The old-school directors, headed by Tian Zhuangzhuang, also including Jia Zhangke, He Ping, Li Baotian, etc., issued a "Recommendation" aimed directly at the current censorship policy.
"It hinders the development of domestic films and affects creative performance."
Went to the tower.
The requirement is to sign and put a stamp on it, and to forward comments on the scarf, hoping to create some momentum.
Fang Yi, who is on the other side, is completely uninvolved. He had already discovered when chatting with Lu Yang before that the type of films they make are not easy to touch the minefield, and they are not good at miserable period films. These things are not profitable and are not conducive to the industrialization of the film.
Useless.
In a mature market, all kinds of films should indeed be available. Old-school reflective films are also valuable. After the audience has been iron-fisted, they will know that these films also have an audience. But later young directors like Fang Yi did not come from the system.
There is pressure to repay the capital, struggling with the profit and loss line, and I have realized that commercial movies are the foundation, the system cannot be maintained, and in the end everyone will have nothing to eat.
It is necessary to distinguish between primary and secondary conflicts.
Fang Yi took the lead in setting up a young filmmaker foundation, seeking support from ET and China Film Group. He also made a contribution himself. The goal is to support young filmmakers and mainly make market-oriented genre films.
There is not much money in this fund pool, only 30 million in the initial stage, but it is already the most prosperous film foundation in mainland China. After all, you have to be prepared to lose money. Hua Tsai has also done it in mainland China and Hong Kong.
For this type of foundation, there were only 5 million in the pool, and he drained it immediately after giving it to Ning Hao.
During the photo session, everyone stood in line according to the concept of support, and upon closer inspection, the people were divided into two groups. There were actually not many people on Fang Yi's side, and they were not well-known, but then three big figures at the award ceremony entered the queue, and things changed.
situation.
The employer representative is Souhu who likes to join in the fun. Since Souhu and Xinlang are about to get their brains out, the speaker Zhang Chaoyang has no skills. This time his representative is the vice president of the company. And this vice president looks like
Having known Fang Yi for a long time, he warmly extended his hand from a distance, "Mr. Zhang asked me to say hello to you."
The official representative is Han Sanping, who will take office next year. He stands on the left side of Fang Yi, talking and laughing with him.
Finally, there was the rotating chairman Chen Kaige. He looked again and again between the two factions, then bravely went to Fang Yi and stood on his right. Chen Kaige's old friend Tian Zhuangzhuang was not very happy and directly stood on the stage.
Speech: "Old Chen, you haven't signed the "Recommendations" yet! Do you want to sign or not?"
Chen Kaige shook his head: "I won't sign."
Tian Zhuangzhuang felt anxious and worried: "Why don't you sign?"
Chen Kaige was embarrassed to answer. He couldn't find a tactful reason for a while, so he could only say: "I won't sign anyway."
"Director Chen, you are our rotating chairman!"
"Just because I am the rotating chairman, I cannot sign it, lest the public think that I represent the opinions of the entire film industry."
"you……"
Guo Fan, who received the award, successfully ranked in the second row. Before taking a group photo, he whispered: "I thought no one would stand with me... That would be so frustrating. Fortunately, it's not."
Zhang Meng, who won the screenwriting award, heard what Guo Fan said and said with a smile: "Even if there is no director Fang, I still think you can make movies, and I will recommend you in the end... although I won't make those movies."
Guo Fan was not ashamed: "But after all, Director Fang still plays a role."
Zhang Meng did not deny it. He looked around and had a vague feeling: The directors used a dividing line that was not obvious but did exist to separate you and me, and he felt strongly that the one who had the last laugh must be
On your own side.
The first Directors Guild was registered and established in Hong Kong in 1992. Among them was Xie Jin, a figure who cannot be ignored in Chinese films. He was a responder of the new trend of thought and the only Asian film master in mainland China in the early years.
There are actually many masters among the third generation of directors, but only director Xie Jin has become a representative figure and a milestone in professional textbooks. Because the times have made him perfect.
Director Xie Jin is described in the textbook as follows:
"In the history of New China's films, Xie Jin is a through-line figure and has made huge contributions. Xie Jin is a master of realist films. He has inherited the tradition of my country's mainstream films and continuously enriched and improved it... He is even more of a As a reform pioneer, through his directing of "Legend of Tianyun Mountain" and "Furong Town", he echoed the social trend of ideological emancipation and reflected the common aspirations of the people."
Fang Yi, who is standing in the first row now, looks so much like him.
The same link between the past and the next, the same awareness of social trends of thought, the same work that is half a step ahead of the trend of the times - Fang Yi is really lucky. He is the same as Director Xie Jin during the reform and opening up period thirty years ago. Today's society has the same surging ideological trends and national consciousness.
Rise up, he and the new era complement each other.
"Kacha!"
In an atmosphere of clear divisions and different thoughts, the commendation meeting came to an end.
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After finishing filming in Vanuatu, the eldest brother Cheng returned to Beijing and visited the Beijing video studio, which was mostly built. Fang Yi accompanied him.
The eldest brother Cheng was very satisfied with the finished product: "It's close to Hollywood standards, and what's rare is that you paid attention to talent training and compiled employee handbooks and management regulations..." said the eldest brother Cheng, who couldn't help but expose his own background, "
In fact, I really want to create something like this in Hong Kong, but Hong Kong can no longer support such a scale, so it depends on you."
Fang Yi comforted him: "It's all the same."
There is a marginal cost in the scale of film shooting crews. That is, when shooting small and medium-cost films, relying on certain human relationships to maintain discipline can be more efficient in some aspects than a disciplined crew, because it has fewer levels of instruction transmission, high communication efficiency, and marginal costs.
The cost is low. However, as the number of people increases, the marginal cost index brought by workshop-style shooting soars, but the benefits do not.
At this time, hierarchical management skills must be introduced.
The eldest brother Cheng is also aware of this problem. His so-called "obsessive-compulsive disorder" and "military management" require everyone to line up even to go to the toilet. Isn't it an adaptive management law? It's just because his cultural level is not high, so
The way seems barbaric and primitive.
Afterwards, the two of them walked around for a while and decided not to waste time. They will start shooting on the already built scenery tomorrow. "Zodiac" will be the movie with the largest investment, the largest scenes, and the most luxurious cast in mainland China in recent years.
, China Film and Yinghuang have great expectations for the movie's box office performance.
The movie is expected to also apply a number of new technologies. It is the first domestic movie to use Dolby Atmos and target the IMAX 3D giant screen. Because of its various particularities, "Zodiac" represents mainland movies to a certain extent.
The highest level of industry has some national sentiments to rely on.
If it fails, the backlash will be so severe that there will no longer be a blockbuster film of the same type on the market within a few years. It will be like a giant falling and its remains blocking the road.
"If that were the case, it would be a serious blow to your and my career." The eldest brother Cheng Ru said.