Dominating Hollywood: Starting with Scarlett

Chapter 118 Self-destruction
  "Don! Welcome to join my movie!" After seeing Tang De, Patty Jenkins immediately stood up to welcome him, because currently in the crew, besides the actors, the biggest star is Tang De.

After all, it is the best new photography. During this time, more than one association award has been awarded to Tang De. Several trophies have already filled the three-story display cabinet at his home by 20%.

Now everyone is paying attention to how many awards "Chicago" will win at the Oscars.

Yes, everyone has no doubts about "Chicago" winning the award, but they are just curious whether it can win the final best movie of the year.

Coming from a film like this, Tang De deserved the respect he deserved. After a brief communication with Patty Jenkins and other crew members, Tang De sat down next to the director and participated in the discussion.

"Don, what style do you think we should use to show the scenes in the movie?" After telling the plot, Patty began to ask Tang De for his opinion.

Tang De kept thinking in his mind that this movie is based on a real person. The prototype is the notorious female serial killer Erin Wuornos in the United States. She killed 89 men in a row from 90 to 6. Very famous in America.

The movie is based on her own story. In the setting, the heroine Irene, played by Charlize Theron, is a woman with a miserable life experience. She was abused by her brother and grandfather since she was a child, and she became pregnant with her grandfather's friend when she was 14 years old. The child can be said to be extremely miserable.

But this was just the beginning. Later in life, she became addicted to leaves. In order to make money sucking leaves, she had to stand on the roadside and provide special services to passing drivers.

Yes, it’s the kind of special profession that you’ll encounter on the roadside in Give Him Love 5, wearing sexy and revealing clothes.

Erin gradually became desperate in such a life. Just when she was about to end her life, she met the equally lonely Shelby in a gay bar.

The two fell in love at first sight and became gay after getting along for a while.

In order to prevent Shelby from being humiliated by her career and satisfy her desire for money, Erin cleverly played the emotional card before the special service.

As soon as she got in the car, she would take out photos of her two children and lie that they were her children to pay for the trip to see them.

Those drivers would often give her more tip money out of sympathy, and she would earn much faster than usual.

She thought life would get better step by step like this, but damn life never let her go. During the last transaction, a perverted driver tied her to the woods and tortured her with various tools. Unable to bear the humiliation, she finally chose to kill the pervert with a gun.

But precisely because of this move, her thoughts changed, from extreme to extreme, and she began to kill people frequently.

But she always loved Shelby until she was caught by the police and taken to court. She did not say Shelby's name.

This is a depressing and pessimistic movie from beginning to end. There is no female awakening or female struggle. It is a complete tragedy.

But Charlize Theron brought the protagonist Erin to life. She did not hesitate to destroy her image for this role, changing from a delicate and beautiful woman to a fat, red-faced prostitute. The image in the movie successfully exceeded the imagination of all those who like her.

This is also the biggest reason why she won the Oscar for Best Actress. As we all know, if you want to win an Oscar, you have to subvert yourself.

For example, Leonardo endured hardships and tortured himself for this award.

Thinking of this, Tang De suddenly connected the figure who just walked out of the door with the movie clips in his memory, and subconsciously said: "Charlize is here?"

"That's right..." Patty was stunned for a moment before replying: "She just tried on her makeup and is taking it off now."

"No wonder." Tang De said how could such a sloppy woman appear in this building. It turned out to be Charlize Theron.

But thinking about the image in the movie, Tang De lost interest in it again, because the image of Charlize in the movie "The Devil Wears Prada" is too fierce, and it is an existence that cannot be mentioned in any sexual way after seeing it.

"Did you see her? You actually recognized her? To be honest, after I saw her makeup test, I couldn't recognize her at all." Patty smiled, obviously very satisfied with Charlize's professionalism.

"I didn't recognize it either. I was just guessing. I didn't expect it was really her."

After Tang De finished speaking, he returned to the topic and said: "I think the tone of this movie must follow the story. Patty, you should be more inclined to reality and authenticity, right?"

"Yes, this movie is realistic and not suitable for using too bright colors."

"It doesn't matter." Although this is not Tang De's best use of color, it doesn't mean that he has no way to solve it. Since he can't work hard on color, he can work hard on lighting.

He plans to borrow the lighting ideas from the famous Korean movie "Oldboy" that will be shot soon. Even though the name seems to be the same as a song by the Chopstick Brothers, he thinks it is something positive and sunny. In fact, this movie is distorted to the extreme. .

The forbidden love with his biological daughter, as well as various large-scale shots, as well as bloody and violent elements, perfectly reflect the mental state of the stick man.

At the same time, his long-shot shooting and lighting are very classic, which is very suitable for a theme like The Devil with some horror elements. And there is no need to use the sticks in vain. They are using them for ism anyway, and Tang De is repaying them with retaliation.

"I have already thought of a rough plan, Patty." Tang De picked up the paper and wrote while explaining to the lighting engineer at the scene: "We can boldly use a large light ratio environment, especially the shot of Erin killing. Imagine , when she killed her first person, the light only covered her left eye...

"But as her killing became more and more rampant, the shadow on her face became bigger and bigger, until it covered most of her face. She stood in the shadow, looking coldly at the corpse on the ground, her hands covered with blood , a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, only the right eye was not shrouded in shadow..."

The more Tang De talked about it, the more excited Patty became. After he finished all his thoughts, Patty clapped his hands decisively: "Very good! Don, I like this lighting, so let's shoot like this. Then I'll leave the lighting art of the film to you, okay? ?”

"No problem at all."

The original film did not have the acclaimed lighting design and art design. If it were not for Charlize Theron, this film might have been submerged in a sea of ​​B-movies. Patty Jenkins is a new director after all. , the accumulation in this area is very insufficient.

A few people had just finished talking when the door was opened the next moment and the sound of high heels could be heard.

Tang De looked back and raised his eyebrows. It was Charlize Theron who had taken off her makeup. But different from the sloppy look just now, Charlize's face has returned to firmness and delicacy. Although she has no makeup, she can still see her good looks.

The only pity is that her figure is several times wider than before. This is the price she paid for this drama, gaining weight.

Even the best beauties will lose their appearance after gaining weight, even Charlize Theron is no exception, but Tang De knows that this is only temporary, because she is a qualified versatile actor, and she will lose weight after the filming is completed. .

"Hello!" Charlize Theron looked at Patty curiously after seeing Tang De.

After learning Tang De's identity, her eyes lit up and she shook hands with Tang De with a hearty smile: "I seem to have heard of your name, it's...Chicago! Right?"

"Yeah...that's right." Tang De nodded: "I'm a photographer in Chicago."

“I’ve seen that movie and I was very impressed by the lighting and the long shot in the opening scene!”

Tang De shrugged: "This is what I should do."

"So, have you already thought about how to design this movie?" Charlize Theron's tone contained a bit of expectation, because she attaches great importance to the movie, or she is very optimistic about the script.

There is so much room for the role of Irene, which is why she is willing to play the role even if the director has no experience.

"Of course, I have already discussed it with Patty. Don't worry, Charlize, I will make you look very scary in the film, the kind that scares children to tears."

"Hahaha! That couldn't be better. Happy working together, Don."

"Nice to work with, Charlize."

Just as the crew of "The Devil Wears Prada" is getting into busy preparations, Raymond's new song is also officially released.

When the video store owner Divar saw the black and white album cover, he was stunned because it was a photo of Raymond's previous album, but this time he abandoned the red and blue colors and used black and white instead. , looks... like the colors at a funeral.

Duval knew that Raymond was dead and that this song was his last legacy, but he didn't expect it to be so original.

"Isn't the MV also in black and white?" Divar complained with suspicion, then inserted it into the DVD and played it.

Three minutes later, Duval covered his ears and stared at the blue TV screen in stunned silence, not knowing what to say.

"WTF! Is this serious?" He couldn't control the shock in his heart. He held his head and shouted loudly: "Is this fucking real? OMG! This song is simply... simply..."

"I just don't know how to evaluate it! It's awesome, in every sense of the word." After watching the MV, music critic Tony immediately updated a music review on his blog.

It's just that this Yue music review didn't discuss any musicality at all, and all the focus was on the MV.

“I really can’t believe it’s just the beginning of the new year! It’s just January! Don has given everyone a wonderful feast that cannot be replicated!

"The joking form, the crazy performances, the thrilling killings, combined with...the dead...the devil's low chanting like hell, really makes me indescribable! After watching it, I just felt my scalp was numb!"
  "Really, I think any words are pale in front of this MV. I recommend everyone to watch it. Don't just listen to the song! Watch the MV! Only then can you feel this ultimate charm!
  "I think this year's MTV Award still belongs to Tang De, because I dare not think of what kind of work can beat it! There is no such work! I said it!"

(End of this chapter)