"We shoot badly? What are those guys going to do but criticize this and that? They haven't even taken a camera!"

"In the future, it will be like this, we will shoot half to death, and then these 'film critics' will move their mouths, and we will become a pile of garbage. ”

"Don't complain, who told you not to read the Department of Critical Theory in the first place?"

"Guys, do you know what the screenwriters have to say about us, Hollywood's new slaves with no artistic pursuits!"

"So those bastards aren't going to write commercial scripts for Hollywood?

On the grass, the group of five college students, four men and one woman, walked by talking about something, as if they were going to the sports stadium across the avenue. Their eyes were strange to see a tall Asian teenager and a little white golden girl walking hand in hand, middle school and elementary school students, but they didn't look much and didn't stop.

Unexpectedly, the young man turned around and came after him, and smiled at them, "Hey, dude, this is a bit like "Eight and a Half Parts", isn't it?"

The five of them couldn't help but pause, and they all looked at him, and one of them, a young white man wearing a baseball cap with a freckled face, smiled: "Child, do you know "Eight and a Half"?"

"Eight and a Half Films" is one of the masterpieces of Italian film master Federico Fellini, a stream-of-consciousness classic, the story mainly tells the story of a film director who is trapped in a creative crisis, constantly struggling between dreams and reality. It's fair to say that anyone who studies film has seen this movie, but isn't a middle school kid supposed to be crazy about Lindsay Lohan?

"Isn't it surprising? There are also art theaters in the United States!" Ye Wei said with a smile and introduced himself: "I am Wei, this is Anna, and she is the female lead of my crew." ”

Anna smiled generously: "Also, we are on a date. ”

"Hahahaha!" At this moment, everyone burst into laughter, and it didn't take a few seconds to laugh so much that their faces were red, the crew, the actress, and the dating ......!

Middle school students can take a dV and twitch it, but it's better not to be so serious, so nerdy! Do they want to laugh at the dead!?

The big red and white boy with the camera almost smashed the camera to the ground, and the other Asian boy with a wide black face was also smiling, as if watching a movie about it.

"What are you going to shoot, "Comet Beauty"?" The big boy's laughter made everyone laugh almost to the ground.

"No, no, I think they're more like Sullivan's Travels, but you're a director, aren't you?" the freckled boy laughed as soon as he said that.

Several others also died laughing, and "Sullivan's Travels" is also an old black-and-white movie:

A comedy director wanted to make a film about the people at the bottom, and in order to create, he pretended to be a poor man and went deep into the folk to experience life, and on the way, he met a girl who dreamed of being an actress and wandered with her......

It is a classic black humor comedy in film history, and many comedy forms in later generations have to recognize it as their ancestor.

"You're right, yes, I'm a director. Ye Wei shrugged his shoulders with a breezy expression.

And Anna was frowning, although she didn't know what "Sullivan's Travels" was, she could see the other party's contempt, "You are just a few years older, why do you look down on people? I only know more about movies than you, he wrote a great script!"

Her serious expression couldn't stop everyone's crazy laughter, only the female college student had enough laughter: "Okay, they're just kids." ”

"It's okay, you can laugh enough. Ye Wei raised the corners of his mouth, maybe you won't be able to laugh later.

"I'm Darlum, kids, how old are you?" asked the freckled boy with a smile on his face, teasing "just eloped from home?"

"That's enough!" Anna glared at him, "my parents brought us here. ”

Oh my God, the crowd was really tired of laughing, what can you do with the two kids? They said their names, but the boy asked about their major, and everyone wondered why he knew about the way the USC was taught, but the answer was not a secret, so they said.

All five of them are juniors majoring in film and television production, a typical small crew of students: Pete with a camera is Pete, majoring in photographic vision, Hurley Kim, a Korean American man with a lighting board, Fulin holding a boom and a gun-type microphone is recording and mixing, a brown girl with nothing is called Parela, art designer, and Darum, production director.

Also, Parela and Darum are a couple.

"OK, OK......" Ye Wei looked at their eyes again, like looking at five fatty steaks, and asked, "Are you doing your short film homework?"

"Uh, Darum and Pete's ......" The strangeness of the crowd was even heavier, and Darum had to ask, "Boy, how can you be so clear?"

Anna raised her face as if talking to the sky: "I said it earlier, he understands movies." ”

It's not that they don't understand movies, it's that they understand the operation of the academy! They really don't understand, alumni? Have you ever heard of such a person in the academy......

"I just know that it's not the Stone Age. Ye Wei smiled and asked the third question: "Brothers, how are your grades?"

"Why am I answering you......" Darum was about to go crazy and the others didn't want to answer, and Pareira asked, "What is the matter with you coming to USC?"

"Yes, like Anna said, I wrote a ten-minute short film script, and I'm building a crew to shoot it, so I'm here to recruit people, are you interested?"

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing whether to laugh or what to do, Darum stretched out his hand and pointed to the south: "Brother, you are on the wrong path, the handicraft art high school is over there!"

"No, I'm a student at Harvard-Westlake, are any of you a wolverine?" Ye Wei asked, if there was an alumnus, it would be much easier to talk.

"We are all poor children. "Wow, that's my dream place, I heard that there are many celebrities in it, wouldn't you be too......?"

There are no alumni, Ye Wei doesn't talk to them anymore: "Anyway, it's such a thing, I sincerely came to seek cooperation, and on the 12th and 14th of next month, the shooting will be completed in three days." ”

"I'm not interested...... Darum raised his hands helplessly, and everyone couldn't help but shrug their shoulders, if it wasn't for the fun that Romeo and Juliet were intriguing, they would have gone on.

Anna looked at Ye Wei nervously, and she didn't know what tricks he had.

"Really?" Ye Wei smiled, he had already prepared the bait, he took out something from the backpack behind him, a poster of "American Style Painting", and said with a smile: "What about now? Seeing that there is no on it, yes, this is the autograph of 'Tao Zai'; ”

"American Painting" (1973) is George Lucas's famous work, and "Tao Zai" is one of the main characters in the film, played by Ron Howard, both of whom are great directors, and both are USC alumni.

But...... Both signatures were copied from his online lookups, and then the handwriting was aged to look like the real thing.

"Wow!" everyone's eyes lit up, they are not star chasers, there are a bunch of celebrities among the visiting professors of the college, and they can usually meet the big names at various events, including George Lucas, but this poster still has a great attraction for them, it is too precious.

"How did you get there?" asked Darum urgently.

"eBay, money. Ye Weiman glanced at them as if he didn't care: "Do you want to?" Let's play a game, if you win, it's yours, if you lose, you have to help me." Of course, you can regret losing it, and I can't take you to jail anyway. How?"

"Great idea!" Anna clapped excitedly, "What game?"

Once again, the crowd looked at each other, what was this! Who was this little fellow? Why was he so confident......

"What game?" asked Darum, too, to hear what the kid wanted to play.

"Maybe you've played, maybe not. Ye Wei knocked on the poster in his hand, this is a game that he and his classmates often play in that dream:

"Name and name, first determine a filmmaker, and then determine his professional work, and then the two sides take turns to say one of his works, which cannot be repeated, whoever can't say it will lose, and when all is said and done, it will be a draw, and move on to the next filmmaker. It's best of three or best-of-five, you choose. ”

Everyone laughed again, this is a nerd game in other places, but film school is different, which shows the amount of personal reading and memory! This kid also has to play the hellish difficulty of the game.

Although the courses of the film and television major are not like the theory of criticism, which does not pull the film much, it is simply from the first day of admission to the last day of graduation, but every student has a compulsory course in film history, majoring in a period and genre, such as the 4o-5o era, 5o-6o era, French New Wave, Hollywood Golden Age, etc......

In addition, I am also a movie fan, and I can't count the movies I have watched, and middle school students play with them? It's like a baby boxing with Tyson! A grandmother plays ball with Jordan!

"By the way, it's me alone against the five of you, at the same time. Ye Wei said again.

"Are you sure?" exclaimed Anna, this was not only unfair, but too difficult.

The five college students were speechless, they all practiced different film histories, think about what the effect would be when they were superimposed?

"Nothing, I can handle it. Ye Wei winked at Anna, then raised the "precious" poster and asked, "In a word, do you want to play?" ”

The five hesitated, of course not because they were afraid, not at all, but because it was too strange......

After a while, Darum suddenly laughed and scratched his freckled nose, "Okay, but it's still one-on-one, I don't want to bully children too much." ”

"yes. "Darum is alone. "The other four people all mean this, isn't it just to teach a lesson to a child who doesn't know the height of the sky, and there is no need for five people.

"No, my crew needs the five of you, if you can be good. Ye Wei's light tone was already very arrogant, "Let's go together." ”

"Boy, do you know you're funny...... Darum began to want to teach the other party a lesson, but he couldn't cope with it because of morality.

At this time, some students around gradually surrounded curiously, and after asking what was going on, they also laughed happily: "Let's play!", "Let's see how many rounds he can last?", "Boy, do you sell this poster?", "Don't think about it, he is a child of Harvard-Westlake, and he doesn't worry about money." ”......

"If you don't play, I'll find someone else. Ye Wei looked at the six or seven new arrivals.

"They're scared......" Anna whispered mysteriously, so everyone could hear it clearly.

"Alright, alright, you brought it on yourself, I played it! two wins in three games!" Darlum exclaimed, "I'm sorry for disgrace in front of your little girlfriend." The crowd around laughed and coaxed, "Boy, are you going to choose a filmmaker, Lindsay Lohan?", "Or are those Disney kids more suitable?"

"You choose a filmmaker, I choose a profession, let's say, don't talk nonsense. Ye Wei smiled, and Anna next to her warmed up and punched, making a hooh sound!

"Well, it's Fellini. "Darum is very casual, haven't you seen 'Eight and a Half'? Then Fellini, choose an Italian, this shows his demeanor.

Ye Wei rolled his eyes, thought for a moment, and said: "Director profession, of course, listen, "The Road". ”

This kid is ruthless enough! From the beginning, it was the masterpiece "The Road", and Darum was not polite: ""Eight and a half parts". ”

When a whistle sounded, the smiles of the crowd became more joyful.

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