Entertainment, I just like making movies

The next half month.

Fang Ziheng lives a leisurely life every day, going to work on time and leaving get off work on time, living a life of two o'clock and one line of work.

At nine o'clock in the morning, he came to the group in high spirits and dealt with various affairs of the group first.

In the afternoon, I took a break after lunch, and then edited "The Founding of an Army".

I get off work on time at 5:30 and go home to spend time with Zeng Li and my daughter. Sometimes I even buy some food and cook it myself.

Occasionally, he would stay in the duplex for a night.

Lin Feifei and Andy, two great beauties, would come over to reward the young man who worked hard editing the film, depending on the situation.

It’s not really hard, actually.

"The Founding of an Army" is scheduled to be released on National Day. It's still early, so he doesn't need to worry about the rough cut and re-cut of the film.

As the chief director, he only needs to control the precise editing and make it precise.

Liu Qianxi is filming in North America and will not return to China until October. She will make video calls to him every night.

Song Yi, Da Tiantian, and Yang Xuejian are also busy with work. They fly all over the country and are steadily becoming popular little actresses.

June 20th.

As soon as Fang Ziheng completed the fine editing of "The Founding of an Army", his beautiful retreat time was interrupted by a phone call from Director Han.

"What, join the Film Association?"

In the office of the chairman of China Film Group Corporation, he looked at Director Han with a determined look on his face with wide eyes and surprise.

Is that a mistake?

He is not yet thirty years old, and he joins the Film Association so early. What will those old guys do? How embarrassing it is for them.

Seeing that he was getting an advantage and acting well, Han Dong was happy. He waved his hand to let him sit down first and said angrily: "What, you don't want to join the Film Association?"

"If you don't want to, tell me as soon as possible. I will attend an expanded film meeting organized by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles in a few days, and I can help you refuse it to the Federation of Literary and Art Circles."

"No way, I've wanted to get closer to the organization for a long time, but I haven't had the chance!"

Fang Ziheng smiled and expressed his stance seriously.

immediately

He rubbed his hands, looked at Director Han expectantly, and asked, "Do you think I can get a vice president or vice president Dangdang!"

"You're so thoughtful, I'll give you a director at most!" Director Han's mouth twitched, too lazy to pay attention to his shamelessness.

The vice president of the Filmmakers Association who is less than 30 years old, it’s a shame he can think of it.

Five years later.

Ten years later.

That group of old guys have just retreated!

Fang Ziheng also feels that there is little hope. There are still many leading cadres left over from the old studios on the stage.

These leaders have not left and are still performing their duties in their posts. It is still too early for them to take the top positions.

What happens next is simple.

Director Han took him to the Federation of Literary and Art Circles and submitted his personal information and a beautiful resume in the film industry.

same day.

Fang Ziheng suddenly changed his identity and became the director of the eighth council of the Filmmakers Association.

…

June 23rd.

The second enlarged meeting of the Eighth Council of the Filmmakers Association was held at the Imperial Association Auditorium.

Many departments participated in this meeting, including the Propaganda Department, Optoelectronics, China Film and Television, other organizations under the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and heads of film associations from various provinces and cities across the country.

There were also China Theater, Nortel, Shanghai Theater, People's Theater, National Theater, etc. A total of 500 people attended the meeting.

The young Fang Ziheng attended the meeting impressively.

He sat in the second row with Lao Mouzi, Chen Daren, Li Xuejian, and Chen Daoming.

Like Fang Ziheng, the four Lao Mouzi became directors this time, and Li Xuejian was also elected vice chairman.

The first two rows were occupied by the backbone of the film association.

In the third and fourth rows behind, there are a group of film and television company CEOs and directors, invited to attend today's meeting.

At the back are members of the Film Association, famous actors, etc.

In the entire auditorium, more than 500 people were sitting upright and clearly separated.

From the podium, two rows in the front, two rows in the middle, and five rows in the back, four different seats reflect everyone's status in the film system.

In the middle of the fourth row, Feng Pants put down the filming of "Private Customization" and rushed back to participate in today's meeting.

He did not look at the stage, but looked resentfully at the five people in the second row, Fang Ziheng.

This time, he failed to become a director as he wished and became a bystander.

When he thought of the answer given by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Feng Tongtong became furious.

Why are there only five people selected this time, three directors and two actors? Lao Mouzi and Chen Daren are more qualified, and Fang Ziheng is so talented.

Between what he said, Feng's pants were the only one who was unlucky.

It’s not your part this time, let’s talk about it next time!

The next term, the next term will have to wait another five years.

Feng Tongtong felt sad, feeling that after being beaten by wind and rain, he could not live up to his past prestige.

Next to him, Wang Zhongjun saw that he looked unhappy, bumped him lightly and comforted him: "Gangzi, what a big deal it is. We are not surprised. If we want to enter, we will directly enter the Zhengxie."

"Haha... let's talk about it later."

Feng Tongtong's face twitched and he wanted to give Wang Zhongjun a big mouth.

It takes a lifetime to get into the top ranks of the Film and Television Association. The older you get, the more popular you become, and you can still show off your remaining energy even in your seventies or eighties.

Joining the Zhengxie Association seems to be very prestigious, but in fact it only lasts five years.

Unlike Fang Ziheng and the other five, the next step is to become the vice chairman of the Film Association. Everyone in the entertainment industry will comment on their farts.

It was okay if Wang Zhongjun didn't comfort him, but when he comforted Feng Pong, it made him even more worried.

nine in the morning.

The conference began with a clichéd opening.

First, Li Qian, chairman of the Film Association, gave a work report on the past five years to the conference, and then talked about the five-year work plan.

The theme of the plan remains roughly the same, which is to revitalize Chinese-language films and export Chinese-language culture overseas.

Afterwards, the heads of each department took the stage to speak at length.

What the leaders speak is all official and cliche, which makes people feel sleepy and unable to lift their spirits.

Two hours later, the meeting finally got down to business.

At the annual meeting the year before last year, Kang Jianmin, the vice chairman of the Film Association, who was shaking the table with Chen Daren, spoke out on behalf of the Film Association and pointed out the current plight of the Chinese film industry.

“The current film industry has a 28/20 rule that prevails in capitalism. Blockbusters, big casts, and big productions occupy the best schedules, have the most powerful promotions, and hit higher box office.

At least 80% of the market share is occupied by large productions, and the remaining 20% ​​is divided up by small-cost productions.

This is not a good phenomenon. The Chinese-language film market is becoming increasingly prosperous, and small and medium-cost films are also part of the market.

There are only a few major productions every year, and most of the films released in theaters during the twelve months of the year are small and medium-sized in budget! "

Kang Jianmin first pointed out the shortcomings of current Chinese-language films: blockbuster films are all-inclusive, and small and medium-budget films have been bombarded to the point where nothing is left.

Immediately, he changed the subject and raised his voice a little higher: "Talking about low-cost movies, earlier this year the Film Agreement teamed up with the statistical agency affiliated to Optoelectronics to conduct a large-scale research activity on the issue of low-cost movies.

We found that the creation process of low-cost movies is generally shoddy, with low-level themes, single plots and stories, weak logic, insufficient connotation, incorrect three-dimensional views and other shortcomings.

The styles are versatile, which should be the advantage of small and medium-sized costs!

However, according to our research, we found that most films do not even have perfect scripts after they are launched.

The investors, directors, crew, and even actors had no concept of making a good work, so the finished film was of extremely low quality, causing the audience to not buy it! "

As Kang Jianmin spoke up, everyone in the audience became energetic.

What he said was correct and spoke to the hearts of many people.

a movie.

If we say that at the beginning of a project, directors and actors will definitely occupy the first place. Only with the support of famous directors and famous actors will investors invest money.

But when the crew is fully prepared and shooting starts, the movie script must come first.

At this time, the arrow is ready. The director, producer, crew, and actors are all in place, and filming will begin immediately.

Suddenly I find that the script is not done well, or the director has new ideas and wants to change the filming method.

This damn thing is going to die!

The script is imperfect and there are big problems with the film's narrative, resulting in inconsistent styles.

Some directors just want to make a movie as soon as it comes out, regardless of the quality of the movie. They just want to finish the movie quickly and take advantage of the hot market to make money.

Two parts, ten parts, a hundred parts.

Every year, countless small and medium-budget films are drowned in theaters under such circumstances, and are shot to death on the beach by big productions.

Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, Song Ge and others nodded frequently and greatly agreed with Kang Jianmin's words.

These are low-budget movies that focus on a small but big story, and the producers are mostly newly established film and television companies.

Most of the bosses of these newly established companies come from across the industry and don’t understand movies at all.

I drank two more glasses at the wine table, and as soon as I was bragging, I decided to invest without thinking about making a good production.

These companies also like to work alone, without looking for professionals to join or large companies to check.

It seems as if they are afraid that the big film and television companies will take a fancy to their projects and steal them secretly.

After the finished film came out, I didn’t know whether it was good or bad, so I started looking for major film and television companies to distribute it.

As soon as they came up, they immediately said that the movie they made was a big dark horse!

If you big companies don't invest tens of millions in publicity fees, you will regret it for the rest of your life. I'm sorry for their hard work.

Then, Kang Jianmin talked about some popular low-budget movies, saying that these movies had "vulgar plots and low-level taste."

“Apart from those small-budget movies that cannot sell, those domestically produced small- and medium-budget movies that are popular also have various problems.

The value is lacking, the plot is vulgar, and it blindly lowers the aesthetics and sensationalizes.

Among them, "One Night Surprise" and "Tiny Times" have been criticized the most. The former's scenes are vulgar and do not set limits in order to be funny, while the latter vigorously promotes the concept of money worship and corrodes the values ​​​​of the audience! "

It is true that every plot of a movie or TV series does not have to educate people like a textbook.

But we are filmmakers, and every time we create a work, we always have to consider the audience.

Just to make the audience laugh and pursue box office, regardless of the basic logic of the movie and the three views of modern people, the plot is extremely exaggerated and the props are extremely luxurious, which often fails to win word-of-mouth recognition.

A "popular" and "popular" work requires the creator to pursue profits while also improving the cultural content of the film and providing the audience with "delicious" and "nutritious" spiritual food! "

After a lot of criticism, Kang Jianmin put down the phone with satisfaction.

He knew how to act appropriately and did not attack major film and television companies.

If we really go by what he just said, Xu Zheng's "Modern Times", Feng Tong's "If You Are the One 2", and Zhao Yanzi's "To Youth" are all within the scope of criticism.

…

After Kang Jianmin finished speaking, Li Qian took over the topic and started chatting again.

Li Qian pointed out that there are many plagiarism incidents in Chinese-language films.

If a movie is a hit, there will inevitably be many follow-up movies, borrowing the popularity and bluffing of the previous movie.

This is unhealthy behavior and is poison to Chinese-language films.

Just when Fang Ziheng was listening to it with great interest, he was thinking about who Li Qian would kill and which follow-up works he would criticize.

A voice mixed with a hint of laughter and questioning suddenly reached his ears.

"Director Fang, you are the youngest and most talented director in our country, and one of the few directors who can perfectly integrate art and business.

At the same time, you are also one of the directors who have suffered the most from following the trend. Please tell us how to resist this bad behavior of following the trend and plagiarism! "

Fang Ziheng froze immediately.

He looked at Li Qian, who was smiling and making an invitation gesture on the stage, and tens of thousands of draft horses were running wildly in his heart.

not good!

The old guy dug a hole for him and asked him to stand up and offend others!

At this time, the eyes of everyone present also gathered.

The leaders on and off the stage, as well as the film and television company CEOs, directors, and fateful actors in the back row, all looked at him.

Fang Ziheng stood up suddenly, and a staff member ran over and handed over the microphone.

Come on!

Since the leader called his name, he did his part!

"Actually, we don't need to be too critical of following movies or plagiarizing movies. Anyone who is engaged in the film industry will use the rules of reference to some extent at the beginning of their career.

Use the excellent works of predecessors as your own source of inspiration, and combine it with your own creativity to shoot a new work.

Personally, I never think this kind of borrowing is plagiarism.

After all, I was once a young man too!

I remember when I was in film school, every time the teacher asked us to submit creative notebooks, I, like my classmates, would rush to the film drawing room after class.

Look here and there, and then find a movie with a homework theme that fits the teacher's assignment.

Next week, a new story synopsis will be released! "

Fang Ziheng used self-deprecating words to describe his early studies in the directing department of the Film Academy.

His words made many people from the academy smile.

They often did this kind of thing back then!

Whether it is the directing department or the acting department, which one has not learned from the works and performances of the predecessors?

Plagiarism!

It doesn’t exist!

It’s something between cultural people, that’s not called plagiarism!

On the rostrum, Li Qian opened his mouth and secretly cursed a little slippery man.

The little guy knows the rules very well and doesn’t fall into any trap!

Just when he wanted to remind Fang Ziheng and wave a stick to tell the truth.

Then Fang Ziheng changed the topic and pointed the finger at the topic Kang Jianmin mentioned before.

"Dear leaders and colleagues, rather than following the trend and plagiarizing, I feel that films like 'sexy, vulgar, and low-grade' need to be boycotted and sanctioned more.

For example, movies like "Tiny Times" would not have been a big hit ten years ago, with hundreds of millions in box office.

The development of the times and the vigorous development of the Internet have made information dissemination faster and more effective, which has resulted in the box office success of movies such as "Tiny Times".

The broad masses of the people had no choice but to watch a low-quality movie with extremely unfair views! "

Fang Ziheng's serious voice sounded in the spacious conference room.

His tone was low, but extremely stern and cold.

Bombarded "Tiny Times" and pointed the finger at the gradually emerging traffic movies.