A different director [entertainment circle]
Work related
The school purchased all kinds of film shooting equipment and provided them for students to practice and use.
However, these equipment are only used when making final assignments and graduation works. In addition, the equipment is already expensive, so the number of equipment purchased by the school is not much, and it can be used normally.
However, when encountering a final exam that requires photography, a graduate student's work design, or some photography competitions, the school's equipment is obviously not enough, and it is necessary to make an appointment application in advance.
Not to mention the Global Student Film Festival this time.
50 project teams, at least each project team needs a camera equipment, in addition, there are many project teams who want to use multiple cameras for shooting.
In addition, the functions and performance of different models of cameras are different. In order to compete for the equipment of your choice, it must be a full-fledged matter, and the school had to introduce a temporary equipment management method.
However, after the project is established, the project team must take its own shooting plan to the equipment management office for registration, and then obey the unified arrangement and scheduling of the school.
Qin Yan and the others haven't even finished the script yet, and the schedule of the whole project will be even tighter.Qin Yan didn't want to waste time waiting for equipment rental, so he asked Liu Zhengwen, who was also familiar with equipment rental management methods, to make an appointment in advance.
Liu Zhengwen quickly told what happened to him.
However, the main content of the "Temporary Management Measures" is that before the end of the College Student Film Festival project, only students who have passed the project approval can borrow the school's photography equipment.
And this is the biggest difficulty Qin Yan and his team are facing. Their project proposal has not yet undergone a second review.
Qin Yan frowned. The school's decision sounded like it was for the sake of the College Student Film Festival, but he always felt something was wrong.He said:
"Aside from us, isn't there a few other groups that want to re-edit the project proposal? How do they deal with it?"
Qin Yan felt that the school could not be so stupid.There are several projects that failed the first time. If you have to hold a project approval letter to register, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among other project teams.
Speaking of this, Liu Zhengwen's expression became even more angry: "The teacher who manages the equipment told me that other project teams only modified some of the details, and they will definitely pass the review, so they can register as usual. Our team The situation is different, the project proposal is completely unqualified, and we must be formally approved by the committee before we can apply for equipment registration."
"You also know Mr. Wang from the Equipment Management Office. You haven't seen his arrogant face! He also said that this is a rule, and he has no right to change it."
Of course, Qin Yan knew about Teacher Wang. After all, he had borrowed equipment from school before, and he didn't even know the parameters of the equipment. He didn't even have the most basic professionalism.He obviously got into the school by virtue of his relationship, got a job in the middle of the day, and showed off his power every day. He especially liked to make things difficult for students, especially male students.
Now it seems that the other party is mostly based on Principal Cao's relationship, obviously targeting their project team.
"Then what if we don't have cameras when we apply later?"
"Hehe, he said that we should figure it out by ourselves. He also brought out a DV camera, saying that we can use DV to shoot scripts like ours without connotation, and we don't need advanced equipment like film cameras."
This is obviously something that can be made difficult, even with Qin Yan's self-cultivation, his heart is full of anger.
If Qin Yan went to He Jianhua or other familiar professors for help, the matter would not be unsolvable.But he had expected that even if the problem of using the equipment was solved this time, Cao Fang would definitely embarrass them in other places in the future.
For example, such as the review of the use of funds, the inspection of the project shooting progress team, and the final editing rights of the final project product, etc.
Even Qin Yan, he doesn't think that dancing in shackles can present his satisfactory works.
To be honest, Qin Yan didn't even understand why Principal Cao targeted him so much.
In fact, if it weren't for this competition, which was too important to his son, Cao Fang would not target a student completely regardless of face.He is now trying to get his son to be the seed of the intramural team this time, and then go further in the college film festival
Qin Yan suddenly had an idea, that is to participate without relying on the school's funds.In this way, the film creation constraints will be much easier.He has always been very grateful to the school, especially He Jianhua's help, and he doesn't want to get into trouble with the school.
He held back his anger: "Let's discuss the script first."
It is said that it is a group discussion, but it is mainly because Qin Yan is telling everyone about his recent thoughts, Qin Yan is a professional in this respect!
Qin Yan spoke out the outline of the script he had conceived recently, and he prepared several different scripts in total.
The script of the college student film festival does not require how wonderful the plot is and how profound the theme is. There is only one requirement, and that is to be able to catch the audience's eyes!Commercial films are the darling of this film festival.
"All our scripts have to be able to mobilize the emotions of the audience. I started these scripts from the most basic emotions of human beings. You can see that happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy are all involved. But I always feel that it is not enough. If you have any ideas, you can speak up..."
Xi Qianqian and the others thought that Qin Yan's script was very good, and they all praised Qin Yan's script, but Qin Yan was still dissatisfied.
Because he is not a major student, Xie Beiyang, who has been listening to the discussion, suddenly said:
"If we talk about the most basic emotions of human beings, why not count them..."
019 Nonsense!
"Qin Yan! You are messing around!"
He Jianhua suddenly stood up from the chair in the office and slapped the desk hard with his hand.The tea in the teacup was so shaken that it splashed on the surrounding documents. You can imagine how angry and excited He Jianhua was at this moment.
It was the first time Qin Yan saw He Jianhua like this. Even if the students in their class were punished by the school for violating discipline, they had never seen him so angry.
Qin Yan sighed in his heart, he knew that no matter how many reasons he had, his choice still worried He Jianhua.But there is no other way, because he knows how risky his choice is. If he discusses it with He Jianhua first, he will definitely not get consent, and the conflict will definitely become more intense.
"Old He, listen to my explanation, I am really confident in doing this."
He Jianhua, who was usually personable and approachable, and got along well with the students, now had no trace of his usual elegance on his face, and he shouted:
"How sure are you? You can't even get the school's qualification to participate in the competition. How can you participate in the competition? This time, no matter who comes forward, it is impossible to help you solicit and win a chance to be reviewed again!"
He Jianhua pointed to the proposal letter on the table, even though the tea was splashed everywhere just now, he didn't let the proposal letter be stained with tea, which shows that he attaches great importance to Qin Yan's hard work.
"Listen to me first. When I handed in the application letter, I was already mentally prepared. Even if I didn't pass the school, I can still participate in this film festival. And without the school's various reviews, I have to The probability of award is greater."
"I think you're going crazy if you don't go through school to compete."
"Do you know how much manpower and material resources are needed to make a movie? Let alone the professional equipment such as the editing room and dubbing room needed in the later stage, can you afford the price of the camera and film alone! Where would you go to deal with it without the support of the school? try to find?"
This is the naked reality. Making a movie is never something that can be achieved with a passion for it. It must rely on a lot of professional equipment.
Qin Yan didn't know this.If he could borrow the college's equipment, of course he would like to use it. He could only tell He Jianhua about the various difficulties Liu Zhengwen encountered when he went to register the application for equipment use a few days ago.
After listening to Qin Yan's description of what happened to Liu Zhengwen that day, He Jianhua's face turned red with anger.It's just that this time the anger was no longer aimed at Qin Yan, but at Principal Cao's scoundrels, as well as those staff who were eating vegetarian food and eating dog food.
"Then you should also tell me, I'll come forward to help you coordinate the application for the use of photography equipment."
Seeing that He Jianhua had diverted his anger because of Principal Cao, Qin Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately continued:
"Old He, if the school wants to embarrass me, it can't be just an application for the use of the camera. Like you said, there are so many procedures from the beginning to the end of filming a movie. As long as I don't bow my head like Cao Fang, even if I pass the school's script review After that, there will be people who can make things difficult for me in every link.”
"Then my filming session will be extended indefinitely. The deadline for the film festival is only a few months away. I can't spend too much time on these chores. I can't ask you every time. Come out and help."
He Jianhua sat on the chair rather weakly after hearing these words, and then wiped off the tea that had just splashed out.
He also knew that what Qin Yan said was true, but he didn't expect that Principal Cao would be so disregarding his face, as a principal, he would target a student.
But it is indeed as Qin Yan said, if Principal Cao is determined to make things difficult for Qin Yan, he doesn't have to show up at all, as long as he shows his dissatisfaction with Qin Yan in public, he will be directly charged with "disrespecting the teacher" and "disobeying the school." "Fixed" hat, countless school employees who wanted to flatter him knew how to target Qin Yan.
Today it takes an extra day to approve the application for the use of the recording studio, tomorrow it takes an extra day to distribute the budget funds, and the day after tomorrow the school temporarily checks the progress of the filming. These are delays that Qin Yan cannot afford.
He Jianhua wanted to say that he could help Qin Yan solve these problems, but he couldn't.He also really wanted to persuade Qin Yan to be soft and bow his head to Cao Fang, but he also knew that Qin Yan would never do that with his personality.
He only blamed himself, and he couldn't protect his students well.Sometimes, after seeing too many dirty and nasty things in this kind of administrative system, I gradually get used to it.
But when he thought of Qin Yan's previous choices and actions, He Jianhua was still furious.
"But you don't want to submit such a cover-up script to the school. You are completely against Principal Cao. Who knows what rumors will spread in the school."
What He Jianhua said was that Qin Yan resubmitted the script for review the day before yesterday.
The script this time was called "Ancient House" after communicating with Xie Beiyang that day.
The project of "Ancient House" is written very simply. It tells about a couple of college students with a wealthy family and a young couple who travel to Pingcheng during the holiday.
In order to experience the style of the old Pingcheng, the couple rented a courtyard house, wanting to experience the original life of the old Pingcheng.
But in this courtyard, there seems to be some things that the couple cannot understand.The two chose to use the DV camera that was originally used to take pictures of the tourist scenery with them to record all this.
In the introduction of the script, Qin Yan wrote about some supernatural phenomena that happened in the courtyard, and at the same time, the two were exploring the history of the courtyard step by step.
But from the script of "Ancient House", there is no plot tension at all, let alone conflicts and themes.
If the previous "True Murderer" is still trying to reflect the so-called campus violence and suspicion of human nature, then the script of "Ancient House" completely abandons the expression of any profound themes, and seems to completely emphasize the two aspects of horror and weirdness. topics.
Who doesn't know that Principal Cao Fang prefers literary and artistic films, and for the first time he publicly criticized Qin Yan's script as meaningless, superficial and dark.
In the second trial, Qin Yan also submitted horror film scripts such as "Ancient House" to the film festival committee, and even said that he hoped that Principal Cao would review and guide him. In the eyes of outsiders, this clearly showed that Qin Yan was dissatisfied with Principal Cao's previous decision and deliberately stimulated Cao. Principal Fang.
This time, even if Cao Fang did not express his opinion, the professors below would not agree to the review of Qin Yan's "Ancient House".In the view of these professors, it is not worth offending Cao Fang for "Ancient House".
Sure enough, Qin Yan's script was directly rejected by the review committee on the second day after it was submitted.And in the column of review comments, it was clearly written in black and white on a white background, "The script is superficial, and the review committee will not approve it." It was also stamped with a bright red seal, "Pingying Film Festival Committee".
This fresh chapter means that "Ancient House" has been concluded, and there is no possibility of overturning the verdict
"He Ban, I really didn't write the script of "Ancient House" in a whim, but a movie that my team and I wanted to make after careful consideration."
"You have to believe me, for this script, I have devoted all my energy, and I am absolutely sure that I can shoot a good work."
He Jianhua was so angry that he wanted to go crazy, he snorted coldly and said, "Then tell me, how are you going to make a horror movie that no one is interested in? You have to play the ghost yourself, zombie! Female ghost! Fox spirit!"
He Jianhua's tone was not very polite, but he spoke the truth.Huaguo's understanding of ghosts can't escape these limitations, especially in the 90s Xiangcheng made some extremely popular zombie films, and many directors in the mainland followed suit, and the things they produced were horrible.
If it were someone else, Qin Yan would never explain the meaning of "Ancient House" to him.But the other party was He Jianhua, and Qin Yan didn't have any intention of keeping it secret, so he directly repeated to He Jianhua what he had talked with Xie Beiyang and the others that day.
Four days ago, Qin Yan, Xi Qianqian and others were still discussing the script.
"First of all, when we participate in the competition, we must recognize one thing, who and what are we comparing with. And this time the Global Student Film Festival, the opponent is naturally the films produced by college students from all over the world. "
"The energy and ability of college students are limited, and the works cannot be huge. What's more, there are clear regulations in the announcement of the College Student Film Festival that college students should not rely too much on personal funds when making films. This shows that the scale of film production is in the final stage. The review process will also be an important assessment indicator.”
“Otherwise, it would be unfair for developed countries to compete on the same stage with films produced by developed countries with hundreds of thousands of dollars and films produced by us with thousands of dollars.”
This year's college student film festival will definitely not have a local tyrant like Qin Yan in his previous life, who took money to pile up works, and directly opened up an unrivaled gap in picture quality.Even if there is, it is impossible for the jury to award such a work.
In the case of limited funds, the subject matter and duration of the movie are the first to be affected.
Regarding the subject matter, Qin Yan had already discussed it with Liu Zhengwen and the others.It is impossible for a work to choose some grand themes for expression, and it can only be stated from a very small point.
On the other hand, there is the issue of the length of the film. Looking at the entries and award-winning works of the Global Student Film Festival over the years, the final finished product is about half an hour, which is often referred to as a short film.
After all, college students are still young, and they cannot form a standard team to make a complete movie.The result is that it is difficult to tell a complete story in three 10-minute shorts.
Like the "True Murder" created by Qin Yan before, the costs of costumes, props, and scenes are completely excluded.Only then did he dare to tell a four, five or 10-minute story, and this was already the most tricky way he could think of.
This is a helpless thing. Even if Qin Yan can reach the level of a master photographer and a great director, and control the ratio of the final film and the film used for shooting to about 1:3, the 3 yuan funded by the school will not be enough. You can only shoot a few 10-minute short films.
Every frame of a movie is money. This sentence applies not only to the later special effects era, but also to the film era.
But this time, in order to break through the time limit brought by film photography, Qin Yan chose a shooting equipment that no one thought of, that is DV camera.
020 Horror Movie
Liu Zhengwen quoted the words of the teacher in charge of equipment management: "If you don't have a film camera, you can just compete with DV digital works. Anyway, you are just a low-level team, so you can use this low-level equipment."
Throughout the history of film development, since the appearance of film, film film has always occupied a position that cannot be challenged.
Even 20 years later, in the face of self-revolution and breakthrough digital technology, film films still exude an arrogant and charming temperament like aristocrats.
However, the development of science has never been limited to film and film, and more instruments that can record images have been created.
In the 90s, DV cameras were born.Many people once predicted that this is a revolutionary invention in which movies enter thousands of households and everyone can become a filmmaker.
Later, a group of creators who used DV cameras to shoot movies and TV did emerge, but these works were completely incomparable with film photography in terms of texture and plot, and soon DV cameras were eliminated from film and television works market.
This does not mean that the DV camera will disappear, on the contrary it has gradually become a home video equipment.
Qin Yan thinks that the works shot by dv cameras are not recognized by the mainstream film market, not all because of the defects of dv cameras themselves, but because it is difficult for people to give full play to the characteristics of dv cameras.And most of the DV camera works are rubbish, making DV cameras the lowest end of the chain of contempt in the entire industry.
It is Qin Yan's strategy to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses.
What is the biggest advantage of dv camcorder?The first is its cheapness and portability.This is the physical characteristic of the dv camcorder, making it a photographic device for families to record their own lives.
And after successfully entering thousands of households, dv cameras have a constructive feature - real!
Constructiveness refers to the characteristics that are not originally given by society and history.
This kind of reality does not mean how clear the pictures taken by DV cameras are, but that a large number of families are using DV cameras to record their lives.
Many times when people see the slightly jittery or even blurry picture of dv, they will subjectively think that this is what really happened in life!
What's more important is the DV camcorder, which is a digital device.Compared with traditional film storage equipment, it can shoot and delete at almost zero cost, giving Qin Yan more possibilities and trial and error.
Now Qin Yan is trying to use the characteristics of DV cameras to break the time limit of the entries, and then highlight the "authenticity" of the content of the entries.
In the end, it was Xie Beiyang's unintentional words that really made Qin Yan make up his mind to create the script "Ancient House".
A good commercial film must arouse the emotional response of the viewer, and the most basic human emotions are nothing more than joy, anger, sorrow and joy.
At that time, Xie Beiyang said: "In addition to joy, sorrow, and joy, I think fear is also a basic human emotion."
This sentence was like the first morning light breaking through the night, instantly releasing Qin Yan's thoughts.
As Xie Beiyang said, fear is also a basic human emotion. No matter how the movie market develops in the future, there are a lot of horror movies released every year, and there are still many audiences who are willing to buy tickets for them. .
This is enough to see people's pursuit and yearning for "mystery", "suspense" and "horror". Even if it cannot have eternal artistry, it is definitely an enduring type of commercial film.
Qin Yan is not a genius. His judgment of DV movies is not based on imagination and prediction of the future, but his understanding of the development track of DV photography works in another world.
In 1999, "The Blair Witch" was released in Beacon Country. It was filmed with a DV camera. It tells the story of three film students who went to a small town to investigate local legends about witches and planned to make it into a documentary, but they disappeared mysteriously shortly afterwards. story.
"The Blair Witch" under the banner of "pseudo-documentary", with a production cost of 6 US dollars, slashed 2.48 million US dollars in box office worldwide!Triggered the crazy chase of countless dv shooters!
In this world, there is also "The Blair Witch". It is said that in recent years, the eight major production companies in the Lighthouse country have received hundreds of dv movies every day.
And The Blair Witch isn't the only myth. The 09th anniversary of the production of "The Blair Witch", that is, in 1.5, the DV movie "Ghost Story" earned a box office of 2.02 million US dollars worldwide at a cost of [-] US dollars!
This proves that dv movies absolutely have the possibility of success in the commercial film market!It's just that the possibility is tens of thousands, or even one in hundreds of thousands.
And Qin Yan believes that he can produce the best existence among these hundreds of thousands of works!
In fact, Qin Yan never thought about "DV horror movies" at first.
On the one hand, he has never considered DV cameras at all. In his previous life, he had worked in the industry for more than 20 years. Although he had seen many works shot by DV cameras, he had never used them himself.
He likes to describe the movie world through clearer and more realistic pictures, rather than DV cameras with limited technical aspects such as depth of field, clarity, and exposure.
On the other hand, Qin Yan hadn't thought about the theme of horror and horror at all.
The reason is simple, because there is no horror movie that Qin Yan pursues to be an art movie that can be passed down forever.Qin Yan has tried so many styles and types of movies in his previous life, even made romance movies, but he has never touched horror movies.
Of course, there is another small reason, that is, as a director of his own country, in the future, a relevant department will issue a relevant regulation "After the founding of the People's Republic of China, animals are not allowed to become spirits", and at the same time, he will also treat all supernatural horror movies across the board.
Even if some directors shoot horror and supernatural movies later, they are just playing around the corner.
No matter how scary and tense the atmosphere is prepared in the early stage, and how thrilling and exciting stories are told, the final ending must be artificially pretending to be a ghost, which directly reduces the perception and expectations of horror movies to zero.
But it's not the same now. The relevant departments have not issued the regulation that has been ridiculed for more than ten years.Even if Qin Yan submitted the plan to the school, the reason why it was not approved was only because of the lack of artistry in the plot of "Ancient House", not because it violated relevant regulations and did not allow filming.
"He Ban, now you know why I want to make "Ancient House". This film festival is selecting commercial films, and I am confident of success."
After Qin Yan said so much, he made a detailed analysis of the characteristics of the entire Global Student Film Festival.
If you can make a movie with unlimited duration, a complete plot, and completely mobilize the audience's fear, it is indeed possible to shine at the film festival.
But all of this is based on a basic premise.That's it for a horror film that's scary enough and captivates the audience.
Shooting a horror movie can turn into a box-office hit if you're not careful.
One is that there is no horror atmosphere at all. People often don't regard it as a horror movie, but watch it as a comedy.The two lovers walked into the movie theater and burst into laughter after a while, such as "Girls Dormitory" and "Horror Hotel".
The other kind of horror film is too scary and can evoke the most primitive sense of fear in people's hearts, but because the audience dare not watch it, it misses the box office.
Horror films have always been a low-threshold and low-production field. Every year, many directors from all over the world want to become famous or exchange for box office through horror films.
What has done a good job in this regard is a Chinese film director named Wen Ziren, and the horror films he shoots can often merge the relationship between the two, such as the "Chain Saw" series and "The Conjuring" series.
The key now lies in Qin Yan.
Hearing that the anger in He Jianhua's tone had turned into worry, Qin Yan knew that he would succeed in persuading the other party soon, because when he proposed this plan that day, Liu Zhengwen also asked a similar question.
Liu Zhengwen, a cold-faced and warm-hearted guy, poured cold water on him and said:
"There are so many horror films produced every year, but very few of them can become classics. And there are basically no classic horror films in our country. Are you sure that you, Qin Yan, can shoot films that conquer the Chinese market or the Western market? Horror film?"
Qin Yan nodded at that time: "I have confidence in us."
The reason why Qin Yan dared to choose horror themes to create, first of all, he believed in himself and could grasp the rhythm of the movie.
In fact, movies have developed to a certain level and are no longer purely personal artistic and aesthetic expressions, especially commercial movies, which have completely entered the research field of anthropology and even psychology.
What kind of plot can make the widest audience interested, at what time point can emotional stimulation get the most positive feedback, what kind of reversal of the audience's favorite characters...
There was once a famous psychologist named Fort who wrote a paper on the effect of movie plot and emotional feedback.It is talking about the so-called movie narrative, which is actually constantly artificially establishing the audience's psychological expectations, and then repeating between positive feedback and negative feedback to control the audience's emotions
For example, in the most famous "Avengers" series of movies in later generations, the movie often makes the protagonist encounter troubles at the beginning, and then through a series of efforts to break through the difficulties and resolve the crisis, and realize the audience's expectations for the protagonist.
This is one of the most widely used means of emotional control.
Of course, how to express the plot of the movie is the skill of each director.And Qin Yan believes that with his many years of research on movies, he can grasp the audience's horror and psychological feedback rhythm.
And what Qin Yan said at that time was "we", not "I".
Because apart from himself, it is also because the current team made him dare to make such a seemingly whimsical attempt.
The author has something to say: It seems that many readers know about DV movies.If this goes on, it will be spoiled by you.
021 each perform their duties
"Sister Xi and Beiyang, I believe you are both tired of hearing this sentence, but I have to say it again, both of you are very good-looking."
Hearing Qin Yan's praise, Xi Qianqian and Xie Beiyang had completely different reactions, and Xi Qianqian straightened her waist as a matter of course.I have heard this kind of praise hundreds of times, and if you say it again, it is just stating a fact, and I don't care at all.
On the contrary, Xie Beiyang showed a little suspicious shyness on his face.
In fact, Xie Beiyang, as a person who grew up with praise, he also has a clear understanding of his appearance.
Over the years, whether it is the elders in the family or friends of the same age as me, countless people have praised him for his good looks.
Not to mention Xie Beiyang's endless stream of suitors. Xie Beiyang, who has just entered university for two months, has already received countless love letters.There are not a few people who never forget him in middle school and regard him as Bai Yueguang.
But when Xie Beiyang heard Qin Yan praise his appearance, he still felt a sense of pride in his heart.
He got along with Qin Yan these days, and he found that Qin Yan had a unique, advanced, and admirable ability to discern "beauty".
He could also buy many of the brands Qin Yan was wearing, but he asked himself that he would never be able to match Qin Yan's unrestrained and mature feeling.
Once when I went to attend a class in the acting department, Qin Yan arrived before him, so he sat in the corner of the classroom.
Every student majoring in acting has a handsome appearance and stylish clothes. If you just pick one up and throw it on the street, they are always the focus of attention.
Qin Yan had an obvious sense of isolation from the people around him, but he immediately grabbed people's attention, like a king patrolling the territory.
The more confident you are about your appearance, the more likely you will feel admiration once you find that the other party surpasses you.
Hearing Qin Yan praise himself in front of everyone today, Xie Beiyang would of course have some different emotions.
The praise of the strong is far more exciting than the flattery of the weak.
It's a pity that Qin Yan was completely immersed in the inspiration of creation, and he didn't notice Xie Beiyang's strange mood in time.
He continued: "Horror movies must first make the audience feel empathy and feel the horror atmosphere in the film. Psychology shows that humans do have compassion for people who are better looking."
"And what is tragedy? Tragedy is to destroy beautiful things for people to see. Your appearance can help you win more love and attention on the screen. When you are frightened, showing fragility and fear, the audience will Get more involved..."
In terms of movies, Xie Beiyang is a pure novice, he only thinks that everything Qin Yan said makes sense, and keeps nodding, like a chicken pecking at rice.On the contrary, after hearing Qin Yan's description, Xi Qianqian immediately protested and said:
"Director Qin, you said you would give me a different role this time. I don't want to be a vase anymore, standing there begging for the audience's pity."
Xi Qianqian, who majored in acting, of course knew Qin Yan's theory.
Many times, some beautiful and fragile characters are often portrayed in movies, and in the end they don't die well.Its purpose is to arouse the sympathy of the audience, and regrets often linger in the hearts of the audience longer than the happy ending.
Qin Yan nodded and said: "Don't worry, I didn't say that you must be made into a fragile image. Xi Qianqian, do you know what is the most fundamental characteristic of human beings? It is complexity. And a person is extremely In the contrasts and contradictions of human beings, the authenticity of people can often be revealed.”
"When I shape your character image, I will not emphasize your fragility and gentleness one-sidedly, nor will I emphasize your bravery and perseverance one-sidedly. I hope that when encountering emergencies, the essence of human character The contradictory double-sidedness in it is shown."
Why are roses so popular?On the one hand, it is because of its delicate beauty, on the other hand, it is because of its thorns.Someone once said that if a rose has no thorns, it loses 99% of its charm.
Since he promised to shape Xi Qianqian's character image, Qin Yan didn't want to be biased, so he turned his head and said to Xie Beiyang:
"Do you have any ideas about your image?"
Xie Beiyang shook his head, he didn't know anything about character creation, and he wasn't worried about his image being fixed, he just said it bluntly.
"Qin Yan, I believe in you, you can arrange any kind of character image for me."
Countless actors in their previous lives wanted to show their faces in Qin Yan's play.Qin Yan is a well-known director of literary and artistic films, and it is undoubtedly the best choice to go to Qin Yan to earn his reputation.
Qin Yan didn't know how many times he had heard similar words. He still felt very comfortable when he heard Xie Beiyang's words at this moment.
After all, he is still just a nobody now, and even the actors who have worked with him don't trust him and switch to other places, but Xie Beiyang can trust him unconditionally.
Qin Yan patted Xie Beiyang on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me."
The portrayal of the roles of Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian alone has already reassured Liu Zhengwen and Ren Yue, but Qin Yan's reasons have not been finished yet, he turned sideways to face the two and said:
"But my greatest trust in horror films is not because of me, nor is it because of Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian, but because of you two."
Perhaps Xie Beiyang's expression was too serious, which made both Ren Yue and Liu Zhengwen stunned for a moment.
Liu Zhengwen twisted his shoulders. This kind of Qin Yan made him a little uncomfortable and more happy. There was a feeling of being recognized by his opponent. He said:
However, these equipment are only used when making final assignments and graduation works. In addition, the equipment is already expensive, so the number of equipment purchased by the school is not much, and it can be used normally.
However, when encountering a final exam that requires photography, a graduate student's work design, or some photography competitions, the school's equipment is obviously not enough, and it is necessary to make an appointment application in advance.
Not to mention the Global Student Film Festival this time.
50 project teams, at least each project team needs a camera equipment, in addition, there are many project teams who want to use multiple cameras for shooting.
In addition, the functions and performance of different models of cameras are different. In order to compete for the equipment of your choice, it must be a full-fledged matter, and the school had to introduce a temporary equipment management method.
However, after the project is established, the project team must take its own shooting plan to the equipment management office for registration, and then obey the unified arrangement and scheduling of the school.
Qin Yan and the others haven't even finished the script yet, and the schedule of the whole project will be even tighter.Qin Yan didn't want to waste time waiting for equipment rental, so he asked Liu Zhengwen, who was also familiar with equipment rental management methods, to make an appointment in advance.
Liu Zhengwen quickly told what happened to him.
However, the main content of the "Temporary Management Measures" is that before the end of the College Student Film Festival project, only students who have passed the project approval can borrow the school's photography equipment.
And this is the biggest difficulty Qin Yan and his team are facing. Their project proposal has not yet undergone a second review.
Qin Yan frowned. The school's decision sounded like it was for the sake of the College Student Film Festival, but he always felt something was wrong.He said:
"Aside from us, isn't there a few other groups that want to re-edit the project proposal? How do they deal with it?"
Qin Yan felt that the school could not be so stupid.There are several projects that failed the first time. If you have to hold a project approval letter to register, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among other project teams.
Speaking of this, Liu Zhengwen's expression became even more angry: "The teacher who manages the equipment told me that other project teams only modified some of the details, and they will definitely pass the review, so they can register as usual. Our team The situation is different, the project proposal is completely unqualified, and we must be formally approved by the committee before we can apply for equipment registration."
"You also know Mr. Wang from the Equipment Management Office. You haven't seen his arrogant face! He also said that this is a rule, and he has no right to change it."
Of course, Qin Yan knew about Teacher Wang. After all, he had borrowed equipment from school before, and he didn't even know the parameters of the equipment. He didn't even have the most basic professionalism.He obviously got into the school by virtue of his relationship, got a job in the middle of the day, and showed off his power every day. He especially liked to make things difficult for students, especially male students.
Now it seems that the other party is mostly based on Principal Cao's relationship, obviously targeting their project team.
"Then what if we don't have cameras when we apply later?"
"Hehe, he said that we should figure it out by ourselves. He also brought out a DV camera, saying that we can use DV to shoot scripts like ours without connotation, and we don't need advanced equipment like film cameras."
This is obviously something that can be made difficult, even with Qin Yan's self-cultivation, his heart is full of anger.
If Qin Yan went to He Jianhua or other familiar professors for help, the matter would not be unsolvable.But he had expected that even if the problem of using the equipment was solved this time, Cao Fang would definitely embarrass them in other places in the future.
For example, such as the review of the use of funds, the inspection of the project shooting progress team, and the final editing rights of the final project product, etc.
Even Qin Yan, he doesn't think that dancing in shackles can present his satisfactory works.
To be honest, Qin Yan didn't even understand why Principal Cao targeted him so much.
In fact, if it weren't for this competition, which was too important to his son, Cao Fang would not target a student completely regardless of face.He is now trying to get his son to be the seed of the intramural team this time, and then go further in the college film festival
Qin Yan suddenly had an idea, that is to participate without relying on the school's funds.In this way, the film creation constraints will be much easier.He has always been very grateful to the school, especially He Jianhua's help, and he doesn't want to get into trouble with the school.
He held back his anger: "Let's discuss the script first."
It is said that it is a group discussion, but it is mainly because Qin Yan is telling everyone about his recent thoughts, Qin Yan is a professional in this respect!
Qin Yan spoke out the outline of the script he had conceived recently, and he prepared several different scripts in total.
The script of the college student film festival does not require how wonderful the plot is and how profound the theme is. There is only one requirement, and that is to be able to catch the audience's eyes!Commercial films are the darling of this film festival.
"All our scripts have to be able to mobilize the emotions of the audience. I started these scripts from the most basic emotions of human beings. You can see that happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy are all involved. But I always feel that it is not enough. If you have any ideas, you can speak up..."
Xi Qianqian and the others thought that Qin Yan's script was very good, and they all praised Qin Yan's script, but Qin Yan was still dissatisfied.
Because he is not a major student, Xie Beiyang, who has been listening to the discussion, suddenly said:
"If we talk about the most basic emotions of human beings, why not count them..."
019 Nonsense!
"Qin Yan! You are messing around!"
He Jianhua suddenly stood up from the chair in the office and slapped the desk hard with his hand.The tea in the teacup was so shaken that it splashed on the surrounding documents. You can imagine how angry and excited He Jianhua was at this moment.
It was the first time Qin Yan saw He Jianhua like this. Even if the students in their class were punished by the school for violating discipline, they had never seen him so angry.
Qin Yan sighed in his heart, he knew that no matter how many reasons he had, his choice still worried He Jianhua.But there is no other way, because he knows how risky his choice is. If he discusses it with He Jianhua first, he will definitely not get consent, and the conflict will definitely become more intense.
"Old He, listen to my explanation, I am really confident in doing this."
He Jianhua, who was usually personable and approachable, and got along well with the students, now had no trace of his usual elegance on his face, and he shouted:
"How sure are you? You can't even get the school's qualification to participate in the competition. How can you participate in the competition? This time, no matter who comes forward, it is impossible to help you solicit and win a chance to be reviewed again!"
He Jianhua pointed to the proposal letter on the table, even though the tea was splashed everywhere just now, he didn't let the proposal letter be stained with tea, which shows that he attaches great importance to Qin Yan's hard work.
"Listen to me first. When I handed in the application letter, I was already mentally prepared. Even if I didn't pass the school, I can still participate in this film festival. And without the school's various reviews, I have to The probability of award is greater."
"I think you're going crazy if you don't go through school to compete."
"Do you know how much manpower and material resources are needed to make a movie? Let alone the professional equipment such as the editing room and dubbing room needed in the later stage, can you afford the price of the camera and film alone! Where would you go to deal with it without the support of the school? try to find?"
This is the naked reality. Making a movie is never something that can be achieved with a passion for it. It must rely on a lot of professional equipment.
Qin Yan didn't know this.If he could borrow the college's equipment, of course he would like to use it. He could only tell He Jianhua about the various difficulties Liu Zhengwen encountered when he went to register the application for equipment use a few days ago.
After listening to Qin Yan's description of what happened to Liu Zhengwen that day, He Jianhua's face turned red with anger.It's just that this time the anger was no longer aimed at Qin Yan, but at Principal Cao's scoundrels, as well as those staff who were eating vegetarian food and eating dog food.
"Then you should also tell me, I'll come forward to help you coordinate the application for the use of photography equipment."
Seeing that He Jianhua had diverted his anger because of Principal Cao, Qin Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately continued:
"Old He, if the school wants to embarrass me, it can't be just an application for the use of the camera. Like you said, there are so many procedures from the beginning to the end of filming a movie. As long as I don't bow my head like Cao Fang, even if I pass the school's script review After that, there will be people who can make things difficult for me in every link.”
"Then my filming session will be extended indefinitely. The deadline for the film festival is only a few months away. I can't spend too much time on these chores. I can't ask you every time. Come out and help."
He Jianhua sat on the chair rather weakly after hearing these words, and then wiped off the tea that had just splashed out.
He also knew that what Qin Yan said was true, but he didn't expect that Principal Cao would be so disregarding his face, as a principal, he would target a student.
But it is indeed as Qin Yan said, if Principal Cao is determined to make things difficult for Qin Yan, he doesn't have to show up at all, as long as he shows his dissatisfaction with Qin Yan in public, he will be directly charged with "disrespecting the teacher" and "disobeying the school." "Fixed" hat, countless school employees who wanted to flatter him knew how to target Qin Yan.
Today it takes an extra day to approve the application for the use of the recording studio, tomorrow it takes an extra day to distribute the budget funds, and the day after tomorrow the school temporarily checks the progress of the filming. These are delays that Qin Yan cannot afford.
He Jianhua wanted to say that he could help Qin Yan solve these problems, but he couldn't.He also really wanted to persuade Qin Yan to be soft and bow his head to Cao Fang, but he also knew that Qin Yan would never do that with his personality.
He only blamed himself, and he couldn't protect his students well.Sometimes, after seeing too many dirty and nasty things in this kind of administrative system, I gradually get used to it.
But when he thought of Qin Yan's previous choices and actions, He Jianhua was still furious.
"But you don't want to submit such a cover-up script to the school. You are completely against Principal Cao. Who knows what rumors will spread in the school."
What He Jianhua said was that Qin Yan resubmitted the script for review the day before yesterday.
The script this time was called "Ancient House" after communicating with Xie Beiyang that day.
The project of "Ancient House" is written very simply. It tells about a couple of college students with a wealthy family and a young couple who travel to Pingcheng during the holiday.
In order to experience the style of the old Pingcheng, the couple rented a courtyard house, wanting to experience the original life of the old Pingcheng.
But in this courtyard, there seems to be some things that the couple cannot understand.The two chose to use the DV camera that was originally used to take pictures of the tourist scenery with them to record all this.
In the introduction of the script, Qin Yan wrote about some supernatural phenomena that happened in the courtyard, and at the same time, the two were exploring the history of the courtyard step by step.
But from the script of "Ancient House", there is no plot tension at all, let alone conflicts and themes.
If the previous "True Murderer" is still trying to reflect the so-called campus violence and suspicion of human nature, then the script of "Ancient House" completely abandons the expression of any profound themes, and seems to completely emphasize the two aspects of horror and weirdness. topics.
Who doesn't know that Principal Cao Fang prefers literary and artistic films, and for the first time he publicly criticized Qin Yan's script as meaningless, superficial and dark.
In the second trial, Qin Yan also submitted horror film scripts such as "Ancient House" to the film festival committee, and even said that he hoped that Principal Cao would review and guide him. In the eyes of outsiders, this clearly showed that Qin Yan was dissatisfied with Principal Cao's previous decision and deliberately stimulated Cao. Principal Fang.
This time, even if Cao Fang did not express his opinion, the professors below would not agree to the review of Qin Yan's "Ancient House".In the view of these professors, it is not worth offending Cao Fang for "Ancient House".
Sure enough, Qin Yan's script was directly rejected by the review committee on the second day after it was submitted.And in the column of review comments, it was clearly written in black and white on a white background, "The script is superficial, and the review committee will not approve it." It was also stamped with a bright red seal, "Pingying Film Festival Committee".
This fresh chapter means that "Ancient House" has been concluded, and there is no possibility of overturning the verdict
"He Ban, I really didn't write the script of "Ancient House" in a whim, but a movie that my team and I wanted to make after careful consideration."
"You have to believe me, for this script, I have devoted all my energy, and I am absolutely sure that I can shoot a good work."
He Jianhua was so angry that he wanted to go crazy, he snorted coldly and said, "Then tell me, how are you going to make a horror movie that no one is interested in? You have to play the ghost yourself, zombie! Female ghost! Fox spirit!"
He Jianhua's tone was not very polite, but he spoke the truth.Huaguo's understanding of ghosts can't escape these limitations, especially in the 90s Xiangcheng made some extremely popular zombie films, and many directors in the mainland followed suit, and the things they produced were horrible.
If it were someone else, Qin Yan would never explain the meaning of "Ancient House" to him.But the other party was He Jianhua, and Qin Yan didn't have any intention of keeping it secret, so he directly repeated to He Jianhua what he had talked with Xie Beiyang and the others that day.
Four days ago, Qin Yan, Xi Qianqian and others were still discussing the script.
"First of all, when we participate in the competition, we must recognize one thing, who and what are we comparing with. And this time the Global Student Film Festival, the opponent is naturally the films produced by college students from all over the world. "
"The energy and ability of college students are limited, and the works cannot be huge. What's more, there are clear regulations in the announcement of the College Student Film Festival that college students should not rely too much on personal funds when making films. This shows that the scale of film production is in the final stage. The review process will also be an important assessment indicator.”
“Otherwise, it would be unfair for developed countries to compete on the same stage with films produced by developed countries with hundreds of thousands of dollars and films produced by us with thousands of dollars.”
This year's college student film festival will definitely not have a local tyrant like Qin Yan in his previous life, who took money to pile up works, and directly opened up an unrivaled gap in picture quality.Even if there is, it is impossible for the jury to award such a work.
In the case of limited funds, the subject matter and duration of the movie are the first to be affected.
Regarding the subject matter, Qin Yan had already discussed it with Liu Zhengwen and the others.It is impossible for a work to choose some grand themes for expression, and it can only be stated from a very small point.
On the other hand, there is the issue of the length of the film. Looking at the entries and award-winning works of the Global Student Film Festival over the years, the final finished product is about half an hour, which is often referred to as a short film.
After all, college students are still young, and they cannot form a standard team to make a complete movie.The result is that it is difficult to tell a complete story in three 10-minute shorts.
Like the "True Murder" created by Qin Yan before, the costs of costumes, props, and scenes are completely excluded.Only then did he dare to tell a four, five or 10-minute story, and this was already the most tricky way he could think of.
This is a helpless thing. Even if Qin Yan can reach the level of a master photographer and a great director, and control the ratio of the final film and the film used for shooting to about 1:3, the 3 yuan funded by the school will not be enough. You can only shoot a few 10-minute short films.
Every frame of a movie is money. This sentence applies not only to the later special effects era, but also to the film era.
But this time, in order to break through the time limit brought by film photography, Qin Yan chose a shooting equipment that no one thought of, that is DV camera.
020 Horror Movie
Liu Zhengwen quoted the words of the teacher in charge of equipment management: "If you don't have a film camera, you can just compete with DV digital works. Anyway, you are just a low-level team, so you can use this low-level equipment."
Throughout the history of film development, since the appearance of film, film film has always occupied a position that cannot be challenged.
Even 20 years later, in the face of self-revolution and breakthrough digital technology, film films still exude an arrogant and charming temperament like aristocrats.
However, the development of science has never been limited to film and film, and more instruments that can record images have been created.
In the 90s, DV cameras were born.Many people once predicted that this is a revolutionary invention in which movies enter thousands of households and everyone can become a filmmaker.
Later, a group of creators who used DV cameras to shoot movies and TV did emerge, but these works were completely incomparable with film photography in terms of texture and plot, and soon DV cameras were eliminated from film and television works market.
This does not mean that the DV camera will disappear, on the contrary it has gradually become a home video equipment.
Qin Yan thinks that the works shot by dv cameras are not recognized by the mainstream film market, not all because of the defects of dv cameras themselves, but because it is difficult for people to give full play to the characteristics of dv cameras.And most of the DV camera works are rubbish, making DV cameras the lowest end of the chain of contempt in the entire industry.
It is Qin Yan's strategy to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses.
What is the biggest advantage of dv camcorder?The first is its cheapness and portability.This is the physical characteristic of the dv camcorder, making it a photographic device for families to record their own lives.
And after successfully entering thousands of households, dv cameras have a constructive feature - real!
Constructiveness refers to the characteristics that are not originally given by society and history.
This kind of reality does not mean how clear the pictures taken by DV cameras are, but that a large number of families are using DV cameras to record their lives.
Many times when people see the slightly jittery or even blurry picture of dv, they will subjectively think that this is what really happened in life!
What's more important is the DV camcorder, which is a digital device.Compared with traditional film storage equipment, it can shoot and delete at almost zero cost, giving Qin Yan more possibilities and trial and error.
Now Qin Yan is trying to use the characteristics of DV cameras to break the time limit of the entries, and then highlight the "authenticity" of the content of the entries.
In the end, it was Xie Beiyang's unintentional words that really made Qin Yan make up his mind to create the script "Ancient House".
A good commercial film must arouse the emotional response of the viewer, and the most basic human emotions are nothing more than joy, anger, sorrow and joy.
At that time, Xie Beiyang said: "In addition to joy, sorrow, and joy, I think fear is also a basic human emotion."
This sentence was like the first morning light breaking through the night, instantly releasing Qin Yan's thoughts.
As Xie Beiyang said, fear is also a basic human emotion. No matter how the movie market develops in the future, there are a lot of horror movies released every year, and there are still many audiences who are willing to buy tickets for them. .
This is enough to see people's pursuit and yearning for "mystery", "suspense" and "horror". Even if it cannot have eternal artistry, it is definitely an enduring type of commercial film.
Qin Yan is not a genius. His judgment of DV movies is not based on imagination and prediction of the future, but his understanding of the development track of DV photography works in another world.
In 1999, "The Blair Witch" was released in Beacon Country. It was filmed with a DV camera. It tells the story of three film students who went to a small town to investigate local legends about witches and planned to make it into a documentary, but they disappeared mysteriously shortly afterwards. story.
"The Blair Witch" under the banner of "pseudo-documentary", with a production cost of 6 US dollars, slashed 2.48 million US dollars in box office worldwide!Triggered the crazy chase of countless dv shooters!
In this world, there is also "The Blair Witch". It is said that in recent years, the eight major production companies in the Lighthouse country have received hundreds of dv movies every day.
And The Blair Witch isn't the only myth. The 09th anniversary of the production of "The Blair Witch", that is, in 1.5, the DV movie "Ghost Story" earned a box office of 2.02 million US dollars worldwide at a cost of [-] US dollars!
This proves that dv movies absolutely have the possibility of success in the commercial film market!It's just that the possibility is tens of thousands, or even one in hundreds of thousands.
And Qin Yan believes that he can produce the best existence among these hundreds of thousands of works!
In fact, Qin Yan never thought about "DV horror movies" at first.
On the one hand, he has never considered DV cameras at all. In his previous life, he had worked in the industry for more than 20 years. Although he had seen many works shot by DV cameras, he had never used them himself.
He likes to describe the movie world through clearer and more realistic pictures, rather than DV cameras with limited technical aspects such as depth of field, clarity, and exposure.
On the other hand, Qin Yan hadn't thought about the theme of horror and horror at all.
The reason is simple, because there is no horror movie that Qin Yan pursues to be an art movie that can be passed down forever.Qin Yan has tried so many styles and types of movies in his previous life, even made romance movies, but he has never touched horror movies.
Of course, there is another small reason, that is, as a director of his own country, in the future, a relevant department will issue a relevant regulation "After the founding of the People's Republic of China, animals are not allowed to become spirits", and at the same time, he will also treat all supernatural horror movies across the board.
Even if some directors shoot horror and supernatural movies later, they are just playing around the corner.
No matter how scary and tense the atmosphere is prepared in the early stage, and how thrilling and exciting stories are told, the final ending must be artificially pretending to be a ghost, which directly reduces the perception and expectations of horror movies to zero.
But it's not the same now. The relevant departments have not issued the regulation that has been ridiculed for more than ten years.Even if Qin Yan submitted the plan to the school, the reason why it was not approved was only because of the lack of artistry in the plot of "Ancient House", not because it violated relevant regulations and did not allow filming.
"He Ban, now you know why I want to make "Ancient House". This film festival is selecting commercial films, and I am confident of success."
After Qin Yan said so much, he made a detailed analysis of the characteristics of the entire Global Student Film Festival.
If you can make a movie with unlimited duration, a complete plot, and completely mobilize the audience's fear, it is indeed possible to shine at the film festival.
But all of this is based on a basic premise.That's it for a horror film that's scary enough and captivates the audience.
Shooting a horror movie can turn into a box-office hit if you're not careful.
One is that there is no horror atmosphere at all. People often don't regard it as a horror movie, but watch it as a comedy.The two lovers walked into the movie theater and burst into laughter after a while, such as "Girls Dormitory" and "Horror Hotel".
The other kind of horror film is too scary and can evoke the most primitive sense of fear in people's hearts, but because the audience dare not watch it, it misses the box office.
Horror films have always been a low-threshold and low-production field. Every year, many directors from all over the world want to become famous or exchange for box office through horror films.
What has done a good job in this regard is a Chinese film director named Wen Ziren, and the horror films he shoots can often merge the relationship between the two, such as the "Chain Saw" series and "The Conjuring" series.
The key now lies in Qin Yan.
Hearing that the anger in He Jianhua's tone had turned into worry, Qin Yan knew that he would succeed in persuading the other party soon, because when he proposed this plan that day, Liu Zhengwen also asked a similar question.
Liu Zhengwen, a cold-faced and warm-hearted guy, poured cold water on him and said:
"There are so many horror films produced every year, but very few of them can become classics. And there are basically no classic horror films in our country. Are you sure that you, Qin Yan, can shoot films that conquer the Chinese market or the Western market? Horror film?"
Qin Yan nodded at that time: "I have confidence in us."
The reason why Qin Yan dared to choose horror themes to create, first of all, he believed in himself and could grasp the rhythm of the movie.
In fact, movies have developed to a certain level and are no longer purely personal artistic and aesthetic expressions, especially commercial movies, which have completely entered the research field of anthropology and even psychology.
What kind of plot can make the widest audience interested, at what time point can emotional stimulation get the most positive feedback, what kind of reversal of the audience's favorite characters...
There was once a famous psychologist named Fort who wrote a paper on the effect of movie plot and emotional feedback.It is talking about the so-called movie narrative, which is actually constantly artificially establishing the audience's psychological expectations, and then repeating between positive feedback and negative feedback to control the audience's emotions
For example, in the most famous "Avengers" series of movies in later generations, the movie often makes the protagonist encounter troubles at the beginning, and then through a series of efforts to break through the difficulties and resolve the crisis, and realize the audience's expectations for the protagonist.
This is one of the most widely used means of emotional control.
Of course, how to express the plot of the movie is the skill of each director.And Qin Yan believes that with his many years of research on movies, he can grasp the audience's horror and psychological feedback rhythm.
And what Qin Yan said at that time was "we", not "I".
Because apart from himself, it is also because the current team made him dare to make such a seemingly whimsical attempt.
The author has something to say: It seems that many readers know about DV movies.If this goes on, it will be spoiled by you.
021 each perform their duties
"Sister Xi and Beiyang, I believe you are both tired of hearing this sentence, but I have to say it again, both of you are very good-looking."
Hearing Qin Yan's praise, Xi Qianqian and Xie Beiyang had completely different reactions, and Xi Qianqian straightened her waist as a matter of course.I have heard this kind of praise hundreds of times, and if you say it again, it is just stating a fact, and I don't care at all.
On the contrary, Xie Beiyang showed a little suspicious shyness on his face.
In fact, Xie Beiyang, as a person who grew up with praise, he also has a clear understanding of his appearance.
Over the years, whether it is the elders in the family or friends of the same age as me, countless people have praised him for his good looks.
Not to mention Xie Beiyang's endless stream of suitors. Xie Beiyang, who has just entered university for two months, has already received countless love letters.There are not a few people who never forget him in middle school and regard him as Bai Yueguang.
But when Xie Beiyang heard Qin Yan praise his appearance, he still felt a sense of pride in his heart.
He got along with Qin Yan these days, and he found that Qin Yan had a unique, advanced, and admirable ability to discern "beauty".
He could also buy many of the brands Qin Yan was wearing, but he asked himself that he would never be able to match Qin Yan's unrestrained and mature feeling.
Once when I went to attend a class in the acting department, Qin Yan arrived before him, so he sat in the corner of the classroom.
Every student majoring in acting has a handsome appearance and stylish clothes. If you just pick one up and throw it on the street, they are always the focus of attention.
Qin Yan had an obvious sense of isolation from the people around him, but he immediately grabbed people's attention, like a king patrolling the territory.
The more confident you are about your appearance, the more likely you will feel admiration once you find that the other party surpasses you.
Hearing Qin Yan praise himself in front of everyone today, Xie Beiyang would of course have some different emotions.
The praise of the strong is far more exciting than the flattery of the weak.
It's a pity that Qin Yan was completely immersed in the inspiration of creation, and he didn't notice Xie Beiyang's strange mood in time.
He continued: "Horror movies must first make the audience feel empathy and feel the horror atmosphere in the film. Psychology shows that humans do have compassion for people who are better looking."
"And what is tragedy? Tragedy is to destroy beautiful things for people to see. Your appearance can help you win more love and attention on the screen. When you are frightened, showing fragility and fear, the audience will Get more involved..."
In terms of movies, Xie Beiyang is a pure novice, he only thinks that everything Qin Yan said makes sense, and keeps nodding, like a chicken pecking at rice.On the contrary, after hearing Qin Yan's description, Xi Qianqian immediately protested and said:
"Director Qin, you said you would give me a different role this time. I don't want to be a vase anymore, standing there begging for the audience's pity."
Xi Qianqian, who majored in acting, of course knew Qin Yan's theory.
Many times, some beautiful and fragile characters are often portrayed in movies, and in the end they don't die well.Its purpose is to arouse the sympathy of the audience, and regrets often linger in the hearts of the audience longer than the happy ending.
Qin Yan nodded and said: "Don't worry, I didn't say that you must be made into a fragile image. Xi Qianqian, do you know what is the most fundamental characteristic of human beings? It is complexity. And a person is extremely In the contrasts and contradictions of human beings, the authenticity of people can often be revealed.”
"When I shape your character image, I will not emphasize your fragility and gentleness one-sidedly, nor will I emphasize your bravery and perseverance one-sidedly. I hope that when encountering emergencies, the essence of human character The contradictory double-sidedness in it is shown."
Why are roses so popular?On the one hand, it is because of its delicate beauty, on the other hand, it is because of its thorns.Someone once said that if a rose has no thorns, it loses 99% of its charm.
Since he promised to shape Xi Qianqian's character image, Qin Yan didn't want to be biased, so he turned his head and said to Xie Beiyang:
"Do you have any ideas about your image?"
Xie Beiyang shook his head, he didn't know anything about character creation, and he wasn't worried about his image being fixed, he just said it bluntly.
"Qin Yan, I believe in you, you can arrange any kind of character image for me."
Countless actors in their previous lives wanted to show their faces in Qin Yan's play.Qin Yan is a well-known director of literary and artistic films, and it is undoubtedly the best choice to go to Qin Yan to earn his reputation.
Qin Yan didn't know how many times he had heard similar words. He still felt very comfortable when he heard Xie Beiyang's words at this moment.
After all, he is still just a nobody now, and even the actors who have worked with him don't trust him and switch to other places, but Xie Beiyang can trust him unconditionally.
Qin Yan patted Xie Beiyang on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, leave it to me."
The portrayal of the roles of Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian alone has already reassured Liu Zhengwen and Ren Yue, but Qin Yan's reasons have not been finished yet, he turned sideways to face the two and said:
"But my greatest trust in horror films is not because of me, nor is it because of Xie Beiyang and Xi Qianqian, but because of you two."
Perhaps Xie Beiyang's expression was too serious, which made both Ren Yue and Liu Zhengwen stunned for a moment.
Liu Zhengwen twisted his shoulders. This kind of Qin Yan made him a little uncomfortable and more happy. There was a feeling of being recognized by his opponent. He said:
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Almighty Lord: I can modify hidden entries
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Wife Moon Goddess, I Teach Her To Develop Civilization
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Infinite Opportunities to Swallow the Starry Sky
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I save spiritual roots for the next life
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