Nandu News Reporter Lin Jingwu On August 3, a Sino-French cultural and film exchange event was held in Foshan, Guangdong. At the event, the short film "Starting" directed by director Yang Yikun was unveiled as the opening film. It is worth mentioning that this is the first time this work has been shown to a wide audience. It is reported that the film uses the current live broadcast as the entry point and the new rural areas of Guangdong as the story background to bring the audience a southern version of the "new rural love story". The short film tells the story of an Internet celebrity who went back to his hometown to relax due to unsatisfactory work. When he returned home, his family arranged a blind date. As a result, he met his ex, which unfolded a series of ridiculous stories.
In the post-screening sharing session, director Yang Yikun, photographer Tan Haihua, art director Li Wangyang, film editor Weng Jinrong and production director Gao Xun came to the stage to share their creations with the audience. During the viewing process, the audience found out Every detail in the film was discussed with the on-site creators. Some viewers even discussed the design of the character because of the detail of a character tearing off his clothes in the play, and unearthed multiple behind-the-scenes creation stories.
According to director Yang Yikun, the short film "Start" will soon be developed into a theatrical feature film, and the script for the feature film is currently at the end of creation. He introduced that the script of the feature film incorporates new themes in the new era of rural elderly becoming a new generation of Internet celebrities. The story focuses on the stories behind three rural old ladies who turned into popular Internet celebrities. It may be available to the majority of movie fans at the end of next year. .
