Chapter 178 Climbing down the pole without human rights
"I've seen your works." He Xin asked in surprise.
"Hey, you've also watched "Thursday, Wednesday"!" Ning Hao said, obviously flattered.
At this time, he only had one work, which won the Best Director Award and the Silver Award in the Student Film Digital Media Competition at the Beijing University Student Film Festival last year. However, just like Chief Jia's "Going Home from the Mountain", it also won the Best Director Award at the Beijing University Student Film Festival.
It's like winning a prize, it's useless.
As a student work, "Thursday, Wednesday" was shelved after a few screenings at film festivals and did not reach a large audience.
In He Xin's previous life, in addition to the Crazy series, Ning Hao's works also include "Golden Robbery" and "No Man's Land". He has no impression of this student work of his, but I accidentally saw it in Hao Rong's office.
I saw the CD of this film. The most important thing is that the words "Director: Ning Hao" are printed on the CD. Moreover, I heard Hao Rong introduce it to me as the best director's work at last year's Beijing University Student Film Festival, so I borrowed it.
I took it back and looked at it.
In fact, the name "Thursday, Wednesday" has nothing to do with the content of the film. The only thing it can play is the title.
The picture quality is rough, the composition and editing are actually quite average, and the film length of more than 70 minutes is a bit embarrassing. A feature film is not like a feature film, and a short film is not like a short film. It is more like an unfinished work that lacks a story.
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It's just that there are three short stories in it that are a bit like fables and have a little bit of humor inadvertently, which is refreshing.
"Is there still a story missing in your film?"
Ning Hao was amused and said: "Many people have asked this. At first I wanted to shoot four stories, and one about a monk who begged for alms and built a temple. But later I found that this story was too long and was not suitable to be included in it."
As he said this, the guy scratched his scalp and said with a rare shy smile: "Actually, the main reason is that I ran out of money after filming the first three short stories, so I can only make do with it."
Even though this guy looks harmless now, He Xin has always remembered the fact that he called himself a fool behind his back.
At this moment, He Xin took the opportunity and said with a look of regret on his face: "That's such a pity. If you add another story, it would be a complete work, and it can be taken out to participate in film festivals."
"I don't dare think about this. Besides, I filmed it on DV, and it would cost a lot of money to convert it to film, which I can't afford." Ning Hao said with a smile.
A film shot on DV or videotape would cost at least hundreds of thousands to convert into film. Of course, Ning Hao couldn't afford the money at this time. Besides, participating in a film festival was such an illusory thing. As he said, he wanted to
I dare not even think about it, and there is no such way.
"It doesn't have to be filmed. I heard that next year's Hong Kong International Film Festival will add a competition section for Asian DV films. You can definitely participate in this."
The so-called Hong Kong International Film Festival was originally officially sponsored by the Hong Kong Urban Council to screen some international films, Asian productions, and Hong Kong contemporary films and retrospective series. Later it gradually evolved into a film trading platform and a warm-up for the Academy Awards. Just like Taipei
The model of the International Film Festival and the Golden Horse Awards are similar.
The Hong Kong International Film Festival is held from mid-March to early April every year. Since there is no grand prize, it is a non-competitive screening event. Its competition unit is basically aimed at newcomers and new works.
The competition units mainly include the Rookie Film Competition, the Documentary Competition, the International Short Film Competition, etc. Chief Jia made his fortune by winning the gold medal in the International Short Film Competition with "Going Home from the Mountain".
He Xin has been keeping in touch with Guan Jinpeng and some of the Hong Kong behind-the-scenes staff with whom he got along well. In addition to daily greetings, the most talked about movies.
As a new thing, DV has gradually matured. For example, "Ren Xiaoyao", the last part of Jia Kechang's Hometown Trilogy, was shot on DV. Many film festivals, including the Busan Film Festival in South Korea, now have DV works screened.
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As an international metropolis, Hong Kong, known as the "Hollywood of the East", certainly does not want to be left behind. Regarding the news that next year's Hong Kong International Film Festival will add an Asian DV film competition unit, He Xin heard from Guan Jinpeng.
It is said to encourage the development of Asian DV movies.
Then He Xin, with the mentality of deliberately disgusting the other party, once again shook his head pretending to be regretful and said: "It's a pity that your work is half-baked now. Even if you take it to an exhibition, you may not win an award."
But what he didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, the fat-headed fish sitting next to him looked at him with gleaming eyes and said impatiently: "Mr. He, so you have a way to help me participate in the competition?"
"Well……"
He didn't expect that this guy would not act according to common sense, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "I can help you ask about this, but you are just half-assed now..."
"It's okay, it's okay. I can fill in the story about the monk who begged for alms and built a temple."
"Do you have time? The film festival over there opens in mid-March, and the works will be submitted at least by the end of February."
"Yes, I took the photo when I went home during the winter vacation to celebrate the New Year."
"I still need post-production, is it too late?"
"Cut the film and add some music, it will be absolutely fine."
"Then...then I'll ask for you when the time comes, but I can't say whether it will work or not."
When He Xin said these words, he felt regretful in his heart. How could this be disgusting for others? It was clearly disgusting for himself, and he was looking for trouble for himself!
Also, this is not a stupid fat-headed fish. He is clearly a shrewd monkey. He is very capable of climbing along the pole. No wonder a film company opened in the future is also called Bad Monkey Pictures.
"That's okay, that's okay. As long as you are willing to help, it will be fine. Besides, you have worked with major Hong Kong directors before, so your career path must be broad!"
Oops!
From the guy's tone, it was clear that he wanted to help him get this done.
"Well, then I'll ask Director Guan Jinpeng to help you ask."
After saying that, he no longer wanted to talk to this bad monkey disguised as a fat-headed fish. He took out the short biography about Liu Dongbei he had written from his bag and passed it to Shen Yan, who was sitting opposite with a polite smile on his face, and said: "
Director Shen, this is a biography I wrote, please read it."
Character biographies have become a required course for He Xin to study characters, and many times he does not write one. Sometimes, when he has new insights while filming, he will constantly supplement and improve it, and take it out to read it when he has nothing to do.
For example, when he was filming "Purple Butterfly" not long ago, he wrote four or five biographies about Situ.
But obviously when Shen Yan received the biography, a look of surprise flashed across his face. After spending nearly a quarter of an hour carefully reading this nearly 10,000-word biography, he first gave a very polite compliment.
episode, and then talked about some of my own insights into this character biography.
He Xin always felt that Director Shen was a little too polite and cautious, so he couldn't help but said: "Director Shen, this is just my personal understanding of the character. If you have any different opinions, just point them out. Can we discuss it together?"
"Oh, of course you can." Shen Yan pushed up his glasses and said hurriedly.
After that, Shen Yan gradually relaxed and put forward many different opinions. It was clear that he had a very clear understanding of the relationships between all the characters in the script, and he spoke clearly and logically.
Of course, He Xin will not blindly follow opinions. He will accept them with an open mind when he thinks they make sense, but he will also argue for some conflicting opinions.
After some exchanges, the initially unfamiliar and polite relationship between the two people quickly became closer. Generally speaking, He Xin had a good impression of the new director. At least he had something to say and he was quite thoughtful. director.
"Director Shen, do we have a timetable for this drama? Will it be shot in the capital?" He Xin finally asked.
In fact, it sounds strange to say this. Generally, when preparing for a movie, the first thing to determine is the filming location and the start-up schedule. This is to facilitate the preparation work before the start of the shoot, and it is also helpful for the actors to coordinate schedules.
For example, the movie "Dragon" that my girlfriend is currently filming, once the project was approved, the construction of Tianlong City in Dali, Yun Province and Jinhua, Zhejiang Province was started at the same time for filming. At the same time, it was determined to start filming in mid-August. , the filming will be closed at the beginning of next year, and the filming period will be tentatively scheduled for five months, and then the search for actors will begin.
But it’s been almost half a month since he got the script for this movie, and he promised to follow it up. The film studio even paid him the salary, but no one told him when it would start filming and where it would be shot. Even when he met with the director today, he had such a chat There were so many, but the other party didn’t even mention a word. He Xin had to ask questions this time
"The filming location is set to be Qingdao, but the start date has not been determined yet." Shen Yan looked a little embarrassed when he answered.
"not sure yet?"
He Xin was stunned for a moment. He was worried about whether there would be a conflict with the schedule of "Landscape of Love," which was to be filmed after the New Year. Then he asked: "Can you give an approximate date?"
"this……"
Shen Yan hesitated for a moment and then said hesitantly: "It turned out that the filming was originally scheduled to start after the National Day, but... well, it was just that after Mr. Chen Daoming read the script, he had some different opinions. Uh... I still have to discuss it with screenwriter Mr. Wang Hailing. We will discuss it again, so the start-up will be postponed for the time being, but I think it won’t be too long, and it will probably be started by the end of October or early November.”
He Xin understood that it was nothing more than being a drama tyrant and changing the script, that's all. At the same time, he also saw that Shen Yan, as a new director, had no human rights, and Teacher Chen didn't take him seriously at all.
But what He Xin didn't know was that Director Chen liked the drama very much after reading the script. However, he was very worried about Shen Yan, who was directing a feature film for the first time, so he personally came forward to find someone who was good at filming this kind of family. Zhao Baogang, director of ethical themes.
The producers are of course very happy to be able to invite such a great director as Zhao Baogang.
Fortunately, Dagangzi rejected Director Chen's invitation. It's not that he has no schedule, but that his filming style is to devote himself fully to the film, and his whole emotion will follow the plot.
Dagangzi had just finished filming "What Will I Save You, My Love" in the first half of the year, which made him very depressed, and he was planning to retreat to heal his wounds. When he saw this book, it was even more depressing than "What Will Save You, My Love" "Chinese Divorce", no matter how good the script was, he was unwilling to do it, for fear that he would suffer from depression after directing the film.
It is precisely because of these two reasons that Shen Yan's current situation is quite embarrassing. He has no shame in talking about the latter to He Xin.
If filming starts in November, He Xin is not worried at all about conflicts with the filming of "Landscape of Love", and even if there is some overlap in the final schedule, since they are all shot in Qingdao, it will be easy to adjust.
Regarding the filming location of "Chinese Style Divorce", He Xin's favorite city is Qingdao. I still have to thank Teacher Chen here, because Shen Yan originally planned to film in the capital, but Teacher Chen had previously filmed "Black Hole" in Qingdao. ", had a good feeling for this city, and once again put forward his "little insights" for the producers' reference.
One is a top actor in the country, and the other is a rookie director who was almost replaced in directing a feature film for the first time. What a reference!
"Brother, you said I called him an idiot at the bathroom door before. Did he hear it?"
After saying goodbye at the door of the teahouse, Ning Hao and Shen Yan watched He Xin ride away on his bicycle. Ning Hao suddenly asked.
"Probably not, otherwise why would he recommend you to participate in next year's Hong Kong International Film Festival, and help you contact director Guan Jinpeng for recommendation."
Shen Yan shook his head. This time he met with He Xin. He had a very good impression of him because he at least gave him full respect as a director. This is no different for Shen Yan, who is still in an embarrassing situation. Sending charcoal in the snow.
But Ning Hao looked puzzled, scratched his scalp out of habit, and muttered: "But why do I feel that he brought it up on purpose..."
However, he immediately felt that this seemed a bit impossible, and laughed at himself: "Fortunately, I have a thick skin, otherwise I would be depressed and miss such a good opportunity in vain."