In mid-May, the organizers of the Yanjing International Film Festival released the promotional videos and posters of this year's film festival on the Internet, and announced the list of judges for each competition unit.

In fact, if you really want to talk about it, although the popularity of the Yenching Film Festival is very high, there always seems to be a distance between it and ordinary movie audiences.

There is no way, places like film festivals are naturally the home of literary films, and most of the literary films have a relatively flat rhythm, so it is difficult to be widely accepted by the audience.

Therefore, after the Yanjing Film Festival announced the judges, don't look at the heated discussion on the Internet, it's more just a lively one, and there are not many people who really have an in-depth understanding.

Speaking of watching the excitement, the news about the main competition unit of the Golden Tripod Award is of course the most concerned, and few people care about niche units such as the film newcomer unit, and Zhang Zhan's official appointment as the chief judge has not caused any waves.

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On the afternoon of May 26, in the viewing room arranged by the organizers, Zhang Zhan and several other judges were reviewing the films intensively.

After the registration deadline at the beginning of the month, the staff of the festival conducted a preliminary screening of 3,200 submitted films, and then submitted the screened films to the judges of each competition unit, and the next step is for the judges to review and discuss the final list of nominees.

The review of the film newcomer unit began on the 24th, and it has lasted for two and a half days until this afternoon.

For many people, watching movies is a relaxing thing, but after such a long time of reviewing films, they are still watching literary films with a relatively slow pace, even for film professionals like Zhang Zhan, it is not easy.

Just after watching a movie, he couldn't help yawning, shook his head, and commented a little helplessly: "The director wants to express a lot of things, but the narrative method is very problematic, and the story presented is too fragmented." ”

Another judge also expressed the same opinion, "Yes, so much content is crammed into a movie, if it is unfolded and narrated, it is estimated that it will not be able to stop for three hours, and it will be over in an hour and a half, and people will have no end to watch." ”

"I think that's pretty good, at least we've saved half of the time we spend watching the movie." One of the judges made a joke.

Hearing this, Zhang Zhan also smiled helplessly.

Again, it would be too torturous to watch a movie for three hours in front of an unknown movie.

That's the difficulty of reviewing newcomers' works.

Many rookie directors always think very highly of themselves, only staring at those who have become famous, and set their goals far from the beginning, but they haven't even laid the foundation under their feet, so what's the use of seeing farther?

At the end of the day, what they shoot is often unsightly.

If it were an ordinary audience, it would be a big deal not to watch it, but Zhang Zhan still has the title of chief judge on his head, so it is reasonable that he has to watch the movie safely and steadily, and finally give an evaluation.

This kind of review work lasted for more than two days in a row, and now he is beginning to regret a little, why did he take over the errand of the chief judge in the first place?

Otherwise, I don't have to sit here and watch dozens of newcomer works in a row.

Fortunately, after watching it for more than two days, most of the movies have been reviewed, and there are not many left, so it should be done this afternoon.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhan refreshed himself and said: "Since we all agree on the same opinion, then there is no need to continue to discuss this movie, just watch the next one." ”

Several judges agreed, and just like that, the film just now didn't get a single nomination, and it was directly eliminated.

The nomination criteria for the Yenching Film Festival are so strict, the judges are all senior industry insiders, and there will be no blindness, plus the number of registered films is enough, so generally speaking, there will be no consolation prizes.

Movies that don't meet the standards are often eliminated without any gain, while the remaining good movies can win multiple awards, so it often forms a situation where the loser has nothing and the winner takes all.

After the judges decided the "life and death" of one film in a few words, the review continued, and the next film soon began to be screened.

After the dragon mark at the beginning, two big words "night club" appeared on the screen, and there was a line of small words "Director: Fang Bo" below.

Seeing this concise title, Zhang Zhan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

It's common to include the name of the film production company in the intro, both as a way to promote the film and as a way to raise the viewer's sense of anticipation for the film.

The opening of this movie doesn't add anything, which is rare.

He picked up the registration materials on the table and flipped through them, and quickly found the detailed information of "Nightclub", and glanced at it roughly.

No wonder, it turned out to be an independent film.

Zhang Zhan knew it in his heart and put down the information.

He still has a soft spot for independent filmmakers, because the lack of financial support from film and television companies means that it is difficult for producers to raise money from outside, and often have to spend their own money to make films.

This kind of person is either very rich and can burn casually, or they have a great love for movies.

It's just that due to financial constraints, it is difficult to make a good independent film, and even if the producer puts his heart into it, it may not be able to make a good film.

The thoughts in his mind were fleeting, and he noticed that the movie had officially begun, Zhang Zhan put away his extra thoughts and calmed down to watch this independent work of the new director.

The picture shows a 24-hour supermarket that is open at night, Tang Xiaolian, a good-looking female clerk, is counting the goods, and another male clerk with big black-framed glasses, Li Junwei, is secretly filming her with a mobile phone.

After watching the dialogue between the two, Zhang Zhan couldn't help but bow slightly, and gave a good evaluation in his heart.

In the dialogue scene at the beginning, the director used a very common front and back shot, and the relationship between the two characters was explained clearly in just a few scenes.

Tang Xiaolian and Li Junwei, one is a beautiful female clerk, and the other is an otaku who has a secret affection for her.

In terms of shooting techniques and lens usage, this scene is nothing special, but it can be seen that the director wants to concentrate on telling a good story.

This is actually rare among newcomers.

After reading the opening paragraph, Zhang Zhan slightly raised his psychological expectations.

The viewing experience of this movie may be better than those of the previous newcomers.

After a brief introduction to the two protagonists, a film policeman who bought water came to the supermarket, this person is quite interesting, and there is always a mantra on his lips, "Don't say much, I'm busy".

As soon as he left after buying water, a-looking guy came in at the door, and he was still a friend of the actor Li Junwei.

The guy was like a film policeman, he didn't stay in the supermarket for two minutes, just left a preliminary impression, and then left.