The Statuette

"The winner of the Oscar for Best Cinematography is Janusz Kamiński, Saving Private Ryan!"

Sitting at the Oscar awards party, when he heard the Oscar's Best Cinematography award, Levi also vigorously applauded.

The Oscars arrived as scheduled, and when this day came, Levi and Emily's team naturally came here to participate in the awards show.

In the opening ceremony, host Whoopi Goldberg, dressed as the queen, entertained the public with her funny talent like last year, and after the opening joke, the awards ceremony officially began.

Emily's team was well-tracked, and they were one of the biggest contenders with ten nominations. However, their luck was not as good as expected.

After coming here, they soon lost to 'Shakespeare in Love' again in the best original screenplay award. Best Original Screenplay was followed by Best Cinematography, which was also taken away by 'Saving Private Ryan' this time.

Although Levi regrets this, he doesn't think it's unfair: the level of camera use in this movie is indeed very high. In the movie, the panning camera is used to show the intensity of the battle, the follow-up camera is used to create a sense of reality, and the fixed camera is used to reflect the characters' psychological state. The approach is excellent, and the use of shaking scenes in the movie to highlight the cruelty of war is also a kind of originality.

In Levi's memory, many war movies in the future will learn from him. The same lens, the same scene, and different use methods have different results, the use of a lens is a science, and Spielberg is obviously the leader in this knowledge. For this award, when he got it, Levi applauded immediately.

However, although he said he was convinced in his heart, he missed two nominations in a row, and Levi was also a little helpless. His own movie is pretty good, but when it is time for the awards, why have you never had your own?

As a hit movie with ten nominations, Emily came here with great ambitions, wanting to win a few more awards. But he has not won any awards so far, which makes Levi a little frustrated.

Fortunately, such a situation did not last very long. Soon, another award was presented, and this time, it was Levi's turn to be surprised. Seeing Clark next to him suddenly get up and go to the stage to accept the award, Levi was also a little surprised.

"Clark won the best editing?" Levi couldn't believe it.

"A few days ago, the award from the Editors Union was awarded to him; didn't you even pay attention to this?"

Bob glanced at Levi, thinking that Levi was making a fuss.

"I can't believe that Saving Private Ryan lost the editing..." until Clark took the award, Levi couldn't help being surprised.

Bob looked back at Levi and just shook his head slightly,

"Non-digital system editing is outdated... No matter how strong Spielberg is, he can't stand the times and new technologies."

What he said made Levi understand: digital editing has become increasingly popular in Hollywood. The undistorted, accurate, and non-linear advantages of digital editing have allowed it to occupy more and more markets in Hollywood.

The editing method used by Clark is naturally digital editing, while 'Saving Private Ryan' is still using the traditional editing method. His level may not be high, but he has more advanced equipment, which led to his victory.

The editing of 'Saving Private Ryan' is outstanding, but in some detail, the refusal to use advanced technology caused some goofy shots. Such a shot is not a problem when watching it in a movie theatre, but it becomes a problem when it comes to professionals judging awards.

No matter how good the basic skills are, don't compete with technology. It is common sense that manpower cannot handle technology.

In this regard, Levi sighed: No matter how good a director is, he cannot be complacent. Once it can't keep up with the times and the technology is not up to the standard, even if it is as strong as Spielberg, it will still lag behind others.

[A/N: In reality, Saving Private Ryan is the last award-winning film not edited by a digital system.]

This group of friends now has two Oscar winners.

Of course, Levi knew that this was not due to luck: With the company as the backing and sufficient funds as the support, they can be said to be well-fed and have the best resources in their hands to study their work. Clark's editing room has all kinds of advanced equipment, and Bob always has ten screenwriter resources available for deployment. Their success is not because they are geniuses but because of a combination of resources and hard work.

The acquisition of the best editing gave Emily a good start and then another award was won by Emily.

"Best Art Design... Juarez Machado, Emily!"

Behind Levi, Juarez Machado, the art designer of the movie, stood up—this Brazilian artist has been working in the industry for many years, and his bright red and green color style has never been admired by others. This time, though, Emily was clearly an accident. The style of the movie has been appreciated by many people, and his artistic effects have created a dreamlike world very well. Such effects are naturally widely recognized.

"I'm very happy that people like the style of this movie. I know that if I stick to my own artistic style, I will always be appreciated by others. Thanks to Director Levi, he let my artistic style really find a stage for performance; thanks also to the crew for the costumes, the sets, and the cast for bringing the color and beauty to life; thank you for giving me this award!" Machado is not a man of words, but he is still happy to say a lot. No wonder who made his work recognized?

In the following award presentations, the best costume was taken away by 'Shakespeare in Love,' and several documentaries and animation awards were quite interesting.

And soon, Emily won another award: the best soundtrack for a musical comedy, which was won by Emily without any surprise.

Compared with the last time he talked more at the Golden Globes, Yann Tiersen is already very experienced this time. After a few simple words of courtesy, he walked down without saying anything more.

And after he stepped down, almost all the Oscar technical awards were basically given out. The best actor and actress, best director, and best film are always awarded last, and this time is no exception.

When Tim Burton took the stage to present the Oscar for Best Actress, people almost guessed the final result.

"Best Actress... Winona Ryder, Emily!"

The result was not unexpected. Winona Ryder stood up in her seat. She was wearing a black suspender dress, and she always had a smile on her face, from being read her name to accepting the award on stage.

She wasn't nervous at all. This was her third Oscar nomination, and she knew what the scene was like. After receiving the trophy from Tim Burton, she did not forget to give Tim Burton a hug, then raised the trophy and waved it toward the audience.

"Thank you, thank you, everyone." Winona held the trophy in both hands, raised it again, and then took a step forward with a smile, "I am very happy that I can get the award. I would like to thank my father, mother, godfather, agent Jason, assistant Sandra, and my friends; they have always supported me. And I need to thank Christian, thank you for his performance, thank you, Nicholas, thank you for his shots, and thank you to everyone in the film crew who helped me. Without you, I would not have succeeded."

Her words were not unexpected, but they still made Levi laugh: to be able to bring such a hearty smile, she accepted everyone's applause here and sincerely felt everyone's cheering. Her life is already different.

"Before participating in the Oscars, I have been speculating and uneasy. I am afraid that I will not be able to win the Oscars because I have so many competitors this year. Blanchett's queen performance is heartbreaking, Emily Watson was originally Nicholas Levi's first choice for the story, and Fernanda Montenegro was the best actor and deserves respect. I definitely didn't think about it before the filming started. I have always been lazy to win an Oscar, and I only made this one movie this year, but it was still recognized by everyone, and I feel extremely happy."

Although Winona said it very politely, for the crowd present, it was still possible to hear something wrong: out of five nominations, she praised three losers but didn't mention Gwyneth Paltrow.

"Finally, I would also like to thank Emily - this character let me know that you don't have to be a natural protagonist to be popular. Even if you are different, even if you are not so perfect, as long as you face life optimistically and positively, you will eventually be able to get happiness. She got her happiness, and I got this statuette. Thank you, Emily, thank you, my angel. She helped a lot in the movie. She helped me outside of the movie as well. I thank her and hope that an angel like her will live forever!"

[A/N: Winona, the nominee in the book, squeezed out Meryl Streep's nomination because I personally think that those three people were better than her that year.]

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