Chapter 11: The Teacher
In the Beijing Film Academy, the students have already been on summer vacation, and most of them are not in the school.
Many of the teachers also took on outside jobs, taking advantage of the two months of summer vacation to earn some extra money to subsidize their families.
However, as the head of the directing department of the film academy, Xie Xiaojing will not leave the school.
This teacher Xie Xiaojing is very powerful, he stayed in school to teach after graduating in 82, and at the same time did not give up his work as a director, making movies while teaching, and achieved good results on both sides.
In the same year that Wu Yuan entered the school, Mr. Xie Xiaojing was promoted to the director of the directing department.
This year, he also filmed a TV movie "Craftsman", which was produced by CCTV Movie Channel!
If there is no accident, there will be a "Five One Project" award waiting for him to receive in the future.
And Wu Yuan is the student he admires and is most optimistic about among the 98 students of the directing department.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Wu Yuan to get a copy of the movie from the school and secretly make a pirated disc.
Of course, part of the reason is that Xie Xiaojing saw that he became an orphan at a young age and took pity on his life experience, so he turned a blind eye.
But no matter what, Xie Xiaojing really likes and is optimistic about Wu Yuan.
Therefore, Wu Yuan was also able to find the head of the department more easily to talk.
Inside the office of the head of the directing department.
"Teacher Xie, this is a book I have carefully compiled during this time, you can give me the palm of your eyes." Wu Yuan obediently handed Xie Xiaojing his adapted script of "The Night the Comet Comed" to him.
"What, you're thinking about making a movie?" Xie Xiaojing took the script absently, and didn't read it, but looked at Wu Yuan, and said seriously: "Xiao Wu, you are a little anxious." ”
A director like Xie Xiaojing, who has been trained in the academy for eighty or ninety years, attaches great importance to his studies.
In a sense, the director department of Beijing Film is the best in China, and it is very strict to cultivate talents.
Students in school are thinking about holding the crew to make a movie?
This is a crooked trend!
Wu Yuan, who had long expected to be scolded, said with a hippie smile: "Teacher, you can take a look at the book first, I didn't say that I wanted to shoot it now, I just asked you to give me some advice." ”
Frowning, Xie Xiaojing stared at Wu Yuan deeply, and then lowered his head and looked at the script.
Although Wu Yuan usually likes to play around and engages in pirated discs, he is indeed a top student.
In the world of art, there must always be a higher tolerance for genius.
The script of "The Night the Comet Commet" is long and full of a lot of dialogue.
At first, Xie Xiaojing didn't take it seriously, it was very casual.
But looking at it, his brow furrowed, and his action of flipping the script slowed down.
Seeing this, Wu Yuan sat down on the sofa by himself.
There was silence throughout the office, except for the occasional sound of the script flipping.
More than twenty minutes later, Xie Xiaojing took off her glasses and let out a long breath.
"Parallel worlds? Coherence? Quantum mechanics? Schrödinger's cat? Xie Xiaojing said a lot of physics terms in one breath.
Don't think that those who do in the literary and artistic circles are a group of people who don't learn and don't know how to do it.
It's hard to say about the actors, but the knowledge store of a director is definitely broader and broader than that of most ordinary people.
Xie Xiaojing saw the core story concept of this script at a glance.
While there aren't any ET aliens, no Star Wars, no mech frenzy, this is truly a suspenseful sci-fi movie!
"Your script is a bit complicated."
Xie Xiaojing rubbed the root of her nose and sighed: "From beginning to end, there are hundreds of contradictions and more than a dozen time and space crossings, although the scene is simple, it is not easy to shoot." ”
"Do you think it's a good book?" Wu Yuan stood up and asked.
"It's really a good book, and it's a subject that we haven't filmed in China." Xie Xiaojing nodded, and hesitated a little: "It's just..."
Before Xie Xiaojing could speak, Wu Yuan interrupted first: "I can shoot it!" ”
Put yourself in the shoes of Wu Yuan, if Wu Yuan was the head of the directing department, and saw the student handing over such a book, he didn't think he could shoot it well.
But Wu Yuan has the memory of the original film for reference!
And he is not a layman, he learns directing in and out of his dreams, and he can study everything from shooting techniques to techniques to composition and storyboarding!
"Didn't you say you wouldn't shoot now?" Xie Xiaojing was stunned.
Wu Yuan rubbed his hands and smiled: "Hehe, isn't this the teacher you said this book is okay!" ”
"Since the book is a good book, why don't you shoot it?"
"Where's the money?" Xie Xiaojing frowned: "You are just a student, whether it is the Beijing Film Studio or the school's Qingying Studio, it is impossible for you to give you shooting funds." ”
"It's fine." Wu Yuan patted his chest: "This movie is just one scene in the whole process, the crew only needs three or five people, and 300,000 yuan is enough!" ”
"My grandfather left me a sum of money, no more, no less, just more than 300,000..."
He has a fart of 300,000!
Wu Yuan didn't dare to tell the teacher that he was going to take the house to take out a mortgage, otherwise no matter how good the script was, Xie Xiaojing would not agree to him taking this risk.
Xie Xiaojing disagreed, then Wu Yuan didn't want to get the bid of Beijing Film Studio on his own, and the movie didn't want to be released in the mainland!
It's so strict when you want to make movies these days.
Wang Xiaoshuai has won the International Film Festival Award, and he has to pay money to the film factory to buy the factory logo for the filming of "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle"!
In the end, the copyright of the film has to belong to Beijing Film Studio!
If Wu Yuan is from a wild background, even if he wants to make movies, he can't find a way, and he can't be rich!
Xie Xiaojing looked at Wu Yuan silently, and seeing this kid looking at him with clear eyes, Xie Xiaojing understood in his heart.
I didn't say I want to shoot it now, it's all fart!
Wu Yuan just wants to make this movie, and the money is ready.
Even if he doesn't agree, then Wu Yuan will shoot hard, it's a big deal not to consider the domestic release, don't all those sixth-generation directors do this!
It can only be said that young people are a group of masters who don't hit the south wall and don't look back!
However, as a teacher and as the head of the directing department, Xie Xiaojing will not let Wu Yuanzhen mess around like this.
"So be it." Xie Xiaojing sighed: "You stay with me for the script first, and I'll go talk to Hou Keming to see if Qingying can support you a little." ”
"And Han Sanping's side, I'll also go and ask for you."
"Since the establishment of China Film, he has been pondering that he wants to comply with the market-oriented reform of mainland films, engage in a youth film project, and train a group of young directors in the new era."
"He loves to watch American commercial films, and he is very interested in this type of film that no one has made in China."
"I'll see if I can help you get some investment from China Film."
Wu Yuan smiled gratefully at Xie Xiaojing and nodded his head fiercely.
And this unexpected joy!
He didn't think that he could get financial help from the teacher, but he just counted on the teacher to help solve the trouble of the next release.
Don't look at the teacher's unforgiving words, but being good to the students is really good, this is the real teacher!