[US Entertainment] Hollywood reverses life

"Source Code" tells the story of Claude, a soldier of the US Navy SEAL, who got a secret mission: the Syrian terrorist organization planned to carry out a terrorist attack on the White House. at the dinner party.The military undercover Victoria will show up at the dinner party, and her other identity is the lover of the Middle Eastern prince.Claude needs to find Victoria at the dinner party, in order to learn about the plan of the terrorist organization, and then organize the terrorist attack tonight.And terrorist organizations are also hunting down Victoria.

But Claude's informant is dead, so he doesn't know what Victoria looks like, nor what her identity and name are now disguised.He had no idea who Victoria was.

He can only find out where Victoria is by using fragmentary clues time and time again and find a way to meet him, but when he is about to touch Victoria, the mysterious lady will die in various ways, and he doesn't even know where Victoria is. People who see her clearly.

Just when he thought he couldn't stop the terrorist attack tonight, he suddenly opened his eyes and found that he was reincarnated to the moment when he received the previous mission.And then again and again, every time he ends up losing Victoria and seeing her burnt, hit by a salvage bullet, pushed down the stairs, it's going back to when he got the mission.

After many attempts, he finally realized that the only way to save Victoria is for him to die instead of her, and only in this way can the White House be saved.In the end, he led the pursuers to himself and was killed by the enemy, but he found that the enemy looked exactly like himself.

When he thought he was finally dead this time, he opened his eyes again.

In front of you is a group of doctors.

It turned out that he was just trapped in his dream and couldn't get out.Victoria was his sister. He arranged for her to be an undercover agent but ended up sacrificing her. This incident made him very painful and unable to get out of the shadows.In order to keep this elite soldier, the organization secretly decided to perform a lobotomy on him, but the operation was unsuccessful, leaving him unconscious and trapped in his fictional dream.

The reason why the enemy looks the same as him is because the doctor put another personality into his dream in order to make him wake up.Let that personality kill his original personality, so that he can wake up.

In this script, Joy is the first director to combine infinite reincarnation and science fiction, but she knows it will be successful.

In the first few days of shooting, that is, the dance scene at the beginning of the movie, Joey was extremely picky about the camera and photography.

This made Meg Ryan very curious, and she said to Joey more than once: "Hey, Joey, I always feel that you are making a musical, and you have achieved the ultimate in color requirements."

Joey smiled modestly, "Maybe I prefer watching movies from the golden age."

Then she continued to run to the sidelines to direct the cameras.

"Wait, the shot just now used a long follow-up shot to record walking and talking with the hero." Then she looked around and said with her chin resting, "But the follow-up shot is not good enough."

She then continued: "In this way, the props and zero-time actors are arranged in a diamond pattern between the characters and the camera, which enhances the visual richness of the frame and character movement."

Then she directed another camera and waved her hand, "The camera will be pushed one by one, which will make the liveliness and peace of the dance party a deeper infection."

After she finished speaking, she flipped through the script, pointed to Cooper and an actress and said, "Wait while you talk and get close to the camera, it is convenient to record the scene where you look at each other."

Everyone nodded, and the next scene continued.

Cooper walked into the dance floor with a serious face in a suit. At this time, the camera zoomed into a wide shot, and he looked for Meg on the colorful dance floor.

In the next second, an over-the-shoulder shot was pushed over, reflecting the confusion in his heart at the moment.

Afterwards, Meg entered the dance floor through another door in a long yellow dress, and the two passed by but walked in different directions.

Cooper left the dance floor and walked into the power supply room. He bypassed the staff and inserted the power failure chip. In a cold sweat.

Cooper is worthy of being a talented and hard-working actor. He embodies this series of psychological changes very well with his actions.Joey who watched was sweating for him, and deeply understood the emotions of the protagonist himself.

As for Meg, our charming American sweetheart has the same demeanor as before. Just a short eye contact made Joey, who was paying attention in front of the camera, feel what it means to be charming.

Then, the camera began to shoot the scene where Meg eavesdropped on the conversation between the Middle Eastern prince and others.

Meg first spoke to the prince in Arabic, and the gentle and fragrant appearance of the nephrite jade made people scratch their heads, but the prince dismissed her with a few words, "You go out first, I want to see guests."

Meg got up gracefully, and slowly walked out of the room with her skirt in her arms.

Then, instead of immediately, she turned and went out and immediately lifted up her skirt and tied it in a knot, opened the window and climbed back from the outside wall to the window of the room where the prince was talking, and then Meg pressed the monitor on the glass.

A series of changes in demeanor, from a delicate and sweet lover to a strong and indifferent female agent, Meg did not exaggerate her interpretation, and it was all to the point.

But seeing this, Joy was still a little fuzzy, she thought Meg's performance was free and relaxed, she called her: "Meg, this is not an award-winning film, you don't have to act so restrained and academic, you can Behave a little bit like 'spread blood'."

Meg said modestly, "I'm sorry."

Joey walked over to her and said face to face: "It's okay, I mean, don't be too restrained. Restraint will easily make your acting the same. If you don't believe me, look at those actors in commercial films, such as Schwarzenegger and Johnny Depp. The scene where they get angry, no matter what the characters are, they are all the same, I hope you don’t follow your feelings, if you only find your feelings when you are on the set, then your feelings will make your play the same.”

Meg accepted Joey's opinion, "I'll try to put it out a little bit."

Joey smiled shyly, "But don't put it outside 'chewing the set' either."

The term "set" is sometimes used by Western film critics to refer to powerful actors, especially when the scene is focused on one person and the shots are long. For example, Meryl Streep has the momentum to swallow up the set.

After a few more scenes, Joey called out to Cooper.

"In the scene just now, your surprised expression was not in place, Cooper." Joey stared at the camera seriously and repeatedly chewed on Cooper's performance in the scene just now.

Cooper was a little embarrassed. After all, it is not a face-to-face thing to be preached by such a young girl as the director, "I will try again."

Joey shook his head, obviously still a little dissatisfied and melancholy.

Suddenly she pointed to the ground and said, "What is that on the ground?"

Cooper quickly looked over, but there was nothing on the ground. He looked at Joey with wide eyes in surprise, with a dazed expression on his face.

Joey immediately snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "That expression just now, that mental state, this is the most authentic reaction you should have, will you do it again next time?"

Cooper immediately admired Joey's reaction speed, and he realized that although this director is picky, she is indeed a good director. She knows how to guide the actors, and she will find ways to help the actors understand the characters instead of Just put the requirements out and let the actors experience it by themselves regardless of the actors.

After a brief exchange with a few actors, Joey began to explain to the photographer.

"I want to use color montage to express this scene, use color cross configuration, break the concept of time and space through the strong contrast and rapid changes of colors, and interweave the past, present, future, and illusions together, so as to produce a sharp emotional contrast and plot. The ups and downs. Wait a minute and let Unit 3 and Unit 4 follow me."

Then she pointed to the assistant on the set and said, "Anna, pick up those frivolous items on the ground and take them away. I saw two of them at a glance!"

Watching Anna start picking things up, Joey stretched deeply.Today's first day of shooting is too tiring, so let's end here.

She still has a lot of problems that she discovered today that she needs to go back and think about.

All in all it's going well, hope everything goes well.

****

Apparently no news in Hollywood can escape the head of Paramount, Hughes' grandfather Summer Redstone.

He was very angry that Hughes got involved with that Joey again. He once said that if Hughes got involved with Joey again, he would get out of Paramount.

Grace paced the hall with a troubled expression, because Hughes had been called into the study by his grandfather for a long time.

His grandpa was not the kind of person who would throw a tantrum, so the two of them never made any noise in the room, which made Grace even more uneasy.

Will this make the old man unhappy?Thus affecting Hughes' favor in the old man's heart?

This was the last thing she wanted.

She hopes that her son is doing well, and then he can successfully inherit the Paramount business.

Soon, the door of the study opened, and a solemn atmosphere came from inside.

Hughes came out and saw that Grace was still in the mood to tease her, "Mother, you seem to be the one who should take a rest."

Grace immediately asked, "What did your grandfather say? Was he angry?"

Hughes asked back, "Do you believe me when I say I'm not angry?"

Grace had no choice but to say, "Then what did your grandfather say?"

As Hughes walked forward, his tone was very relaxed, "I said that I invested in "Source Code" not because of favors, but because I like this movie."

Obviously not Grace. His grandfather would be so easily persuaded, "And then?"

Hughes shrugged, "Then my grandfather said that since I'm here to make money, let me guarantee that the box office will reach more than 6 times the cost, or I will get out of Paramount consciously."

Grace exclaimed, "Six times? Based on the calculation that it takes more than three times to save capital, this is just a joke. If it can reach six times, it is basically the level of the dark horse of the year."

"I agree." Hughes looked fearless.

"Are you crazy?" Grace sighed ruefully.

""Juno" can do it, and "Source Code" can do it." Hughes spoke for Joey with a kind of confidence that Grace seemed to be crazy about.

He didn't want to say more, and left the house later.

********

Joey's filming continues to proceed in an orderly manner, and a total of 2 months of filming schedule has been carried out more than half.

During the filming, she found that several actors belonged to the experiential school, and the characteristic of the experiential school is that they are getting better and better, so her NGs have become less and less recently.

Although she is far away in Romania, she still pays attention to domestic trends. For example, Tom Cruise's "Murder with a Borrowing Knife" is released. She really wants to go back and watch it. After all, the male god movie has been watched countless times in previous lives.

For another example, "Mean Girls 2" was also released, and the box office was booming.

For another example, which actors have scandals, which celebrities have cheated, and which people have won awards.

But when it comes to filming, she is extremely serious.

The only difficulty is money.

Because the funds are not much, she must use 6 US dollars to do 600 million jobs.

It is necessary to use 2000 million US dollars to create a movie that satisfies the very demanding fans of science fiction movies.

As for how to save money, Joey's method is to reduce the explosion scene.

She's not Michael Bay, who can blast endlessly with a "Transformers" movie and pay Industrial Light and Magic $1.95 million for special effects.

So the whole movie, she just used a blast.

Because it is a movie of infinite reincarnation, she only needs to use this explosion scene repeatedly, and at worst, she can modify it a little later.

That's Joey's money-saving strategy.

And other scenes can be repeated in many places. For example, every time the male protagonist wakes up and returns to the place, and repeats the scenes he walked through, it can save money.

In addition, the actors are all newcomers who are not well-known.The only big-name Meg Ryan still doesn't get paid!

There are also various tax rebate policies, and Joey has applied for basically everything that can be applied for. In order to meet the conditions for tax rebates, she also tries her best to cater to the policies.

Yes, no one believed that a hard sci-fi film that could be produced with 2000 million yuan was completed under her various money-saving strategies.

Compared with the gorgeous special effects of those sci-fi blockbusters, the picture of "Source Code" can really be called unpretentious.

Two months to go.

The shooting plan of "Source Code" is completed.

After a break-up meal, the crew members will go their separate ways, and the rest will be handed over to the post-production company to complete.

After all, this time it is a sci-fi film, not as simple as the post-editing of a literary film. She has to hand it over to a professional company to complete it. Not in this field of expertise.

Before breaking up, Meg Ryan came to see her for a drink.

"Hey, kitty, I'll have a drink with you." Meg carried a bottle of wine to her hotel room.

Joy welcomed her warmly, "Wow, it's Meg, come and sit."

After pouring red wine for the two of them, Meg lay comfortably on the sofa and rubbed her fluffy blond hair, showing a charming toothy smile, "Little cat, I'm waiting for the final product of "Source Code", I believe you will It will make the Hollywood media look at it with admiration."

"Of course," Joey said confidently, holding his glass high, "I want to tell all those who laugh at my wishful thinking and whimsical ideas, although we have no money and no strong technical support, we can still make blockbuster science fiction films!"

Meg looked at her full of vitality, her eyes showed calm tenderness, "Little cat, what is the relationship between you and Hughes now? I have heard some rumors about you."

"We have nothing to do with each other. We broke up peacefully. It's just cooperation." Joey paused without saying a few words, as if trying to clear his mind, but also as if he was emphasizing.

Meg gave a meaningful "Oh", and then said with a smile: "But it's rare to be able to maintain such a peaceful relationship after breaking up."

Joey smiled awkwardly. Could it be that Meg is interested in Hughes?But it's impossible, Meg is nearly ten years older than Hughes, and it doesn't look like she is interested in Hughes.

Meg continued to say casually: "I think you seem to have something to do with it."

Joey resolutely vetoed, "Absolutely impossible."

"You don't think about him in that way anymore?" Meg's tone seemed to be tickling.

"It's gone, it's gone at all." Joey said the truth.It is completely impossible for her and Hughes, because she is not her now, but she who has experienced decades of calm and watery years in her previous life. She has long since let go of her feelings for Hughes.

To give an inappropriate example, saying that she will fall in love with Hughes again is as difficult as making her idol Tom Cruise fall in love with her.

Meg smiled, "But the Hughes I know is not such a heartless person. On the contrary, he is a man who takes his feelings seriously. He is not determined to start and finish, and he will not easily choose to start with a woman .”

"But he chose to end it." Joey didn't want to continue this topic, it was meaningless.

Others may not understand, but she knows that they are impossible, because neither Hughes nor she has any meaning in this regard.

She sure knew Hughes better than Meg did.

Just because he is a man who is very serious about his relationship, once he chooses to start, he must have the determination to carry on from the beginning to the end. Similarly, once he chooses to give up, he must also have the determination to have nothing to do with it from now on.

The current purely cooperative relationship is very suitable for them.

Meg stopped talking, chatted a few words about the movie and the follow-up matters, and left.

The next day, Joey got ready to go and the crew left Romania.

When she returned to Los Angeles again, she went straight to the post-production company she had made an appointment with.

For a long time afterwards, for more than half a year, she ran back and forth between home and the special effects company every day.

During the period, Hughes also came to inquire about the progress several times, and Joey also truthfully explained.

In order to save money, Joey admitted that many special effects are basically solved by reusing scenes and makeup, but the effect produced in this way is not too shabby, and it is unpretentious to put it nicely.

seven months.

The post-production of the film has gone from the rough-cut DEMO to the fine-cut level, and the post-production special effects have basically been completed.

She burned the film, took it to Hughes' office, and invited him to watch the final product.

In fact, she was still very nervous in her heart. Although she always acted confidently before, it was just to give herself a psychological hint. When the film came out, she was still very nervous.

Hughes seems to have been ready to appreciate Joey's new work.

Joey left him alone in the room, then walked out, Hughes called her, "Are you going out?"

Joey blinked, "I'm sorry ~ you call me after reading

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