384 First Movie
These two psychopaths are Gus, whom Qin Guan met in his first show, and George Clooney, who was sent by Chuck, who was discerning at New York Fashion Week.
They all contacted the teaching office of Columbia University through their friends, and wanted to ask Qin Guan for a corresponding vacation in advance.
It's a pity that in front of this stubborn Professor Martin, these two old men who have been together for more than a century finally know what it means to refuse.
As a professor with great academic authority, Columbia University has given them quite a lot of power, and the approval of this leave is also quite strict.
"No talk, no talk! My student is naturally the most elite person in New York City. He followed me and learned well. He is competent as a national economic analyst for the stupid and rich president in the White House. "
"Why should I let such a good seedling to make a movie? IQ can guide him with your IQ?"
As the leader of the three major economic theorists in the United States, Martin naturally has the capital of his arrogance, but how can these two people who have been dealing with the operation of the film for many years lack the ability to communicate with others.
"The celebrities in other fields of Columbia University are much more famous, but who is the envied figure who stands at the top of public opinion? How many American citizens know their names?"
"Don't expect the brain capacity of ordinary people to understand your painstaking efforts, but Qin Guan can, and we are not shooting brainless commercial films, both of us are shooting works that will participate in the highest hall of art .”
"Let's put it this way, before the film is shot, we have already applied for the list of candidates. Of course, Gus is Cannes, and George is Venice."
"We have two of the top ten art films in the world."
The old man Martin on the opposite side was a little yearning, but his mouth was not loose: "But how do I know that you can win the award, and besides, no one in the United States watches art movies."
At this point, the door was pushed open with a creak. Qin Guan, who was about to knock on the door, didn't, but thought that the door of the office was not covered.
"Exactly." Gus pointed at Qin Guan at the door: "You let your students choose whether they want to shoot our film or not."
Professor Martin pouted his beard and looked at the uninvited guest. Qin Guan came to look for him at this time. Professor Martin knew that this student was still willing to film in his heart.
Qin Guan, who has read the script a long time ago, does not matter what role he plays, what is important is that these two films can realize his dream of an art film.
The United States will not lose the opportunity to participate in the show because his face is too dazzling. The real fairness is here.
"I will not miss any homework. After the results of the second quarterly exam before the winter vacation come down, if I have a little decline, you don't need to tell me, the professor, I will never participate in a movie again."
"That's what you said. First of all, your attendance rate is reduced, so you can still get an A+? Do you have time to complete the classwork?"
"Okay, that doesn't take much time. If it weren't for my limited typing speed, I wouldn't even need ten minutes for the simple homework you gave me."
"Get out, you all get out of here..." The answer to these words really made people feel heartbroken, and it was very uncomfortable for my students to be too smart.
The two old men and Qin Guan came out of Professor Martin's office under the attack of waste paper, knife and ink bottle, and looked at each other and smiled.
According to the original plan, the filming of Gus's "Elephant" will start immediately. It's a coincidence that a story about a school shooting coincides miraculously with the events at Columbia University.
As for George's movie, you may need to continue to prepare, waiting for the old man's call.
On the campus in winter, the first snow has not yet fallen, and the copper lion is also spraying the first cold mist in front of the headlights in the early morning.
The filming location of the movie Elephant is in a public high school near the center of New York.
There is a typical American college style, with no shelter walls and an open campus, which is connected with the entire surrounding living community.
The scene of this shooting was also approved by the person in charge of this school, and some sideshows can only be shot during the normal class period of the students.
Because it can't disturb the people, it is natural to use high-resolution DV cameras to follow up the whole process.
As one of the protagonists in this play, Qin Guan didn't understand Director Gus's shooting method until he came to the scene.
Using the perspective of each independent character, as an independent story, it truly records the lives of all the people involved in this drama from the perspective of a bystander.
This is Gus's shooting style.
And these related persons, in this small school, can always produce the same intertwined trajectories.
The first actor to appear in the film is John, a blond, blue-eyed American boy with a chaotic home life and an alcoholic dad who needs to be taken care of.
Even so, he did not give up his responsibility to take care of his family, even if he was called into the office by the principal again because he was often late for this matter.
When he was gentle, he did not forget to store the car keys in the staff service station, because he would take over from his brother after get off work, and he would also be responsible for driving his father home.
And when he finished dealing with everything, he finally shed tears silently in the empty meeting room.
At this time, his good friend, the beautiful and lively l, gave him an encouraging kiss, which lifted his mood, and left the campus while the get out of class was over.
At the same time, this is his first official meeting with Qin Guan and another actor Alex.
At this time, the lens is switched again, and with a hobby of photography, my future dream is to be a photographer with the sense of lens, bringing everyone into another person's life.
After filming here, Qin Guan, who was watching from the sidelines, felt a little headache, or else art films are not about telling a story, but telling the feelings of filmmakers.
This sentence is the same even in the most commercial United States on the other side of the ocean. Gus really has his own unique shooting method, which is a bit realistic like a documentary and a bit romantic like an art film.
He likes to use slow long shots to carefully and faithfully record the details of each actor, and then in Qin Guan's shooting, he knew what kind of suffering he would suffer from this shooting method.
Don't think it's incredible that it took three full days to frame the 4-minute-long sky.
As for the first shot of Qin Guan directed by Gus, he shot it five times. It wasn’t that the performances of the actors were lacking, but that he was trying to find a sense of balance in the real shot. (To be continued.)