From the dumplings of "Nezha's Devil Boy Comes into the World", Gan Jianyu of "Fighting Risks", the Olympic bid of "The Beneficiary", the Baixue of "Over the Spring", to the wood of "Luo Xiaohei Zhan Ji", "Caught by Light Dong Runnian of "The Man", Ke Wenli of "Manslaughter", and so on, this year more than a dozen new directors brought their first feature films to the big screen. The reputation and box office are very beautiful, becoming a beautiful scene in the movie market this year. The reporter found that some of them came from the "Bad Monkey 72 Transformation Project", the "HB+U" new director assistance program, the "Green Onion Project", "First Film Festival" and many other young filmmakers "incubators". Of course, there are also many "wild factions" born in non-science classes who are "powering with love" with their persistence and passion for movies. In 2019, the four words "new director" will shine.
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"Manslaughter" and other new directors are supported by big brothers
reporters have seen that many new directors’ first feature films can have ultra-luxury casts, and they are basically inseparable from the "behind" Big guys,” including Ning Hao, Huang Bo, Chen Sicheng, etc. The big guys used their personal influence to launch a number of support programs for young filmmakers.
's "People Caught by Light", which is currently being screened, is director Dong Runnian's feature film debut. Prior to this, he was a professional screenwriter and won the 31st Chinese Film Golden Rooster Award for Best Screenwriter for "Old Paoer" , Is also the old partner of two well-known directors, Ning Hao and Guan Hu. "People Caught by Light" brought together a group of powerful actors such as Tan Zhuo, Huang Bo, Wang Luodan, and Huang Lu. The reporter learned that the film is one of the projects of the "HB+U" new director assistance program. The program was initiated by Huang Bo in 2016 and is committed to selecting new directors with potential for genre film creation to help young filmmakers realize Movie dreams.
Another hit film "Manslaughter", its director Ke Wenli is a Chinese-Malaysian director, "Manslaughter" is his big screen debut, currently seeing the box office and word of mouth has exploded, properly a "dark horse". The film unexpectedly invited the famous actor Chen Chong, as well as Tan Zhuo, Xiao Yang, etc. Chen Chong even carried out the first road show in his life for the film. "Manslaughter" naturally has an expert advice, he is Chen Sicheng, this is also his first film producer. The "Detective Chinatown" series directed by Sicheng Chen has achieved good reputation and box office, and "Detective Chinatown 3" will also be released on the Spring Festival next year. It is worth mentioning that Chen Sicheng's web drama "Chinatown Detective" will be co-directed by four new directors, including Ke Wenli, which shows that Chen Sicheng appreciates Ke Wenli. The famous
director Ning Hao has "supported" the new directors early. His "Bad Monkey 72 Change Film Project" has successfully launched three new directors. In addition to the Olympic bid for this year's "Beneficiary", the previous one is 2017 Lu Yang of "Xiuchun Dao II: Asura Battlefield", Wen Muye of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" in 2018. The reporter learned that Ning Hao himself got out of the circle from Andy Lau's "Asia Rising Stars" plan 12 years ago. This is an earlier new director support plan in the industry.
In addition, the Chinese Film Directors Association, which has an official background, also launched the "Green Onion Project". Its incubated works include "Over Spring" directed by Bai Xue, which is also a high-profile film released this year.
New Film Festival becomes fertile ground for new films such as "Four Springs"
reporters comprehensively discovered that FIRST Youth Film Festival, a film festival service platform focused on discovering and promoting young filmmakers and their works, has also become a fertile ground for the development of new generation directors. It will be released this year. The works of many of the new directors took the route of first going to the film festival to test the water, and then being released nationwide.
For example, the absurd movie "Sherlock on the Plain" released in November is the first work of director Xu Lei. It was released nationwide after winning the "Best Film Text" at the 13th FIRST Film Festival.
also has the documentary "Four Springs", which won the "Best Documentary" of the 12th FIRST Youth Film Festival, directed by the young director Lu Qingyi, showing work, singing, traveling in the mountains, visiting relatives, etc. in the background of the director’s parents’ family life. Pictures of the world of funerals, reunion and parting.
Chinese-language crime film leader Cao Baoping also escorted new director Gan Jianyu's "Risk" as a producer this year. The film also successfully entered this year's Shanghai Film Festival Golden Goblet Award competition. Cao Baoping once said that he was deeply impressed by Gan Jianyu at the FIRST Film Festival many years ago.
In addition, the reporter also saw that manyThe film festival has a "venture investment unit", and many prospective directors with "director dreams" have brought their works to the competition.
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who studied medicine and business administration switched careers and became a film director
. The reporter checked this year’s film list and found that this year, a group of "wild school directors" was eye-catching and they had not accepted the system. Most of the film class education is about saving the country. They try to learn about film-related education. Even before filming, they have a wide range of occupations, and they have the ability to interpret the wedding directors who "make weddings by film standards", and some Work hard in the pan-art fields such as design, advertising, and photography.
Among them, directors such as "Nezha's Devil Boy Comes into the World", "The Wandering Earth", "Luo Xiaohei's War", "Sherlock on the Plain" and other directors are all born out of school. Yes, I worked in an advertising company after graduation; Mumu, the director of "Luo Xiaohei Zhan Ji" praised as "China Miyazaki", taught himself animation production in university; Xu Lei, director of "Sherlock on the Plain", learned The director of "The Wandering Earth", Guo Fan, has a bachelor’s degree in law, and went to the TV station after graduation, and served as a program packaging supervisor; Gu Xiaogang, who has a background in painting, did relevant program planning before the filming of "Spring River Plumbing" ……
is quite a lot from the "Wedding Directors"
According to incomplete statistics, there are many people from the wedding department in the "Wild School Directors". Before this, there were Bi Gan, Zhang Dalei, etc. Bi Gan even teased his own long shots. Related to long-term shooting weddings. In order to make a good wedding, Xu Lei, director of "Sherlock on the Plain," even went to earnestly pull the film. It can be seen from
that the "wild director" can "transfer" from the original position to the film road, indispensable is "love" and "persistence". Although it sounds clichéd, it makes sense. After all, only if you really want to do something will you have the courage to give up your previous life and start again.
even spent money to raise money, such as spending, online loans, etc.
, these wild directors devoted themselves to filming with a passion, not only "using love to generate electricity", but also "unscrupulously" borrowed from relatives and friends, making a few copies Workers come to supplement the shooting process. The reporter from
interviewed Gong Ge, the producer of "Wandering Earth", and heard him say that the funds were not enough at that time, and the director and others demolished the east wall to make up the bitter past of the west wall. Dumpling relied on his mother's pension to produce an animated short film "Hit a Big Watermelon". After that, he relied on outsourcing to continue his animation dreams until he met the light color house.
is a bit more tragic, such as Gu Xiaogang. In order to shoot the four seasons of the first feature film "Spring River Plumbing", all the ways to find money were used, from crowdfunding from friends to spending, borrowing, online loans and even usury.
and even relatives and friends join forces to become actors
In addition, they also follow the principle of "do not avoid relatives in acting", and relatives and friends join forces to reduce costs. Therefore, most of their directorial debuts are not very invested, presenting a fierce and rough texture, but with vigorous impact.
For example, "Sherlock on the Plain" is praised as "an absurd flower blooming on the land of realism", while director Xu Lei is "a family mobilization". The audience can see his parents and uncles in the film. And the true colors of the village neighbors. Such directors include Bi Gan. Both of his films have used his little uncle, and now his little uncle is even popular, having guest appearances in films such as "The Party at the Southern Station" and "Under the Sun". There is also Gu Xiaogang's "Chunjiang Plumbing", not only the second uncle and other relatives played, but also junior high school students also joined the group.
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excellent directors do not ask about their backgrounds
Remember, there was a while before, various excellent directors, drama directors, actors, singers, writers, etc. have all cross-border film directors, which shows that excellent directors do not ask about their backgrounds. . The most noteworthy thing about
is that the works of the new directors basically do not take shortcuts and do not follow the logic of the market's big IP as the leading factor. These new works with literary and artistic temperament focus on the development of urban and rural areas and the life emotions of ordinary people in the new era, reflecting the concern of young filmmakers on social issues. In addition, reporters also found that they are also good at finding hot spots and materials for creation in social news, and most of the movie scripts directed by newcomers are written by themselves. On these foundations,
uses the sense of responsibility of young filmmakers and uses strong personal touch and stylized audio-visual language to express their shouts to the times and life. And these can’t help but remind me of Zhang Yimou’s memories of the early days of his creationThe sentence I once sighed with emotion-"The early stage of my pursuit of language is not surprising and endless, it is an extremely valuable period in the entire art career."
Therefore, whether it is supported by a big boss plan or self-taught, the works of the new directors have very distinctive features. The narrative style is bold, and the personal touch of the image expression is obvious. These have brought the booming film market. A clear stream is constantly refreshing the expectations of the market and audiences for Chinese films.
Yangtze Evening News|Ziniu News reporter Kong Xiaoping
