In Huairou District, north of the city, in the No. 4 studio of the Beijing Film Studio, a group of students who look like social figures put on "director's uniforms" and seem to be shooting a film.

In fact, there is no professional "director's uniform", anyway, there is only one vest, but there are a lot of bags, four on the chest, and all of them on the cargo pants. This group of people really doesn't have so many things in their bags, so let's just wear them anyway, Te, professional.

This is the 2008 Beijing Film and Television Academy students, with 4 people as a group, a total of 20 groups, filming their graduation work.

It is also Ye Shenxi who came a little late, an academic year is from September to June of the following year, and the month before the graduation of each advanced class will be dedicated to shooting graduation works. Of course, it won't be a 90-minute real movie, that is, a 10 to 20-minute short film, and the shooting period will take a month, from the script, storyboarding, actor props, and various preparations, to specific shooting, and then post-production, editing...... Teachers from the School of Film and Television will also guide the group throughout the process.

After the filming is completed, the films of each group will also hold a special screening activity, which will be displayed in the screening hall of the Beijing Film and Television Academy, and all the undergraduates, graduate students, and graduates at all levels who have entered various fields of the film and television industry who have entered the school can go in to watch and comment, and then judge a merit or disadvantage, gold, silver and bronze awards.

There were relatively few people in the previous refresher classes, and when the refresher classes were first opened, there were only a dozen or twenty students, and each of them would be assigned a special instructor.

Imagine that when the film is screened, the opening credits are "Director:", and then the four names come out directly...... None of them are assistant directors yet.

Ye Shenxi's group is a scholar, led by the squad leader Li Rong, and the resources are also the best, and they directly applied to come to the studio where the film producer of the studio was filmed, and it took three days to shoot here, and most of the scenes of their scripts were completed in the studio, because when a group of people were discussing what to shoot, Ye Shenxi came and said: "Let's shoot ancient costumes, how about Xianxia?" ”

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At that time, as soon as these words came out, the other three were stunned.

You say this man ...... Is there any selfishness? Can you still be a good classmate?

As far as this kind of student work is concerned, the difficulty of ancient costumes is not much greater than that of modern dramas, and all kinds of costumes, props, scenes, actors' makeup, and the cultural background of historical dynasties are exquisite, which is a proper pile of work.

And the ancient costumes are always filmed, right? Even martial arts, stuntmen or something......

Xianxia ...... You have to do special effects, right? Can't a few actors dry mantis boxing, Fuhu boxing and the like "Shaw Brothers martial arts" style fights, don't you want money and people in the later stage, don't you make it specially!

Looking at the other nineteen groups, they are all modern dramas, youth dramas, romance idol dramas, family ethics dramas, and some things that discuss the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, parents, firewood, rice, oil and salt...... For this group of people, in a month, they want to do a Xianxia short drama.

"Mr. Ye, do you really want this?" Li Rong asked with a white face.

"Mr. Ye, think twice." Lao Zhao, who has his own advertising company, seems to have encountered the biggest difficulty in his academic career.

"Mr. Ye, calm down......" Hua Yiming, a young white-collar worker, almost sweat oozing from his forehead.

Ye Shenxi looked at the expressions of the three of them, and also felt that he had made a very unreliable suggestion, forget it, don't be difficult, everyone is here to learn knowledge.

Just before she could say the second sentence, Li Rong took the lead in gritting her teeth and said: "We can also try to make a different graduation project, which is different from others, which is the trend!" ”

"Yes, it doesn't matter how many of them there are, it's just pulling the wind." Lao Zhao also blushed and agreed.

"Even if it's worth the year of time flight!" Hua Yiming has always been his biggest fan since Ye Shenxi entered this advanced class.

It is normal that there is actually less knowledge to learn in the refresher class, and there are more business contacts, and this is the society, not the figurative "small society" or something. On the day Ye Shenxi first entered this class, almost the whole class figured out the details of this big boss who looked too young.

Although I don't understand why such a person would enter his class and come to study directing, everyone quickly accepted this.

Ye Shenxi's life itself is not the kind of character who is deliberately cold and keeps a distance from others, of course, he will not take the initiative to deliberately build a good relationship with others and manage the idea of networking, anyway, it is normal communication, neither humble nor arrogant, he has such an attitude in the face of everyone.

There are small bosses in this class, practitioners in the film and television industry, and there are also well-known film and television people in the industry, even so, he is still the biggest big name in this class, not to mention the stutter, but how to do it is the stars holding the moon, and it is not that they will run to others to mix up their faces during recess, and some of them will not strive to chat for a couple of sentences, and the first step in building a good relationship with the big guy is not to be picked up and bored first.

The film and television industry and games now have more and more prospects for in-depth cooperation, especially in this era, there is a term that has gradually become clear, and it is put in the mouth of more and more people, pan-entertainment.

For some projects, merchants announced that they would almost take a three-pronged approach, film and television works, and games to be launched at the same time to create an IP brand.

For example, Li Rong, her current position in Huayi Brothers is assistant to the director, and when she goes back after a year of full-time study, she is almost promoted to director is a sure thing, but it is not easy to say whether she is the director of the TV or film department at present.

Huayi Brothers is a private entertainment group, a leader in the film and television industry, and Qingyu Network is a leader in China's game industry, and she believes that the two companies will cooperate in the future.

What the? You say that the Xia family, which has a background in the herring network, has its own film and television media company?

In the field of film and television industry, the market determines that large-scale projects with big stars, big investment, and big production can be more profitable, and such a big production is almost impossible for a film and television company to produce independently, and the input cost is too high, so it is necessary to add more powerful producers as much as possible to share the cost and reduce the project risk.

You look at Hollywood, how many independent studios are left now? Four years ago, their largest, and last of the eight major studios, MGM was eventually acquired by the Soni Group, which is owned by Soni like Columbia, and even so, they are now facing huge debts and are still on the verge of bankruptcy.

So at this point, Li Rong firmly believes.

Even if Ye Shenxi sometimes skips school or something...... Out of nowhere, sometimes people disappear after a class...... Sometimes I attended offline meetings in the class, and sometimes I called him only to find out that this person had returned to Funan, or had gone to Huangpu.

It should be so, it's strange that such a big guy can really study for a year with them as well.

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The group's shooting plan was decided.

When I reported to the teacher, Sun Zhengfeng, the instructor of their group, is also a battle-hardened veteran director, a professor in his fifties, and a lot of fame in the industry.

Seeing their shooting plan, he also smacked his lips and said, "You guys really have big hearts, I haven't filmed like this, I have to ask other teachers for advice." ”

Li Rong could only say: "Just leave no regrets." ”

You can't always throw the pot to Mr. Ye.

Then it's about deciding on the script, discussing the storyboards, the actors, the props, and so on.

When the four of them were eating in the school cafeteria, several talked about the actors.

Ye Shenxi was originally a rare canteen, but recently he has been really busy, the framework of the new project is gradually clear, and the main systems have directions, which is the time for brainstorming and thinking repeatedly. But for the most important graduation project, he couldn't skip school anymore, and he took classes for two months, which was the time to show what he had learned and show the knowledge he had learned.

So he planned to stay in the capital this month.

The script was done by three other people, Ye Shenxi didn't have any specific needs, it could be regarded as making concessions, the theme of Xianxia was proposed by him, if it was according to his own ideas, there would be some magnificent war scenes in the short film, the invasion of the demon world, and the war between humans and demons...... Let them tinker with it themselves, anyway, what he wants to show is the use of lenses and character portrayals.

Regarding the actors, Ye Shenxi said: "Just go to the film and television company and ask about the schedules of some artists." ”

Li Rong hurriedly stopped: "I can't help it, Mr. Ye." This is a graduation work, a student work, and not a commercial film...... The country has national laws, and there are rules, so you can't use professional actors. ”

Everyone knows that money is definitely not a problem for Ye Shenxi, and maybe he believes in the energy of this Mr. Ye too much...... Didn't it be announced some time ago that Jay Chou endorsed their games...... It's just that what's the difference between this and cheating? At the end of the work, it has to compete with other groups, for school teachers and students to comment, if there are any first-line and second-tier stars, well-known movie celebrities and the like in their short films...... In other people's works, grassroots actors eat steamed buns, and your direct access is such as ...... Teacher Chen Zhiming patted the case and said angrily: "The widow wants to lead the Great Qin Iron Cavalry to lay a large territory!" ”

What's the matter, other students...... Believe it or not, weep to you.

Every industry has its own rules, this is a student's graduation work, which is used to show their directorial talent and skills, and the joining of big-name stars becomes the work of big-name stars, and it also steals the director's own limelight.

"So what to do?" Ye Shenxi took a bite of food, the canteen of Beijing Film and Television Academy has always been more famous. In the education circle of the capital, the students here should be the richest kind, and they will take on commercial works such as advertisements and short films by themselves when they have nothing to do.

Of course, these private jobs are paid, and although the school also takes a share of the students' school, it is still much richer than other types of schools.

Under the market economy, the students and teachers of the school have money, and the canteen is naturally not bad, with all kinds of cuisine dishes, as well as some foreign chef steaks, pasta, Australian lobster, French foie gras, Kobe beef...... Well, the latter ones are still a bit difficult.

"How did the other groups find actors?" Ye Shenxi Dao, since this is the case, then just follow everyone's specifications.

Lao Zhao said: "Some invite extras at the gate of the film and television base, and some experienced group performance models...... The acting is still good, and I also have some experience in shooting large-scale projects, so I can give some suggestions for works like ours. ”

His own company sometimes has projects to shoot commercials, and he also hires some extras, and he also has contact information.

"There is also an invitation for some students from the school's acting department to participate, some will charge a little money, and some will be free, after all, this is also an opportunity for them to hone themselves."

Hua Yiming, a little white-collar worker, said: "Yes, yes, let's just find students from the school, female students are beautiful, and our type of graduation short film must be very easy to find, they don't have so many opportunities to get in touch with the shooting of costume fairy-themed films, and many people can't ask for such an experience." ”

"Okay, how do you find it? Handing out flyers? Or go to some groups at school to advertise? Li Rong asked.

Hua Yiming's eyes were sharp, so he looked around the cafeteria, and then lowered his voice, feeling a little thief: "A few big brothers and sisters, look over there...... South-southeast orientation. ”

Several people followed his eyes and saw three girls from the acting department who were obviously eating and chatting together.

Among them, there is a black-haired long-haired girl, who is particularly slim, and can still be said to be an outstanding girl in the performance department of the Beijing Film and Television Academy, which is already an average appearance, and is obviously the focus of the three, the core character.

This is an era of looking at faces, which era is not? Good-looking people are the core in small groups.

"How's that girl? Woman in Red. Hua Yiming asked.

The script constructed by these three people was led by Li Rong and Lao Zhao, and Hua Yiming was very clear about his positioning, just a little brother who did chores.

There is a main character in the script, with shoulder-length hair, dressed in red, cold and heroic, nicknamed "the first beauty in the world...... Ye Shenxi didn't bother to complain about the aesthetics of middle-aged people like them, why do film and television works in ancient costumes have to have such a person who is called the first beauty of XX......

It's just that there is indeed a little resemblance to the current girl.

This role has two more important subdivisions, a fight scene and a piano playing and singing, free and easy, both scenes strive to show the ethereal fairy spirit of the fairy characters in the world of Xianxia, which is very beautiful. Specifically, you can imagine the scene of Li Qiushui, Li Canghai and Wu Xingyun playing the piano in "Tianlong Babu: Tianshan Tong Ma", and then accompanied by Wang Fei's song "It Turns Out to Be Only Myself", which is the feeling of being carefree in my youth.

Later, this character had a red face and white hair, although his face did not change, but his green hair became white hair for 3,000 feet, and he was lonely all his life. Under the contrast of such an ending, it creates a kind of fateful theme that once the sea was in the sea, except for Wushan, life is like fog and electricity, and the origin and extinction are still free.

"That's her." Li Rong's first reaction was like this, this role was created by her, and at that time she was imagining which actor she should refer to.

She has considered some well-known popular flowers, as well as powerful Mesozoic actresses, but they are not completely in line with the outline in her heart, maybe it is appearance, maybe temperament, and many aspects are more picky.

She herself didn't expect to find an actor who completely matched the imaginary qualities in her mind, but she met her in the cafeteria during lunch.

Beijing Film and Television Academy is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon......