That's how I became famous

Chapter 246 Attending Class (End)

The class continued. Mr. Jin listed the various categories of movies on the ppt, and then talked about some popular movie types.

"I think you should be surprised by now why I can say so much and seem to say everything, right?"

It is rare for Teacher Jin to make a joke. There are quite a few honest people who are smiling and nodding at the same time. He smiled and didn't care.

"The more popular movies are really too broad, but the truth is that it is not a movie that is well-made and it will be popular with the audience. For example, some realistic-themed movies in our Huaguo, if there are no stars that you are familiar with , no matter how good the filming is, I believe that everyone will not take the initiative to watch it, right?"

The students in the audience nodded. It is indeed the case. Even if there are stars that they are familiar with, many people don’t like to watch this type of movie. When is the movie released.

"In fact, there is nothing wrong with it. The problems caused by the market are also things that many filmmakers can't do anything about, so we filmmakers need to change. How to intersperse some popular selling points with the themes we want to shoot, this is what many filmmakers have been thinking about. Question, I’m throwing this question to you now and I don’t want you to answer me, I just want you to start thinking about it now, so that you won’t be hit by the market in the future.

Teacher Jin made another joke, and threw out another question for everyone to think about. He clapped his hands and said, "Have you thought about my first question? What is the most important thing for a filmmaker?"

Looking around, I was speechless. Most people were immersed in the second question before they even thought about the first question. However, some people stood up and answered, saying that the most important thing is to do their part well, and they said no. There are those who forget their identity as filmmakers, and those who say they must love movies. Teacher Jin is more satisfied with these few, but they probably haven’t got to the point.

Faced with this situation, Teacher Jin already had a good and proper way to deal with it. He glanced at the classroom and shouted:
"Li Xiao, is Li Xiao here?"

When Li Xiao heard Mr. Jin's first question, he couldn't help but think of his own and Wu Hao's movies. The campus bullying movies of so many directors are still youth romance movies that change the soup and don't change the medicine. The director There are also some who have a good reputation. Are so many directors so ignorant of this subject matter?

What Li Xiao thought at first was that they didn’t understand, but after hearing Mr. Jin say: How do filmmakers add some popular selling points to some themes they want to shoot? It’s obvious that those directors have added some youthfulness. The selling point of love, but it is a bit specious because it is not controlled well, the campus bullying is not shown, and the youthful love is not enjoyable for the audience to watch.In fact, campus bullying is also a selling point, but if you really want to use this as a selling point, the tone of the movie will become very dark. There is no one in the market as a pioneer, and there may be problems in the review. The reason why the movie is so plausible.

Li Xiao originally thought that he was "extraordinarily talented" and that he was ahead in terms of thought and theory in film and television, but he still felt greatly benefited from what Mr. Jin said.

He still remembers what happened to Uncle Hong’s family when he was in Mushroom House. His parents went out to work and left behind the elderly and children at home. At that time, the family had always been quite happy. movie, to appeal to the society to care for left-behind children and pay attention to family ties, but he has forgotten this matter over time, until today he remembered it again. When Mr. Jin said what is the most important thing for a filmmaker, he faintly Some thoughts, although he has not become a filmmaker yet, he can't help feeling a little ashamed.

"Li Xiao, is Li Xiao here?"

Hearing someone calling his name, Li Xiao was interrupted from thinking. Seeing Teacher Jin calling his name again, he couldn't help but take a deep breath. It's really a must for every class.
"Well, very good, then Li Xiao, please tell me what is the most important thing for a filmmaker?"

Seeing Li Xiao standing up slowly, Teacher Jin couldn't help showing a smile on her face. She liked Li Xiao very much. Even though he was very busy as an artist, she didn't see him skip class. This was appreciated by Teacher Jin.

If Li Xiao knew about it, he would have to complain, not to mention that Teacher Jin was watching him all day long, and other students paid attention to him all the time, Li Xiao felt that if he skipped a class, everyone would know about it.

"I think the most important thing for filmmakers is to always maintain their enthusiasm for movies and their own feelings for movies. The movies they make must at least have a certain positive energy effect on society, instead of turning movies into an assembly line model to cater to the market."

"Well, to the point."

Teacher Jin nodded in satisfaction, motioned for Li Xiao to sit down, and continued: "Actually, many students gave similar answers just now. What Li Xiao said is quite right. The most important thing for a filmmaker is that the film he makes is important to the society." There is a certain positive energy. The final film we make is for the audience. What we convey can be dark, but we must set a positive tone in it. Many people may complain that it is not as good as It’s all just a movie that sings praises. What I want to tell you is that this is different. No matter what type of movie it is, and whether the ending is good or bad, we must convey a good idea in it, so that the audience will watch it. Only then will there be thinking, instead of blindly contemplating the pain, or forgetting it in a blink of an eye after reading it."

After talking about these things, Teacher Jin waved his hand and announced that the get out of class was over. Most people were still thinking about it. Li Xiao patted Lu Feizhang on the shoulder lightly, and the two walked out of the classroom cautiously.

Lu Feizhang asked as he walked: "Li Xiao, do you understand what the teacher said? I thought she was helping the superiors to do ideological work for us. Tsk, Teacher Jin's thoughts are much deeper than ours. , What she said is very right, I didn’t think about it before, no matter what the ending of the movie, we really have to convey a good idea in it, and many good movies are like this.”

"Well, if we really work in the film industry in the future, what Teacher Jin said today is worth remembering for a lifetime."

Hearing what Lu Feizhang said, Li Xiao knew that he understood. Li Xiao had never seriously discussed this matter with his roommate, and only now did he realize that Lu Feizhang, a little fat man, had a lot of ideas.

In fact, what Teacher Jin really taught them today is not what type of movie is popular, nor how to make a popular movie, but to teach everyone to abide by their duties as filmmakers in the future, no matter what movie they make. My own feelings are in it, even if I am making an illogical comedy, I have to convey the idea that the filmmaker should convey from it, no matter how dark and depressing it is when shooting realistic themes.

What a filmmaker conveys can be a variety of realistic and cruel things, but these things cannot be blindly negative. The purpose of filming is not to convey these negative things to the audience, but to let the audience understand these things. After the reality, there is still a soft place in my heart, and I still have my own correct judgment. This is what Teacher Jin taught everyone in this class.

It can also be summed up as: don't make black-hearted money and don't be immersed in self-promotion.

"Fatty, do you know what Teacher Jin used to do? Why do I think she seems to have a story?"

Li Xiao asked, the name Fatty was requested by Lu Feizhang, because he felt that Li Xiao's name of Feizhang Feizhang was a little strange, so he suggested that Li Xiao call him Fatty, but Li Xiao would not let him call himself Xiaoxiao.
Lu Feizhang shook his head to express that he didn't know, and sighed: "Mr. Jin is indeed very good at telling stories, but I haven't heard of any famous director surnamed Jin, let alone a female director."

"By the way, I have a movie in a while, do you want to come and play?" Li Xiao thought for a while, and Fatty is also a person with ideas, so he decided to bring him in too.

Unexpectedly, Lu Feizhang looked at Li Xiao suspiciously, and said tactfully, "Why don't you sing well and harm the film industry."

(End of this chapter)