Millennium director

On the busy streets of Los Angeles, the crew of "Rush Hour 3" pulled out several cordons and closed half of the street.

Although Wu Yuan is very famous in the United States and New Line is not a small company, it is still difficult to apply for this kind of street-blocking shooting.

Therefore, the entire crew is racing against time, everything is arranged very tightly, and they are not willing to waste any time.

On the half-blocked street, several common cars were speeding down the street.

The scene we are going to shoot today is a street chase scene.

Well, the most common kind in Hollywood movies, the villain chases the protagonist group in a car, and then a fierce gun battle breaks out on the street. In the end, the protagonist group successfully gets rid of the villain soldiers.

Although it is cliché, this kind of plot is really effective and can easily bring excitement to the audience.

Otherwise, the "Fast and Furious" series wouldn't have been more than ten years old and still have so many viewers wanting to see new sequels.

Wu Yuan was sitting behind the monitor, nervously watching the feeds from more than a dozen cameras.

Don't be nervous, this scene was really shot!

What is real shooting?

The actors are really going to have a racing scene on the street where you and I are competing, and the camera positions have already been fixed.

"Is it okay?" he asked with some uncertainty.

"No problem, I've rehearsed it several times." Li Zhongzhi, standing next to Wu Yuan, said with certainty.

This Li Zhongzhi is also a fierce man.

Not only is he the martial arts instructor of the family class, he is very knowledgeable about martial arts, but he is also very professional in action movie scenes.

From "New Police Story" to "Kung Fu Dreams", Cheng Long was the martial arts director for eight movies in seven years, and he led the family team to complete the fighting scenes.

This kind of street racing and chasing drama is of course within his grasp.

Wu Yuan has always adhered to the concept that professional matters should be left to professional people.

Since Li Zhongzhi said there was no problem, he did not hesitate, picked up the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Turn on the phone!"

Immediately, two cars, one black and one red, started racing on the street, one behind the other.

Sitting in the front car were Cheng Long, Will and Kayla, and in the back car was the villain team led by Allen.

More than a dozen camera positions were prepared in advance, and according to the rehearsed order, the camera was placed where it should be aimed.

The coordination, which is accurate to "seconds", allows the two cars to accurately pass through the lenses of each camera.

The camera positions arranged in the car accurately captured the faces of the protagonists.

"Lee, get rid of them!" Will, who was sitting in the passenger car in the front car, grabbed the armrest with one hand and roared through gritted teeth.

Kayla, who was sitting in the back seat, was even more panicked and looked panicked. That was so true!

Looking at the picture on the monitor, Wu Yuan nodded with satisfaction.

Of course, this is not because their acting skills are extraordinary, but because they are really nervous now.

As Cheng Long said before, he works really hard when making movies.

When it comes to racing, we really need to film the racing in real life, instead of using a green screen in a studio to do special effects!

I want to ask, would Will and Kayla not be nervous if they were really sitting in a car that was driving around and drifting from time to time?

Their reactions were completely practical and fit the script perfectly.

Fortunately, Will still didn't forget that he was acting. He held a simulated gun filled with blank bullets in his hand. From time to time, he stuck his head out and fired a few shots at the car he was chasing.

"very good!"

"Click!"

Wu Yuan shouted with the walkie-talkie.

It sounds long, but in fact this chase scene was only filmed for a little over a minute. Using multi-camera editing, more than a minute of real shooting was enough to cut out a three to five minute chase. .

For Will and Keira, this minute was definitely the longest minute in their filming careers.

"Jackie, it was so exciting to make a movie with you!"

After getting off the car, Will's face was dark and red with excitement, and he grinned and said, "It's so cool, so exciting!"

"Your driving skills are great. Racing on Third Street is so exciting!"

"I just feel crazy." Keira, who got out of the car one step behind him, leaned against the car door with some weak legs, and said feebly: "I thought this scene would be shot in a studio."

"You guys know, the car is stationary, with green screens on both sides, and a few cameramen lying in front of the windshield, and then waiting for the director to call "start", we perform the feeling of racing."

"I didn't expect that we were actually racing on the streets, OMG!"

Cheng Long still couldn't change his character of liking beautiful girls, so he ignored Will and said to Keira with a smile: "This is the charm of Hong Kong action movies."

"We are all sincere and never deceive the audience."

"OK, I understand why Bruce Lee died accidentally. It's really too dangerous for you to film." Keira complained.

Well, although Bruce Lee's accident seemed to have nothing to do with the Hong Kong film shooting style, Cheng Long had no intention of explaining it and just smiled and said nothing.

"Okay, my actors, stop chatting there, we have to do the chase scene twice more!" Wu Yuan's voice sounded from the loudspeaker of the scene management.

The actors quickly gathered their emotions, got back in the car, drove to the next shooting location, and continued to prepare for the exciting drag racing shootout.

The filming lasted all afternoon, and in typical Hollywood style, the crew finished work at 5:30 p.m.

One afternoon was just enough for Wu Yuan to finish filming this street racing chase scene, and the progress was quite satisfactory to him.

After finishing work, Wu Yuan declined the sexy party organized by Cheng Long and returned to the room to check the shooting materials.

Yes, although Uncle Long is already over fifty years old, he is still old-fashioned. His favorite thing to do after the crew finishes work is to organize various parties.

Of course, these parties are absolutely indispensable without hot beauties of all kinds.

Although Wu Yuan was not interested in this, he didn't say much.

Uncle Long worked hard when filming, but he couldn't be cool and unrestrained after work. Otherwise, what was he doing so hard for?

Anyway, after so many years, apart from creating a little dragon girl, Cheng Long has not done anything forced, drugged or unwritten. Most of them are consensual behaviors.

In the entertainment industry, there are really too many actors who love to play and enjoy their private lives. Xiaozhu even has a party every day.

Wu Yuan is not a moral gentleman and has to interfere in the private lives of the actors even if they are willing to do so.

As long as Cheng Long's feet are not soft when work starts the next day, his acting skills are not soft, and it does not affect normal work!

The next day, the crew continued filming normally.

During the filming, Wu Yuan received a call from China.

The annual Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival is about to begin.

This year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival will be held in the beautiful Sanya of the motherland.

On October 14, the shortlist of nominees was announced.

Wu Yuan's "Love" was nominated for five awards: Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.

Among them, except for the Best Supporting Actress, which is definitely the companion, Wu Yuan is the most favorable contender for other awards.

"Love" won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival!

Perhaps because he was afraid that Wu Yuan would not attend, a person in charge of the Golden Rooster Awards personally called Wu Yuan and hinted to him that if he came, he would definitely win an award, and it would definitely be a grand prize.

This kind of treatment is really good.

It's interesting to say that over the years, the Golden Rooster Awards have focused on "nobility". Even the mainland films that have won the Cannes Grand Prix have often been looked down upon by the Golden Rooster Awards.

In 1993, Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" won the Cannes Palme d'Or. However, the film was not released in China at the time and was banned. After all, the subject matter was too sensitive.

Later, after winning the award, the country agreed to release it, but it was impossible to win the Golden Rooster award.

As luck would have it, the next year, Zhang Yimou's "To Live" won the Cannes Grand Jury Prize, and Mr. Ge also became the Cannes Best Actor. It was rare for Cannes to award two awards to one film.

As a result, the film was exhibited at the Cannes Film Festival without registration, and the old men on the Golden Rooster Awards organizing committee were also very dissatisfied with it.

Therefore, after "Alive" returned from winning the award in Cannes, it did not receive any Golden Rooster nominations.

Therefore, the two Cannes award-winning films by two major mainland directors were rejected by the Golden Rooster and were not even nominated.

This time it was Wu Yuan's turn to win Cannes. It was because all the procedures were perfect, there were no illegal participations, and the film contained no sensitive topics, so the old men of Golden Rooster could not turn a blind eye.

"Farewell My Concubine" and "Alive" were rejected by the Golden Rooster. It can also be said that the two films themselves violated the rules.

But if "Love" is rejected, it won't be a slap in Wu Yuan's face, but a slap in the face of the Golden Rooster Award.

Even if this movie fails to win the Golden Rooster Award, it will only bring more notoriety to the Golden Rooster.

That's why the Golden Rooster Awards made a special call to inform Wu Yuan, hoping that he would participate in this year's Golden Rooster Awards.

To be honest, the old men of Golden Rooster are definitely not willing to give prizes to Wu Yuan. After all, Golden Rooster only has so much cake, and if they give it to Wu Yuan, then their "own people" will get less of the prize.

But who said they really have no reason not to award "Love".

Partiality has to be learned, and you can't really do blind things with your eyes open.

Wu Yuan was so happy when he received the news.

He liked the behavior of the Golden Rooster old men who clearly looked down on him, but couldn't do anything about him and had to pinch their noses and give him awards.

If he remembered correctly, this year's Golden Rooster Award for Best Feature Film went to Lu Chuan's "Kekexili".

Lu Chuan, who is less than 35 years old, is definitely considered a young talent in the film industry.

This year's Best Director award was also awarded to a 35-year-old female director Ma Liwen for the first time.

Yes, the Golden Rooster does not only award awards to old men and women. In fact, the Golden Rooster also often awards awards to some "young and promising" directors.

As for why these "young and promising" directors can take away the cake from the Golden Rooster.

Go and find out who their parents or college tutors are, and you will understand.

If we really talk about his background in this area, Wu Yuan, who came from Nortel's directing department and whose mentor was Xie Xiaojing, is no worse than Lu Chuan and Ma Liwen!

With the support of the Nortel Department, Wu Yuan is really one of his own. As long as he is present, Jinji will not be able to favor Lu Chuan unconscionably.

In terms of the excellence of the movie itself, "Love" beats "Kekexili".

In terms of the relationship behind them, both of them are from the Nortel Department and are brothers. Lu Chuan has a master's degree, and Wu Yuan has received a doctorate this year.

Except for being older, Lu Chuan couldn't compare to Wu Yuan in any way.

Even though his mentor Xie Xiaojing called and hoped that Wu Yuan could spare some time to attend this year's Golden Rooster Awards, Wu Yuan agreed.

Although I look down on Golden Rooster, I also look down on that self-contained circle.

But as a director from Nortel, he has naturally been marked as one of his own in this circle.

Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, both from Nortel, were rejected by Jinji several times. They did not fall out with Jinji. At most, they were treated coldly.

The superiors still attach great importance to the Golden Rooster Award.

Wu Yuan didn't have any need to mess with Jin Ji's face, so he refused to attend and deliberately slapped Jin Ji in the face.

People have said they will give you a prize, so go ahead.

Not only him, but also Cheng Long, who was in the same crew, also had to go to Sanya with Wu Yuan.

Cheng Long received a Golden Rooster nomination for Best Actor for "New Police Story".

If nothing else, this award will be given to him and he will be crowned the Golden Rooster Best Actor.

Don't ask, asking is to unite compatriots in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Even Mr. You Benchang, who was also nominated for "Love", had to give up his position under the banner of "uniting Hong Kong compatriots".

This year’s Golden Rooster Awards will start on November 9th and end on November 12th.

Wu Yuan, who is still filming "Rush Hour 3", doesn't have that much time, so he will definitely have to miss the opening ceremony. The other leading actors from the "Love" crew can just attend the opening ceremony.

On the night of the 11th, Wu Yuan and Cheng Longcai flew from Los Angeles to Sanya, a seaside tourist city.

The next day, at four o'clock in the afternoon, Wu Yuan took the leading actors of the "Love" crew onto the red carpet outside the Sanya Beauty Crown Cultural Convention and Exhibition Center.

Wu Yuan's personal attendance was indeed valuable, winning two awards for "Love": Best Feature Film and Best Actress.

It's a pity that the best feature film and best director are generally not awarded to the same film. Wu Yuan still didn't win his first golden rooster and best director.

But it doesn't matter, there is still a gold waiting for him.

On the night when the Golden Rooster Awards ended, I did not stay in Sanya to accept interviews from various reporters and media, nor did I attend any cocktail parties.

That same night, Wu Yuan took the leading actors from the "Love" crew and got on the plane again.

"I don't know what the Golden Rooster is thinking." On the plane, Wu Yuan complained: "This year's award ceremony will be scheduled one day after the Golden Rooster."

"This is the first time I rushed to attend the award ceremony."

Gong Li, who was sitting next to him, smiled and said nothing.

Yes, after the Golden Rooster Awards on the 12th, the Golden Horse Awards ceremony will be held on the 13th.

Although, "Love" has not yet been released in Taiwan.

But "Love" has also been nominated for multiple Golden Horse Awards and is a favorite to win.

After a two- to three-hour flight, Wu Yuan arrived at Taipei Taoyuan Airport with the crew of "Love" at around two o'clock in the night.

Here, he met an unexpected pick-up partner.

"Haha, Director Wu, I'm waiting for you!" Feng Xiaogang, who was waiting outside with the Jinma airport pick-up staff, enthusiastically hugged Wu Yuan who had just left the boarding gate.

His eyes were full of envy, "Director Wu, congratulations, you won the Golden Rooster Best Feature Film."

Because he knew that Golden Rooster looked down on him, Feng Xiaogang simply did not go to Golden Rooster this year, and "A World Without Thieves" did not receive any Golden Rooster Award nominations.

He had completely broken up with the Golden Rooster, and he had no intention of reconciling. He simply came to Taipei a few days in advance, hoping to avenge his disgrace at the Golden Horse Awards.

"I also wish Director Feng can win the grand prize at this year's Golden Horse Awards." Wu Yuan said with a smile.

"A World Without Thieves" was shortlisted for the Best Feature Film Award at this year's Golden Horse Awards. The treatment given by Golden Horse to Feng Xiaogang is much better than that of Golden Rooster. It's no wonder that he came to Taipei like crazy.

"Hum, let me borrow Director Wu's good advice." Feng Xiaogang smiled like a chrysanthemum and pulled Wu Yuan enthusiastically.

"Come on, I'll take you back to the hotel to rest, and I'll introduce you to some powerful Taiwanese directors and actors tomorrow."

I won’t write more about the Golden Rooster. This award is really boring. It means sharing the cake among a small circle. As a direct descendant of Nortel, Wu Yuan is indeed qualified to share the cake, but it is very boring to write about. Let’s just pass it off.