Ace Hollywood

Many students of USC linger next to the School of Film and Television, hoping to see Steven or Robert Zemeckis. The nine-member group of the awards committee will take a day off today to work on the final affairs of the short film competition. They need Watch all sixteen short films in the small screening hall of the Academy of Film and Television. The staff will collect scores after each short film and calculate the average score. It is a very straightforward scoring system. These people include big directors, studio executives, well-known producers, Oscar winners for best photography, etc., and they will rate each short film from their own perspective. The personnel will only do simple accumulation and averaging, which is the basis for the final award.

This may also be the cleanest award in Hollywood. On the one hand, it is meaningless to famous actors, and on the other hand, big directors usually have weird tempers. It is hard to be sure that he will not be disgusted with the use of tricks in this kind of student competition.

"Today's task is not light," Steven whispered to Zemeckis who walked side by side, "I hope these young people can give us some surprises."

"You mean Pete or Julia Roberts?"

Steven laughed. Indeed, it is difficult for these naive little directors to get the initiative from the big stars. The short film is not so much the director's work as it is a joke made by the big stars.

There was no red tape, and Steven and others sat down in the screening hall, and the final version of the short films submitted to the federation this morning began to be screened one by one according to the number.

As Zemeckis said, it was difficult for them to see anything that stood out.

"Brad gave more guidance than we could have imagined," Zemeckis murmurs as they watch the bright white kid's Sgt. Glory.

Steven sat a few seats away from him, and Lucas sat next to him.

"The technique is much more sophisticated than the previous works, at least well-organized. It seems to have borrowed a lot from Steven's "Ryan". I don't know if he will like it."

At the end of the morning, they watched nine short films. Fortunately, they were all professionals, otherwise it would be enough to make people confused.

The School of Film and Television provided a simple working lunch, and they continued to work after eating a little.

Until the last one, "Silent Love" by Joseon Chu.

"Short films about topical idols." Lucas paid more attention to the Internet than others, and knew more about Daniel's popularity on the Internet. "Let me see what kind of story he filmed."

From the pale fluorescent lights in the cool-toned biochemistry laboratory, a focused and detached Matthew gradually appeared——

"Snapped"

"what happened?"

The first screen of "Silent Love" appeared, and the screen in the auditorium suddenly went black.

To be honest, these important industry figures were a little curious about the first shot just now. It seemed that Qiao Sen's photographer was very skilled, and the picture was full of texture and content.

But the photographers of this batch of short films were all recommended by the federation, and there were no successful ones.

The staff in the screening room were obviously frightened and came out to tell everyone that there was a temporary failure of the equipment and it might take an hour to fix it.

"Okay, let's take a break at halftime." Steven spread his hands. This was a helpless accident, and it was a bit overwhelming to change the venue for the remaining short film.

It's less than three o'clock in the afternoon now,

The awards presentation will begin at 7:00 p.m., and the PwC vote counters should have accumulated the scores of the previous short films, so there shouldn’t be too much time.

During the rest of the judges, the media reporters with great powers and the big stars who participated in the performance got the news that the judges had left.

The results should have settled.

Although PwC was also chosen, this is not an Oscar after all, and the need for confidentiality is not so high.

So, before the judges returned to the screening room, the results got out.

Those who are eligible for the message have basically earned stat points.

For example, Matt Damon and his agent Philip, who are already in their mansion to attend the evening event.

""Sunda Hell" comes first, "Sergeant Honor" comes second, and your "Haven House" comes in fourth, which is better than I imagined." Philip held a piece of paper in his hand, and on the paper Only the top six, all awards belong to the first six only, and the latter ones can only sit still.

"Is there "Silent Love"?"

"The expected result-no." Philip showed a happy expression, "I will contact the media and report this matter well, no matter how he performed in "Gladiator", the audience will not be so easy Just give him the praise of acting."

Matt Damon also laughed. The young man in Brooklyn, who is in the limelight, has already given him a sense of crisis, especially recently he has also received information from some people in the industry-Daniel's "Gladiator" The performances are extraordinary.

Johnny Depp, at his Los Angeles apartment, also got the result.

He is the lead actor in the third short film "Spider" - you know, he has taken a lot of care, in addition to hiring famous artists to help guide the editing - like Daniel, Depp also invited a photographer friend, a director friend Give friendly guidance to the crew.

Finishing third, behind Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt, he has no regrets, the important thing is that he didn't see that name on the list.

"Silent Love".

He and Tracy talked about the list with an almost irresistible smugness.

"Look, that's a kid who is about to stumble." This is what he thought in his heart.

Daniel's tentacles are still too short, such a leaked list cannot reach him, so now he is still trying on clothes, and several first-line sponsors are now willing to provide him with some clothes, purely because the attention is high enough.

The judges of the competition were not quite clear about the leaked list, and they rested outside for an hour and twenty minutes before they sat in the screening hall again.

Johnson's changeable shots, Daniel's outstanding and multifaceted performance, the wonderful performances of Jessica and Quigley, and the wonderful composition of the shots all made everyone's eyes shine.

Of course, this is not the "perfect work" that Ferguson said, but in this short film competition, it is indeed refreshing.

Whether it is shooting skills or editing ideas, including the sincere performances of new faces, it is a big surprise.

The last scene of the short film in particular is a work of genius.

"Waiting for more than an hour doesn't seem like a waste." Robert Zemeckis said with a smile while writing the score on the paper.

His colleagues are also writing their scores for "Silent Love".

The two accountants of PricewaterhouseCoopers obtained the data of the last film. After statistical calculation, they sealed the results in the award envelope. This cannot be faked, all the basic data will be kept, and the reputation of PricewaterhouseCoopers is not good. Accidents like this are allowed to happen.

The Staples Center is brightly lit at night.

Tonight's red carpet was as good as some of the big award shows.

Big-name directors, superstars, and heavyweight behind-the-scenes personnel set foot on the red carpet one after another.

It's just that Daniel was asked by CAA to play with Quigley, which made Jessica a little angry. She was already unhappy for Daniel's indifference.

It is definitely something Daniel would not do to mess with CAA on this kind of matter. Although CAA put him together as a temporary agent, in fact, CAA is still helping him with many things. Melissa herself, as CAA's As a manager, the resources she used undoubtedly belonged to CAA.

Smart people, should at least be stable and calm with CAA right now.

Quigley got a new contract through Ferguson, which added chips to her opening up her Hollywood stardom. CAA is already negotiating a longer contract with her, so it is only natural to give the newcomer a little exposure through Daniel. up.

The crew of "Silent Love" is of course intimate in front of the camera. In fact, except for Jessica and Daniel, the relationship between everyone else is indeed normal.

The awards ceremony was less lengthy than usual.

After the glitzy red-carpet segment, the host was Billy Crystal — an acclaimed actor, talk show host and multiple Oscar host.

It can be seen that the cast of the award show is gorgeous.

As usual, Billy teased the directors and big stars attending the meeting.

"Johnny Depp looked like he smoked a lot last night."

"Robert Zemeckis, where is your Forrest Gump? Did you leave him on some island?" Robert and Tom Hanks collaborated on "Cast Away" for the second time this year. The previous collaboration was Amazing "Forrest Gump".

What is enviable is that Billy has not forgotten Daniel Sandler.

"Hey Mr. Sandler, I can understand having your picture posted in my daughter's room, but why is my son posting it too?"

Krystal Jr. may be one of those peers who see Daniel's muscles as a target for exercise.

You don't have to force a laugh when the awards show isn't broadcast live, so some people do fall on the deaf ears to the notion that it's still funny.

After a simple opening, the award ceremony soon entered into a formal procedure.

This time it was still Steven, Robert, and Lucas who came to the stage to present the awards. They presented the best short film, the second prize and the third prize respectively.

Lucas was the first to go on stage and awarded the third prize, which was awarded to the fourth to sixth place.

"We watched the film all day today, and we were amazed by the wonderful ideas, admirable creativity and grasp of the camera of the directors. I think we have reason to believe this: USC will continue to provide excellent input to Hollywood. They will also achieve more brilliant achievements." Lucas said a few superficial words, and then tore open the envelope.

"Third prize belongs to them: Mill Weller's "Blue Beach", Thom Renzie's "Haven House", Hull Watson's "Spider", congratulations."

Perhaps when it comes to starring, everyone will be more familiar with Mark Wahlberg's "Blue Beach", Matt Damon's "Haven House" and Johnny Depp's "Spider". Sixth through fourth.

Depp struggles to keep his expression under control, and despite being off camera, with so many people looking at him, he has to smile decently and congratulate a happy goofy Hull Watson - he's like a goofy.

But he was already roaring in his heart: Why is it fourth? Isn't it third? What about the third? Who is the third?

(Everyone is very concerned about the heroine, so I will give a unified reply. A single heroine is impractical, but don’t expect me to write a bulldozer. The protagonist will abide by the spirit of the contract, and will not mess around if there is a definite relationship. Then, then, Jie Sika is not the heroine, and Jessica in 2000 is really delicious. Is it really good to reveal it in advance? Dazed face)