Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 100 Off-field factors
  "Buzz!"

The film was projected on the white curtain through the projector, forming a light curtain visible to the naked eye. As John started it, the clips shot by Dion began to play.

It's just that this photographer, despite being among a crowd of people and the air was dull and hot, started to sweat on his back.

He clenched his fingertips. Even though he had smoked several cigarettes just now, it could not relieve his anxiety.

Damn Time brand cigarettes, aren’t they said to bring blessings?

Dion cursed a few words in his mind and looked at Tang De again, only to see his side face shrouded in light and shadow, expressionless.

"Huh." He took a deep breath and decided to leave everything to God. Maybe he would be lucky and the adjusted lens would not show a wide range of shadows, so that he could blame the problem on Tang De.

With this thought in mind, Dion raised his eyes and looked at the projection, just like everyone else.

Through the screen, everyone can see the movement of the camera and the sharp and beautiful dance moves of the dance team.

No problem, the lights were just right over everyone's heads, and Zeta-Jones's face flickered in and out, representing her guilt and attitude.

So everyone continued to look back. Although there was no music in this clip, everyone was familiar with the song.

After all, I listened to it dozens of times a day, so someone could even hum the rhythm and act as background music.

Humming and humming, everyone saw the camera begin to advance slowly, and then Zeta Jones's face slowly came closer to the camera, with only her upper body in the frame, dancing as the lights changed.

However, at some point the humming stopped, and everyone watched the clip in silence.

After the clip ended, Tang De waved to John to play it again, and then everyone watched it again.

There was still unexpected silence, only Dion clenched his teeth and veins popped out on the back of his hands.

Because everyone can see that in the picture, from an upward perspective, the shadow under Zeta Jones's bangs is connected with the thick eyelashes. Coupled with the dark eyeballs, the whole person seems to be wearing a T-shaped hat. helmet, very ugly.

Obviously, this picture is completely consistent with what Tang De said, and is even more serious. If Dion, as the chief photographer, didn't know the consequences of doing this, he probably wouldn't believe it himself.

This time, the distrustful eyes that Tang De had experienced were focused on Dion, making him swallow his throat.

"Haha...ahem...Sorry, it seems I really neglected..." He pretended to smile and tried to get through, but in the eyes of everyone, he looked like a clown with poor acting skills.

Tang De stood up and looked at Dion.

"Don, let's reshoot it. This time I know the angle of the camera and I won't make any mistakes."

Seeing Dion's attitude of minimizing big things and minimizing trivial matters, Tang De walked straight past him: "Phimos, you come to replace Dion."

"Okay!" A photography assistant responded with an excited expression.

"FXXK! Don, you can't do this!" Seeing that he was squeezed out of the crew, Dion said angrily: "I am the photographer."

He just took two steps forward, and the next second he saw Tang De turning his head and staring into his eyes: "Shut up! Dion! You are no longer. At least while I am the director, you are no longer I’m a photographer. Also, I suggest you go find a doctor and have an operation! Clean up those rocks in your head!"

What Tang De is referring to is a kind of stupid surgery that was popular in the last century. The doctor will open the patient's skull and take out the stone to prove that the person's stupidity has been removed.

However, the funny thing is that these doctors are all pretending to be scammers, and this surgery is nothing more than an IQ tax.

But people are still looking for doctors to cure their stupidity, and they even perform stupid surgery in front of everyone, as if doing so means that they are really not stupid.

If we use an idiom to describe it, it is most suitable to hide our ears and steal our bells.

Dion naturally understood what Tang De meant. He wanted to refute, but was frightened by Tang De's fierce eyes.

It wasn't until Tang De's back became farther and farther away that he shouted unwillingly: "I took the photo according to the angle you specified! This is not my problem!"

If he had said this before, some people might still have believed it, but now, after Dion repeatedly emphasized that he was shooting according to the lens prescribed by Tang De, this picture still appears.

Everyone could only shrug and follow Tang De away to express their position.

When Dion was the only one left in the room, he first kicked away the stool in regret, then covered his head and squatted on the ground with an angry roar.

It's a pity that no one cares about his feelings anymore.

This episode passed quickly, and the crew resumed filming, but this time everyone had a new understanding of Tang De's seriousness.

So they didn't dare to neglect, and they all showed their most serious attitude and cooperated with the filming of the movie.

So when Bert received the news and rushed back from the hospital, the crucial prison dance had been filmed and had even moved on to the next scene.

He didn't say anything, but when he checked the film at night, he took John and others to watch the footage taken today and the footage shot by Dion again. When filming started the next day, director Rob returned from the hospital with his arm wrapped in gauze and resumed directing and filming.

But everyone noticed that Dion was missing and seemed to have left the set. But no one said anything about it. This crew was formed temporarily. Everyone didn't know each other, so there was really no relationship.

So any decision is fine as long as it is beneficial to the shooting.

In this way, while the "Chicago" movie was being filmed, Jimmy's Heinz commercial was also successfully completed.

At this moment, the director Greta whom he hired at Tang De's request was cleaning up the trash in the studio's model room with the crew members, showing no directorial style at all.

"Greta!" Jimmy called the blonde girl over and said with a smile, "I have to say, you did a great job directing."

Although when he met Greta in person, Jimmy had no confidence that she could shoot this film well, but after watching the entire filming process on site, he found that Tang De did have a good eye for people.

This young female director firmly controlled everything on the crew throughout the entire process, including the camera, lighting, and scene management.

Although he was a little immature and had to repeat himself several times before he could clearly explain his requirements, the final effect exceeded expectations.

Jimmy himself burst out laughing when he saw those funny clips, not to mention the audience.

Heinz will be pleased with this ad.

"Thank you." Greta expressed her gratitude modestly: "In fact, this is my first time as a director...I also want to thank you for giving me the opportunity."

"Haha, don't be like this, Greta, this is not my decision..." After Jimmy saw Greta's inquiring eyes, he immediately changed his words: "This is not my decision alone. Tang De and I are good friends. Brother, I originally planned to find him, but he recommended you to me.”

Tang De didn't intend to let the people at CAA know that he had opened two other companies, so Jimmy was the person in charge of supreme creativity to the outside world.

As for whether CAA can learn about it from major advertising companies?
  There is basically no overlap between the two, so there is no need to worry about this. Tang De's main purpose is not to cover up the supreme creativity, but to cover up the angel's declaration.

After all, what he is doing now is to take advantage of CAA. If CAA finds out, there will be no good consequences.

When Greta heard Tang De's name, she suddenly understood. She said why would a brand name her, a little-known field manager, to be the director? It turned out to be Tang!

"So this script..."

"It was also done by Tang De." Jimmy cleared up Greta's doubts.

"Oh, it's unbelievable!" Greta laughed in surprise: "I thought it was written by a professional comedy screenwriter."

Although this advertisement is full of various vulgar scenes, it does not make people feel disgusted. Instead, it makes people laugh from beginning to end, and at the last moment, it will make people want to buy Heinz ketchup.

Greta thinks this ad will definitely go viral.

At the same time, I am even more grateful for Tang De's recommendation. After the commercial is broadcast, I will have a complete work, which will be very beneficial to my future career.

"It seems that I have to thank Tang in person." Greta had left Tang De's mobile phone number and planned to invite Tang De out for dinner in a few days.

"He's a little busy right now. It's best to wait a week before looking for him." Jimmy reminded him kindly, and Greta nodded immediately: "No problem."

Just waiting a week later when Greta contacted Tang De, she did not receive a positive answer, because the crew now encountered a new problem, but this time it was not internal, but external.

After Dion, a photographer, left the crew, he actually accepted an interview with a newspaper and claimed that the crew of "Chicago" left an indelible shadow on him. He suffered bullying, verbal violence, and unfair treatment on the crew. treatment.

This news is undoubtedly a bit explosive. In just one day, it has become the most popular news on all major entertainment pages.

After all, the movie "Chicago" has the blessing of Broadway's fame. Although it is not a big-budget movie, it has always attracted a lot of attention.

Some practitioners and passers-by were discussing whether Dion's words were true. Of course, most people believed them and began to denounce the "Chicago" crew.

At the same time, Miramax executives were also harassed by various reporters. People from different newspapers came to ask about what happened on the set every day.

Fortunately, Tang De and the others were in a prison in New York, and reporters couldn't get in.

Otherwise, those hyena-like guys will definitely mess up the scene, and maybe leak the filming footage.

Director Robert deliberately found a time to face reporters and clarify Dion's dirty laundry.

However, self-proven innocence can never be convincing. Those reporters are always waiting for Rob with tricky questions and bizarre logic, which makes the director who has always been gentle in attitude rarely get angry after returning from the interview.

It was in this atmosphere that the crew began to become depressed. Everyone was thinking about things off-set, and mistakes were made frequently during filming.

(End of this chapter)