Hollywood Drawing

Wayne also wanted to be a director who lay at home, waiting for the production manager and assistant director to do preliminary work, without worrying about anything, but that was basically impossible.

He must understand and participate in the preparatory work for anything, and he has experience in this. Any negligence in the preparation of the film may have a huge impact on the filming, which may delay the filming progress or cause the crew to stop work.

While he was on the phone, discussing various preparation matters with the assistant director and production manager, the housekeeper Hela came to him.

Seeing Wayne put down the phone, he asked softly with doubtful eyes: "Sir, lunch is ready."

"Oh, I was so busy that I didn't notice. Is it already noon? Okay, let's go to the restaurant."

He glanced at the time and realized it was past lunch time. When he walked to the restaurant, Naomi and Nina were already sitting at the table waiting for him.

"You don't have to wait for me. I always lose track of time when I'm busy."

Naomi rolled her eyes, picked up the knife and fork and started cutting the steak, complaining to Nina beside her: "I knew it was like this, and you will understand in the future. He was a workaholic in the last film. Wait until the filming starts." What’s more serious, Nina, from now on you will be very busy just taking care of his life.”

Wayne sat at the table and listened to Naomi's complaints to his assistant. What she said was true. As soon as the project started, the director was under heavy pressure, which forced him to concentrate all his energy, and naturally he neglected things other than work.

"My agent Jenny suggested that I finish this film and take on two small-budget art films. She thinks this will not fix my screen image and can also polish my acting skills. Wayne, what do you think?"

Seeing that he didn't speak, Naomi sat down and started eating, hoping to listen to his opinion during lunch. No one knows better than Naomi. This man has an extremely thorough understanding of this circle.

"Independent literary film?" Wayne swallowed the beef in his mouth and tilted his head to look at her.

"Yes, my acting teacher also suggested that if I want to be recognized for my acting skills and to win awards as soon as possible, I'd better star in an independent literary film. The acting teacher even hoped that I would give up this film."

Naomi put down her knife and fork and looked at him seriously. She might be confused sometimes, but Wayne would never be, so his opinion was extremely important to her.

"Remember what I once said to you? Tell them: fxxk off!!! Listen, I can repeat their advice to you. Start with independent literary films, gradually hone your acting skills, and gradually become an acting actor Party huh?

Then after gaining some fame, she transitioned into the mainstream film industry and starred in major commercial productions. She could not give up on literary films. In the end, she won both box office awards and became a first-line female star in Hollywood. "

Naomi nodded like a chicken pecking at rice. "Yes, yes, both the teacher and the agent said so..."

"Fire them! Tell them to get lost!" After finishing the beef on the plate, he picked up the water glass, drank it in one gulp, and continued:

"If someone else had said this to me, I would have told her that this is the right way to go in Hollywood. But you shouldn't go this way. You have better and more suitable choices."

"I knew it." Naomi Watts recalled what he said when she was at the door of Castle Rock's post-production studio. "I wish you could tell me the difference so I don't have to worry about it anymore."

"Let's go to the living room and talk. We still have to wait for Luke's call." Putting down the tissue in his hand, Wayne stood up and took her back to the phone.

Seeing her sitting across from her with a serious and formal look on her face, he continued the topic. "Listen, Nami, what your teacher said is a path full of confusion."

Based on the information he knew in his previous life, combined with the current Hollywood environment, we can completely draw the conclusion that some things are completely unbelievable.

"Nami, take a good look at yourself. How many girls do you think are like you in Hollywood now, with good acting talent, eye-catching appearance, or beautiful appearance?"

Naomi thought about it. "In all of Hollywood, ten thousand? There are always thousands."

She has been in Los Angeles for two years and has some common sense about these things.

"There must be at least tens of thousands." Wayne said a very conservative number. "How many films are shot in Los Angeles every year? How many characters have dialogues in each film? More than half of those low-cost literary films cannot enter the theater market. Occasionally, they can be successfully screened in theaters, and the scale is very small. , it won’t attract attention.”

He lit up a Marlboro and exhaled a puff of smoke. "Those few literary and artistic films that have won awards are all the result of distribution companies spending money and promoting them. You said that winning awards for acting in literary and artistic films is actually a misunderstanding.

Pay attention, every awards season is a feast for those public relations companies. If you want to win an award, you need to invest a lot of money in the early stage and lobby through public relations means. This is another kind of game, a money game that is much more complicated than looking at the box office results of commercial films. "

Naomi nodded slowly after hearing this. She knew that Wayne could not lie to her. She pointed at Wayne and herself and said, "I understand what you mean. We don't have the capital to join this game yet."

"That's right, think about it Nami, how many independent literary films are produced every year, and how many of them get attention? How low are the chances of this? How could you happen to encounter it?

Even if you happen to star in such a film, without capital investment, how can you publicize thousands of academy judges? Most of the independent literary films that receive attention are the product of big names competing for awards and have nothing to do with us. "

"I remember you said that even a vase requires acting skills. Shouldn't I hone my acting skills?" Naomi suddenly asked him.

"That's right!" Wayne shook his head and put out his cigarette. "Independent literary films full of character emotions can indeed hone acting skills, but how long does it take, and the shelf life of actresses..."

He doesn't need to say it, Naomi also understands that the shelf life of Hollywood actresses is only a few years. Once they are over thirty and have not become famous, they will not be able to compete with younger ones even for supporting roles.

"Nami, think about your ideals. Do you want to be an actor with superb acting skills, or do you want to be a star chased by movie fans? These are two living things, and they basically cannot be confused."

Seeing her lowering her head thoughtfully, Wayne thought about what she had done for him, and continued to analyze the pros and cons for her as best he could.

"Nami, if you want to choose the path of literary films, become an actor. That means that no one will pay attention to you for at least five or ten years. You are just an actor. Even after you are thirty-five, you are still an actor."

Modern Hollywood is no longer the Hollywood of the past. How many actresses are still famous in the independent film industry? It is even rarer to become an A-list star.

"Can you help me?" Naomi thought for a while and suddenly looked up at him. "I know that with box office results, even if I don't win an award, I can become famous all over the world, right? I mean, if I want to be a star, a star with both fame and fortune, can you help me?"

"Nami, you're enlightened!" Wayne leaned on the back of the sofa, looked at her and said with a smile. "You are very smart. My film must be for the market. I can't say it will be a big hit. There is no problem for the film to be released on a large scale. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand, you can continue to work, I have to go back to the room to prepare for the audition." After saying that, she took the script that she never left behind and went upstairs to her room.

She fully understood what the other party meant, and he didn't mind taking her with him on the way, provided that his performance was at least up to standard, as he once said, they were companions in the same journey.

Wayne himself was sitting by the phone, thinking about what he had just said, which also applied to him. He chose a more difficult path for himself. After all, he is definitely not good at slow-paced literary films.

Under normal circumstances, directors with academic background tend to be more literary and artistic. But he was different from others. The large number of clear black videos in his mind allowed him to choose a direction and make plans since his freshman year.

This kind of film is inherently cult-like and has inherent flaws in its audience. After several years of practice in experimental films, his style has always unconsciously tended towards "evil" stories and the use of large-scale lenses.

So he is also groping forward. The reason why he chose these two films as a director is because he is afraid that the market will not accept them. After all, successful films can make him feel more at ease.

He admitted that movies are indeed divided into literature and art and commerce, but with the development of society, the division between literature and art and commerce has become difficult to separate.

Who can say that a commercial movie that sells well at the box office has no artistic attributes at all? There are also award-winning literary films that have performed very well at the box office.

When he chooses movies, his first choice must be those that impress him and like them. Although he didn't have the Maoyan Professional app in his mind, the ones that left a deep impression on him, even if they had strong literary and artistic attributes, were definitely successful in business.

Nowadays, box office success is more important to him than anything else. If commercial success cannot be guaranteed, there is no chance of becoming a great director.

As long as you continue to succeed at the box office, you will be able to bargain with production companies and distribution companies, and you will be able to slowly accumulate resources for yourself to win awards in the future.

Compared with just making literary films and struggling slowly, waiting for the chance of winning an award with extremely small chance, this is the real road to fame and fortune.

While Wayne was intensively preparing for his second film, Adam Goodman, who had received his degree certificate, was about to start his directing career.

In the office of Universal Pictures' film and television production department manager, Adam Goodman sat next to his father and listened to his instructions.

"Adam, participating in the production of "Ambition Earth" is your first job. Put away your petty thoughts and study hard. Do you know how many favors I owe others in order to let you join the crew as an assistant director?

This is Universal's key project for next year. Your main task is to assist the director in making a good film. Forget about Wayne Greenberg for the moment. His movie has also started shooting. All you have to do is beat him with the box office of your movie, rather than thinking about other things. Do you understand? "

"No problem, dad. How can his low-budget thriller compare to Universal's big-budget film "The Great Earth"? I will definitely surpass him, and then I will slap him in the face with the box office figures."

After speaking, Adam unconsciously touched the left side of his face with his hand. The wound on his nose had long since healed, but the pain on his face had left a deep shadow in his heart.