The sun sets and the red clouds fly in the west. The soldiers are shooting and returning to the camp.

The red flowers on my chest reflect the colorful clouds, and the happy singing is flying all over the sky.

A freshman in the first year of military training at the Beiyi Film Academy finally returned from the garrison camp. Zhang Tan, who had not appeared in school for a long time, also returned to school.

Fifteen students in the director department gathered together for the first time.

There are older students like Han Weiguo who have been in the crew, directors plan to study; there are young people like Chen Li who have been in their twenties and decided to pursue their dreams; there are also young people like Hu Dong who have passed the exam with their connections or abilities.

Of course, there is another Zhang Tan who has been infiltrated by his fame.

This class of director students is also a pity. There is no girl or fifteen pure man.

"I read the news two days ago. "The Return of the Condor Heroes" sold 4 million yuan in adaptation fees. It's too exaggerated. You are the God of Wealth!" Han Weiguo said exaggeratedly when he saw Zhang Tan's face.

Zhang Tanxin said, if you have the memory of being reborn for a lifetime, you can also make a fortune.

In fact, the path Zhang Tan took is the least profitable. With an advanced perspective, doing business is the most profitable. However, this path that is least profitable is indeed Zhang Tan’s favorite, because he can live in the way Zhang Tan likes and live out the literary style he yearns for.

"I don't make much money. I sold a copyright, and only had a little copyright fee, and the big one was taken away by the film and television company. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" sold the broadcast rights only for tens of millions, and in a while, it will probably be hundreds of millions." In this way, Zhang Tan did not make much money.

Han Weiguo was a pity for Zhang Tan: "Actually, you can set up a film and television company by yourself. Don't you open a studio? You can invest by yourself."

Zhang Tan nodded and shook his head again: "If you have this idea, you have to take the blame and lose money when you start a company. It is still simple to operate copyrights and there is no risk. Moreover, there is a lot of work to prepare for film and television, and you have to build relationships in all aspects, which is quite tiring. I still want to live a carefree life. I don't want to become a businessman for the time being."

"You are young and famous and have no worries. We want to be a director. Who is not crazy about money? Chen Li's buddy Wang Dagang, you have met you. You are very enthusiastic about you and curry favor with you. I want to find you to invest in the future."

"Da Gang is a smart man." Zhang Tan agreed.

Han Weiguo said that he became famous at a young age and did not know the taste of sorrow, but in fact he was a poor person. Zhang Tan has been a little man for more than ten years, so how could he not know what sorrow is? In his previous life, he lived for life. What he wanted in this life was to live for himself, and not to live so tired anymore.

In fact, what he admired was Han Han in his previous life. Han Han ran to drive a car while writing. This attitude towards life was also Zhang Tan's attitude.

Don’t be bound. Don’t be shackled. Put on your backpack, go wherever you want, travel around the world, let me do it.

Life is only eighty years old, and it is better to lose the ability before the age of twenty-five and the energy after the age of fifty-five. If you eliminate ten years of dedication to your family and career, you will actually only be free for twenty years. This is better.

"Twenty years of leisure are not enough!"

Zhang Tan thought.

...

During the course of the director department, it was far less interesting than Zhang Tan’s idea. The teacher repeated the theoretical knowledge over and over again. These theoretical knowledge can actually be learned even when reading books. Of course, the teacher’s good eloquence actually sounds quite interesting. After class, Zhang Tan went up to ask the teacher.

The teacher who taught him "Dramatic Aesthetics" was a middle-aged teacher in his forties named Jing Xianghe. He was a very famous photographer and director. His wife was more famous than him and was Wang Shaolan, director of "Oranges Yellow".

"Teacher Jing, is the film's shot to present pictures that cannot be presented in reality?" Zhang Tan asked this question because in class, Jing Xianghe talked about a lot of aesthetic concepts. The aesthetics in drama are not dead objects, but processing reality, which is different from reality.

Jing Xianghe was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Tan Zhang..."

Although Tan Zhang is also Zhang Tan, as a student, he should use his real name, so Zhang Tan said: "Tan Zhang is a pseudonym, and my real name is Zhang Tan."

"Oh, Zhang Tan." Jing Xianghe read for a moment, as if he was anxious to leave, "Your question is quite empty, let's do it. I'll talk about the manifestation of this shot in detail in the next class. You go back and read the book first and try to understand it yourself."

After Zhang Tan returned, he followed Jing Xianghe's instructions and read "Dramatic Aesthetics" again.

I found that it was useless, but it was still cloudy and foggy.

The next day, Jing Xianghe's class was again, and Jing Xianghe's lecture was bright again. Zhang Tan found that Jing Xianghe still hadn't spoken out. Is the picture that the camera should present cannot be presented in reality?

In fact, this is a question of film language. Zhang Tan wants to know the relationship between film language and reality.

He wants to be a director and wants to learn how to understand the director.

However, I soon discovered that taking the "Drama Aesthetics" class was of no use.

"These are basic theory courses. It doesn't matter whether they are taught or not. The main thing for the director is to read more books. The larger the reading, the better. Secondly, watch more movies. You have to watch every movie five or six times, watch its editing, its shots, its light and colors." Wang Dagang said with a grilled chicken wing in one hand and gestured with the other.

Zhang Tan was pulled out to have barbecue again at night. He was all from the director department, both junior and sophomore. He was no longer at school in his senior year, but was busy preparing for graduation works.

Wang Dagang likes to show off and teaches his director's experience: "I personally think that movies are not based on accumulation over time. From your first work, you can see how beautiful you are like. It is not that the more you shoot, the better. The correct way is to put a lot of effort into a movie."

"And this depends on talent." A senior student in the director department complained quietly, "90% of the people who graduated from our department did not work as directors, planning, running TV stations, switching to screenwriters, and producing people, rarely directors. Directors need talent, and newcomers in this industry can't stand it and don't even have the opportunity to shoot advertisements."

Wang Dagang raised his cup and signaled: "Like the Inspector, you are different from us. If you are a director, you will definitely have a lot of investments to look for you, rather than you are looking for investment."

Zhang Tan picked up the cup and took a sip of beer, but was not very modest: "I entered the director department to learn how to dispatch crews and arrange cameras."

"Then I recommend you a few books: "The Power of Movies", "Screenwriter Psychology", "Audience Psychology", "Cracking the Beauty of Van Gogh", "Don't Understand Colors, Don't Watch Movies", "Invisible Editing", "Ten Lectures on the History of Western Music".

...

Life is just like this.

I attend class during the day, write at night, and chat with the little girl in my spare time.

Good news comes one after another.

Beiya Soundwave Film purchased the TV series adaptation rights of "The Four Famous Captains of Kanto" for 800,000 yuan, and at the same time purchased the TV series adaptation rights of "The Four Famous Captains of the Capital" for 2.8 million yuan. It also comes with a treaty that prioritizes the adaptation rights of "The Four Famous Captains of the Water Cold".

The stand-alone game "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" developed by Xishanju Studio has begun to enter the inside stage. If it goes well, it will be launched at the end of the year.

The sales volume of the first volume of "Four Famous Captains Against the Cold" was officially counted, exceeding one million volumes, and it is another of the best-selling books in many Zhou Xiong.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was reprinted and printed, with eight volumes in total and four volumes, each volume sold for another 300,000 volumes.

In view of this, the reprint of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" has also been put on the agenda.

In addition, there is another news that excited Zhang Tan, that is, Xiangxiang Yuhuang Dynasty Publishing Group has reached a comic authorization agreement with Luzhou Studio, and will plan to launch "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of Condor Heroes", and the four famous arresting series of martial arts comics.

The Yuhuang Dynasty was a comic publishing house established by Huang Yulang, a cartoonist in Xiangxiang. Huang Yulang's comics once unified the Xiangxiang comic market and sold overseas. As a result, in the stock market crash in 1987, Huang Yulang suffered heavy losses and was afraid that the company would be acquired, so he was found out by making fake accounts and was jailed for two years.

After coming out, he and his eldest disciples established the Jade Dynasty Publishing Group, intending to make a comeback, but at this time, Japanese comics had invaded Xiangxiang Lane, and the Jade Dynasty's business has not improved much, and it is still in chaos.

When "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" began to sweep Asia and swept the world's Chinese, Huang Yulang saw business opportunities. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was popular in the mainland and had a great ratings, he made up his mind to find Zhang Tan to cooperate and adapt martial arts comics. Luzhou Studio happily agreed to the cooperation.

At this point, Zhang Tan's novel copyright operation has expanded to publishing, games, TV series, and comics, which can be said to be a huge source of wealth.

You are young and rich, and you are prone to romantic affairs.

There are many more beautiful women's phone numbers on the phone.

However, Zhang Tan did not start to be ridiculous. He was still looking for girls who could make his heart beat faster.

I haven't found it yet. I know girls in the performance department. Beautiful ones are beautiful. Many girls have good figures, good faces, good voices and good temperament, which makes them urge to commit crimes, but they always feel a little bit.

Drizzle and breeze.

The school season in September is over in full bloom.

Zhang Tan has adapted to the atmosphere of studying at Beijing Film Academy. Although many theoretical courses give him a feeling of "unity", he still seriously absorbs director knowledge.

The director department still has benefits, and the film appreciation class is one of the benefits. You can see many classic films at home and abroad, and the teacher will also analyze while watching, which makes Zhang Tan feel like he is unveiling the veil of the movie.

Start to strip away your vision from the audience identity and establish a director's vision.

How about this shot? Is the light arranged here good, whether the colors are vivid enough, whether the soundtrack is just right, why edit it like this, what is the meaning of this picture... This is a kind of expansion of thinking, which cultivates the sense of the lens. If a director does not have the sense of the lens, the picture taken must be stiff and rigid.

In addition to watching movies, there is also a program that Zhang Tan likes, which is that there are many domestic and foreign directors who come to Beijing Television for exchanges.

At the end of September, a German director came to promote his documentary. The documentary was well shot and the director was also eloquent. He told many interesting stories during the shooting and left time to communicate with students.

Zhang Tan also raised his hand to ask a question.

"Please say this classmate." This is said in German, because I have said it many times, and the translation next to me has not translated it again.

Zhang Tan asked: "Director, how to use the colors in the movie? How to grasp the audience's feelings?"

The German director spoke a paragraph in German and translated it out: "If you have a picnic with me once, I can talk to you for one night."

This funny answer caused laughter from the students below, and Zhang Tan also smiled.

However, after laughing, Zhang Tan found that this answer was a "uneven egg". (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!