Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

After completing the holding of Industrial Light and Magic, Jed is in a good mood. Even if the final judgment of the Foundation's high-level corruption case is not satisfactory, Jed does not feel uncomfortable.The State Supreme Court has made a final verdict on the embezzlement case. Although the guys who nearly bankrupted the Sherman Family Development Fund were sent to prison, the stolen money was not recovered much, which made the Foundation quite for dissatisfaction.

However, compared to the frustration of the foundation, Jed is worried about how to use the money he snatched back from the Japanese market.In addition to continuing to buy blue-chip stocks such as Microsoft and Apple, Jed even started his own idea of ​​starting an investment bank to enter the investment market, but he gave up because of the lack of professional talents around him.After all, investment is something that requires a high degree of vigilance every second. You can't rely on your own foresight every time, right?Besides, since the delay of the last Japanese economic collapse, Jed has been alerted that perhaps the details of some future events have changed.

However, Jed still has one thing that has not been leaked to the public. Only he and Bell Sr. know that he re-registered as a graduate student at the USC School of Film last summer.Jed, who graduated from the USC Film School, naturally has an advantage in applying for graduate studies. In addition, the two film scripts he wrote have also satisfied several mentors, so he became a student again very secretly.

Because it is a postgraduate stage, and Jed's current job, the school tutor gave him permission to not have to attend every class, but all exams must meet certain standards to get the corresponding credits, so Jed is no easier than ordinary students How many.

And when he was facing the test at the end of the school year, MGM called and said that "Thelma and Louise" would be released on May 5, and asked Jed if he had time to participate in the early promotion and premiere.Jed replied that he could go to the premiere, but the publicity would not help.

Because Jade is majoring in directing, the academic year exam given by his tutor is quite simple, just try to shoot a short film, within 15 minutes, and then there are no other requirements.There are not many students led by the tutor. Although they rarely communicate with each other, everyone still knows each other.

Interestingly speaking, most of the students had a bad impression of Jed, thinking that he was a typical dude who relied on his family to go to graduate school, and they were also very dissatisfied with the school's indulgence in not attending classes.Therefore, everyone felt that this test was very likely to cause him to fail the grade, and then everyone would just wait and see the joke.

But Jed didn't notice everyone's emotions, he was just thinking about the purpose of this test.The director is actually a person who tells a story with pictures, so the topic given by the instructor is actually to tell a story that ends within 15 minutes, so how to compress the story into 15 minutes is the first problem.Secondly, being able to tell a story and telling a good story are two realms, so we are faced with how to choose the lens.

The most important thing is that the instructor has no restrictions on the subject matter, and this endless divergent thinking is the most difficult for new directors.Fortunately, Jed gave himself the title of assistant director when he was filming a TV series, and he learned a lot by stealing a lot, and he also learned a lot from Spielberg's side, so Jed has some confidence in this year-end test. .

What came to Jed's mind was the moment when the hero escaped from prison in "The Shawshank Redemption".Climbing from the dark tunnel to the bright place, the last shot of standing in the rain and shouting is a classic shot that Jed has never forgotten.Thinking of this, Jed decided to express this scene in 15 minutes of screen language.Since Jed is rich and powerful, he quickly arranged props to help him build a tunnel-like scene in the studio.Many people from Dongfeng Productions came to see his boss’ directorial debut, which forced Jed to declare, “This is just homework, not a work!”

Jade used a total of three camera positions, one camera position is behind the actor, symbolizing the actor's eyes; one camera position is directly in front of the actor, used to capture the actor's facial expressions; and the other camera position is in front Hanging above, this position symbolizes the eyes of the beholder.The scene wasn't complicated, so Jed just randomly picked an actor from the crew.After speaking, the filming began.However, after four or five NGs, the actor still did not show what Jed expected, which made Jed a little depressed.He repeatedly looked at the scrapped films on the monitor, and found that the most important reason was that the actor's inner drama hadn't come out.This kind of detailed shooting is very particular about the inner drama of the actor. His eyes, his movements, and even his breath can make the camera show different content.

"Andy, your performance did not meet my expectations." Jed said to Andy seriously.

Andy is an actor in his 30s. Although he has been registered with the Screen Actors Union for more than ten years, he has never played an important role.This time, I got a recurring role because of the shooting needs of "Will and Grace". Although I worked hard in acting, the director was not very satisfied.According to the assistant director, the director has already planned to cut down his own scenes, and he may leave after filming one or two episodes.From the bottom of my heart, Andy was very reluctant to leave.It's an improvement for an unknown supporting role to play a recurring role, let alone in a TV series like "Will & Grace"?Some people in the union are already hinting that a certain brokerage company has already intended to sign him.But being abandoned by the crew at this juncture is obviously not good for his signing career, but he really has nothing to attract the director.Even the young man in his twenties in front of him looked down on him and secretly felt that he was a failure.

Andy's disheartened expression caught Jed's attention, and he asked, "Do you feel ashamed to accompany me to complete an assignment? But I have to tell you a few things. First, you shoot I was the producer of "Will & Grace"; second, I was the screenwriter for your film "Will & Grace"; third, I'm a graduate student at USC School of Cinematic Arts now... …Excuse me, who are you? You may think that the thing I photographed is an 'inconspicuous little thing', but if you can't even complete such a work, what big work can you make?"

Andy was a little embarrassed when he was trained by Jed.Because he was an actor who joined later, he didn't know Jed's true identity.Now that I found myself inadvertently offending the producer and screenwriter of the TV series, it seems that my chances of getting out are 100%.But Andy didn't want to lose the opportunity just like that, and retorted: "Then you think I should act like this?"

"You are an actor, I am a director, and my job is to teach you how to act!" Jed looked at the actor with some headaches.Indeed, this actor didn't meet Jed's needs at all. He just couldn't find anyone to complete his homework temporarily, so he just found someone to make do with it. "It's true that you wouldn't even get an audition if it was a real shoot. But since I've cast you, I'm responsible for your performance. Mind you, you're playing an imprisoned A criminal who has been a criminal for many years, you are innocent, but you have no chance of retrial or parole, and you are very likely to lose your freedom for the rest of your life. This is the escape route you have dug for many years, through which you will be free. Now Please imagine that you are facing a desperate situation now, and moving forward is your only way out. ——No, your expression is too exaggerated! Your character is introverted. Although you are very hard and excited, your expression should not be Such an exaggeration! Eyes! A good actor must have a pair of eyes that can talk, what is in your eyes? I can’t see anything but eye shit! Give me your emotions, don’t show them on your face, show them in your eyes Go! Control the muscles in your face and get the expression right!"

Since Jed's scene was also set in the studio of "Will and Grace", Jed's roar was also heard by many actors.Although the relationship between everyone and Andy is not that good, but seeing Jed's harsh demands, they looked at Andy with a lot of sympathy.But Jed didn't have time to pay attention to the sympathetic eyes on the scene, but asked Andy from a very subtle expression.Andy gradually felt that his face was numb, and he heard Jed say, "It's not too bad, remember this expression, and go to rest for 15 minutes. We will continue to shoot later."

After speaking, Jed left the studio, and James Burrows happened to be smoking outside the studio.After seeing Jed coming over, he smiled and said, "I heard that Mr. Cameron is a tyrant, and Mr. Sherman is almost the same."

Jed shrugged, "If the actors can meet the standards I expect in my heart, I don't want to waste my energy to scold people. It's just that I don't want to see someone who can do it, but for one reason or another, he doesn't do it. Andy is not He is a very good actor, but he is still an actor who can act. He has no comprehension and talent, but his hard work is what I value. ——Mr. Burrows, if you think his acting skills will improve , please keep him a little longer."

"Since it's the boss's order, of course I obey." Bross saluted with a smile.

After returning to the studio, Andy's acting skills have improved a lot compared to just now. Although there is still a little distance from the perfection in Jed's heart, it is not bad for a job.The rest of the work is editing. After all, the three cameras have completed nearly an hour of film in total, and Jed has to cut out about 13 minutes of the plot from it.Because the work intensity is not high, Jed intends to complete the editing work himself.After picking up some basics from other editors, Jed started editing on his own.Since it was his first time doing it, it took Jed three days to finish the final edit and hand it over to the instructor.When the tutor checked the homework, the other graduate students found that Jed had the highest degree of completion.Among them, apart from Jed being rich and having someone to support him, the most important thing is that the story of this episode is also complete.

"I saw a lot, the disgust of the past and the expectation of the future. I kind of want to see the whole story." But smiled and marked "A+" for Jed's homework.Although the other students still wanted to say something, they had no choice but to admit it at this time.Jed is very happy that his first work directed by him has been affirmed.