Chapter 284 Appointing a director and training the female lead

Zhang Yigao is a director with a professional background as a serious Eastern Opera director.

However, there are thousands of directing graduates from art academies across the country, large and small, every year.

Every year, so many directing graduates enter the society, but actually less than one tenth of them actually become directors.

The reason for this is that the threshold for the profession of director is much higher than that of other professions.

In the entertainment industry, acting is already a very involved industry. Many graduates from art schools even have to start as group actors if they want to work in the acting industry.

Even so, there are no opportunities for actors. At least they can still work as extras. If they are lucky enough to get a special actor status from the Screen Actors Guild, they still have a chance to get a role with dialogues.

It's completely different for directors. Graduates of the directing major without resources can't even touch the threshold of directing.

Of course, there is no chance at all.

Companies that produce programs like Feifan Entertainment will also recruit directors or directing teams.

However, if you want to get a guide tube, you may never have the chance in your life.

Of course, there are some lucky ones every year.

Graduates of directing departments from top art schools such as Dongxi Opera and Beijing Film Academy do have a chance to leap over the dragon's gate.

That is the graduation project.

If your graduate work is recognized by the industry, you may have the opportunity to direct a film.

No matter how bad it is, there is still a chance to shoot a music video or something like that.

Even Zhang Yigao is such a lucky person. His graduation project twelve years ago was a rural short film.

It was quite innovative at the time and it did bring him some opportunities.

When online dramas were on the rise, he was one of the first directors to start filming online dramas.

However, his entry into the directing industry was smoother than most people's, which led him to feel a bit arrogant about his talent.

When filming online dramas, I began to seek self-expression instead of catering to the market.

To put it simply, after Zhang Yigao gained a good reputation in his first web drama, he began to enjoy himself in subsequent web dramas.

When the audience saw what was being filmed, their faces were filled with questions.

After two consecutive hit web dramas, investors started to get involved in his directing work.

Zhang Yigao still feels that what he shoots is art and he has not been recognized simply because the audience's level of appreciation is too low.

He even quarreled with investors and threw the guide tube and went on strike.

The investors did not tolerate him and directly replaced him.

Since that time, Zhang Yigao has never had any opportunity to direct a film, and his whole body exudes an aura of frustration.

After being severely beaten by society, his thoughts began to change, but no film and television company could remember him.

…

Ark Culture officially announced the shooting plan for the suspense drama and openly recruited directors.

Because Fang Xing requested to co-direct this drama, many well-known second- and third-tier directors were unwilling to accept it.

In fact, these second- and third-tier directors are interested in this drama, but they just don't accept dual directors.

Of course, relying on the reputation and achievements of "Wulin Gaiden".

Second- and third-tier directors were reluctant to take it, but there were a lot of 18th-tier directors who had professional backgrounds but couldn't get the chance to direct and wanted to take it.

However, when Fang Xing asked the company to recruit directors, one of the conditions was to have directing experience.

Fang Xing planned to co-direct, not to bring in new people, but to find an experienced director to direct the film with him and learn from each other's strengths.

In terms of directing, Fang Xing himself has some experience, but this experience belongs to the musical stage.

If you want to transform it into a TV series shooting experience, you need the help of another director.

Especially certain lens languages ​​require a professional director to draw the shots.

During this period of time, Fang Xing would also read professional books on directing in his free time.

Because when filming "Wulin Gaiden", even though Fang Xing was half a director, he was very happy working with He Rongchang, so he was confident that he could make this new movie a success.

Every day, Ark Culture receives resumes from many directors, many of which come with accompanying works.

Fang Xing watched a graduation short film and decided to meet the director of it.

…

Now, Zhang Yigao is sitting in the conference room of Ark Culture.

He was dressed as well as possible, with freshly cut hair and a clean shave.

However, judging from the loose state of his skin, he usually lives a rough life.

Or to use another word to describe it more appropriately, it is "decadent".

Zhang Yigao has not had a directing job for more than three years. The last time he received a directing job, he was working as an assistant director for a MV.

He actually didn't want to take this kind of job, but people have to eat.

Sitting in the office of Ark Culture, Zhang Yigao was a little nervous.

Because he knew that this might be his best opportunity in ten years.

He had watched "Wulin Gaiden" and knew that Ark Culture could produce hits, so he wrote a refined resume, and also copied the graduation short film he shot twelve years ago into a USB flash drive and stuffed it into an envelope.

Voted out.

Three days later, he received an invitation from Ark Culture, so he is sitting here today.

Before he came, he repeatedly practiced what he was going to say when they met on the subway. He hoped to convince the boss of Ark Culture to hand over this drama to him.

The more he practiced, the more nervous he became.

After receiving the reply from Ark Culture, he checked all the information about Ark Culture on the Internet.

Therefore, he knew that the boss of Ark Culture was the singer named Fang Xing.

A prodigy who has straddled the music and TV drama circles and killed everyone in just two years since his debut.

As a director with a professional background in directing, Zhang Yigao has had ups and downs in the directing industry... for more than ten years.

If nothing else, the professionalism is there.

Before coming, he read "Wulin Gaiden" again.

In order to know himself and the enemy, he carefully studied the acting skills of "Bai Zhantang" in the play.

The more he studied, the more he felt that this young man was talented.

In terms of singing skills, he is not a professional, so he will not comment, but in terms of acting skills, he is sure that the acting skills displayed by the role of "Bai Zhantang" are enough to crush 99% of actors of the same age, and even compete with veteran actors.

None are left behind.

The more he studied Fang Xing's acting skills, the more nervous he became.

Because he was worried that he would not be able to control such a producer, starring actor and investor.

While waiting, he kept his hands under the table, picking his nails back and forth.

This is his habit. The more nervous and anxious he is, the harder he will pick at his fingernails, even pulling them out.

Waited for almost half an hour.

A series of footsteps came from outside the conference room.

Fang Xing, Qiao Yinghong, and the creative team of the new drama came in from the outside.

Seeing someone coming in, Zhang Yigao stood up quickly.

Fang Xing walked into the conference room, threw the document bag on the table, then pressed his palms towards Zhang Yi and said, "Sit down."

Zhang Yigao did not sit down immediately, but handed his resume to Fang Xing with both hands and introduced himself: "I am Zhang Yigao. I have filmed many online dramas and my experience is pretty good."

In fact, Fang Xing's document bag contained Zhang Yigao's resume.

However, since he handed over his resume, Fang Xing took it over, took a look at it and asked, "I watched the short film you sent, and the picture is a bit rough."

Zhang Yigao nodded quickly: "It was taken twelve years ago with a camera rented at the school."

Fang Xing nodded and said, "I read your resume, and judging from your resume, your experience in directing is not bad. Your graduation grades are also pretty good. These conditions all meet my requirements.

"So, do you know anything about the new drama our company is going to film this time?"

Zhang Yigao quickly replied: "I learned a little bit about it beforehand. I read the introduction and it is about suspense, science fiction and crime.

"I also like suspenseful films and television dramas. In my graduation short film, the editing technique used the lens language of foreign suspense films."

Fang Xing smiled and said, "Your use of camera language is okay, but in your short film, it's actually a bit superfluous."

Zhang Yigao was immediately embarrassed.

In fact, his graduation short film has no suspense plot.
To be continued...