Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 964 "Dinner"

Zhang Zhong first glanced at the list of participating films, and then went to find his family members.

"Have you found a director you're interested in?" Hu Huifang asked with concern.

Zhang Chong said with a smile: "How could it be so fast, didn't this come in just now?"

He shook the list of participating films in his hand, "This is the list of participating films. If you are interested in any film later, let Shen Jian take me to meet the director."

Soon, a film on the film list began to be screened.

Zhang Zhong took his family to the screening room.

The name of the movie to be shown is "Three Faces". The filming method of the movie is very special, and it is unfolded in a form similar to a documentary.

The story tells that a female star named Li Ying suddenly received a video one day, and there was a little girl in the video.

The little girl first talked about her situation. She lived in the mountains and wanted to realize her dream of going out of the mountains, but because of the old ideas of her family members who wanted her to marry early, she could not realize her dream.

In desperation, she once wrote to Li Ying hoping to get help from her idol.

But Li Ying did not get a response.

In desperation, the little girl hanged herself in a cave and filmed the whole process.

When Li Ying saw this video, she had some doubts about its authenticity, but she couldn't bear to ignore it, so she drove to the girl's house with her friends.

After many difficulties, the two finally saw the girl on the mountain, but the girl did not die.

This proves that Li Ying and the others were deceived.

Knowing that she was cheated, Li Ying was very annoyed, and even scolded the little girl.

But after getting along for a while, Li Ying also understood the little girl's situation, knowing that she had no choice but to lie to herself...

The storyline of this pseudo-documentary is very simple, and many scenes in the middle are scenes of Li Ying's journey to the mountains.

It seems that the director is also immersed in the natural background furnishings in the middle, and is unwilling to dig deeper into the story.

And at the end, it didn't make any questions, but left some gaps and suspense.

Literary films are like this. If you are impatient, you will probably scold your mother when you watch this film.

After all, apart from the attractive setting at the beginning, the following plot seems to have nothing to watch.

Moreover, the shooting method of pseudo-documentary seems very special, but not many viewers are willing to accept this form.

Pengpeng's reaction was very intuitive. After watching the movie, she said that the movie screen was too shaky, and many places were not clear.

Although her reaction does not represent the general audience, but a glimpse of the leopard, it can be seen that the shaking of the camera is indeed a shortcoming of the pseudo-documentary.

After a movie is finished, it's time for lunch.

During the meal, Shen Jian asked with a smile, "How's it going, did you like "Three Faces" this morning?"

"The filming is quite good. It can be seen that the director's use of pseudo-documentary shooting techniques is very pure. It should not be the first time he has made this type of film." Zhang Zhong said.

Shen Jian nodded and said, "You're right, this is his fourth director of the same type. In fact, I think this movie is a bit like an advanced version of his previous movie. The story is somewhat similar, but the shooting technique is more proficient. .”

"Do you think this movie will win an award?"

Shen Jian shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not, at most I can get the script award."

Zhang Zhong's opinion was similar to Shen Jian's, and he also felt that it was a good thing that this movie was nominated.

"Pay attention to these two movies this afternoon, especially this 'Dinner'." Shen Jian reminded.

"Why?" Zhang Chong flipped through the introduction of the movie and felt that there was nothing special about it.

"This director graduated from the Philosophy Department of Jinling University, and later went to Yanjing Film Academy to study photography. After studying photography, he worked as the main camera for Zhu Wenhua for two years and then came out to direct by himself." Shen Jian said.

"This span is a bit big. Students from the Department of Philosophy are directly admitted to the Department of Photography of Yanjing Film Academy, which is a bit difficult. And as soon as they graduate, they will be the main photographer for Zhu Wenhua?" Zhang Zhong was a little surprised.

Shen Jian also said with some emotion, "Yes, he is about the same age as you now, but he has also achieved a lot of fame. You should also know why I asked people to pay special attention to him."

"Well, I graduated from the Philosophy Department of Jinling University, which is considered a professional counterpart for my "Sophie's World"." Zhang nodded.

When Zhang Chong was looking for a director, he didn't put understanding of philosophy in the director's assessment, because even if he didn't understand philosophy, he could still make a movie, anyway, there were books there.

But if the director really understands philosophy, there must be an advantage in filming.

……

"Dinner" has a simple storyline and very few characters.

There are only two main characters.

Throughout the movie, the two are sitting at a table eating.

Of course, eating is not just about eating. During this meal, the two talked about their views and confusion about life, life, and the world.

Both of them are very ordinary people. Although they have read the dots, they are not philosophers, and the words they speak are also ordinary words that cannot be more ordinary.

They talked about things that most ordinary people would face and think about.

But such an ordinary movie can immerse people in it, and it can also arouse people's thinking.

Those ordinary words also contain extraordinary philosophical speculation.

From the perspective of technique, this film adopts a narrative method that combines drama and documentary.

This method is not too novel. As early as the 60s, the American director Mahler tried and explored this method.

And "Dinner" is just a continuation and development of this fusion technique.

This kind of shooting method actually suits Zhang Chong's appetite, and it fits well with "Sophie's World".

Although the scenes in Sophie's world are not as single as in this book, they are often ordinary dialogues.

And the director of "Dinner" obviously has the ability to film this kind of dialogue better.

After watching the movie, Zhang Chong pulled Shen Jian's arm, "Please introduce this director Xi Jin for me."

Shen Jian laughed, "It seems that you have become interested in him, okay, I'll make arrangements, you go to the coffee shop first, we will meet there later."

Zhang nodded, "OK."

After staying in the coffee shop for about half an hour, Shen Jian brought Xi Jin over.

Seeing Zhang Zhong, Xi Jin quickly trotted over to hold Zhang Zhong's hand, "Mr. Shen said that you want to see me, I still can't believe it, I didn't expect it to be true."

Zhang Zhong smiled and pointed to the seat next to him, "Sit down, what do you want to drink?"

(End of this chapter)