The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 251 Best Director

Although the two films "Signal" and "Source Code" have many nominations, they actually have a disadvantage in competing for heavyweight awards, especially the best director and best picture, especially if you think about it according to the principle of dividing pork.

The more nominations you get, the more awards you get in technical awards, and the diamond awards like best director and best picture are farther away from you. Considering Chen Jingxing's age, only 23 years old, can you give him the best director?

That would probably directly make history.

And the performance of the award show also proved this point.

In terms of technical awards, DreamWorks has gained a lot. "Source Code" won the best editing and best photography, and "Signal" won the best sound recording and best art.

The main reason is that the "retro" of the Northeast industrial city in the 90s in "Signal" is really good. Of course, retro is not a completely realistic retro. Art is beyond reality, and beauty is very important.

Although technical awards are not valued by the media and the public, they are very important to a director like Chen Jingxing and the owner of a film company. This shows that the current team of DreamWorks has indeed been tempered.
Winning awards does not mean that these people are the top level in the industry. The quality of the film itself is the foundation of everything. If you shoot a bad film, it is useless even if you play tricks on editing and camera technology.

But the honor, and the acquisition of the highest honor in domestic films is a phased affirmation, and can create a virtuous circle, which is of great significance for continuing to adapt and upgrade technology and even attracting more talents.

In addition to directors, producers, screenwriters and actors, these unknown behind-the-scenes personnel are also the background of a film company, and these technical awards are accumulating the background of DreamWorks.

The best screenplay was also won by Chen Jingxing, and the winner was "Signal". It seems that the judges do have a preference for "Signal".

It should be said that the golden rooster has always valued the main theme, and the most outstanding point of "Signal" is that it is a story of mutual redemption between father and son under the novel science fiction setting. The father is a meritorious firefighter, and the son is a criminal policeman. The emphasis on value is undoubtedly a subject that can please critics very much.

The supporting actor was also picked by Lei Jiayin, who played the role of the father in "Signal".

In addition to the fact that "Signal" is in line with the golden rooster's taste, Lei Jiayin's supporting role as a leading actor also definitely played a role. The other nominees for supporting roles are indeed much less than Lei Jiayin.

Lei Jiayin was very emotional. Although he was already a big hit for this award beforehand, and he definitely prepared his acceptance speech, the weight of the Golden Rooster Award in his mind still exceeded his expectations. , There is indeed a big difference between imaginary winning and real winning.

Not only immediately embraced Chen Jingxing and the other main creators of "Signal", because of Chen Jingxing, the main creators of "Signal" and "Source Code" sat in a pile, and Lei Jiayin, who was over excited, continued to write "Source Code" The main creators of "hugged Wan Qian one by one, and finally realized it, which made the surrounding stars couldn't help laughing.

After going on stage for a long time, I forgot the award acceptance speech I had memorized. Fortunately, Lei Jiayin is an actor with quick wit and a sense of humor, and made everyone and the audience in front of the TV laugh with a self-deprecating joke.

Lei Jiayin, who came back after delivering his testimonial speech, just finished, looked at the name engraved on the golden rooster in his hand, and sighed slightly, with a sad tone: "If it's the leading actor, it might be the best actor's trophy... "

Chen Jingxing and Luo Chen next to him were speechless for a moment, they were still Xiao Tiantian just now, they forgot all the words in excitement, now they calm down and become Mrs. Niu?

Sage time is coming too fast, right?
"Why don't you give me the trophy, and I'll find someone to cut off the name on it and carve it into my name." Luo Chen complained even more sadly.

Lei Jiayin smiled embarrassingly, and said solemnly: "I am out of dissatisfaction as an excellent actor." After saying that, she hugged the trophy in her arms: "This is a family heirloom, and it cannot be given away... Neither."

In fact, Lei Jiayin's lead casting is not only the opinion of DreamWorks' publicity department, but also Lei Jiayin's consent. If he chooses to be the lead role, he and Hu Ge will be shortlisted for Best Actor together.

Although "Signal" and "Source Code" are two films, they are both Chen Jingxing's films. The jury cannot ignore this point. Lei Jiayin's impact on the supporting actor and Hu Ge's impact on the leading actor are beneficial to both of them. Choice, and Lei Jiayin's odds of winning are even better.

After Lei Jiayin won the award, DreamWorks stopped winning awards.

Both the female supporting role and the heroine have nothing to do with DreamWorks. The female character with the most roles in the two films is actually Wan Qian, but it is true that there is not much room for development. Compared with other shortlisted films, none of them were nominated.

However, the competition for the most watched actor made DreamWorks lose a heavyweight award.

The best actor was awarded to Chen Jianbin in the literary film "A Spoon". Although there was no controversy in the result, Hu Ge was still very uncomfortable. The moment the result came out, the camera showed Hu Ge with a strong smile... ...and the calm Chen Jingxing for a longer period of time.

The most uncomfortable thing in this world is to give people hope and let people down.

Objectively speaking, as the male lead of "Source Code", Hu Ge is actually not the most popular actor candidate. "Source Code" is a very commercial commercial film, not even the family value in "Signal" can be extended. .

Hu Ge’s performance is indeed wonderful enough, but it’s far from being outstanding, and it’s not even in the top two compared with other nominees. Although the quality and ratings of other nominated films are not as good as "Source Code", their acting skills are sometimes comparable to those of the film. The quality relationship is not too close.

However, the popularity of "Source Code" is here, and DreamWorks is also doing its best to market. The media and marketing accounts are keen to focus on Hu Ge for the best actor. Coupled with the momentum created by Hu Ge's fans, over time, this It gave Hu Ge, who might not have had many ideas, some fluke ideas.

Hu Ge couldn't hide his disappointment. Luo Chen, who failed to win the Hundred Flowers Best Film King last year, felt better. The sourness from seeing the golden rooster in Lei Jiayin's hand also faded a lot. Of course, he still patted Hu Ge on the surface. Shoulder to show comfort, by the way, show your face in the camera.

The easiest way for people to gain happiness is to compare.

DreamWorks has failed in its bid for Best Actor for two consecutive years. Chen Jingxing is not disappointed about it. It is not easy for Mesozoic or young actors to win the Golden Rooster Best Actor. The average quality of domestic films may not be strong, but the level of old actors is very strong. , Even if the quality of the shortlisted films is average, it will not affect the fierce competition for actor.

Chen Jingxing just felt a little speechless when the camera kept looking at him, as if he was the sixth nominee for Best Actor.

The reason is of course that the guest who presented the actor award is Wang Molin.

He could only complain in his heart about the cowardly mentality of the Golden Rooster Award, who dare not make troubles openly, but only secretly.

There is a kind of best director award guest named Wang Molin!
Then the best director award went to him!

Then the two Hua Guoda directors staged a great reconciliation on stage?Or was it Chen Jingxing's unilateral slap in the face?
He likes the latter.

Chen Jingxing, whose thoughts began to diverge uncontrollably, found that he was a little nervous and his calves were trembling.

"Hey, can't you pretend to be as handsome as a chrysanthemum? Calm down!"

Chen Jingxing, who was still secretly laughing at Lei Jiayin and Hu Ge just now, found that he had also underestimated the Golden Rooster Award, especially the importance of the director in his heart recently.

After all, according to his future career plan, the three major European awards are basically impossible. The Golden Rooster Award is already the highest director award he can win, which may be difficult to break through in his lifetime.

Chen Jingxing showed a calm smile when the camera showed him.

"The No. 30 Huaguo Film Golden Rooster Award for Best Director is awarded to..." The award presenter Zhang Yimou swept across the audience and shouted loudly: "Chen Jingxing! "Signal"."

"Chen Jingxing won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director!"

"The youngest best director in the history of the Golden Rooster Award was born!"

"Make history! The best director is only 23 years old!"

"Chen Jingxing writes another legend! Both box office and awards are good!"

"DreamWorks Night! Eight awards won!"

""Source Code" won the Golden Rooster Best Feature Film, "Signal" won the Best Director, and Chen Jingxing dominated the Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony!"

The most explosive news after Golden Rooster Night is naturally Chen Jingxing's best director and best feature film award for "Source Code".

In fact, during the live broadcast of the Golden Rooster Awards, there were already countless netizens and fans of Chen Jingxing swiping their screens on various forums.

Although everyone has no doubts about Chen Jingxing's qualification for the best director, the general public's appreciation of movies is actually more commercial, whether it is "Signal" or "Source Code", the audience's word-of-mouth is at the top level. On popular rating websites like Douban, they all have a score of 8.5 or more.

For ordinary people, especially non-movie fans, they don't care much about the distinction between commercial films and literary films. In their minds, it is only natural for good-looking films to win awards.

But for the fact that Chen Jingxing really made history and became the youngest Golden Rooster best director, netizens still couldn't restrain their shock.

Because this is definitely a courageous decision. Although ordinary people complain about the importance of qualifications in awards, in everyone's mind, qualifications still have weight.

No matter what, the Best Director award is indeed a milestone for Chen Jingxing. At least with this title, he basically has no shortcomings. The recognition of the award cannot be replaced by the box office.

Of course, apart from the gift of best director, Chen Jingxing was surprised that the best feature film was awarded to "Source Code".

It is not that "Source Code" is not a good movie, but that it is too commercial. It should be that "Source Code"'s outstanding overseas box office results have added credit to the film.

From this point of view, the rumor that "Source Code" will be selected as the "Olympiad" film is really credible. The films that have been splashed in Huaguo in the past year have basically missed the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. The Oscar's taste may be similar to that of European films. The three major competitions are still considered commercial, but compared with domestic film awards, they are actually quite literary.

Anyway, even if you choose a literary film, there is no hope, so it is better to choose a sci-fi commercial film with a good reputation at home and abroad.

(End of this chapter)