is especially worth noting that almost all the main creators of "Chef" are Asian, which is extremely rare in history. Almost all of its core members are from China, including director Yuangen, producer and screenwriter Deng Yixian, screenwriter Kong Leqi, editor Du Guangwei, and composer Chen Xueran.
Student Oscar Award Ceremony, "Chef" won the silver award in the narrative unit
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences established the "Student Oscar Award" in 1972 to support and encourage college students to pursue and realize their film dreams. Every year, college students from all over the world deliver works to show and further realize their movie dreams.
This year's "Student Oscars" selection received a total of 1,615 works from 255 American colleges and 105 international colleges outside the United States. The awards are divided into two parts: domestic colleges and universities in the United States and international colleges. The gold, silver and bronze awards are selected according to different units such as narrative films, documentaries, and cartoons. "Chef" won a silver award for a narrative feature film, and it was a real success. The background of the
story is set in the future. At this moment, artificial intelligence has been highly developed, and many workers are facing unemployment or even homelessness. Protests against robots continue one after another, and the contradiction between human rights and artificial intelligence has worsened unprecedentedly. The story happened in a Chinese restaurant under such a background. The
story appeared in the experience of Master Pu, an experienced chef, instructing his big disciple A Qiang to cook. A braised fish must be very particular about cutting the fish from the very beginning, the knife must be carefully and carefully, and the knife must be cut diagonally. However, Aqiang is always absent-minded and can't do well.
Just when Master Pu instructed A Qiang to give fish oil, the boss came and brought a robot called "William". His setting was to serve and obey the guidance of humans. The boss asked William to learn from Master Pu. Obviously, Master Pu couldn't accept this. When William stretched out his hand to shake his hand, he walked around him. At the same time, Aqiang is also full of hostility towards the arrival of the robot. The boss introduced the robot William
Robot William shaking hands with Master Pu
Master Pu walked away directly
At the beginning, the relationship between Master Pu and Robot William was not pleasant, because robots would never understand that Chinese food is made based on sense rather than science.
When the master asked William to see if the oil temperature was good, William directly inserted his "hand" into the hot oil and accurately reported the temperature;
When Master Pu asked William to add sugar and salt, William asked how many grams he needed. And after Master Pu added three spoonfuls unhappily, he picked it up and weighed it and remembered the exact number;
When Master Pu picked up the food that fell on the counter with his hands, William said "human Containing bacteria on the hands will be harmful to human health," but Master Pu replied, "If you don't eat it, you won't be sick." The
robot William is always smiling, and he obeys the instructions
Master Pu believes that Ah Qiang, who can become a chef, is nowhere to be seen. It turns out that Ah Qiang has been participating in the parade against robots. This is why he is absent-minded and often skips work every day. .
Aqiang's behavior disappointed Master Pu, so he had to spend all his time and energy on teaching William. Gradually, Master Pu also began to discover the likability of William, and the two of them worked closely together. Master Pu even took William to the market.
Visiting the bazaar
At the bazaar, William even picked up the pickled chrysanthemum with his hands to try it, and when the salesperson said it was unhygienic, he replied, “I’m not clean and I’m not sick. So far, the relationship between Master Pu and William has been greatly eased.
Master Pu and William passed an alley on their way home, and they happened to meet the protesters who "struggle for human rights and oppose robots", including Ah Qiang. After discovering the robot, William, the group immediately rushed forward, beating them with sticks and fisting each other.
Master Pu yelled to stop them, but was questioned by A Qiang: "Which side are you on?" Then he fell into thought. William did not make any resistance, unable to move and was carried away after the core components were destroyed. At the end of the
short film, in the long dark tunnel, Master Pu sat in the back seat of Aqiang's motorcycle. I don’t know where fate will take them...
short film "Chef"Two issues were intensively discussed: the conflict between the basis of Chinese food culture and the precise measurement in the West & the conflict between humans and artificial intelligence.
For these two questions, I believe you all have your own corresponding answers after watching the short film.
Regarding the way food is made, we cannot directly tell which is better or worse. Behind each method is a culture that deserves to be affirmed and promoted.
The impact on artificial intelligence has actually shown some clues now. The future world must be highly developed and highly competitive. In the face of the progress of the times, what we can do is to be ourselves and strive to be "irreplaceable". Only in this way can we not be submerged by the torrent of the times and become victims. The
short film "Chef" also selected the 92nd Oscar live-action short film unit in 2020. I hope that such an excellent film can be known by more people and let the world better understand the Chinese story.
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