Entertainment: God-level director

Chapter 7

After finishing filming, Lin Ran only rested for one night.

With enough energy, I started post-production immediately the next day.

The Qingying Film Factory affiliated to Nortel has a post-production room, so you don’t need to rent it from outside.

Since Lin Ran had the complete picture in his mind, the editing was very fast.

On the contrary, the soundtrack brought more difficulties to Lin Ran.

No way, Lin Ran had never learned vocal music. Although he had watched this short film countless times in his previous life, he still couldn't remember the soundtrack.

Fortunately, Nortel does not lack such talents, and Lin Ran received strong support from Wang Rui, director of the directing department.

As long as he has needs, the directing department will do its best to help him.

In the blink of an eye, five days passed again

"Phew, finally done."

Lin Ran looked at his phone. It was already four o'clock in the morning.

There were only 20 hours left before the application deadline for the short film competition unit at the Cannes Film Festival. Lin Ran couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

He hurriedly hurried , shot and produced"The Tuner" as quickly as possible in order to catch up with the Cannes Film Festival.

Lin Ran participated in the Cannes Film Festival not only to win awards, but the most important thing was to sell the copyright. The Cannes Film Festival is already one of the top film trading markets.

Many low-cost films cannot make money in theaters, so they can only recoup their costs by selling their copyrights to other countries at the film festival.

For example, Jia Zhangke, who has always made literary films, His films are very artistic but not commercial enough, so they don't get any box office at all.

But by selling the copyrights at film festivals, they almost never lose money. They just make more money and less money.

This is why many people don't understand, even though they all lose money at the box office. Damn it, why are these art film directors still able to make movies?

《"The Tuner" is a short film of just over 12 minutes and is unlikely to be released in theaters.

Therefore, Lin Ran set his sights on the Cannes Film Festival, where film buyers from all over the world would gather.

If you are lucky enough to win a prize, you can also increase the price, so you can achieve multiple goals with one stone.

After taking a sip of water, Lin Ran rubbed his bloodshot eyes and immediately opened the official website of the Cannes Film Festival, registered, uploaded the film, and applied for the Best Short Film Award in the competition.

"Done!"

After seeing the notification that the application was successful, Lin Ran was completely relieved, and suddenly felt fatigue sweeping through his body.

It was only four o'clock, so Lin Ran simply lay down on the table and took a nap.

"Lin Ran, did you stay up all night again last night?"

I don't know when, Lin Ran was woken up by someone.

"Well, in a hurry. Lin

Ran rubbed his eyes and looked at the daylight outside, so he was ready to go back to the dormitory to sleep.

"In a hurry? There are still three months until graduation, so there’s no need to work so hard, right?"

The other party asked in confusion.

Lin Ran just smiled and did not explain.

At present, except for Wang Haiyi and department director Wang Rui, Lin Ran has not announced that"The Tuner" will participate in the Cannes Film Festival.

So many people do not Understand why he worked so hard to catch up

"Today's young people are impatient. Making a movie is a patient job, and it can't be done in ten days and a half."

Looking at Lin Ran's back, the man shook his head and said incomprehensibly.

……

Lin Ran dragged his tired figure and went to the cafeteria to have breakfast before returning to his dormitory.

Within a minute of lying on the bed, he fell asleep.

I slept until about six o'clock in the afternoon and then woke up from hunger.

"woke up? You slept long enough this time."Li Yuxing said

"I can't help it, I haven't had a good rest in the past month. Lin

Ran smiled, and then saw Wang Haiyi sent him several WeChat messages, asking whether his application for the Cannes Film Festival was successful.

After Lin Ran replied to WeChat, he got up, washed up, and then went to the canteen to replenish energy.

Then he practiced again. It took three days before Lin Ran felt that his body had fully recovered.

Although he had completed his graduation project, Lin Ran did not wander around with nothing to do. Instead, he was preparing for his first theatrical feature film.

……

France, Cannes.

As the Cannes Film Festival approaches, the festival's judges gather in this seaside town.

The head of the jury for this year's film festival is Jane Campion, a famous New Zealand female director.

The other seven judges are: actress Leila Hatami, South Korean actress Jeon Do-yeon, American actor Willem Dafoe; as well as Mexican director Gael Garcia Bernal and Danish director Nicolas Winding -Refern, American director Sofia Coppola, Chinese director Jia Zhangke.

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone got to work, selecting the shortlisted works from the many submitted films.

The competition section of the Cannes Film Festival has five major awards: the Palme d'Or, the Jury Prize, the Jury Prize, the Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Screenwriter awards, as well as the so-called Palme d'Or for Short Films, which is the Best Short Film Award submitted by Lin Ran..

In addition, there are also attention units, Film Cornerstone Awards, Golden Camera Awards, Film Critics Association Awards, etc.

In addition, the Cannes Film Festival is the most successful and influential among the three major film festivals in Europe, so there are a lot of films registered.

"How dare this kind of garbage be nominated for Best Picture?"

"Another big bad movie!"

"I don’t even understand basic composition!"

"His acting skills are so bad, why should he apply for the Best Actor Award?"

"Why are there so many bad movies this year?"

Soon, the room was full of dissatisfied curses from several directors.

Of course, since they have all achieved great achievements in the film industry and have particularly high vision, the rubbish they cursed is actually still relevant outside. It’s not necessarily a bad movie

"Hey, this short film is interesting."

Sofia Coppola, one of the judges, finally saw a film that she was interested in watching.

When she heard her last name, she knew that she was the director of"The Godfather", which is among the top 10 films in film history. Frances Ford Coppola's daughter

"Jia, come and watch this short film from your country."

Sofia Coppola shouted to Jia Zhangke

"A Chinese movie?"

When Jia Zhangke heard this, he immediately ran over.

"It’s a great film, but it’s a pity that it’s a short film. It could have been expanded into a feature film!"

After reading it, Jia Zhangke praised

"Yes, the director wasted a good idea.

But it’s understandable. I saw in the introduction that the director was a senior student at the film school."

Sofia Coppola nodded in agreement.

"I didn’t expect him to be my junior brother."

When he saw that Lin Ran was also from Nortel, Jia Zhangke was even more happy.

"Sophia, Jia, what are you talking about?"