From the original college student film festival to today's FIRST Youth Film Festival, 08 was also suspended for a year because of a certain film, and it was not easy along the way.

Like Xining, the FIRST Film Festival is a pure land, where countless young filmmakers flock to it with works that have not been polished by the market.

Most of the audiences here are audiences who can accept literary films, otherwise, they would not have put up with two hours of chatter.

Even so, there are still people who quit halfway, and it is conceivable that the theatrical road of "Happy Funeral" will be miserable!

"Come, we applaud and welcome Director Shen to speak to us!"

Shen Lin was originally going to make soy sauce, but he really didn't expect the host to set his eyes on him.

After all, this is the premiere venue of "Happy Funeral", and to be honest, Shen Lin is quite low-key, and besides, there is no TV broadcast here.

"Okay, then I'll say a few words. ”

Shen Lin also walked to the center of the stage and began to speak: "Actually, the year before last, the organizer had already contacted me and said that I should encourage these young directors more... I don't know when I started to become a qualified old director. ”

"So this year, I first pushed off the "La La Land" that was being filmed and came to Xining. ”

"Let's talk about the first impression first, it is really difficult to see such a clean city as Xining in the whole country suitable for a youth film festival! Xining is a city with a temperament that is particularly suitable for a film festival, we see Venice and Cannes, in fact, they are all held in a small local city, first of all, the city must have a large floating population, and then the city needs to have its own unique charm and temperament. Xining is on the Qinghai-Tibet line, the throat of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and a tourist city, and I think it is very much in line with my ideal city. ”

"I have a good impression of the Xining Youth Film Festival. ”

Shen Lin roughly answered Meng Fei's question, and the latter then asked, "Then from your point of view, do you think these debut novels are worth learning from?"

"I think if you want to make a film, you have to be able to tell a story first, otherwise a work can easily get messed up. ”

This is true, many originally good movies fell into the hands of these literary film directors, and they became banned films!

"After telling a good story, let's think about whether to play with it, like changing the narrative structure, or like Memory Fragments. ”

As for what to borrow, learn and the like, Shen Lin didn't mention it at all.

"Is there anything you would like to say to these filmmakers?"

Meng Fei looked at Shen Lin, and then asked, "Or do you have any experience that you want to give to these young directors." ”

Shen Lin looked at Zhang Tao and then at the audience: "Film is an art, we need to respect it, in fact, I also wanted to be an artist at the beginning, and I didn't think that my film could sell well; ”

"Recently, when I was a judge, I watched a lot of movies, and they were called rotten, and they didn't even count as basic rules. Narrative integrity and credibility are the norms, but if you look at the world, there are few people in the world who don't pay as much attention to the script as China!"

"I'm a screenwriter first and then a director, so I have more requirements for the script than the film itself."

"Now the whole industry environment, the commercial element is getting stronger and stronger, and the film will no longer be regarded as a very sacred thing, so the atmosphere created by the director is very important, what can you give the actors, so that they have awe and respect for the film and the profession. When the actor's understanding of the play is different from your own understanding, what way do you choose to communicate and solve it, and how to convince the other party of you, this is the director's biggest problem. ”

"Another point is that our independent films seem to have been standing still, and in '94, Wang Xiaoshuai came to Rotterdam with "Days of Winter and Spring", and the techniques in it were all amazing. But five years have passed, and the only movie that can be remembered is "Days of Winter and Spring", and the movie will replace a group of audiences and aesthetic tastes in three years. ”

"Whether it's a new director or a more established director, they usually make some of the same mistakes. For example, China likes to combine documentaries and feature films, and the best thing China has done is "The Good Man of the Three Gorges". But it's already at its peak, and latecomers don't even think about making changes. Even when Western audiences are tired of watching, those new directors are still trying to do this. In addition, I think that 80% of Chinese independent films use long shots to show the so-called cruelty of life. Maybe these few sentences are not very good, but I do think that the quality of those films is very low, the sound is poor, and the subtitles are basically incomprehensible. Moreover, the genre of Chinese films is very simple, the subject matter is very scarce, they lack the ability to make the audience interested, and they cannot achieve a reasonable connection with reality. ”

"It's better that the movie should be closer to the audience, otherwise, no one really wants to watch your work!"

"Today's audiences are not as demanding of movies as they used to be. Not only Chinese films, but also the film and television industry around the world, except for Hollywood special effects films, are facing a kind of return - the return of storytelling. ”

Damn, are you here to smash the field?

Not only Meng Fei, but even the judges couldn't figure out why Shen Lin took the initiative to mention this.

"Nowadays, the domestic market is gradually maturing, and there will be fewer and fewer bad movies to harvest high box office, I believe that as time continues to pass, a group of literary film masters will emerge in China, and a group of commercial film masters will emerge, and the Xining Youth Film Festival will be their first stop!"

To put it bluntly, domestic films want to go further, firstly, they rely on commercial films, and of course, they must rely on literary films. However, due to the limitations of all parties, no matter what type of movie is made, a complete and mature industrial chain cannot be formed.

Even in 2017, you can only rely on surprises and feelings to deceive people.

For example, in horror movies, there are two major levels: no ghosts!

Another example is science fiction films, there are still two major levels: I D lead, long live my class!

Another example is a disaster movie,, is there a disaster movie in China?

Even when Cao Baoping filmed "Glorious Fury", he had to be accurate to "beat with an iron rod or a wooden stick", "hit the head or hit the back", this thing is related to the review.

Therefore, whether it is Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Jia Zhangke, or Wang Xiaoshuai, their concepts may be different, but there is one thing: they all wear shackles to complete their creations in a limited space.