my movie years

Chapter 34 Film and Digital Discussion
Guo Fan was a little nervous, and he was not sure about the upcoming interview.

Originally, Guo Fan submitted his resume just for a try, but he didn't expect to be lucky and entered the final interview.Although the person who interviewed him was a young man under 23 years old, who can ignore this young man in the film industry now?
Among other things, the box office of the first film in his career is almost 1.5 million. In this era when domestic films are still struggling to break through [-] million, this incident itself is a miracle.

So, this young man is capable.

As a pragmatic person, Guo Fan did not believe those rumors on the Internet, thinking that Zhang Hao got the opportunity because he was taken care of by some rich woman.

Being able to direct a movie for the first time and be successful, Zhang Hao is definitely not the kind of incompetent little boy director mentioned on the Internet.

However, the matter of being taken care of by a rich woman was created by Zhang Hao himself.

But it is foreseeable that this rumor will be brought up repeatedly along with his career as a director, and it will become a mystery in the film and entertainment circles.

The media naturally wondered who the rich woman behind Zhang Hao was, but the rich woman was not found, but turned Zhang Hao's family background upside down.

On the Penguin News and Entertainment section, a editor wrote a report introducing Zhang Hao's background.In later words, Zhang Hao now belongs to the popularity and traffic.

The morality of the media, if you don't rub off on this kind of enthusiasm, you will feel uncomfortable all over.

Many netizens learned from the Penguin editor that Zhang Hao's grandfather used to be the director of Beijing Film Studio, and his grandmother was a folk musician and taught at the Central Conservatory of Music before retiring.Zhang Hao's mother, Zhang Yu, owns an advertising company and has a small fortune.

Zhang Hao played in the Beijing Film Studio since he was a child, so he developed a strong interest in movies and embarked on the road of directing movies.

If you want to say that a rich woman takes care of you, maybe Zhang Yu can barely be counted as one, after all, she has raised Zhang Hao for more than [-] years...

I have to admire the ability of these media to dig out information, and dig out information about Zhang Hao's family through various channels, but that's all.

Regarding the so-called rich woman who is the rich man, the netizens spoke clearly, and some netizens claimed to have seen Zhang Hao having a private meeting with the rich woman in a certain hotel, but there was no real evidence.

Although his reputation has been ruined, Zhang Hao feels that it doesn't matter, and it doesn't affect his work as a director.

Today he interviewed a few assistant directors, all of whom were of good professional level, but their thinking was too rigid and did not meet his requirements.

One of the assistant directors, who is in his 30s, began to criticize the movie "Manslaughter" from various angles.

What do you say that the film does not have the slightest artistry, does not explore human nature in depth, and discusses issues such as the breeding of crime brought about by the corruption of public power.

Most importantly, he thinks it is not good to put the background of the film abroad, but if it is placed in China, the evaluation can be improved to a higher level.

What else to say, if the film is handed over to him, how will he transform the film, and then win an international award blah blah...

The assistant director spoke so clearly that Zhang Hao felt that he was convinced, and then he struck out and was eliminated directly.

If you don't have a clear mind, don't come for an interview. This assistant director is not suitable to be his assistant.

What year is it, do you think it is the era when mainland films mainly hit the three major film festivals in the 90s?In this day and age, winning awards is very important, but making money from a film is the most important thing.

Among other things, if the deputy director shoots this way, the foreigners at the three major European film festivals will be delighted, and the film will not even be released in the mainland, and maybe Zhang Hao will have to be blocked.

Most importantly, the production cost of "Manslaughter" was not 15, nor 150 million, but 500 million.

With such a high production cost to make a movie that cannot be released in theaters, not to mention China Film and Bona will go crazy, Zhang Hao himself will go crazy.

But now, the films are all making money, and there is no point in discussing these anymore.

Zhang Hao turned to the next interviewer, and said to his assistant Tang Xiqian, "Please come in for the next interviewer!"

Tang Xiqian walked out of the conference room, Guo Fan was the only one sitting on the chair outside.Tang Xiqian said to Guo Fan: "Mr. Guo, it's your turn, please come in with me!"

"Well, okay..." Guo Fan hurriedly straightened his suit and followed Tang Qianqian in after he thought it was all right.

Entering the meeting room for the interview, Guo Fan saw a handsome young man sitting by the window at a glance. This person is the hottest new director recently: Zhang Hao.

"Director Zhang, hello, I'm Guo Fan..." Guo Fan greeted quickly.

Zhang Hao nodded and signaled: "Sit down, Sissy, go make tea."

After Tang Qianqian served tea, Zhang Hao began to ask Guo Fan: "I see your resume, you didn't graduate from the director department, but you studied law at university. Why do you want to interview my assistant director?"

Guo Fan said embarrassingly: "Actually, I was just trying my luck, but I didn't expect to enter the final interview."

"Oh? But you know, directing is a highly professional profession. Without systematic study, one cannot become a qualified director." Zhang Hao said.

Guo Fan nodded and said: "Yes, actually I planned to go to the Beijing Film Academy for further study this year, but I didn't expect to be able to enter the interview process, so I came here in a hurry.

I'm an outsider when it comes to movies. "

Zhang Hao said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you're a layman, before James Cameron became a director, he was a truck driver.

It was because of his interest that he embarked on the path of directing. It doesn't matter if he didn't have a professional background, and a director with a professional background is not that great.

The most important thing is, what kind of achievements can be made in the end, what kind of achievements can be achieved, and when I am old, I will recall whether I have no regrets about the struggle in this life. "

Guo Fan was a little surprised: "Director Zhang, you speak quite philosophically, just like a person who has seen through the world and experienced the vicissitudes of life."

"Haha, I'm just expressing my feelings." Zhang Hao laughed, and then asked: "I want to ask you, if my next film is to make a sci-fi film, how would you realize this idea? "

Guo Fan hesitated and asked, "Do you want to tell the truth?"

"Of course it's true..."

"This... I think we don't have the conditions to make sci-fi films now. It may take years of accumulation of technical talents to have the conditions." Guo Fan told the truth.

Zhang Hao nodded in approval, Guo Fan deserves to be the director who later became the No.1 Chinese science fiction film.Science fiction requires unrestrained imagination, but it needs to be pragmatic when it comes to specific details.

Not everyone has the ability to deeply understand one's own level and the development of the entire industry, and make accurate judgments.

"Then what do you think I should do next?" Zhang Hao asked.

Guo Fan thought carefully for a while before answering: "I think that if you want to enter the field of science fiction films, you need to start accumulating technology now and prepare mentally."

Zhang Hao nodded, expressing approval.

It's not that there were no science fiction movies in Chinese movies before. Liu Tianwang also made "Future Men" before, but it was a big bad movie.

This year, after "Avatar" is released, theaters will carry out a round of playback technology innovations.

Similarly, the producers will also trigger a new round of technological revolution, and the transition from film to digital will bring new opportunities.

Although the stubborn old school insists that film is the best, even many hard-talking directors have always insisted on film photography technology, but they have also embraced digital technology.

Zhang Hao is also a film party, because film has advantages that digital technology cannot match.Film has a unique texture, and in terms of color, it has a tolerance that digital technology cannot achieve now and in the next decade or so.

In addition, the noise generated by the high sensitivity and underexposure of digital technology will cover up the color of the scene in the picture, which is very uncomfortable, but film does not have this problem.

Here comes the question, why film has so many advantages, and why it is still being gradually replaced by digital technology.

The biggest reason is money.All the advantages of film are gone when faced with the question of money.

When filming "Sunny Day", Jiang Wen shot a total of 25 feet, setting a record for the highest film consumption ratio of a Chinese director.

If Jiang Wen had the current digital technology, he might be able to save a lot of money and reduce the production cost of the film.

After chatting with Guo Fan for a long time, Zhang Hao has a full understanding of the current Guo Fan.The current Guo Fan is still very immature in the film industry and has not undergone systematic study, but his pragmatic and unconstrained imagination has initially emerged.

"It was a pleasure chatting with you," Zhang Hao shook hands with Guo Fan: "You are welcome to join my team, but I'm afraid you are not good enough for the position of assistant director.

If possible, I hope you start from various positions in the crew and be familiar with the film production process. "

Guo Fan thanked: "Thank you Director Zhang for giving me this opportunity, I have no objection, I can go to any department."

In this way, Guo Fan became a member of Zhang Hao's team before going to film school.

(End of this chapter)