In early September, Lu Ping'an had to stop the production of a second animated short film.

Because school is about to start, he has to report it.

In the afternoon, Lu Ping'an and Master Hao finished proofreading the completed works and prepared to return to Beijing.

When I came to the school the next day, I met Hu Qingquan, who said, "Where is the work now?" ”

Hu Qingquan asked about the second animated short film "Memories of the Building Block House".

"Memories Block Cabin" won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in the original time and space, so Lu Ping'an will naturally use it to impact the Oscars.

In addition, the story and painting style of this film are relatively warm, and they are not suitable for the three major European ones.

When he was in the magic capital, Hu Qingquan came to see it once.

Just then, the production of "Memory Block House" ran into some problems, and the expected completion of the production in mid-September was delayed by about two weeks.

The main reason is that the short film looks simple and actually requires more original art than expected.

So now I'm afraid it will be done in early October.

"At the beginning of October, it seems that the Oscars will not be able to go next year."

Hu Qingquan was a little regretful, and at the same time relieved.

It's a pity, naturally because this is going to hit the Oscars!

Although the gold content of the Oscar is strictly speaking, it is not higher than the three major in Europe.

But in this era, the Oscars have been mythologized in China.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Oscar last year, and the sensational scene was bigger than the domestic directors who won the Golden Bear and the Golden Palme d'Or.

The main reason is that Lao Mei's status and strength are really high in the eyes of the current Chinese people, and they are unique.

In addition, the gold content of the award is not much different, so the Oscar has become a "god".

Now his students are about to rush to the Olympics without making a sound.

Hu Qingquan won't tell Lu Ping'an, he had insomnia for two days when he first knew, and he was even more excited than when Lu Ping'an was going to impact Berlin, after all, the mentality at that time was only focused on participation, who knew that he could really win the award.

And now, after having a certain ability to distinguish awards, Hu Qingquan can't be calm.

As for the relief, it was naturally because there was too late, and he was finally able to sleep well.

The rules for short films to be shortlisted for the Oscars, Hu Qingquan has already figured out the door these days.

The first way, won the student Oscar that year.

If you are a current student, you can try to participate in the Student Oscar Awards, but the participants must be in a school that is eligible to apply for the Student Oscars, and most of the eligible colleges and universities are located in the United States.

In order to be shortlisted for the Student Oscars, student works from other universities need to be shortlisted for three film festivals that have obtained Oscar certification.

It's a pity that Nortel currently does not have student Oscar qualifications, and it will take a few years to get it.

Even if there were, it would be too late.

The second way is to get the registration through the cinema screening.

Films must be commercially screened in the Los Angeles area for 7 consecutive days within the allotted time, with at least one screening per day.

As long as you can get the screening certificate provided by the theater, you can go to the Oscar short film after that.

However, the procedure needs to be completed by the end of September of the previous year.

It's too late.

Finally, there is the third way: to win an award in competition at a film festival that qualifies for an Oscar-qualified short film.

There are about 100 film festivals with Oscar short film qualifications, and all of them are influential short film festivals in the world.

The most influential are the Bilbao International Documentary and Short Film Festival, the Tirana International Film Festival, the San Jose Detective Film Festival, the Manhattan Short Film Festival, and many more.

If a short film wins an award at these film festivals, it is equivalent to getting a direct ticket to the Oscar short film selection.

In short, compared with the cumbersome registration for the student Oscar and the high cost of finding a theatrical screening out of your own pocket, it can be said that it is the most convenient and cost-effective to participate in a film festival with Oscar short film qualifications.

It's just that the registration deadline for these film festivals is basically before October, and some of them are until November, and then they are eligible to vote for the award.

"It's better to put it in 2003, and it's safer."

Lu Ping'an discussed it with Hu Qingquan and decided to simply lock in the Oscar in 2003 the year after tomorrow.

Because of participating in other short film film festivals, even if "Memory Block Cabin" won the Oscar in the original time and space, he can't guarantee that he will win awards at the few remaining film festivals this year, if something goes wrong, the short film will be scrapped and will not be able to continue to climb the Oscars.

There are only a few short films in Lu Ping'an's memory that have the potential to impact the grand prize, and he doesn't dare to bet on them.

"That's fine, it's better to be well prepared in time than to lose in a hurry and don't know how to lose in the end."

Hu Qingquan comforted.

Lu Ping'an doesn't need to be comforted, anyway, the time limit crisis of this short film is still very early, it is a work of 08, and the short film will not generate any income, just put it away.

And next year he won't be without awards.

Berlin, Venice, two film festivals are the task.

The short film slam starts with Europe.

The Oscars were suspended, and there was a lot less urgency for the production, so Lu Ping'an simply stayed at school for a few days and played with Zhang Songwen and them.

Orientation is an interesting job and very lively.

The seniors took advantage of this opportunity to either enthusiastically help the new students integrate into the school, or with other purposes, pretending to be dressed as a passer-by, treating the new students as a blank sheet of paper, as if they could casually write down some truth and experience that they thought they had.

It actually looks silly, but it's just fun.

As a senior in the directing department, why did Lu Ping'an go to the acting department to welcome the new students?

The first reason: There are a total of 12 new students in the directing department this year, 9 men and 3 women.

The orientation pressure can be said to be at all, and there is no one for half a day.

And none of these 12 people were particularly famous later, so it didn't mean anything.

The second reason is that I naturally want to see the magical Nortel 01-level stars.

Among the freshmen of this year's acting class, it can be said that there are many celebrities.

Bian Xiaoxiao, Wang Luodan, Jia Nailiang, Huang Shengyi, Wang Jiayin...

There are too many melons, but they are still ripe.

Lu Ping'an showed Jia Xiao's ribs were sore...

Of course, this year's success rate is actually quite high.

There are a total of 29 people in the undergraduate class, and at least half of them can be mixed in the back.

Among them, there are also star girl Huang Shengyi, dragon girl Yao Xingtong and other artists who "touch the top" in the eyes of outsiders.

It can be said that it is really rare.

Of course, it's okay to have deep contact with them or something.

Lu Ping'an came to welcome the new year, just to watch the excitement.

And he's looking at the freshmen, and a lot of the freshmen are actually looking at him.

"This is Lu Ping'an, right?"

"Yes, the director of "The Tuner" is so handsome."

"He's from the directing department? No way. ”

"Go up and ask for a call."

“。。。”

During the discussion, Lu Ping'an ran away before someone was ready to act.

After reading the registration of new students, Lu Ping'an and Zhang Songwen had a dinner together in the evening.

"Tang Xiaolong" Lin Jiachuan, Han Wenwen, and the old friends behind the short and feature films of "The Tuner" are here.

Everyone ate and drank together, and they were quite happy.

During the period, everyone also asked if Lu Ping'an had any plans for the next project.

The main question was a senior in the recording department who entered the senior year, but when he asked, it was not Lin Jiachuan and Han Wenwen who pricked up their ears first, but other seniors in the photography department, the art department and the management department.

Then Lu Ping'an learned that the previous short film "Tuner" actually helped the seniors at that time send a graduation green path.

So now a new batch of seniors also came to ask.

Before graduation, if you can participate in a serious project or an award-winning project, it will really help you in your future graduation and career choice.

It's seniority.

Lu Ping An is open to this.

It's true that students are not so experienced in the crew, but they are indeed more obedient, they are full of passion when they do things, and they can use more than one person, and they can do groceries, oh, the salary is also low, and they can save a lot of money, of course, the premise is that there must be a master in charge, otherwise it is easy to have problems.

So Lu Ping'an said: "You will definitely open it before you graduate next year." ”

So everyone immediately happily asked for a few more cases of beer.

In the following days, Lu Ping'an took a few classes, which made several young theory teachers a little frightened, saying that a few knowledge points would take a look at Lu Ping'an, so that Lu Ping'an was a little embarrassed, after all, there were only a few people in a class. . .

After that, he caught Yan Dan in the morning sky and messed around for a day, and on the 7th, he returned to the demon capital to continue to do things.

In September, there was a lot going on.

On August 27, Moutai was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and after Lu Ping'an returned to the magic capital, he opened an account, and then bought 3 million yuan.

The dream of crossing over has finally come true!

On September 8, Wu Shixian's "Che 44" won the Special Jury Prize for Short Films at the Venice Film Festival.

The media mentioned Lu Ping'an again, and then the matter of whether Lu Ping'an could win the three major short films in Europe was also raised.

Some media came to interview, Lu Ping'an congratulated Wu Shixian, and then said that he would do his best.

On September 11, the old American aircraft building shook the world and the stock market plummeted.

Lu Ping'an didn't regret that he didn't short in advance, and he was worried about buying Moutai simply, even if he didn't understand this kind of high-level operation, he didn't understand it, he couldn't play, so he didn't feel distressed at all.

On the 14th, Milk Tea Week released a new album "Fantesi", and the nunchucks are coming~

Lu Ping'an specially bought one, and by the way, he also bought the previous "Jay".

In fact, this September is a magical September for the music scene.

Among the new songs, there are Zhang Xueyou's "If This Is Not Love", Yehenara's "Laugh Away", Shui Mu Nianhua's "Life with You", Leehom's "The One", "Love is You" and many other familiar songs were almost all released around September 23, and for a while, the radio station was busy.

The music world ushered in a golden age.

The film industry is also soon.

On September 30th, "Memory Building Block House" was completed.

[Congratulations on the completion of "Memory Building Block Cabin", the restoration degree is 97%, and the reward has been distributed]

["Memory Building Block Cabin" Reward: 5 years of anime drawing experience]

If this film doesn't change anything, it's just copied directly.,It's estimated that there is not 100% but 98%.,Animation,It's copying.。

But this is RB animation, the lines are RB, the painting style is French, and the objects in it are also old European, which must be changed, and this change will be reduced by 4%, which is similar to the last animated short film.

Lu Ping'an didn't feel much regret, this must change.

"Accept the reward."

Instantly, he felt that he had more painting skills in his mind, and that he had more work in his hands, as if he had instantly gotten rid of a novice and became a painter with five years of experience.

It's not bad, but it feels like it's several notches lower than the previous super rewards.

He couldn't help but wonder, "What if it's a super reward?" ”

【Super Bonus Features Random】

"Okay."

Lu Ping'an knows that in fact, the original reward or no reward is the norm.

Along the way, except for the first fixed reward, the rest are all super rewards, but in fact, they are all tricks, either with Jiang Wen's help, such as the big movies "Black Hole" and "Tuner", or by brushing achievements, such as unlocking new achievements in the last animated short, and the rewards are automatically upgraded.

If you really rely on your own strength and don't have achievement bonuses, the original reward is actually the norm.

And if you want to really break through 100%, it is really difficult for Lu Ping'an's current level, or that sentence, he doesn't have Jiang Wen's strength, and he can shoot a "Looking for a Gun" with a different style and theme according to the script.

Even more conservatively, with his strength, it may be difficult to complete 90%, especially for movies that need to be sinicized.

A little bit of a loss.

However, Lu Ping'an quickly corrected his mentality.

What's wrong with the low starting point of the level difference, learn.

I'm only 19 now, and there's still a long way to go.

After finishing the work, I had a meal with the team of Shangmei Factory, and Lu Ping'an returned to Beijing the next day.

He was going to prepare a second film, and as for the third animated short film to impact Venice, he decided to slow it down first, after all, there is still nearly a year before the deadline for submission in Venice next year, which is very generous.