Chapter 576 Actors who don't want to be directors are not good actors!
"Thank you to the Golden Horse Awards, the organizing committee and the jury for recognizing the movie "The Martian"!"
Tang An came on stage and bowed slightly to the audience. He took the trophy and certificate from Lin Zhiling and held them up in front of him. He lowered his head and looked at it carefully for a few times. Then he looked at the audience with a sincere face through the microphone and said a little.
A little excitement is just right!
The perfect performance showed the joy, emotion and excitement of a successful director winning the Golden Horse Award, and it was not exaggerated or pretentious at all.
After all, for a person of his status, he must remain reserved.
Then came the acceptance speech. Tang An first thanked the Golden Horse Awards organizing committee and the jury, and then talked about how difficult it was to film "The Martian."
At the same time, he also highly praised several other directors who were nominated.
"Director Lou Ye is actually a director I admire very much. This time his "Floating City" expresses the sense of reality and modernity that many movies lack, and shows the tragic reality in the shadow of the prosperous age."
There is another sentence that Tang An didn't say: Lou Ye's "Mystery in the Floating City" this time combines art and business very well, and the box office is higher than all his previous films combined.
This must not be said in public, because his previous movies were not released at all, and this time "Mystery in the Floating City" only had a box office of more than 5 million.
Next came Uncle Gao Yu and Du Qifeng. Anyway, Tang An both praised them.
Uncle Gao Yu is a director who has successfully transitioned from TV series to movies. He has just finished filming the movie "A Romantic Affair", which was adapted from Hai Yan's novel.
It is said that it took seven years to prepare and two years to shoot. It stars Wang Xiaoming and Yang Ying. Wang Xiaoming is also one of the producers. The husband and wife team perform on the same stage.
Praise yourself first, then praise others, and then talk about how meaningful your movie is and what market development it will promote.
However, Tang An came to Huang Bo's rescue and talked about what he just said with a smile.
"Actually, the director Huang Bo just mentioned just shouts "ation" and "ka". I feel deeply about it. When I first started doing chores on the set, I felt that those directors would just sit behind the monitor and do everything.
If someone else does it, the director is there to point fingers and scold them."
"Look, everyone, before filming, the coordinator must coordinate the shooting sequence and scenes, the set team sets up the scene, and the makeup artist puts on the makeup for the actors before filming starts. During filming, there are lighting engineers, photographers, sound engineers, and stunt teams. After the filming is completed,
There are also dedicated post-production staff, and post-production editors for editing.”
As an actor, Huang Bo can easily offend people by saying such things, because actors themselves are weaker than directors. What director would like an actor who looks down on the director like this.
But Tang An is different. Whether you accept it or not, he holds the domestic box office record and the global box office record for Chinese-language films. His personal box office has exceeded 3.7 billion yuan, so he is qualified to say this.
People in the audience can only listen and cannot refute, unless you are more awesome than him.
Tang An smiled and continued, "From the preparation to the finished film, everyone on the crew has to go through the process, but the director alone seems to have done nothing, but in the end the film still has to be labeled as the director.
For example, when "The Martian" is mentioned, everyone thinks of Tang An's work, not Liu Ye's work, nor the work of a special effects company. From this point of view, it seems that only those who have nothing to do can become directors.
At that time, I thought being a director was so exciting, and I could just scold people and yell "Ka" occasionally, so I thought about becoming a director in the future.
When did I start observing the work of directors, and through long-term observation, I discovered that this profession is far from as easy as I thought!"
Tang An then said with a serious face, "Every part of the crew is responsible for their own work, but the only person who participated in the film production from beginning to end is the director.
In the early stage of casting, the director needs to select actors who are most suitable for the role and have satisfactory acting skills.
The setting team and location team are responsible for the selection of locations and studios, and it is the director who makes the final decision.
During the shooting, lighting, sound recording, photography, including the actors' performances, every detail must be decided by the director whether it is good or not, and how to improve it if not.
Post-production and editing also allow the special effects company and editor to understand the director’s understanding of the film.”
There was nothing wrong with what he said after a long speech, and everyone in the audience applauded in a dignified manner.
Some colleagues in the industry deeply agree, while others are dismissive.
The organizing committee did not urge Tang An to come down quickly. The progress of the previous awards happened to be too fast and there was more than enough time. Tang An was a help to them.
Why didn't Huang Bo next to him understand that Tang An was helping him out? He quickly answered.
"Actually, I thought directing was quite easy at first, but later I discovered that many directors have too many things to take care of. He has to understand photography, see the quality of the picture, and guide the actors to perform. If the lighting is wrong,
We also need to make corrections in time, just like Director Tang, who completed the movie "Shark Beach" by himself and is proficient in all departments."
Tang An smiled and said, "What Huang Bo said is serious. A director does not necessarily have to know everything, but you must be able to distinguish between good and bad, because you have the final say on the entire crew, and you have to make sure there are no mistakes in every shot.
It’s really not that easy.”
All of a sudden, it seemed to have turned into a commercial exchange. After four or five minutes of chatting, Tang An stepped down amidst another round of applause from the crowd.
Then the Best Drama Film Award was presented. "Hunter Zhang" directed by Uncle Gao Yu defeated "The Martian", "The King", "Mystery of the Floating City" and "Girlfriends and Boyfriends" to win the best drama film.
Grand prize.
This is also a realistic movie, based on a true story, and all the actors in the film are not actors, not a single one.
Among the dozens of actors, there are famous publishers, producers, newspaper directors, middle school students, police station directors, police officers, hosts, online writers, Black Panther drummers, folk singers, joint general managers of Huayi Agency, directors,
Graphic designer, musician
All the actors are people from all walks of life, but there is no actor, even an amateur.
There is no big objection to winning the best picture. Such a movie is adapted from a true story and does not have an actor. It is already a huge problem to make it well. It is more difficult than the later "I Am a Passerby"
I don't know how many times.
Although "I Am a Passerby" is a group performance, it is easy to train, and the difficulty lies in the performance.
However, "Detective Hunter Zhang" has people from all walks of life, and their status is not low. Some of them are better than the director Gao Yushu, so they cannot be treated like ordinary actors.
Huang Bo still joked, saying that if every director were like him, the actors would be unemployed.
Everyone was happy, all parties won awards, and Tang An came home with three trophies.
Finally, there was the Outstanding Taiwan Filmmaker of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award. The latter was given to Shi Jun, the leading actor in the first version of "Dragon Gate Inn", 77-year-old Shi Jun.
The organizing committee gave a closing speech and everyone began to leave in an orderly manner.
As the winner of Best Director, Tang An also accepted an interview with reporters for a while.
Then there is the party held by the organizer, which basically everyone will attend.
It was inevitable that there would be another round of socializing. Cai Zhiping introduced all the big guys from Baodao Film, both official and private, to Tang An one by one.
It was she who introduced Tang An, not Tang An to others.
The status has changed. Wherever you go, people who think you are qualified will come to you, even if they look familiar.
After one round, none of the ones I had an impression of before coming out were unrecognizable.
Various directors, producers, film company bosses, male and female artists, some coquettish, some pretending to be innocent, all just want to attract Tang An's attention.
None of these people are of any use to him, so he can just deal with them casually.
Then Huang Bo came and expressed his gratitude to Tang An.
"Dr. Tang, I really thanked you for a glass of wine on stage just now!"
Tang An had a drink with him and warned, "Huang Bo, is this your first time hosting? You really need to be more careful with your words. Although Hong Kong and Taiwan movies are not as good as before, some jokes should be avoided."
"This is my first time hosting this kind of event. I wanted to liven up the atmosphere."
Huang Bo also regretted his recklessness. Some of his jokes were really not suitable for the occasion and the target audience.
Although it doesn't offend many people, there is always a knot in their hearts.
Fortunately, they are all from Xiangjiang. Now, Xiangjiang movies and Xiangjiang stars no longer have the competitiveness they once had in China.
Huang Bo thought for a while and said with some embarrassment, "Dr. Tang, do you think I can be a director?"
"Oh, you also want to be a director, that's okay. More and more people are changing careers now." Tang An said curiously.
"I also want to give it a try, but I don't know what to do."
Huang Bo is a person with high emotional intelligence, but he has climbed to his current position in more than ten years, and he also has his own arrogance.
Although what he just said about the director was just what he thought when he first started filming, he definitely doesn't think so now.
But there are definitely many people who will arrange it behind his back, and it will spread throughout the entertainment industry in less than a day.
Xu Zheng can direct, Guo Jinming can do it, Zhao Wei can do it now, there is no reason why he can't!
Make a successful movie and no one will make irresponsible remarks!
"If you have an idea, go for it, but before you actually take action, you must be fully prepared. It is best to systematically study directing, and then go to the crew to observe more, practice it, and be fully prepared before starting a movie.
"Tang An encouraged.
"Then if I don't understand anything at that time, can I ask you for advice?"
"Of course, but I also have to film. You can come to me whenever you have time." Tang An smiled.
It’s true that actors who don’t want to be directors are no longer good actors. It’s estimated that after director Zhao Wei’s “To Youth” becomes a hit, more laymen will switch careers and become directors.