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For twenty minutes, four weird-looking people walked on campus.

Kei Fujiwara's face was made up with special effects makeup, plasma, and skin wax, and he was dressed like a zombie, while Morita Inoue was transformed into an elf.

However, walking on campus like this didn't feel strange at all. He was surrounded by various samurai, ronai, and people wearing leather jackets, and he didn't stand out at all.

After Inoue Morimata put on makeup, no one came to ask for a photo anymore.

Ogata Shinyo asked: "Which regiment does Mori want to visit?"

Inoue Mori thought for a moment and said, "The comics department."

"Would you like a live portrait? It's very popular, but you may have to wait in line for a long time."

"Do you want to go?" Fujiwara Kei lowered his head and looked at Inoue Morimata.

Inoue Mori nodded again.

The group of people queued for a long time and went to make sketches. After that, they went to see the performances of the Magic Club and the Light Music Club. Nanako Togada said: "Mr. Fujiwara, we are going to the theater to watch the independent films of the seniors.

Works, do you want to go?"

"Independent movie..." Fujiwara Kei carefully recalled it in his mind and then thought about it.

Student independent films refer to films directed and produced by school students themselves. After the production is completed, they will be played repeatedly in the campus theater on the day of the school festival.

Some of these films are just young student works, but some of them also carry greater ambitions. They are only shown in campus theaters as test screenings. If the effect is good, the next film will be an art theater, and in the circle of theater owners

After it becomes famous, it is not impossible to screen it nationwide.

Of course, this is just an ideal situation. It is something that exists in theory but almost never happens in reality.

The students' production funds are all provided by themselves, and making a movie is very expensive, so the production of their works is relatively rough and cannot compete with the commercial films of big production companies.

Therefore, most student works are very short short films, some within ten minutes, and some longer only half an hour. If you want to ensure the quality of the picture, the longer it takes, the more money you will burn.

Most of these works cannot be directly monetized. For the creators of the films, the only value of these films is to prove their abilities, which will make it easier to apply for jobs in the future.

Of course, there are also special circumstances. For example, if this film is seen by people within the industry due to a certain opportunity, and they appreciate the story and the director's personal ability, they will upload it to exchange activities within the film and television industry. If the response is good

It may be recommended to a distribution company to participate in the competition, or it may receive investment to continue production and release.

Eastern Literature and Art is also a famous art school, and several talented film and television people appear every year. Fujiwara Kei immediately became interested.

Fujiwara Kei wanted to go, but he also thought that the movies played in this kind of on-campus movie viewing party might not be in line with the interests of children like Inoue Morimata, so he hesitated for a while.

At this time, Inoue Mori tugged on Fujiwara Kei's sleeve again and said, "Teacher Fujiwara, I want to take a look."

"Aren't you going to go to the Comic Con?"

Inoue Morimata has just been saying that he wants to go to the comic exhibition.

"It doesn't matter, you can go later." Inoue Mori added.

Fujiwara Kei touched Inoue Morimata's little head and said, "Miss Togata, let's go."

Kei Fujiwara came to the campus theater and saw a table outside the theater door. A man with curly hair and a somewhat mature look was leaning on the back of a chair and reading a magazine.

There is a piece of white paper taped to the wall behind, revealing two words: Film Exhibition.

Just as Kei Fujiwara and his party were about to walk in, the student raised his eyes and said, "Tickets are four hundred yen per person."

Togada Nanako was stunned: "When did it become four hundred?"

"We have started charging fees this year. The venue is limited and there are too many people participating."

The activities in the school festival are all run by students, and the fees are normal. Kei Fujiwara took out his wallet and said, "I'll do it, four people."

"Hmm...one thousand six...wait a minute." The curly-haired man suddenly opened his eyes.

Pointing at Inoue Morimata with big eyes, "How old is she?"

"Thirteen, what's wrong?" Fujiwara Kei asked strangely.

"You are really... no one under the age of 18 is allowed to enter!"

"Why?" Togata was puzzled.

The curly-haired man stood up and exposed the piece of paper behind him. At this time, Fujiwara Kei and others finally saw all six words on the piece of paper: Adult Film Exhibition

"I will go to jail if you let her in. Brother, our country's laws do not limit the quantity, but there is an age limit. I advise you to take care of yourself."

Togata Nanako suddenly blushed: "You...how can you put such a thing in the school?"

"Why not? This is a legal industry." The curly-haired man said disapprovingly, "Do you know that adult films saved Japan's local film industry twenty years ago? When the film studio model fell apart, who held up Nissan Films

The flag has stood firm? This is Japan’s great culture!”

Kei Fujiwara reluctantly stuffed the money back into his wallet and asked, "Classmate, we are going to see a display of student film works. Where is it?"

"Go out, turn left, and walk straight for fifty meters." The curly-haired man yawned.

"I want to report to the Department of Discipline Inspection!" Togata said angrily as he walked on the road.

We finally arrived at the student theater, where independent films were played, and everyone walked in. Tickets were also required, which cost 300 yen per person.

After paying the ticket, everyone will get a red ping pong ball.

We found a place to sit side by side, and the host began to announce the curtain. Before each film was shown, he would mention the name of the film and its creator.

After the screening, the main creators will take the stage to talk about their ideas and sources of inspiration for the film.

Most of these student works involve one person taking on multiple roles. The director, screenwriter, and cameraman may all be the same person. In some films, he may even be the actor.

There are many boxes at the entrance of the theater, and each box will have the name of a movie written on it. After watching all the movies, if you like which movie you like, you have to put a ping pong ball into the box of that movie, and then the audience will vote.

, throw the ping pong ball into the box of your favorite movie.

In the end, the director of the film with the most votes will receive 30% of the ticket sales from the screening as funding for his next film.

Movies started to be shown one by one. Most of the movies were ten minutes long, and occasionally they were thirty minutes long. At this moment, the host announced: "Now I would like to invite Tetsuya Iwai, a student from Class 1 of the Video Screening Graduate School.

Play his work "Lucky"."

Whistles and applause suddenly sounded in the audience, and the audience was already excited before the movie even started.

Tetsuya Iwai... This name seemed a bit familiar. Kei Fujiwara squinted his eyes and recalled it. Sure enough, in the memory of the original owner, Tetsuya Iwai was a very famous figure.

They were in the same period, but when they were in school, Fujiwara Kei was unknown, while Iwai Tetsuya was a famous talent. His works were often played in front of them by teachers as excellent homework.

He started participating in peer film festivals when he was a sophomore in college. Although he never won a prize and always fell short, his works were also very favored. There were even production companies willing to invest in his films.

However, Tetsuya Iwai did not agree because he disliked the small scale of the production company and its background in making adult films.

What will his movie be like this time? Kei Fujiwara also became curious.