China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 310 If America Really Loves Its Citizens...

What is film aesthetics?It may be relatively unfamiliar to outsiders, but it is no stranger to the students sitting at the scene today, because they have all learned some art outside of their main business, especially music, art, literature, and film. It can be said that Their theories are not inferior to those of any professional students. This is the quality of students from top Chinese universities.

So when it comes to film aesthetics, everyone knows that the topic is coming.

There are two schools of film aesthetics, one is technical, that is, the montage school, or the technical school, such as He Fang.

The other school is realistic, that is, the realism school, such as documentaries, author films, and neo-realism generally belong to this school.

What is included in the aesthetics in film technocracy?Literature, video technology, sound, art, color, metaphorical montage, camera movement, shape and movement, the beauty of film art, scenes, music... many of them belong to the film aesthetics of the technical school.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the realists don't use these aesthetic forms, they can also use them.It's just that the realism school is more inclined towards the real route, and often uses some fixed long shots, follow-up shots, and the use of natural light, non-professional actors and other elements to form a realistic film aesthetic content.

What He talked about was the film aesthetics of the technocratic school. Of course, the students who came to listen to the class knew which school He Fang was talking about.If it was Mr. Jia, he would probably be talking about realistic film aesthetics.

"I believe that I have watched too many movies, and everyone will form a label for my movies. For example, focus on the story. For example, focus on the use of the lens. For example, focus on performance. Generally speaking, these points, um... These points are not my boasting, but the conclusions I have drawn from a large number of professional film critics and audience evaluations.

Now that they have summed up these points, let me talk about my creative thoughts on these points.Let me talk about the story first. Maybe someone knows the play that I have talked about in film studies. In fact, there are some similarities.

My understanding of film is: film is an art developed by using team creation under the imaging technology.Therefore, it is firstly a video technology, and then it is an art derived from this technology. The final definition is that movies are created, not recorded.

So in my understanding, whether it is a documentary or a feature film, it is an art deliberately created by the creator for the audience to watch.Documentary films, which are also films, are nothing more than creators gathering together a large number of documentary images to tell the audience a concept and story based on reality.

Documentary video data, that is not a movie, but just documentary video data.Film refers to video art with certain creation.Therefore, since it is created, it has a story, not absolutely true.So how to make the movie look good and make the audience like it, this is the first problem we have to face, the storyline..."

Next, He Fang explained several of his film aesthetics, including the storytelling of He Fang's films and how to tell them.Including the use of lens in He Fang's movies, how he uses the lens to tell stories, and the application of lens language in movies.Finally, there is the performance of the movie, and he also explained the performance requirements and the style required by Hefang in his movies.

Basically, this also belongs to perfecting some things that have been said before, and then explaining some theory to everyone.

Of course, in addition to these three points, He Fang also added a personal analysis of the development trend of world film.

"I personally think that there are several directions for the development of world movies in the future. For example, photography technology will continue to enhance the sense of experience, that is, some sports long shots will be the mainstream. I have been exploring this direction in several of my movies.

In terms of storytelling, there will be three changes in future movies. One is the fun of pure stories with hidden themes.

How to say these three types, the fun of the so-called pure stories with hidden themes refers to whether some movie audiences like whether the movies are always preaching, make the theme purer, and make it more entertaining.For example, comedies are for fun, action movies are for fun, war movies are for big scenes, romance movies are about love abuse or love is too sweet... In short, the theme should not be too much Outstanding, the main point is to make the story purely good-looking, not preachy.

The so-called main theme-oriented movies mean that those born in the 90s and 00s have grown up slowly, and they no longer worship the West like their parents did.Back then, when the post-60s and post-70s arrived in western developed countries, some people were envious and even worshiped.

However, the post-90s and post-00s now go to the United States and the West to see that the big cities in the United States and the West are not as good as the construction of the second- and third-tier cities in China. There are garbage everywhere, the smell of feces and urine, robbery, shooting, and marijuana. Wondering why their parents would worship such a ghost place.

Not to mention the post-90s and post-00s, even I, a post-80s generation, did not feel how advanced and developed the United States was when I went abroad to the United States.In terms of urban construction, public security level, consumption and entertainment, etc., the West lags far behind China.

Others say that going to the West is to enjoy, but in fact it is not the case. If you want to enjoy, you still have to be in China.Because China's food, entertainment, public security, and urban construction are far superior to those in the West.It's not that I deliberately belittle the United States and the West, because I can't belittle it with one-sided words, and you can see it for yourself.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the post-90s and post-00s are no longer willing to watch movies that belittle ourselves, say that we are backward, and that messing up the mess represents China.Because they feel that their IQ has been insulted, but anyone who has been abroad knows that China is better than foreign countries, why are some people deliberately discrediting China?

Therefore, movies with the main theme that boost the hearts of young people will become the mainstream, and young people will feel that this is what our big country should have.Why should you pretend to be rubbish when you are clearly developing well?It is unacceptable for them not to flatter themselves but to deliberately discredit themselves. "

When He Fang said this, some people in the audience shook their heads and did not agree with He Fang's statement.But more young students raised their heads proudly, thinking that what He Fang said was very reasonable, and they needed a kind of self-confidence now.

"And the third direction of the story is that Chinese cultural values ​​will become the mainstream. Why do I say that? Because as our young people become more knowledgeable, our national self-confidence is getting stronger and stronger. Universal values ​​will not be accepted by young people.

And some values ​​of our Chinese culture will be reflected, such as the Western values ​​that say "God let you suffer this fate, you have to follow God's will and act", while the values ​​of Chinese culture are "My fate is up to me." .

Another example is that Westerners say that Chinese people have no faith, do not believe in God, and are not God's people.That's because in Western myths and stories, when the great flood came, Noah's Ark was built according to the will of 'God', and human beings have continued to exist since then.And what are the Chinese myths?When the great flood came, in China, it was Da Yu who controlled the water and released the flood, and man would conquer the sky. Therefore, we change our destiny by ourselves. Western culture is to act according to the will of God.

This is the spirit of Chinese culture, we do not believe in God, we believe in 'man will conquer nature', Western culture says 'man's life is bestowed by God', but our Chinese culture says 'no, this is what we have created through our own efforts '.

It is our ancestors of the Chinese nation who brought us such cultural inheritance, so our myths and stories are "Houyi shoots the sun", "Jingwei fills the sea", "Yugong moves mountains", "Dayu controls the water" and so on. Myths and legends about man conquering nature.

This is Chinese culture, this is Chinese belief, and this is Chinese spirit.When our young people awaken, the cultural spirit hidden in our blood will also awaken.Therefore, in future film stories, Chinese cultural values ​​will become the mainstream and affect the whole world. "

As soon as He Fang's voice fell, the audience burst into warm applause.

Although He Fang's argument is already a bad street in 2023, it was like a flash of lightning in 2013, which finally broke the lie of "Chinese people have no faith", and made many people present who believed that "Chinese people have no faith" like Enlightened, suddenly enlightened.

It turns out that we don't have faith, but this faith is the spirit of "indomitable, man can conquer nature".

"Looking at the history of the world, why is the feudal society in other parts of the world generally inherited by a royal family for thousands of years? Generally, it will not change easily, but the change of feudal dynasties in China is the most ordinary. What is the reason for this?

In addition to these, our Chinese culture also knows that 'peace is the most important', 'unity and cooperation will lead to a win-win situation', 'individual heroism must serve the collective interests', 'there is a country to have a family', 'individual freedom is to have "Boundary" and many other excellent Chinese cultures.

These should be reflected in our film and television works, and eventually spread to the whole world, so that the whole world can understand why China is the only civilization with a history of 5000 years that has not been rooted, why China does not expand when it is the strongest, and why China Believe that cooperation can win-win..."

As soon as He Fang finished speaking, there was another burst of warm applause. Today's students really enjoyed listening to it. He Fang really heard a lot of spirit and confidence from Chinese culture here.

Let some students who are not confident in culture become more confident and stand up.

However, some people sitting in the front row were gnashing their teeth. They have worked so hard in these colleges and universities for so long, and finally destroyed the cultural confidence of some students, giving them a feeling of "dedicating their talents to the United States and the West." 'The idea of ​​He Fang was completely destroyed at once.

Why let him do such a speech?What is he here for?
Don't you think that the world dominated by the United States is not good?Everyone thinks that the prosperous people in the United States live a comfortable and happy life, so what are you going to do?
"Finally, what I want to say is that I advocate everyone to study abroad, to see abroad, to go internationally. Why? Because you will see the truth when you go out, not some woven lies, because you go out You will know whether we are worthless after all, and you will believe what the country has done for the country and the people. Because only when you go out, you will be more patriotic.

OK, thank you, my speech is over. "

After He Fang finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the audience, and then the audience stood up and gave thunderous applause.

Sitting under the stage, Dai Jinhua suddenly had the illusion that she was in college. She still remembers the passionate speech given by the teacher at that time, encouraging students to be people who contribute to the state, to be talents who build the modernization of the motherland, and to be the people people who serve...

For many years, she has never seen such a passionate speech. Once upon a time, someone promoted this kind of speech...

As soon as He Fang finished his speech, the host came to the stage and announced a 10-minute break in the middle. After 10 minutes, he entered the next session, the exchange and interaction session.

He Fang also took this opportunity to drain the water, and then smoked two cigarettes.

Although many people wanted to come forward to say hello, everyone still tacitly did not come forward to disturb.

After 10 minutes, everyone returned to the scene. The host was a beautiful vice president of the student union, and she acted as a celebrity.

"Okay, we once again welcome our young international director He Fang to the stage with warm applause."

He Fang walked up to the stage and nodded to everyone.

"Next, we have entered the communication session. Everyone is free to ask questions. Please cherish your opportunity to ask questions. Each person can only ask one question at a time. Okay, let's start. Please ask questions from the third row, the yellow clothes in the middle."

the host said.

"Director He Fang, you said 'If you love the United States, the United States may not necessarily love you', I disagree with this sentence, the United States is the freest and most democratic country in the world, and every citizen of them is deeply protected by the state. What makes you say 'if you love America, America doesn't necessarily love you'?"

After this question was asked, the audience was full of discussions, and He Fang nodded to the questioner.

"I don't know if you have been to the United States? Have you lived in the United States for more than a year? Have you ever observed the lives of all classes in the United States? Or do you have a comprehensive understanding of American society?"

"If America really loved every one of its citizens, there wouldn't be so many homeless people left unattended. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in 2013, there were about 25 homeless people in the country. Homeless people over the age of 50 live on the streets, an increase of 2007% compared to 18.00, accounting for one-third of the total number of homeless people in the country. In other words, in fact, there are about 75 homeless people in the United States.

When China is working hard to completely eliminate poverty, why does the United States, the world's most powerful country, ignore its homeless people?Why not solve the homeless problem once and for all?What caused their homelessness and bankruptcy?They are just abandoned children after being exploited by the capitalists. It takes money to manage them. The capitalists would rather spend money on wars in the Middle East than on their homeless people. Is this the people who love it?
If America really loved its citizens, there would not be 2013 gun deaths in 33636.If the United States really loved its citizens, there would not be more than 3000 gangsters harassing the lives of normal people every day.If the United States really loves its citizens, there would be no more than 1000 cults bewitching its people every day.If America really loved each of its citizens, it wouldn't make marijuana and drugs semi-legal...

Wait, there are tons and tons of statistics that show that the United States does not love its citizens as much as everyone thinks.These all prove one thing: that is what I said: 'You love America, but America doesn't necessarily love you'.Are you satisfied with my answer? "

As soon as He Fang finished speaking, the audience exclaimed, is this the case in the United States?Really?impossible?There are 80 million homeless people in the most powerful country in the world?
(End of this chapter)