Chapter 554 Take Care of Yourself (Ask for Monthly Votes)

The movie used a common black screen opening. You can hear the drums, but you can't see the people. It's mainly to arouse the audience's curiosity.

Then the Chinese title subtitle appeared - Whiplash.

The drums went from slow to fast... The more intense the drums, the more intense the conflict in the story will be.

The camera started with the protagonist practicing drums diligently, and the empty classroom was shown in the distance, which contrasted with the protagonist's lonely pursuit of dreams alone.

The camera slowly pushed from far to near, and the whole shot was like beautiful music, giving the audience a step-by-step process...

This movie is not funny, so there was no laughter at the scene.

There were many professional media and film critics at the scene. They watched the movie from many angles. From the beginning, you can see that the photography and editing of this movie are quite awesome.

If Hao Yun's "Heart Labyrinth" won with the script structure and shooting techniques, then the current "Whiplash" has taken a completely different direction.

Editing, art, photography, music, performance...

Each one is done very well.

The film often uses the camera to imitate the perspective of the characters and the scene seen by the protagonist, so that the audience can feel the emotions and inner activities of the characters from the perspective of the characters.

So the immersive feeling of watching the movie is very good.

Almost no one talked or moved around during the whole process, and at most someone coughed twice outside the movie.

Hao Yun shook An Xiaoxi's hand, which was a soothing gesture.

It means that there is no need to be nervous, our movie has been successful.

He is not Chen Kaige, who is arrogant and thinks that everyone should like his movie. If they don't like it now, they will like it ten years later.

Hao Yun made his judgment based on the movie itself and the feedback on the scene.

As for Feng Yuanzheng, who was also nervous, Hao Yun could not help him, and generally people who can become perverts must have excellent psychological qualities.

You take care of yourself.

The movie does not have any complicated structure, so the audience can watch the whole movie in one go.

After the movie was over, there was a warm applause at the scene.

This kind of applause was not a polite applause, it was very intense and lasted for a long time, and many people even stood up to applaud.

They felt that they witnessed the birth of a good movie.

It was not the kind of movie that was vague and unclear, nor was it a movie that portrayed pain and sympathy. It was simply a movie that told everyone an easy-to-understand story in the language of movies.

But it was not the kind of movie that was shallow and without connotation, bland and uninfectious.

This talented director from China once again became a popular director at the film festival with his real works.

It is foreseeable that the media will praise him a lot in the next few days, and the audience will line up early to grab a ticket for "Whiplash".

At the same time, the jury will also face huge pressure.

How are you going to arrange such a pure movie?

Give it an award or not?

No award...

At the same time when the film festival is already halfway through and there are almost no outstanding works, this jury and the entire Berlin Film Festival are probably going to be questioned from all sides.

Berlin has never been dominated by one company.

There are three major European film festivals, and there are competitors outside the three major ones.

In addition, the pressure from the Oscars made this year's Berlin Film Festival lackluster, and there were fewer and fewer outstanding works.

If there was such a controversy that "Whiplash" did not win any awards, no film festival would be willing to invite these judges in the future.

After the movie, Hao Yun and several other people stood on the stage for interviews.

Compared with the boring questions before the movie started, the scene suddenly became intense at this time.

"Director Hao, what's the reason for wanting to shoot a film like Whiplash?"

"The editor of this film, Zhang Yifan, doesn't seem to have any particularly strong works. Why did you choose him as the editor of this film?"

"Did you have any difficulty in selecting actors? Cao Yuanzheng's role in the film is very brilliant. We are sorry to think that it surpasses the leading role you played. Can you learn about the casting process?"

"With many successful works in a row, Director Hao has become a model for young directors. For those filmmakers who are struggling for their debut or second work, do you have any suggestions?"

...

Questions came one after another. Hao Yun was humorous and talked freely. The depression of everyone watching the movie was released to a certain extent during the Q&A stage.

Unfortunately, the screening room will soon welcome the next movie.

So Hao Yun had to announce the end of the premiere and lead everyone out of the screening room.

If before the film was screened, Hao Yun was just relying on his personal charm and the title of the best screenwriter in Cannes, he was like a fish in water during the film festival.

Feng Yuanzheng, An Xiaoxi and others who came with him could only rely on his light.

Then, after the premiere of the movie, the situation changed immediately.

Hao Yun's new film was recognized by the premiere audience and the media, and the people he brought also became the "guests" of the film festival.

Especially Feng Yuanzheng, Zhang Yifan and Zhao Fei.

Feng Yuanzheng's acting was really good, and Hao Yun's male lead was completely incomparable to him.

During the reporter's question session, he said it without hesitation.

Even if this movie can win the Best Actor Award, it will be Feng Yuanzheng's second male lead who wins, and Hao Yun's first male lead is completely unqualified.

Of course, this is also related to the character setting.

Zhao Fei himself is well-known internationally. With the movie "Raise the Red Lantern", he won the Best Cinematography Award at the 18th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and "Forbidden City" won the Best Cinematography Award at the New York International Television Festival, etc.

After learning that he was the photographer, the film critics suddenly realized that it was no wonder that his technique was so outstanding.

And the one who benefited the most, besides Feng Yuanzheng, was actually Zhang Yifan.

In the eyes of professional filmmakers, the first thing that ranked "Whiplash" was not the music or the script, but the editing!

However, after everyone got a deeper understanding, they found that Zhang Yifan was not a rookie.

He was the editor of Jiang Wen's "Devils on the Doorstep" - many people previously believed that it was Miguo's editor who helped Jiang Wen with the editing.

Wow, it turns out that the behind-the-scenes lineup of this movie is so strong.

Even An Xiaoxi has received a lot of attention.

When everyone watches the movie, they basically put themselves in the shoes of the male lead Shen Yun. There is no reason to hate the beautiful, cute and considerate girl like the female lead An Xiaoxi.

An Xiaoxi's role does not have much room to play in the movie, but the setting is very pleasing.

The male lead had a crush on An Xiaoxi at the beginning, and finally mustered up the courage to confess, and found that it was a two-way love. Love is so sweet that everyone who watches the movie can't help but curl up their lips.

It's so beautiful!

However, the male lead broke up with her in order to burn his boats and concentrate on playing drums.

The audience inexplicably felt a sense of guilt for An Xiaoxi in their hearts. Seeing her was like seeing the white moonlight they missed.

When I saw An Xiaoxi during the film festival, I couldn't help but want to follow her.

Beat the drums with hammers, can't you have a good relationship?

However, Hao Yun is more concerned about the media's evaluation-this will not only affect the final award, but also greatly affect the copyright value of "Whiplash".

The film cost 8 million yuan, and Hao Yun did not expect much box office.

The cost was recovered by overseas copyright.

The next day, the media was very respectful and used large pages.

Miguo Daily Variety (North American version) enjoys a high reputation in the international film industry for its authority and fairness. It is extremely difficult for a film to be reviewed by Daily Variety during the short film festival period of a few days.

Daily Variety highly praised and recommended the film "Whiplash" on the second day of its premiere, published large stills, and issued a review of thousands of words.

"Whiplash is a breakthrough at this year's Berlin Film Festival. As the third work of Chinese director Hao Yun, Whiplash is surprisingly mature in terms of technology.

The film explores complex issues such as how to cultivate outstanding talents, the boundaries between appropriate guidance and abuse, which is thought-provoking.

Every scene, even driving home to get a drumstick, is edited smoothly and crisply.

The various contradictions and conflicts, the teacher's machine gun-like vicious words, are not placed randomly in the film, and his voice seems to be integrated into it, serving the rhythm of the entire film.

The novel editing has fully caught up with David Fincher. This fast, accurate and ruthless editing style makes the character's charm extremely high. The contradictions and conflicts between teachers and students intensify, and the audience's emotions are pushed to the brink of despair again and again. In this small and boring practice space, the ingenious editing adds a lot of color to the film.

..."

The New York Post also praised the film, calling it "exciting, fun and inspiring."

Freddy Salt, a film critic from the Belgian magazine "Movie Magic", changed his attitude of complaining about "The Promise" and praised "Whiplash".

He believes that "the movie "Whiplash" completely abandons the conventional impression of a warm, romantic and beautiful musical. The director grafts action thriller and psychological fear into the narrative framework of a musical.

Through the beat of jazz music and dense and smooth editing, the film is endowed with the temperament of a black film that takes a different approach. The perfect match of difficult editing and music rhythm makes this film a hot favorite for this year's Berlin Film Festival!"

Other media also praised it.

"The movie "Whiplash" is an unforgettable work. Through the story of drummer Shen Yun, it conveys to the audience the courage and determination to pursue dreams. The music and performance of the movie are incredible, allowing the audience to immerse themselves in it..."

This kind of flattery makes Hao Yun blush.

The courage and determination to pursue dreams?

Did you watch the movie seriously?

But he also knows that after the film is released, many people will definitely watch it as an inspirational film. It can only be said that there are a thousand Harry Potters for a thousand people.

Of course, it is not all praised. There are still many media that point out the problems of "Whiplash".

But even the "bad reviews" are actually very mild.

For example, the report of "Daily Screen" pointed out:

"Whiplash is a tense (but somewhat empty) psychological thriller, and Feng Yuanzheng's fierce performance is impressive.

Its style can be called a modern Hitchcockian thriller, but its content is not suitable.

It also does not make its central argument - about the price that must be paid to become a legend - enough to make people reconsider their position on this issue.

Despite this, Whiplash is still a very interesting game of cat and mouse. ”

Very interesting!

For a movie, this is a relatively good evaluation for the often-criticized Daily Screen.

Because movies are made for different people, there is no such thing as a perfect movie. It is beyond Hao Yun's imagination that Whiplash can receive such feedback.

This makes him eager to reveal the answer to the closing ceremony on the 19th.