New Age Artists

Chapter 55: Working hard to make the female star take the initiative

Mineral water is not grown in supermarkets, and fruits and vegetables are not refreshed on the shelves.

In 05, film and television talents could not be bought from the market just by having money.

The market is not omnipotent, and the film market in 05 was not completely barren, but it was overgrown with weeds.

The market is imperfect and there is not much talent.

Shen Santong got straight to the point: "The success of a supermarket doesn't mean anything. A supermarket scene doesn't have that many people in front of and behind the scenes."

Very calm in that regard.

The success of the supermarket was indeed huge, and the benefits it brought him were enormous, even beyond his understanding.

But we can’t say that having a supermarket is everything.

Supermarket is always just a low-budget, small-scene comedy.

"We want to build at least one digital film team through these two projects and train relevant talents."

"From the production and production in the early stages of the film preparation, to the production director, life director, and external liaison producer in the mid- and late stages of the preparation."

"To the producers, directors, casting directors, lighting, photography, sound recording, makeup, costumes and other technical jobs during filming."

Shen Santong said it very bluntly: "In the era of the fourth generation of directors, we had talents in all aspects, and the studio trained many of them. In the era of the fifth generation of directors, there were also some. Although they could not compare with the fourth generation in terms of scheduling, their basic skills were definitely not bad. However, when it came to the sixth generation, our talents were no longer there, and basically there was a generational gap."

"I am also a director major, and no one knows our teaching situation better than me. There were big problems with the teaching materials and practices in the 8090s and s. The normal production process was completely abandoned, and the teaching methods were based on the European New Wave and art films."

Speaking of which, the model operas are really wonderful.

The structure is straight and the characters are vivid and clear.

In order to eliminate the influence, we learned from Europe in the 8090s and s.

A film in the style of prose and poetry.

European films themselves were defeated by Hollywood and were completely routed.

If we can't even preserve our local culture, you can imagine what good we can learn from learning from losers.

The film industry of two generations has completely collapsed, and six generations of directors are basically useless.

Of course, the collapse of the film industry was probably the least damaging event at that time.

Shen Santong looked around and observed the people attending the meeting.

Shen Santong completely denied the film theory of the past twenty years, which surprised everyone.

But his business is private, he is the boss, and he has the final say.

Here, no one argues with him about some bullshit film and literary theory.

Shen Santong smiled and said, "The director is the main cause of failure. Of course, if one soldier is cowardly, the whole army will be cowardly. If the director fails, the camera, lighting, and editing will also fail. I am a directing major myself, and I have dragged down my colleagues in other majors. I apologize."

As soon as this was said, everyone laughed.

The serious atmosphere in the meeting hall dissipated a lot.

"Objectively speaking, professional directors are finished. I have no hope. We have talents in other fields. The original studios have trained many, and professional schools have also trained a lot, but they are not used well."

Professional directors are really finished, and won’t be very good for the next twenty years.

The person who broke the audience's prejudice against domestic films was Ning Hao from the Photography Department.

The domestic team completely proved themselves when Xu Zheng's "Lost in Thailand" grossed over 1 billion.

Then Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2" set a record in film history.

Guo Fan, a science fiction Daji with a law background, opened the era of science fiction films with his movie "The Wandering Earth".

Shen Santong hit the nail on the head: "We need to discover them, mainly use them, give them work and projects, help them become proficient in commercial film operations, and adapt to the rhythm of commercial filming."

It cannot be said that there are no problems at all for technical jobs.

In the studio era, everyone received a fixed salary.

Movie production is about planning first and then the need arises, and since there are limited projects, there is no rush to get the work done.

Later, when it came to prose-style author films, there were only a dozen people on and off the stage, so there was no rush.

But commercial films cannot be slow, they burn money every day, and the shooting cycle must race against time.
If you can finish the shooting in one month, it would take less than two months; if you can finish it in half a month, it would take less than a month. It is normal to rush the work by working more than ten hours a day.

This pace is very familiar to people in Hong Kong Island, where the pace of life and work is fast. There is a gap between the mainland's behind-the-scenes team and Hong Kong Island, but the mainland's film and television workers are definitely not bad.

After following two groups, I became familiar with the rhythm and work flow.

Just no chance.

Editor Du Yuan was previously Zhang Yimou's exclusive editor. When Zhang Yimou started making commercial films, she lost her job.

In fact, he is very talented, but he has never proven himself in commercial films.

Just like the job-hunting jokes of later generations, the company recruits people with work experience.

Job seekers need to work first to gain experience.

Not willing to cultivate, just want to use it directly.

There is still a long way to go for domestic films, and Shen Santong can only do a little at a time.

Now that I have entered this industry, I must achieve some results.

With a status in the industry, female stars can take the initiative and become more powerful.

"Localization is right. If you directly bring Guy Ritchie's structure and the plot of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels over to China, the Chinese audience will not accept it."

Shen Santong held a meeting with the Shitou project team, read the existing script and summarized it.

The Stone project team currently consists of four people, Xing Aina, Yue Xiaojun, Zhang Cheng, and Zhou Zhiyong.

Yue Xiaojun, Zhang Cheng and Zhou Zhiyong are all from the Central Academy of Drama and serve as screenwriters.

Xing Aina represents Ning Hao.

Ning Hao went to the Berlin Film Festival to win an award. There was a time difference between the two places, so after the meeting, Xing Aina sent him the meeting content.

Ning Hao had the original idea for the script of Stone as early as 2000, but it was different from the movie version.

The success of the supermarket helped Ning Hao find some ideas and improve the script.

Ning Hao likes Guy Ritchie's movies very much, and appreciates his filming techniques even more, and he imitates many of them.

Now at the script stage, the goal is to remove the flavor of imitation.

After realizing that the audience is the fundamental factor for the success of a movie, Shen Santong gained a deep understanding of the film industry.

Looking at the stone again, I saw some things I hadn't noticed before.

In the previous life, the movie "Stone" was good only because the pictures were crude and the box office was not good.

The stone structure is quite advanced, which may not be liked by ordinary audiences, but is highly praised by movie fans.

Stone is a movie suitable for movie fans, but there are some barriers for ordinary audiences.

This is not an excuse some directors make to call their own movies rubbish; there really is a threshold for watching movies.

If Shi Tou wants a high box office, he has to wait ten years.

After being bombarded with various films, audiences begin to accept feature films, and their tolerance for them will be very strong.

Nowadays, even if the publicity is good, there is a limit to the box office.

The imperfections of the previous life will, in the long run, bring greater benefits to both Chinese films and Ning Hao.

In that era full of prejudice against domestic films, a film with a sophisticated structure, complete plot and full of sincerity, but due to small investment, rough pictures, poor publicity and mediocre box office, all these combined together made it a tragic film.

Stone is suitable for and can withstand frequent brushing.

Every time movie fans watch it, they will sigh that there are some awesome domestic films, so why the box office is not high.

Naturally, there will be regrets and a compensatory mentality.

This mentality will be reflected in the entire domestic film industry, and people will be willing to give domestic films a little tolerance.

The change in the views of many moviegoers on domestic films started with Stone.

It can even be said that Shi Tou changed the audience's prejudice against domestic films.

Thanks to book friends Shiguang1979 and Huixiangyaotaiyuexiafeng for their rewards.

Thank you all for your support.

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