069 Screening, cliché
Entering the venue, Yu Feihong's seat was relatively backward, I don't know why she chose this position, or if the conductor deliberately chose it for her.
Lu Ping'an sat in front, waited for a while, and started the screening.
He looked back, there were about forty people in the theater, and the attendance rate was not bad, and then he looked at Yu Feihong, who was alone, so he simply walked to the back and sat with her.
It's okay for the gang in front to wait until they're done talking.
"Why did you sit here?"
"I'm afraid you'll be alone."
"Poor mouth!"
Sister Yu was disgusted, but she also took the initiative to help Lu Ping'an turn over the chair, and after Lu Ping'an sat down, the short film began to be screened.
"Memory Building Block Cabin" can't be regarded as an all-round tear gas in general, it mainly depends on who is right.
The older you get, the more tear-jerking you feel.
The protagonist in the film is an old man who has to raise his house because of the rising sea, which means that he is getting older.
The smaller the house gets, the more life comes to an end.
After the house was built, the old man's beloved pipe fell into the sea.
In order to salvage the pipe, the old man put on a diving suit and went downstream layer by layer.
Every time you go downstream, a memory opens.
The birth, old age, sickness and death of life, meeting and love, parting and reunion, will slowly unfold in reverse order.
The biggest difference between this version of "Memory" and the original version is the Chinese style in the film.
Some ships have been replaced with sailboats, and most of the houses, characters, props, etc. have been replaced with Chinese-style, with the full screen of seawater, it actually has a taste of a water town, and Lu Ping'an once again praised the masters of Shangmei Factory.
In addition to Chinese elements, the film also retains some Western-style and modern objects, the more high-rise buildings, the more modern and Western-style elements, and the more ground-floor buildings, the stronger the Chinese flavor, implying that the development with the domestic times and the sense of the times are also coming.
In the overall film, the plot moral is conveyed in place, and for Chinese people, they can experience a trace of this kind of emotion of the times better than Westerners.
Unconsciously, the 12-minute film ended, and there was silence in the theater, and Lu Ping'an saw that some people had begun to wipe their tears, including Yu Feihong beside him.
It's just that she doesn't have tissues, and it just so happens that Lu Ping'an has.
took out a tissue, handed it over, and with a twitch of her brain, she directly helped her wipe away her tears.
Then they looked at each other, looked at each other for a few seconds, and let go of their hands.
"Thank you, your short film is so well done."
Yu Feihong took the tissue and sighed as if nothing happened, "I now believe that you can really do a good job in love-themed movies, when are you going to do it?" ”
Lu Ping'an also tried to stay calm: "Go back and give you the script, I wrote a little, please correct." ”
"It's me who worships!"
Yu Feihong responded softly, and then the lights came on, and it was time to leave.
When the film ended, Hu Qingquan saw that Yu Feihong was also there, and he shouted again, which completely washed away the little ambiguity just now.
The two used to come at the same time from Nortel and knew each other.
After a brief chat, Lu Ping'an was pulled by Hu Qingquan and continued to communicate with the guests who came over.
Watzberg: "Lu, you shocked me again, I didn't expect you to be able to control this style... ”
Sashan: "I love this story, it's the best short film I've seen this year, lu, I hope you have good luck with the Oscars this time... ”
“。。。”
A bunch of people praised, followed by the media for the Oscar special report.
"Lu, can you tell us about the inspiration for the short film?"
Lu Ping'an's face was red and his heart was not beating: "From my grandparents, this is a gift for them, and it is also a gift for all those who have good memories." ”
"Lu, do you think the short film will win an award?"
"I think everyone who has good memories will enjoy it, and I hope it will win awards and be seen by more people around the world."
“lu...”
After a brief interview, this time Lu Ping'an came over and Lao Mei's task about Oscar has been completed.
Screening + interview, it is equivalent to laying an anchor, announcing that the man who holds the three major and three short film awards in Europe is here!
A series of future film festivals, PR and lobbying activities will start now.
The future high point will be before the finalists are announced, that is, between November and January next year.
What can be done, on the one hand, depends on the response of the film, and on the other hand, it depends on the strength of the public relations team.
The person in charge of public relations who came today is not bad, it was introduced by the summit Watzberg, and today Sachan was also brought by him, and the Oscar special report media people were also brought by him.
The head of public relations named Dale said: "Lu, your short film is of high quality, the nature of short films and feature films is different, and you are a student in school, I don't think there is any problem in being shortlisted... ”
Dale has a rough idea of the real advantages of some short films.
To put it simply: the fence of a short film is not as high as that of a feature film, and the region, nationality of the author, production company, ethnicity, etc., are not as important as that of a feature film.
To put it bluntly, short films are not as valued as long films.
But only for the shortlists, though.
In the end, I still have to have public relations, but fortunately, the difficulty of public relations is the same as what Hu Qingquan said, not as difficult as feature films.
"Trust me, Lu, we'll be in charge this time, and we'll get the name of this short film out throughout North America before the nominations are announced."
Dale looked sincere.
"Let's do what the rules do."
Lu Ping'an smiled in return.
If you are not familiar with life, there are too many examples of others treating you as a fat sheep.
This is especially true for Westerners, there is no so-called noble and contractual spirit, and the minimum precautions must be there.
So everything is just according to the rules.
What is the rule, that is, pay according to monthly performance.
Very commercial process.
It's June, and there will be a couple of film festivals in July, and the quality of the work is here, and if the company doesn't work well, it can be changed at any time.
There is no shortage of such operations teams in Hollywood.
Which operation team is closest to the "Golden Luang Palace"?
Feature films do exist, while short films will be relatively "fair".
Anyway, let them do it first.
If the quality of the film is good, the advantage will be great, the name will take off, and there will be more powerful people to find it, Lu Ping'an has no nostalgia for the old, whoever is strong will be given to whomever is stronger, there is nothing to hesitate, he has prepared the money, just wait for the result.
After the screening, Lu Ping'an also had to attend a drinking party with the guests who came over, which was also done by this public relations company.
Before going, Lu Ping'an asked Yu Feihong: "Sister Yu, do you want to be together at night?" ”
"You're busy, I'm going to go to the spa in a while."
"Then I'll contact you when I'm free, and ask you to be my guide."
"Okay."
The two said goodbye very naturally.
An hour later, Lu Ping came to the reception.
This form of cocktail party is very common in the United States, and it is not much different from drinking tea and chatting with each other and exchanging business cards with each other.
People are in it, they are good at communicating, and people can get to know you.
Today's protagonist is Lu Ping'an again, so there is nothing to talk about standing like a minion at all.
Of course, everyone will not really give you the stars to hold the moon, after all, this is just a drinking party, acquaintance, communication is the theme, stinky feet, you have to wait for your grades are really good.
And now Lu Ping'an's achievements in feature films are only reasonable in China.
Europe's top three achievements will naturally be weakened in Hollywood, and it will be a short film.
So for Lu Ping'an personally, everyone respects him, but how many achievements can Lu Ping'an get in Hollywood and Oscars in the future?
Let's have a drink first...
chatted with everyone one by one, and handed over the matter of the short film to Hu Qingquan, while Lu Ping'an and Watzberg walked to the side of the sofa and sat down to chat.
After sitting down, Watts talked about Lu Ping'an's work, and the adaptation rights of "Black Hole" were resold to another company and earned 300,000 US dollars, which Lu Ping'an knew.
"Comet" will be released on a small scale next, and he also has the adaptation rights in his hands, and then he will look at the market like the American version of "The Tuner", and then choose the opportunity to adapt.
The focus is still on the American version of "The Tuner", after this film, Watts was a little more confident in Hollywood, and kept talking about how many people were not optimistic about it at that time, but they all shut up after the box office came out.
In a word, Lao Tzu is now at his peak, and he is full of the temperament of a successful person from head to toe.
Lu Ping'an took advantage of the atmosphere and began to talk in a half-joking way: "Watts, I'm curious, what kind of remuneration can a successful person like you offer to be your boss?" Is a big-selling movie every two years enough? ”
The two have cooperated many times, and the relationship is currently okay, and now Lu Ping'an is touting again, with the strength of wine, Watts laughed after hearing it: "Of course, if anyone can really do this, not to say two years, it is three years, I think not only me, any Hollywood film company will treat him as the boss." ”
As soon as the voice fell, the gold finger prompt sounded.
【Ding~】
Lu Ping'an smiled...