The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 360 Golden Globe Nomination
"Did you shoot the short film that you signed up for before?"

This video, which suddenly appeared on the show, quickly spread all over the Internet. Marketing accounts and Internet media pushed it to the terminals of hundreds of millions of Internet users with various shocking titles, and attracted countless people who were not satisfied after watching the short video. In the end, I came to Huanshiwang.com to watch the complete program.

The higher-ups of Huanshi.com were naturally ecstatic about this. When Chen Jingxing suddenly raised doubts at the recording site, the program team was actually confused, because they didn't know that Fan Cunyan was a fake player who mixed in. After all, he was shortlisted for the main competition Directors are chosen by DreamWorks.

Moreover, this kind of doubt about the contestants is basically only the thoughts secretly in the minds of the four directors and judges, because they are directors themselves, so they are naturally very sensitive to the director's shooting techniques and the two works with a big gap between before and after.

Even the professional screening team composed of film critics or movie fans at the scene just felt that the registration short film played by the third director who appeared earlier was somewhat different from the competition work he handed in later. Not only was the style different, but And there's a huge difference in levels.

But even if doubts about Fan Cunyan arose, they were quickly suppressed. It is not surprising that there are many directors whose works are far apart in level.

As for ordinary viewers, they just think that the competition works made by the contestant named Fan Cunyan are too bad, especially with the benchmark of "Fatal Identity", Fan Cunyan's tribute did not even achieve the effect of imitation, but they I didn't feel much about Fan Cunyan's registration short film, and felt it was mediocre, so it was even more impossible to think in this direction.

Therefore, when Chen Jingxing suddenly broke the silence and questioned directly, everyone in the audience was shocked, but what shocked Guo Fan and others was that Chen Jingxing directly tore his face, and everyone else was just completely surprised.

But for the director and the backstage director, their mood changed from shock to ecstasy after Chen Jingxing's step-by-step questioning let Fan Cunyan show his flaws.

Of course, after the ecstasy, there is still anxiety, that is, whether Chen Jingxing will let this episode be broadcast?
After all, Chen Jingxing is not only the judge of this program, but also the main investor. No matter how daring the program team of Huanshi.com is, it is impossible to really treat Chen Jingxing as an ordinary guest, and they must ask for their opinions.

But Chen Jingxing really doesn't care, and if you cut out one of the five directors' works in one episode, you can't hide it.

Sure enough, after the first episode was aired intact, it created a lot of buzz and attracted widespread attention.

"The Birth of a Director" attracted a lot of attention when it was first released on Huanshi.com, but after two months, when it was actually broadcast, not many viewers followed it up immediately.

After all, there are no stars in the whole show, or the biggest star is Chen Jingxing, and the director's selection is just a gimmick, but it really doesn't have a strong ratings appeal, there are no handsome men and women, and there are no strong songs and dances.

A short film competition between a group of not-so-good-looking directors who are not familiar to the audience naturally gives people the possibility that the program will be of high quality and rich in information, but it is not exciting enough and will feel a little boring.

In a word, for most viewers, they worry that this show may be too professional.

But when you are attracted by the video of Chen Jingxing going crazy, you will really be addicted to it.

"The Birth of a Director" is indeed completely different from those idol talent shows in the past, and the contestants are basically not public figures familiar to the audience, and they can even be said to be amateurs.

But for the first time, this program brings the behind-the-scenes of a film and television drama that people are curious about to the front of the stage, and presents the process of preparation, shooting, release, and evaluation of a video work to the audience most directly.

It's not obscure, and it's not mysterious.

And the most important thing is that this program is all-encompassing, not only a panoramic display of the creation of video works, but also comments and questions on all aspects of the competition works.

Even actors.

Of course, the performance of actors is also a part of the quality of the work, and there are indeed many actors who participate in short films that are familiar to the audience.

Naturally, it is impossible for a big-name actor to come to such a show, act in the work of an unknown director, and then go on stage with the director to accept pointers from the judges and the audience.

But many third-tier and fourth-tier actors or even smaller actors are very happy to come, for them, exposure will always be scarce.

Regardless of whether this program can become a hit or not, with Huanshi.com's strong promotion, and the fame bonuses of DreamWorks and Chen Jingxing, there must be an audience.

Being able to appear in front of tens of millions of people is very attractive in itself, not to mention that the judges are the Four King Kong of DreamWorks. Although Chen Jingxing and others are here to choose the director, who said they will not choose the actors?
DreamWorks is really not the kind of film company that is not used by big names. From Lu Hongzhe of "Matrix" to Yin Fang, the actor of "The Walking Dead" who has stepped into a big ship like "Operation Red Sea", all show that it is feasible for a carp to leap over the dragon's gate.

Being able to be in the same studio as Chen Jingxing, Guo Fan and other directors and impressing them is also a great temptation in itself.

Therefore, although most of the actors in "The Birth of a Director" are students of art schools, there are also famous and well-known actors.

Therefore, in Chen Jingxing's view, "The Birth of a Director" is not only a director's competition program, but also contains elements of an actor's competition program.

After all, the performance of an actor in a film and television work is definitely a crucial part, and the actor will also face the judges' comments and the audience's comments.

The elements of competition between directors and actors are all in one go. In Chen Jingxing's mind, as long as the rhythm is right and the interactive part is released, there is no reason why this show should not be popular.

In the first episode of the program, although the judges and the audience were actually a little cautious and reluctant to let go, it was not until the third director Fan Cunyan appeared that he seemed to be inspired by Chen Jingxing's performance. Guo Fan and other judges , as well as the on-site appreciating group and ordinary audiences, they let go in the comments and questions. The comments were sharp and the questions were bold.

Especially Tian Xinye, although not very good-looking, was the only one of the four judges who had a professional background, and his director style was more literary, so he became the main exporter.

From the depth of field, camera lens to light and shadow, transitions, and editing, it seemed that a small class of directors had been opened. They analyzed and commented on the competition works in a reasonable and well-founded way, and Chen Jingxing and the other three were supplementary.

The audience may have been hinted by the program group, or perhaps the atmosphere was enlivened by the straightforward and sharp comments of the four judges. The questioning session of the participating directors and actors was also full of gunpowder, leaving the participating directors at a loss. Unbearable.

Even Chen Jingxing and other four judges will help the participating directors to answer the audience's questions about the entries. There is no shortage of gunpowder. On the one hand, he hates viewers who ask stupid questions or disagree with him.

Even Chen Jingxing was speechless.

In the middle of the recording of the show, the reason why Chen Jingxing couldn't bear with the director who made up his mind, and directly tore his face, besides being really angry, was that everyone was a little too reserved, polite, and his comments were too reserved. After all, Guo Fan, Tian Xinye and Ning Weiqiang Not a talkative person in private.

Chen Jingxing originally thought that he would take on the main role of DPS, but he didn't expect that Tian Xinye was the hidden dps.

In this way, after the first episode of the program was broadcast, Tian Xinye became popular along with Chen Jingxing's questioning video.

Tian Xinye's erudite, sharp and precise slander also made many audiences re-acquainted with the director who made the phenomenal hit drama "Signal" and the sci-fi romance movie "Mirage".

Of course, the Four King Kongs of DreamWorks have also gradually become familiar to the audience. Not to mention Chen Jingxing and Tian Xinye who are very popular, Guo Fan has "Operation Mekong", which is a milestone for domestic main theme movies, and the oldest Ning Weiqiang There is also the hottest TV series "Suspect Tracker" this fall.

It can be said that they are all masterpieces with high scores and popularity.

In addition to the audience's discussions and topics on the Internet, the immediate and practical impact of the first episode of "The Birth of a Director" is that a large number of companies have approached them to do advertising titles.

After all, "The Director" is an innovative program. There was no such content before, and DreamWorks also refused to invite some well-known and controversial people to participate in the competition.

It's not that no company is willing to pay, it's just that no one is willing to pay a big price.

Only a certain brand of eye drops is willing to pay a considerable price for a gamble. It may be because the content of the competition is a short film, so the audience's eyes will be sleepy.

After the first episode was aired, many big companies came to ask for sponsorship or word-of-mouth advertisements, such as laundry detergent, Chuanbei Pipa Gao, cosmetics, which caught Huanshiwang by surprise.

The cost of pre-roll ads, title sponsorship, and word-of-mouth advertising that were quickly negotiated totaled more than 2 million, which not only fully covered the cost of "Director", but also made DreamWorks and Chen Jingxing a small profit.

You have to know that the budget for making short films for 35 directors exceeds 5000 million, plus the judges' remuneration - Chen Jingxing doesn't care, after all, it is a project of his own company, but Guo Fan and the other three naturally still have to pay. The time is also money, as well as other human and material costs, the total cost also exceeded 1.3 million.

DreamWorks accounted for 9000 million of the cost. Originally, Chen Jingxing thought that it would be good if the advertising sponsorship fee could cover half of the cost. It would not be a loss to spend 4000 million to accumulate director talents for DreamWorks. earned.

But soon the hot search of "Director" was overwhelmed by another piece of news.

The nominations for the Golden Globe Awards have been released, and both "Gravity" and "Matrix" are on the list.

"Gravity" won three nominations for Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Soundtrack!
"Matrix" was nominated for Best Screenplay!

(End of this chapter)