Millennium director

"Look who's back!"

"Ha, our best new actor in Berlin!"

John laughed and opened his arms to hug Wu Yuan, who was rushing back to the crew from Berlin. His words were full of ridicule.

The Berlin Film Festival came to a perfect conclusion. The most popular film at this year's Berlin Film Festival was the French film "Intimacy"!

The film won the Golden Bear for Best Picture and the Silver Bear for Best Actress!

However, the Chinese Legion also returned with a great victory!

The Best New Actor and Best New Actress were won by "Seventeen Years Old Cycling" and "Love You Love Me".

"Love You Love Me" also won the Silver Bear Award for Best Director.

"Seventeen Years Old Bicycle" even won the Silver Bear, the Grand Jury Prize, which is second only to the Golden Bear for Best Film!

In other words, two of the four major awards at this Berlin Film Festival were won by Chinese films!

There is no doubt that the 51st Berlin Film Festival is an event where Chinese people shine.

John's prediction before the game was wrong, "Seventeen Years Old Cycling" really won the grand prize.

"I really didn't expect that you would actually win the Best New Actor." John was overjoyed and looked at Wu Yuan with a weird look.

Berlin's Best Newcomer is no small award. Such an award is recognized and respected even in Hollywood.

Scarlett, Chris and others who welcomed Wu Yuan's return also happily applauded.

It's a good thing that the director went to Berlin to win an award, and I must congratulate him.

It was the director who got the actor award, which made them both feel a little incredible.

"Director, I didn't expect that your acting skills are so good that you would win the Best Newcomer Award for your first movie!" Scarlett winked at Wu Yuan mischievously.

In fact, he has no acting skills, but Wu Yuan still pretended to be cool: "If my acting skills are not good, can I tell you a scene?"

Winning Best New Actor in Berlin is so crazy!

"Okay, let's stop talking about Berlin." Wu Yuan stretched out his hand and pressed it, his face returned to seriousness: "The crew has stopped working for three days, and it's time to restart."

"Scarlett, how are you learning the mentality and posture of pregnant women?"

"I think I can give it a try." Scarlett stopped her smile and replied seriously.

Wu Yuan waved his hand: "Okay, then I announce that the crew of "Juno" has restarted production!"

After attending the Berlin Film Festival, Wu Yuan rushed back to the "Juno" crew to continue filming without stopping.

There are actually not many plots left, just some plots when Scarlett was pregnant. With the personal teaching and hands-on experience of two pregnant mothers, Scarlett also found a bit of the mentality and behavior of young pregnant women. .

After the crew filmed for another ten days, the entire pre-production part of "Juno" was completed.

On the last day of February 2001, the crew of "Juno" announced that it was finished filming!

However, the completion of the movie is only the first step in the production of the entire movie.

Next, Wu Yuan will need to work with the editor arranged by Fox Searchlight to perform post-editing work on the film.

The release date of this movie is aimed at the summer season, and the schedule is still very tight.

Moreover, as a teen-themed movie, a lot of music needs to be inserted into the movie, including songs by some current popular singers, as well as original soundtracks.

This aspect also requires director Wu Yuan to set the tone.

There are expected to be 19 songs throughout the film, most of which will require original scores.

So after the filming was completed, Wu Yuan was still very busy.

While he is focusing on the post-production editing of the movie, he also needs to keep an eye on the movie scoring work in the soundtrack studio, and he has to fly back and forth between Los Angeles and New York from time to time.

It took him three months to complete this part of the work and produce the finished film of "Juno."

Immediately, he took the finished film to a viewing party inside Fox Searchlight.

Some elite producers within Fox Searchlight, the head of the marketing department, and the company's middle and senior management all witnessed Wu Yuan's version of "Juno."

The 102-minute film is 6 minutes longer than the original version.

Compared with the original "Juno", Wu Yuan's version completely retains Juno's "cool girl" setting and plot, which is also the core selling point of the film.

However, compared with the original version, Wu Yuan has improved the presence of the male protagonist.

Unexpected pregnancy is not caused by one person, but is a matter of both men and women. Brick can no longer have no sense of existence, and he must also bear his responsibilities.

The original "Juno" was aimed at teenage girls, specifically high school and college girls.

Wu Yuan's version of "Juno" has amplified this target group. Not only does he hope that girls will come to the cinema, but he also hopes that boys will also come to the cinema to watch this movie.

Therefore, Wu Yuan greatly reduced the plot of the adopted couple in the movie, and increased the campus plot and life plot of Juno and Brick.

Of course, the focus of the story is Juno. This movie needs this cool girl, this girl who is completely different from ordinary girls. She faces everything around her with a very optimistic attitude. She has sharp teeth and a sharp mouth, is quirky and provocative. favorite.

At the same time, Brick was also influenced by Juno's optimistic and cheerful attitude towards everything, from evading at the beginning to gradually accepting it, and having the courage to take responsibility.

This part of the plot is intended for a male audience.

The core theme of the original "Juno" is to praise women, praise women for their maternal love and strength, and criticize men for being assholes, immature, and irresponsible.

While Wu Yuan's version of "Juno" praises women, he also wants to express that men can mature and learn to take on responsibilities and become mature and attractive men.

It's just that they mature later than women, so you may need to give them a little more patience.

"It's a very cool movie. It's different from "Sweetheart". It's not that serious, and it doesn't have any preaching."

"Hey, I thought this movie would be very serious, but I didn't expect it to be anything serious. Juno is super cool. I'm going to fall in love with this girl after watching the movie."

"This director from China is very powerful. Why does he understand American humor so well?"

After watching the first version of the finished film, most people at Fox Searchlight gave the film favorable reviews.

Yes, although "Juno" is about teenage growth, it is not a serious movie.

Wu Yuan has also been avoiding seriousness in his films.

He knows that the core reason for the success of the original "Juno" is the uniqueness of "Juno", her coolness, and her ease in facing accidents.

In other words, this movie must not be made too serious or too serious!

An ordinary viewer definitely does not walk into the cinema with the idea of ​​"I want to learn something by watching a movie."

An excellent director wants to convey his ideas and concepts to the audience, and wants the audience to "learn something" after watching the movie. He must not force-feed the audience in a serious preaching style.

It is necessary to use the charm of characters, editing methods, humor, laughter and curses, etc., through the characters and plot, to package the "truth" into candy and quietly stuff it into the audience's mouth.

It seems that Wu Yuan did a good job in the movie "Juno".

At least in the internal viewing meeting, those who watched the movie did not feel that Wu Yuan had forced any big truths into them, nor did they feel that the movie had any preaching content.

It's just that after watching the movie, they naturally had some insights, and these insights were things they had heard too much about and were used to seeing.

For example, women must be strong and tolerant, men must learn to take responsibility, parents must love their children without reservation, etc.

Wu Yuan used witty and humorous lines, as well as the imaginative picture style and film tone to repackage these long-standing truths into fresh desserts!

"I think we should consider starting the movie promotion of "Juno"." The head of distribution department of Fox Searchlight said with a smile.

At this point, the work on the movie "Juno" has nothing to do with Wu Yuan for the time being.

Everything that follows will be left to Fox Searchlight. Whether it's promotion or distribution, Wu Yuan can't provide any support.

And after he handed over the finished film, he felt relieved for the time being.

Returning to his long-term rental hotel in Los Angeles, Wu Yuan looked at the calendar on the bedside of his bedroom.

"June 2, 2001."

After staring at the date for a long time, Wu Yuan hesitated for a long time, took out his mobile phone, and called Director Han who was far away in China.

"Director Han, can you help me contact Mr. Zhang Guorong on Hong Kong Island?"

"I want to meet him."

In fact, adapting "Juno" in this way is not my first idea. It should have appeared in "Best Director" first.

I felt that as a Chinese director, he definitely couldn't make a completely American version of "Juno," so I thought it should be changed in this way to suit Wu Yuan's Chinese identity.