Entertaining Children

  Chapter 503 Cooperation

After the initial contact between Xiao Yao and Mu Ying, they were both very interested in each other. Seeing that the screening hall was preparing to show the next short film, the two of them simply left the exhibition hall and went to a nearby cafe to continue their chat. , And learned more about each other.

Mu Ying is 28 years old this year. He is a native of Qilu from China. He graduated from Yanjing Film Academy with a bachelor's degree in the Directing Department. After graduation, he worked in China's film industry for a few years. However, because he has not had any decent opportunities, he has never directed a film. Feature film. In order to make a living, he also worked as an advertising director in China for several years after graduation. After a certain amount of savings, he had always had the dream of film directors to give up his job as an advertising director. After a period of hard work, he was admitted to the United States for a postgraduate degree in the director department of the University of Southern California Film and Arts School, which is very famous in the United States.

  He has been in USC for more than two years, and he is not far from graduation. As a Chinese who has no personal connections in the United States, although he has joined several American production crews as a student of USC, he has always only been able to do work such as scene recording, and he has not even worked as an assistant director. , Let alone the director, so he carefully made an action short film and came to the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival to seek the opportunity to direct the tube.

  Like Xiao Yao, his short film is also self-funded, self-written, self-directed, and even the actors appear for free without payment. However, unlike Xiao Yao, he does not have such a star cast. His actors are played by some of his close classmates in Southern California, some of whom are not even serious performers.

  Compared with Xiao Yao's unfamiliar with Mu Ying, Mu Ying knows more about Xiao Yao. Mu Ying came to the United States more than two years ago. At that time, Xiao Yao just went to the United States as an exchange student. He was far less famous than he is now. However, Mu Ying will also pay attention to the news and developments of the domestic entertainment industry in the past two years. A talented musician who has been in the music circle for two years, this is why he immediately recognized Xiao Yao's name after hearing Xiao Yao's name just now. However, most of his impressions of Xiao Yao are still in music, and now he is naturally a little surprised to find him appearing at the film festival.

He knew that Xiao Yao’s grandfather and mother were both actors. He also acted in TV series a few years ago. It’s not surprising that he acted in short films, but the certificate that Xiao Yao showed him was written by the director of the entry, indicating that he was directing it. The short film is also one of the shortlisted works of this year's film festival, which is not as simple as making a MV or spoofing United Airlines videos.

  After an afternoon of conversation, Mu Ying and Xiao Yao are familiar with each other a lot. Xiao Yao admired his persistence and hard work for his dreams, and also admired his talent in film. Mu Ying also has a more specific understanding of Xiao Yao. Although Xiao Yao is still less than twenty years old, and his age is nearly ten years old, after some conversation, Mu Ying quickly ignored Xiao Yao’s age, whether it is his talk style or his perspective on movies. Mu Ying unconsciously put Xiao Yao in the same position.

  Compared to Fang Wei and Pei Minyi, Muying is obviously more suitable to be Xiao Yao's companion at the film festival. In the morning of the next day, Xiao Yao and Mu Ying met to watch other short films screened at the festival. After watching them, the two will also express their opinions on the short films they have watched. As a result, the two have gradually become like-minded friends.

  In the afternoon, when Xiao Yao's short film was being screened, Mu Ying also appeared in the screening hall as scheduled, and came to watch Xiao Yao's short film.

   Seeing Xiao Yao’s short film, Mu Ying, who has sufficient knowledge of the domestic entertainment industry, first expressed his amazement at Xiao Yao’s cast. Just these people in the short film are enough to support the lineup of a feature film.

  Of course, without this, Mu Yingke believes that Xiao Yao’s works can be shortlisted because it takes advantage of the cast. Except for Lin Shaohua and Ye Jiaying, two Chinese stars who have appeared on the Cannes red carpet, the other actors are basically unfamiliar to the French. Moreover, this short film festival will not simply allow a work to be shortlisted when the actors are big enough. Even those international big-name stars do not support independent filmmakers to make independent films. The work is not shortlisted at all. Not uncommon.

  Muying’s own short films are action films, and his narrative rhythm shots are very characteristic, but relatively speaking, the plot is a weakness. And Xiao Yao’s "Tuner" is a thriller, and the plot is its biggest feature. It happens to be very different in style from his short film. Mu Ying also sees it with gusto, and it is easy to be caught by Xiao Yao’s short film. Was attracted.

  Of course, this is not to say that Mu Ying's ability to compose stories is definitely worse than Xiao Yao, but the focus of action movies and drama movies are different. However, in addition to the suspenseful plot, Xiao Yao’s short film is also very distinctive in the composition of the picture and the use of light and shadow. Mu Ying knows that this is probably related to Xiao Yao’s identity as a photographer. At this point, he is somewhat self-conscious. I'm sorry.

After the    video was over, Xiao Yao, like Mu Ying, walked to the stage to bow and thank the audience, and waited for the audience’s questions and exchanges.

  "Excuse me, the director, was the tuner killed by the old woman in the end?" a young white female audience raised her hand with concern.

  "This is an open-ended ending. If you think he is dead, he will die. If you think he is alive, he will survive." Xiao Yao said with a smile.

"I read the introduction and said that this was written and directed by you. Is this a person who is also a voyeur? What do you think of these people with special hobbies? Do you think those people with special hobbies are Damn it?" Another male audience raised his hand and asked.

"I personally think that as long as we don’t hurt or affect others, we should all be tolerant of those with special fetishes, just like the transvestite and exhibitionism in the film. Doing this in our own home will not affect our In the case of hurting other people, I don't think it is a problem. As for the problem of voyeurism, what I want to say is that probably everyone has a desire to peep into other people's lives. The difference lies in how far you allow it to develop. Xiao Yao replied earnestly, "I have secretly observed other passengers on the subway wearing sunglasses. This can also be regarded as a kind of voyeurism, but I don’t think there is any moral problem. But if you take a binoculars to peek at the neighbors It’s another matter to take a shower and change clothes."

"Director, you look so young, can I ask how old you are? Also, I think you look more handsome with a beard in the movie!" said a hot blonde female audience, which also attracted the audience. There was a burst of laughter and a few teasing whistles.

"I refuse to answer the question of age, but it seems that you can check it through the introduction of the short film." Xiao Yao touched his chin and smiled bitterly, "As for my beard in the movie, it is Fake. I don’t expect to grow that kind of beard in the next few years, so I feel very hurt about your last words.

  Listening to Xiao Yao’s answer, the audience burst into laughter again.

   Judging from the audience’s reaction, Xiao Yao’s short film is obviously much more popular than Mu Ying’s short film, but judging from the reactions of those professional film companies, the results of the two short films are still about the same for the time being. Now the short films of the two have been screened once each, and they have not attracted the interest of any film companies and producers.

Fang still accompanied Xiao Yao to participate in the first screening of the short film. Since no film dealer or film company came to Xiao Yao to discuss film copyright and follow-up cooperation matters, she can leave and continue to play if she does not have a job. .

  On this side, Xiao Yao and Mu Ying got together again and talked about topics related to the movie.

   "Is your movie really an open ending?" Mu Ying smiled and asked Xiao Yao on the way around the scene of the film festival.

   "Do you have a different opinion?" Xiao Yao also smiled.

"There are many clues that indicate that there is only one final destiny for the protagonist." Mu Yingdao, "The protagonist initially failed in the piano competition because of tension, which shows that his mental quality is not good. In such a situation Next, can he hide the old woman who was extremely calm after killing someone? The door lock rang three or four times after the protagonist entered the door, indicating that the old woman locked the door when she closed it, but when she opened the door it only rang First, it means that she didn’t lock up, obviously she was suspicious of the protagonist, and the protagonist’s schedule book, the old woman took the protagonist’s clothes and came out with a nail gun...how can the protagonist come out with so many details Can you survive?"

   "The director is the director, and he looks more carefully than the audience." Xiao Yao smiled, "but it's boring if you explain it all."

   "It doesn't have much to do with whether it's a director or not. I'm just a detail controller." Mu Ying shook his head and smiled, "But you can think of so many small details when composing this story. It's amazing."

  "Then are you interested in working with me on a project?" Xiao Yao asked Mu Yingdao.

  "Cooperative project? What project? How to cooperate?" Mu Ying was very interested.

   "Of course it is a movie." Xiao Yao said, "A formal feature film, the one that can be shown in the theater. We write the script together and co-direct it."

"Feature films? Of course I am interested." Mu Ying said excitedly, "Do you have a movie project? So, let's find a place to sit down, and you will tell me in detail. Go, I invite you to have coffee. "The Mu Yinglai Film Festival is to get the opportunity to direct feature films. Now I heard Xiao Yao say that there are projects, even if it is co-directed, that is the opportunity he dreams of. How can he be unhappy and excited?

  (End of this chapter)