Chapter 1725 The Sunglasses King’s Epiphany

After completing "Carmen", Wang Jiawei followed Yin Jun to the United States and then to the Czech Republic with great expectations.

Although he is an assistant director, Wang Jiawei has a lot of work.

Shi Shaoming overall planned everything on the set, while Wang Jiawei was responsible for the shooting, staring at the camera to show how Yin Jun meant it.

This job was not easy at all. In the first set of shots, Wang Jiawei was scolded by Yin Jun once because he did not urge the camera to take a close-up of Tom Hanks' hands from the side.

Wang Jiawei has already filmed a movie of his own, namely "Carmen in Mongkok", but in front of Yin Jun, he was like a student.

Not to mention that he has made a movie. Even if other famous film directors from Xiangjiang come, they can only act as assistants around Yin Jun.

Especially this kind of literary and artistic film, which is Yin Jun's specialty. Which director dares to point fingers at Yin Jun's decision?

If you have the ability, would you like to get two Oscar nominations for Best Director, win two Best Picture awards, and win a Cannes Best Actor and an Oscar Best Actor?

Therefore, even if Wang Jiawei is scolded or criticized, he remains silent and works hard to correct his mistakes and cater to Yin Jun's needs.

After a month or two, Wang Jiawei finally felt the pulse of Yin Jun's filming, and began to slowly understand Yin Jun's filming techniques and control of details from the perspective of an apprentice.

On the first day of that day, only two scenes were shot. Movie stars like Tom Hanks had to shoot for more than 3 hours for a one or two minute shot. His hands almost cramped. Wang Jiawei was really scared. .

He never knew that anyone would dare to torture the Oscar winner like this.

I'm afraid only a great director like Yin Jun can shoot the shots as he pleases, regardless of which actor is in front of the camera, right?

I thought this was awesome enough.

But Wang Jiawei never expected that there would be something even more incredible.

When he watched Tom Hanks, who was so thin that he was almost only a skeleton, holding himself up and shooting a set of shots of escaping from the building, he was stunned.

First, it’s for Tom Hanks’ self-abuse.

No wonder he can become an Oscar winner!

I lost 20 pounds before the start of the show, and that’s not all. In order to pursue the best effect, I didn’t use any post-retouching or makeup effects at all, and I lost another 30 pounds directly!

Tom Hanks is 183 centimeters tall. It is quite dangerous to weigh 100 pounds and have to film every day.

And it seems that during the last month or so of filming, I will not only maintain it, but also adjust it at any time to lose another three to five pounds.

In any case, after Tom Hanks finishes filming, he will definitely not be able to recover without taking a break for two or three months.

Recalling that in order to film the role of his brother in "Rain Man", Tom Hanks went directly to a mental hospital for three months, Wang Jiawei felt that this young actor would definitely have a bright future.

An Oscar winner is not his end at all.

He will definitely become an admired superstar like Chaplin and Marlon Brando in the future!

Even Wang Jiawei believes that after the movie "The Pianist" is released, Tom Hanks is likely to receive his second Oscar winner again.

Who doesn’t know that themes like “The Pianist” are Oscar’s favorite?

Thinking of this, Wang Jiawei sighed unconsciously.

He knew what Yin Jun was thinking.

If it weren't for the limitations of the script, Yin Jun would definitely use a Hong Kong actor to star in his movie - just like "The Shawshank Redemption".

Everyone knows that if the protagonist of "The Shawshank Redemption" was not Chow Yun-fat, it is really possible to win an Oscar winner trophy.

But Yin Jun ignored it and directly revised the script and let Zhou Runfa star.

Although Zhou Yunfa was nominated for the Cannes Best Actor and the Oscar Best Actor, he still failed to win the Oscar Best Actor as expected.

There is no other way.

In the current film industry, European and American filmmakers are in charge. No matter how powerful Yin Jun is, he is not enough to overturn their decades-long entrenched rule.

The second reason why Wang Jiawei was stunned was because of Yin Jun's ruthlessness.

Others say that Yin Jun is a very gentle and kind-hearted person. To describe Yin Jun as "a noble son", I am afraid that few people in Xiangjiang would not agree.

Even those who yearn for Britain and those who curse Yin Jun everywhere have to admit that in terms of personal morality and dealing with others, Yin Jun does have the demeanor of an ancient gentleman.

But all these good reviews were not seen at all during the filming of the movie.

Wang Jiawei knew that in Yin Jun's first movie, which was also the first commercial movie "Speed" that successfully entered Hollywood, Yin Jun was very serious about the details, so serious that all the actors had to play in person.

For this reason, Yin Jun's girlfriend Zhong Chuhong was injured. Yin Jun was so frightened that he hugged her and ran to the car regardless of his identity.

This scene is also talked about by people.

If this movie can't appreciate Yin Jun's cruelty, then the subsequent movies can fully let people know how harsh Yin Jun is when filming movies.

For example, Sophie Marceau filmed the scene of giving birth. When Sophie Marceau was interviewed later, she said that in just a few minutes, she filmed a total of more than 7 hours, spanning two full days. The pain I suffered during this period is simply beyond words.

She even wanted to pick up a hammer and hit Yin Jun directly on his body.

Others regard it as a joke, but directors like Wang Jiawei know that it is not a joke. This is how Yin Jun forced Sophie Marceau.

How cruel he was to be able to push such a delicate 16-year-old girl to the point of almost collapse.

For another example, when Zhou Runfa was filming "The Shawshank Redemption", he also said something.

In addition to his experience in prison for several months, Yin Jun also had someone dig a special underground passage for Zhou Runfa to climb out.

Zhou Runfa climbed seven or eight times in a row before completing this set of shots.

When the footage was taken, there were wounds all over his face and body.

But you thought that was the end?

absolutely not!

Yin Jun deliberately chose to shoot this scene on a night of heavy rain. In addition to climbing the tunnel, he also directly asked Zhou Runfa to spread his arms in the rain without rest, with tears and smiling faces intertwined, looking up to the sky, looking at this Free sky.

Zhou Runfa also took more than 2 hours to shoot this set of shots.

After the filming, Zhou Runfa was sent directly to the hospital to film.

Tom Hanks suffered no less than Chow Yun-fat in "Rain Man".

Not to mention his daily speculation and role-taking in the mental hospital, during the filming process, he completely treated himself as a mentally retarded person, and the hardships he endured are hard to describe.

Therefore, each excellent shot and each excellent movie was shot under such harsh torture.

Therefore, Wang Jiawei began to review himself.

When I was filming "Carmen", was I too gentle towards Yam Dahua, Lin Qingyun and Wen Bixia?

If I want to learn from Mr. Jun's ruthlessness, maybe I can go to a higher level and shoot in a more stylish way?

Well, it’s decided!

After I finish my studies here, if I have the opportunity to make a second movie, I will learn from Jun Shao. Everything will be based on the quality of the movie and absolutely not care about anything else.

Only in this way can we make a good movie!

With this idea in mind, Wang Jiawei told Yin Jun when he was having supper after work that night.

He regarded Yin Jun as his teacher in the film industry. With these insights, of course he would bring them up and ask Yin Jun for correction.

Yin Jun laughed in his heart at that time.

The King of Sunglasses is indeed the King of Sunglasses, this talent is really hard to hide!

I asked him to come over to learn the techniques of filming and how actors express themselves, and he was actually able to see this part of himself.

Among the Chinese directors in the previous life, the King of Sunglasses was the most annoying, followed by Li An, who can be regarded as the best director at the Oscar, and Xu Ke ranked third.

Even Yin Jun's method of grinding actors at the beginning - that is, the method of making actors keep reshooting - was the method that Wang Jiawei used to grind Tony Leung.

But Wang Jiawei was not like this at the beginning. The route he took at the beginning was more hippie style, and even had a bit of comedy.

But when he gradually learned more about movies and had more ideas, he wanted to make some unusual movies.

"Days of Being Wild" was born under such circumstances.

Relying on his success in "Carmen", Wang Jiawei deceived Tang Huanrong and asked him to invest tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars. He also coaxed superstars such as Leslie Cheung to join the crew.

Of course, "Days of Being Wild" suffered huge losses at the box office, and Deng Huanrong was so angry that he was hospitalized on the spot.

Such poor results almost ended Wang Jiawei's career as a director.

Wang Jiawei was also extremely hesitant. He once decided whether he wanted to change his style and make some nonsensical comedy like his old friend Liu Zhenwei?

But it just happened that at this time, the Hong Kong Film Awards came.

"Days of Wild" was nominated for 9 awards in one breath. Wang Jiawei won the best director, Leslie Cheung directly won the best actor, and the movie itself became the best movie.

At the Golden Horse Awards, "Days of Wild" was also nominated for 9 awards, and Wang Jiawei also won the best director.

Two major awards and two Best Director awards shone brightly in one go, and he was recognized by two major authorities in Chinese-language films. Wang Jiawei suddenly realized that I was born to make such stylish films!

From then on, Wang Jiawei went further and further on the road of literary and artistic films and never came back.

For this reason, he is known as the number one literary and artistic film director in Hong Kong. He is even more famous than female directors such as Xu Anhua and Zhang Wanting who can allow investors to protect their capital and win awards at the same time.

It seems that in this life, Wang Jiawei's sunglasses king style will arrive several years in advance.

"Since you are interested, let's give it a try when we get back!" Yin Jun said to Wang Jiawei, "I will give you another script. I hope you can do better!"

Wang Jiawei perked up after hearing this.

He originally thought that Yin Jun would say that he was just a toddler in Handan, a mere little director who dared to learn the methods of an Oscar-level director.

Unexpectedly, Yin Jun directly confirmed his thoughts and even gave him a script.

You know, "Carmen in Mong Kok" has not yet been released, and I don't know what the results will be, so Yin Jun gave himself another script?

Who in the world doesn't know how rare Jun Shao's scripts are?

Is it because his talent is so outstanding that Master Jun takes such good care of him?

Thinking of Yin Jun's discerning eye, Wang Jiawei felt a little excited.

He couldn't wait to end his studies here immediately, return to Xiangjiang, and devote himself to his new movie.

He also wanted to see if following Yin Jun's model and adding his own understanding, would he be able to make a more distinctive movie?

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