Entertaining Children

  Chapter 517 Hot Short Movies

   That night, Xiao Yao only introduced Zhao Rui and Xu Fei to Mu Ying, and agreed to meet every other week to discuss the script through online video chat, which interrupted the video communication. After all, it's already more than one o'clock in the morning. Everyone has been recording a program for a whole day, and it has been very hard. I have to fly back tomorrow.

  The next morning, Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui left at the airport. Xiao Yao returned to Shencheng, but Zhao Rui and the others had to return to Yanjing. As for informing Chen Xiaoting about the parkour movie, Zhao Rui and Xu Fei are in charge. Anyway, the script has not been finalized, the budget is not yet available, and there is no need to get the money right away. Chen Xiaoting, like Zhao Rui and Xu Fei, both live in Yanjing. They are also studying in Yanjing's Hua Opera with Xu Fei. There is no need for Xiao Yao to go to Yanjing.

  On the fourth day when Xiao Yao returned to Shanghai, the short film "Tuner" was launched simultaneously on the three major domestic video websites and the official video website of Shonan Satellite TV. Xiao Yao’s online broadcast rights for short films are sold exclusively in Europe and North America, and only one video website can broadcast in the region. In China, even if there is no temporary intention to give the video website of Xiangnan TV the right to play for free, Xiao Yao did not intend to give only one video website the exclusive right to play. After all, his development foundation is still in China, so that this short film will be used by more people. Seeing is more important than the economic benefits of short films.

  After the short film was launched on the four video websites, they all placed this short film on the homepage as the most eye-catching recommendation. In the introduction of the recommended position, Xiao Yao's name and the title of "Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival International Competition Unit Most Popular Audience Award" immediately attracted the attention of many netizens.

   "I'm going, Xiao Yao? Is that Xiao Yao who sang? Did he go to make a micro-film? Or he wrote, directed and acted himself? Wouldn't it be the same name and the same surname?" This is the first doubt that netizens get when they see this video introduction.

  "What is the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival? It sounds like it's amazing, is it really amazing?" This is the second doubt of netizens.

  With curiosity, many netizens clicked on the video and watched this short movie with a seemingly awesome title.

   "I'm going, it's really Xiao Yao. Although he has a beard, but that looks, and the appearance of playing the piano, Xiao Yao is absolutely right."

"The lineup of this micro-film is great, but when you think about it carefully, except for the old lady and the girlfriend of the protagonist who didn’t show his face, the others are all related to Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao’s grandfather, and Xiao Yao’s mother. Lin Shaohua is the father of Xiao Yao’s good brother Lin Qisan, and Cheng Xi is an artist in their studio. Both Su Chengying and Huang Shi collaborated with Xiao Yao in "Ling Yun Zhi" that year. You don’t need to look at the protagonist’s appearance to know that it can’t be Xiao Yao of the same name is gone."

   "The focus of this short film is Xiao Yao's self-editing, directing and acting? Isn't it good for the first short film to win awards, or self-editing and directing, is this guy a genius for making short films?"

"What genius? Isn't it just based on family relationships and the star lineup? How many fans does such a cast, so many stars have? Any director can make a most popular short film. ."

"Is the person upstairs an idiot? They were chosen by the French film festival and foreign audiences, but they weren't voted by our Huaxia online? Except for Ye Jiaying and Lin Shaohua, everyone else is from our Huaxia TV circle. There are a few of them in France. The audience knows? Even if Lin Shaohua and Ye Jiaying together, they only appeared on "Cannes" three times, or several years ago. Even if it depends on the celebrity's popularity, it is also by Xiao Yao himself. He is because of the video that spoofed American Airlines. It appears more frequently in foreign news than Ye Jiaying and Lin Shaohua combined."

  "What is this Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival? Is it an international category A? Why haven't I heard of it, will it be a title bought for money?"

"For popular science, the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival is one of the earliest international short film festivals in the world. Many famous foreign directors are only known through this film festival, just because this film festival is It is only for short films, so there are not many talents in our country. The film festival is held in France, and is known as "Short Film Cannes" in Europe and America. It is a very authoritative and professional film festival, and it is definitely not unknown. This year’s third-rate film festival. I just checked. The film and Xiao Yao’s name are indeed included in this year’s award list on the official website of the film festival. At the same time, there are big-name directors who were shortlisted but did not win awards this year..."

  In just a few days, there have been hundreds of comments from netizens on the three major video websites. The video website of Shonan Satellite TV itself has fewer views, and there are dozens of comments. Among them, there are some expressing surprises, but also indispensable ones, but in any case, judging from the growth rate of clicks, this short film has the potential to explode.

  Next, the episode of "Happy Camp" in which Xiao Yao participated in the recording was broadcast. Because Xiao Yao’s short film is also available on his own video website, the dialogue shots between Xiao Yao and the host about the short film have been completely preserved during the post-editing process, and many viewers who watched Kuai Ben also started to edit. This short film was searched on the Internet. The recording and broadcasting of Kuaiben was about a week away. After Kuaiben was broadcast, the short film was still hanging on the recommended positions on the homepage of four video websites, and viewers could see it by searching the Internet. Therefore, both the number of clicks and the number of comments have also experienced explosive growth.

  More and more people saw this short film on the Internet, and more and more comments from netizens.

   "Who can tell me, did the protagonist survive in the end?"

   "The piano sound continued until the end of the film. It shouldn't be dead, right?"

   "The tuner must be dead. Didn't notice the sound of a nail gun at the very beginning of the film? It was definitely not a door opening."

   "This is an open ending. The director didn't say at the end, so it depends on the audience's own judgment."

   "What is the open ending? There are many details in it that indicate that the protagonist is absolutely dead. First, the doorbell rang four times, indicating..."

  The category label of this short film is suspense and thriller. The most talked about in the comments is the discussion about whether the protagonist died at the end, and many netizens dig out the details in the film to prove their point of view. In addition, many people have published their overall evaluations of this short film. Most of the evaluations are that this short film is worthy of awards.

  "This is an exquisite and intriguing short film. It accommodates the maximum variation in a small space and forms a very strong contrast."

   "This time it was amazing. The second time I saw it, I got a cold sweat, but I want to watch it a third time."

   "Agree upstairs, this film has to be watched at least three times, the first time I watch the plot, well, there are also Huang Shi's women's clothing and Cheng Xi's what, the second time aftertaste, the third time chewing carefully."

   "It's not surprising that such a film can win prizes."

  "The best thing about this film is the plot, and the second is the light and color processing in the film, which makes my hair straight. It's hard to imagine that this is written and directed by a guy under twenty years old."

"This guy is originally a photographer, and his ability to process light and color is good. From the MV he made before, it can be seen that the electronic version of "faded" is reflected. But this script is true. It’s not like someone his age can write."

  As everyone discussed the short film, an old incident of Xiao Yao last year was brought up by netizens again.

"Does anyone still remember the incident of Xiao Yao grabbing a knife gangster on the subway in March last year? I remember an online media interview with passengers on the subway saying that Xiao Yao was actually wearing sunglasses and pretending to be blind on the subway that day. The thief thought he was really blind and that was why Xiao Yao discovered him. Could it be that Xiao Yao himself is also a voyeur?"

"What kind of voyeur? That was someone experiencing the role! I remember that the passenger who had his cell phone stolen at the time said in an interview with reporters that Xiao Yao told her that she was experiencing the role at that time. It should have been Xiao Yao at that time. With this script, I am preparing for this role."

"But why did he come up with such a story? The boss of the film (Lin Shaohua) said "This world is not a **** or an exhibitionist", which highly summarizes the meaning of the film. The protagonist is a voyeur, and the client's fitness coach is Transvestite, the beautiful dancer is an exhibitionist, and the kind-looking old lady is a murderer. (Compared to the sloppy Su Chengying, he is the most normal customer in the film) Is this the world in Xiao Yao's eyes? Is this still the Sunshine Boy in our eyes? Is Xiao Yao blackened or is his enchanting youth rebellious period just now?"

  As the comments on the Internet became more and more heated, this short film quickly spread from several video sites to various social media such as Weibo, and countless netizens spontaneously recommended this short film on their social accounts. Xiao Yao's short film quickly became completely popular. It not only attracted reports from the gossip media, but also quickly appeared on the Internet hot search.

  It's just that the hotter the short film, the more doubts it accompanies. A young man in his twenties won an international award for his short film debut. Whether as a director or as a screenwriter, it is a rare thing. What's more, he wrote, directed and acted himself? is it possible? Many people have raised doubts about the identity of Xiao Yao as a director and screenwriter on the Internet. Among them, there are many people who are engaged in the film and television production industry.

  So some good news media began to verify with the star actors in the short film, asking them about their experiences and feelings during the shooting of the short film. Although they did not expressly doubt Xiao Yao's identity as a director and screenwriter, they still hope to find a trace of fraud from the answers of those actors.

Among the star actors, Xiao Chengru and Ye Jiaying are relatives of Xiao Yao, Cheng Xi is an artist in Xiao Yao’s studio, Lin Shaohua and Xiao’s family are family friends, and old artists like Tian Fangzhen live in simplicity, so Huang Shi and Su Chengying, two Mesozoic Xiaoshenghuadans Become a key interview subject for reporters.

  Faced with the reporters’ questions, Huang Shi and Su Chengying were not unnatural in the slightest, and in front of the reporters they began to complain about Xiao Yao’s bad behavior when shooting short films as a director. When reporters felt that they could dig up big news, it was Xiao Yao's whimsical mind that Huang Shi complained, and he arranged for himself a transvestite role. The requirements were very strict. Obviously, some scenes in the script have already been filmed, and I have to temporarily add scenes, so that I have to take a lot of shots in women's underwear. Su Chengying revealed that there was no hamburger in the script. On a whim, Xiao Yao temporarily asked the crew to go to the fast food restaurant downstairs to buy hamburgers, so that he had such an image-destroying scene.

Although the two seem to be complaining, judging from the details revealed, in the shooting of the short film, Xiao Yao is indeed the master of the entire crew. Whether it is a director or a screenwriter, he is both the title. Well-deserved.

In fact, Huang Shi and Su Chengying also saw some suspicious voices on the Internet, and of course they knew the purpose of the reporters, so after the interview, they also specially posted on their Weibo some Xiao Yao filmed with their mobile phones at the shooting scene. Direct a small video during the shooting. As a result, this kind of questioning has not yet formed a wave, and soon disappeared.

  Finally, as the hot discussion on the Internet continued to ferment, some TV stations’ entertainment news and film professional media also joined reports on this short film.

  Professional film media reports and the influence of online gossip media are naturally different. More professionals in the film circle have also begun to notice this short film. The quality of this short film is undoubtedly very strong, so Xiao Yao has received a wave of praise from the film industry. At the same time, Xiao Yao, a young genius who has only become popular in the music industry in recent years, has With this explosive short film, it broke into the field of vision of people in the Chinese film industry.

  As for the fact that Xiao Yao’s short film debut can win awards abroad and become so popular on the Internet, the happiest thing is to count Xiao Yao’s fans, in addition to Xiao Yao’s family and friends.

  Xiao Yao initially made his debut with the role of "Cheng Ying" in "Ling Yun Zhi". Among Xiao Yao's fans, quite a few have met and liked Xiao Yao's "movie fans" through this character. Although Xiao Yao has published a lot of music works in the past two years and his results are very good, many people still look forward to his development in film and television, because in any case, the status of film and television stars in the entertainment circle is still higher than that of singers.

  In the past two years, Xiao Yao has been quiet in film and television. Although he was studying Shenxi's acting department, it means that he should still want to be an actor, but he is not included in the cast of the TV series "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" in which his family studio participated in investment and he participated in the screenwriting. Many fans are a little worried about whether his weirdness suddenly doesn't want to act.

It wasn't until Xiao Yao explained in the fast book that he went to make a short film during the filming of the TV series, or as a director, scriptwriter and starring triple role, he made such a good movie (awarded) and popular (Internet hits). The short film works made Xiao Yao's "movie fans" rest assured. I feel that he not only has not lost interest in acting, but also seems to adjust the focus of future development to film and television.

  (End of this chapter)