Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 93 Lens Problem
  At 10:30 in the morning, the Chicago crew assembled at the rented Grand Theater venue.

Today is not a shooting, but an internal meeting.

In fact, because various props and scenes need to be made, it will take another week for the actors to join the crew.

There are three main actors in this drama, namely the two heroines Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Renee Zellweger is a comedian who had outstanding performances in the comedies "Two Heads" and "Nurse Betty" the year before.

Another heroine, Catherine Zeta-Jones, starred in "Influence" and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.

None of them are popular actors, and their salaries are not expensive. The budget of "Chicago" itself is not high, otherwise it would not have found a group of crew members with no outstanding experience and qualifications.

However, Miramax is a well-known film company in Hollywood that is famous for its small but powerful movies. Many of their small-budget movies have achieved good box office results.

Therefore, the outside world is relatively optimistic about this film. After all, musicals have a wide audience in the United States, and the reputation of this play itself accumulated over the years on Broadway is enough to support the box office.

As for Richard Gass, interestingly enough, the actor originally scheduled for this drama was John Travolta, the dancing gangster killer in "Pulp Fiction."

But John Travolta turned down Miramax, saying he had acted in similar movies and didn't want to reprise the role.

Therefore, Richard Gass succeeded him as the leading actor in this movie, and this is not the first time. This is the fourth time that Richard Gass has taken over a movie that John Travolta refused to star in.

I have to say that the two people's acting methods are indeed somewhat similar.

After director Rob briefly explained the actors' affairs to everyone, he went back to today's arrangements.

At present, all the props required for the movie have been completed. Under the leadership of director Rob Marshall, the props team completed everything more than a month in advance.

What they have to do now is mainly to plan the shots, study each camera position and lighting point, and strive for success when the time comes to shoot.

When Tang De entered the crew, Rob Marshall specially introduced the assistant cameraman to other crew members.

"Dion, this is Tang De! The MV was shot very well." Rob has medium-long dark brown hair and a square face. He is the most orthodox white male appearance.

The Dion he refers to is the chief photographer of "Chicago", whose full name is Dion Beebe.

This is a white man with short hair. In fact, in terms of experience and resume, he can't keep up with Tang De, because before this, he had only photographed the Italian drama "Floating Life".

But there is no way, he is now a photographer under Miramax Film Company, and the company directly appointed him, so Tang De can't take his position away.

Moreover, Chicago is beyond his reach, and it is impossible for him to repeat Tone's previous unlucky experience.

But it doesn't matter, the movie is not completely decided by one person. As long as his assistant cinematographer plays a role far beyond ordinary people, director Rob will not ignore him.

"Hello, Dion." Tang De stretched out his hand.

Dion opposite nodded and shook his hand perfunctorily: "Hello, your job is actually very simple. You usually help me push the track and adjust the camera. You should be able to do that."

Tang De was stunned for a second: "Of course."

"That's the best, and it saves me the trouble of teaching you."

Director Rob then led Tang De to meet more crew members, including screenwriter Bill Condon, art director John Mayer and costume designer Colin Atwood.

After Tang De greeted them one by one, he joined the crew's discussion.

At the same time, the MTV awards announced last night also aroused widespread discussion across the United States.

Naturally, it was Tang De who bore the brunt of the slander because he really stood out at last night's award ceremony.

One person is involved in five awards: Best Female Artist Video of the Year, Best Hip-Hop Video of the Year, Best Director of the Year, Audience Choice Award, and Best Video of the Year.

In Dylan's writing, he denounced that this MTV was simply created for him alone, completely losing fairness and justice! It is the result of pollution from commercialization.

There are not many people who hold the same view as him, but they are quite firm. They find various angles to prove that the song "Sk8er Boi" is not as good as Joseph's "Without Me".

However, the magazines that contradicted them also listed various comparisons to prove the opposite.

For example, Tony, the music critic of Nylon Music Magazine, published such an article in his column to severely refute these people's views. "First of all, I want to say that the threshold for music critics nowadays is really getting lower and lower! Any cat or dog can be published in a magazine and make nonsense. Just add a few words to prove your authority."

"For example, most fans think, based on statistics, based on my decades of experience, etc., bullshit! What kind of fans are most fans? What are the statistics? Experience? Don't look at this with your eyes that are lagging behind the times. A work!"

"Whether it is creativity, production, or core, "Sk8er Boi" is better than "Without Me", there is no doubt about it!",

"First of all, it's creativity. Although "Without Me" uses comic elements and various spoof elements, Tang's work obviously has more elements, such as freeze frames, big scenes, fireworks, colorful fog, and comics. The combination of several elements is perfect! It has many elements. The dreamy atmosphere created is obvious to all, and it is stronger than "Without Me"! If you don't admit this, then you don't deserve to be a music critic."

"As for the production, the tone and cutouts at the beginning of "Without Me" are simply a disaster, not to mention that some of the shots are not tense enough. Tang is better than Joseph in this regard, and the comic elements are used just right. From the wall It's so amazing when it comes down to it. It can be said that as long as your eyes are not blind, you can't say anything worse about "Sk8er Boi"."

"In the end, it's the core, which is more obvious, isn't it? "Without Me" is more like a satirical comedy, but its height only stops at the point where I am the boss and I have the final say. And "Sk8er Boi" is It's like the "Titanic" in the music video world. Under its dreamy and romantic colors, it's actually a complete tragedy!"

"Everyone has moments of regret. The MV is about things we often encounter. It dreams on our behalf and makes up for everything on our behalf. To be honest, those scenes still flash through my mind occasionally, but the protagonist has changed. I have become myself. I dare to say this, even if decades pass, this MV will still be a classic! It will become the object of imitation by all MV directors."

"So I don't know how Dylan and his fans keep talking nonsense with their eyes wide open! How funny! I suggest you go see an eye doctor!"

After this article was published, all controversies were settled. Even if Dylan wanted to argue again, the magazine refused to publish it.

Because of the overwhelming response from fans and readers, letters have begun to be sent to the magazine warning the magazine to shut up Dylan.

Obviously, except for a few die-hards, everyone has a bright mind and knows what is better.

But this isn't the end, it's just the beginning for "Sk8er Boi" as fans once again start supporting it with their wallets.

After a gap of several months, "Sk8er Boi" suddenly reached the top ten of the Billboard!
  To everyone's disbelief, Avril Lavigne's record company was the only one who went crazy!
  That's a lot of money! Even privately, the executives have decided that Tang De will continue to be responsible for the MVs of Avril Lavigne's subsequent records and must not cut off contact with him.

It is precisely because of this amazing performance that major record companies once again sent invitations to CAA headquarters, which made Karl both painful and happy.

He would call Tang De every day to report which famous singers had extended an olive branch to him today.

But Tang De had no time to take care of it because the preparations for the "Chicago" movie encountered some obstacles.

On the fifth day of shooting some empty shots at the practice camera, it was also the last day before the actors joined the set.

Director Rob suddenly discovered a very serious problem. That was at the beginning of the movie, he originally planned to use a long shot to follow the actors moving in the nightclub and record the entire scene of revelry and revelry.

Unexpectedly, when the scene manager was inspecting the scene, he made a mistake in surveying the route. As a result, when he tested the camera position, he found that the nightclub scene was very small and could not accommodate a large camera to follow him.

And in order to show the excitement of the nightclub, various extras will crowd the stairs and corridors, which will make it even more impossible to realize his creativity.

So if he couldn't come up with a solution, it meant that he had to temporarily change the shots, but this would undoubtedly reduce the gold content of the movie.

In his expectation, this shot played a very eye-catching role.

So he, photographer Dion, and art director John sat in the corridor to discuss this issue. Cigarette butts were piled all over the floor. It was almost dark, and no suitable solution could be thought of.

Tang De did not join their discussion queue because Rob did not come to him, and he has been busy with other matters on the crew these days, from lighting to makeup, to props and art direction.

He has been looking for people to work with in the future. After all, this is the crew that won the Oscar for Best Picture, and it is also a musical. Its members' abilities in art, props, makeup and other things are certainly second to none in the entire Hollywood.

Especially the stage design team, they will definitely be able to use it in the future, so naturally they cannot miss this great treasure.

At the same time, he discovered that there were many potential management problems in the Chicago crew. This reason was mainly due to the director, because he was not a good manager. On-site matters were left more to each department. No wonder he had some problems when watching the movie. So many piercing shots

After improving these problems and establishing basic contacts with some members, Tang De walked towards the nightclub hall.

I met costume designer Ke Lin on the road, and she said hello to Tang De cordially: "Oh, dear, do you want to help the director think about the camera scheduling? I feel that if they continue to think about it, they will My scalp was scratched."

Many of the problems they encountered in the past few days were solved by Tang De. He seemed to know a lot of knowledge in his mind and could always find ways to solve those difficult problems. He didn't look like a professional photographer at all, but more like He is a meticulous director.

So Corinne felt that compared to the main photographer Dion, maybe Tang De would have a good idea.

"Aren't they over yet?" Tang De smiled: "But I do have an idea."

"That's great! I'll take you to find them." Ke Lin looked surprised and immediately pulled Tang De to the director Rob.

(End of this chapter)