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Chapter 650 Returning to China
In the evening, Wang Shu joined the party of the actors in the crew.

Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, David Gyasi and others were present.

As for Little Murphy and others, they have not joined the crew yet. Their scenes will be filmed last, so they will join the crew last.

David Gyasi is black, and if a movie wants to win awards, this is part of American political correctness.

During the party, no one talked about work, everyone talked about interesting things in life or in the circle.

"Shu, I heard that your first film won an award at the Berlin Film Festival, right?" Jessica Chastain looked at Wang Shu and asked curiously.

Wang Shu saw that everyone was looking at him, and then he replied, "It's just a small prize."

David Gias was working with Wang Shu for the first time and didn't know much about Wang Shu's past. Hearing this, he was surprised and said, "So, Jessica is right, Shu. Did you really win an award at the Berlin Film Festival for your first film?"

Wang Shu nodded and explained, "The Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award is just a consolation prize, not a big prize."

"Oh!" David Gias exclaimed, "Shu, even if the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award is a consolation prize, it's your first movie?!"

"For other directors, it would be a rare achievement for their first film to be successful, let alone win an award at the Berlin Film Festival!"

Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and others nodded in agreement when they heard this.

David Gyasi is right, Buried is Wang Shu’s first film.

Winning an award at the Berlin Film Festival for his first film shows talent and ability that many directors cannot even dream of.

Moreover, this also shows that it is not surprising that Wang Shu won the Academy Award for Best Director for the same year.

Anne Hathaway had researched Wang Shu's information and couldn't help but say, "If you knew that Shu's second award-winning film went to the Cannes Film Festival and not only won the Best Screenplay Award, but also produced a Cannes Film Queen, would you be even more surprised?"

"Ah?" David Gias looked at Wang Shu in disbelief.

The first award-winning film went to Berlin and won the Alfred Bauer Silver Bear Award, and the second award-winning film went to Cannes and won the Best Screenplay Award and produced a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress? !

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Seeing that David Ghias didn't know much about Wang Shu, Jessica Chastain smiled and said, "David, if you knew that Shu's third award-winning film went to the Venice Film Festival and won the Best Director Award."

"My fourth hit film came to the Oscars and won my first Oscar for Best Director."

"For his fifth award-winning film, Life of Pi, Shu once again won the Oscar for Best Director."

"Are you surprised by this?"

David Gyasi was dumbfounded after hearing what Jessica Chastain said. He had previously thought that Wang Shu was just a famous director who had won the Oscar for Best Director for consecutive years, but he didn't expect Wang Shu to be so amazing.

Whether it is the Oscars or the three major European awards, winning awards is as easy as drinking water.

Make a movie and win an award.

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I couldn't help but let out a long sigh in my heart.

"Tree!" David Gias gave Wang Shu a thumbs up.

Anne Hathaway couldn't help but ask, "Shu, when will you make another art film?"

"Interstellar" is a commercial film, not an art film.

Although there are artistic elements in this movie, it is ultimately a commercial film.

Commercial films may win a Golden Globe or be nominated for an Oscar, but it is usually difficult for them to win an Oscar.

When Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain and others heard this, they all looked at Wang Shu.

They knew very well that Wang Shu was not only good at commercial films, but also at art films.

If you have the opportunity to star in an art film directed by Wang Shu, you may be nominated for an Oscar or even win an award.

Among the people present, except Wang Shu who has won the Oscar for Best Director, none of the others has won an Oscar for acting.

"We haven't planned this yet. Let's wait until we finish filming this movie." Wang Shu continued.

Matthew McConaughey asked out loud: "Is there no satisfactory script?"

After that, he immediately explained, "I saw a lot of producers handing you scripts."

"I guess so." Wang Shu responded.

When several people heard Wang Shu say this, they thought that Wang Shu really did not have a satisfactory script, so they did not ask any more questions.

Anne Hathaway smiled and said, "Shu, if you make an art film in the future and there is a suitable role, please consider me."

Jessica Chastain heard this and quickly said, "Trees, and me."

Matthew McConaughey and others were not embarrassed and said with a smile: "Shu, we thought so too."

Jessica Chastain's words just now made it clear to everyone present that Wang Shu is really talented in making art films.

If I have the opportunity to star in an art film directed by Wang Shu, as long as I perform well enough, I might be able to win an Oscar.

Compared with many big directors in Hollywood, Wang Shu's acting offers are definitely among the top for them.

They continued chatting for about two hours, and then adjourned because they had to shoot a movie the next day.

Wang Shu had just returned to the hotel and taken a shower when the doorbell rang. He opened it and saw it was Anne Hathaway.

"Tree~" Anne Hathaway blinked her sparkling eyes.

Wang Shu smiled back and moved aside to let the other person in.

"It's so late, why are you coming to my place instead of sleeping in your hotel room?" Wang Shu asked sarcastically, knowing the answer.

"What do you think?" Anne Hathaway bit her lip and asked playfully.

Wang Shu did not answer, but grabbed the other person and kissed him.

They kissed for a while, and just as they were about to go deeper, the doorbell rang again.

Anne Hathaway and Wang Shu looked at each other, and she whispered nervously, "Go and see what's going on. Don't let anyone in."

Compared to Wang Shu, Anne Hathaway was obviously much more nervous.

This is because Anne Hathaway is not single, but has a boyfriend.

As for why she was like this with Wang Shu even though she had a boyfriend...

It's just that this is common in Hollywood.

Wang Shu nodded, stood up and went to open the door.

When I opened the door, I saw Jessica Chastain standing at the door.

Jessica Chastain held the script in her hand, and said with a smile: "Shu, I don't understand some of the contents of the script. Can you help me explain it? Please~"

"..." When Wang Shu heard this, he knew that the play was fake and there was another intention. Although he was willing to help others, he wanted to agree to it.

Unfortunately, Anne Hathaway was in the room, so this guy came at the wrong time.

So Wang Shu said softly: "Jessica, I'm a little tired today and want to rest."

When Jessica Chastain heard this, her face froze and she was so embarrassed that she didn't know what to do.

Wang Shu saw the other person's expression. He was a kind-hearted person after all. He then said, "Jessica, I'm really tired today. How about you come back tomorrow? I'll tell you more tomorrow."

When Jessica Chastain heard this, she believed that Wang Shu was really tired and wanted to rest, instead of rejecting her offer of love. A smile immediately appeared on her face, and she said, "Okay, Shu, I'll come to see you tomorrow. Since you are tired, you should rest early."

"Yeah." Wang Shu responded, and saw the other party turn around and close the door.

"Who?" Anne Hathaway asked curiously.

The room where Wang Shu lived was a suite. Anne Hathaway was in the room, and Wang Shu and Jessica Chastain did not speak loudly, so she did not hear clearly.

"I'm from the crew. I need your help." Wang Shu answered without hesitation.

He was right. Jessica Chastain was also a member of the crew, so it was not considered deceiving Anne Hathaway.

When Anne Hathaway heard this, she was no longer curious. She put her hands on Wang Shu's shoulders and kissed him.

then……

In the following days, the filming work proceeded in an orderly manner.

The large conference room on the Paramount studio is connected to a spacious office so that Professor Brand (Michael Caine) and Murphy (Jessica Chastain) can discuss profound scientific theories.

Practical T8 fluorescent tubes in the ceiling are added with 1/8 CTO light film to add warmth to create an ambient light level.

The actors were lit with a 2x2 KINO FLO surrounded by handheld VHO 120 LiteRibbon strips and diffused with Lee 129 Heavy Frost.

"The LED housings were originally designed for the spacecraft scene, but ended up being used on every scene. Because they are battery-powered, I could run around with Hoyt and hold the housing up next to the camera to use as eye lights." Wang Shu explained the play to Anne Hathaway and others.

The journey embarked by Cooper, Professor Brand's daughter (Anne Hathaway), scientists Doyle (Wes Bentley) and Romilly (David Gyasi) is a one-way road to the universe.

Paramount's Stage 30 housed the main Endurance set and two "zero-G" vertical orientation sections; the full-scale Endurance vehicle and spacecraft lander were mounted on hydraulic gimbals - which were built by special effects coordinator Scott Fisher and his team on Stages 26 and 27.

Wang Shu has always said that this movie was very difficult to shoot, and he is not just saying it casually, it is indeed true.

In order to achieve the effect of Nolan's version of "Interstellar", many details have to be carefully crafted.

Otherwise, whether it is the pictures, the plot, or the scenes in the film, it will give people a cheap feeling.

If you want to make it affordable, you have to work with a professional special effects team.

At Wang Shu's suggestion, the crew team got some inspiration from "2001: A Space Odyssey", such as the Endurance's artificial creation of gravity through centrifugal force.

For a sci-fi blockbuster like this, it is impossible for Wang Shu to control all the details.

Therefore, based on Nolan's version of "Interstellar", he would occasionally propose some ideas to the crew members and then work together.

The effect of this approach was very good, and everything was going as he expected.

For example, to make the audience feel that the Endurance is spinning towards the light of a bright star.

Wang Shu called the crew's lighting engineer and told him: "I looked at the reference material of the International Space Station. It is very dark there, so the sunlight coming in will be very bright."

At Wang Shu's suggestion, the lighting engineer asked an electrician to install 6 boxed Mole 20K lights near the windows on site.

The lighting operator would use a DMX controlled shutter to kill the lights before the lights were panned back and reset.

When filming the Eternal, Wang Shu brought in crew members and said, "We wanted to get away from the typical 'movie spaceship' aesthetic."

"If you don't understand, you can watch more NASA materials in Imax to see if you can get some inspiration."

“I wanted to be more like an Amtrak train, or inside a tank. And then simulate the claustrophobic feeling by tightening the scene and making it 100% real.”

The crew proceeded in an orderly manner according to Wang Shu's requirements and suggestions.

To cover all the windows in the main set of the Ever Given, an 80' x 300' muslin painted white had to serve as a canopy.

Los Angeles-based Background Images operates two 2K ​​xenon projectors mounted on a pan head on a large forklift, 0.76 by 1.27 feet from the screen. The software suite WATCHOUT controls the two projectors, outputting dual or separate image streams simultaneously and in multiple sequence schedules.

Franklin and co-director Andrew Lockley delivered content from workstations below the Eternity set.

After the content is delivered, it only takes a few minutes for the new digital elements to appear on the screen for Wang Shu to review.

This time, in order to speed up the work, Wang Shu also produced the special effects while filming.

If it were to be created from scratch, it would certainly be difficult to do so.

But the content of the movie "Interstellar" is in Wang Shu's mind, so he can do this.

For him, finishing the "Interstellar" project as soon as possible would allow him to start other work.

As I work hard on time every day, May is approaching.

On April 4, Wang Shu returned to China and the filming of "Interstellar" stopped.

Wang Shu returned to China this time because "The Night the Comet Comes" will be released during the May Day holiday. As an investor and director, he returned to China to cooperate with the promotion.

Prior to this, main actors including Sun Li, Chen Kun, Chen Hao, and Deng Chao had already been cooperating with the promotion of the film, and it has been going on for nearly half a month now.

Actors are on-stage professionals, and publicity work is primarily focused on actors.

For a behind-the-scenes job like director, all you need to do is make a brief appearance before a movie is released, or take part in some talk shows.

When Wang Shu came back this time, he first accepted an interview with Sina Entertainment, and then accepted interviews with Sohu and Tencent Entertainment.

Not only him, Sun Li, Deng Chao and others also accepted interviews and appeared on shows to promote the movie.

For example, Sun Li, Chen Kun, Chen Hao, Deng Chao, Liu Yan, and Jiang Wu went to Mango TV's "Happy Camp" together.

The production cost of "The Night the Comet Came" was 1000 million yuan, and the publicity and promotion cost was 3000 million yuan.

These 3000W are not wasted.

"Shu, you are finally back?" When Sun Li learned that Wang Shu had returned to China, she couldn't help but make a phone call.

Her schedule during this period has been arranged by Yikeshu Company, China Film Group and her agency.

Although China Film Corporation did not participate in the investment of "The Night the Comet Came", it was responsible for the distribution of the film.

To be precise, it is the responsibility of China Film Distribution.

(End of this chapter)