my movie years

Chapter 142
Generally, the filming crew shoots as many scenes as possible in a scene, which saves time and energy and does not need to be used for turning scenes.

Filming that can be postponed according to the plot of the script will help the actors to perform, but it will easily cause a huge waste of resources.

Fortunately, the actors of the crew of "The Undertaker" can be said to be one of the best Chinese movies at the moment, and there are no so-called unprofessional young meat participating.

Of course, Zhang Hao doesn't know how to use fresh meat.

The little granddaughter, played by Mai Mai, kissed the dead grandfather's face, looked at the lipstick mark on the grandma's face, and smiled.

Her smile dilutes the sad atmosphere, and the whole family laughed, with nostalgia for the loss of their loved ones in their smiles.

Lin Sen was very moved when he saw this scene, his eyes were moist.

Lao Tian is getting old, and now Lin Sen works alone.He realized more and more the importance of this job, realized the inseparable emotion between life and death, and experienced scenes of touching events.

As a cellist, he himself is a sensitive person, often moved by these things.

This episode is a continuation of the plot in the film, and the crew went to several places in succession before finishing filming.

Maimai didn't have many shots, and it was over in one day. Before leaving, he repeatedly asked Zhang Hao to treat her to ice cream.Zhang Hao couldn't resist, so he had to ask.

Mai Mai is very popular in the crew, especially Hua Tsai, who likes children very much, and Mai Mai is also very attached to him.

After Mai Mai finished filming, the crew ushered in another important event, the day when Zhou Xun's wife A Xiang and Lin Sen reunited.

"Okay, all irrelevant personnel have left and are ready to shoot." Song Yunhui cleared the scene.

Zhang Hao saw that he was ready, and the recorder was ready to shoot.

Lin Sen, played by Hua Tsai, returned home with food, and suddenly found the door was open. He rushed into the house excitedly, and saw his wife A Xiang.

"Ah Xiang?" Hua Tsai couldn't believe it.

Ah Xiang was washing the dishes, with the same tone as usual: "Didn't you clean the house?"

Lin Sen said shyly, "Clean up once in a while."

"Lies, never cleaned up once."

"I cleaned it up twice," Lin Sen tried to defend himself.

"Could it still be called cleaning up occasionally?" Ah Xiang asked back, seeing that Lin Sen couldn't fight, she turned around and looked at Lin Sen: "As expected, I can't if I'm not here."

Cooperating with a good actor saves trouble, the actor can express his emotions in place without needing Zhang Hao to give more lectures, and also provides him with a variety of possibilities to choose from.

In this scene, Hua Tsai and Zhou Xun acted like a couple on the set, their performances were natural, without the slightest trace of acting.

Zhang Hao watched in the camera screen, as if seeing a couple who have been together for a long time.

"Ka, yes, let's see how it works first." Zhang Hao yelled Ka.

Hua Tsai and Zhou Xun rushed to the camera to see the details of the performance.

After watching it, Andy said, "Director, I didn't get the details right in a performance just now, and the emotional expression can be better, do you want to add another one?"

An actor can keep improving, Zhang Hao can't wait for it, so he nodded and said: "Alright, let's do another one."

So, this scene was filmed again, and everyone was satisfied this time, and it passed smoothly.

In the next scene, Ah Xiang tells Lin Sen that she is pregnant.

"I have something to tell you too."

"whats the matter?"

Ah Xiang hesitated, took a deep breath, and said with a slight smile on her face, "I'm pregnant."

Hit by the huge surprise, Lin Sen froze for a moment, then smiled: "Really? Great, am I going to be a father?"

Ah Xiang nodded, seeing Lin Sen's surprise, she felt very, very happy.

"So, you can't live a life of giving up halfway!"

Ah Xiang originally objected to Lin Sen being an undertaker, but after a series of touching events, she gradually understood her husband's choice from a cellist to become an undertaker.

This is not a disgraceful profession, on the contrary, it is a sacred and noble profession.

There is a small life in her belly, and Ah Xiang understands the meaning of life and death better as she watches her husband send away the dead one after another.

The play "The Undertaker" tells not only Lin Sen's own story, but the stories of many people, including Lao Tian, ​​A Xiang, and what happened to many families.

In many scenes, because the details of the actors' performances are so good, the staff who watched the performances on the set were deeply moved and couldn't help crying.

After filming this scene, Zhou Xun said to Zhang Hao: "Director Xiao Zhang, I now feel that I have been sublimated a lot. This is like a journey of spiritual cleansing."

Hua Tsai also said: "When I received the script, I read it over and over again, director, how did you come up with this story?"

Of course, Zhang Hao couldn't say that he plagiarized, but explained: "I have made a lot of preparations for the film. I have interviewed many staff in related industries, and with a little artistic adaptation, it has become the current work."

"So that's how it is," Hua Tsai expressed his understanding and said confidently, "I now feel that we will not only be able to hit the three major European film festivals, but we may also be nominated for an Oscar."

"In this regard, I have already contacted Harvey Weinstein, a well-known Oscar public relations expert. Mr. Han helped us connect, and he promised to help us fight for the nomination," Zhang Hao said.

Because of the financial crisis in 08, we helped Laomei clean up the mess, and the political winds of Laomei are generally good for us, and we are temporarily in the honeymoon period.

So this year and next year are an excellent opportunity to hit the Oscar nominations, and there will never be such a good opportunity after that.

Of course, if you can get an award, it will be even better.

But in a different country, Zhang Hao is not sure when he will be able to win the Oscar, even though he won the original version.

If he can win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, it doesn't matter whether he wins the Cannes Film Festival award or not. Chen Gezi can no longer criticize Zhang Hao for relying on the old and selling the old in the field of art.

You have high artistic achievements, you can try to get an Oscar.

In terms of nature, the Oscars are actually regional awards, similar to the Golden Horse Golden Rooster Awards.

But with the influence of Hollywood, this award has become the highest hall in the film industry, and all filmmakers are proud to receive an Oscar.

As a director, Zhang Hao is naturally the same.This is not only a recognition of his artistic achievements, but also a huge improvement in his own prestige and status.

In any case, the influence of this award lies there. If Chinese-language films want to enhance their influence, there is a long way to go!

Harvey accepted the order and planned to come to the mainland to see the finished film of "The Undertaker" so as to formulate a public relations strategy.

In addition, he also valued "Shark Beach" starring Da Mimi, and plans to introduce it to North America, as well as the right to remake it.

Naturally, there will be negotiations in this regard, and both parties will negotiate a more suitable term.

It looks like something happened to Harvey Weinstein and he disappeared, but now he's the best publicist at the Oscars.

In order to compete for the award, Haotian Studio set out a public relations budget of several million dollars, and made sure and safe preparations.

Not only the Oscars, but also the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Horse Awards will have to carry out public relations work.

With Hua Tsai participating, the Hong Kong Island Awards should not reject Zhang Hao's film, and giving a nomination is not too much.

Entering October, the National Day box office competition is in full swing, and "The Undertaker" completed the shooting of the last scene in Beijing and officially wrapped up.

After wrapping up, Zhang Hao treated all the crew members to a barbecue as promised.

Everyone has to go their separate ways, Zhou Xun will be in the group of "Painted Skin 2", Andy Lau will also guest star in "Chill", and also took over director Johnnie To's "Blind Detective".

"We need to withdraw the prize, call us." Before leaving, Zhou Xun said to Zhang Hao.

"Okay, okay," Zhang Hao nodded, stopped Zhou Xun and said, "Da Mimi also took over "Painted Skin 2", please give him more pointers when you have time."

Zhou Xun took a serious look at Zhang Hao, and then agreed: "Don't worry, I will teach her. How much she can learn depends on her own comprehension."

"I will urge her to study hard." Zhang Hao said.

Although the film is completed, there is still a lot of work to be done.Zhang Hao edited while filming, so the film was finished and the editing work was nearing completion.

In addition, Joe Hisaishi also submitted the latest version of the soundtrack. Zhang Hao enjoyed it very much after listening to it, and then he was busy adding the soundtrack to it.

In his spare time, Zhang Hao also cares about the business of Haotian Studio, especially Guo Fan's new project.

"Old Guo, what have you been up to lately?" Zhang Hao asked.

Guo Fan was drawing some manuscripts, doing some art accumulation, and Zhang Hao saw that they were some drawing manuscripts of sci-fi scenes.

"I see that our studio has a lot of Mr. Liu's sci-fi copyrights. I am very interested in "The Wandering Earth", and I am now planning the story." Guo Fan said truthfully.

"What?" Zhang Hao poured himself a cup of hot water and asked Guo Fan, "Are you planning to make a science fiction movie next?"

Guo Fan said embarrassedly: "It has always been my dream to make a science fiction film. Of course, I also know how difficult it is. Now I am just preparing."

Zhang Hao sat on the sofa and sighed: "Yes, it is very difficult, and many technologies are immature. Lao Guo, I support your idea of ​​making science fiction films, but the time is not yet ripe.

In this way, I see that you are very interested in "The Wandering Earth", please write me a complete and detailed plan later. "

"Director Zhang, you mean that you can let me prepare?" Guo Fan couldn't believe it.

"If you can't shoot now, it doesn't mean you can't shoot in the future. You should prepare in advance so that you don't have to cram." Zhang Hao said.

Guo Fan who got the permission was very excited, and immediately promised: "Don't worry, I will make a good plan and I won't let you down."

"I can't say that I'm disappointed or not. It's estimated that the only Chinese film directors who dare to touch domestic science fiction are you and me." Zhang Hao sighed.

What Zhang Hao lamented was Guo Fan. He himself has the confidence, after all, he has the support of successful experience.But Guo Fan has no experience in this field, but he can still devote himself to this field without hesitation.

This courage is worthy of admiration.

Guo Fan has always said that he has learned a lot from Zhang Hao, and Zhang Hao has learned a lot from Guo Fan.

The firm belief, the attitude of keeping improving, and the attitude of taking hard work seriously are all the beautiful qualities that Guo Fan brought to Zhang Hao.

It is true that when you are with excellent people, you will become excellent yourself.

In addition to being busy with the post-production of "The Undertaker", Zhang Hao also took time to attend the Golden Rooster Award Ceremony.Da Mimi, who worked hard in public relations, was nominated for a best actress, but did not win.

Na Renhua won the Best Actress Award for "Erji" and became a new actress

And Zhang Hao was selected for the best director and best screenwriter, but in the end neither of them won the award. They were respectively taken away by Chen Li in "Love in the Covered Bridge" and Cheng Xiaoling in "Sui Sui Qingming".

Zhang Hao sat in the audience all night, there was nothing else he could do except applaud.

The biggest reason why Zhang Hao didn't win the award was because he was young and lacked qualifications.

No amount of public relations efforts can fill this flaw, it can only be accumulated a little bit.But Zhang Hao believes that such a situation will never happen when "The Undertaker" is released.

In mid-October, Zhang Hao completed all the production work of "The Undertaker" and officially entered the release stage.

Although the production cycle of this film is very short, Zhang Hao has made sufficient preparations to ensure the quality of the film.With the music of Joe Hisaishi, the atmosphere of the movie is brought to a higher level.

Harvey Weinstein also came to the capital as scheduled, and watched the entire film with Zhang Hao and the third master Yu Dong.

"Zhang, the film is great, really good. Although it is a bit late to hit the Oscars in this time period, I am willing to give it a try." Harvey Weinstein said.

"Thank you, Mr. Harvey, I will send a team to cooperate with you." Zhang Hao thanked.

"You're welcome. Besides, I like the movie "Shark Beach". Isn't the heroine in the movie here today?" Harvey looked left and right.

"No, Mr. Harvey, she's my girlfriend, and she's gone to film in another crew." Zhang Hao said.

Harvey was a little embarrassed. He was still thinking about Da Mi Mi just now, and it turned out to be Zhang Hao's girlfriend.

I heard that Chinese people are very sensitive to such things, and I think this young director is also the same.

Harvey, who often plays multiplayer sports, is very insensitive to these things, but in different places, Harvey doesn't want to annoy others.

If people don't give him this job, he will lose a lot of income.

Zhang Hao didn't know that Harvey wanted to put a green hat on him, otherwise he would have beaten Harvey with a stick.

But after that, Mao Yu, the general manager of China Film Group, still arranged for his subordinates to invite Harvey to experience some special nightclubs, and do some health care and maintenance.

Judging from the results, Harvey is very satisfied.

But satisfaction is satisfaction, Harvey's asking price is not low at all, and the fee of millions of dollars is paid to him.This was the amount of money he received after the copyright of "Shark Shore" was sold to him.

Satisfied, Harvey left with the team arranged by Zhang Hao. Before leaving, he also took away many special products and a pack of good tea from Zhang Hao's grandfather.

According to Harvey, some of the Oscar judges are very fond of tea from China, and this was given to them.

The news that Zhang Hao was about to be nominated for an Oscar soon got out, and people in the circle started talking about it.

Most people treated it as a joke, while a small number of people ridiculed Zhang Hao for being overconfident.

That's an Oscar, an award that neither Guoshi nor Chen Gezi won. What are you, a young director?
Of course, Chen Gezi and his wife also knew about this. Mrs. Chen Gezi worried: "This kid, if he gets a nomination, his wings will harden. How about we do some obstruction?"

"Then what do you say?" Chen Gezi asked.

Mrs. Chen Gezi thought about it: "We asked the media and navy to report and smear it to create public opinion."

"Are you looking for media in North America? It doesn't work if you look for small media, but they will listen to you if you go for big media?" Chen Gezi asked rhetorically.

Mrs. Chen Gezi thought about it, and asked, "Then what should I do? Just watch him attack Oscar like this?"

"Look, it's okay. He is a young director and has no contacts at the Oscars. If Director Zhang goes to the Oscars, I still have some hope." Chen Gezi said with a relieved face.

Even so, Chen Gezi still felt uneasy.

After thinking about it, Chen Gezi called the third master to find out.

Who knew that when the third master answered the phone, he complained: "Director Chen, you still know how to call me, I thought you didn't take me seriously."

Chen Gezi licked his face and said with a smile: "Where is it, I forget you and no one can forget you."

"Okay, just say whatever you want!" The third master didn't want to argue with Chen Gezi, so he went straight to the point.

Seeing this, Chen Gezi told her the purpose of the call: "I just want to ask you, how about the film "The Undertaker" directed by Xiao Zhang?"

"Oh, it turned out to be to inquire about the news." After the third master finished speaking, he changed the topic: "Old Chen, I have all the good things to say, but if you insist on fighting, I don't care, and I can't control it.

But you have been holding on to our juniors from Beijing Film Studio, and you still expect me to tell you any news? "

"No, Mr. Han, you heard that..."

Chen Gezi was interrupted by the third master before he finished speaking: "Okay, don't talk to me about those things, you can talk about other things in the future, but don't ask me about Xiaozhang, that's it .”

Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Chen Gezi's face turned livid.

Mrs. Chen Gezi asked, "What did Boss Han say?"

"How else can I say it?" Chen Gezi shook his head and said, "I won't disclose any information."

"Why is Mr. Han like this? We have always had a good relationship with their Beijing Film Studio. We can't ruin our relationship because of Zhang Hao's rat shit!" Mrs. Chen Gezi was a little angry.

"Okay, don't say things like this in the future, it's already good for him to help Zhang Hao fight us without ending up with his own identity.

Even if Zhang Hao is a mouse, he is also a mouse from Beijing Film Studio. How can he be an outsider like us, can he be the same? "Chen Gezi said, but felt a little regretful.

In order to save face for a while, in order to maintain the so-called status, coupled with Mrs. Chen Gezi's constant bad words, it led to the current situation.

Chen Gezi asked himself that some literati are arrogant, and the thing they can't let go of is face, and it's already a bit hard to let go.

Now I don't know how many people in the circle are talking about it, saying that Chen Gezi, as an elder, can't get along with a junior.Various words such as narrow-minded and narrow-minded have been hung on Chen Gezi's head.

But now this is the situation. For the sake of face and status, and to resolve the conflict between Mrs. Chen Gezi and Zhang Hao's mother Zhang Yu, Chen Gezi can only continue to struggle with Zhang Hao.

(End of this chapter)