Chapter 471 The homework of the director department
In late April, among the nine directors in the directing department, except Qin Xiaobao, they received an assignment, a ten-minute character short film.
The time given is half a month, and I will hand it in on May Day.
Not only was Qin Xiaobao not included in this list, he became Professor Chen's deputy and was responsible for providing guidance to the students. He was also one of the grading teachers.
No one thinks it's inappropriate, it's not a matter of course.
You are already making a movie with an investment of hundreds of millions, and if you are doing a sophomore assignment, it would be too formal. If it were to be spread, you would probably be laughed at.
Although Qin Xiaobao cannot come to class every day in the new semester, his attendance rate is not much higher than before. There is still no problem in taking one class every two days. Compared with some gold-plated stars in other schools, it is pretty good.
After receiving the task from Professor Chen, he took it very seriously.
For the students, their vision was still a bit narrow. When they received the assignment, half of them wanted to take pictures of Qin Xiaobao, while the rest turned their attention to their seniors or other classmates.
How can I put it, there is no problem with the choice, but in this case, it is just like the composition in elementary school, my father, my mother, my teacher.
I don’t have any special features, I only look for familiar people around me, and I don’t step out of my comfort zone.
Qin Xiaobao chatted with his classmates several times and gave suggestions: go out of the campus and work as cleaners, blue friends, police, insurance practitioners, wage earners, bus drivers...
These characters look familiar to many people, but are actually very strange.
You only know that there are these professions, but what exactly they do, how to do it, whether you like your job and why you want to do it are all question marks.
During the chat, he learned that his classmates had similar ideas, but were a little timid.
He is reluctant to take the initiative to contact strangers for fear of being rejected.
Director is a profession that requires a wealth of knowledge.
In the future, all three religions and nine schools will become the subject of the camera. People, after all, have to go out.
Driven by his passion and rationality, eight classmates chose eight ordinary people with completely different professions.
Qin Xiaobao did not interfere too much in the shooting plan.
The director needs to have his own independent ideas and not be easily persuaded. It is up to you which point you want to explore and which route you want to take.
Their homework is not a math problem, but more like reading comprehension. There is no absolute right or wrong.
You are either more touching, more interesting, or inspiring. In short, you have the characteristics of your work.
Qin Xiaobao was present during the filming process of eight classmates. To use an idiom to describe it, it was a complete mess.
For example, Dong Xiaotao, the main director who shot the micro-film last time, like everyone else, did research online before shooting. He made a complete plan about what content I wanted to shoot, what time and what time to do it.
He chose Blue Friend, a firefighter.
From the first day of shooting, I encountered problems and truly realized what it means to fail to keep up with changes in plans.
First of all, let alone the interview, he couldn't even get through the gate. Although he took out his student ID and explained his purpose to the sentry, he was not allowed in at all.
After looking for many people and relying on many connections, the application was finally approved.
But the trouble was not over yet. The soldiers were a little shy. After the first person refused, the other blue friends were reluctant to show up.
He continued the process of persuasion one by one.
The embarrassing thing is that when Lan's friend saw Qin Xiaobao who came to check the situation, he was very happy, thinking that he wanted to take the photo, but in the end, everyone who refused agreed.
Dong Xiaotao was hit hard. Before all plans could be implemented, there was a sign of bankruptcy.
Qin Xiaobao didn't say anything to comfort him, letting him adapt and solve it by himself.
This should not be too common in the entertainment industry, where the jungle prevails.
Those who are powerful and popular are more likely to get job opportunities.
In fact, this is not only true in the entertainment industry, but also in daily life and work.
Students must be allowed to experience the difficulties themselves and give up their beautiful illusions about society as soon as possible. Setbacks are not necessarily a bad thing.
Flowers don’t bloom for a hundred days, and people don’t bloom for a thousand days.
Even the most popular actors have passed away, let alone college students who are still in school.
Finally, a little brother was moved by Dong Xiaotao's sincerity, or maybe he was just forced to give the task by the squadron leader and agreed to the filming work.
A new problem has arisen.
Due to lack of preparation, Dong Xiaotao couldn't keep up with the pace and couldn't get on the bus at all, let alone shoot.
The busyness of the firefighters was far beyond his expectation, especially in Shanghai, where police officers would be dispatched more than a dozen times a day.
Often, the food is ready, the alarm bell rings, the camera is set, the alarm bell rings, I am taking a shower, the alarm bell rings...
I shot for five days and there was basically no substantive content.
However, Dong Xiaotao is a smart man. His original plan was to personally tell the hardships and feelings of work through the mouths of the soldiers, but after spending time with them, he changed his plan.
The assignment requires a character. It doesn’t say it has to be just one person, and it doesn’t seem to be a group of people.
So, he no longer stared at the soldier, but walked around the fire brigade with a camera.
Training, police dispatch, meals, leisure and entertainment...
Within a week, Dong Xiaotao felt many things that he had never understood before.
It turns out that the main responsibility of the blue friends is not just to put out fires.
In seven days, a total of 59 alarms were called, and there were only two real fires, which were only small-scale.
Rescue cats from trees, rescue dogs from sewers, rescue injured people from crashed cars, help people remove rings stuck on their fingers...
The most bizarre thing is catching snakes in a high-end residential area.
It can be said that all seemingly bizarre things are just commonplace for firefighters.
During this period, Dong Xiaotao also felt the difficulty of his friends.
A young soldier had not been able to go home for three years. During a joint operation, a fire truck passed by his door. The soldier called his parents in advance. He stuck his head out and greeted his parents through the window.
Originally there was still a smile on his face, but when he turned his head, he burst into tears.
The girlfriend of another soldier came to see him. He happened to be on guard. The squadron leader saw this scene. He went downstairs and took the initiative to change guard with him, leaving the young couple with half an hour to date.
Dong Xiaotao recorded all this with his camera, and he gained some insights.
Those who can do these ordinary little things well and ignore personal gains and losses are probably the cutest people.
Dong Xiaotao suddenly felt that the homework was not that difficult.
After a week of filming, the material was completely sufficient, and then came the editing and soundtrack. He specially invited a classmate from the broadcasting department to a buffet, asked him to help with the narration, and handed in a twenty-minute assignment.
When he returned from vacation in early May, Qin Xiaobao had eight more assignments on his computer.