Rhapsody of Entertainment Rebirth

As the tragic figures of this Oscar, Shan He and Hathaway were discussed by the media and the public.

But neither of them felt too disappointed at the award ceremony, and watched Spielberg's speech on the stage with interest.

The best picture nominees are exactly the same as the best director nominees. Six films are all above the Oscar best picture level, which is rare in Oscar history.

This Oscar is recognized as a great year for movies, and the Hollywood film market can be said to be full of great films.

The only competition that can rival this year's performance is the Oscar for Best Picture in 1994.

That year, the competition between "Forrest Gump" and "The Shawshank Redemption" became fierce. Both are rare classics, and "Pulp Fiction" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral" were both nominated for Best Picture. ", "Wit" and "Silence of the Lambs" are also above the standard.

Coincidentally, "Dallas Buyers Club" had previously competed with "Forrest Gump" and surpassed it at the box office, breaking the box office ceiling for realistic themes.

Before the Oscars, most of the analysis and debate about the best picture revolved around this topic. Can "Dallas Buyers Club" once again create the miracle of "Forrest Gump" and win all the box office and awards in Hollywood.

To be honest, if Shanhe were from China, "Dallas Buyers Club" would have great chances of winning.

Many media are lamenting, what a pity! This talent belongs to China, and Shanhe, a young Chinese director, has become the biggest obstacle to winning the award for "Dallas Buyers Club"!

The result did not escape the analysis of the media. "Slumdog Millionaire" indeed became the biggest winner at this Oscar.

After Spielberg announced the final result, the entire "Slumdog Millionaire" crew came onto the stage in joy.

Shanhe and Hathaway stood up and applauded them with normal expressions.

Bruckheimer on the side couldn't help but complained in a low voice, "Qiu, if you are from M country or five years older, how can you be on stage like them!"

Shan He looked at Bruckheimer who was smiling on the outside but full of resentment inside.

"Jerry, you're such an old Hollywood bastard, how come you can't stand it more than I do!"

"This is the best picture at the Oscars. Some people will never have this opportunity in their lifetime. If I win, I can leave my handprint on the Walk of Fame tomorrow!"

"You are a commercial film producer. If you win at the box office, do you still care about this?"

"Who says I am a commercial producer? I have always been pursuing artistic achievements!"

Shanhe turned to look at this shameless old gangster, "This is the funniest joke I've ever heard in Hollywood!"

Bruckheimer didn't care at all about Shan He's ridicule. He turned to Shan He and said diligently: "Qiu, my artistic pursuit depends on you!"

"Fuck you!"

"Haha..." Hathaway on the side laughed out loud at the two men's low-pitched remarks.

The 81st Academy Awards ceremony is over. "Slumdog Millionaire" became the biggest winner of this Oscar, winning seven statuettes including Best Picture and Best Director.

"Dallas Buyers Club" ranks second with four trophies.

Shanhe was quite satisfied with the result. The Oscar Academy gave him face and did not let him go home empty-handed.

The Vanity Fair reception after the Oscars is the largest annual social gathering place in Hollywood, where award-winners, guests, fashion celebrities and socialites expand their connections and look for opportunities.

Shanhe and Hathaway stayed for half an hour before leaving the reception. Shanhe was really not interested in this kind of superficial communication of pure fame and wealth.

Hathaway's sense of security here plummeted. In just ten minutes, Shanhe received a stack of business cards of various beauties. These charming girls did not care about Hathaway's existence at all and rushed to promote themselves to Shanhe.

The two quickly reached an agreement, said hello to a few friends, and got in the car back to Hathaway's Billy Hill mansion.

The Oscars ceremony is over, but all the discussions about the Oscars have just begun. Everything about the Oscars will be the hottest focus around the world these days.

According to the ratings data from the ABA Survey Center in M ​​Country, this Oscar Awards Ceremony is the one with the most viewers in the new century.

During the awards ceremony for Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Actor, the ratings reached their peak. In country M alone, more than 35,000 people witnessed the awards ceremony on TV.

The magician couple of Shanhe Hathaway and the Titanic couple of DiCaprio are indeed a magic weapon to attract attention.

Topics such as "The Magician Couple Frustrated at the Oscars" and "Leonardo and Winslet Achieve Each Other" have become the biggest topics of discussion among people.

Of course, many other gossip topics are also the focus of public curiosity, such as: what story did Hua Xiaqiu tell Heath Ledger; Aniston and Angelina Jolie’s husband-stealing hatred; who is Hugh Jackman? Singers who were delayed by movie actors and so on.

In contrast, this year's Oscar winner "Slumdog Millionaire" has not received much attention.

That’s right, an English director telling a story about a boy from a slum in India is not as attractive as these entertainment gossips!

The next day, Shanhe and Hathaway were dubbed the "Best Running Couple" by the media.

Outside Hathaway's mansion, a large group of paparazzi and media reporters were waiting for the two to appear.

After a night of fun, Shanhe opened the curtains feeling refreshed, stepped out of the balcony to face the sun, and started walking for the eighth set of radio gymnastics. His affected waist needed some exercise!

Hathaway woke up and saw her boyfriend twisting on the balcony in his pajamas. This scene made her cover her mouth and laugh.

"Haha... My dear, your appearance will soon appear on the Internet. The long shots of the paparazzi opposite you are not a vegetarian!"

"Ah!" Shanhe was stunned for a moment, and immediately stopped his movements, "That's not true, there are trees here, what can you take from such a distance!"

"Haha...honey, we'll find out in a minute!"

Shanhe looked around for a few times and then just took a picture. I was once a tiger in a cage!

Half an hour later, pictures of Shanhe twisting his waist in pajamas were all over the Internet. The accompanying text of the gossip report made Shanhe yell while eating breakfast, "This is slander!"

Hathaway laughed and read out the gossip headlines on the Internet one by one, "Oscar the Magician was frustrated and vented like crazy. He seemed to have been up all night, haha...

Huaxia Qiu lost to the Princess of Country M, and her waist was suspected to be damaged... My dear, and this, the magician used Chinese Kung Fu to deal with Hathaway, this is a man's shame! Ha ha…"

Shan He looked at these gossip reports with a wry smile on his face. These damn sentences were all aimed at vital parts. He was so damn good at making them up!

Just this kind of gossip report is popular, celebrity gossip, look at the pastime, the more exaggerated, the more bizarre the better, smile and relieve stress!

This is the time when Shanhe receives the most attention. The comments section of almost every gossip report is densely packed, and the people who eat melons are very happy!

"Haha...Qiu's fighting ability is not very good!"

"I laughed so hard! The Oscar didn't have any impact on Huaxia Qiu. This picture was chosen so funny. Huaxia Qiu is so funny!"

"Now, Hua Xiaqiu knows how powerful the paparazzi of Country M are..."

"This is really Chinese Kung Fu. It looks a bit like Jack Cheng's routine!"

…

After this little episode, the two laughed and laughed all morning. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Heath Ledger drove to the house with his baby daughter as promised.

To say that people's fate is such a coincidence, Hathaway and Heath Ledger also have a good relationship. They once starred together in Ang Lee's famous film "Brokeback Mountain".

And this movie happened to be the starting point for Heath Ledger and his wife to meet.

Without too much politeness, Shanhe carried the pink Matilda into the car, ignored the paparazzi surrounding the door, and arrived at Heath Ledger's residence.

Four young people and a BB started a lively family gathering.

Perhaps because he had a similar depressive experience and personally changed Heath Ledger's life, Shanhe and Heath Ledger were very attached to each other. The two of them didn't have much contact, but they got along very naturally.

The four soon entered the atmosphere of a family gathering, and Shanhe had a good impression of Heath Ledger's wife Michelle.

Michelle Williams, Heath Ledger’s wife, is not a simple person, she is a typical talented woman from Country M!

Not to mention his excellent acting skills, he is also talented in other aspects. Not only can he cook a table of delicious food, but he is also proficient in various futures investment transactions.

At the age of seventeen, she won the championship in the National Futures Trading Competition and turned 10,000 US dollars into 110,000 US dollars in one year. Heath Ledger was lucky to marry her!

In Shanhe's view, the two people's personalities are very complementary, one is more simple and emotional, the other is more shrewd and capable.

Despite experiencing some twists and turns, the two still plan to start over, and both Shanhe and Hathaway gave them their blessings.

In the vanity fair of Hollywood, this couple is considered an alternative pair. They are not very interested in commercial movies, but they are obsessed with breakthroughs in acting.

At dinner, both Heath Ledger and Michelle expressed their gratitude to Shanhe. Recalling the gloomy days in the past, both of them had tears in their eyes and were filled with emotion.

Heath Ledger confided in Shanhe that clowns were his nightmare, but not the source of his depression. The root cause was the potential shadow cast on him by his parents' divorce when he was a child.

The clown was too deeply involved in the play, which caused his potential psychological shadow to explode, which is why the situation was so serious at the time.

As soon as his mental state recovered, he confessed everything to his ex-wife and began to pursue her again. He could not let his daughter have this kind of psychological risk.

This is a good father!

Shanhe agrees very much with Heath Ledger. Now that he has a child, he must shoulder his due responsibilities!

After spending a night of laughter and tears with the Heath Ledger family, Shanhe and Hathaway talked about marriage and children in the car on the way back.

"Qiu, when are you going to marry me? I like Matilda!"

"Ah!" Shanhe turned to look at Hathaway unexpectedly, "Are you going to have children as soon as you get married? What about your Oscar-winning Best Actress?"

"What should I do? Of course I have to keep working hard. What does this have to do with having children!"

Shanhe was stunned. It was true that Winslet had been married several times, had two children, and still won the Oscar for Best Actress.

I am fascinated by the behavior of domestic celebrities. Hollywood celebrities do not have the idea of ​​​​hiding marriages and having children!

"Next year, let's get married next year. In China, the parents choose the wedding day of their children. How about I go home and ask my parents to let them choose a good day?"

"OK! Honey, we have an agreement! We have to have a boy and a girl. The boy will look like you and the girl will look like Xixi!"

"Ha, isn't a girl like you?"

"Xi is cuter and happier than me, and it's so fun to be with her. I like girls like this!"

"She's so noisy, it would be nice to be quieter!"

…

The two went back to the villa for a night of practical exercises. Such things as having a baby were just talk!

After only two days in Los Angeles, Shanhe hurriedly boarded the flight back to China. The filming of "Gravity" was indispensable for him as a director.

A group of reporters at the Los Angeles Airport watched Hathaway send Shan He off to the plane, and there was no shortage of reporters at the Beijing Airport to greet her.

Although Shanhe failed to make a big splash at the Oscars, he was quite topical.

The global public has become accustomed to Shanhe's success, but is quite interested in his setbacks.

Although Shanhe won nothing at this Oscar, for Shanhe, which has always been successful, only winning one statuette was a big setback.

The public is very curious about the status of Shanhe at this time, and the domestic situation is self-evident.

CCTV 6 broadcast a rare live broadcast of the Oscars during prime time the next night. Shanhe's setback had a greater domestic impact than imagined.

There are many messages on the Internet comforting Shanhe and criticizing the Academy. There are even many die-hard fans of Shanhe who are worried that Shanhe is used to success and will be devastated by this blow.

After hearing the news about Shan He's return to China, there were especially many reporters and fans outside the airport, causing many passengers to ask curious questions.

"Which star are you waiting for for such a big event?"

"Waiting for Shanhe!"

"Shanhe, isn't it strange that he returned to China so soon?"

"It's late!"

"How do you know so clearly?"

"I saw it online, foreign reporters looked at the planes over the mountains and rivers!"

"Okay, if you have time, I'll join in the fun!"

…

The crowd outside the airport grew larger and larger, which directly alerted the airport security department. After Shanhe got off the plane and learned the news, he apologized to the airport in a fit of laughter and tears.

Under the dual protection of Chuhe Film and Television staff and airport security, Shanhe walked out of the airport.

"Mountains and rivers!"

"Come on Shanhe!"

"Oscar is xenophobic, please don't take it to heart!"

…

Faced with being surrounded by fans and reporters, Shanhe was really helpless. After briefly answering a few questions,

He said to hundreds or thousands of fans: "Thank you for your concern. I am in good condition. New movies and new books will be available to you soon. Don't hang around. I will open a book club as soon as possible after the new books come out." Yes, the airport is not a place for autographs!”

"Hurry up and get in the car!" Kang Zhixuan said to Shanhe, "If you leave, everyone will disperse!"

After getting in the car, Shanhe looked at the fans outside the window with a wry smile, "Have you ever looked that fragile?"

"Boss, you have never failed. You have been on a smooth journey. This is your first setback. Coupled with the media's exaggerated publicity, so many book fans and movie fans came to the airport to support you!" Yang Liu replied with a smile.

"What kind of setback is this? It's not that easy for a Chinese like me in country M to win awards. Besides, didn't I also win a statuette?"

"There's nothing you can do about it, everyone's expectations of you are too high!"

"Okay! Looks like I can't let everyone down!"

…

On the second day after returning to China, Shanhe plunged into the filming set of "Gravity".

The two actors are still in a state of adapting. The shooting method of "Gravity" is too different from conventional operations.

The actors are in a still state most of the time, but the scenes they perform are in constant motion.

This requires them to constantly train and adapt to the prepared simulation effect animation.

The crew was also in a lot of trouble. After entering into actual operation, many problems arose with the plan on paper. Many scenes could not be realized according to the shooting plan.

For example, when an actor wears a spacesuit, the helmet will reflect most of the light back, making it impossible to capture the actor's facial expression clearly in the picture.

Shanhe had no choice but to convene various departments for a meeting on site and constantly adjust the shooting methods.

In the end, only the facial expressions of the actors were shot in real scenes, and all helmet and mask scenes were overlaid again with CG special effects, which added budget and time to the shooting.

Throughout March, the crew of "Gravity" was constantly raising and solving problems.

There have been countless quarrels between Shanhe, the special effects director, the lighting effects director, the photographer, the action director, and the actors.

Cheng Xiaodong once even argued with the special effects director for more than ten minutes.

The action requirements changed so fast. Cheng Xiaodong had already made a plan and the actors had started training their actions, but the special effects production changed their minds and the entire action design had to be started all over again!

As a traditional martial arts film director, Cheng Xiaodong was really confused about full green screen and virtual shooting, and he simply couldn't accept the special effects director's explanation.

The two of them were arguing endlessly!

Shanhe could only mediate and tell Cheng Xiaodong the shooting intentions and reasons for modifications over and over again. This shooting was a learning process for all crew members.

Cheng Xiaodong sighed at this, "Shanhe, will all future movies be shot like this? Why do I feel like we are making a cartoon!"

"This should be the development trend of science fiction and fantasy blockbusters. Director Cheng, have you ever seen the set of "Detective Dee"? Even for historical martial arts movies, Director Xu has done a lot of special effects production. Green screen shooting is already a routine operation. !" Shanhe nodded and replied.

"Hey! Seeing how much you invest in making movies, I'm completely disappointed with Hong Kong movies. They don't even dare to make martial arts movies now. They only focus on police and gangster movies. Sooner or later they will be eliminated!"

Shan He smiled and said, nonsense, the investment in a police and gangster film is small and it is easy to make money. If you are exhausted, you will just play with explosions and engage in car chases. "Cold War", which will later be known as the blockbuster film of Hong Kong and Taiwan, only requires 25 million investment.

It's not even a fraction of "Detective Dee", let alone "Gravity"!

After a month of adapting, the crew still had some stumblings, but the filming was able to proceed normally.

In just one month of adaptation time, Shanhe wasted millions of dollars on film, enough to make a small-budget movie in China.

I guess Jiang Wen wasn't as heroic as he was back then!

"Sister Li, are you ready?"

"No problem, you can start anytime!"

"All departments are preparing, the tenth scene of Tiangong Space Station, the tenth mirror, action!"

Gong Li was hung on the wire and moved forward, but she herself did not move at all. He needed to imagine and imitate herself shuttling back and forth among the cabins of the Tiangong Space Station, and she needed to wear an expression.

Including the training period, a total of more than two months of adaptation, Gong Li was still full of worries about this kind of performance. She even felt that she would never be able to adapt to this kind of scene.

Gong Li felt like she was back when she was filming "Red Sorghum", where she kept getting stuck and started over and over again.

The on-site styles of these two brothers are somewhat similar.

Shanhe, like Zhang Yimou, rarely loses his temper. He just keeps communicating with the actors, making his thoughts clear, and then repeating them.

However, it is estimated that Lao Mouzi will never be exposed to this trick played by Shanhe in his life. He, an old farmer, really cannot imagine this kind of thing. It is too science fiction. Not only the content of the movie is science fiction, but also the shooting techniques!

"Kah! Sister Li, please come down and rest for a while. Anthony, how are you? Are you able to cope with the special effects this time?"

"No problem! This time it's fine, perfect!"

"OK! This shot has passed!"

Gong Li put on her coat and walked over, "Shanhe, I've been filming like this for more than a month. How many lenses can I use? I really don't know at all. I have been making movies for more than 20 years, and this is my first time." This is the first time I’ve been so blinded!”

"Everything is going according to plan, Sister Li. Not only are you confused, but we are all the same. The entire crew is trying to cross the river by feeling the stones. The footage of the Tiangong Space Station is basically finished. Next, we will enter the space scene. Lewis and you There are a lot of rival scenes, so the progress should be faster!”

"This is great. I'm really scared of shooting alone. I finally have a partner!"

There was finally laughter in the studio in April, not because the shooting went particularly smoothly.

But there are a lot of laughs in the performances of the two actors. This kind of unprofessional behavior would not have appeared in the performances of two senior actors.

But the filming of "Gravity" was too illegal. Most of the various thrills and excitement the two had in space were performed while sitting motionless on two mechanical chairs.

Most of the time, he wears a spacesuit on his upper body and a pair of half-length sweatpants on his lower body. The contrast in the whole scene is huge.

Even the director Shanhe laughed many times. He watched the two actors wearing weird clothes sitting on the mechanical chair with frightened faces and looking at each other. Most of the on-site staff laughed.

The two actors often burst into laughter while acting. Shanhe didn't blame them too much. This situation was within the expectations of the crew.

Lewis and Gong Li are both veteran movie kings and movie queens. Shanhe believes that they will adjust their emotions to fulfill their requirements.

Although the atmosphere on the crew is much more relaxed, the space scenes are actually more difficult. Before each shot is shot, a lot of experiments and special effects simulations are required just for lighting.

The real light in space is so changeable. If it shifts by one meter or a few minutes, the entire light will be completely different.

It is an impossible task to simulate exactly the same thing.

Special effects images can be produced using computers, but how to integrate the two protagonists poses a great challenge to the photographer and lighting team.

There is no other way but constant trial and error and constant adjustment.

Take, for example, a scene of two people hugging each other across an aerospace helmet. The helmets of the two actors do not have glass masks. This is to avoid reflection from the glass masks.

The glass mask in the movie was covered with CG animation, but how to light the actor's face during live shooting was a problem that stumped the lighting team.

You must know that the two people are in constant motion, and the light on their faces will continue to change as their positions change. This is an extremely complex light change.

what to do? The crew discussed it all day long, and there was no other way but constant simulation testing, relying on changes in lighting panels to express this change in light.

This shot alone took three days of lighting simulation. Fortunately, it was a long shot. If every shot had this kind of efficiency, the movie wouldn't be finished next year!