The Director's Road of Airflow

Weibo has long been a dedicated platform for celebrities to advertise. Occasionally sharing their lives on it, it may be interpreted as a connotation of abusing fans, selling miserably, and going off in person.

Lu Ming shouldn't have posted on Weibo in response to the so-called big-name rumors. The follow-up program will be aired, and the clearer will be cleared.

But after he lost his memory, he figured it out, the audience will not be pleased, and it is better to please himself than to bother to please the audience.

Post B station account low?What is there to be low about?Some people think it's funny, so let him go, what's the matter with him?

After finding out that the cartoon he produced actually won an award, Lu Ming panicked a bit, but he calmed down quickly.Fortunately, short film production is what he has tried in his spare time since he was 16 years old. He has not forgotten how to make animations now, otherwise he will suddenly lose his horse. suspected.

China Youth Daily, CCTV News, and People's Daily all reprinted and reported this news, praising Lu Ming as a youth idol for creating meaningful and in-depth works, winning international awards and setting a good example.

The forum also began to discuss whether the "German Oberhausen Short Film Festival" is the Pheasant Award.

Some people said yes, and they provided evidence that no one had even heard of the names of the directors who won the award in China two years ago. After searching, they found that there was not even a Baidu Encyclopedia home page.

This argument was quickly refuted.

Opponents say that the award-winning directors in China in the past two years were cutting-edge literary and documentary directors, and their popularity was not high because their works were not well-known. Therefore, we cannot deny the brilliance of their works and the authority of the Oberhausen Short Film Award.It doesn't mean that Lu Ming won this award, and he is the best among 95 students of the same age, but it does mean that he has more possibilities, and even has a certain talent in directing.

With an extremely ingenious starting point, he told an animation story based on cruelty, and the picture is full of hazy beauty. This is a rare talent. To hand over such a complete, smooth and bright short work.

According to a netizen's original words: "What does this mean? It means that Lu Ming is a smart kid and has a way out. Even if he doesn't become an actor in the future, he can be a director in the future. I'm not talking nonsense, but I was really attracted by him." I was moved by the animation. Although it was not a live-action shoot, the design of some of the pictures and the overall rhythm of the story really touched me. This is a talent that cannot be learned. Related interests: Rhode Island School of Design, majoring in photography .”

Everyone no longer cared about whether Lu Ming played a big role, but discussed whether he should change his career as a director and pursue his dream of acting again.

Lu Ming himself was quite sure. He felt that there was a big difference between animation production and live-action short film shooting, let alone directly stepping towards directing a film.

He never rejects any possibility about the future, but the director is really not in his current consideration.He is still waiting for the first episode of "I Am an Actor" to be aired, waiting to receive the audience's evaluation of his latest performance.

The first episode of Yuzu TV "I am an actor" started recording at 12:20 pm on December 4th.When Lu Ming walked into the studio, he saw the staff gathered in piles and scattered in different corners.Young interns shuttled among the crowd.A little girl in her early 20s was walking with difficulty, holding a bag of Starbucks in her left hand and a stack of notebooks in her right hand.TV station internship opportunities are hard to come by. Generally, they either have excellent academic qualifications and professional counterparts, or rely on referrals from seniors or sisters or family trust relationships. They work hard for half a day without getting a penny.TV station internships and fashion industry internships are both tiring and unpaid, but there are not a few people who rush for such an internship opportunity.During the internship interview, everyone will say that they hope to have the opportunity to learn in practice and improve their abilities. However, in general, interns are mainly responsible for some highly repetitive and low-professional tasks such as printing documents and entering data. Asked to do odd jobs.

Lu Ming and his team consisted of six people, three actors, one screenwriter, one director, and one cameraman. It took 48 hours and a 20-minute short film with the theme of "fairness".

Sitting at a round table, Lu Ming's left is Yu Han, a 19-level middle school drama book, a third-year student, signed with Jiasheng Media, and currently starred in an online drama male lead, a star drama male lead, The character set is a sunny boy and a young milk dog.Before entering the door, Lu Ming saw him throwing the half-smoked cigarette on the ground at the door, stomping on it with his foot, and then said to the phone, "Hey, dear, I will contact you tomorrow, I love you", what he said was The voice is full of emotion, and there is no wave on the face. He is a ruthless character, Lu Ming thought to himself, keep a respectful distance.

Sitting on the right is Ge Yangbing, a player who debuted in the first stage of the draft blowout period, and is now a member of a limited boy group Gravityfree.When Lu Ming first heard the name of this group, he felt very inexplicable. Zero gravity means zero gravity. What does "gravity freedom" mean?But now that 10 groups are launched a year, it is very difficult for everyone to name or not collide.Besides, whether it is popular or not has nothing to do with whether the name is good or not.

"Whirlwind Boys" sounds like the name of a teenage taekwondo club, and when it's time to fire them up.Even if the sticky group is renamed "Tomorrow's top stream", few people may be willing to distract themselves and laugh at it.The entertainment industry is realistic, cruel, and unreasonable.

Speaking of which, He Yaocheng is already the lucky one among the idols who were born in the draft. The show is also popular, and the group is also popular. He is personally more popular than the group.Like Ge Yangbing, it was a flash in the pan during the draft and gained some attention. Once the competition was over, the fans ran halfway, and the debut was the peak. This is the reality of most idols in the draft.

Screenwriter Jiang Tingting, 25 years old, her representative work is the popular little sweet drama "I want to tell you loudly" this summer.It is not her intention to write such a sweet drama from the beginning to the end, as if the hero of the great god is born to love the heroine of Xiaobai. She also wants to write some scripts that criticize the current situation and have insights, but the first draft of those stories is basically rejected. .The big boss repeatedly persuaded her: "You write something that is easy to pass the review. You have a good grasp of the rhythm of the story. You can definitely control the popular little sweet dramas in the market. Why don't you give yourself a chance? Isn't it good to make money? Why? Do you have to make life difficult for yourself?"

Jiang Tingting didn't make a sound at the time, she was shouting in her heart: I didn't become a screenwriter across industries to write these scripts. I graduated from the Chinese Department of Nanjing University with a bachelor's and a master's degree. Unstable, the hair is falling out fast, and it takes a long time, is it to write a story that I don't like?

But when she received the news that her father had a sudden cerebral infarction and was hospitalized, she looked at the only 2 yuan in her bank account and changed her mind.

Photographer Wang Kaixuan and director Guo Jiacheng are both graduates of Nortel's 15th grade, and they have not yet had their own works. In the film industry, except for a few brave geniuses, most of them officially enter the film industry at the age of 30. Some Opportunity to take on the role yourself.

Now six people sat around a round table, quietly silent.

Lu Ming counted "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven" in his heart, but still no one spoke.

In a quiet, leaderless group discussion, someone needs to break the ice first.

Lu Ming asked gently, "About the theme, do you have any thoughts?"

No one answered.

Lu Ming continued on his own: "We basically have two choices now, either choose an original work, write the script, design the storyboard, and shoot a short film; or adapt the existing film passages, which involves copyright issues. We need to ask the program team, whether they will follow up to obtain authorization."

Jiang Tingting was the first person to answer the call: "I think 48 hours is very tight, and the original script may not be in time."

Lu Ming waited for a while, but still no one took the initiative to answer, he responded: "Yes, I think so too. Even if we hurry up and rush out an original script, I'm afraid the degree of completion will not be too high. Still on the subject of 'fairness', consider some of the already existing classic passages."

In fact, he doesn’t understand that in a competitive variety show, the cameras have already been set up, and three photographers around are shooting at the six of them. Now all performances may be cut into the final show. Under such circumstances, How could anyone be silent?If the entertainment industry waits for others to hand you the opportunity, it may be an endless wait.

Time was limited, and he didn't have time to waste time with these Buddhist players, so he took the initiative and said: "Guo Jiacheng, Wang Kaixuan, what do you think? It feels like you have been thinking for a long time. Yu Han, Ge Yangbing Ideas can also be raised directly, we are now having a relatively casual discussion, so you don’t have to be restrained.”

Guo Jiacheng finally responded and said: "The topic of fairness is very big, and there are many entry points. It involves fairness at the social level and fairness in personal encounters. There are too many things to discuss. I haven't decided what to choose yet."

Lu Ming heard his implication that he planned to decide on the topic by himself, but he didn't trust Guo Jiacheng, so he pretended not to understand, and said, "Yes, everyone can just say it if they have an idea. Let's choose the best one. Yes. I personally think that if you talk about it from the social level, it’s too broad, a 20-minute short film, limited venue, 3 actors, all of whom are male, and there is not much room for development. But if you start from the perspective of personal experience, What can three people play? The first thing everyone thinks of is the workplace, the campus, whether it is fair to run for the chairman of the student union, and whether it is fair to be promoted. Can these issues be discussed? Yes. Is it worth talking about? Of course it is worth it. But there are 7 groups in total , I guess at least three groups will be selected for this topic, then it will be difficult for us to shine."

Ge Yangbing and Yu Han still adhered to the belief that more words are more than mistakes, and kept silent.

Jiang Tingting thought very seriously, and put forward her own opinion: "Lu Ming's grasp is very accurate. Our group has three male actors, which does cause some difficulties in the selection of script materials. If we want to focus on expressing dramatic conflicts in 20 minutes, we need You need a script with very clear contradictions."

Lu Ming suddenly thought: "How about "Twelve Angry Men"? The jury system, judicial fairness, and social fairness are involved. In addition to judicial fairness, it also involves stereotypes of children in slums, and discusses social wealth. The problem of fair distribution. And the scene is in a room, the props are simple, the conflict is strong, the background is easy to explain, and the movie plot is very classic."

As soon as Lu Ming proposed, the other five people nodded and agreed.

"[-] Angry Men" is indeed an extremely classic movie.

When Lu Ming made this suggestion, in addition to considering the subject matter itself and the constraints of the conditions, he also considered the issue of fairness in the task distribution of their temporary crew.

In variety shows, everyone hopes to have space to express themselves, and "[-] Angry Men" perfectly meets this requirement.

The story takes place in a room, and the three of them choose a plot. Each of them has distinct character characteristics and has their own room for development.How the screenwriter adapted the script to make this 1957 Hollywood movie story in line with the aesthetic taste of Chinese audiences in 2021 is also enough to reflect the skill. 20 minutes fixed in the same scene - in a room, how to deal with the changes of close-up and long shots, how to grasp the light and shadow, it is a test of a photographer's professional level.The director played a vital role in grasping the rhythm of the entire short film. How to instruct the actors to express dramatic conflicts and what reasonable details to add to make the story come true are excellent opportunities to show the director's personal charm.

Lu Ming considered everyone. He didn't know their personalities and behaviors, and he didn't want to know them. He just wanted to propose a plan that everyone could accept. On a relatively fair basis, he would try his best to do his best. part.

In a group discussion without a leader, what you expect is a brainstorming, and you may be facing a group of teammates who cannot be led.

Before the official start of filming, Lu Ming proposed that everyone rest for 5 hours, and it was already two o'clock in the morning.

Of course, he guessed that there would be teams staying up all night to rush to work, but after being in the hospital and undergoing surgery, he regretted his life. Five hours of sleep was the bottom line he set for himself.

The author has something to say: "Twelve Angry Men" is indeed very classic. Although it is a black and white movie, the scene is only one room with twelve people, but it will not make people feel boring. The movie is not long, just over 90 minutes. Everyone If you are interested, you can look for it, and you will have a more specific understanding of the jury system in Anglo-American law countries.