Between the feast of light and shadow
The city of movies blooms gorgeously
An open, innovative and inclusive Shanghai
Telling the story of the People's City
Listening to the voices from the world
The 2024 Shanghai International Film and Television Festival has come to an end
The story of global film and television people and Shanghai remains As we continue to
deeply study and implement Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts and deeply practice the important concept of People’s City, the “Global Film and Television People See Shanghai” series of short videos jointly produced by the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government Information Office, Shanghai International Film and Television Festival Center and Wenhui News Agency Now on the air. A series of short videos invite judges of the 2024 Shanghai International Film and Television Festival, film market guests, film festival representatives, well-known directors, producers, foreign scholars, international students and international people in the field of film education to jointly talk about Shanghai in their eyes and encounter movies. city, and attend the appointment of light and shadow together to show and spread the charm and vitality of Shanghai to the world.
"Global film and television people watch Shanghai | Andi"
Andi
French actor, judge of the overseas TV drama unit of the 29th Shanghai TV Festival Magnolia Award
◉ The changes are really huge, it is a miracle!
"The last time we came here was 10 years ago. We were here to enjoy the scenery and look for the reed marshes. At that time, Dishui Lake only had one road around the lake, and the surrounding area was all dirt roads, full of reeds." French actor An Di clearly remembers meeting director Jiang Wen that year. The scene when watching the scenery in Lingang during the filming of "One Step Away". Ten years later, An Di came to Lingang Dishui Lake again as a judge of the overseas TV series unit of the Magnolia Awards of the 29th Shanghai TV Festival. He was shocked by the scene in front of him, "It's completely changed. So many buildings, they look like new ones." It’s amazing to build a city!”
The Andi in front of me is cheerful, humorous, happy, and speaks fluent Chinese with a bit of Beijing accent. He has participated in many films such as " The Wandering Earth 2", "One Step Away", " Changjin Lake " and many other films. He is well known to Chinese movie fans for his wonderful acting skills. An Di was born in Beijing. He was admitted to the Chinese Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1983. In the 1980s, he started as a scenic painter in the art group and participated in the production of Chinese and foreign co-productions. At the beginning of the 21st century, Andi returned to China. With his rich experience in front of and behind the scenes, he participated in the creation of Chinese film and television works in multiple capacities such as concept designer, special effects director, and actor. He combined Eastern experience with Western experience to tell stories from multiple dimensions. A unique Chinese story.
"When we were filming "Empire of the Sun", we shot around the Bund for more than two weeks." Andy was particularly impressed by the Bund. "I was standing on the Bund and looking towards Pudong. There were rows of small lights in Pudong at night. There are no high-rise buildings." Twenty years later, he returned to the Bund and was filled with emotion. The tall buildings rising from the ground across the street outlined the beautiful skyline of the city. "The changes are really great."
An Di likes to be here. Walking in Shanghai at night, "It's very beautiful. A certain alley or street has a very historical feel. Coupled with the very modern architecture, it's a bit like a surreal or futuristic science fiction movie. I particularly like this fusion." An Di said that the reason he likes Shanghai is that the city combines history and modernity. "It is raining during the plum rainy season, but I also like it very much. I hold an umbrella by myself and walk around the streets of Shanghai."
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Andy is an old friend of the Shanghai Film Festival. He is very happy to serve as a judge of the TV Festival this time. "This time, overseas TV dramas come from various countries, different cultures, and different languages. I particularly like them all." Andy believes that the most important thing in the creation of film and television works is originality. A very ordinary story can become very interesting if the perspective is right and the narrative method is interesting. From this point of view, originality actually refers to the angle from which a story is told. "Can you capture the audience's attention in the first and second episodes? It's like buying something in a mall. After you pick it up, you find it interesting and then you fall in love with it.The audience must feel this way when watching the TV series, and it must be able to capture the audience in the first episode. "
In Andi's view, the most important thing for every creator, whether a writer, painter, or filmmaker, is to create very sincerely, to face a topic or a problem in the purest way, and then Write it out, draw it, film it, tell the story sincerely, let the world recognize it, and make it resonate with audiences from different cultural backgrounds.
Along the way from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, An Di said frankly: "Making movies is special. It’s tiring and extremely hard, but it’s also fun. "For young film and television people, he thinks it is particularly important to start from every little thing, An said: "When you enter a drama and then start filming the drama, even if it is not good, it will actually teach you. You are many things. No matter how simple everything you do is, it is still one thing. You have to do it well. The better you do it, the more you will get. Once the previous job is done well, the next job will come naturally and open another door. This is really how life is. ”
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Source: Shanghai Jing’an
