director of the millennium

Chapter 4 Shoot!
"This film is really good. I'm going to the three major film festivals, and I hope to win an award!" Wang Xiaoshuai's eyes were full of sincerity.

However, in the face of Wang Xiaoshuai's invitation, Wu Yuan felt nothing in his heart, and even sighed in disappointment, before turning around and going to the classroom.

"Hey, junior brother, don't leave!"

Seeing that Wu Yuan wasn't interested at all, Wang Xiaoshuai became impatient. He went out to recruit actors himself, and he had never seen anyone who would refuse!
He grabbed Wu Yuan's hand, and under the curious, jealous, and puzzled eyes of the 98-level directing students in the classroom, Wang Xiaoshuai pulled Wu Yuan and walked out of the corridor.

As he walked, he kept mumbling: "Junior brother, I know that since you chose to major in directing, you must not be that interested in actors."

"But think about it, as a student at school, you always have to accumulate experience in film crews. It's impossible to gather a film crew and do it yourself, right?"

"You come to my crew to play the leading role. As your senior brother, I will definitely teach you everything you can. If you master these practical knowledge in advance, it will also be helpful to your own movies later!"

Wu Yuan pursed his lips. Do you still need a teacher like Wang Xiaoshuai to teach you about crew experience?

His 20 years of experience in the dream school, from being a photography assistant to the chief director, is probably much richer than the current Wang Xiaoshuai!

But think about it, what Senior Brother said is not wrong.

Most of the experience in his dream is actually from the era of digital movies. After all, he was just a camera assistant for the first three to five years after graduation.

By the time he actually became a crew cameraman, the film and television industry as a whole had entered the era of digital cameras.

As for how to skillfully use the film camera, Wu Yuan is indeed a little unfamiliar and uncomfortable. He spent most of his time in school getting familiar with and practicing the use of the film camera.

It's a pity that the practice in school is practice after all, it is impossible to make it with film bought with real money, and he really lacks some experience in film and film crews.

Thinking of the earnest persuasion of brother Jia Zhangke yesterday, Wu Yuan's thoughts loosened a bit.

Before, no film crew approached him for filming, so Wu Yuan didn't take the initiative to contact the film crew to become an actor, but now someone came to him, and it was Wang Xiaoshuai who came to him, and it was "17-year-old Bicycle"!
It's just that Wu Yuan has never acted before, whether in reality or in a dream!
He whispered in a somewhat tangled voice: "Brother, I can't act!"

"It doesn't matter!" Wang Xiaoshuai immediately smiled when he saw that there was a play, and reached out to pat Wu Yuan's shoulder vigorously: "In this play, you only need to act in your true colors, and you can play a seventeen or eighteen-year-old capital city." Boy, you don’t need to have advanced acting skills, just play it naturally.”

As he said that, Wang Xiaoshuai smacked his mouth, and looked Wu Yuan up and down seriously again: "To be honest, your appearance is very good, you are more than 1.8 meters tall?"

"Look seriously, you look so handsome!"

"I think you are more handsome than Su Youpeng who acted in "The Princess" and Ting Feng from Hong Kong Island!"

"Only the one at level 96 in the acting department, Chen Kun, doesn't he look as handsome as you!"

"You kid actually didn't go to the acting department, but came to study directing? Isn't this a waste of your face!"

"However, being too handsome is not good. The judges of the major film festivals don't like actors who are too handsome and too beautiful. Their image does not match their acting skills."

Wu Yuan chuckled, Wang Xiaoshuai was not the first person to say that, in fact, everyone he met was so surprised when he knew that he was a student of the directing department and not the acting department.

Wu Yuan loves directing and the pleasure of controlling the set and letting the art of light and shadow dance in the palm of his hand according to his own ideas.

Whether it was those 20 years in the dream or now, Wu Yuan has never regretted choosing this path. On the contrary, he is now more determined to become a director.

"Forget it, handsome is handsome, who told me to fall in love with you at the first sight." Wang Xiaoshuai shook his head and sighed: "Fortunately, there are two male protagonists in the script. Xiaogui who came to BJ from the countryside to work It's suitable for you, but Xiao Jian, the boy from the capital, can still do it."

"Brother, let's agree first. If I join your crew, I will follow you every day to learn how to be a qualified director." Wu Yuan said with a serious expression.

He really never thought about acting as his main business, let alone "17-year-old Bicycle" can't be an actor.

What really made him agree was the generous teachings from Wang Xiaoshuai, a leader of the sixth generation of directors.

"Hey, don't worry!" Wang Xiaoshuai patted Wu Yuan's shoulder vigorously again: "There is nothing to avoid between brothers and sisters. As long as you want to learn, I will definitely teach you."

"Making a movie, it's difficult and difficult, and simple and simple, it mainly depends on talent, your talent is definitely enough!"

"Come to my crew to practice for a while, I guarantee you can learn the essence!"

"Okay, I'll shoot!" Wu Yuan nodded fiercely: "As long as you don't dislike me for not having acted before, senior brother!"

"What's the matter, I don't pay much attention to the background of actors when I'm filming. Even those who haven't filmed before can be used, and it's not that they can't be trained." Wang Xiaoshuai said without hesitation.

The two of them didn't discuss matters such as remuneration in detail. There really isn't much money for acting in art films these days.

After confirming his intention to act, Wu Yuan didn't even need to sign a contract. Wu Yuan just took out the Nokia 1000 he bought for more than 3310 yuan, and after exchanging contact information with Wang Xiaoshuai, the job was confirmed.

Next, he just needs to wait for Wang Xiaoshuai to notify him to start the machine.

"This drama probably won't be launched in a short period of time. You are the first actor to be appointed." After writing down Wu Yuan's mobile phone number, Wang Xiaoshuai finally warned:

"The preparation of the crew, mainly the selection of actors, may take a month or two."

"If we hurry up, we should be able to start filming in June or July. I'll call you then, but don't let me take the blame!"

"No, I don't have anything else to do." Wu Yuan shook his head and said.

"Okay, it's settled then. I have to leave beforehand. You can go to class." Wang Xiaoshuai left the school with satisfaction.

After bidding farewell to senior brother, Wu Yuan also turned around and returned to the classroom.

It's just that, as soon as he entered the classroom door, he was greeted by pairs of curious, puzzled, and jealous eyes.

In the past, although Wu Yuan was the first in the class and was praised by the teacher in various ways, but because he usually had a playful smile and messed with pirated discs, he didn't seem so perfect. He would invite everyone to eat and drink when he made money, and he was not in the sky. Floating, so everyone didn't feel jealous of Wu Yuan, but felt that this person was very real and easy to get along with.

But Wang Xiaoshuai is a big celebrity in the Film Academy. To the students, this is already a super director. If such a director came to find Wu Yuan in person, and seemed to invite him to join the film crew, then things would be different. , Some students inevitably had different emotions in their hearts.

Facing the different gazes of the students, Wu Yuan shrugged his shoulders: "I can't help it, my buddy is too handsome, even more handsome than the one from the acting department next door. Senior Brother Wang has taken a fancy to him and wants me to act in his play."

Boos immediately erupted.

The jealous and puzzled eyes were all resolved, leaving only a pair of smiling eyes.

Those who can get into the directing department of film schools may not be said to be arrogant, but it is true that most of them do not take actors seriously and think that actors are just tools in the hands of the director.

If Wang Xiaoshuai asked Wu Yuan to be his assistant director, the students might be extremely jealous and confused, and curse in their hearts for what!
But if you find him as an actor, there is nothing worthy of attention.

Not from the same track!
Wu Yuan also laughed happily along with everyone, walked calmly to the back row and took his seat, waiting for the teacher to come to class.

He deliberately didn't say that the senior brother wanted to teach him the crew to practice, and this effect was what he wanted.

The friendship and relationship between classmates should be well maintained, especially in the relatively closed and network-oriented circle like film school.

There are some things you can do, but you can't show off. After all, he is already in the limelight.

He didn't want to become the object of jealousy and resentment among his classmates.

Although there is a high probability that these students will not be able to help him in the future, who can say for sure what will happen in the future?

Besides, there is no need to stimulate the fragile hearts of these young people, after all, they are all classmates.

A big dream brought him not only 20 years of directing experience, but also a lot of experience in dealing with people.

In the dream, Wu Yuan, who has experienced too many changes in human relationships and lost, will not make some mistakes again.

(End of this chapter)