Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 12 Main Competition Unit

Generally speaking, after a movie is finished and submitted for review, it is normal to take three to five months to know the result.

Sometimes they just return your application saying it is not approved without telling you what the problem is. That is the most torturous thing.

When it comes to film censorship alone, Beijing Film Academy has no advantages and is still a group that is given special attention.

Most of the banned films in the country are made by teachers or graduates of Beijing Film Academy, and they are all very stubborn: I just shoot it this way, you censors know nothing about art!
Just like a famous director named Zhuang Zhuang Tian. When he was filming "Blue Kite", the script he submitted for review was different from the script that was filmed. Of course, the movie was not approved after it was submitted for review.

But he didn't care at all and took it directly to a foreign film festival. The management was very angry and banned him from directing for ten years.

What’s interesting is that a document was issued at that time to ban him from directing.

It is said that the stubborn old Tian framed the documents, hung them in the room, and even showed them off. He was quite stubborn.

From then on, even if it was a ban, no documents would be issued.

For example, Jiang Wen, after being told that he was banned from directing, went to the relevant departments to ask why they didn't give me the documents? Did they look down on me?

I guess he also wanted to learn from Lao Tian, ​​but unfortunately he was scared by Lao Tian and just refused to give it to him.

These audacious directors are capable of doing anything.

Cao Yang also saw the document at Lao Tian's house. Well, it is probably of great collection value.

Although the Beijing Film Academy has no advantage in review, as long as the school is willing to promote it, the senior leaders personally inquire about it, and there are no problems with the film, the review process will be very fast.

It took only sixteen days for the review to be passed without any comments for revision.

In other words, it is now completely compliant and legal for "Alone on the Beach at Night" to be exhibited abroad.

Cao Yang was very happy after knowing this, so he found Tian Zhuangzhuang and asked, "Brother, our movie has passed the review, do you know anyone who can select the film?"

Lao Tian was a little confused, "Why are you looking for a film selector?"

Now it was Cao Yang's turn to be confused. If he wanted to participate in the Berlin Film Festival, didn't he first need to be recommended by the film selectors in the Chinese-speaking film region before he could enter the competition?
It is said that films recommended by better film selectors can be directly selected into the main competition unit.

The reason why he looked for Lao Tian was because Lao Tian had also participated in the Berlin Film Festival, and his "The Eunuch Li Lianying" entered the main competition unit and won a so-called special encouragement award as a consolation.

Don’t underestimate this special award. Winning this award means that either your film selector is awesome or your network is awesome.

“Don’t you need a film selector’s recommendation to go to Berlin?”

Old Tian really wanted to turn around and leave. He was a little confused as to whether this little bastard was deliberately trying to piss him off. Then he remembered that Cao Yang was still a student, so it was normal for him not to understand.

But he still couldn't help but kick Cao Yang.

"What do you need a film selector for? You are a student. This film is nominally a student practice film. The school takes it much more seriously than you do. Do you still need to worry about these things? You just need to wait for the notification."

Cao Yang nodded to show that he understood. He really didn't know this, including in his previous life. Although he had been in the circle for a long time, he had never come into contact with such "high-end" things.

Just know that you need to find a good film selector to participate in the competition, and you will be halfway to success.

"How is Li Xiaoran doing? What did Teacher Lin say?"

"What else can I say? It's the same old thing. Let go of your emotions, have some fun, get more social contact, hang out with friends more often, and see you less often. After three to five months, you'll basically be able to get over it."

Lao Tian didn't have any special emotions when talking about this. In his or other directors' opinion, isn't it normal for actors to get into the role? It's not something to be surprised about.

There are many people who fall in love while filming a drama. Is it because the two people really love each other?

Love is a double act.

Some movies or TV series take half a year or more to shoot, with the hero and heroine hanging out together every day, talking about love in the show, and the hero is a very good person. If you put a little emotion into it, it's like a love affair - there are no such good men in real life. Almost all the advantages you imagine can be found in the hero, and it's hard not to get into the show.

"You don't have to blame yourself. Did you see what Li Xiaoran's company said? This is perfectly normal. Although there are two types of acting: method acting and experiential acting, unless you are extremely talented, as long as you want to play the role well, you will be immersed in the role in the end."

"The difference is that method actors will build a wall in their hearts, and they can get out of the role faster. For someone like Li Xiaoran who has never studied acting, unless they form a fixed acting pattern and act the same in every role, it will be easier to get into the role than to get out of it if they want to play the role well."

"You still have too little experience. When you make a few more movies and see more, you will be more open-minded."

Tian Zhuangzhuang was afraid that Cao Yang would feel traumatized, so she said a few words to comfort him.

"Okay, I understand, brother."

Cao Yang thought about it and added, "The Central Academy of Drama teaches well. No wonder Lü Liping and Xu Fan got out of the play so quickly."

Old Tian was stunned for a few seconds, then he reacted and kicked him.

In the following days, Cao Yang no longer cared about the movie, nor did he ask about the school's operations. He just focused on classes and considered the next choice of movie.

It wasn't until the school was on winter vacation that Cao Yang had some ideas in his mind, but he was still a little hesitant. After all, after the movie was made, he didn't know if the actors would be able to bear the experience of being immersed in the role.

You have to think about it carefully.

After the winter vacation, Cao Yang returned to his hometown. His parents were very happy in the first few days and provided him with delicious food and drinks every day, which lasted for... three days.

Three days later, my mother started to find fault with me in every way. She complained that I got up late every day, didn't tidy up my room, didn't clean the place... I was not good at anything.

Then my dad was implicated, and every time I scolded Cao Yang, it always ended with my dad’s fault.

Then, my dad asked Cao Yang when school would start, and said it would be nice to go back to school early after the Chinese New Year...

We finally made it to the 17th, which is the traditional northern festival - Kitchen God worship, also known as the Little New Year.

Cao Yang was called up early in the morning. His mother asked him to tidy up the house because the whole house had to be cleaned today, and Cao Yang was the main force.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Cao Yang received a call from Hou Keming, telling him the good news that "Alone on the Beach at Night" was successfully selected for the main competition unit of the 51st Berlin International Film Festival.

Then the phone kept ringing. It was from Lao Tian, ​​Teacher Situ, Wang Jinsong, Ding Jiali, Sun Honglei, the coal boss’s mistress…

The point is that Xie Fei also called.

Teacher Xie said on the phone that this year three Chinese-language films were selected for the main competition unit, including Wang Xiaoshuai's "Seventeen-Year-Old Bicycle" and Wan Wan's "Love You Love Me".

Wang Xiaoshuai is from the class of 85 in the Directing Department. His instructors at that time were the former department head Zheng Dongtian and the current department head Xie Xiaojing.

In other words, Wang Xiaoshuai has a lot of connections in the school and can be considered a direct descendant of the directing department.

Zheng Dongtian and Xie Fei have a very good relationship.

Both of them also greeted Xie Fei. The school’s meaning was that since they were not outsiders, they should support them as much as they could. It would be best if they all pushed forward, but at least one person should be guaranteed to win the grand prize.

In addition, Wanwan also asked someone to look for them. They were Xie Fei's good friends, and they also wanted Xie Fei to take care of them more.

Xie Fei had a headache.

　Tian Zhuangzhuang’s movie “Blue Kite” is about something, just the two words “what”. They said my chapter violated the rules and directly deleted more than 200 words. I have already revised it.

　　I would like to ask everyone for more support, either by giving me a monthly ticket or a recommendation. Thank you very much.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)