of many eyes at the scene, Chen Yuerong also calmly began to open the envelope in his hand.
Then at the first moment, Chen Yueyong also saw the final result clearly.
After looking down at the letter paper, Chen Yueyong also raised his head to look at Jiang Yuan and others, and began to announce the results.
"The director who won this year's Best New Director, he..."
Chen Yuerong just glanced twice and memorized most of the award speeches.
However, when announcing the award, Chen Yuerong did not follow the award speech exactly, but added some of his own impressions to describe the winning works.
"The ultimate secret love aesthetic..."
After Chen Yueyong introduced the movie very clearly, the answer had lost its suspense at the scene.
Before Chen Yuerong finally called out Jiang Yuan's name, Fu Yunshen and others had already fired up in advance and were ready to celebrate.