Heads Up Hollywood

Sony's CEO Nobuyuki Idei is a marketing expert, not a technical background. Under him, Sony has shifted power to the marketing department, and the engineering department has less and less say in issues such as research and development funding and product development.

Many people think that Sony has lost the ability to innovate technologically.

You know, from its birth to the 1980s, Sony has created more than a dozen innovative and world-changing technologies. But after that, Sony seems to have fallen into a stagnation, and the only thing that has changed the industry structure is the CD.

Of course Sony does not give up. When TVs, TV picture tubes, computers, hard drives, mobile phones and other businesses have not made enough breakthroughs, the latest core strategy is to compete for the standard format of high-definition video discs!

That year, Sony lost the videotape format competition, and also lost the DVD format standard competition.

This time, Sony has spent huge sums of money to develop the Blu-ray high-definition format, and there is no room for loss!

Under this general trend, Sony and New Universal completed the signing.

Beginning in March 2006, all movies in the new universal film library will exclusively use the Blu-ray format, abandoning the past partner HD-DVD.

This is a secret agreement and has not been made public.

However, once the agreement is signed, it is already in effect.

Dolby Laboratories, a subsidiary of New Universal, received research and development materials for Blu-ray discs from Sony.

Dolby Laboratories will officially start independent research and development of high-definition video player.

Sony bets on Blu-ray high-definition video discs, and New Universal bets on high-definition video players. The cooperation is also pleasant.

After completing the signing ceremony, Tang En set off for New York.

Scarlett finished filming "Match Point" and took another vacation to accompany her.

On the plane, Scarlett complained to Tang En: "Director Allen's face is not good at all! I think he might be angry with me."

Tang En pretended not to know, "Ah? Why?"

Scarlett said unhappily: "Isn't it because of you? "Match Point" is an art film, a low-budget art film. All the actors in the crew acted in person and acted in person. Only I brought a substitute, and Not just one! A whole five!"

Tang En said eloquently: "Don't blame me. When you want to accept a scene, we have agreed that you can't make sex scenes or nude scenes. If you have to, you have to use a double. Otherwise, I won't agree with you. When it comes to making Woody Allen movies, those directors of Ou Faner are all old hooligans!"

Scarlet snorted, "That's not it. Director Allen is very kind in the crew. He treats everyone very well, and everyone respects him very much."

"Baby, you are still too young to understand the industry of directing!" Tang En said disapprovingly.

"What do you mean?" Scarlett opened her eyes wide.

Tang En shook his head and said, "In the crew, you wear a mask to work, you know people, but you don't know people. But the film is in the post-production... Hehe, that's interesting. For example, a large-scale sex scene. The exposed body parts of the male and female protagonists are far inferior to those in adult films, but are they more provocative? More sexy?"

Scarlett laughed and said: "How do you compare adult movies? You are blasphemy. That kind of movie is shoddy, and almost all of them are shot once. Our movies, ordinary shots, NG seven or eight times are normal. , if it's a bed scene... it may take two days of continuous shooting to get the desired effect."

Tang En snapped his fingers, "That's right, that's the reason! In order to present that kind of aesthetic sense of sex scenes in Hollywood movies, it takes dozens of shots to edit the most exquisite shots. You know In post-production and editing, what kind of job is this?"

Scarlett blinked her beautiful big eyes, as if she wanted to understand something.

If you want to select and edit all those shots, you have to watch every sample of the sex scenes over and over again!

This is a sex scene, it's a large-scale sex scene, it needs to be exposed!

Moreover, due to the limitation of grading, the final part of the film cannot be exposed too much.

But the samples are different, the scale of the picture here is bigger!

Moreover, simultaneous shooting from different angles of multiple cameras will expose every part of the actor's body to the camera without any cover.

Scarlett's face turned pale, "But...even if the breasts are exposed during bed scenes, they can be covered underneath. Or put on tape, or wear flesh-colored underpants, or C pants... ..."

The corner of Tang En's lips curled up, "Honey, do you believe what you say?"

Scarlett was stunned, a little speechless.

What he said was just a common practice when filming sex scenes in Hollywood. However, how can the artistry of Hollywood compare with that of Europe?

Those pissy master directors in Europe care most about the texture of the film, especially under the French long-shot theory, emphasizing the use of objective documentary techniques to calmly present a real video performance.

In other words, sex scenes in Europe are more popular with naked fruits!

Is it art?

of course.

From ancient Greece, to the Renaissance, to modern times, European artistic styles have never lacked the masculine beauty of men and close-ups of women's soft and full bodies, such as sculptures, paintings, and movies.

Even the birthplace of nude ballet is Europe.

It's just that being filmed unscrupulously by directors and appreciating them as a matter of course must have psychological pressure on women.

Scarlett in the previous life might not care, but she followed Tang En in this life.

Under the influence of ears and eyes, he must be swayed by Tang En's ideas.

Then, Tang En delivered the final blow, and whispered in Scarlett's ear: "Some directors, including producers, have a hobby of collecting videos. Especially the sex scene videos of female stars are not the released version of the movie. It’s a special edition edited by myself in the editing room, and you should understand what’s inside.”

This is an open secret.

For example, Harvey Weinstein, he is a producer, and the director rarely interferes with the director's shooting concept during the filming process. Only bed scenes are an exception. He especially likes to watch female stars make sex scenes. After each filming, he has to personally "review", watch it repeatedly, and then comment on it in front of the female stars, and then continue filming.

After the shooting is finished, he will collect a special edition.

Of course Tang En didn't need it anymore.

He is the boss of New Universal, and all the filming materials in the entire New Universal film library belong to him. If he wanted, he could edit the sex scenes of Hollywood's female stars in the past few decades into an internal version and keep them in his collection. When I have nothing to do, take the girls at home to admire the youthful looks of Hollywood female stars in the past few decades.

"I will never make literary films again!"

Scarlett put her hands in her blond hair and screamed frantically.

Tang En stretched his arms, hugged her in his arms, and said with a smile: "It's not like that, just listen to me, just don't take large-scale shots."

Scarlett was a little sullen.

It's not at all what she thought.

What she thought about was film art, but Tang En told her the dirty behind the art.

"Well, in my opinion, your acting skills are already very good, and you don't need to use art films to hone them. Next year, Marvel's movie "Captain America" ​​will be prepared, and there is a character in it, which is yours. ,only belongs to you!"

"Captain America? You mean the superheroine 'Black Widow'?"

Tang En smiled, "Yes."

Scarlett hesitated, "I'm only 20 years old, is it really suitable?"

Tang En said: "It's suitable. Although you are young, your coquettish and charming temperament is no worse than those girls/women in their thirties."

"Pfft! I hate you!"

Scarlett snuggled into Tang En's arms, patted him with a smile, and said softly: "What I'm worried about is...will it affect my future awards if I step into the commercial film market so early? It doesn’t matter if Captain” failed, but it is impossible for Marvel’s movies to fail. I can guarantee that if I star in “Captain America”, the whole world will know that I am the ‘Black Widow’, but few people know that I am Scarlett Lee Johnson."

The Oscars and the commercial market are complementary.

If Scarlett is invincible in the commercial market and becomes the most popular female star, then her road to the Oscars will be greatly hindered.

Especially when you are young, it is impossible to win prizes.

Oscar will not let a young actor become famous at a very young age and achieve all his life goals.

This is not god-making, this is destruction.

For example, Mel Gibson, who has never won a single nomination; for example, Leonardo DiCaprio, who keeps running with him all the way; Oscar's favor...

Tang En in this life has never criticized Oscar.

Because only when you get deep into this circle and enter this system, can you truly feel the value of Oscar to Hollywood, which is far more than a simple film award.

The Oscars were originally an auxiliary product created by Hollywood.

Both parties have equal interests.

After Natalie won the Oscar, Scarlett was also full of ambitions to win an actress.

However, this is not a problem for Twain!

Of course, Scarlett played the role of "Black Widow", which will make her road to the Olympics extremely difficult.

But Twain has a system!

He has the big trick of "stealing the sky for prizes"!

As long as he is nominated for an Oscar, he can "steal" the final award through the sunglasses system!

"Don't worry, I'm here for everything!" Tang En looked at the white clouds outside the window, vowing.

Scarlett looked up at him, "I will also be an Oscar queen?"

"Of course! Without a doubt!"

Twain knew that letting Scarlett win the Oscar for best actress when she was at the peak of her career was a bit of a violation of Oscar's rules.

But there is no way, in order to please women, he has to do it.

Scarlett is his number two girlfriend, it's already wronged enough.