Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 267 Co-production
With Cao Yang's current status, it is easy for him to know the Golden Rooster Award nomination list in advance.

Since his "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" was "forcibly" interpreted by the Venice Film Festival last year, it won the Venice Film Festival's Best Director and Best Technical Contribution Awards and has become an experimental film in China.

It is to edit art films using the fast-paced style of commercial films.

This was recognized by the Venice Film Festival.

As the first so-called experimental film in China, it won two major awards at the Venice Film Festival. Coupled with Cao Yang's connections and influence, it would be difficult for the Golden Rooster Awards to ignore it.

Even the reason that was once used to fool the little cannon - the box office was too high, is no longer applicable, even though the box office of "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" is indeed unreasonably high.

This year, there are 23 members in the Golden Rooster Awards Selection Committee, including the chairman, vice-chairman and secretary-general, and 7 of them are from Beijing Film Academy.

Don’t think that it doesn’t account for one-third of the total number of people. If these seven people make the same voice, it will still be quite significant.

Not to mention that among these people, there are many committee members who can be related to Cao Yang.

"Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" received six nominations: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Cinematography.

It doesn’t matter if it’s not as good as the eight nominations for “Zhang Side”, but it has one less nomination than Lu Chuan’s “Kekexili”, which is intolerable.

In particular, "Kekexili" was nominated for Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay.

President Han and Dean Hou knew about it when the nomination list was finalized but not yet announced.

Hou Yuan called Cao Yang and told him that some of these people's fathers had some connections and happened to have acquaintances on the selection committee. With that person's support, they were able to get those nominations.

However, Cao Yang can rest assured that everyone is a person of status and there will generally be no conflicts within the selection committee. But if one wants to win the award, it is not something that can be achieved with the support of one or two people.

Some people just rely on their seniority to have a say in award selection, but in the film industry, if they want to set up a project, attract investment, or find professional people behind the scenes... these people can't reach that far.

At present, there are almost no film companies that dare to offend both China Film Group and Beijing Film Academy at the same time.

Mr. Han is more direct and is quite adept at using tricks.

He felt that since some people could not recognize the form, let them recognize the form.

Aren’t you announcing the nomination list on the 14th? It just so happens that Ludong Island insists on holding a launch conference, so we can choose this day for “Inception”.

If some people still insist on doing this, the selection committee will not have to worry about face issues - because of you, no one will pay attention to the Golden Rooster Awards, and everyone can focus their fire on you.

Okay, with President Hou and Mr. Han stepping forward, Cao Yang will no longer be concerned about this matter.

So when Xiao Gangpao called him just now, Cao Yang pretended to be confused.

There are some things you can do, but you can't do them openly.

We are all respectable people, and it hasn't come to the point where we have to fall out.

When the time comes, start shooting.

The first shot was simple, with the hero waking up on the beach. It was easy to shoot and perform, in order to create a good omen.

With the help of the makeup artist, Depp was already lying on the beach. After the makeup artist confirmed again, he stepped out.

"Attention all units, start."

Cao Yang shouted, and the script supervisor hit the board in front of the camera, and the shooting officially began.

Under the impact of the waves, Cobb, played by Depp, opened his bloodshot eyes and woke up.

He looked up and forward, and seemed to see his two children. His eyes were full of guilt and pain. He buried his head in the sea water on the beach again.

Cobb was awake from beginning to end and knew that his wife was dead. Due to guilt, he often "created" children in deep dreams and made his wife live in deeper dreams.

His biggest wish is to get rid of the suspicion of murdering his wife and return home to see his children. When Cobb looked up, he saw his two children playing not far away.

However, this requires the actors to perform without props. There are no children in front of Depp, so he needs to shoot shots of two children playing and then edit them together.

"Crack!"

Cao Yang said: "Very good, passed."

With Depp's current acting skills, filming such a scene would be no problem at all. What's more, Cao Yang also gave him the experience of being in the role. His painful and guilty look didn't look like acting at all.

Claire Danes nodded secretly not far away.

Depp is really amazing, his acting skills are extraordinary, no wonder he won the Oscar for Best Actor for consecutive years.

When this guy worked with Tim Burton in the past, the two were called a "match made in heaven", but it is still inferior to his collaboration with director Cao Yang.

Sure enough, Director Cao Yang is the one who is most compatible with Depp. Depp must be able to better understand Director Cao Yang's meaning and requirements. Look at his demeanor and expression, his acting skills are far better than Leo.

That playboy Leo has absolutely no acting skills. He's just a guy who relies on his looks to make a living.

Claire Danes couldn't help but think of herself again.

I am now the person who gets along best with Director Cao Yang. Let’s start filming my scenes quickly and let Director Cao Yang know all about it. I can’t wait.

Depp climbed out of the water and spit out the sand in his mouth. When he buried his head just now, he was hit by the waves and swallowed a lot of sand and sea water.

He took the mineral water handed to him by the staff, rinsed his mouth quickly, and then poured the whole bottle of water over his head to wash away the sand in his hair.

"Are you okay? How do you feel?"

Cao Yang asked.

"I'm fine, very good, feeling great."

Depp laughed nonchalantly and replied.

He didn't know why, but whenever he worked with Cao Yang, he felt comfortable and relaxed every time he filmed. Acting was as easy as drinking water. He felt that every movement he made was like a subconscious behavior, but extremely precise.

This is why he particularly likes working with Cao Yang. He can easily perform the play, make money, win awards, and improve his status.

Is there anything better in the world than this?

Here on Ludong Island, all the shots were taken at the seaside, belonging to different stages of the film.

"Go change your clothes and put on makeup first."

Cao Yang told Depp that the plot that Depp was going to shoot next was not the same as the current one, so he had to change his clothes and put on new makeup.

Taking advantage of this time, Cao Yang wanted to shoot a slightly difficult shot, which was two children playing on the beach, which was the scene that the male protagonist saw when he looked up just now.

It is particularly troublesome to photograph children in the United States. Not only do guardians and unions need to be present, but a tutor is also required. There are also restrictions on the length of the shoot and the time period for the shoot on a single day.

Cao Yang took advantage of the opportunity to shoot scenes about children in the country.

Although photographing children is a bit troublesome in China, it is definitely much more convenient than in the United States.

The two children that the assistant acting director found were white European children who were sent to work in China. The boy had blond hair and the older girl had black hair.

After communicating with their guardians, their parents let their children go to a designated place to play, where there were plastic sand-digging toys.

The footage was of them playing.

(End of this chapter)