【Ye Weishi Feminist Author: Lina Duham

The longer a female filmmaker follows Ye Wei, the more she will be spoiled and lost. She naively thinks that the entire industry will be like that, and there are no ugly things such as gender discrimination and age discrimination until you leave him and go on a stroll alone.

I am talking about myself. In 2006, because the crew of "Winter's Bones" specially recruited female feminist members, I began to cooperate with Ye Wei.

There is no need to say much about his excellence, but his attitude towards women needs to be described in detail.

Perhaps no one could have thought that at that time, I was a small producer assistant who could sit with him to discuss and joke, and he would really take your opinion seriously. Although I was two years older than him, it was rare on the set with strict order.

Later I realized this. When I just left him, I confidently longed to display my talents and my own talents. Reality gave me a lot of fun. Whether in Hollywood or in the independent film industry, whether you want to be a director, screenwriter, producer, photography, art director... or an actor, discrimination and even persecution of women are real, but they just don’t exist around Ye Wei.

Nowadays, people say that I am one of the representative women of feminists. How much influence do I have and how many girls are waiting for my words to say about this:

The incident originated from the conflict between Ye Wei and Taylor Swift on Twitter. First, Swift praised Ye Wei's new movie, but Ye Wei's response was to joke: "Calm down, I don't want you to write a bad album." Swift responded to him with a slut.

Countless Swift supporters began to attack Ye Wei, and people accused him of being a playboy, a forever bad boy, and there was no reason to mock a female singer who also achieved success through her own talent and hard work.

Things intensified by Lorde's joining, and the talented teen singer laughed at Swift. Compared to her feminist identity, people are more concerned about her being Ye Wei's number one fan. Swift's supporters scolded her and her Asian boyfriend James Law for being full of disgusting racial remarks; Lorde's supporters scolded Swift and her ex-boyfriend for being full of equally disgusting dirty words.

At the same time, from a private conflict to a confrontation between patriarchy and feminist rights. Ye Wei was pushed to the opposite of feminist rights. Many people who were dissatisfied with patriarchy and dissatisfied with him took the opportunity to vent their anger on him; while the group that Taylor Swift had been resentful for a long time took the opportunity to bombard him as a banner.

People are forcing you to take sides on social networks, either supporting Ye Wei or supporting Taylor Swift. There is no third camp to choose from.

Countless influential young female public figures are pitiful, how do they choose? Ye Wei is a man-in-law, mentor, idol, collaborator, good friend, ex-boyfriend, and fiancé, but if they openly support Ye Wei, they will be accused of being a betrayal of feminism.

However, you must take sides, otherwise the media will say something you have never said before.

The most influential girls had to make a statement first, Elizabeth Olsen said: "It's fun to watch a group of powerful, strong and rough women besieging a big man." Emma Roberts said: "I'm trembling with fear! I mean Ye Wei is an anti-feminist? You've made a huge mistake."

They were all attacked. In this matter, humor, rationality, sensibility, and explanations were no longer useful, and all the originally neutral and sober views were mocked and misinterpreted.

Especially after Mody Symington made her comments, she rarely spoke on social networks, and this time she claimed: "I don't understand extreme feminists, they want to have children from men. This attitude towards life will not be happy in life." She was attacked violently because of this, and her religious beliefs were the most attacked, and people even said that she supported polygamy.

This became a complete farce.

This incident really drove me crazy because Ye Wei and Taylor Swift are both my good friends, and Ye Wei is my mentor, and I know that the truth is not the case.

I didn't speak at the first time and waited for Ye Wei's handling. I expected him to take it seriously, like publishing a long article to end this farce. After all, he was the one who was ill-behaved first.

Just Viy seemed to think it was no big deal. He might still be smirking. He tweeted: "Everyone, calm down, I just don't like Taylor Swift because her songs are getting worse and worse. If this can make her write a good song, come to me. (Picture of a baby crying with her ears)."

His attitude disappointed me a little, but I know that he really just doesn't like Swift's new songs in recent years, not disrespectful to women or patriarchalism. In fact, in my opinion, he is a feminist.

I want to tell you a past story, which is why another Jennifer Lawrence, who was forced to stand in the team, would say: "No matter what Ye Wei said, his original intention is definitely not to offend women. I am a feminist, but don't think I will attack him, I have learned too much from him."

That was the first day of filming of "The Bones of Winter" and it took less than an hour to shoot.

Director Ye Weihe, who plays the heroine "Ri", had a disagreement over a scene. Although I was just a rookie on the set at that time, I also understood how fast and abrupt the disagreement was.

At that time, Ye Wei, who was 18 years old and 8 months old, was the youngest Oscar nominee, and a genius that made filmmakers of the same age look up to; while Jennifer Lawrence, who was 16 years old and 2 months old, was a newcomer to star in film and television for the first time. Ye Wei Yi promoted and appreciated her, saying that nothing was the most suitable statement at that time.

They argued for a while, and Ye Wei said, "You can do whatever you want, just act as I said." Lawrence was extremely reluctant, her face turned red, and she said, "i-under-protest."

The experienced members on the set laughed loudly, and Lianji Coppola was also smiling, while I, Brit Marling and other rookies don’t know whether to laugh.

You don’t need to understand the set culture, and you can understand the ridiculous side of that sentence. Lawrence has no capital to Ye Wei under-protest (reserving opinions, extremely unhappy, opposing, protesting), and she may even be kicked out of the crew that day, and the actor of "Rui" became another person.

Later I realized that another layer of ridiculousness in this incident was coincided with a practice that had been circulated on the set for many years:

In the event of insufficient light or other risks, the director insists on shooting, and the photography director will mark the scene "under-protest" before shooting, so as not to blame the producer for any problems. This self-protection also extends to other departments, such as the scene recorder and the director who can't compete for the cross-axis issue, and will also use "under-protest" to avoid taking responsibility.

Jennifer Lawrence, a 16-year-old fresh-looking actress, faces her boss, Bo Le, director, and film genius Ye Wei, who is serious and disobedient: "i-under-protest."

That kind of laughter is no less than any joke in "The Dead Girls", so many people laughed not because they looked down on her, but because she accidentally staged a funny show.

This is the biggest joke on the crew of "Bone of Winter", the pistachio of every lunch. It can accompany Lawrence's entire acting career and can be spread out at that time, making her labeled as arrogant and stupid. We didn't know at that time that this sentence could have ruined Lawrence's later glorious career.

Besides, those laughter were really harsh, and a few people could hardly stop laughing, which was a very serious blow to a new actor's self-confidence.

Just as I didn't know whether to laugh, I noticed that Ye Wei didn't laugh. Not only did he not laugh, his face became ugly, but he was not looking at Lawrence. He glanced at everyone laughing around, and his sharp eyes stopped laughing.

"Is it funny?" he said. The first sentence was calm, and the second sentence was like a roaring lion: "Is it funny!?"

The whole set was overwhelmed by him, including Jennifer Lawrence. Although she was stubbornly holding on, she had no idea what was happening.

Ye Wei pulled Lawrence over and said loudly to all of us (this is his original words, I remember clearly): "This girl, she has the heart of an excellent actor, she is competing with me for control of 'Rui'. This is what a good actor should do and must do! What are you laughing? You bastards who don't know how to perform, just laugh if you want to laugh, but I tell you that this girl is going to win the Oscars. Her award speech will be like this: Thank you for those who once laughed at me! Now you can shut up and bring your praise with you, because I don't care!"

No one dared to speak. At that time, mine was not sure how precious it was, but I already understood Ye Wei's respect for women.

"Jenny, I changed my mind. This scene will be filmed as you said." Ye Wei then said to Lawrence, "You will do it."

Lawrence's face was flushed. She wanted to hold back her tears, but she still cried in a low voice. Her emotions couldn't act, and so were the others. The crew had to rest for less than an hour after the filming was turned on.

Ye Wei and Lawrence walked aside and talked alone for a long time. I don’t know what they said, but when the shooting was turned on again, Lawrence performed better than before.

Out of respect for Viy, the oldest member of the crew was not dissatisfied with it. After that, no one dared to laugh at Jennifer Lawrence, or the professional attitude of any actor or staff in the crew.

"The Bones of Winter" has many legendary set rumors, and I think this incident best illustrates Bai Ye Wei. Although he has the reputation of a playboy, he is really a person who will completely respect, trust and value women. According to public standards, he is a feminist.

Now I don’t know how this farce will end. More and more girls have made sidelines. I just want to call on everyone to be calm, rational and objective. This internal dispute just made the enemy laugh: “Girls are divided into different gangs like they were in high school, fighting non-stop every day, because a boy can be in chaos.”

I know girls suffer from gender discrimination in their lives, but things will be better only if we face it together more.]

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Time has entered August, and the summer of 2006 has reached the end of summer.

Every bustling summer, people in the film industry are happy and some are worried. "Pirates of the Caribbean: Soul Cave" is unstoppable in theaters, and the global box office is heading straight to $1 billion; "The Banshee in the Water" with a budget of 70 million was only released for three weeks. This is the first time Shamalan has suffered a crushing defeat since she became famous, and Warner Bros. Pictures was cheated.

Ye Wei's attention remains high, but his movie has not arrived yet.

"The World of Scoundrels" produced in one day is an experimental movie and will not be released to the market. Except for those critics and media people who received DVDs, ordinary audiences are temporarily unavailable to see it. If you want to watch Viy movies this year, you still have to wait for those three feature films.

The release version of "Cute Bones" has not been completed in August, and it has exceeded the original plan for one month. Ye Wei is very picky.

It’s not because of the special effects production, although the special effects have not been done yet.

There are two main types of movie special effects: 3d special effects and post-production special effects. The former uses 3d technology to create related scenes, models and effects, while the latter uses real-life scenes, photo materials and 3d software rendering materials. Virtual construction and real-life simulation can take a lot of time. It is not surprising that a special effects blockbuster will take a year, and two years to do special effects.

The special effects of tlb are not difficult to produce. Industrial Light and Magic animators do the most ordinary synthesis work, and the most time-consuming thing is to make good rendering.

In the special effects section, Ye Wei was of course involved, providing animators with his imagination and intentions, as well as art design, choices, etc.

In the past month, Industrial Light and Magic has prepared preliminary special effects shots and it takes more time to render and improve them. Ye Wei took these images with fake special effects and finished the final cut, followed by adr, audio, soundtrack and other links.

The musician is 53-year-old Jenn Kezmelic, who is the first collaboration between the two. Kezmelic is the winner of the Best Original Soundtrack in 2005 ("Looking for Neverland"), but he does not take many jobs. Since winning the award, he has only been worthy of two Polish dramas "Never Lived" and "A Girl Like Me". What impressed him was not the reward, but the original story, which is also the style he is good at, warmth, sadness, and literature.

Ye Wei only has one requirement for him: Don’t be afraid of being too sad and step on the accelerator of the soundtrack with all your heart!

These work, first, later or simultaneously, are combined into the screening version.

It was Thursday on August 10th, more than a week later, but fortunately it was still on the budget.

Only when all the special effects lenses are officially completed and those images are replaced, will the release version officially be put into copying.

But this internal preliminaries have made some big names eager to watch. It’s not Spielberg, he said he would wait for the official version to watch. Anyway, the production power is all there to Ye Wei. But Paramount President Gail Berman is very nervous.

Last year, Viacom Group experienced great turmoil and broke it into CBS Group and New Viacom. Tom Fleiston, the former president of MTV channel, became the president of New Viacom. In May last year, Fleiston poached Gale Berman from Fox TV network as the president of Paramount.

Gail Berman, 50, is one of the most powerful women in Hollywood, and her influential TV show "American Idol" is her work.

Friedson, Burman, and Paramount Ceo Brad Gray rose to power because they understood young audiences. Under their leadership, Paramount became youthful, new, and better performance, laying the foundation for the acquisition of DreamWorks.

Although DreamWorks collapsed, Fleston and others knew that Paramount could be revived with the help of independent filmmakers. Paramount in the past was just guarding the old Hollywood style and heading for decline. DreamWorks' production power + Viacom Group's distribution power is equal to success.

So after the acquisition, DreamWorks personnel were actively absorbed, and in the end Paramount layoffs more than DreamWorks. Paramount also began to actively participate in independent film market purchases such as the Sundance Film Festival, and actively cooperated with independent filmmakers and independent film companies.

Spielberg was the biggest gain, and he also involved Amperelin Entertainment, the Katherine Kennedys.

Ye Weishi's gains cannot be ignored. Paramount originally wanted him to direct "Fantasy Elf Events", but his middle finger was raised and he had to turn to another cooperation.

Of course, Fleston and the others would not stand this genius boy, not to mention Shamalan, Viy is Spielberg, the future. He scolded Hollywood, what do they mean? Maybe they will go to another big group or studio in a few years, or open an independent company by themselves. Paramount's position is temporary, and the friendship between Laos and Ye Wei is long-lasting.

The temper of an artist and an independent filmmaker is something that managers must enjoy, provided that the guy who can make money can't make money. If you can't make money three times, the entire industry will kick it away.

Gail Berman has a main responsibility, which is to select films and plan projects, which must be more popular among young people and have more box office.

She values ​​"Cute Bones" and Ye Wei, hoping that this is a box office and award-winning film. Clint Eastwood's "The Flag of the Father", Bill Conton's "Dream Chasing Girl" and Ye Wei's TLB are the reliances of Paramount's 06-07 awards season.

But if you want to rely on the hope, you still have to look at the quality of the movie and the reputation of the screening, which will affect Paramount's investment in its promotion and distribution.

On Friday afternoon of the 11th, a TLB internal screening was held in a medium-sized screening room at Paramount headquarters on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood.

When the 125-minute main film was finished, the gentle ending music started, and the screening room was silent, with only a few choking sounds, and everyone's eyes were not feeling very comfortable.

Berman and Ye Wei sat in the middle of the front row. She looked at the young man next to her with tears in tears. Her eyes were wet when she was 50 years old.

This also interfered with her judgment. I couldn't tell whether it could work. The overall viewing was too sad and melancholy! Even if the ending started to improve for a few minutes, it was still so sad. This was a heartbreaking movie. This was the preliminary version of the special effects that had not been completed.

"Weige..." Berman looked at Ye Wei, thinking about how he could persuade him: "Are you sure that ordinary audiences can stand it?"

Ye Wei wiped his tears and shook his head and said, "I don't know. No one here knows what the market reacts. I only know that the original readers and viewers are definitely not going to watch comedy. They know what will happen. In theory, they will accept this."

Berman also had doubts about this: "The original work is not like this... like tear gas, and the readers are only a small part of the audience, and the movie has a larger market."

"Gal, I understand your duty, you want to persuade me to make it commercial as much as possible."

Ye Weiha smiled and looked at the ending cast of the screen ahead, tears still flowing: "To be honest, I don't care what ordinary audiences think. This is not a commercial film, and the target audience is not the crowd who watch "Spider-Man", "Harry Potter" or "Fantasy Elf Event Thin". If they don't like to watch it, then don't watch it. This movie is not for them to watch, but for those who cry happily after watching it like me."

"I'm worried that even those audiences can't stand it." Berman sighed.

"Who knows?" Ye Wei leaned against the back of the chair and let out a long sigh.

It took a whole year since Julia Roberts asked to join the TLB adaptation rights competition in August 2005. For film production, a year is not long, but for youth, it is so long, too long.
To be continued...