The Best Director

At the 72nd Academy Awards, just like most of the media predicted beforehand, "American Beauty" became the big winner. It won the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Five awards for Best Cinematography, including almost all the eye-catching awards, Sam Mendes became the sixth director who won the "Oscar Best Director" award for his debut, and he was the second youngest The record is second only to the 32-year-old Norman Taurog who won the award for "Tao Geer". (Reading novels)

Two years ago, no film studio was willing to invest in "American Beauty". In the end, it was Steven Spielberg's insight, and it was able to start shooting smoothly with the investment from DreamWorks. Now it has won a big victory and has become another classic in film history. Sam Mendes has also become a rapidly rising supernova. He can be seen in almost all film submissions and magazine headlines. The picture of Berg smiling and personally awarding the statuette to Sam Mendes has become a lot of cover photos.

The media have already shouted the title of "Steven Spielberg's successor", the light of Sam Mendes has overshadowed the entire Hollywood for a while, the future is boundless, the next film master..." But there are also media He pointed out that for Sam Mendes, what should he do for the second film, proving that he is not the kind of "one piece director" is an unavoidable and serious test.

In 1999, the best-selling movie "Star Wars Prequel," failed to get a top award, losing to "The Matrix"; while another blockbuster movie "High School Musical" also returned empty-handed, and the best original song The first prize was won by "Tarzan". David Lawrence couldn't hide his disappointment. Wang Yang didn't care. He had already guessed how the serious and old-fashioned Oscar would hand over the statuette to a youth campus movie. , even if only for Best Original Song.

Before participating in the Oscars, Wang Yang still had some excitement and anticipation, but after participating this time, he simply didn't want to do it again. He spent a whole day outside the venue dealing with the media and participating in activities, and at night he sat in the Kodak Theater for a while. All night, it was supposed to be the end of the awards, and everything was going to be fine. But then there will be the Oscar dinner held by "Vanity Fair". It is almost impossible not to go if you receive an invitation. All the winners, nominees, and invitees will go. This is already a "tradition". It offended "Vanity Fair" and disrespected the winners because you were not present to congratulate.

Wang Yang knows that he has absolutely no intention of disrespecting anyone, but others don't know, there is no need to let his family become "lonely". He is a producer and a director, and he needs to communicate with all kinds of people in this industry So much so that despite screaming "I just want to go home!", he showed up to the Oscars dinner with an equally exhausted Jessica.

The matter is not over yet, obviously hungry enough to swallow a few big hamburgers, but before the sumptuous food at the dinner party, Wang Yang, Jessica, and all other celebrities, Hilary, who won the Best Actress Wank, Best Actor's Kaizhi Spacey*...", no one started, because there are media reporters everywhere around, they will take pictures of your "ugliness" eating at any time, and add "stack ghost", " No demeanor" and other headlines are a big blow to phantom artists.

Wang Yang doesn't want to be an idol star, but his personal image is a chain reaction, including the company's personality and the promotion of the movie will be affected to a certain extent. Bear with it! When the dinner party was over, he and Jessica returned to the stretched Lincoln car, and both of them couldn't wait to eat the family meal that the assistant bought at the nearby McDonald's, while muttering "let Xingjia die"

Still going to continue to participate in other celebration parties? Have a sleepless night? This is the choice of a large number of stars, but Wang Yang's choice is to go home, lie comfortably on the bed, sleep soundly, and continue the post-production of "When Xingfu Comes Knocking on the Door" the next day.

Editing with Margaret, scoring music with Jansi-Kazmelik, and artificially adjusting the light and color of the picture with Valeri Fisch, Wang Yang lives in a busy life every day, when the time comes In mid-April, all the post-production work was finally completed as expected, and the 120-minute release version of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" was announced, and the production cost was fixed at 32 million.

This 120-minute video has devoted countless people's efforts and painstaking efforts. Compared with the original version, the overall structure of the story has not changed much. It still revolves around Chris Gardner's life from barely holding on, poverty, and finally success. However, there are many differences in rhythm and details. The proportion of time in the homeless stage has increased, and there are more real details and changes in mentality. Wang Yang feels that the overall natural fullness has been achieved, and there is no hasty passing. Feeling: In terms of soundtrack, Zhan Si-Kazi Solik is definitely the "best soundtrack". His grasp of pictures and emotions is at the level of a master, with lively strings, soft and sad piano, and several magical touches. The children's voices have greatly sublimated the screen design and the performance of the actors.

Walley-Fiss, who cooperated tacitly, was very clear about Wang Yang's ideas, and they adjusted according to the style they had set at the beginning. At the beginning, the picture was like the morning sun in the sky, slightly yellowed, warm but with a hint of warmth. Lonely; then it slowly became gray, and then slowly became bright, and finally Will Smith walked in the crowd with red eyes, and when he was so happy that he couldn't contain himself, it seemed that the shame turned into warmth and happiness .

There is also Will Smith's sincere and moving interpretation, strictly restoring the street appearance and clothing of San Francisco in 1981..." And his own emotions, this movie not only contains Chris Gardner's life and mentality, but also He added Wes yelling at Chris "you're a loser, we all are, don't bother with that old piece, get a job you deserve ', as Harry-George once shouted at him.

Wang Yang feels that the current "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is the highest level he can produce so far. He gave himself a +, Will Smith +, and everyone in the crew got an A+.

After everything was completed, Flame Film Company immediately sent the finished version of the film to the MPAA for grading review. There was no foul language, violence, drug use, pornography, etc. in the 120 minutes, but Wang Yang's wish to get a grade was frustrated. The reason is that there are scenes of selling blood, being hit by a car, crowding the shelter, etc., which make children emotionally disturbed, so we need mothers to help them understand.

In fact, the A and PG ratings have no effect on "When Happiness Comes Knocking", because its market positioning is not for children, but for adults who know what happiness is and what dreams are. Wang Yang wanted to get a grade, but it was just a greedy mentality "Pursue it as much as possible if it doesn't affect the quality of the movie"; now that he got a PG grade, he was not disappointed, but inexplicably relieved, he won't do it next time It's time to start thinking about grading.

As early as the beginning of the month, Flame Movie released the official trailer. This trailer still focuses on the son of Will Smith. Of course, there are scenes of their family appearing at the same time. Scenes such as Reese being hit by a car are more exciting than the previous trailer, which also makes fans' expectations even higher. And another trailer for 30 appeared on the TV screens. During the advertising period of the NAA National Championship finals, Michigan State University vs. University of Florida, it was only played twice, but the flame movie had to pay the broadcaster $2 million.

Wang Yang and Jessica watched the whole game excitedly on the sofa at home, and they were supporting the University of Florida, which was not favored before but made it to the finals. Only the University of Cincinnati was not on the list of his semi-final predictions, and his successful match against the unpopular Florida made Jessica give it a thumbs up, and also convinced fans who read his blog in the same frame.

But to the disappointment of the two, the University of Florida did not have a dark horse in the end, and finally won the national championship for the second time.

But no matter what, the publicity effect of the movie has been achieved. The national ratings are close to 20 o'clock. The long-paused advertisements in the two competitions were seen by 10 o'clock audience, which is an extremely large number of groups.

This is not the only rigid advertisement in "When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door". The advertising positions of bus and subway stations in several "ticket warehouses" such as Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago are all pasted with the banner Although the posters of Bill Smith and his sons are not so full, they are close to the point of "you can always see them in one place". The cost is naturally not low, together with the 2 million yuan of the trailer, and some urban LED advertisements , the budget of the entire hard broadcast plan is 18 million.

The promotional cost of the entire movie was 25 million, and the other 7 million was used for soft advertisements, viral marketing on the Internet, Chris Gardner's autobiography, and talk shows on TV. Viral marketing on the Internet is still the same old style. Instead of being mysterious, it goes bluntly to various forums and communities to stir up topics, about Chris Gardner, about this movie; with the success of Chris Gardner's lecture tour, His autobiography topped the "New York Times" weekly bestseller list, and while the snowball was getting bigger and bigger, it was out of control; the last wave of offensive before the release, Wang Yang, Will Smith After the main creators started to appear on talk shows and interviews with magazines, the distribution department of Huobing Films was in contact every day, with only one goal, more interviews, and more talk shows!

In "Late Night Talk Show", Wang Yang and Will Smith in casual clothes are sitting on the red sofa. Conan Obris, the host behind the wooden table next to them, looks at them and suddenly asks with a smile: "Ganer, what are you doing?" When it comes to Golden Acid General, the worst actor, how do you feel? The strongest abandoned young man of the Great Zhou Royal Family, the martial arts general, kills the gods and seals the throne at night, seeks the throne of the demon, proud of the world, and the ninth heaven. Is it?" The audience below immediately let out an "oh", and both Wang Yang and Will-Smith smiled. This talk show is aimed at entertaining people, and a little joke is naturally one of the means.

"I feel good, this is a big gain in my acting career, I put the trophy in the window cabinet in the bedroom, hey man, it is beautiful Taobao Women's Tmall Taobao Mall Taobao Women's Winter Coat m!" Er-Smith said seriously, just like the golden raspberry is a great honor, his inverse answer also made the audience laugh. Conan O'Brien wrinkled his nose and shook his head, and said: "If I throw it away, at least not in the bedroom, the smell will affect my sleep state, I want to eat berries, is there anyone like me? ?”

The audience laughed and shouted, Will Smith also smiled, Conan O'Brien pressed his hands, looked at Wang Yang and asked with a smile: "Yang, when you heard that Will won the worst actor , what was your first reaction?" He immediately looked shocked and frightened, and changed his voice and said, "Oh my God! Oh no, it's over, the actor in my movie just got the golden raspberry , Wow, what should I do?"

"No, come on, *..." Amidst the audience's laughter, Wang Yang repeatedly denied it with a smile, and said with a thumbs-up smile: "I don't want to talk about Jin Suan taking over this matter anymore! OK, in fact, I didn't react at all at the time. Just one thought." He looked at Will Smith next to him, and remembered the 120-minute video, whatever, what can't be said? He looked at the audience and said with a smile: "Is there an actor who won the Golden Raspberry this year and the Oscar next year? I want to have one." Shocked, Wang Yang said loudly: "I know how good Will's acting skills are, and you will soon know too!"

"Oh! Wait a minute, wait a minute!" Conan sniffed Brith raised his hand to stop the applauding audience, looked at Wang Yang, and said excitedly: "What did I hear just now? Yang, you said Will Is it possible to win an Oscar? Is this your vision for "Happiness Comes Knocking"?"

All said and done, he and Will would be the laughing stock if "Happiness Knocks" failed; but would it fail? Wang Yang nodded confidently: "Yes, this is my vision! I can say more, but I will leave more to the cinema." Kefu O'Brien sighed a few times, Pointing at Wang Yang, he smiled at the audience: "This guy is crazy, I like it, and I won't worry about my ratings!"

Wang Yang smiled and shrugged indifferently. Will Smith grabbed him and hissed with a smile: "Director, let's take it easy!" After the movie was finished, he watched it immediately. The performance was also very satisfying and confident, he said with a smile: "If you say it, there will be no surprises, right?"

The audience below suddenly laughed and applauded, and many people blew. At the whistle, Kov Obris said with a serious face: "Oh, what a confident two people! I can't wait to see the movie." Then, he stretched his head again, half covered his mouth and asked quietly : "Tell me, is what you just said the truth? Is the movie really that exciting?" The audience laughed louder, and Wang Yang and Will also laughed. After a few seconds, Conan said again: "Okay, Time to talk about living with people, my favorite part! So, Jan, how are you and Jessica?,

"Late Night Talk Show", "Tonight Talk Show", "Oprah Talk Show"..." In order to record these talk shows, as well as interviews with newspapers around the world, Wang Yang, Smith and Sons, Chris Gardner and other crews People are running around, one day in New York, the next day in Chicago, and then on to Canada..."

"It's Wang Yang, that magical boy!" Looking at Wang Yang, Will Smith and others on the small TV screen, as a black man, Aaron Johnson has always liked Will Smith, and he also loved the little girl Bria Na, and Wang Yang, who also filmed black biographies, liked him very much. He watched the talk show and laughed and said, "Hey, that guy is really good! When will his "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" be released?" , he looked at his wife on the other side of the sofa, and she replied without thinking, "Number 20."

"Oh, it will be the 20th in a few days, let's go and see!" Aaron-Johnson smiled and picked up the five-year-old son next to him, held him up, and said with a smile: "Hey, little boy, we are going to see this The movie, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door"." Little Aaron immediately said "yeah" happily, and waved his fist: "You can go to the movies! You can go to the movies."

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