In the afternoon, Zhang Ran continued to watch the short films of the enrolled students in the ward. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Among them, the short film made by the Canadian teenager Javier Dolan surprised Zhang Ran, the standard of the short film is very high, and it obviously has Zhang Ran's style, and what surprised him even more was that at the back of the short film, Dolan also made a sentence of admiration.

"Dear Mr. Zhang Ran, my name is Javier Dolan, I am a high school student in Montreal and an actor, I have shot several commercials for a well-known pharmaceutical retailer and have acted in four French-language films. I hope to be able to film with you one day. I know you've made movies in Toronto, and we're a hot spot for filming, with 100 American films made here last year. If you come here to film and need actors in the movie, I will definitely pass the audition!"

Javier Dolan, the talented director, the son of Cannes!

didn't expect Dolan to become his fan, Zhang Ran was really proud in his heart.

Zhang Ran quickly finished watching Dolan's second short film and found that it was equally well filmed, with the same style of its own, and it was also about a boy and his mother tearing apart. Dolan seems to enjoy this subject, and he remembers several of his films being made about it.

These two short films are works that fans pay tribute to themselves, Zhang Ran naturally likes them very much, and is full of praise: "This kid is really a genius, and the future will be limitless!"

"This kid is really amazing, the picture is so beautiful, with your style, it seems that he really admires you!" Zhang Jingchu was also full of praise for Dolan's short film, she looked at Zhang Ran and said with a smile, "It's very proud to have such a fan, right? Will you accept him as a student?"

Zhang Ran tapped his fingers lightly on the tabletop, and said proudly: "A Dolan is nothing, there are more powerful characters among my fans! I will accept him as a student, I will only accept beautiful women as students!"

Zhang Ran didn't rush to see the next student's work, but wrote an email to Dolan, encouraging: "Hello Dolan! I'm Zhang Ran. Because I've been busy, I didn't see the short video you submitted until today. But I have to tell you, you don't fit into our school, it's not that you're not good enough, it's just that you're too good, you're a real genius. We are cultivating genre film directors, craftsman directors, and entering our school may stifle your creativity, but I don't want to be a murderer who stifles genius. Genius is most afraid of rules, because rules are the enemy of creation, is the grave of innovation, genius should go his own way in a free environment, whimsical! What you have to do now is to continue to live, live freely, to feel the ups and downs of life, and remember, no matter how great a genius is, it is inseparable from life. Wait until you've accumulated enough, have the creative impulse, and feel like you have to make a movie. Don't worry about the future, your future is bright, and the whole world will shine for you!"

Zhang Ran looked at the email he wrote and smiled slightly, and then clicked send.

A few hours later in Montreal, Dolan and his father walked into the house discussing "Paris, I Love You" they had just finished.

As Zhang Ran's brain-dead fan, Dolan praised the little story made by Zhang Ran along the way, firmly believing that the whole short film seems to be a tribute to Impressionism, but in fact it has an obvious post-impressionist style, that is, all the pictures are emotional.

Dolan spoke to his father and returned to his room, but soon he let out a scream.

Startled, his father tapped on Dolan's door and asked, "Javier, what's the matter?"

When the door opened, Dolan was already in tears, and shouted excitedly: "Father, Mr. Zhang sent me an email, he said that he liked my short film very much, and said that I am a real genius!"

His father knew that Dolan admired Zhang Ran very much, wrote a lot of letters to Zhang Ran, and wanted to study at Zhang Ran's school, but he didn't expect to receive a reply from Zhang Ran: "Congratulations, but are you sure you want to study in China?"

Dolan grinned: "No, Mr. Zhang said that what they want to train is a genre film director, and I am a genius, and geniuses should be free." He also said that my future is bright, and the whole world will shine for me!"

The father was slightly stunned: "Zhang is a good person, you have a good idol!"

Dolan said proudly: "Yes, he is the best director in the world!"

Zhang Ran watched all 200 short films from 100 students in two days, and selected 12 young people with the potential to make genre films as the first members of the directing department of the Asian Film Academy.

On July 6, the official website of the Asian Film Academy announced the list of 12 students, Mainland: Wu Ershan, Fei Xing, Yang Qing, Xiangjiang: Guo Zijian, Zhou Xianyang, Taiwan: Chen Zhengdao. South Korea: Park Hoon-jung, Kim Byung-woo, Yoon Sung-hyun, Japan: Shuichi Okita.

At the same time, the official website also published a letter from the school to all students, in which the school made a request: "In the next month, everyone needs to do one thing, watch all the top 10 highest-grossing movies in your place every year from 1995 to 2005." For example, if you are a Korean student, then please watch the top 10 highest-grossing movies in South Korea every year, not only Korean movies, but also the top 10 grossing movies in Hollywood. This is important, please do it within a month, and after a month we will make a new request!"

After the Asian Film Academy announced the list, naturally some people were happy and some were worried, some people cheered, and some people scolded Zhang Ran for being blind and not being selected for being a genius like himself. While the students on the list were cheering, they all felt strange, what is the reason why the school asks to watch the top 10 movies at the box office in the past ten years?

Zhang Jingchu was also very puzzled and asked: "Zhang Ran, why do you want everyone to watch the top ten movies at the box office in the past ten years!"

Zhang Ran said: "What do you think is the most important thing for a genre film director, or even a commercial film director?"

Zhang Jingchu thought for a while and said, "Tell a good story!"

Zhang Ran said: "What is a good story? Jia Zhangke, are their stories bad? But how many audiences are willing to go into the cinema to see their stories?"

Zhang Jingchu wanted to say that the scene was hot, but after thinking about it, some commercial film scenes were not hot, but they were also very popular, such as "Infernal Affairs", so she said: "Then what do you say?"

Zhang Ran explained with a smile: "The most important thing is to know what the audience wants to see, if you don't even know what the audience wants to see, how can you write a popular script? You don't even know what the audience likes, how can you make a commercial film that is popular with the audience? If you don't even know what the audience wants to see, then your script is behind closed doors, which is not in line with the industrial process of film." Audience research is standard in Hollywood, and every larger studio has a dedicated budget for audience research, even by naming the script.

And the biggest problem with our domestic films is that both the screenwriter and the director are often detached from the audience, and they don't know what the audience wants to watch. Zhang Yimou's "Golden Armor" is a typical example, the movie is based on "Thunderstorm", which rebukes the desire for power, money, beauty, betrayal and destruction of humanity, plus the exaggerated color is simply suffocating. The audience originally watched it with the mentality of watching entertainment, and the final result is self-evident. Wu Hehu, the general manager of United Cinemas, said that Chinese directors are either in the circle of art or behind closed doors in the circle of themselves. So he suggested that domestic directors go to the movie to sell a monthly ticket, so that they know what movies the audience likes to watch.

Our approach is similar to Wu Hehu's suggestion, although these 100 blockbuster movies may have average quality movies, but being able to become blockbuster movies must have their own advantages. When you've watched these 100 highest-grossing movies, you'll have a general idea of what your audience will like. After having this concept, we can study the genre of movies, such as cop films, horror films, science fiction films, comedy films, etc., and then find out the students' favorite genres as the direction of development. ”

Zhang Jingchu suddenly realized, and then asked, "Then should I find out these 100 movies and watch them again?"

Zhang Ran smiled and waved his hand: "No, you come according to your own preferences and shoot what you want." What am I trying so hard to make money for, just to ensure my creative freedom, and my daughter-in-law's creative freedom must also be guaranteed!"

Zhang Jingchu was a little worried: "But what if you lose it?"

Zhang Ran patted his chest: "There is a lot of money here, and you are not afraid of losing money! Even if you lose it, it doesn't matter, you can earn it back in minutes!"

At that moment, there was a knock on the door, and then the door was pushed open, and a woman of thirty-five or sixteen years old walked in. The woman has a shoulder-length lob head, with a white shirt and black pants, which looks refreshing and capable, interpreting the intellectuality and elegance of mature women to the extreme.

Zhang Jingchu saw the woman stand up, took her hand and said, "Sister Feihong, I haven't seen you for a long time, you are still so beautiful!"

Yu Feihong smiled at Zhang Jingchu and said, "Jingchu, you are getting more and more beautiful!" She looked at Zhang Ran and smiled: "Director Zhang, hello!"

Zhang Ran nodded at her and beckoned, "I don't like to be polite, please sit down!

Yu Feihong was not polite, he sat down directly, looked at Zhang Ran and didn't speak, Zhang Ran didn't speak, just looked at her. After a few seconds, Yu Feihong said: "I didn't expect you to ask me to be an assistant director, it's weird!"

Zhang Ran said directly: "Isn't your signing up for the Asian Film Academy to prepare for your film? Being an assistant director can help you understand the production process of the film as soon as possible!"

Yu Feihong was stunned: "Do you know which movie I want to make?"

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "I've heard many people say that there is a sister-in-law Xianglin in the circle, who tells people a ghost story everywhere, hoping that a director can make that story into a movie, but no one has been interested, and in the end she can only come by herself!"

Yu Feihong was not angry because Zhang Ran said that he was Xianglin's sister-in-law, and others said the same, and smiled: "Do you know that I have a good relationship with Wang Shuo." ”

Zhang Ran said disapprerovingly: "I know, I also know that you decided to direct it yourself with Wang Shuo's encouragement." ”

Yu Feihong signed up for the Asian cinema last year, and after Zhang Ran had a conflict with the Beijing circle at the beginning of this year, she felt that this matter must be out of play, so she was very surprised after receiving Zhang Ran's invitation to be his assistant director. You must know that being Zhang Ran's assistant director is a shortcut, Ning Hao came out like this, and Ding Sheng has also attracted a lot of attention recently.

She originally thought that Zhang Ran didn't know that she had a good relationship with Wang Shuo, but she didn't expect him to know, so she was a little puzzled: "Then you still help me?"

Zhang Ran smiled indifferently: "I'm not interested in you and your friends, it's just that there are too few people in this circle who really make movies with their hearts, and even fewer people who are willing to spend ten years making a movie." There are too many ugly things in this circle, some things should be maintained, leave some hope for this circle!"

Yu Feihong completely understood: "I'll be your assistant director!"