Chapter 67: "Little Times" (I)
The word director is lofty.
According to the explanation of "Ci Hai": Film Director refers to the organizer and leader of film art creation, the general person in charge of putting the film literary script on the screen, and the person who uses actors to express his thoughts.
Generally speaking, after being assigned to places such as Beijing Film and Xi'an Film Studio, you have to take scene notes with the team for five or six years, and then the assistant director for five or six years, until you are almost in your thirties, you should have the first opportunity to direct.
The bar is high!
Here we are talking about the distribution of packages in the last century.
Therefore, Zhang Yimou and his group were able to shoot "One and Eight" in their twenties, and Guo Baochang and Wei Bida contributed a lot to the Bole role!
Kai Ye is an exception, the second generation of the guide can occupy more resources than many people imagine...
In the late 90s, movies became more and more unpopular, and under the conditions of market economy, many old film studios were reorganized and laid off.
Feng Xiaogang wrote in "I Dedicate My Youth to You": "Wang Shuo and I went to Beijing Film Studio to find Han Shanping with the script of "A Place of Chicken Feathers", and the latter was very happy, 'You can shoot, do you have money?'...".
Of course, "Chicken Feathers in One Place" was banned, and then "The Back of the Moon", "Never Lose My Love", "I Am Your Father", and "Love" were all banned...
What's even worse is "Living an Embarrassing Life", the movie was filmed for ten days, and it was directly stopped by Shangfeng...
Therefore, it makes sense that the Wang brothers can succeed!
In that case, dare to fund Feng Xiaogang to make a film!
That's why Feng Xiaogang said something like this in a speech: 'When you are a director, you sit in front of the computer... You know it's good, but when you want to change it for the worse, it's a very embarrassing feeling! Are Hollywood directors tortured by this?'
When the "I Am Not Pan Jinlian" project was announced, many fans expressed their incomprehension, 'Feng Xiaogang, are you going to go farther and farther in the direction of death?', but veteran fans know that they are directors of this way, and "A Place of Chicken Feathers" and "Living an Embarrassing Life" are all satirical comedies.
"Fanghua" was also almost banned because there was a scene of a counterattack against Vietnam...
But even if you have money to make a movie, not many people want to do it.
At that time, the Chinese film market was too small, not even comparable to Hong Kong.
Making a movie is like losing money...
Then how did Ning Hao and Yang Qing come out?
Ning Hao was a relatively active MV director in the circle before filming his first feature film "Incense", and he had a little spare money in his hands...
As for Yang Qing, it's pretty much the same.
Of course, these people enthusiastically devote themselves to film creation, and their original intention is to love movies!
Otherwise, in such an era, what is it bad to do?
Many people have movie dreams, of course, there are also film critics, such as Zhang Xiaobei, he himself said: 'It's not so simple to really want to be a director, first of all, non-professional background, no systematic film education, and lack of sufficient training opportunities, although I have seen a lot of movies, but the ability and level of appreciation have little to do with making movies.
It took many years to make up for the relevant knowledge through self-study and practice, but there are still many knowledge blind spots and flaws in the knowledge structure, and as I get older, I also know that I lack real talent.
But I really like movies, and although I know that it is difficult for me to reach the level that I can enjoy, I don't want to give up.
Moreover, making a movie doesn't mean that you will definitely be able to shoot it if you work hard, but you still need a little luck. ’
Celebrities are cross-border directors, and the first one should be Guo Siye...
I'm referring to the original plane, not the timeline in the book...
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The project "Little Times" was a commercial success!
When Lay's decided to invest in "Little Times", it was ready to be sprayed into shit!
Otherwise, he would not have used Guo Jing as a director.
What is the influence of the original work of "Little Times", let's not show it for the time being, let's just show it: "'Little Times' is of epoch-making significance! Before the "Little Times" trilogy, there was no influential literary work that positively and clearly portrayed the world of the new upstarts who became rich after China's reform and opening up. For a long time, there has always been a strong moral stain on extravagance and pleasure, especially in the 30 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and no one dares to say that he is a rich man! "Little Times" was born on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up! This series of books and derivative works have been criticized and denounced as shallowness, vanity, and money worship, but they have indeed torn apart a corner of the lives of China's nouveau riche... One sentence summary: No matter how literary value "Little Times" is, he has already made great merit just by opening the eyes of poor, closed, and remote teenagers. ’
Uh, great writers!
No kidding, in the eyes of fans, he is a great man!
Now this great man has suddenly announced that he is going to make his own movie!
His fans couldn't clinch their excited legs...
is similar to when Xu Hui announced that he was going to shoot "Embroidered Spring Knife", except for his own fans, everyone else was indifferent...
However, Xu Hui publicly said when he was still in SJ that his dream was to be a director, so although the news was very abrupt, he was also psychologically prepared.
In fact, when the industry learned that Guo Jing had become a director, they didn't react much, and every year there are countless people who want to make Chinese movies stronger, and it doesn't matter if there is one more Guo Jing!
The identity of the director, how to say it, is more like the role of a conductor and guide. Everyone knows that managers of large enterprises can be very professional or unprofessional, they can be very good or not, and the same is true for directors. Under what circumstances can you be unprofessional, that is, when there are sufficient personnel and they are all professional.
In a professional crew, relatively speaking, the director is a position that is easy to mess with...
To put it bluntly, when the story is written, equipped with awesome photographers, awesome editors, and seventeen or eighteen assistant directors, a fool can shoot a good work!
As for why you did directing instead of writing a screenplay?
I'm sorry, the screenwriter's rights are too small, even if he is as awesome as a reed, his script will be changed as soon as he says it!
So, if you have the opportunity to be a director, don't be a screenwriter!
Let's say a joke about the screenwriter:
"Five years ago, at the Menxi Hotel in Hengdian, the big movie "I Am Awesome" was launched, and my brothers and I were full of ambition and planned to make a Chinese version of the "Godfather" trilogy.
Who knew that within two days of starting, an average of 11.6 revisions a day, and in a week, 123 places were changed, resulting in the original author not being able to spoil.
The house leak happened to rain overnight, the makeup artist and the editor in charge of the crew couldn't stand the way the aunts in the crew talked to them like quarrels, and the rough men in the crew wanted to be close to the sisters from time to time.
Fortunately, with the blessing of the Buddha, the film is still finished, and it is unknown whether there is a chance to be released, maybe the good thing is that the more it is brewed, the more fragrant it is.
The fortune teller said that I was a successful draft, but I don't believe it, I think it is up to me to decide whether to change it or not, you have been in contact with film and television for the shortest time, the most innocent, the most pure, and the cleanest foundation has not had time to write bad movies.
It's up to you to pick how you go, and I wish you all sweep the audience at the major film awards parties.
Cheers, teachers!"
The market is profit-seeking, and Lay's can see the huge commercial value of Guo Xiaosi, which is a vision!