Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 376

In the office opposite, Li Tang and Zhang Bai were watching "Thursday, Wednesday", Ning Hao's work that won the Best Director at the College Student Film Festival last year.

At first, Li Tang was shocked when he heard that Zhang Baibai and Diao Yinan had hired a director who won the Best Director Award at the Beijing University Student Film Festival last year as an assistant director.

He clearly remembers that the person who won the Best Director Award at the 8th Beijing University Student Film Festival last year was Xia Gang, the director of the Beijing Film Studio. He was the director of "Big Sabbath" and the fifth generation who won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director. One of the directors.How could Zhang Baihe De actually invite this person to escort Diao Yinan.

After finally asking, I found out that I had made an mistake.

It turns out that the Best Director Award at last year's College Student Film Festival was not selected from the 29 shortlisted films. Instead, in addition to these 29 shortlisted films, the film festival also included nearly a hundred video works by college students.Most of these works come from non-major college students from comprehensive universities across the country, and some are from majors such as Nortel, China Theater, Shanghai Theater, and Beiguang.

To use an inappropriate analogy, the 29 films shortlisted for last year's Beijing University Student Film Festival are equivalent to the main competition unit, and the nearly [-] video works of university students are roughly equivalent to the upstream unit of the Venice Film Festival to encourage new directors. .The assistant director Zhang Baibai helped Diao Yinan find was the one who won the Best Director Award in this section, which was equivalent to going upstream. He was currently a senior student in the Nortel Photography Department.

However, when he heard Zhang Yibai boast that this senior student first studied art design, and later studied directing, and his photography skills were also very good, he was almost an all-rounder, he was quite interested, so he met Zhang Yibai At Bai's suggestion, he decided to meet this all-rounder.

You must know that behind the scenes of a movie, apart from the director and screenwriter, the two most important technical positions are art design and photography.It is not an exaggeration to say that if it is true as Zhang Baibai said, then this all-rounder can almost complete a work by himself.

No, Zhang Baibai specially brought this award-winning work of this all-rounder this morning.

Because it is a videotape, the picture looks very rough, and the length of the film is only about seventy minutes.

The movie begins with a young girl sitting on a stage waiting for her first love beside a street tunnel in Beijing.Not far away, a Beipiao guy wearing a turban and playing guitar was singing.A man walked by and threw ten dollars in counterfeit money on the ground.

It’s just such a story, but the narrative is divided into four stories:
The first story tells that this girl and another boy developed a vague relationship because of a painting and a book.The girl who was about to go abroad made an appointment with the boy on Wednesday at nine o'clock in the tunnel across the street from the school gate.The boy who was in a hurry to go to the appointment encountered a car accident when he was about to arrive at Happiness.

The second story tells about the miserable life of the young Beidiao people who sing in the tunnels.

The third story is about the counterfeit ten-dollar bill thrown on the ground.

The fourth story is that the girl in the first story appears in life. When she is impatient to leave, the boy finally appears, and the movie ends sweetly.

After watching the whole film, Li Tang felt that the camera was very cool, the story was insufficient, and the expression was vague, but the narrative method was very special, especially in domestic films. This was the first time he had seen a film with such a narrative structure.

The first story is a story watched by the male protagonist of the second story; a certain node in the second story is the end of the third story; the end of story three is a certain node in story two.Next to the location of this node is the location of the fourth story, and the heroine of the fourth story is the protagonist of the first story.

Li Tang feels that the reason why this film won the Best Director Award for Video Student Works is largely due to his unique narrative method.

But it felt a bit familiar to him, because in this movie he saw the shadow of a narrative structure similar to "A Clockwork Orange" and "Run Lola Run".

Overall, this movie is like a platter, and many details feel familiar.Although he has no evidence, it at least shows that this director is a good thief, knows how to learn from others, and has read a lot of foreign films, especially American independent films.

Throughout the golden age of Hollywood from the 80s to the 90s, countless excellent independent films were produced.These independent films may not be welcomed by the three major European film festivals because they are "not artistic enough", but many of them break through tradition in terms of the film's narrative structure, photography style, including story type, etc., giving people a refreshing feeling.

"How's it going? Not bad, right?" Zhang Baibai asked with a smile.

Li Tang pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "It's okay, technically there's no problem."

He is not opposed to this so-called borrowing. As long as you borrow well and make it your own, this is your ability.Not to mention that the popular Hong Kong films at that time were full of references or tributes from foreign films. At best, they were just bullying the majority of the audience into not having seen these foreign films.

Including Zhang Baibai, who was standing in front of him at this time, was also good at learning from others.

The most obvious example is the bathtub scene that appears repeatedly in "Go", which is obviously borrowed from "Original Sin", which was released just last year and starred Antonio Banderas and Julie Angelina. The scenes in the film are the same even in the recurring form, suggesting that the hero and heroine have experienced emotional ups and downs. Originally, the two were lying in the bathtub hugging each other, but now the bathtub is empty.

"Oh, by the way, Director Ning is already here. Let's call him over and talk with him."

Li Tang didn't have the formality to make a phone call and ask his assistant to invite the guests in to show off his boss's style. He stood up and walked over to open the office door and shouted to the reception room opposite: " Director Ning! Director Ning!”

"here I am!"

Ning Hao hurriedly appeared at the door of the reception room with a coffee cup. When he saw Li Tang, he hurriedly greeted: "Teacher Li, hello..." "I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Come on, come on, come and have a chat." , Director Zhang happens to be here too." Li Tang waved to him with a smile.

This guy looks good-looking, plump, and has a simple and honest face.

"Hey, here we come!"

Ning Hao responded hurriedly, not even bothering to put down the coffee cup in his hand, and just brought it over.

As he came over, he muttered: "I came early. I'm sorry, Teacher Li, I didn't disturb your work, right?"

"Don't bother me. Director Zhang and I just watched your award-winning film. It was well shot and the ideas are very novel. We just want to chat together."

"Hehe, Mr. Li, the award you received is not worth mentioning." Ning Hao said humbly.

But my heart was already burning. I had originally planned to perform well. Wasn't my purpose just to gain the approval of the big boss in front of me?
When Zhang Baibai saw Ning Hao coming in with a coffee cup, he couldn't help but joked: "Hey, Haozi, are you addicted to coffee?"

Only then did Ning Hao realize that he was still holding the coffee cup in his hand, neither holding it nor putting it down. He was at a loss and kept explaining: "I just saw Teacher Li and was very excited. I just forgot..."

Li Tang greeted with a smile: "It's okay, Director Ning, please sit down!"

"No, no, no, no, Teacher Li, just call me Haozi." The guy said hurriedly.

As he spoke, he sat down halfway on the sofa and put the cup in his hand on the coffee table.

Li Tang was not used to the common names used by people in the capital, such as Haozi, Liangzi, Laomouzi and so on.He looked at Ning Hao. He was only a senior this year. He looked very mature, but he was not as old as himself. He said, "Then I'll call you Ning Hao."

At this time, Xiao Zhao, who was downstairs, heard the commotion and came up. She was acting as a waiter and was about to make tea and add water. Li Tang waved his hand and said, "Bring me a cup of coffee too."

Then he asked: "Director Zhang and Ning Hao, would you like a drink?"

"Okay, Xiao Zhao, put in a few more candies!" Zhang Baibai said first.

There is no way, fat people are addicted to sugar.Li Tang usually drinks clear coffee.

"I……"

Ning Hao glanced at the little coffee left in the cup, hesitated for a moment and then said politely to Zhao Luoyao: "Excuse me, Assistant Zhao, I'll have a cup too, two pieces of sugar will be enough."

Li Tang actually wanted to relieve Ning Hao's embarrassment. Ning Hao was obviously very obedient. After speaking, he glanced at Li Tang with a grateful look.

While Xiao Zhao was making coffee, Li Tang said to Ning Hao: "Thank you for the hard work this time. After all, this is Director Diao's first time directing, so you should worry more about the technical aspects."

Ning Hao said quickly: "Teacher Li, you are too polite!"

As he spoke, he looked at Zhang Baibai again and said sincerely: "I know that Director Zhang found me this time just to give me a chance. Teacher Li, Director Zhang, please rest assured that I will go all out to cooperate with Diao Diao." The work of a guide.”

Listen, be good at talking. Firstly, you can show your loyalty to Zhang Baibai and never forget the man who dug the well. Secondly, you can show your attitude that as the assistant director, you will cooperate with the director in his work and will never take the lead.

Li Tang nodded, he liked to deal with smart people.Moreover, the eloquent Ning Hao in front of him and the dull Diao Yinan really needed such an assistant.

It has to be said that Diao Yinan is very fast, or that he originally acted with a plan.Just after finalizing the investment a few days ago, he started to build a team.Most of the candidates were ready-made. Zhang Yang, including those behind the scenes from the previous filming of "Toward", could choose whatever he wanted.

In addition, he had already scouted the actors in advance. The male lead Wang Xiaojian was played by a friend of his who was a teacher at the Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts.Regarding the candidate for the female lead, it is said that he spent a long time in the advanced training class of the Chinese Opera Department and finally selected an actress who looked a bit promiscuous.

(End of this chapter)