Chapter 62 Booting up

In China, there have been many reports about Gu Wei’s new movie. This is also his first collaboration with a Hollywood superstar so far, and many netizens have expressed their expectations for the movie.

"Director Chen Kaige said in an interview with reporters that The Promise will seek a new direction and strive to surpass the movie Hackers.

Jang Dong-gun and Hiroyuki Sanada went to Cannes and studied Mandarin seriously. "

"Young Justice Bao 3" has a major cast change, with Wang Xuebing playing Bao Zheng."

"The Hollywood movie The Pianist came to China in a low-key manner. In an interview, the distributor said frankly that he lacked confidence in the box office."

In the circle, a large amount of entertainment news is published on major portals every day.

In addition to entertainment news, there are also many movies released in February.

The movie "Baby in Love", starring Zhou Xun and Chen Kun, grossed 1200 million at the box office.

The Hong Kong films "Big City Small Things" and "Love in the Moonlight" were released in mainland China two days apart.

They were directed by Hong Kong director Wilson Yip and director Kam-hung Yip respectively.

Media coverage focused on the directors of the two films, especially regarding box office performance.

The box office of both films did not exceed 600 million, the investment company suffered huge losses, and the crew, director and investors blamed each other.

For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the circle.

"The crew of The Pursuit of Happyness rushed to San Francisco."

"Director Gu Wei and the crew members officially started filming in Hollywood today."

Domestic media gave a brief report on the start of filming of "The Pursuit of Happyness".

In San Francisco, before the filming of the movie "The Pursuit of Happyness" started, the cast list has been announced.

After the crew arrived in San Francisco, they immediately started filming.

Gu Wei gave the script of the movie to Will Smith several months in advance, and there were basically no problems with his interpretation of the role.

Will Smith has been losing weight for this role. Compared with a few months ago, he has lost a lot of weight. From his appearance, he fits the image of the poorest person.

Reid has been following the crew during filming and is responsible for logistics.

"Boss, the Oscar award results are out."

"Oh."

Gu Wei has been busy filming these days and has not paid attention to the news in this regard.

“Who are this year’s best director and best film?”

Gu Wei asked, wearing a director's uniform and sitting on a chair at the shooting site.

"The Lord of the Rings: Revenge of the Rings" won a big harvest, winning a total of 3 awards, including Best Director and Best Picture."

Hearing this, Gu Wei picked up his phone and searched for the specific awards for "The Lord of the Rings 3".

As expected, it also won the Best Visual Effects Award at this year's Oscars.

This is also the third time that The Lord of the Rings series has won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. It represents the collective achievement of the world's highest-level visual effects processing experts, and will become a step that will be difficult to surpass for future fantasy films.

"Gu, what are you looking at?"

Will Smith saw the two discussing and came over to ask.

"Will, we're discussing this year's Oscars."

Ryder added:

"The Lord of the Rings 3" won 11 awards, which is incredible. Will, have you paid attention to this news?"

"Of course, this year's Best Actor award went to Sean Penn, what a lucky guy."

When Will Smith talked about Oscar-winning actors, his eyes lit up and his tone was full of envy.

Gu Wei glanced at him. As expected of an actor, his focus was different from others.

"Gu, I think our movies are pretty good. This year's Oscars?"

There is anticipation in Will Smith's eyes. After all, no actor can resist the temptation of an Oscar.

"Of course, we can try for the Oscars next year."

Gu Wei performed very casually and said with a smile.

Hearing this, Will Smith smiled.

"Gu, let's hurry up and shoot."

Will Smith was a little impatient and urged Gu Wei.

"Haha, the crew, get ready, let's start filming."

Gu Wei looked at Will Smith and found him quite interesting.

"Understood, Director."

The crew members responded one after another.

When filming in Hollywood, the crew has strict regulations on shooting times. When the time is up, the crew will go home, under the guise of respecting human rights.

Otherwise, if someone reports it to the guild, the crew will receive a warning letter from a lawyer.

The same was true for the crew of "The Pursuit of Happyness". They finished work as soon as the time came and the crew's shooting speed was not fast.

On the set, the crew is filming...

Chris's strengths - bravery and directness - were well demonstrated in the taxi incident.

He knew that he was penniless, but he still followed the HR manager Tostel into a taxi. When he saw that he had no money to pay, he ran away at the traffic light. Ordinary people would never have the courage to do this.

"Click."

"Will, do it again."

Gu Wei looked at the camera and said into the intercom. "OK."

Will gestured to Gu Wei.

Ten minutes later, this set of shots started shooting again.

"Very good, passed, start preparing for the next shot."

Gu Wei was very satisfied with Will Smith's acting skills and attitude, and he shouted loudly in the crew.

...

In mid-February, the movie "Nightclub" directed by Ning Hao was officially released.

China Film Corporation was responsible for the distribution of the film. Before the film was released, Ning Hao and the cast of the film, including Xu Zheng, were invited to appear on several promotional programs.

"Director Ning, I heard that the script of the movie was written by Director Gu Wei himself?"

On the show, after the host introduced the main creative staff, he asked the usual questions.

"Yes, this is my second film. The script comes from director Gu Wei, who gave me this opportunity."

Ning Hao spoke modestly, seeming very honored to be able to direct Director Gu Wei's script.

"Director Ning, what are your expectations for the box office of this movie?"

"The investment cost of this film was only 200 million, so of course the higher the box office, the better.

I hope the box office can exceed 10 million, otherwise, no one will ask me to make a movie in the future."

"Haha, Director Ning is really humorous. I wish your movie will be a big hit at the box office."

"Thank you."

During the period after the New Year, Ning Hao led the crew to carry out promotional work.

On the 20th, the movie was released in major domestic theaters. Since China Film Corporation was in charge of distribution, the news media were also very respectful and reported on it.

"Night Club is released in domestic theaters today, and the script is written by director Gu Wei himself."

"Director Ning Hao said in an interview that he hopes the movie box office will break 10 million yuan."

"Night Club, a domestic comedy film of the humorous genre."

Under the major portal websites, netizens are leaving messages and discussing.

...

The set of "The Pursuit of Happyness" in San Francisco.

Gu Wei attached great importance to the filming of this movie and strived for perfection in every shot in the film.

After putting on makeup, Chris made a gesture to the staff around him.

Seeing this, Gu Wei nodded.

"All departments, get ready and start filming."

Gu Wei hopes that through meticulous characterization, the audience will be able to feel the hero's tenacity and courage.

"Act 2, shot 7, begin."

At the beginning, after Chris Garner sent his son to the nursery, he looked at the child's small figure through the window.

The narration slowly begins with the father's loving gaze at his son. "My name is Chris Garner. I didn't see my father for the first time until I was 28 years old. So I made a vow when I was very young that when I grow up and become a father, I will always be with my children."

In this short sentence, Garner used seven "I"s. This way of expression is simple, direct and down-to-earth, just like when we stand downstairs and chat with our neighbors, telling each other who I am, how old I am, my simple life experience, and what kind of person I am.

As the camera zoomed in, it took only a few seconds to get closer to the audience, as Garner emphasized, "I will always be with my children."

This also indicates that as the plot of the movie progresses, there will be a lot of interactions between the male protagonist and his son.

When the movie appears on the big screen, the audience can learn about Garner's current life situation through Garner's narration. When describing his car being towed away, his tone seems very relaxed, just like a friend you haven't seen for a long time, standing in front of your refrigerator with a beer, telling you about his experience of being fined for a traffic violation.

The seemingly self-deprecating expression turned into the pressure and burden of life after the long monologue that followed. The depressed emotions that people could empathize with could be felt even across the screen.

This shot captures the memories of the protagonist's son as he grew up. The sound recording mode was not turned on on the scene, and the sound effects in the film needed to be dubbed in post-production.

"Click, passed."

Gu Wei looked at Will Smith's expression in the camera and smiled with satisfaction.

"Pay attention for half an hour, makeup artist, quickly remove the actor's makeup and prepare for the next shot."

After the makeup was completed, the shooting continued. Will Smith looked relaxed and was very confident about the upcoming shooting.

In the taxi, the male protagonist Chris Garner performed the Rubik's Cube performance, which was completely recorded by the camera.

At this stage, the Rubik's Cube has just become popular. According to reports, even mathematics professors need to spend a certain amount of time to piece together all six sides.

Chris only had a few minutes, and it was under high pressure. Although the Rubik's Cube had been demonstrated many times in advance, the on-site shooting still put Will Smith's acting skills to the test.

"Kacha, Will, your face isn't expressive enough, you need to show that nervousness."

"Okay, Director, do it again."

Will Smith adjusted his state, took a deep breath, nodded towards Gu Wei, indicating that he was ready.

"The prop team is back, here comes another one."

In the taxi, a middle-aged white man looked at Chris who was operating the Rubik's Cube with a smile on his face.

As time passed, one side, two sides, three sides, the Rubik's Cube was gradually pieced together, and a shocked expression appeared on the face of the middle-aged white man.

A few minutes passed in a flash and the vehicle arrived at the destination. Chris looked at the complete Rubik's Cube in his hand with a look of relief on his face.

In front of the camera, Gu Wei nodded with satisfaction.

Good actors do not really need too many requirements. The director only needs to state his requirements, and the actors can often exceed the task.

This is especially true for an actor like Will Smith.

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