Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

Every year, there are hundreds of major film directors graduating from major film academies or art academies in China. In addition to those non-graduate directors who "act well and direct", there is never a shortage of new directors in the director circle. .However, there are very few people who can finally act as directors in the film crew, because the distance between dreams and reality is too far away.

A new director from a major without any background will spend at least two to three years to prove his ability with a short film, and then he will have the opportunity to become a commercial director or MV director; In three to five years, maybe a TV series will ask him to be the co-director (that is, to direct certain episodes of a TV series); and then after another two years or so, he will become the real director of a TV series.But it is a natural barrier to go from a TV director to a film director, and many excellent TV directors have fallen on this threshold.

Of course, if this new director has won a certain national award in the short film era, then he is likely to get a small investment in an art film, and if his luck continues to be good, with this feature film he will win If he is nominated for a regular film award or shortlisted for the competition unit of a well-known film festival, then he will have the opportunity to direct a real commercial film.But even with such a shortcut, it takes at least three to five years for the film industry to develop a director.

Among all genre directors, comedy directors and horror directors seem to be the most indispensable, although there are not many good films coming out of these two major genres; on the contrary, directors of dramas are almost the only ones in the film industry. are rare.Drama films are all about the plot, you can't fool the audience with pictures, special effects, etc., you have to give the audience a complete and excellent story.A feature film can be very short, but usually a feature film is definitely a biographical or epic film as soon as it is shot. This is a genre that takes the director's skills into consideration.Basically, an excellent feature film can win the three nominations of best film, best screenplay and best director in all film awards of the year, and it is also the favorite of the judges of major film awards and film festivals.

And in terms of the director's gender, the rarity of female directors is even more exaggerated than that of plot directors.Except for the three major categories of clothing, makeup and hair, and art design, there are very few female practitioners in other film categories.And in fact, even in the three major categories of clothing, makeup and hair design, and art design, the proportion of male practitioners is higher than that of female practitioners, and the proportion of men in management and experts is even higher.The film industry not only lacks female practitioners, but also has an inexplicable sense of discrimination against female practitioners.

For example, the salary of an actress must be lower than that of a male actor. A male actor usually needs to get a salary of 2 million yuan to be considered a first-line actor, but an actress who can get a salary of tens of millions is the kind of super first-line girl who has won several international actresses. Actors; and male actors can continue to act until they are 80 years old, and they can continue to play the leading role, but once an actress is over 30 years old, then the qualifications for leading roles are basically out of reach for her, and when she is 40 years old, it will be difficult for the crew to find her is a problem.In addition to these under-the-table discrimination, the crew also has many taboos against women.For example, girls can't sit on the light box, otherwise there must be a problem with the lighting that day; when a girl's good friend comes, she can't touch the camera and radio equipment, otherwise the shooting will definitely not go well that day.It is precisely because of this series of problems that there is a shortage of female professionals in the film industry.

If one were to list female directors, Li Wei could count them on one hand.Although most of these female directors belong to their own independent production companies, it is very difficult for them to join their own film companies.Female directors know that the film industry discriminates against them, so they simply act as producers of their own film crews. Only by holding financial power can they control the entire crew.Therefore, they generally would not join a film company, because it would be equivalent to handing over the financial and personnel rights of the crew, which would make it difficult for them to control the crew.Therefore, Li Wei can only find female directors among newcomers. It is basically difficult to find such famous female directors.

Thinking of this, Li Wei told his assistant on the phone, "I want to select all female directors' works from the major film festival competitions in the last three years, and I want to watch them. By the way, there are no restrictions on feature films, short films, or even documentaries." ;Drama films are preferred!"

In this era, as long as it is a slightly formal film festival or film award organizer, it will archive the list of film crews that are nominated or participate in competition units every year, and important personnel including directors, leading actors, photographers, screenwriters, etc. will also be followed by contact information , but any formal film company that has registered with them can obtain this information for free or for a fee.

And after entering the Internet age, there are even specialized intermediary companies that will establish such a database to provide support services for film companies.Therefore, when Li Wei expressed his needs, the assistant immediately contacted the intermediary company that Li Wei's studio has a close cooperative relationship with. Within half an hour, a list that met Li Wei's needs appeared in Li Wei's email .

Attached with the list are the broadcast addresses of their movies. Since Li Wei is a premium user of this intermediary company, he can naturally watch these movies for free.After Li Wei received the list, he looked at their works in the order of recommendation of the list.

The works of female directors and male directors are actually very easy to distinguish. That kind of delicate style is what most male directors are not good at.Moreover, female directors have a talent for the composition and tone of the screen, which is lacking in many male directors.However, the shortcomings of female directors are also obvious, that is, problems are often prone to problems in terms of the overall situation and the rhythm of the story.Li Wei has watched several works of female directors, and her talent is definitely first-class, but at least a few more years are needed before she can start making regular commercial films, and these are not what Li Wei needs.

Just when Li Wei felt a little disappointed, a short movie suddenly broke into his sight.Since it was shot with a hand-held 8mm camera, Li Wei guessed that it should be a graduation work of a college student or an experimental work of a new director.The whole movie is a 25-minute suspense film. Although there are some bloody scenes in the movie, the director controls it very restrained and calm, not like a new female director at all.And what Li Wei finds most interesting is that even those violent scenes are shot beautifully, as if decadent and seductive poppies bloomed on the garbage dump.

After watching it three times, Li Wei found that the director had great ambitions, and actually used a 25-minute suspense film to show her critical perspective on the world and human nature.This kind of criticism is sharp but not cruel, calm but not calm, like a pot of fine wine that has been brewed for several years, with a long mouthfeel but endless aftertaste.In Li Wei's view, this female director has the feeling that Naomi Kawase and Larisa Shepchenko are mixed together on the earth plane.

Li Wei knew that this kind of director might not be good at shooting idol romances like chick movies, but if he made a family romance like "The Family of the Gold Fan", it would definitely be very good.Li Wei felt that this female director was what he needed, so he found the contact information on the list, and then ordered his assistant to get in touch with this female director, and arranged for her to meet with him, and the cost would be borne by the studio.

"Okay, the last shot is over! I'm sorry to trouble everyone, and we will cooperate next time if we have a chance!" Bai Yubing put the director tube in her hand to the assistant, and then loosened the tightly tied bun.Looking at the material that was just finished shooting, Bai Yuping couldn't help but complain, "The threshold for idols is really getting lower and lower, making them smile in music videos is like challenging the actress."

"Sister Bai, this isn't the first time you've shot this. Don't you know how high-quality idols are now?" The cameraman who has worked with Bai Yufeng several times said while packing up, "Anyway, it's just a matter of time." After working for two days, what else do you have to worry about? As long as the fans are happy watching this thing, it can sell sales. Do you really expect them to win the best actress?"

"Oh, I think I'll be useless if I continue to shoot!" Bai Yuping sighed, "If it wasn't for saving money, I wouldn't be here!"

"Sister Bai, I still say the same thing. There is no shortage of directors in the film industry, so don't mess around. Look at you, in order to make a short film, you have to save at least a year? Then, to go to the film festival, half a year's money I smashed it in again. What’s the result?” the photographer persuaded, “I also had a movie dream back then, hoping that one day I could win the Golden Dragon Award for Best Cinematography. But after ten years of dreaming, I didn’t come to shoot with you in the end. A music video? Let me tell you, shooting this horizontally or vertically doesn’t take much thought and pays a lot of money, don’t think about other things!”

After hearing what the photographer said, Bai Yuping sighed and stopped talking.After finishing work on the set, Bai Yuping returned to the bachelor apartment she bought.Strictly speaking, a director like her who only shoots commercials and music videos still makes a lot of money. After all, compared with film and TV directors, her hourly salary is not bad.In particular, Bai Yuping has also won several second- and third-rate short film awards. These awards have given her a lot of aura, so her director's salary can be regarded as the top in the circle.If Bai Yubing can shoot commercials and music videos with peace of mind, she should be able to save a detached villa and several elevator apartments in the past five years.

It's a pity that she has been unable to let go of her movie dream, and most of the money she earned has been used by herself to make movies and run awards.If it is a boy, with those few small awards, he can at least direct a low-budget movie.It's a pity that I am a girl, and no investors are optimistic about me.Bai Yuping knew that unless he really made a feature film that could win awards or earn box office, no film company would ask him to make a film in his life.But the funding for a small-budget feature film is at least 2000 million yuan. If you include the promotion and distribution expenses, you have to save at least 5000 million yuan.Thinking of this, Bai Yufeng couldn't help but sighed.Just when Bai Yufeng was feeling a little dejected, her cell phone rang.She picked up the phone and...

Bai Yubing and Li Wei's studio confirmed the meeting time, and then waited quietly for her itinerary, board and lodging to be arranged by the studio.Bai Yubing still couldn't believe it at this time, but she actually had the opportunity to have an interview with the producer.Although the interview between the director and the producer is only the first step in interviewing the director, this is the first time that Bai Yubing has received an invitation from a film production company to interview the director.In the past, Bai Yubing was screened out by the other party's personnel department after just handing in her resume, and she hadn't even talked to the other party's production department yet.This time, not only can I chat with the production department of the other party, but more importantly, the boss of the production department is the boss of the film company!God seems to have really given me a chance.

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