What kind of bad thoughts can the director have?

Chapter 324 Will Not Operate Blindly

Sister Tao's tears flowed down involuntarily, but she was still able to send and receive freely, so she stopped immediately after hearing the words.

"Are you going to Venice?"

The three major film festivals in Europe, the Palme d'Or in Cannes, the Golden Bear in Berlin, and the Golden Lion in Venice, are as famous as the old and beautiful Oscars.

Of course Sister Tao knew that this film was aimed at winning prizes, but Yang Shu had never made a film at such a young age, so he thought it was aimed at omnivorous and herbivorous animals like golden rooster and golden horse. Unexpectedly, he directly wanted to make a carnivore .

"This year's film festival is scheduled for September 9. As long as we make the film before July 2, we will have time to sign up."

The Venice Film Festival is usually held at the end of August and the beginning of September, and there is still about half a year left, so there is still time to participate.

The Cannes Film Festival is in May, of course not. Berlin is in February, which has already passed. If you want to participate in the coming year, you will have to wait too long.

In principle, the film festival only accepts films that have not been screened, which is the opposite of Oscar, which only accepts films that have been screened, and the box office is also a reference factor.

In comparison, the three major film festivals in Europe are even more unreal, and literary films are relatively easier to win awards.

In particular, the purpose of the Venice Film Festival is to support literary films, while Berlin prefers to accept works with a strong political atmosphere.

After "Red Sorghum" won the Berlin Golden Bear, Zhang Yimou's later films were all literary and artistic, and he liked to participate in the Venice Film Festival the most. Works like "Peach" are also the most appropriate to send here.

Cannes is the most difficult of the three film festivals. After all, it is a French film festival. Films with complex and heavy emotional issues between men and women are more likely to win awards. Kai Ge's "Farewell My Concubine" has a deep love, and it is best to send it to Cannes. wise.

Yang Shu understood that Sister Tao's question meant don't be too ambitious, and that if you take too big a step, it will be easy to mess up, but he didn't explain, and just talked about the registration time.

Sister Tao thought for a while: "That's fine, let's go straight to it, and being nominated is a success."

Her goal is relatively low. After all, so far she has not made any outstanding films, let alone winning awards. Nominations are honorable enough.

There are four to five hundred films from all over the world that sign up for the Venice Film Festival every year, and only 20 films can actually be shortlisted for the main competition unit. The selection rate is less than 5%, which is enough to be proud of.

The film industry is indeed proud of this. Once shortlisted, it will definitely be printed on the poster, and the personal resumes of the director, actors and other staff will also be written.

Yang Shu didn't brag about his ambitions, and took out a tissue and handed it to Sister Tao: "Anyway, let's go to Venice, and we'll see if we have dates or not."

In fact, he is not very sure. In his previous life, he did not think about winning awards, and the films he made were "Love Letters from Heaven", which were closer to art films, and the rest were commercial films with Chinese characteristics.

He also made up his mind, give "Peach" a try, and if it doesn't succeed, he will sum up his experience, and then think of a way to make a move for the work written by Tianxian.

However, I have to admit that Sister Tao and Tianxian are not actors with particularly good acting skills, or even not good at acting, at least in the last two lives. If they don't go through a face-lifting re-sculpture, their works are not suitable for participation in the competition.

So although Yang Shu has said it before, but I will join the group tomorrow, I still can't help reminding again: "The performance method of the films going to Europe is also different from that in China, and the image can't be as beautiful as my sister's previous works. If I have ruined my appearance, sister can take more care of me."

Sister Tao nodded thoughtfully: "Don't worry, you are the director in the crew, and I will definitely follow your requirements."

Then she looked stunned: "Just now when you said you were going to Venice, I remembered that someone told me that the film he was shooting was also going to be sent to Venice. Now I remember."

Mainland movies are often sent to Venice, which is not surprising, especially Lao Mouzi and Kai Ge, but they all started playing commercial movies after they became famous, and it is unlikely that they will return to participate in this game.

Jiang Wen just finished filming "One Step Away" last year, and was nominated for the Berlin Film Festival last month, with an investment of 5000 million yuan and a box office of [-] million yuan.

Of course, there are several other good directors who often travel to Europe, such as Wang Quanan and Jia Zhangke, but these people seem to have not made serious movies recently, and not all directors are like Yang Shu.

"Who's going to compete?"

""Old Cannon"."

""Old Cannon"? Guan Hu?"

"That's right, starring Feng Xiaogang is currently filming. A few days ago I contacted Yu Hewei to play our movie. He also played a role in "Old Paoer". To Venice."

Yang Shu often pays attention to entertainment news. The shooting of "Old Paoer" started in November last year, and it should be finished by now.

"Okay, then go and win glory for the country together."

Sister Tao’s expression became a little hesitant, and she asked Yang Shu with a smile: “Are you not worried when you hear that they are going to the competition? After all, only 20 films can be shortlisted, and it is impossible to give too many places to mainland films in one session.” .”

"Is it useful to worry? They don't have any relatives in Venice. Everyone competes fairly. It's a good thing whoever can be shortlisted."

"In fact, there are many film festivals, such as the Capital College Student Film Festival, the Tokyo Film Festival, and the Seoul Film Festival, which may be more suitable for newcomers and new works."

Sister Tao supports Yang Shu and also supports his desire to win the award, but she still feels a little ignorant and worried about embarrassing herself when she goes to compete for the European awards with other famous directors and actors in China.

Of course there is no need for Yang Shu to worry. Although Sister Tao has become famous, she doesn’t have to worry about it. After all, every year, her works fail.

However, it seems a little unsteady to work with a novice director on a debut film and take it to the competition.

In fact, Sister Tao said that participating in college student film festivals is more practical. After all, Director Feng and Director Jiang are regular visitors to these film festivals, and they also came from these film festivals. This is a more reliable path.

Yang Shu smiled and didn't say much, and brought over the score: "Sister, let's shoot carefully first, and see the effect of the shooting. I will listen to you when the time comes, and we will only send it if you think the level can be sent. We won't be blind." operational."

Of course Sister Tao could see the disapproval in Yang Shu's eyes, as if she was worried that he would be upset: "I'm not questioning your level, but filming is not the same as making online dramas after all, we can't blindly trust you."

"No problem, just set a general direction first and demand yourself with high standards."

Tonight was supposed to be at the right time, place and people, so we could play some tricks of the two-person world.

But most of the time, the two of them were talking about work and planning, and they practiced "Butterfly" together for a lot of time, and they went back to their rooms to sleep after ten o'clock.

He hesitated when he could make a move, and Yang Shu was a little regretful lying on the bed.

"Sister Tao seems to be a bit pure-hearted and ascetic, not as coquettish as she was in her previous life."

But Yang Shu thinks he can do it, maybe just like he thinks he can participate in the European Film Festival, he feels a little too good about himself, it may not be so easy in reality.

Early the next morning, more than 100 crew members and more than 30 vehicles of various functions drove to the suburbs of Beijing.

A few days ago, Poplar had brought people to step on it, and the preparations were already done.

I checked into an ordinary hotel called "Xinyuan" before ten o'clock, and there is no better hotel nearby. I will shoot in this place for a week.

This week we will mainly shoot exterior scenes, and all indoor scenes will be finished in the capital studio after all the exterior scenes are filmed.

In the afternoon, after three hours of make-up and styling, Sister Tao turned into a disheveled and decadent woman. Yang Shu had already prepared the scene and filmed a scene of her walking on a remote street, and "Peach" was officially launched.

(End of this chapter)