Chapter 292 of the main text, I'm afraid it's not easy to win

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October 5th is the day of the city battle, and this time the city battle is still being held in USC.

As a public enemy of USC, Zhang Ran knew that his appearance would definitely attract huge boos. In order to reduce trouble, Zhang Ran not only put on sunglasses, but also put on a mask, dressed like Ultraman.

Zhang Ran came to the temple hall with ease, and this large hall that could accommodate 7,000 people was already full of people at the moment.

Zhang Ran was about to head to the area where the UCLA students were on the left, when Jason walked over. Zhang Ran pretended not to know, and walked to the area where the UCLA students were located as if nothing had happened.

Unexpectedly, Jason said dissatisfiedly: "Why didn't you come to the competition last year? You can't be scared, right?"

"I'm going to be afraid of you? A master like Scorsese is much better than you, I'll talk and laugh with him!" Zhang Ran was a little speechless, this guy's eyes were too sharp.

"I was looking forward to playing against you!" Jason shook his head, then asked, "How prepared are you?"

"I've already booked this victory!" Zhang Ran said confidently.

"Yes, I don't think so!" Jason knows that Zhang Ran's strength is very strong, but he has already seen Jonas Cuarón's works, which are too strong! Jason feels that even if he shoots his own works to compete, it is estimated that the chances of winning are not great, "Jonas Cuarón's works are so strong, it's a miracle!"

"Is it? That's because you haven't seen my work yet!" Zhang Ran laughed twice, his voice as calm as ever.

"It's good if you have faith, otherwise it will be too boring!" Jason laughed and said seriously, "I'm looking forward to your work, don't let me down!" After saying that, he turned around and left.

Zhang Ran shook his head with a smile, and then walked towards UCLA's student camp.

As in previous competitions, the judging panel consisted of teachers from both schools and invited experts. However, this time, the jury is unprecedentedly strong, Spielberg, Coppola, Walter, Robert Rosen, Larry Telman, and the five judges are all recognized as big artists. The lineup is stronger than the jury of many film festivals.

Spielberg stood up and spoke on behalf of the five judges: "My friends and I are very happy to be part of the judging process for this competition, and I am honored and thank you for your trust in us!"

Hear the sincere words of this great director. The audience gave their own applause. Zhang Ran also gave his own applause, but he didn't have any feelings for Spielberg, but he had great respect for Coppola, this is a real master. Among the directors who are still alive, Godard is undoubtedly the highest in film history. Next up is Coppola.

"Some people say that after 1940's "Citizen Kane", there was no completely original work. Whether it is in terms of story type, narrative skills, or audio-visual language, the film has practiced all the content and form in the forties of the last century, and what later generations have done is just to constantly improve in this fixed language environment. There is some truth to this, and the audiovisual language we use today is basically what others have tried. However, there are still many great directors who insist on exploring, who break a lot of stereotypes and bring us something new. It was they who pushed the development of cinema. This is also the meaning of our event today, to explore more possibilities of film!" Spielberg raised his hand and raised his voice with great momentum.

Zhang Ran nodded, he participated in this competition because he wanted to do some exploration and find his own film language. After many awesome directors become famous, they still make some real short films, just to explore art. Society is progressing, and the audience's tastes will also change, as a director, if it remains the same. That will soon be eliminated.

After the opening remarks, Spielberg began to introduce the rules of the competition: "This competition is scored by our five judges, with a full score of 10, and the length of the work is no more than 20 minutes. There is no limit to the content, the subject matter, and the shooting technique, the more novel, the more unique, the better......"

This competition is a short film competition, unlike the editing contest, which is only a 10-round competition, and there is no limit to the number of participants, as long as you are interested. As long as you meet the requirements, you can participate. This time, the judges included Spielberg and Coppola, two great directors, and the opportunity was rare, and many people were gearing up to impress the judges with their works.

According to the rules, this year is USC's home field, and UCLA students should submit their work first. Amid the uproar, a young man walked onto the stage and presented his short film to the crew.

This is a new face that not only Zhang Ran does not know, but also few UCLA students. But this man's short film is very thoughtful, not shot with a camera, but with a camera instead of a camera, at the station, in the bar, in the bank, etc. Camera footage from different times and places depicts a man who gradually goes from an ordinary person to a criminal path, and is finally killed by the police while robbing a bank.

When the short film was finished, there was applause at the scene, and the final score of the film was also good, 9.45 points!

Zhang Ran nodded slightly, framing with a monitor is a rather alternative perspective, creating a sense of record. However, this approach reduces the drama and weakens the depth of the event.

At this moment, the students of USC let out a burst of cheers, and a man with a Chinese appearance walked onto the stage.

Zhang Ran asked the student next to him and knew who this person was. Zhu Haowei, in the future, he will make popular films such as "Dance Out of My Life 2" and "Special Forces 2", and he is a good commercial film director.

Chu Haowei made a stop-motion short film, which is very similar to stop-motion animation, but his short film was shot live-action.

Zhang Ran felt that the preparation time for the competition was very short, and Zhu Haowei could not shoot frame by frame like stop-motion animation, and should take the method of drawing frames after filming. If he pulls out 12 frames of the movie at 24 frames per second, then the movements of the characters in the movie look incoherent and have the effect of stop-motion animation. This style seems a bit offbeat, but it's not clever.

However, Zhu Haowei's story is not bad, a lonely old man only accompanies him every day with only old memories, by chance, he turned out a few old photos of his wife, and then began to follow the scenes in the photos, revisit the old place, and relive the figure of his wife in the black and white photos. At the end of the video, the old man goes to the beach, inserts the photo on the beach, and then walks in and puts his arms around his wife's shoulders. Facing the sea together.

The film had a unique style and was well shot, and it ended up with a score of 9.5.

Next, it's UCLA's students' turn to appear.

This time it was Josh Trunk who was on the pitch. When Zhang Ran and Nilby were editing, he played and finally failed miserably at the hands of Jason, and last year he photographed with Jonas Calomby, but failed miserably at the hands of Jonas Caron. For his appearance, not only Zhang Ran did not have much hope. The rest of UCLA's students didn't have much hope either.

But Josh Trunk surprises everyone, the movie starts with a video of a man and a woman kissing in front of the door, and then the man pushes the door open.

The sound of "click" opening the door sounded, the screen went black, and then the woman's voice sounded: "I can't believe it, this is our home, it's so beautiful!"

The picture comes back on, and the camera lens is already in the room. However, the beautiful room that the woman said did not exist zài, and the whole room was empty. There was no furniture, no people, and there was garbage left over from the move on the ground. The camera pans forward, and the frame enters the living room. There was a lot of garbage on the floor of the living room, and there was a dusty broken sofa at the foot of the wall.

The camera continues to push forward, and suddenly there is a sound, the sound of an electric drill. Immediately after, a man's voice rang out, "Can you come over for a moment?"

The woman's voice rang out, and she smiled and asked, "What are you doing?"

The man said, "I'm going to hang this picture!

The camera pans to the right. There is a square mark on the wall, and it is obvious that a painting was once hung here.

Seeing this, the audience somewhat understood. This is the home of the man and woman, who for some reason ended up leaving. This is one of them going back to the old house to see. What was in front of him brought back memories of the man.

When the camera pans to the right and the fireplace, the viewer sees a child's toy on top of the fireplace. At this moment, the woman's voice sounded again, and she hummed the nursery rhyme: "Baby, whoever is the little baby ...... it" immediately after. The sound of a baby babbling sounded.

The audience realizes that it should be the birth of a man and a woman's child, and the woman is teasing the child.

The rest of the story, as the viewer expects, the camera continues to wander around the empty room, from the living room to the kitchen, to the study, to the bedroom. Every time you go to a different place, there are different sounds. Through these voices, the audience feels the change in the life of the family, the man and the woman have children, then the children are slowly growing up, and finally their children have children.

As the camera pans back to the living room, the voices of the woman and her daughter rang out.

"Do you have a picture of your dad here?"

"Why didn't you leave any pictures?"

"I lost a lot of things!"

Seeing this, the audience already understood what this story was about, and some girls covered their mouths, and their teary eyes began to blur.

At this point, the camera's lens slowly pushes towards the traces of the paintings hanging on the walls. The woman's voice continues: "He likes to take notes and is a great dancer. The doctor said he wouldn't last long, and I said I'd help him, but I knew he would go sooner or later!

The woman's voice paused and asked, "He'll hear us, right?"

The picture is black, and the name of the short film is revealed!

Countless boys were silent, countless girls burst into tears, and the lovers' hands were tightly clasped together, and everyone was moved by this unique and warm story.

Zhang Ran couldn't stop nodding, the idea of this short film is really ingenious. The director set the scene in an empty and dilapidated former residence, and all the plot is supported by narration. When the poignant images are juxtaposed with the warm voiceovers, the contrast can touch people's hearts. Josh Trunk can make such a creative film, and Honas Cuarón must be even better, and it may not be easy to win this time!

The students on both sides are waiting for the judges to score, UCLA is naturally eager for all the teachers to give a high score of 10, and the USC students are very conflicted, everyone likes the short film very much, hoping to get recognition, but they are a little unhappy with UCLA's high score.

Without letting the audience wait too long, the five judges finished scoring, and under the watchful eyes of the audience, Spielberg and Coppola next to him glanced at each other, and announced in a firm tone: "9.75 points!"

UCLA students stood up and shouted hello, and the whole scene was boiling. The USC students did not boo, and everyone was moved by this short film, which was indeed very well shot. Of course, the most important thing is that the USC masters have not played yet, and they believe they will win.

In the crowd, someone shouted, "Jonas!"

This shout, like a spark falling into a gasoline barrel, immediately detonated the audience. USC students chanted rhythmically, "Honas!" (to be continued.) )

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