Birth of an actor

When the small projection room returned to darkness, William couldn't help but "wow".

Although the room was pitch-black, Christopher Nolan's night vision ability had been developed by staying out at night for many consecutive days. He had no trouble seeing the expression on William's face clearly through the dim light from the crack of the door. , that irrepressible exclamation made Nolan proud: "How is it?"

"Brilliant." William couldn't help but praise, because Nolan personally edited the trailer is really great, so good that he was wondering just now, is that really his "Blood Together"?A youth love movie that exists to please young people in the United States, rather than some highly artistic fantasy literary film?Is that really the shot he took?Now that the post-production has not yet fully started, how did Nolan cut this trailer into a blockbuster feel?

William hasn't seen the trailer the editor cut, but he knows that whatever it is, it can't be better than Nolan.

Nolan messed up the narrative order of the entire movie.

The script of "Blood Together" starts from the high school life of the heroine Emma Brown. Among the girls' crazy fascination with Victor, Emma and her friend Sissy are the only ones who have a clear mind and are not addicted to him. They don't want to be involved in the whirlpool of scandals, and they think they belong to two parallel lines with Victor. However, Emma was rescued and watched by Victor many times. In the end, she was not immune to falling into the dark green eyes. The two young people fell in love passionately. Later, Emma accidentally discovered Victor's true identity as a vampire. And his deep past, and at the same time, he himself encountered an unknown crisis - it is not difficult to imagine that an editor who is very faithful to the script and is also very familiar with Hollywood business methods will definitely cut in this order.

But in Nolan's trailer, there are two different timelines, one tells his past from the perspective of Victor Miller, and the other tells the present from the perspective of Emma Brown. The past storyline uses black and white pictures Show, the current story line is displayed in color, and finally the two story lines meet at the midpoint.

——If William had seen enough Nolan movies, he would know that this is a typical Nolan narrative, and Nolan is one of the representative directors of Hollywood's nonlinear narrative structure in later generations.

The short two-and-a-half-minute trailer doesn't hold many shots at all, but Christopher Nolan's genius is just to stitch together two European shots. The actor Victor Miller was born in Europe's past and his vampire The enemy flashed in two shots. William had to say that anyone who sees these two connected shots will immediately have a contextual viewing experience, which is of great help in interpreting the plot of the movie.This is just the corner of the trailer. Throughout the trailer, Nolan has used quite a few similar techniques, turning the entire trailer into a montage with great music.

By the way, Nolan chose the soundtrack very well, and the epic ethereal inspiration has a sense of urgency and suspense, which not only complements the plot, but also reveals a bit of blockbuster atmosphere. up.

Perhaps William really had to ask whether it was Nolan's own handwriting, or whether he had hired some master to catch the knife. If it was the latter, he must know the name of that person to facilitate future cooperation.Just like the make-up artist of "Blood Love", the special effects make-up artist Greg Cannon was hired by William when he was on the crew of "Titanic". The person who won the Oscar for Best Makeup in "Dad", and Cannon's make-up for old Ruth in "Titanic" also brought him an Oscar nomination. If William hadn't acted fast enough, Canon would have already run away by now. Other crews worked.

In addition to the unique narrative style, exquisite editing techniques and moving music, William also felt a sense of freshness from this trailer that is completely different from the current mainstream Hollywood commercial movies. He said that when the final movie is released, the feature film will say Maybe it's not as exciting as this trailer.Because it really, really grabs the audience.

"If Catherine puts this trailer out for screening, filmmakers will scramble to bid." William once again commented from the bottom of his heart.He can't wait to see the feature film that Nolan cuts himself.

"Will you help me convince Ms. Kennedy?"

"Convincing? No, Catherine doesn't need to be persuaded, she's already agreed to use your cut if I think it's great, Chris, and I actually just spoke to her on the phone just now, and she's very impressed with your talent. Great affirmation, just don't appreciate the way you dealt with the problem, maybe you just didn't communicate a little bit before."

Christopher Nolan touched his hairy chin, which had not been shaved for many days, and asked hesitantly, "You mean, I will also have a considerable say in the post-production of the film?"

"What Hollywood's default unspoken rules are not worth mentioning here, I will give you the most rights I can afford, as long as you can return me works of equal value."

Christopher Nolan let out a heavy breath. With these words from William as a guarantee, he was suddenly full of confidence in his prospects in Hollywood. His emotions suddenly became passionate in the next second, and he began to speak at an extremely fast speed. Talking about his various thoughts about the film, the too much professional knowledge revealed in his words made William vigilant: ""Blood Together" cannot be a brain-burning film, Chris, after all, our main audience is teenagers. Crowds, let the movie be full of suspense at the end, just enough to arouse the audience's curiosity to look forward to the next one. If you want to play more tricks in the movie, maybe you can wait until you make the next movie to do it. "

"The next one? God knows where my next movie will be." Christopher Nolan stroked his hairy chin and said, "Hollywood doesn't always welcome outsiders. In the past few months, I have felt like never before. That's it, after "Follow" was released, I thought that Hollywood would welcome me with open arms. As a result, I haven't received any decent job for more than a year. You, Will, gave it to me First chance to pick up a guide in Hollywood."

"Everything will get better and better. I bet there will be a lot of scripts for you to choose after the filming of "Blood of Love" is closed. Do you already have an idea for the next movie?"

"My younger brother Jonathan is a writer and screenwriter. He has a novel called "Symbol of Death". I have wanted to make it into a movie for a long time, but I have never been able to find a suitable investor."

Jonathan Nolan?The name also sounds a little familiar.William said: "Is there a script? If there is one, after I finish reading it, maybe the investment problem you have been worrying about can be solved."

"Eh?" Christopher Nolan opened his mouth in surprise, "Are you also interested in investing in independent films, Will?"

"If the script is good enough," William said mildly.

"I'm going to call Jonathan immediately and ask him to adapt the novel into a screenplay. I can guarantee that it will be wonderful!" Christopher Nolan couldn't wait to bring his brother Jonathan Nolan to work with him in Hollywood. Because Jonathan's handling of words is always great, and the novels and scripts he writes are even more outstanding, full of suspense and full of pictures, he is born to be a famous screenwriter.Now with the help of William, they will definitely be able to gain a foothold in Hollywood more quickly. Since Hollywood already has the Coen Brothers and Weinstein Brothers, why can't there be another pair of Nolan Brothers?

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"Blood Together" was finally successfully closed in July. On the day the last shot was taken, the crew held a celebration party in the largest restaurant in the town that was contracted locally in Bal Harbor. All the cast and crew gathered together. Leonardo DiCaprio, who was filming in Las Vegas, flew over to participate. Kate Winslet was unable to come back because she was back in London for theatrical rehearsals, but she also recorded a video and played it at the party , and asked William to help her order an oversized vampire-themed cake to make amends.It's worth mentioning that those horror blood-sucking scenes made with cranberry jam look scary enough, but delicious enough.

Perhaps it was because most of the actors were of the same age and they were easy to talk to. The several months of filming seemed to everyone to be too happy and short. The celebration party turned into a farewell party, with countless hugs and group photos. Overwhelmed, everyone exchanged their respective phone numbers, and some girls even shed a few drops of reluctant tears.

After sending all the films of "Blood Together" to post-production, William just breathed a sigh of relief, and went to other work non-stop. First, he flew to New Zealand to sign the filming agreement and tax-free terms of "Lord of the Rings" with the local government ——In order to promote the development of the domestic film industry, both New Zealand and Australia encourage large Hollywood production crews to go to the local area to shoot films, and sometimes even give tax relief of at least tens of millions of dollars, because this can not only give local filmmakers Some more mature and systematic guidance can also increase a lot of short-term jobs, which is very helpful to solve the local employment problem. In fact, "The Lord of the Rings" chose to shoot in New Zealand. Thousands of short-term positions, and tens of thousands of temporary positions.Not only that, relying on the huge popularity of Tolkien's original work, the New Zealand government also plans to promote the development of local tourism after the film is released. Everything you do is worthwhile.

After flying back from New Zealand, Amon Goffman's new agency was about to open again. As the most powerful and popular star under Amon, William naturally wanted to support his agent.

William actually had the idea of ​​asking his agent to switch to Willot. He even planned to leave the position of CEO to the other party. Willot still needs a 24-hour online decision-maker, but before he can make a proposal to Amon Goffman, the other party finds William first, saying that he is going to start from WMA left to start his own brokerage company, and asked William if he would like to go with him-Will William have other options besides "YES"?And he had no choice but to look for other partners while taking care of the company.

Later, Amon Goffman had a long talk with William about his future career plans.It turns out that the idea of ​​resigning from WMA and starting a new life has long been brewing in Amon Goffman's mind, because he has climbed to the top of the young people in the current WMA (a senior partner in his early thirties who owns a share bonus! This is also rare in the history of WMA), above him is a group of old guys, and unlike some other companies that value personal ability very much, WMA will not only look at personal strength but also seniority, if a person is very capable but His qualifications are slightly shallow, and he will not climb to the top in the company.

Perhaps this is the reason why the current global president Ron Meyer, Michael Ovitz, Martin Baum and others left WMA and re-founded CAA. WMA may be suitable for most Hollywood agents. Safe to say, but not so for those young and ambitious.

Amon Goffman undoubtedly belongs to the second category, and if he continues to stay in WMA, he will not be nominated as CEO until he is at least 50 years old. After staying in place for such a long time, he has to leave now.

Amon Goffman's departure was planned. Not only did he find a partner (Ali Emanuel, Jewish, with an older brother who worked in the White House), but the two also took away nearly half of the WMA Young agents with three to five years of work experience, and nearly one-third of the clients—although most of them are very young actors, singers, hosts, and athletes, will not cause any damage to the current WMA, but given that there are some names in those names More than half of them were suggested by William, so it is foreseeable that future WMA leaders will gnash their teeth when they think back to today.

As far as the current situation is concerned, although he left the WMA and took away a large group of people, the relationship between Amon Goffman and the WMA has not been particularly stiff. One is because he has not poached other than his own stars A-list customers of any company, or other important resources. Second, because the new company has just been established, Amon Goffman and Ali Emmanuel invited their old bosses out to talk, And put forward a cooperation agreement - a proposal about how their newly opened brokerage company will jointly attack the other four major Hollywood brokerage companies with WMA. This proposal is undoubtedly very attractive to WMA, so the WMA bigwigs quickly let go , and started cooperation with the former managers who defected from the sect.

This is Hollywood, partners can become enemies at any time, and enemies can become partners at any time.

International Artist Agency (IAA for short) is the name of Amon Goffman's new company. On the opening day of the company, the celebration was very grand. Many celebrities who are not IAA customers sent flower baskets to congratulate the opening. There are a lot of flower baskets Almost the entire building is full, and what IAA rents is actually only two floors in the building.

Many media also made extensive reports on the establishment of IAA. Most of the accompanying pictures were selected from the day when the company officially opened. William and his manager held each other's shoulders, smiling, and raised champagne glasses to celebrate with everyone. scene.

According to the media, Amon Goffman initially appeared as "the man behind William", because he made William the focus of the United States in just two or three years (of course William's own qualifications and efforts are indispensable), Wan Wan Crazy, popular... and won a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination.Later, because Amon Goffman was always inseparable from William, the public saw more, and gradually became curious about him and even the industry of agents. Many people who did not know much about Hollywood before now know that agents The importance of a person to a star is almost as simple as the need for air to breathe, and many big Hollywood events that are familiar to the public are all behind the mysterious promoters from the agent.

It can be said that besides being in Hollywood, Amon Goffman is also a well-known celebrity in the eyes of ordinary movie fans all over the United States (yes, Amon’s photo is not very conspicuous in Hollywood, but it is in the eyes of ordinary people. Enough facial features also help him to gain a lot of fame), but the industry pays more attention to whether IAA can become the second CAA, while ordinary people pay more attention to—huh?Another handsome bachelor next to Will?Maybe before long, they'll be able to dub William and his friends the "Bachelor Gang."In fact, it is more appropriate to call it the "Diamond King and Five Gang".

The filming of "Blood Together" and "Shakespeare in Love" has ended. Amon Goffman thinks that William should take on another big production, so he is negotiating several commercial giants in preparation for him. Among them is a series of Asian films. Mon Goffman was very sure that William would jump up excitedly as long as he heard it-but he would definitely not tell William now, but would treat it as a surprise and send it at the right time.Who said that Jews are shrewd and old-fashioned?He is also very good at creating surprises, okay? William has been running errands for "The Lord of the Rings" recently and started working as a producer. A period of time without filming.

However, although William has greatly reduced the chances of public appearances recently, the media with a keen sense of smell has not let go of every appearance of him.