I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 16 Ordinary

On the screen, the alphabet of the cast and crew began to appear.

Chen Yangong withdrew his gaze and turned to Wan Qingshan with a very surprised expression!

"I heard that you often went to the acting department to take classes when you were in school, right?"

"Yes, I go there often. I only met Yu Mo when I went to attend classes!" Wan Qingshan replied with a smile.

Chen Yangong sighed with pity, "Oh, why didn't Chen Yi realize your talent in acting and let you transfer to another department?"

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, and when he was about to speak, he heard Chen Yangong continue,
"Hey, it's a shame to be a director, I should be an actor!"

After watching the movie, Wan Qingshan thought that he did a good job in this movie.

Chen Yangong's words made him feel a little dissatisfied, and he quickly asked, "Director, why wasn't my movie filmed?"

"You can't say that the movie was not well made. There is only one problem with this movie, and that is that it is a bit ordinary! If you don't understand what ordinary means, you can watch Zhang Yimou's movies and you will understand."

Wan Qingshan knows that Zhang Yimou's movie is so colorful and beautiful without even having to watch it!
Now Wan Qingshan understood why Chen Yangong said the movie was ordinary.

"Director, your requirements are too strict. You actually use Director Zhang's movies as the standard." Wan Qingshan laughed.

"The director's requirements must be strict, and his shortcomings must be pointed out. Otherwise, I'm afraid that after you get some achievements, your eyes will not know how high you are, and you won't be able to withstand any criticism."

Wan Qingshan felt a little strange. Chen Yangong's words seemed to have other meanings.

Huang Sanshi on the side looked a little embarrassed. He knew that what Chen Yangong was talking about was——Chen Kaige

The Virgo he starred in is Chen Kaige's movie, and Chen Kaige can be regarded as his noble man.Chen Yangong said Chen Kaige in front of him, how could he not be embarrassed?

"Okay, okay. What about this movie made by my child? Where did you go?"

When Yan Yan spoke, Chen Yangong did not refute.

This situation reflects that Chen Yangong's family status is not number one.

"This movie is not bad. Some of the mistakes that new directors should make are not made. It's just that some of them are too ordinary and have no characteristics!"

Chen Yangong said that the movie was average, but Wan Qingshan would not be dissatisfied because Chen Yangong used Zhang Yimou's movie as a benchmark.

Wan Qingshan will not look down on major domestic directors just because he has experience in his previous life and studied at Nortel for four years.

The directing industry is not like a technical job, where you can master it as long as you learn more.

If your talent is not good enough, it will be useless even if you are reborn n times.If you can’t capture that feeling in a photo, you just can’t capture it, even if you try to take a photo, it won’t work.

Just like world-famous paintings, even if you copy them, you can't paint them with that feeling.

"However, your acting skills are really good. I have never seen anyone of the younger generation who has better acting skills than you."

As soon as Chen Yangong finished speaking, Huang Sanshi immediately said exaggeratedly, "Not only the younger generation, not many people in the older generation can compare with it. Anyway, I am ashamed of myself."

It's an exaggeration, but it's also quite true.Huang Sanshi watched the first three 10 minutes and felt that Wan Qingshan and Chen Yumo's acting skills were pretty good. They were outstanding among the younger generation and were no worse than today's popular stars.

During the middle half hour, Huang Sanshi discovered that the emotions and eyes of the two people were well expressed.This acting skill is not only inferior to that of popular stars, it is definitely better.

In the last three and ten minutes, Huang Sanshi was shocked.

Chen Yumo's acting skills are somewhat lacking in explosiveness, but they are not bad.

However, Wan Qingshan's acting skills really opened his eyes. In his opinion, the long-shot eye scene could definitely be included in the Nortel textbook.

Wan Qingshan was not proud of the praise for his acting skills. He knew where his acting skills came from.

"No, no, Teacher Huang, keep talking like this. No matter how thick-skinned I am, I still feel guilty."

Huang Sanshi smiled and did not continue talking.He knows very well that to close a relationship, one has to do it appropriately. If one's status is too low, it will appear to be too flattering.

Immediately, he stood up and walked towards the playback machine at the back.

"Fortunately, your movie hasn't been sent for review yet, otherwise I would have to call you back even if it was sent. To be more serious, I might not even give you a chance to make changes, and you wouldn't even have a chance to resubmit it for review."

Chen Yangong's words made Wan Qingshan confused. There was nothing wrong with the subject matter of his movie, and there were no scenes that couldn't be shown. Why couldn't it pass the review?

"Uh, Director, the subject matter of my movie is fine, right? Why can't I pass it?"

"The reason why your movie cannot pass the review is not because of the subject matter, but because of the long shot of Feng Guoqing and Feng Shan arguing. You, reshoot this shot first, and then submit it for review."

Wan Qingshan was confused and said quickly, "Director, my lens didn't reveal anything!"

"This question cannot be discussed, you can figure it out yourself."

Chen Yangong said, pointing upward.

Wan Qingshan was at a loss, and then he realized when he saw Chen Yangong raising his hand above his head again.

"No, Director, I definitely don't have such thoughts."

"You say you didn't, but others have to believe it. This scene must be retaken, otherwise even if I intercede, I won't be able to pass."

Wan Qingshan sighed and asked helplessly, "Director, how do you think this shot should be shot to pass?" "It's very simple, just reverse the positions of the two."

"Uncle, when Qingshan first started shooting, the two people's positions were reversed as you said. But after the shooting, Qingshan felt it was inappropriate, so that's why it was shot like this." Chen Yumo interrupted.

"You, you are really fooling around. Just shoot as you did before. Change it to whatever you want."

At this time, Wan Qingshan was even more confused, "No, Director. Let me put it another way. To put it more bluntly, Feng Guoqing is the opposite side."

"It doesn't matter. Changing Feng Guoqing to be in the dark means that he is wrong. The good and bad are expressed in the movie, as long as the central idea remains unchanged."

Wan Qingshan, who came back to his senses, quickly responded, "Oh, Director, then I will reshoot this as per your request!"

After saying that, Wan Qingshan suddenly thought of something, leaned over and asked in a low voice,
"Director, if I take this version to a foreign film festival to apply for awards and exhibits, it should be fine, right?"

Chen Yumo had already told Chen Yangong that Wan Qingshan wanted to participate in the award.

At first, Chen Yangong felt that Wan Qingshan was a bit out of tune and not down-to-earth enough. Before the movie was made, he wanted to participate in the award.

Now that I have seen the finished film, even if Wan Qingshan does not want to participate in the award, Chen Yangong will push Wan Qingshan to participate in the award.

Although Chen Yangong has always said that the filming of "Selection" was very ordinary, he was indeed very satisfied.

He feels that when it comes to movies, Wan Qingshan is better than many directors who have been in the industry for decades.

It just doesn’t have outstanding features, and it doesn’t have the feeling of being shot by a great director.

He also knew that it was impossible to ask Wan Qingshan based on Zhang Yimou.

However, Wan Qingshan was too young, and he was worried that his praise would make Wan Qingshan proud.Therefore, he used Zhang Yimou as the standard and said that Wan Qingshan's photos were ordinary.

"That's no problem. One version for the awards and one for the Mainland. This is the norm in the industry. As long as the two versions don't differ too much."

Wan Qingshan breathed a sigh of relief. If he took the straightforward version to participate in foreign film festivals, it would definitely not be as good as the satirical version.

"Which film festival are you going to apply for?"

“I don’t know yet, but I’ll join whichever one is closest when the time comes!”

After thinking about it, Chen Yangong said, "The nearest one is the Berlin Film Festival in February next year. It's already mid-December, so time is a bit tight.

If you want to participate, reshoot it quickly. After reshooting, bring it to me.I'll send it for review sooner.

Then, I found someone to hand the film to the judges in Berlin.If you submit your own film, probably the judges won’t be able to see your film. "

Seeing Wan Qingshan's expression of confusion, Chen Yangong smiled and explained,
“There are hundreds of films participating in the Berlin Film Festival every year, and the few people on the jury don’t have so much time to watch them.

Dozens of films are screened out by preliminary judges.Then, it’s up to the jury to decide.

The preliminary judges have to watch hundreds of movies.You said, do they have the heart to read it all?

They all watched the first two 10 minutes and decided whether the movie would pass or not.

Do you think the campus plot in the first two and 10 minutes of the movie can be passed by the preliminary judges? "

It was the first time Wan Qingshan knew about this. If he had known about it earlier, he would have cut "Selection" into reverse order, interspersing the ending and the beginning with each other.

"Give me the movie, I'll find a connection, and pass it to the jury so they can watch your movie."

"Director, thank you!"

Wan Qingshan sat up straight and said sincerely.

Regardless of whether it was because of Chen Yumo or not, Chen Yangong was able to find connections for him.Wan Qingshan felt that he had to accept the invitation and be grateful.

"You don't need to thank me. If you want to thank me, just treat Yumo well. If it weren't for Yumo, I wouldn't help you like this."

Chen Yangong said it very straightforwardly, which made Wan Qingshan even more sympathetic.

If Chen Yangong said something like, why don't you want to see a good movie buried, something like that.

Not only was Wan Qingshan unappreciative, he also had to be on guard against Chen Yangong, worrying that he had other plans.

"Uncle, let me thank you on behalf of Qingshan." Chen Yumo on the other side of Wanqingshan suddenly stretched his head over and said with a smile to Chen Yangong.

"You, turn your elbows outward now." Chen Yangong's expression changed and he smiled helplessly.

"Hey, uncle!" Chen Yumo said coquettishly to Chen Yangong.

Chen Yangong smiled fondly, turned to Wan Qingshan and said,
"The structure and color of your movie are not enough to compete with major international directors. It is impossible to win the director award. However, your acting skills are very good. You can think about winning the best actor award. As for whether you can win the best actor award, you still have to think about it. You have to study it yourself.

When the time comes, don't be stupid and do nothing.Whoever the award is awarded to is based on favors and interests.

However, their food appearance is slightly better. If the difference is too big, they will not damage their reputation for a little profit. "

As soon as Chen Yangong finished speaking, Huang Sanshi came over with the film of "Selection".

At this time, "Blind Shaft" started playing on the screen again!
(End of this chapter)