Because of the winter vacation, the popularity of Cambridge City has dropped several levels, and only three or two kittens can be seen during the day, and the whole street is deserted at night. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info are living here are students of several universities, and finally survived until the holiday, of course, they will not stay, at this time, they are basically going back to their own homes to find their own mothers, even if the road back to their hometowns is extremely far away, and most of them go to warm places like Florida to bask in the sun.

Liang Baoguang felt that there was nothing to be done in such an off-season, so he posted a notice at the door that he was closed, and gave a few part-time clerks a big holiday in advance, at least for a week after New Year's Day, his bubble tea shop would not be open again. Personally, he has always felt that he is still a good boss, and he does not deduct his salary and takes holidays from time to time, which he feels is a model in the industry.

After closing the door and confirming that the door was locked, Liang Baoguang walked to the parking lot to get the car, and the film that had been edited by "This Man from Earth" lay quietly in the box in the passenger seat of his car. The original film was locked in a safe for collection, and it was only a copy of it, but he was still very careful to pad it with his coat and fix it carefully, which was to be taken to the school for screening.

Although Liang Baoguang's home has a projector, the house is too small and cramped, and the projection against the white wall does not have the atmosphere of the big screen in the cinema at all.

"It's rare to see you holding a Coke." As soon as Liang Baoguang got out of the car, he saw John Reading holding a two-liter bottle of Coca-Cola in his left hand and a bucket of popcorn in his right hand. Oh, and french fries. ”

"This is a school, and we are different teachers than you students." Students are often lying on the grass drinking beer, but as a faculty member, you can't drink alcohol on campus, and even if it's winter vacation, John Reading doesn't have the idea of casually breaking the rules, "Come in quickly, everyone can't wait." ”

Shooting a regular feature film is not shooting a home video, not everyone can have the opportunity to experience such an experience, even if the other seven are respected university professors, but they all feel very fresh, on the surface it seems a little indifferent, but in their hearts they care a lot about this performance, when Liang Baoguang walked into the small screening room of the film club, Michelle and they were already waiting inside.

Because it is an independent film, there is no company sponsorship or buyout for the time being, and this film does not even have a second-long title, and I don't feel it when I edit it at home, but when I get it to be screened here, Liang Baoguang feels that it is very inconsistent. The opening time of a CG movie produced by a super conscience (please take a seat) is that there are fifteen Logo openings of various producers, sponsors, and co-distributors, and there is not even one on their side, and people are more angry than people.

"Wow, I think you're very professional." The movie was only shown for the first shot, and Kim En exclaimed in surprise, even if no one has ever made a movie as a director or photographer, but they have watched movies for decades, what is good and what is not can be judged at a glance, Liang Baoguang's film is not to mention anything else, first of all, the picture sense is quite perfect.

"Did you use a filter?" Barbara was also surprised to close her mouth, they had a deep impact on the weather in the days of filming, and it was definitely not the bright and beautiful appearance in the movie, it was originally just a gathering of friends chatting, but Liang Baoguang used the lens and film to show artistic colors.

"It's an industrial-grade presentation, how did you do that?" As the actor of the movie, Reading didn't dare to recognize the person on the screen as himself.

"It's just that the lighting is set up more successfully, and then the color is adjusted." Several "actors" were full of praise, but Liang Baoguang himself was not satisfied, because the time was too tight, he only did it roughly and roughly, and did not achieve the effect he was pursuing, "This version is not perfect, and I will definitely try again later." ”

"Don't be presumptuous, you are a director and a photographer alone, it is already very powerful that the finished product can reach such a level, and besides, this movie is not ready to go to the award or make money, you will win with a hundred times the rate of return, and I will give you an A+ unconditionally next semester." The more John Reading watched it, the more he liked it, because he was more handsome on the screen than in reality, and he had already fantasized about waiting for the movie to be released, and he would have a lively Internet celebrity life after becoming a "handsome professor at Harvard", which must be strawberry-flavored.

"Even if you don't win the award, at least you have to pass the level in your heart." Liang Baoguang is obviously not a person who can get by.

The movie has always been warm colors, and several wide-angle aerial shots shoot the scenery of Walden Lake extremely beautifully, like a beautiful postcard, but it is precisely because of this warm beauty that even if there is a scene in the middle where the hero and his own son pull out a gun and confront each other, it is also a little soothing and warm because of the rhythm and tone. The others were unaware of this, and they all smiled and talked about their respective performances with satisfaction, but Liang Baoguang himself frowned fiercely.

90 minutes passed quickly, and after a new round of discussion, everyone decided to reshoot a few shots to solve the bugs they found during the movie, and the movie as a whole was amazing for them, and it was another matter if they couldn't understand it, and those who understood it couldn't help but say a good word.

As one of the two protagonists of the original bet, John Reading was convinced of Liang Baoguang's ability, he always felt that his chances of winning were very good, based on the view that laymen can't make movies at all, and even if the movie can't make a movie a hundred times the profit, it is naturally impossible to talk about it, so this is not a bet on the situation of the American market, he was a trick before. It is true that laymen are not good at making movies, but Liang Baoguang is not exactly a layman, because his father likes to play with cameras, and later became obsessed with cameras, so he has been making these things since he was a child, which is not much worse than some professional photographers.

Many well-known directors are photographers who have turned careers, such as the well-known Lao Mouzi, who was Chen Kaige's photographer before, and Liang Baoguang has good photography skills and excellent framing ability, and it is not difficult for him to make a small fuss for 90 minutes.

"Let's go, after filming those shots today, we can hold a celebration banquet in the evening." "This Man is from Earth" is a movie that many viewers will have an illusion of "I can shoot it if I get on it" after watching it, it doesn't seem to have a second of focus, and it seems that every second is the focus, but as the "main creator" who really participated in the shooting, Reading They all understand the difficulties involved, and the completion of such a work is definitely worth celebrating.

"Paul, what kind of experience is it for you Chinese to have no faith?" Barbara had wanted to ask this question for a long time, and as a theology professor specializing in religion and related history, Liang Baoguang was as different in her eyes as most of her compatriots. This may be an impolite question, but she still asked it when she took the opportunity to shoot a movie, she had just watched the movies that Liang Baoguang had edited and edited, and she was already able to feel a lot of things from the movie.

"This Man Comes from Earth" is a work that is intended to provoke condemnation from the church, because the narrative of Jesus in it will never be recognized by those people.

"We just don't have religion, not no faith, which seems to be two different concepts." Liang Baoguang shrugged, in the years since he came to the United States, he has met more people who preach religion to him than salesmen who sell household pesticides, and he has long been accustomed to putting up with it, "Although you teach theology, don't tell me that you really think God exists, it's the age of technology." ”

"Whether God exists or not is a philosophical question." Barbara shook her head slightly, refusing to agree with Liang Baoguang's opinion, "But you always pay too much attention to yourself, so that you lose your awe of too many things, and this will inevitably lead to the consequences in your eyes in the long run." ”

"The fall of Tianhe, Nuwa refining stones to make up, the plague ravaged Shennong to taste grass and test poison, Dayu to control the water, Houyi shot the sun, Jingwei reclaimed the sea, and Yugong moved mountains...... We really don't have any reverence, or that reverence gives us the fact that we exist as human beings, not the ethereal idol in our hearts. Liang Baoguang also has a question in his heart that he has wanted to ask for a long time, and he just took this opportunity to ask, "So, as Christians, do you feel fear when you get up and face the mirror every morning?" ”

The cowardice and humility of Westerners are expressed in the form of religion, and most people know that they are in a material world, but they still can't let go of idealistic things, not because they and their proud stubbornness, clasping their hands and absolutely not letting go, but simply hoping that there will be a high existence to forgive those sins that they have committed and they are unwilling to face. Having made a mistake, done something bad, went to church to pray and beg for forgiveness from the so-called God or the clergy, spent money to buy a few indulgences issued by the Vatican, and then came out with peace of mind and continued to pretend that nothing happened, and over and over again to anesthetize themselves with "God has forgiven me", this is their pathetic and ridiculous faith, and they still keep it on their lips all day long.

Christians are afraid to face the mirror, because every time they look in the mirror, they realize that heaven or hell are constantly examining them, and it is not the illusory God who is constantly looking at them, but themselves.