The Best Director

"Fantastic Young's New Project, Another Cool Girl Story, Sweetheart"

In the early morning, on the lush lawn of the front garden, Jessica looked at the latest entertainment page of "Los Angeles Times" in her hand, her heart skipped a beat, and she blurted out in surprise: "Ey?" She hadn't opened the newspaper to read it carefully, Then he ran to the back garden of the house, shouting: "Yang, Yang!"

She walked quickly to the back garden, and saw Wang Yang was still sweating profusely playing the ball on the small basketball court, making a "bang bang bang" sound. (Reading the novel) She walked to the sidelines, shook the newspaper in her hand and asked excitedly: "Yang, are you going to make a new movie again?" "Honey" "Why didn't you tell me? What kind of movie was that?"

"Huh, what... did you see it?" Wang Yang stopped panting, wiped the sweat off his brow with a smile, patted the basketball and walked towards her, saying, "It's a song and dance drama. On the dance side, it’s hip-hop.” Seeing that she didn’t seem to know the details, he said, “Jessica, I won’t be the director of "Sweetheart"" I will only be the screenwriter and producer. Is it written in the newspaper? "

"Oh! Let me see." Jessica was slightly startled, then opened the newspaper and looked at the large interview on it, and followed him "while reading and asked: "Why don't you act as its director, you have other plans ? Wang Yang threw the basketball under Wutong Village, looked back at her, and said helplessly, "Hey, sweetheart, why do you all ask that?" It's not like you don't know that I'm going back to USC to study. "

Jessica showed her white teeth, rolled her eyes up, and said with a smile, "Because you are Miracle Yang." Wang Yang also laughed, pushed her head, and said, "With you, I just eg." Jessica smiled, and continued to read the newspaper with her head down. In addition to writing the script, Yang also worked as a producer and supervisor... This is also his movie, and she asked excitedly: "Yang, what Is there a role for me in the movie? Can I play that cool girl?"

"Well, although I'm not the director, I'm the producer and one of the casting directors, so I still have some decision-making power. Let me think about it..." Wang Yang frowned pretentiously, and walked slowly to the Next to the wooden table in the garden, I took a few sips of mineral water.

Seeing his face full of hard thinking." Jessica couldn't help but feel very disappointed. Could it be that Natalie is allowed to act again? Thinking of Natalie's genius performance in "Juno", looking at the newspaper's upswing Praise "Natalie is the best actress in Hollywood, her talent is unparalleled, and it is a pleasure to work with her. "There was a feeling of reluctance to admit defeat in her heart.

Jessica closed the newspaper, looked at him seriously, and said, "Yan, you should look at my current acting skills, I can handle roles that are more difficult than "Gabriela!" "

Wang Yang took a deep look at her, and her eyes were full of longing, eager to be recognized and praised, which is why he made this movie for her. He stopped joking, snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "I remember." There is a role, and I intend to keep it for you! That character is called Sweetheart.

Jesse Feng was stunned and said, "Sweetheart?" "Wang Yang smiled and said: "Well, heroine."

"Oh! Sweetheart..." Jessica nodded silently, frowning: "You mean, the heroine of "Sweetheart" is called Sweetheart, just like "Juno", and let me play the role." Are you sure?" Wang Yang nodded heavily, and said, "Yes, you are right. This movie is specially designed for you." You are not a sweetheart, who is? How about it, sweetheart, are you interested? "

Designed for me? Jessica felt a suffocating feeling in her heart, which has often happened since she fell in love. She exhaled, nodded and smiled, "Well, of course! I'm very interested." She couldn't help but Fell into his arms, Wang Yang hugged her and kissed her lips.

The two embraced and kissed for a long time before walking into the house dragging their hands. Jessica beat his hand, and asked: "Yang, what is the story of "Sweetheart" about?" Wang Yang thought about the thoughts in his heart, and said: "The story and characters of the script, the story of the movie Style and style, I only have a framework idea now, and the first draft will take at least a month to come out, and then the crew can be formed. Its story probably says..."

Sweetheart is a beautiful and kind girl who grew up in a traditional and conservative Catholic family, but she has loved rock and street dance since she was a child. Holy Land in the City of Dancing. There are all kinds of dancers everywhere in this passionate city, and there is also a dance competition representing the highest honor of dancers.

It is Sweetheart's dream to be the champion of the dance competition. She naturally wants to participate, but she and... The slightly out of place rock and roll dress" and the hip-hop dance level of the three-legged cat made her receive a cold reception from various dance teams. Sweetheart, who refused to admit defeat, simply formed her own team to participate in the competition, but when she was looking for partners, the difficulties had just begun. She must help and arouse the determination of the leading actor, supporting actor, supporting actress, etc. who are considered "waste" in the eyes of others to pursue their dreams..."

When Sweetheart did this, her understanding of dreams and dancing became deeper, and she established a deep friendship with them, their strange, useless team practiced hard every day for the upcoming big competition. be ready. At this time, an opportunity suddenly appeared in front of Sweetheart." A film director invited her to be the heroine of a film.

It was a star road completely different from that of a dancer, but Sweetheart finally refused to agree, but participated in the competition with her good friends to chase her dream.

In the end, after a series of fierce dance battles, they won the championship and won the highest honor of dancers.

The story isn't complicated, and it doesn't need to be, and it might be trite ten years from now, but it's not now, and this is just a generalization.

Wang Yang clearly understands the positioning of this movie "that is commercialization, and it doesn't need to be as profound as "Juno". What "Sweetheart" needs to do is to have a good story and a group of charming young people. The scenes, music and dance can fully mobilize the emotions of the audience, making them "steHP" all over.

As for the kind of team members such as the leading actor and supporting actors and actresses, he already has some preliminary ideas for the characters, including a decadent man who was once a bright street dance star in the city of dance, but injured his hands in an accident , Not only did he lose the game because of this, but his hands were no longer able to use his strength, and he could no longer do those difficult hip-hop moves, becoming a "waste". With Sweetheart's troublesome "help", he finally cheered up helplessly, and tried other dances that don't use his hands.

In Wang Yang's initial thoughts, this role is none other than Michael Pitt. Michael stayed up for several nights, smoking a cigarette, and his appearance perfectly interpreted what decadence is.

There is also a man with a funny personality, a little obscene narcissism, and a little low self-esteem in his heart. He has learned and mastered ballet since he was a child, and this has become the reason why he is laughed at in the dance city that advocates leakage. He was the first to be persuaded by Sweetheart to join, after Honey smacked him on the head with a guitar. In fact, Wang Yang probably has a candidate. "That is Joseph-Gordon-Levitt." I don't know why, but when he designed this role, the person who came to his mind was Joseph.

"Sweetheart" is almost such a story: "A group of young people full of personality, led by Sweetheart, formed a weird team with different aspects such as rock, hip-hop, ballet, etc., and launched an impact on their dreams together.

"Yan, the story is very interesting. What kind of character is sweetheart?" In the dining room, Jessica asked excitedly, bringing fried poached eggs and soaked cereal to the dining table. Wang Yang over there took off his jersey, revealing his muscular upper body. While changing his shirt, he said: "Like you, kind, sweet, a little confused, easy to be knocked down," he smiled slightly , said: "But the most important thing is personality. "

No matter how good the performance is, a character who does not have a unique personality but also has a personality that teenagers like, even if he wins an Oscar statuette, will not become a trend.” Of course, the two do not conflict. Just like Captain Jack in his mind , is definitely a character that can make teenagers crazy, thanks to Johnny Depp's invincible interpretation, as well as the character's own design "charm" personality; and Juno's popularity is also because of his personality.

Sweetheart wants to be sought after by the teenagers. Compared with the team supporting roles who are not popular with personality, she naturally can't be inferior, and she can't be an ordinary "good girl".

Wang Yang washed his hands, sat down on a chair, took a sip of cereal, looked at Jessica across from him, and said, "I think now, she is a stubborn rock girl, she likes street dance, and she is not a hip-hop master. Big guitar, can play street dance with three-legged cats, ", she is a guy who is "overreaching", she said that she is bored, and can beat people with a guitar...,, "

But the specific way to show her personality and charm lies in how she helps those lost "waste". What kind of stories to write, how to connect those stories together in a good-looking and smooth way, each character has its own individual lines, highlighting the charm of the sweetheart, etc. - he has to slowly consider and explore this script thing.

After listening to his initial thoughts, Jessica nodded. From the information now, she understood that this was a very "strange" girl, not like "Gabriella" who had a single personality and was easy to control. She felt very excited in her heart, this is an opportunity for her to prove herself! She smiled and clenched her fists, and said confidently: "Yan, I will definitely play the role of sweetheart well!" She thought of Natalie's way of shaping Juno "and said to herself secretly: "From now on, I'm going to start trying to figure out Sweetheart's psychology. Seeing Wang Yang nodding with a smile, she thought of something again, and said regretfully, "It's a pity that you are not the director.

"Jessie, I will be with you." Wang Yang said softly. For her sake, he also wanted to write the script of "Sweetheart" and make the movie. Although he does not direct, he also participates in a lot, including the director's shot script, the filming team's shooting plan, post-editing, etc. As a producer, he is not responsible for managing finances and logistics, but is only responsible for controlling the creation of the entire film.

In fact, as a director, I generally hate producers who don't know how to pretend to understand and point fingers. Wang Yang naturally knows and understands this personally, so the goal he set for himself is to "help rather than control, and don't drag down the director's creative mistakes." * There is a limit to this, a good producer helps the director, and a poor producer destroys the director. He hopes he can grasp that limit.

"Well! I can't wait to play sweetheart!" After a moment of regret, Jessica immediately recovered her joy. Wang Yang bit the tender poached egg and said with a smile: "Wow, I can't wait to see you dance hip-hop too." He imitated the style of Bollywood and twisted his neck, sighing: "Oh~ Lord, T!" Jessica rolled her eyes with a smile, her heart was very sweet, but she said with a smile: "Yang" you are really bad sometimes! Wang Yang spread his hands innocently and said, "What?" Why? Jessica laughed and said, "You know it yourself!" "

After breakfast, the two got tired of it for a while, and then drove away from home. Wang Yang was going to the Flame Film Company, and there was an important annual meeting today; Jessica was going to do the post-recording of "High School Musical 3" Work.

Looking at the road ahead." Wang Yang held the steering wheel and hummed a song. At this moment, the phone rang, and he stopped the record. He pressed the phone and said, "Hello, good morning!" Then he heard the earphone Natalie's voice came from inside, she said: "Dude, it's me! I saw your new plan, I want to play sweetheart." Wang Yang turned the steering wheel and said with a smile: "Man, I'm afraid I can't, it's already There is a heroine candidate."

"What, so fast?" Natalie over there was silent for a moment, and then asked loudly: "Who?" Wang Yang said with a smile: "Jessica." Natalie snorted coldly, her tone suddenly changed Very angry: "Ok! Bye!"

Hearing the sound of "beep" immediately, Wang Yang was stunned for a moment, feeling something was wrong in his heart, Natalie seemed very angry? Why? He thought for a while, then laughed at himself and shook his head, oh please, do you think you are a heartthrob? Maybe it's just her "good friend" coming.

Before he could think about it, the phone rang again within a few seconds. He pressed it to connect and said, "Hello, good morning!" Natalie's laughter came from the headset, She said: "Yes, I'm back! So what kind of story is that? You made this movie to wash away Juno's influence? And for your beautiful girlfriend?"

"Smart! That's right." Wang Yang smiled, stopped at the intersection before the red light, stretched his hands and said, "I have to do something for my girlfriend." Natalie smiled: "Romantic , very romantic! Dude, why don't you just direct yourself?"

"I'm too calm." Seeing the green light ahead, Wang Yang stepped on the accelerator and continued: "That's not a suitable emotion for directing—" (To be continued)