"I don't know. I'll go back to the capital and see if I can find something to do." Yue Xiaojun was a little confused. He was a graduate of the Chinese Opera. Before joining the crew, he wrote plays for others, including CCTV's sitcom "I'm Born to Be Talented."
”, but the income of screenwriters in this era is very small, which is enough for food and clothing in a year, and sometimes they don’t even have enough to eat.
Not everyone can write "Hawthorn Tree Love" and then resell it for a high price of 150,000 yuan. For example, before Yue Xiaojun, 80% of the scripts he wrote were not wanted.
"How about this, I have an idea here, and you can help me write it into a script?"
"Well, director, what do you think?"
"This is a story about a racing driver..." Shao Shuaijun immediately expressed his thoughts. This idea is "Crazy Racing", the second Guy Ritchie-style comedy film created by the original team of Stone. Compared with
The first film had a shabby showing and box office, Racers Standing on the Shoulders of Stone, and took in over 100 million at the box office.
Shao Shuaijun didn't plan to shoot this movie himself. It was prepared for Ning Hao. As a director whom he admired very much, Shao Shuaijun robbed him of his famous work. He felt somewhat regretful and planned to hand over the movie to Ning Hao.
And he invests.
After hearing this idea, Yue Xiaojun immediately said, "Don't worry, director, I will finish the script as soon as possible. By the way, what is the name of this script?"
""Crazy Racing", don't rush the script. You have to wait until "Crazy Stone" is released before you can prepare for the shooting. You have plenty of time to polish it. If you are not in a hurry to go back during this period, just stay on the set and help me do something.
Well, um, I’ll get paid.”
"become!"
"Xiaojun, if you don't leave, why don't I go back alone?" Huang Bo was very depressed.
"If you don't want a wife, just stay and make a living on the set. Just in time, I'll give you the leading role in "Crazy Racing"."
"real?"
"certainly."
"Hey, what else are you going to eat? Go back, Xiaojun, go write the script, I'm waiting to be the starring role."
The few of them were not in the mood for a farewell drink. They ordered food and ate, and hurried back to the set. At that moment, Yue Xiaojun and Huang Bo were helping with the chores and busy with the crew. Time passed very quickly, and it was already six o'clock in the blink of an eye.
On the twelfth of the month, it’s time for the film festival awards.
The Magic City Film Festival started in 1993 and is one of the nine major A-level film festivals in the world. It was suspended last year due to SARS. This year, 578 films from more than 51 countries and regions signed up to participate. The main competition unit is the Golden Goblet Competition.
Award, a total of 16 films participated.
This has nothing to do with Shao Shuaijun. His film participated in the Asian Newcomer Award competition. Compared with the live broadcast of the Golden Goblet Awards, the Newcomer Award is too shabby. It is held in a side hall on the second floor of the International Convention and Exhibition Center. The venue is not large.
There are no live cameras. There are not many films participating this time, only more than 40.
"Buried Alive" was shortlisted for Best Picture and Best Director. In fact, these are the only Newcomer Awards. At nine o'clock in the morning, the Asian Newcomer Awards began. There were three judges, female director Huang Shuqin, and film theorist Huang Shuqin.
David Bordwell and Japanese film critic Tadao Sato. The hosts are two unknown TV hosts. The man has a round face and the woman has beautiful legs.
As a newcomer award, the Asian Newcomer Award can be called a film forum. All film directors or producers shortlisted for the award must go to the stage to talk about it. Shao Shuaijun is no exception.
Liu Junyi, the director of "One Million", spoke about the future of movies, Liang Zhiqiang, the director of "Run Kids" briefly discussed the theory, and Yong Yi, the director of South Korea's "The Man Who Watched Videotape", was babbling and didn't know what he said. Shao Shuaijun was here
In the audience, I was chatting with Zhu Wen, the director of "South of the Clouds".
Until he was invited to the stage by the judges and began to deliver his speech.
He was unprepared when he arrived, so Shao Shuaijun simply said a few words: "I am very happy to participate in the Asian Newcomer Award at the Shanghai Film Festival. Thank you to the three judges and teachers for their love. As a newcomer who has just come into contact with movies, I can't say it right."
Let me just say a few words about my views on movies. Movies are innovating day by day, and I am more optimistic about the development of movie technology. Digital movies have started shooting this year. From 3D movies to digital movies, many of them require our directors to learn and explore.
.Hollywood movies have begun to spend money on special effects, but in China, our movies are still based on simple production. For a limited number of blockbusters, the special effects are produced by Westerners. This will inevitably lead to Chinese-language movies competing in the entire film industry.
We are at a disadvantage, we cannot just focus on literary films... We cannot say that special effects blockbusters are the way out for movies, but special effects blockbusters must be the cornerstone to support the movie market..."
My speech was very short, I just admire blockbusters. As a director, I am afraid that no one would not hope to one day make a visual blockbuster like "Avatar". But as far as the entire Chinese film industry is concerned, after another ten years of development, it will still stay in the Wia era. Those so-called
All the special effects blockbusters are selling themselves off, or they are based on Western technology from five or six years ago.
There are many reasons why Chinese filmmakers are reluctant to invest in special effects. First, they have no money to invest. Second, they are not good at making special effects blockbusters. Third, they can still make a lot of money without making blockbusters. For example, "囧囧" has a box office of 1.2 billion.
, so many eyes were blown away. It is precisely these factors that restrict the development of film technology, resulting in few Chinese-language films, let alone blockbusters, even science fiction films.
"Hello, Director Shao Shuaijun, I am a fan of yours. I especially like your film "Buried Alive". It was produced at a very low cost but gave me the feeling of a blockbuster movie. I would like to ask Director Shao, have you ever considered it?"
What about shooting a special effects blockbuster?"
Since it is a film forum, interaction on and off stage is indispensable. A girl wearing glasses asked a question.
Shao Shuaijun nodded: "Of course, my dream is to shoot a blockbuster. But I am still a newcomer and don't have many impressive results. It's a little early for me to make a blockbuster. Of course, if someone is willing to invest, I am very willing.
Accept the invitation to shoot." As an assistant director in his previous life, he had never made a movie with a cost of 30 million, and he had longed for a blockbuster.
Now he can only accumulate directing skills and money through small-budget movies to realize his dream.
"I would like to ask Director Shao, will you maintain the level of "Buried Alive" in your next movie "Crazy Stone"?" a boy asked.
"Well, "Buried Alive" is an experiment, and the response is so good that I didn't expect it. "Crazy Stone" is a comedy, and it is definitely not as profound as "Buried Alive", but I am confident that it is definitely a classic comedy.
film, we can wait and see.”
Asking questions, the time soon reached eleven o'clock, and the winning entries began to be announced. Everyone stood on the stage, waiting for the three judges to announce.
"I am very excited and gratified to see so many young filmmakers. The future of movies depends on you to continue and develop. Well, the winner of the Best Director of the Asian Newcomer Award at the 7th Shanghai Magic Film Festival is..."