When he heard "Antfly", Yu Dong raised his eyebrows, "Antfly?"
Bi Feiyu looked at Yu Dong, "Why, have you heard of it?"
Yu Dong shook his head. He couldn't remember where he had heard this name.
"Let's take a look." Yu Hua said with a smile, "It's only three minutes anyway, so it won't take long."
"I'll change the belt."
Wang Xiaobo ran over to change the tape, and Bi Feiyu smiled and said: "Thriller, suspense, you have to be prepared. Thriller movies in Europe and America like to have some bloody and violent scenes, especially Yu Dong. You have to be careful, don't
I vomited directly after watching it.”
Yu Hua also joked: "Yu Yuanwai's vomiting point is too low, not suitable for watching thrillers."
There is an allusion to the two of them saying this. Yu Hua and the others were watching a strange movie "The Devil in the Basket" before. Yu Dong happened to go to them at that time and saw them watching the movie together. He leaned over curiously.
, ask them what they are looking at.
The movie happened to show a bloody scene, and just one look at it made Yu Dong vomit.
In fact, Yu Dong doesn't have any special feelings about horror movies. The main reason is that he doesn't like the bloody ones, such as those where hands and legs are chopped off.
He mainly didn't like to see wounds. Sometimes, when a character in a movie had a long gash on his body, Yu Dong couldn't stand it, so Yu Hua and the others felt that Yu Dong was a little embarrassed.
Hearing that Yu Hua and the others scared him, Yu Dong was not afraid at all. Although he couldn't remember that he had heard "Antfly" there, if this short film could pass the first round of screening, there would definitely be no Yu Hua.
What they say exists.
The Deep Space Short Film Competition has requirements that entries cannot be too bloody.
While he was talking, Wang Xiaobo had already put the video tape in and the short film started playing.
The entire short film is only two minutes and fifty-seven seconds, so the beginning is not long. It starts with a black and white picture, and then a line of title: doodlebug, which literally means antfly larvae.
The two o's above doodlebug are a pair of eyes flashing left and right, and then the picture gradually changes, and the owner of the eyes - a man with a haggard appearance and a nervous expression appears.
"It's black and white." Wang Xiaobo said.
Yu Dong and the others nodded. It was indeed black and white, and the tone was particularly dark, which gave people a sense of pressure. It fit very well with the tension of the men in the film. This must have been intentional by the contributor.
The man in the video was holding a black leather shoe in his hand, looking for something on the ground, and then trying to hit it with his shoe.
The previous attempts were in vain. After a while, a boxer brief appeared on the ground. There seemed to be something underneath, and the thing was moving on the ground against the boxer brief.
When seeing this, everyone felt that a scary moment was coming.
Maybe, what kind of monster is under that boxer briefs?
The man rushed towards the moving boxer briefs, and finally opened the briefs, revealing a person inside. This person was exactly the same as the man, except that he was a small one, only the size of a finger.
The small-sized man also held a leather shoe in his hand and patted it on the ground. Then the large-sized man also patted it, but he didn't pat it, and he chased after it.
Gradually, everyone discovered that it seemed that the small-sized man on the ground was the "future" of the large-sized man. Whatever the small-sized man did, the large-sized man would follow suit the next second.
Suddenly, the small man lay on the ground, raised his leather shoe and slapped it hard on the ground.
Then, the large man did the same thing as the small man, raised his leather shoe and slapped the small man in the face.
After taking the photo, the plus-sized man showed a smile.
But soon, a face with a weird smile appeared behind the large man, and then a huge leather shoe directly slapped the large man to the ground.
This is the end of the short film "Antfly".
Bi Feiyu applauded and said: "Set within a set, endless cycle."
Yu Hua also nodded, "Yeah, it was a good shot."
"It seems like it's still a silent film." Wang Xiaobo said.
Because the movie was too short and relatively tense, they didn't realize it was a silent film until after watching it.
The entire short film has only one actor, no lines, and the entire plot is explained through actions.
But three characters appeared, one was a small man who wanted to beat a large man to death, and another was an extra-large man who wanted to beat a large man to death. They all looked the same and acted the same way.
It just has a certain delay.
After watching the movie, the audience can easily imagine that there are smaller people below the villains, and there are bigger people above the super adults. This goes on indefinitely, with everyone beating a smaller person.
of people, and each person is being chased and beaten by another, bigger person.
This type of story structure within a set within a set is not new, and has been used in artistic works a long time ago, but "Antfly" uses this set within a set structure very well.
Although it is only a three-minute short film, you can still see a lot from it. This director is very thoughtful.
There are not many props and not many sounds used in the movie, but they can always create a special sense of horror.
For example, there are clocks and telephones. In the short film, there are a total of three shots of clocks, a small panorama, a medium shot, and a close-up. In addition, the urgent ringing of the phone and the male protagonist throwing the phone into the water made the man nervous.
The uneasy state is portrayed very well.
After watching the movie, Yu Dong felt more familiar, but he just couldn't remember where he had seen it.
He waved to Bi Feiyu, "Old Bi, give me the list."
Bi Feiyu handed the list to Yu Dong and said with a smile, "This film has an advantage in entering the competition. After all, there are no lines, so there is no need for subtitles."
Although this is a joke, it makes sense.
Deep Space requires all participating foreign language short films to be equipped with Chinese subtitles, and the producers need to do it themselves.
It is not an easy task to make Chinese subtitles for a movie. Although the producer can find someone who can speak Chinese to help translate, the effect cannot be guaranteed.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In a movie, the quality of the lines can often determine a lot of things.
Maybe the original lines are good, but due to poor translation, the lines may be greatly compromised, and the entire movie will lose points.
However, "Antfly" does not even have a single line, and this step is simply omitted. There is no obstacle for audiences in any country to watch this short film and they can all understand it.
At this time, Yu Dong had already obtained the list and found "Antfly", and then saw the list of producers behind the film title.
When he saw the director's name, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
Christopher Nolan, this name is too familiar to him.
Speaking of Christopher Nolan, different people may think of different movies. Some may think of his early suspenseful crime film "Memento", while others may think of the "Batman" series that made him famous.
Of course, many people should think of movies such as "Interstellar", "Inception" and "The Prestige".
Christopher Nolan is not a very prolific director, but most of his films have caused a sensation.
His films are always able to combine artistry and commerciality very well, making the audience feel very competent and willing to spend money to watch them in the cinema. They are both well-received and well-received.
Looking at Christopher Nolan's name, Yu Dong fell into deep thought. He didn't expect that a deep space short film competition would attract him.
"Excuse me, you also think this movie is very good."
Bi Feiyu turned to look at Yu Dong and asked.
Yu Dong came back to his senses, smiled and nodded, "Of course, very good, this is a very talented director. Although the film is not long, it can be seen that this director has his own ideas in film shooting."
"Maybe he's a veteran. What's his name?" Yu Hua asked.
"Christopher Nolan."
Yu Hua thought for a moment, then shook his head, "I've never heard of this name."
Wang Xiaobo joked, "If you have heard of it, it is probably a household name. This kind of short film competition should not attract veterans. After all, the prize money is only 10,000 US dollars."
"Hey! It's only 10,000 US dollars!" Yu Hua said with an exaggerated expression, "Comrade Wang Xiaobo, you are speaking too loudly now, you said that 10,000 US dollars is like a hundred yuan. Yu Yuanwai's annual salary adds up
, it’s just over 10,000 yuan.”
Yu Hua was talking about the salary Yu Dong received at school. He had been working for a long time, and his rank had been promoted rapidly in the past few years, so his salary was quite high. Every year, the sum of miscellaneous things could add up to tens of thousands to several thousand.
Of course, he is already considered very high. The average salary of an ordinary college teacher is about eight to nine thousand dollars a year. In other words, many college teachers will not earn more than ten thousand dollars without eating or drinking for ten years.
Wang Xiaobo smiled and said: "There are differences in this world. You only focus on Yu Yuanwai's salary of more than 10,000 US dollars a year, but you forget that Yu Yuanwai earns an average of more than 10,000 US dollars in royalties a day. And you, Yu Hua, last time
I just replaced my computer a month ago, and it cost tens of thousands to thousands of dollars."
Yu Hua narrowed his eyes and smiled and said: "What are you talking about about computers? Let's talk about the short film competition. Although ten thousand US dollars is not a lot, it may not be able to attract veterans to participate. Think about it, if you can really win
If you win the championship, in addition to the US$10,000, you will also receive support from the Deep Space Company."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Don't worry about whether it's a veteran or not. This short film was really well shot. I'm going to ask the company to contact this director."
"Aren't you afraid that it will affect the judgment of the judges before the review ends tomorrow?"
"Isn't it okay as long as the judges don't know? Okay, you can continue watching. I'll go to Yuliang's office."
…
Yiliang's office was quite lively, with several people reporting to him. It was probably because of some impromptu meeting that they held an impromptu meeting.
Seeing Yu Dong coming, these people greeted him one after another.
"Hi boss."
Yu Dong nodded and sat on the sofa next to him, "You continue to be busy and don't worry about me."
After about five minutes, their small meeting ended.
After the others left, Yu Liang explained with a smile, "Mr. Ji asked us to inspect Yunfan Shoes Industry - oh, it's Wang Jin's brand. Wang Jin came to our company before and sought cooperation, but he kept delaying.
As of today, some time ago, Mr. Ji suddenly asked us to pick up this matter."
Yu Dong nodded, "Oh, I heard Wang Jin say this before. When it comes to cooperating with their family, I don't need to consider my face, I just need to evaluate it objectively."
Yu Liang smiled and said, "Don't worry, boss, professionalism is the prerequisite. In fact, Wang Jin's brand is doing pretty well, but the management is a bit lacking. Judging from the information we have so far, it is still worth investing in."
."
"Has Mr. Ji said how he plans to cooperate with them?"
Yuliang shook his head, "That's not true. It seems that Mr. Ji has his own ideas. Let us just investigate."
Yu Dong nodded and didn't ask any more questions. He turned to the matter of the deep space short film, "Are all the judges of this year's short film competition here?"
"We've almost arrived, but Zhang Yimou and Director Zhang haven't arrived yet."
"He's been busy lately and won't arrive until tomorrow morning. He's already told me."
Zhang Yimou is busy preparing for the movie "Golden Dreamland". Recently, he has been traveling between the United States and China and is very busy.
Originally, Yu Dong saw that he was so busy and asked him not to rush back to be a judge. He insisted on coming back.
"I heard from the judges of the preliminary review that the overall quality of this year's shortlisted works is very good, and maybe we can discover a few more potential directors."
Yu Dong smiled and said: "I came here to tell you this. Just now I watched a short film submitted from abroad with Yu Hua and they thought it was very good. You can contact the director and ask him if he is interested.
Cooperate with us.”
"Which director?" Yuliang asked.
""Antfly", the director is Christopher Nolan."
"Christopher Nolan..."
Yu Liang muttered the name, and then rummaged through the cabinet, "Yesterday they sent over a list of directors who were present this time. There were also several directors who participated in the foreign language competition. Let me see if there are any.
...Oh, I found...Chris...Luckily, he came too and stayed in Room 312 of the Jinling Hotel."
Hearing that Christopher Nolan was also here, Yu Dong raised his eyebrows and smiled. Since Christopher Nolan was able to travel all the way to China, it proves that he attaches great importance to this short film competition, so the matter of cooperation
Naturally, it will be easier to talk about.
And now that he is in China, the two sides can talk more efficiently.
"Let's do this. Contact him as soon as possible and tell him that our company is very optimistic about "Antfly" and hopes to buy the copyright of this short film. Also, ask him if he has any ideas for cooperation. It would be best if he can sign a contract with our company.
Brokerage appointment.”
"No problem, I'll contact you now." Yu Liang said.
Yu Dong waved his hand and said with a smile: "I'm sure I can't get in touch now. I guess he should be in the park now."
Chapter completed!