James Heller is indeed the man with the same name as that black uncle.
Although he doesn't have arms that can turn into tentacles, he is worthy of the name.
This young man can perfectly understand the core of Zhang Hong's two films. After Zhang Hong found Donald as a guarantee, he became the leader of the post-production department.
According to his understanding, the entire film should be color-coded in cold tones, and the editing pace should be fast.
After talking to Sir Zhang, Sir Zhang said something:
"I can rest assured that you will do the work."
Hearing Zhang Hong's words, James was really moved this time.
He originally thought that Zhang Hong just wanted to find a scapegoat or someone with no qualifications so that he could take control of the post-production department as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, he kept his promise and actually left all the post-production to him.
From Zhang Hong's eyes, he only saw two words:
"trust"!
James was even more attentive and even went back to school to consult with his tutor.
Although his teacher is an academic, he has always actively embraced the new era.
Even when he came to Columbia Pictures, it was with a letter of introduction written by his teacher.
According to his teacher, if you have not experienced the real Hollywood film production process, talking on paper is useless.
This time when he went back, his teacher gave him the commercial film production process manual he had summarized.
James adhered to the film style described by Zhang Hong when shooting, and then edited strictly according to the timeline written in the manual.
The first fifteen minutes are a tense and exciting climax scene. One minute is spent using TV news to report the process from the beginning to the outbreak of the virus, and then until fifteen minutes, it is all about the protagonist finding his daughter and wife and then escaping.
After that, it takes a while to relax, and then the background of the protagonist is introduced, and then a new task is given.
After going through many difficulties, the protagonist completes the mission.
At the same time, he has to go back to find his daughter.
There is a setback here, that is, the daughter is not found and the protagonist is lost.
Then comes the final climax scene.
James edited the two films strictly according to time control.
Even when he was watching in the editing room, he still held a stopwatch in his hand to ensure that all plots strictly followed the time. If it could not exceed one second, it would never exceed one second.
Three months later, both films were produced simultaneously.
At Columbia Pictures' internal test screenings, everyone praised these two films.
Especially the second part.
After reading it, even Zhang Hong himself was stunned.
How the hell could this be a movie I made?
Could a movie that is both commercial and in-depth be made by him?
There are many things and black humor in the feature film that only Ugly people can understand, which Zhang Hong is definitely not aware of.
Even Donald was very excited.
That night, he took Zhang Hong to a Michelin three-star French restaurant that he had reserved early for a meal.
"Zhang, you are so awesome!" Donald took a sip of the table wine and said with a smile: "I won't mention the first one, but the second one will definitely win the award! It contains a lot of plots that expose the racial conflicts in our country and the government. The board of directors
After the evaluation, it was unanimously praised!”
Zhang Hong: "Ah?"
In this movie, he is indeed going to the Black Chou Country.
I originally planned to shoot it so that no one could see it and then sell it, but I not only got a share of the box office revenue, but I was also secretly happy.
Did everyone see the result?
The key is that after you see it, you are so applauded...
It should be said that he is indeed a capitalist...
Seeing his surprised expression, Donald put down his knife and fork and explained with a smile: "Zhang, actually there are many plots like this in Hollywood movies, but your second movie is a classic in the last choice."
Then he told Zhang Hong in detail.
It turns out that there are indeed many movies about the black government in ugly countries, and it is not uncommon for them to explore racial issues.
But most of them will not directly attack the commander.
Generally speaking, either the leader can give an impassioned speech to boost morale, or he can stand firm and die with the people.
Even if there are villains, they are all deputy commanders at the highest level.
Anyway, as long as the deputy commander takes the blame, everything will be over.
Afterwards, the protagonist brings order to the chaos and restores peace to the world. Our ugly country is really awesome!
Generally speaking, it should be like this.360 Literature Network
But in the view of the board of directors of Columbia Graduate Films, Zhang Hong's two classics are here.
He did not choose the traditional Hollywood ending, but took a different approach and did the complete opposite.
Is Hollywood a happy ending?
The protagonist’s child must be silly and sweet?
I don't!
The protagonist’s wife is about to die. Isn’t it very touching that the old father takes his independent and strong daughter to survive the apocalypse together?
In the end, do we have to sacrifice our ego for the sake of justice?
I don't!
You want me to sacrifice my daughter to save the world?
I can kill COC all by myself! Not only can I kill him, but I can also take my daughter to the end of the world!
world?
What does that have to do with me?
My world is my daughter!
It has to be said that everyone has chuunibyou, it just depends on whether it is serious or not.
People care more about the small happiness around them than the great righteousness.
I just dare not say anything just to follow the crowd.
No one in Hollywood has done this before, only Zhang Hong!
He was the first to do this!
This has perfectly struck a chord with many people who in reality can only follow the crowd.
In particular, many people have a feeling of "everyone is drunk and I am alone".
From the perspective of Columbia Pictures executives, this is simply awesome!
Based on these alone, it is almost certain that it will achieve good reputation and box office success.
According to their predictions, if the combined box office of these two movies does not reach 1.5 billion, then they are blind!
But this does not guarantee winning the prize.
Then, here comes the best part.
Zhang Hong actually talks about race and the government hiding things from the people in the movie!
These are two more points that perfectly hit home to the people of Ugly Country who like “conspiracy theories”!
Not to mention the issues related to race and class, Oscar’s bunch of academics will say yes after seeing it!
Zhang Hong even hinted in the movie that the protagonist's daughter is a lesbian!
Who the hell dares to say something bad about this?
Do you want to go against the right goddess?
Not afraid of social death?
Donald drank the table wine as water in excitement, "God! Zhang! You are such a genius! The board of directors has decided that the film will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival! Then we will build momentum for the Oscars! This time
Columbia Pictures will definitely turn around!"
"Ah this..."
After listening to his explanation and seeing how excited he was, Zhang Hong suddenly felt that the steak on his fork was no longer fragrant.
What the hell is going on!
Why are my movies about Heichou Country being used by capitalists as positive propaganda?
I’m so convinced...
Zhang Hong suddenly felt unmotivated.
He wiped his mouth and said coldly: "Oh, then congratulations."
He suddenly felt disgusted with everything here.
He just wants the movie to be released as soon as possible, pay for it, and then go home.
Go back to your motherland.
Back to the country where Lin Muqing was with his parents.
At least the entertainment industry there has people like Wu Dingguo, Liu Yishou, Sun Zheng, and Wang Zhi who are working hard for the development of domestic culture and entertainment.
It's not like here, nor is it as dirty as the entertainment industry in Zhang Hong's previous life.
Even the little fresh meats are working hard one by one.
He wants to go back.
As for the three major European film festivals and the Oscars...