The Greatest Showman

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"By the way, about the director, do you have any ideas?"

This seems to be just a casual question, but it exploded in Renly's ear like a spring thunder. All the conversations today are not as frightening as this sentence: Why did the leader of the production department actually ask him about the director candidate? Views? He's not Tom Cruise or Brad Pitt.

Seeing Renly's undisguised surprise, Jeff couldn't help but laugh, "Ha, I finally believe now that you are only twenty-one years old." This joke made Renly come back to his senses, and the corners of his mouth also appeared. With a smile, "I'm just asking for your opinion. It's like discussing the script just now."

Generally speaking, the formal push of a film project takes two forms, either with the protagonist at the core or the director at the core. Hollywood is a typical producer center, and they control the life and death of the entire crew; but when it comes to the style of the work, especially commercial movies, the first thing a producer does is to determine the starring or director, and then use them as the director. The core, start the follow-up work——

Can the first version of the script continue to be used? Or do I need to make corresponding changes? So how big is the change? Does it simply need to be changed? Do you need to cooperate with a big-name actor to adjust the role of the protagonist or supporting role?

In the selection of the cast and cast, can there be sparks between the male and female protagonists? Does their image setting conform to the director's presupposition of the film's style, or, conversely, does the director's style conform to the self-image requirements of big-name actors? How should the other supporting actors choose, do they need old actors to play, or should they choose second- and third-tier actors?

Photographers, lighting engineers, art directors, etc., they all need to be selected according to the director's style. The requirements of Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan must be very different, and the requirements of big-name directors and new directors must be different. Big-name directors all have their own royal team or style tendencies; and some new directors have not even formed their own style, so naturally they do not have too many requirements.

Also, production costs must be factored in. Is a $100 million budget too high, or is it too low? Depending on the name of the director or star, increase or cut the budget? How will the arrangement of the entire cast and crew be adjusted?

The progress of the preliminary work of "Edge of Tomorrow" is very slow. The main reason is that Jeff hopes to invite big names like Brad or Tom to star in the leading role, and they will have more or less familiar directors, such as Tom, his director At every step of the work, the director must pass him a nod; Brad also browses the director's waiting list and gives his opinion.

Therefore, so far, "Edge of Tomorrow" has not yet confirmed the director. Of course, while choosing the male lead, they are also looking for a director who is willing to take over "Edge of Tomorrow". Now, before the director, the male protagonist was unexpectedly determined, which is an accident, and it is not an accident.

To be honest, the confirmation of Renly means that the entire cast lineup will be relatively younger; moreover, Renly is not a first-tier actor at all, even among the second-tier actors, he is still a fresh face, which also means that in the In the process of making a film, the director will play a more important role.

But Jeff is no ordinary person. Because of a "Memento", he signed five works with Christopher Nolan, including the "Batman Prequels" trilogy. This courage is not something ordinary people can have. In Renly, he saw something different, and he thought that Renly's opinion might surprise him.

"Or, are you looking forward to Christopher Nolan?" Jeff's teasing brought Renly back to his senses and couldn't help chuckling.

"To be honest, I really haven't thought about it." As Renly said, he is an actor, pure actor, not a screenwriter, not a producer. When reading the script, his only perspective is the actor's perspective , plus the audience perspective at most. So, he is telling the truth.

According to the trajectory of the last life, Doug Liman became the final director, and it must be admitted that Doug has done an excellent job.

Doug is a director with his own style. In works such as "The Bourne" and "Smith Action", the style of the fighting scenes is undoubtedly commendable, and the shot scheduling also has the speed, accuracy, and precision of commercial movies. ruthless. His strengths lie in the mise-en-scene, while his weaknesses lie in the narrative and characters. Such characteristics are also concentrated in the "Edge of Tomorrow" in the previous life.

No doubt he's a decent commercial film director, but what about finding someone else to helm Edge of Tomorrow? Is Doug the best choice? Renly had never thought about it, and it was an interesting topic.

"First... paul-greengrass." After a moment of contemplation, Renly gave his first choice, director of the second and third "Bourne" films, the iconic The hand-held photography style, which gave the film a pseudo-documentary and first-perspective style, propelled the series to its peak.

Jeff closed his chin gently, "Portable photography?"

"No, it's not." Renly shook his head with a smile. "I like his style of storytelling, which is steady and sharp, and incorporates his own style. And of course, the editing method."

In addition to the second and third parts of "The Bourne Bourne", Paul also shot "Thriller Flight 93", "Captain Phillips", "Bloody Sunday" and other works, two Oscars, one Berlin Golden Bear Award. His narrative ability, rhythm control and connotation mining all show his ability, not only business

Just a movie.

Paul's background as a journalist gives his narrative angle a special flavor, which is one of the reasons Renly likes Paul's work so much. Imagine the "Edge of Tomorrow" combined with "The Bourne 3" and "Thriller Flight 93", which is really exciting.

"Then Edgar-wright." Renly just said the name, Jeff looked surprised, then Renly smiled and nodded affirmatively, "Yes, you didn't listen. wrong."

Edgar, director of "Shaun the Zombie," "Blood Detective," "World's End," and "Scott the Crooked Kid." In short, this is a director with a distinctive style, dark humor, and a childlike heart. Edgar's shots are full of whimsy and unique humor. He is in charge of the director. The style of "Edge of Tomorrow" may be far from the previous life. It can be guaranteed that the entertainment will be bursting.

Jeff laughed cheerfully, "I didn't expect you to love comedy so much."

Just look at Edgar's list of co-stars, and his urchin-like slapstick style is something top actors shy away from. Because, it doesn't fit their public image. But Renly personally likes it very much. What he is looking forward to most is "Ant-Man" directed by Edgar. Unfortunately, Disney is still not bold enough, interfering too much in Edgar's creation, causing strong disagreements, and finally failing to make it happen. At the moment, the director was changed.

Renly shrugged, "'Edge of Tomorrow' isn't a comedy, so I don't have anything to worry about. In fact, I figured out what it would be like if I were cast in 'Scott the Crooked'. appearance."

Jeff's jaw-dropping, Renly version of a vampire, it's still conceivable; but a Renly version of a nerdy nerd?

On the contrary, Renly became more and more excited. The same script, with the styles of different directors in his mind, presented different versions. The storytelling, lighting, editing, composition, and even the narration and details were all suddenly new. , and then into the actor's performance style, which presents a different perspective. It was really refreshing.

Later, Renly named two more names, one was Matthew Vaughn (mattew-vaugh), who directed "Kick-bump", and then became the director of "X-Men: First Class", which later triggered The hotly discussed "Ace: The Secret Service" is also his directorial work; there is also a Francis-lawrence (francis-lawrence), who debuted "Hell Detective", and later directed "I Am Legend" and "Hunger". The Game" part two and three.

These two are directors with very distinctive directing styles. The former's use of fast splicing shots and the stimulation of visual effects by color are commendable. The disadvantage is that the narrative is too straightforward. Renly's personal favorite is "X-War" "Police: The First Battle"; the latter's research on lens tone and composition is very distinctive, especially the relationship between light and shadow effects and character foils, "Hell Detective" is impressive, but unfortunately these features were later used in "The Hunger Games" All are lost.

Shooting commercials is easy, but shooting a great commercial is incredibly difficult.

Renly can't guarantee that other directors will be able to give a better job than Doug Liman, but it feels amazing to think about it at this moment, full of possibilities.

In the end, Renly still mentioned Doug's name, which made Jeff's eyes flow with a hint of surprise - because Brad also recommended Doug just now. If it's Doug, Brad's interest in "Edge of Tomorrow" has also risen, and it seems that the two people's previous experience working together has been wonderful.

However, Jeff did not comment, but smiled, "Although you haven't thought about the director's choice, obviously, your understanding of the script and the understanding of the characters is enough." After that, Jeff He stood up and said, "Let's go, we've been here long enough, the party is about to end, we haven't started enjoying it yet, there are many familiar old friends below, I'll introduce them to you."

Returning to the party, it was still a maddening carnival, and no one seemed to realize that Renly and Jeff had left. Then, Jeff acted as an introducer and brought Renly into today's afternoon pool party, Hollywood's top social circle, opening a door for Renly for the first time.

That sense of reality entered the body little by little, and his next work was confirmed, "Edge of Tomorrow". More importantly, the historical trajectory is shifting, and the version of "Edge of Tomorrow" this time will be completely different from the previous version. So, will the ending be the same?

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