hollywood melon man

Chapter 425 How to Change the Industry System
In fact, the internship matter was not arranged by the Beijing Film Academy, as the school does not have that much face and connections.

This matter was mainly initiated by Minister Tian. He thought that the talents cultivated by "The Lord of the Rings" were good and had become the backbone of the Chinese film and television industry, so he came up with this plan.

Generally speaking, the plan is divided into two parts. The first part is to send some young directors to Hollywood to study.

Although they are called young directors, they are basically in their thirties, which is not considered young. But for the director industry, it is indeed just the beginning.

The second is to cultivate similar industry talents and learn Hollywood's advanced filming methods.

But to be honest, many talented people in the industry later discovered that these people who had gained experience in the "Lord of the Rings" crew did not bring much improvement to the crew.

The reason is simple. The small workshop model of Chinese-language films is destined to place great emphasis on the personal ability of the director, and has little to do with one or two highly qualified crew talents.

Chinese-language film crews cannot learn the Hollywood industrial model.

Even the Chinese staff who participated in the filming of "The Lord of the Rings" were just a screw on the Hollywood assembly line. If this screw was missing, there were others to fill in.

In other words, they can be replaced because there are many people with the same or even higher qualities to fill the position.

When these talents who have finished filming "The Lord of the Rings" join Chinese-language crews, they will find that they are very uncomfortable with the working mode of Chinese-language crews.

Hollywood is very systematized and industrialized. What work you do and who are responsible for it are clearly assigned to you every day.

But on the other hand, the Chinese-language crews completely follow the director's wishes and shoot wherever he wants.

The assistant directors and executive directors under the director also don't explain their duties clearly. Today you may be asked to do stage management, tomorrow you may be asked to do lighting, and the day after tomorrow you may be asked to run props.

If you accidentally offend a big shot in the crew, it is possible that you will be asked to do the work of a stagehand or pick up trash.

In short, it is a makeshift team and unprofessional.

This is the case with the crews of Guoshi, not to mention the crews of other Chinese-language directors.

Therefore, this situation requires the entire industry to change its existing model. Otherwise, relying on just a few hundred people who have learned it will not have any effect.

As a former insider, Little Gilbert certainly understood this very well, but when Minister Tian proposed this plan, he did not explain this clearly to Minister Tian.

It’s useless to talk about it now, so it’s better to let them try it. When they find that it doesn’t work, they will naturally give up.

And this is not a waste. At least it allows people in the Chinese film and television industry to open their eyes to the world and broaden their horizons, so that they don't turn a deaf ear and fail to understand the level of the world's advanced film industry.

The subjects of this study and internship are not only film and television industry practitioners, but also students from the three major art colleges, Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama, and Shanghai Theatre Academy. There are only about twenty places in total.

Including the places for those practitioners, there are only fifty people. Compared with the nearly one thousand-person crew of "The Mystery of the Talisman", this number of people is nothing and will not delay the filming work.

So Gilbert Jr. and Disney Warner agreed to this matter after discussing it with each other, but he asked to make an inspection at the Shanghai Film Festival.

Young Gilbert wanted to select some people who were capable, willing to learn and had a good attitude, not just unqualified people.

Young Gilbert knew clearly that if he did not intervene in the selection process, those who would be selected would probably be those who had come in through the backdoor and had money stuffed in to gain rank.

Don't doubt it, Hollywood has done this a lot. For example, in the selection of extras, which directors don't pay much attention to, there is a lot of room for manipulation.

But since he was here to study, little Gilbert still hoped to pick something that could be learned rather than something that would just kill time.

Minister Tian agreed immediately. He had been in politics for so many years and knew who were the people in the circle very well, but sometimes he couldn't be too controlling.

It would be good if little Gilbert could take action to keep an eye on things. No matter how mischievous those people are, they can't affect a world-class director.

This matter was happily decided, and we just had to wait for little Gilbert to come to Shanghai.

While China was fighting tooth and nail for the so-called study quota, Gilbert Jr. was also busy in North America. He attended the premiere of "Bruce Almighty" and supported Jennifer Connelly.

"Thank you for coming..." Jennifer Connelly held little Gilbert's arm tightly, showing her close relationship with little Gilbert to people around them.

"I have to come to support the movie you star in." Little Gilbert said with a smile: "How is it? Are you confident?"

Jennifer Connelly nodded: "Of course I have. Since you are here to support me, I definitely have confidence."

Gilbert Jr. said: "Jim Carrey has been the hottest comedy star in Hollywood in the past two years and has a strong box office appeal.

As long as it performs normally, there will be no problem selling at the box office.”

"Of course," Jennifer Connelly pulled Gilbert aside, "Let me introduce you to the person who brought you here. This is Tom Shadyac, the director of the film."

A director with long hair, glasses, and a rather decadent artistic temperament shook hands with Little Gilbert: "Hello, Director Little Gilbert."

"Hello, hello, I wish your movie a big hit at the box office." "Thank you..."

Tom Shadyac and Jim Carrey are working together. Before this movie, the two had worked together on "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective".

The two chatted for a while, and Jennifer Connelly pulled Gilbert in front of a black actor: "This is Morgan Freeman, a veteran actor."

Morgan Freeman did not try to please Gilbert Jr., a much younger director, but simply shook hands with him.

Gilbert Jr. said, "Mr. Freeman, I have always liked your performance, which is very impressive. I hope that we can work together on a movie one day."

Working with a great director is the dream of every actor, and Morgan Freeman is no exception.

"If necessary, Little Gilbert, please contact me and my agent directly. There will be no obstacles to our cooperation," said Morgan Freeman.

Morgan Freeman is under contract to Artists International Management, also owned by Michael Ovitz.

It is said that Michael Ovitz and Gilbert Jr. have always been at odds and even in competition, but that does not restrict his actors from working with Gilbert Jr.

Whoever restricts this is sick. If Gilbert Jr. makes the next Orlando Bloom or Keira Knightley famous, Michael Ovitz will regret it to death...

Jim Carrey and Gilbert Jr., the male lead of the film, have met each other a long time ago. Jim Carrey has been seeking transformation in recent years, and a director with a diverse style like Gilbert Jr. is exactly the person he wants to please.

But unless it is for certain specific roles, Little Gilbert would not consider Jim Carrey. His image has long been fixed, just like that of Big Tengzi.

Unless you can transform yourself as resolutely as Teacher Fan Wei and give up your achievements and status in the field of comedy, it is impossible.

And even so, the transformation is not necessarily 100% successful.

Jim Carrey was reluctant to give up his achievements in comedy films, but at the same time he wanted to seek transformation. It was not an easy period.

After watching the film in the cinema at the premiere, Gilbert Jr. interacted with the creators and gave the film high praise: “Kim is really a talented actor. In terms of the subject matter, this movie is actually very ordinary.

But the charm of King is that such an ordinary movie is enhanced with infinite charm and makes people laugh.

Of course, Jennifer’s acting was good, and mostly she was beautiful.”

Everyone smiled knowingly at the last sentence, as they all knew the relationship between Jennifer Connelly and Gilbert Jr., so it was not surprising that Gilbert Jr. praised her.

Gilbert Jr. concluded by saying, “I think the film will do well in the summer season and it’s totally worth it for everyone to go to the cinema and watch this movie.”

This is indeed the case, although "Bruce Almighty" is different from the popular science fiction and action movies in the summer season.

But thanks to Jim Carrey's strong box office appeal, the film grossed $6795.3 million in its first week, successfully winning the box office championship this week.

The film also received very good reviews from the audience. Although it was criticized by critics, the audience liked it very much.

Jennifer Connelly, who starred in this film, performed quite well in the film. She is the dream lover of countless people.

After starring in this movie, Jennifer Connelly's beauty conquered many people and her name appeared frequently in the newspapers this summer.

Gilbert Jr. also arranged some news for Jennifer Connelly, such as being photographed by reporters while shopping with him, or showing off her proud figure on the beach when she went to Miami for promotion.

This is a bit similar to buying charts on Weibo in the past. Any street shot can become a hot topic, and then find a group of internet trolls to hype it up and attract onlookers.

Unfortunately, "Bruce Almighty" only dominated the box office for a week, and the good times did not last long. Soon, Disney released Pixar Animation Studios' latest work "Finding Nemo" in late May.

In its first week, the film grossed $7025.1 million, successfully winning the box office championship of the week.

"Bruce Almighty" took second place at the box office with $4052.6 million, but the North American box office has at least exceeded million, so profitability is not a problem.

In third place is "Pirates of the Caribbean", which has been released for five weeks, with a box office of 1537.2 million US dollars this week and a cumulative North American box office of 2.33 million US dollars.

Ranked fourth is "X-Men 2", which has been released for four weeks, with a box office of 1269.4 million US dollars this week and a cumulative North American box office of 1.93 million US dollars.

The rest are insignificant and are not serious competitors.

The weekend after "Finding Nemo", on June 2th, " Fast Furious", produced by Cantaloupe Studios and distributed by Warner Disney, was officially released.

The film also prepared a grand premiere for this purpose, but Gilbert Jr. did not have the time to attend.

A few days before the premiere of "2 Fast Furious", Gilbert Jr. flew to Shanghai on his private jet with Scarlett, several staff members, and Johnny Depp.

Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley did not go with them, they are still promoting "Pirates of the Caribbean" together around the world!

(End of this chapter)