Full-time actor

Chapter 563 [128] The future famous Chinese opera gang!
2005 12 Month 2 Day.

There is still one week left until the release of "A World Without Thieves".

"There are three ways to control brightness in photography. The first is to increase the sensitivity, which is the most direct way!"

"But too high ISO will produce noise and affect the image quality..."

Chen Yu was sitting in the classroom of the TV and Film Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama, listening carefully to the teacher's lecture on the stage.

This is the course "Film and Television Photography Technology", and it is also the weakest link in Chen Yu's current work as a director.

He has to understand photography before he can understand how to make a movie.

Of course, in addition to photography, he also had to learn recording, editing, film art, etc. There were some courses, such as "History of World Cinema" and "History of Chinese Cinema", which he definitely didn't need to learn because he knew them all.

Therefore, Chen Yu's learning was relatively free and purposeful. He would choose to listen to what he did not understand, making him one of the most special students in the Central Academy of Drama.

Sometimes, he can also consult teachers of related majors.

So the courses are very jumpy.

However, given his current achievements, being able to take classes at the Central Academy of Drama is already the greatest blessing for him.

Many teachers work very hard when he comes to attend their classes.

After all, everyone knows that if we were to say who in this class is most likely to become a successful director in the future, it would definitely be Chen Yu!
This is the simplest and easiest deal to understand.

If Chen Yu really becomes a big director in the future, teachers like them can also brag about it and use it as a signboard.

Chen Yu attended my lectures in the past. That director who won a certain award was my student and so on... Teachers are proud of their students. Even professors at the Central Academy of Drama obviously have such selfish desires sometimes.

After all, there are very few saints in this world.

Moreover, Chen Yu was completely unable to concentrate in class. These teachers would ask him questions from time to time and would glance at him whenever they had nothing to do.

No matter how little you do, you won't be able to escape detection.

In particular, the teacher of this class is the future director of the Television and Film Department of the Central Academy of Drama, Kaohsiung Jie.

He has made great achievements in photography teaching and has written many teaching materials on photography. The course book he is teaching now was written by him.

That is to say, the book in Chen Yu's hand is his work.

"Chen Yu!"

Sure enough, after just a few minutes of talking, Kaohsiung Jie shouted.

In fact, as soon as Chen Yu came back from the United States, he went back to the Central Academy of Drama to attend classes, and he has been attending classes for several consecutive days; all the teachers and students in the school were actually very surprised.

Everyone can see Chen Yu's determination to be a good director.

Then Kaohsiung Jie will definitely give Chen Yu some special treatment.

"Tell me, there are two more ways to increase the sensitivity of photography!"

Kaohsiung Jie looked at Chen Yu who stood up and asked.

Chen Yu was not distracted. He was actually very efficient in class: "You can also reduce the aperture, but the smaller the aperture, the deeper the depth of field, and the effect is not obvious!"

"The other thing is to slow down the shutter speed. If the photographer wants to get dynamic effects such as the flow of people, cars or water, but does not want the photo to be overexposed, he needs to use a neutral density filter..."

"It also helps when shooting macro works of plants and animals in daylight; reducing the brightness also allows the photographer to shoot with a wider or even maximum aperture, using a shallow depth of field to highlight the subject and blur the background!"

"Very good, sit down!"

Kaohsiung Jie is very relieved!
A good teacher likes to have students who listen attentively, let alone such an excellent student. Which teacher would not like that?

The main thing is that they listen very attentively and are very motivated to become directors, unlike some guys who even skip classes?

Thinking of the few people who didn't show up for roll call, Kaohsiung Jie secretly remembered that if he didn't teach these guys a lesson this semester, did they really think that he was serving as the deputy director for nothing?!
Jingle Bell!
Soon, the photography class was over.

Chen Yu stretched, looked at all the course schedules for the undergraduate and graduate programs in the Directing Department, and chose a sophomore class to continue attending.

"Basics of Film Music", I will take this course in my sophomore year.

This is how Chen Yu teaches.

Throughout the seven grades of undergraduate and graduate studies at the Central Academy of Drama, Chen Yu could choose any course he wanted. This was something known to all the students in the Central Academy of Drama, not to mention the teachers.

"Brother Yu!"

A pretty little girl suddenly walked up to Chen Yu who was about to leave.

This is Su Lun, a student from the Directing Department, Class of 05.

A director who will be very famous in the future. Chen Yu had acted in a movie directed by her in his previous life. It was a wonderful encounter. She was the executive director of Xu Zheng's "Lost in Hong Kong", her debut film "Time Raiders", and "Swap Lives". The former took 9 million at the box office, and the latter 3 million!
This is actually a very good box office result in China.

You have to know that among the graduates of Beijing Film Academy, Central Academy of Drama, and Communication University of China, there are only a few directors who can make films that can be released in theaters.

Not to mention that she is a member of the 10 billion club at the box office, which is enough to rank her among the top 50 Chinese directors; what's more, she has won honors such as Best New Director at A-class film festivals. She is indeed a very talented and gifted female director.

Regardless of the ratings of the director's films, at least they were successful at the box office, and she was also the screenwriter of both films.

Even though Chief Jia and Lou Ye are of such status, the total box office revenue of the movies they directed in their lifetime is less than 100 million yuan in mainland China.

"What's wrong?"

Of course Chen Yu has to keep an eye on the girls who may become directors in the future. In fact, he met quite a few of them during his shifts in the past two days.

“When will the pre-sale of A World Without Thieves be available?”

“I’ve been watching the promotion for a long time!”

Su Lun walked to Chen Yu's side. Chen Yu checked his phone and said, "It should be open now. We could have bought tickets a week in advance yesterday!"

"Ah? Really? I went to the cinema last night and I didn't..."

"Each cinema chain is different. The ones under the New Film Alliance should all be open, but I'm not sure about the others!"

"Okay, I'll go to the one in Wangfujing later!"

Su Lun's way of chatting up people was quite special. Chen Yu knew, of course, that this was a deliberate way of getting close to him. However, he had gotten used to it during this period of time. Many people would use various excuses to try to chat with him and ask for his contact information.

This doesn't mean that I'm pursuing him or anything like that, maybe I'm trying to seduce him, but more importantly, I just want to get closer to him.

For example, if Su Lun was familiar with Chen Yu, she would not lack investment when she graduated and made movies. Many people came to chat with her with this idea in mind.

It's quite low-level, Chen Yu can see through it at a glance.

But it was not without gain.

Just like Su Lun, who had proved himself to be a capable director in his previous life, Chen Yu was of course willing to lend a hand; it didn't matter who he filmed for, so he would definitely find a talented investor who could create benefits and reputation for his company.

There are several other departments like this in the Central Academy of Drama.

For example, Tian Yusheng, who was in the 02 class of the Central Academy of Drama, is the screenwriter of "Lost on Journey" and "Lost in Thailand", and the director of the "Ex-Files" series.

The Department of Drama is the most famous feature of the Central Academy of Drama. It is more well-known in the industry than the Department of Performance. Many screenwriters of popular movies are from the Department of Drama. Even Diao Yinan, the future top director of the Central Academy of Drama, is a graduate of the Department of Drama.

This department is full of hidden talents, and sometimes they take classes together with the directing department, so Chen Yu got to know a few of them.

There is also Yang Qing from the 01 directing department, the director of "Night Club"; Dai Mo and Yin Ruoxin from the 04 directing department, the former directed "The Accidental Murderer 2" and "The Third Squadron", and the latter directed "My Sister" and "Wild Child"... The box office is pretty good. They are considered the newcomers in the Chinese directing industry, and the directing department of the Central Academy of Drama is just starting to make efforts; although it is not as good as the Beijing Film Academy, 20 years later, it is also the second echelon of the directing department. Many domestic box office successes with low cost and high box office are created by this group of people.

Rao Xiaozhi, the director of "The Unknown", and Happy Twist's "Mr. Donkey" are now both in the directing department of the Central Academy of Drama.

Chen Yu To be honest, if I hadn’t attended the class, I wouldn’t have known how powerful the directing department at the Central Academy of Drama is.

Arriving at the 04 directing class, Chen Yu had just sat down when the rather handsome Dai Mo sat next to him: "Brother Yu!"

These guys are really thick-skinned to be able to stand out.

The seats on the left, right, and front and back of Chen Yu were instantly occupied; of course, there were also those who looked down on him. The angry youth among the college students were evident at this time, as they obviously disliked the many people in the class who surrounded Chen Yu like lickers.

This is especially common in art classes, where everyone has their own pride.

But this society is very realistic. Often, guys like Dai Mo who are like bootlickers tend to do better because they are flexible and can make a name for themselves. On the other hand, those who are born with proud character are either extraordinary geniuses or have to endure a lot of hardships in social and interpersonal relationships.

But Chen Yu admires these people. At least, he may be living the life he wants.

There is no distinction between high and low, it's just a matter of personality.

Making money doesn’t mean you are successful. Those graduates who stay in school and become teachers to teach and educate others are equally great.

Chen Yu will not look down on anyone. As a reborn person, he has long seen through many rules and nature of this society.

Ding-ling-ling, the class bell rang. Chen Yu sat up straight and listened to the class attentively again.

This basic music appreciation course was relatively easy; while Chen Yu was taking notes, he was planning the two films he was about to shoot.

"Invisible Spy" and "Better Days"!
CAA has confirmed that it will help Chen Yu contact the crew and six major Hollywood partners for "Invisible Spy", so he doesn't need to worry too much about this; the main thing is his upcoming directorial debut "Better Days", a film about school bullying.

Drip!

If you really mean Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be here.

Just when Chen Yu was thinking about "Better Days", his cell phone suddenly rang.

A text message from Director Ding Ruru of the Directing Department of the Central Academy of Drama.

"After class, come to my office!"

"Okay, Director Ding!"

Previously, Chen Yu asked him to help contact Diao Yinan, hoping to hire him as the executive director of "Better Days", but he didn't know if he was willing?

This should be... He is coming?

It's not that Chen Yu hadn't asked around before, and he knew that Diao Yinan was having a miserable time right now.

Since he graduated from the Department of Drama, he had been working as a screenwriter. He co-founded a company with his classmates and junior students - Honghu Creative Group, but he did not own many shares. However, this group was very famous in the film and television industry, and was also the birthplace of the future famous "China Drama Gang".

Zhang Yang, a very famous director among the current graduates of the Central Academy of Drama, is a junior in the directing department who is one year younger than Diao Yinan. He has a classmate named Meng Jinhui, and his wife Liao Yimei is also a junior in the drama department who is one year younger than Diao Yinan.

Together with Zhang Yibai, his senior from the Department of Drama and Literature at the Central Academy of Drama, and Cai Shangjun, his classmate, these six people are the six founders of Honghu.

Each of them will be quite famous in the future history of Chinese film and drama.

The best in the industry!
There is no need to mention Zhang Yang. Meng Jinhui is the emperor of domestic commercial drama. "Rhinoceros in Love" is the drama directed by him and the screenwriter is his wife Liao Yimei. This drama is the most successful commercial drama in the history of Chinese drama.

It has won numerous awards and sold nearly 1 million box office tickets; and this is only the most famous of the more than 80 plays he has directed. The total box office of the dramas he directed has exceeded 10 billion yuan, and even Happy Twist in the drama industry has to give it a wide berth.

The screenwriters of these plays were, of course, his wife Liao Yimei; and she was also the screenwriter of several of Jiang Wen's films, such as "One Step Away".

As for Zhang Yibai and Cai Shangjun, the former is the godfather of idol TV dramas and movies, and the director of "Love Is Not Blind", "So Young", and "The Sky of the Wind Dog Boy"; the latter is the only two Chinese who won the Best Director Award in Venice.

Zhang Yuan from Beijing Film Academy is currently the first one, and the second one is him. He won this award in 2011 for the suspense crime film "People Mountain People Sea".

Together, these six people have produced masterpieces such as "Safe Spicy Hotpot" and "Taking a Bath" that have won international awards; to be honest, the great reputation of the Central Academy of Drama's future directors circle was first created by these six people.

……

After finally finishing the class, Chen Yu walked towards Ding Ruru's office.

Tuk Tuk!

Chen Yu knocked on the office door and heard Ding Ruru's voice: "Come in!"

In fact, there are sounds of chatting inside.

Chen Yu walked in and took a look. Oh, the six founders of Honghu that he was just thinking about were all there?
shhhhh--

The six people all looked at Chen Yu.

Ding Ruru was already laughing: "Chen Yu, do you need me to introduce you further?"

"No need, no need!"

"The Grand Slam Movie King, who doesn't know him?"

Zhang Yang, who had long, rough hair, immediately stood up and walked in front of Chen Yu. Just as he was about to introduce himself, Chen Yu said, "Hello, Senior Zhang Yang!"

"Oh? You know me?"

Zhang Yang was obviously very surprised.

"Yes, I know you. Senior, you have submitted a script to my company!"

He wrote the script of "Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots".

"Ahahaha, ok...it seems to be true!"

Zhang Yang lifted his long hair to hide his embarrassment, but Ding Ruru pointed at a few people behind him and started talking to Chen Yu.

Meng Jinhui, Liao Yimei... Chen Yu shook hands one by one.

Diao Yinan and Cai Shangjun are not famous at present, so they seem very introverted and don't say a word while sitting there; the most famous among them should be Zhang Yang and Meng Jinhui, one is a representative of the sixth generation of directors, and the other is a big director of commercial dramas.

Zhang Yibai is also okay. He has independently directed several popular TV series and films. "Metro to Spring" has good reputation and box office.

"How about we stop chatting here and go out for dinner together?"

"Director Ding, together?"

Meng Jinhui was taking the initiative to invite them. From the look of it, Chen Yu felt that these six people seemed to be looking for something with him?

He originally wanted Ding Ruru to find Diao Yinan. Diao Yinan probably told this story, which made other people interested, so they all wanted to get in touch with him. Chen Yu is definitely a hot commodity now, and there must be a lot of people who want to meet him.

If this is the case for students from the directing department, then the old hands who have been in the society for several years will of course want to curry favor with them even more.

At present, Chen Yu is not just an actor. He has capital and connections in Hollywood and the three major film festivals. Which director would not want to meet him? This person took the initiative to find Diao Yinan, which was a good opportunity to get to know Chen Yu.

That's why six people came together.

Chen Yu did not refuse. These six people would be the mainstays of the film and drama circles in the future. With Jiang Wen, they would be considered the most famous directors in the Central Academy of Drama.

A group of people pulled Ding Ruru towards a restaurant near the Central Academy of Drama.

(End of this chapter)