national idol

Chapter 309 Julier

August is over, and the directing class is over. Ding Ning has officially broken away from the hard-working life, but the workload has not decreased much. After all, as long as he wants to do something, there are countless things waiting for him to do.

For Ding Ning, besides the new album, the first priority in September is to finish the filming of "The Grandson Comes from America" ​​before the weather is cold.

On September 9, Ai Qingping, the assistant of his newly established Wanwei Film and Television Studio, brought him good news: "We have already settled the filming location, and the Ping County government is still willing to invest, do you want to take over? "

"No." It's common for film and television to receive advertising investment, but if they engage with the government, they may be assigned some political tasks. A good film may have to be attached to the banner of building a socialist spiritual civilization. Ding Ning loves The country, but I don't want to get involved with the government yet.

The answer was within Ai Qingping's expectations, and Ai Qingping said: "That's fine, then I'll talk to the people over there. However, the government personnel over there said that they hope our attitude can be more objective and correct. How to put it, just don't learn from it." A generation of directors don’t shoot good places, but only shoot the poor and backward side.”

Although many directors of the previous generation enjoyed international reputation and won many international awards, we can honestly say that many of their films did not live up to the name. Whether it is shooting techniques, content, or so-called depth, they are very rough.

Rather than saying that their films profoundly exposed domestic social contradictions or human nature, it is better to say that they filmed the spirit of literati in their bones.

And in the West, their films weren't very popular.

Being able to win awards is more of a political reason, and smearing China was once the most important political correctness for mainland films to win awards at those international awards.

Regardless of this factor, there was only one person in the whole mainland who could win the award, and that was Wei Changping.

Wei Changping's literary and artistic films are relatively mellow and deeply rooted in the doctrine of the mean. Although they also involve the backward side of the country, his success is not rooted in that, but more because he has his own unique film language and thinking , It has been recognized by foreign people from all aspects.

Therefore, among so many mainland directors who have won awards abroad, only he and the protagonists in his films are truly international and have a certain popularity abroad.

As for the other directors, he doesn't have the reputation alone. This is the difference between real strength and fake strength.

Of course, everything has two sides.

Even if they are fake, that is from an international point of view. Compared with many other directors in China, they are still much better, at least they do not follow the stereotypes.

Moreover, although they have a lot to criticize, at that time, the reason why they made such films was also a way of resistance.

In this country that has just been established for decades, there are many unjust and unreasonable places so far, and using violence to control violence is the unyielding in the bones of those directors.

From a personal point of view, Ding Ning does not reject or like the works of those directors. From the point of view of new directors, Ding Ning respects their fighting spirit.

Without their struggle, most of the current domestic film and television market is more rigid than it is now, with constraints everywhere.

Of course, he does not agree with many of the views of these directors who have become public.But maybe it was their extremes that prompted the relevant departments to make changes.

This is also a manifestation of the contradictory nature of things. When it falls on everyone, there will be such contradictions.

However, no matter how famous the previous generation of directors were, what controversies they had, and what contributions they made, at least Ding Ning never thought about being a sharp person: "I understand that, the place you are looking for is not the same. Will it be too poor?"

Ai Qingping said: "It's not poor, it has the characteristics of a mountain village in Shaanxi Province. You've seen the photos, it's not sloppy, and it's not too shabby. When do you have time to come and take a look?"

It’s a good time to spare some time recently. It’s not too late. Ding Ning thought for a while and said, “Then let’s do it tomorrow. I’ll come over tomorrow, and we’ll go to Kankan together.”

Ai Qingping replied: "Okay, then I will prepare and plan a route for you."

"As for the extras, can you handle it?" Ding Ning asked.

Ai Qingping said: "It can be done. Don't you want some elderly people? In this mountain village, it is difficult to find young men and young girls, but if you want to find old people, I will take you for a walk. At least I can pull two trucks."

"That's good."

"Do you want to bring other people here? If you want, give the number of people, and I can arrange a place for you."

There is no need to bring people over to join in the fun during the early stage scouting. Ding Ning said, "It's just me and Dafei. Just arrange two rooms for you."

"Success, then shall I go and make arrangements now?"

"Okay, trouble."

"No trouble, it shouldn't be my job to take your salary, so I'll hang up first?" Ai Qingping felt weird when he said this to Ding Ning, because Ding Ning was younger and he had 9 age.

He's in a rush, and he feels ashamed to say this to Xiaowa.

"it is good."

After hanging up Ai Qingping's phone, Ding Ning thought about it and called Hou Yang.

Filming is not difficult, but there are ways to do it. It might be better to have someone with experience follow along. Since Hou Yang agreed to be his producer, of course he has to find him for this matter.

Although it is not long since the start of school, tomorrow is a day off, Hou Yang readily agreed, and then asked Ding Ning the question that has been worrying recently: "Have you found the actor for Brooks?"

Dolls are easy to find, but dolls you like are hard to find. During this time, Ding Ning met several little dolls and felt dissatisfied. Brooks has not yet decided on an actor.

He said truthfully: "No, I've met a few, but none of them are very satisfactory. Either there is a problem with the language, or there is a problem with the personality, or the appearance is not suitable."

Hou Yang said: "You have to hurry up, don't you want to finish the project years ago, then the preliminary work has to be accelerated. If you can't pick the perfect one, then pick good communication and good acting skills. Other minor details, such as language and so on Yes, just find a fluent partner in the later stage. Actually, I think it would be nice to have a doll, why don’t you try it.”

"Who?" Ding Ning asked.

Hou Yang said: "Zhu Sheng, you must know that his wife is not American. His son has been in "Father and Son Soldiers". He is a very beautiful doll and can speak Mandarin fluently. You have to be able to lure his son here. It would be better if you can trick his whole family into playing tricks, then at least half of your film's box office will be lost."

Zhu Sheng is almost the Liu Ye of this world. He was born as an actor, and his wife is American. His son Julier indeed meets the requirements in all aspects, and since he appeared in "Father and Son Soldiers", he has become very popular.

It's a good candidate, but Zhu Sheng doesn't seem to have the intention of letting Julier enter the film industry, and he just started school, can he agree?

No matter what, you must try it first, Ding Ning said: "Yes, why didn't I think of it. Thank you teacher for reminding me, I will go and ask."

(End of this chapter)