hollywood draw

Unlike the traditional Hollywood director, Wayne is very clear about his positioning. Others can start a vacation trip for weeks, months, or even years after the production of a film is completed. These are just luxury goods that he occasionally thinks about.

Success, success, and continuous success. At least in the past two years, he must ensure that he is always in the circle of successful people, so that he can promote his huge plan at a certain moment.

The cooperation with Christopher Rokencott is more like a small episode here. It is nothing more than that after understanding the other party's possible calculations, he is also calculating the other party.

The more important thing before him is undoubtedly the two projects "Wonder Woman" and "Superman". The former has entered the final preparation stage. The mature behind-the-scenes team has shared a huge amount of work for Neng Wayne, which allows him to squeeze out time to care about other things while busy preparing for the work.

The work progress of "Superman" is relatively slow. Zach Schneider, with his deputy director, was exploring the scenes everywhere like a flying man. Most of the work of the crew was essentially carried out under the host of producer Charles Rowan.

Everyone knows that most of Wayne's energy is destined to be on the project "Wonder Woman". At least he has to wait until he finishes his overseas shooting work before he can turn around and consider "Superman".

Of course, this does not mean that "Superman" is raised by a stepmother, nor does it mean that "Superman" is not important. It is simply because of the release time of these two projects that one has to be in the order of one before and one after another.

As long as you are experienced workers in the circle, you can understand how much pressure you are in being pressed by the top productions in two circles in a row. Even if you put aside the invisible pressure, just shooting the previous project and entering the next project immediately can make the director crazy by endless busy work.

Fortunately, Zach Schnike also understands this, and all the preparations he has done now are to give Wayne less burden.

In fact, many people in the crew know that as long as Wayne does not officially join the team, Director Zha is equivalent to the leader. To a certain extent, his ability is completely qualified.

It is also because of this idea that Zach Schneider's preparations have been much smoother, and at least from the beginning, it has avoided the most common power struggles in Hollywood crews.

A special visitor came to the door of the preparation studio where "Wonder Woman" was located. Since the audition work ended, it has been difficult for strangers to enter and exit the studio without any more free time, except for the staff with their work permits.

"Sorry, ma'am, you can talk to Ms. Nina Klein on the phone."

Sofia Coppola raised her hand helplessly and slapped her on the forehead. The security guard at the door of the studio hurt her brain.

"Damn, I've already shown it to you. My mobile phone is out of power!"

Even though she tried hard to control her emotions, her voice inevitably gradually rose and began to become sharp.

Seeing the black security guard blocking her, she shook her head firmly again. She was so angry that she stomped her feet helplessly. She raised her wrist and looked at the time. It was only around 11 o'clock in the morning, and this time was the place that made her feel even more bored.

Now it is the busiest time for work. If there is no accident, it is almost impossible for someone to go out now, even if he is responsible for buying coffee for the workers behind the scenes.

"Hey, man."

Sofia Coppola stretched out a finger, pointed at his face, and said to the security staff weakly: "Look at this face, ok? I am Sofia Coppola, Wayne Greenberg's deputy director of the previous project. Damn, have you never seen me?"

Her words seemed to have aroused the interest of black security. She tilted her head and looked her up and down with interest, and finally chose to shake her head. "No, ma'am, I haven't seen you before, I'm new."

Sofia Coppola had a headache and lamented that she was unlucky and encountered such a security officer. She tried to ask the other party to go to the studio and just find a staff member to take her in, but this guy was afraid that he would sneak in after he left!

Even if there have been more than one bold paparazzi doing this, is Sofia Coppola like a paparazzi? Are there any unprofessional paparazzi as much as her? Which paparazzi doesn't carry a camera with her?

Looking at the security staff who were thinking of wood in front of her, she racked her brains and didn't come up with any good solutions. Now she was considering whether to go to the cafe at the entrance of the studio first and wait until the crew rested at noon before coming over.

"Hi, Sophia?!"

A deep female greeting suddenly sounded with a puzzled tone.

Turning around suddenly, the one who came into Sofia Coppola's eyes was a strong middle-aged black woman. The same aesthetic as most black women, the woman holding four or five thermal boxes in two hands, wearing a big red dress and over-smeared bright red lips.

"God, Lilian."

Just like when a man was drowning, he suddenly grabbed the life-saving straw. Sofia Coppola threw his briefcase to the ground, spread his arms exaggeratedly, and hugged the black woman.

"Hey, hey, Sophia, be careful of what's in my hands."

Lilian opened her hands hard to maintain the balance of the lunch box in her hand, but the smile on her face was still enthusiastic and bright. She stared at the woman she had hugged with curiosity.

"Long time no see, why are you here? I heard from Nina that you are going to make your own project, oh my god, you are already the director of your own crew, I..."

"Stop, Lilian."

Recalling the enthusiasm of the black aunt assistant, Sofia Coppola immediately made a surrender statement and turned around to pick up his briefcase. "I'll visit the set, well, visit all of your classes, and by the way, I want to talk to Wayne."

Speaking of this, she glanced at the security guard with a headache. "You have seen it all, obviously this conscientious guy blocked me outside the studio."

"e on, let's go, I'll take you in." Lilian shrugged and said with a smile.

This time, the security staff finally did not ask for the entry and exit documents with Sofia Coppola. They watched the two women laughed and walked into the confidential studio together.

"You can't blame Schroder, he is a responsible and good guy. After the audition, paparazzi scrambled in to take pictures several times. Those people were like crazy people, but since Schroder came, no paparazzi could have been able to infiltrate..."

With a bag of lunch boxes in her hand, Sofia Coppola nodded and greeted the acquaintances she saw from time to time, starting from entering the studio, the familiar feeling returned to her.

No one underestimated the person beside her, who looks like a black aunt. Many old people have become completely used to this existence. You should know that this is the first time to do odd jobs in Wayne's crew, and every time a new project is started, the first person to notify the staff who came to the crew to report. After so many years, there has never been an exception.

This black woman is illiterate and does not look in line with mainstream aesthetics. She is no different from other lower-level staff. Her main job is to deliver coffee.

The exception is that she not only serves the staff behind the scenes, but also the only handyman who can deliver coffee to Wayne. Apart from Nina, he is also the only bottom-level assistant qualified to help Wayne pick up Chinese food.

The reason is simple, because Wayne appreciates her work attitude, and because she was in a crew like a small workshop, she silently served tea and water to all the staff behind the scenes.

This is an ordinary person who struggles to survive at the bottom of Hollywood, but he is loved by everyone behind Wayne's team. Sofia Coppola still remembers that during the filming of "The Flash", Patrick Demsey played a big name to her, and finally, under the serious gaze of associate director Gilmore, he bent down to apologize to the bottom-level handyman.

Obviously, in Lilian's eyes, Wayne, who is the leader of the crew, gave her the last bit of dignity in her life. So, she became the only assistant in the crew who could reassure Nina and help pick up Wayne's lunch.

Perhaps in front of Wayne, his behind-the-scenes team has always been tacit and united, and everyone has a good professional attitude, and cooperates to help him create the project. This has been happening for so many years.

But in Sofia Coppola's eyes, this team is no different from other well-known behind-the-scenes teams in Hollywood, and it is still very deep. Not to mention the supervisors of various job departments, just talk about the lower-level assistant walking by. I'm afraid that the only one in Hollywood who has ever received a big star bent down to apologize.

"Hi, Nina."

Pushing open the door of the director's office, Sofia Coppola skillfully put the lunch box in her hand on the table, greeting the assistant lady who was flipping through the magazine, while looking at the man behind the desk with his head down and carefully drawing the storyboard.

"Hi, Sofia, why are you free to come here today?" Nina put down the magazine and stood up to help organize it together.

"Look at who is here?"

Hearing the hello, Wayne raised his head and looked at Sofia Coppola, and his face also showed a smile. No matter how the outside world evaluates him, it cannot be denied that he has always been an extremely nostalgic person.

"I heard you're almost crazy during this period." Seeing Wayne put down the pencil in his hand, Sofia Coppola shrugged and sat on the sofa with her briefcase in her arms.

"That's right." He spread his arms and stretched his waist tightly. Wayne looked at his former assistant director and laughed and joked: "Don't say you heard that I was crazy and came to help."

Shaking his head silently, Sofia Coppola had a hint of hesitation on her face, and the eyes of her looking at the man were filled with struggle.

"What happened?" Seeing her appearance, Wayne slowly put away the smile on his face, grabbed a cigarette on the table and lit it, and asked in a low voice: "If you need my help, even if you speak, Sophia, don't be polite between us."

If we simply judge it as an assistant director, there is no doubt that Sofia Coppola is very competent. At least in the limited cooperation between the two parties, he is very satisfied with this woman's diligent work attitude and her attitude of studying hard anytime and anywhere.

No matter what others think, when this woman joined his team, she did not have the intention of gilding or giving a good job experience. Instead, she was full of professional attitude when facing her work.

"I have a project here. Can you help me with it?"

After gritting his teeth, Sofia Coppola chose to speak out when she thought about her purpose today.

"Ha, Sophia, you're looking far away." After hearing the woman's words, Wayne was stunned for a moment and looked at her with a funny look.

"Wayne, I know your time is precious, but this project is very important to me. I need you, a successful person, to give me some advice."

With his hands tightly grasping the briefcase, Sofia Coppola looked serious, "It will be my first feature film in my life, I hope you can give me some advice."

As the heir to the Coppola family, she does not lack various resources in the circle, especially the most difficult problem and funds that are ahead of novice directors.

Just because of the surname Coppola, countless people would be willing to invest in her, and they would not even have to let go of the wind. Some were her father's "old guy in the circle" who was willing to help her embark on the road to success.

But in her eyes, money is undoubtedly more important. She just hopes that the first feature film in her life will not be messed up by herself. The scene of the worst supporting actress in the history of Jinluo is still vivid in my mind. Sofia Coppola hates the feeling of being a loser.

After counting her past life, the man in front of her was an unquestionable success. It was because she had been the director assistant of the other party and even had the title of deputy director that she understood the talent of this man better and the definition of success of this man.

"Take it out."

Looking at the woman's serious expression, Wayne shook his head helplessly, waved his hand and said, "I think you must be ready, give it to me. I'll take a look now. After watching, let's have lunch together."

The moment he spoke, Nina, who was standing by the side to organize the lunch box, whistled her fist and made a "come" cleanup on Sofia Coppola. Obviously, the two women got along well, and she also hoped that her boss could help Sofia Coppola.

Before taking over the simple project plan, Wayne had always had a guess. He guessed that this project was probably the film that used the "Widow's" butt to confuse the audience for the whole show.

When he watched this movie, he never expected that the most powerful shot in the whole movie was just the beginning of the movie, the rendering of the figure of "Widow Sister"...

However, after opening the script, he realized that he was thinking too much. This is a drama called "Girl Walks Forward". Compared to the focus of male directors, the delicate and emotional side of women can clearly see the difference between the two from the script.

"Your father, have you given you some advice?"

He kept flipping the script slowly in his hand, holding cigarettes from time to time, and shot ash into the ashtray. Wayne's hand was very stable. Whether it was casual chatting with Sophia Coppola or staring at Nina, who was equally curious about the script, it did not affect his speed of reading the script.

Sofia Coppola shrugged. “He wished I could do the job I like, but he didn’t say anything about the project.”

"A good and qualified father, isn't it?"

Smiling and shook his head, Wayne took a big sip of the cigarette.

To a certain extent, Francis Ford Coppola's daughter does not have to care too much about the type of project, which is what it means to be a good father.

For other directors who are new to Hollywood, if they fail the first time, there is a high probability that they will not have a second chance. But for Sofia Coppola, even if they fail several times in a row, there is still no shortage of people willing to pay for her.

Since the Golden Plum Award, this woman seems to have become the kind of star second generation that people think of. However, if this woman is really like most mediocre star second generations who have fallen, there will be no discussions around her.

There is no way, if anyone from the "Hollywood Kenny's Family", his father is the two Golden Palme d'Or, the two Golden Men, and countless winners of major film awards will be shrouded in the halo of his father's brilliant achievements.

"Ahhh, black element?"

About twenty minutes later, Wayne put down the script in surprise and looked at the woman sitting on the sofa with some surprise. "Don't tell me, you are affected by me."

Without any hesitation, Sofia Coppola nodded directly. "I was hesitating about what method to use to show the emotional conflicts of family in danger, until I read your early works again."

This is a smart woman. Wayne smiled and pointed it gently on the script, thinking about how to give some useful suggestions.

The story Sofia Coppola is going to shoot is not complicated, but the theme is very deeply rooted in people's hearts, that is, family emotions. And since he saw the script, he already knew that this film is very suitable for a new director's debut work.

With the addition of black elements, the human nature in emotions can be better expressed, or humanistic care. Although such expression methods will inevitably appear a bit cruel, this woman obviously knows what she wants.

This film is not about making money or commercial achievements. It is just an ultra-low-cost drama art film. If it is based on art films, there is no doubt that as long as the filmed film does not make any mistakes, it will definitely be recognized by some film awards.

"Talk about the script, Wayne."

Sofia Coppola saw him smoking a cigarette and said in a daze: "In the past two years, people have remembered that your works have obvious big productions and big scene labels, but I always remember that you have always been an academic storyteller."

"Well, it's my honor to be able to receive your praise."

Looking up at the woman, Wayne curled his lips and said, "Sofia, I suggest you don't act too cruelly when shooting the film. You are one of the few female directors in Hollywood, and you should show more delicate things in your emotions through film."

As he said that, he picked up the script, turned on the second page, pointed at one of the paragraphs with his fingers, and continued: "For example, the arrangement of the youngest daughter in the family committing suicide, I suggest you change the way of expressing it."

There is another potential reason that Wayne did not say directly, that is, the child's issue must be taken into account. In this land, even in horror movies, once cruel harm to minors is involved, it will be replaced with a tactful way of expression.

Hollywood has always emphasized creative freedom, but some of the most basic potential red lines are still abiding by. For example, in commercial films, even if the destructive power of a certain character is reflected, they will never be shot with cameras, which will hurt ordinary people on a large scale.

Sofia Coppola frowned and murmured to himself. "A different way of expressing it..."

"Okay, I'll just say it." Seeing that the other party didn't understand much, Wayne put down the script, crossed his hands on the table in front of him, and looked at the contemplative woman and reminded:

"Don't show the scene of a little girl committing suicide directly. This is not the case with black elements. I suggest you to wrap all the scenes in the script that express cruelty directly in the script with black humor."

"Black Comedy?" Sofia Coppola was stunned when he heard his words, and then reacted, and his eyes lit up instantly. "Yes, black comedy is the best way."

"Yes, Sophia, you'd better pack this good story into a black comedy. But be careful, be sure not to abuse the absurd elements, this is a black comedy that can happen to you and me at any time."

If a film wants to be outstanding, especially for art films, at least it is necessary to try to make the audience understand it as much as possible after expressing the director's emotional output, and even let the audience like it.

The theme of family has been played with by countless directors for a long time, but this theme will never be outdated, especially in this country. A family drama with delicate emotions and a little bit of black humor can at least attract the audience to watch it in full.

"I will seriously consider your suggestions, thank you."

Sofia Coppola looked at Wayne seriously. She had no intention of making any jokes, but was really expressing her gratitude.

"I'll give you a piece of advice. This type of art film must be understood by the audience." Wayne waved his hand and finally reminded: "Just like the name of your first feature film "Girl Walking Forward", Sophia, whether it's slow or small, just keep moving forward. Just like that, have lunch together."

When Sofia Coppola packed up the script and left Warner Studio, she stood in the distance and looked at the studio where the Wonder Woman team was located, with a faint smile on her face.

"Wayne, you're right. Whether it's slow or small, just keep moving forward..."

She was very glad that she had decided to come here today. If a few more days later, once the crew of "Wonder Woman" flew overseas, she might have missed this meaningful conversation.