Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

Of course Mingmei knows about the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France is the largest short film festival in the world and is known as the "Cannes of Short Films".

It is also a certified film festival for the Oscars, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, European Film Awards and César Awards.

Meili was a little moved after hearing this, but suddenly thought of another question.

"But, Elena, the last submission date for the Encounter Film Festival is April 17th, and now it's April 20th, three days have passed."

"Don't think so much! Just submit your work directly. For great works, the gentlemen in the organizing committee will always show mercy!"

Elena encouraged.

"Okay, I'll give it a try, but I have to ask my brother-in-law for his permission."

"Are you going to take it to compete?" Yu Dongqing was a little surprised when she received a call from Meili that day.

To be honest, at that time, he was just inspired by the scene and thought of the original short film of Time and Space, so he decided to film it without thinking of using it to compete.

"Brother-in-law, how can such a good movie be shelved? Elena said it will definitely win an award!" Mei Liang said.

"Okay, you can do whatever you want." Yu Dongqing agreed.

"Great, brother-in-law! Then I'll do it right away."

After hanging up the phone, Yu Dongqing watched the video on his computer desktop. After the film was produced, he paid no more attention to it except for showing it to a few people who participated in the film.

If you really want to compete, you should be more careful, right?

But it doesn’t matter.

He closed the notebook.

Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Clermont-Ferrand is a quiet mountain city in central France, surrounded by mountains. In an inconspicuous building in the city, the organizing committee of the International Short Film Festival is located here.

The weather was nice today. Dominic, the executive director of the organizing committee, drove to his office on time to start his day's work.

God bless

The submission of entries for the film festival finally ended the day before yesterday, and his job suddenly became much easier.

Of course, in the past two days, I have been receiving short films from all over the world. Since the official website upload channel has been closed, they all emailed him directly. There were many innovative works, but he rejected them all.

"Sorry, the submission deadline has passed."

Also, if you can't even submit your film on time, it means that you don't value this film festival at all.

Or, not taking your own work seriously.

After making a cup of coffee and turning on the computer, Dominic was just getting ready to work when the system suddenly prompted that there was a new email from MNS.

I opened my mailbox and saw another entry.

The email system had automatically replied, and Dominic was ready to delete it directly to the trash can, but took a second look.

Works from China?

But the email address was from the London Film School.

Works by Chinese students studying abroad?

Dominic clicked on the video out of curiosity.

There is no translation, is it Chinese? !

Are you bullying me for not knowing Chinese?

Dominic almost wanted to turn off the "X" in the upper right corner of the video, but his good qualities made him hold back.

Just treat it like watching a dumb movie, right?

Under the dark tones, the camera moves quickly, and with the ups and downs of the music, the plot of the film slowly unfolds.

It was not taken by a professional camera!

Having been working in films for many years, he immediately recognized the texture of the picture.

But the shot was pretty good.

Although he couldn't understand what the protagonist was saying, the changes in facial expressions and the light and dark of the surrounding environment allowed him to feel the protagonist's inner world.

The five-minute short film ended soon, and Dominic sat motionless in front of the computer, seemingly still immersed in it.

Suddenly, he woke up, picked up the landline on the desk and made a call: "Leia, find me an employee who understands Chinese right away, yes! Now! Right now!"

Soon, a young man with an oriental face walked in and introduced in a fluent and polite manner: "Hello, Mr. Dominic, I am Mark, a Chinese student from the Paris International Film School, volunteering at the film festival. Glad to serve you."

At this time, Dominic no longer cared about elegance and politeness and pointed at the screen: "Mark, look at him and help me translate! Translate word by word!"

Mark quickly walked over to Mr. Dominic. It turned out to be a short film. As the screen moved, he calmed down and started to translate.

The movie is called "Leave Me," Mark said softly.

"What are you going to do with the camera?"

"What camera?"

"It's the one you're holding."

"It was damaged in the accident."

As Mark translated fluently, Dominic stared at the screen, once again deeply involved.

"What, how do you translate it?" Dominic said anxiously when he saw the last sentence of the video and suddenly realized that Mark had stopped speaking.

Looking back, I realized that Mark standing next to me had red eyes.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Mark quickly apologized and continued: "Let me stay here."

The video finished playing again, and both of them fell into silence.

"Classmate Mark, what do you think of this short film?" Dominic suddenly asked.

"Mr. Dominic, can you read it again?" Mark asked instead of answering directly.

"Okay." Dominic played again, and Mark looked seriously.

After reading it, he thought for a while and said:

"I personally think the filming is quite good. The film adopts the form of a drama within a drama, treating each photo as a scene, and the scenes recorded in each photo get rid of the freeze-frame and enter reality."

"Movies serve as the first narrative space, the world in the photos serves as the second narrative space, and the stories in the photos are also divided into three levels as the third narrative space."

“In addition, the short film intersperses scenes between photos and reality, and the plot of a few lines of dialogue, through the processing of light and shadow, editing techniques and the connection of music, leaves the audience with space for aftertaste and imagination, thereby deepening the audience’s emotional identification. .”

Mark kept talking and Dominic nodded frequently.

The young man has good analysis and seems to be a very good student.

"Classmate Mark, do you know the director of this work?" Dominic asked, pointing to the prologue at the end of the film.

Mark looked at it and then said: "The director's name is Yu Dongqing, and the male protagonist in the play is him."

"Yu Dongqing?" Dominic asked thoughtfully, "Is he your famous Chinese director?"

Mark laughed.

"No, Mr. Yu is a famous musician and singer in our country. As far as I know, I have never seen him make a film. Oh, but he has written a script, which is very good."

"It's incredible that someone who has never made a movie can make such a film." Dominic sighed with emotion.

Then he stood up and stretched out his right hand: "Thank you, classmate Mark." After that, he added: "You Chinese are really awesome."

"Thanks."

Mark suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of pride, even though this film had nothing to do with him.

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