I just asked for a signature and was told that I would be refused entry into the examination room?
Not only He Tianran, but all the candidates in his group were silent, and the unlucky ones stood still, feeling ashamed and angry.
"What do you think of the film school? The airport or the square? Let me tell you, this is the examination room! The film school's examination room! The moment you walk into the school, you have already started taking the exam. I hope you can understand that this is the representative office of Hong Kong. The city represents China and even the top film school in Asia. We don’t need a director who will come out of our school in the future. His perspective is to look up."
The assistant teacher scolded him with a stern brow, and his mouth was like a bamboo tube pouring beans, which made the people on the opposite side dumbfounded and ashamed.
At the end of the day, those unlucky ones, like eggplants beaten by frost, took the money and walked out with their heads down.
Outside the examination room, the candidates in the same group looked at them and sighed.
"Candidates here, please remember that you are taking the directing exam. You are a director who may command hundreds of people on the crew in the future! You are going to make a movie with millions, tens of millions, or even over 100 million dollars from investors. Film directors, you are the backbone of a group of people, if you don’t have any courage and ambition, then I advise you to go home early!"
He Tianran was secretly stunned. He had long heard that all the students at the film school were extremely arrogant. It turned out that this was the school's school spirit!
Naturally, He Tianran listened to such self-proclaimed and misleading talk, but as soon as those three people left, there were only seven people left in their group. For this group of people, there were more performances. Opportunity is also a good thing, and it is worth listening to the school's admonitions.
There were five teachers in charge of the exam, the youngest of whom looked to be in their forties or fifty. These old men looked calm and powerful, and the assistant teacher who just burst out with thunderous fury could only be regarded as a younger brother in front of them. After entering the examination room, I could only sit in the corner to help take notes and record the exam video.
Everyone entered the examination room and sat down one by one.
Before entering the examination room, none of the candidates in the directing department knew what was going to be tested in this interview. He Tianran heard from the teacher in the training class that one of the students he taught was even asked how old he was when he was a child. This kind of problem.
What does fighting have to do with directing?
Of course it does matter. When directing a play, the director must analyze what the fight means to the character and what kind of psychology it is. Only by experiencing it personally can he communicate better with the actors and the filmed clips will be more convincing. and infectiousness.
However, this kind of question is more often asked during self-introduction. When everyone has introduced themselves, the next test question is the top priority.
This kind of interview in the directing department does not use a single question method, but a group discussion of a problem.
The scientific method of this examination is that it not only examines the talents and abilities of each candidate, but more importantly, it can observe each person's psychological quality and communicative ability, as well as their language and body control on specific occasions.
As a director, it is very important whether he has leadership qualities and whether he can lead a crew of several hundred people toward the same work goal.
An introverted person who lacks passion and is not good at expressing may become a poet or writer, but he will definitely not be a successful director.
Therefore, in such an exam, whether you can stand out from the crowd and become the center of discussion is the most correct way to pass this interview.
The former He Tianran obviously did not have such talent.
At this time, the old man with a goatee sitting in the middle of the examiner's seat simply said: "Let's get started. Let's introduce ourselves first."
He picked up the hot tea on the table and blew on it, then took a sip.
The old man didn't say who to start with. The candidates looked at each other from left to right. A candidate sitting in the middle, facing the old man, got up first and got the opportunity to be introduced.
No matter how well you introduce yourself, there will be no gimmicks, and the teachers in the directing department will not admit you because of your name or where you are from.
What they want is to test their sensitivity and cognitive ability in life. They want to have their own unique and personal life experience. If the self-introduction is similar to everyone’s life, they are in the classroom every day. If you study like crazy, you will basically miss out on the directing department.
He Tianran understood this, so he took advantage of the first few people to introduce themselves and thought about it. When it was his turn, he calmly introduced that he was born in a wealthy family, but because of his parents' relationship, he had an introverted personality. Because of some things that happened half a year ago, he has now become a new self. In order not to follow the path paved by his father, he has cut off contact with his family. Now, he works alone in a bar to support himself, which is considered a part-time job. Half read.
Except for concealing what happened in September and the identity of his father, he told everything else very directly. This experience was indeed rare at his age. Moreover, during the period, the teacher also asked him about his daily life in the bar where he worked. He Tianran answered some of the situations fluently, which also perfectly supported his speech.
The examiners liked his self-introduction very much. It mainly captured the key points of a wealthy family, family discord, and working part-time while studying. The source of all this pointed to the change in his personality.
This is the growth of life, and it is something that every director will shoot and care about in the future.
"You said your personality changed, but you refused to say how. Student He, you didn't just make up the story to deliberately deceive us, did you?"
The old man with the goatee deliberately provoked He Tianran's nerves.
"Isn't the essence of directing just to tell stories? If I made it up on the spot, the teachers should give me extra points~"
He Tianran took advantage of his strength and made a joke with a smile. He also knew that in this kind of situation, the joke should be limited to the point and not too much, so he added:
"I'm kidding, teachers. This is my real experience. Please forgive me for not saying it, because it is my precious memory and I don't intend to share it. But what I just said, my bar owner, my classmates, and even Even my head teacher can prove for me that what I said is true."
He spoke eloquently, without any hint of timidity, and several examiners exchanged glances.
If it were someone else standing in this examination room and being asked this question by the old man with the goatee, how could he have anything to hide? If he had just said it quickly, he might even get extra points!
But this kid didn't want to, and instead made a joke. In the end, it aroused the curiosity of the examiners and made them fall in love with this kid.
Although He Tianran pretended not to look sideways, he still clearly felt the strange look in the eyes of other candidates when they looked at him.
The examiner present was also a mature and steady person, and his face did not reveal much information. After everyone introduced themselves, the assistant teacher turned on the speakers in the examination room.
"Next is the first question of the second test. There is a piece of music here. Everyone listens carefully and talks about their opinions."
Connect your mobile phone to the prepared external speakers, and a song with strong flamenco characteristics suddenly comes out. The dense drum beats and superb guitar playing can easily remind people of a dancing gypsy girl. Fortunately, she still had red hair and exposed her plump and white breasts. After singing and dancing, she rolled into the arms of those rude sailors, laughing and drinking that inferior vodka.
The candidates began to express their opinions again and commented on this piece of music, trying to regain the points they had just lost.
A female teacher said: "Tell me what kind of picture this piece of music is suitable for."
"Of course it's the kind of moment when you're passionately in love."
"I agree, the love at first sight scene in road movies where the relationship between the hero and heroine heats up instantly is very appropriate."
"The action movie is also good, with fast-paced editing and music, it's clean and neat."
The candidates expressed their opinions, and some people became red-faced because they argued about what seemed to be the same point of view.
""Guitar on Fire" is a passionate song. The tone of flamenco style is romance and passion, but romance does not necessarily mean love."
He Tianran said lightly: "The word 'flamingo' means 'wanderer' in Arabic, so I very much agree with the idea of a road movie that a classmate mentioned before, but it should not be limited to love, because' The word "wandering" itself has a romantic overtone."
As soon as this sentence came out, everyone looked at him. He Tianran not only said the name of the song, but also the meaning of the genre. He rubbed his chin and said slowly:
"If I were a director, I might use this piece of music to express one's deep thoughts..."
The candidate who was said by He Tianran to be limited to "love" retorted: "No, what's so romantic about contemplation?"
He Tianran pointed to his head:
"Meditating can be sitting in front of the computer typing words, or it can be solving a world problem in the laboratory. The protagonist will make smooth progress, because as soon as the song plays, the audience will know the infinite inspiration and thoughts bursting out of his mind. The excitement is to create a sense of expectation for the audience to follow, how to write the article, how to solve the problem, this is a fantasy romance. "
"It is also suitable for soft science fiction, similar to films like "Cowboy Bebop". When an airship sails in the sea of stars and faces the endless unknown territory, what is shown is not fear, but passion and excitement, the stars and the sea, and the romance of men."
He shrugged and asked: "Classmate, do you dare to say that these are not romantic? Are they not picturesque?"
He Tianran's two sentences, the former is a dynamic supporting static presentation method, the boy breaks the stereotype of thinking and uses human hearing to convey information; the latter is to enhance the audience's emotions after enhancing the field of vision, reasonably mobilize the atmosphere, and rely on emotions to reduce the number of bystanders The sense of alienation brought about by space.
No matter which one it is, it proves that He Tianran already has considerable film thinking and artistic thinking at this time, which is a very clever method.
The candidate who tried to argue with him hesitated for a long time, but in the end he couldn't think of how to refute He Tianran's words.
"Classmate He, do you know this piece of music?" the female teacher asked with a smile.
The boy nodded: "I know. Alex Fox, who plays this piece, is the only flamenco master in my heart. To be honest, I can still play it. When I first practiced this piece, I broke a lot of strings. It's a pity that I didn’t bring my guitar today, otherwise I’d show off my skills to you.”
The female teacher looked at He Tianran and nodded with satisfaction.
The old man with the goatee asked at this time: "Young man, how many relationships have you had in the past year?"
"Two...two paragraphs."
He Tianran didn't stop for a moment, and the corners of the mouths of several invigilators twitched slightly.
As He Tianran's "romantic theory" began, even if the rest of the discussion continued, it would be meaningless.
If the first music question tests students' ability to associate, then the second image question tests the director's basic skills. First, show a video, about a hundred shots, and then let the students watch it again, and then let everyone watch it one by one. Start back camera.
When memorizing, in addition to the content of each shot, you should also mention the scene and the length of the shot.
As soon as the video was played, everyone rushed to memorize it first. No one was stupid. When it comes to memory, the longer you delay it, the more you will forget. The person who memorizes it first will have an advantage.
Because the footage of the film being shown is very fragmented and the pace is fast, and one has to memorize the scene and content, no one present can tell the specific number of shots yet.
So far, the number of shots reported by some candidates is 243. This number is relatively close. In addition, he can recite 23 shots completely, which is a very good result.
Only He Tianran was left without memorizing it. The boy had his eyes closed, the bracelet in his hand, and made no sound.
Some schadenfreude laughter gently sounded among the candidates. Everyone thought that it had been too long and they had forgotten all about it.
Who made him so popular just now? Everyone is jealous.
Are you still offering bracelets at this time?
What's going on?
When the old man with the goatee saw He Tianran playing with the bracelet, something was wrong in his eyes. He whispered:
"Is it settled?"
He Tianran nodded: "Okay, teacher, there are 287 shots in total."
The old man with the goatee narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Correct."
The candidates were in an uproar. Everyone can count shots, but the trouble is that either the film is too long and one or two will be missed if you count, or the pace of the film is so fast that you can't even count it.
How did he manage to miss nothing?
The old man with the goatee glanced around the candidates and said sternly: "You don't even know that others are cheating in front of you. There is still time to gloat about others' misfortune. You should reflect on it."
He Tianran stuck out his tongue in embarrassment, turned the string around twice in front of everyone, and put it back on his wrist.
Rosary beads were originally a portable tool used by monks to keep track of numbers.
Of course He Tianran has practiced the basic skill of counting lenses, but his habit is to count with beads while watching. Otherwise, where did the glossy glass bottom coating come from?
"You can't score points."
The old man with the goatee was smiling.
It can be seen that the old man was in a good mood when facing He Tianran. This question can be big or small. After all, this question focuses on the content of the recording. He Tianran was caught and had nothing to say.
But because He Tianran only needed to remember the number of circles of beads rather than the total number of shots, he had more focus on the content of the shots. He began to recite one by one from memory:
"The first shot starts from the pupil of the human eye, a close-up, half a second."
"..."
"The thirty-eighth shot, a panoramic view of the grassland, is the longest shot in the whole film, about five seconds."
Finally, when He Tianran memorized the fortieth scene, he finally made a mistake and the female teacher interrupted him.
"That's enough, thirty-nine, which is very good. Some senior students may not be able to memorize so many."
Several colleagues around her nodded in agreement, and the old man with the goatee also announced:
"Okay, everyone's re-examination for the directing department has ended. Please pay attention to the school's official website on the day when the results are released. Students who were on the list on that day remember to bring their ID cards and admission tickets for the second exam to go through the procedures for the next exam. That's it for today. Let’s go back and wait for news.”
The candidates stood up from their chairs and bowed slightly. After the exam, the examiners' expressions became much kinder and they smiled and greeted everyone. However, anyone with a sharp eye will notice one detail, which is the eyes of these teachers. Finally It always falls on the same person.
In the past, He Tianran did not have the ability to attract attention.
But now he has become the center of the crowd.
