Chapter 1048: Vinazola International Film Festival Awards Ceremony (Part 4)
Qin Jue remained silent.
Is it possible that there is no film worth showing in Longzhou?
Of course not.
Let’s not talk about the distant past. Take the 73rd Golden Plum Awards last year as an example. The Cage, which won the Best Film Award, the historical film Ming Dynasty, which has a strong commercial atmosphere but does not affect the quality, and the musical film Jingong Music Classic, which has outstanding lyrics and music, etc., if they really aim for the "four special and nine major" awards, they may win several nominations.
But this is one of the drawbacks of Longguo’s film industry: it has its own cultural ecosystem, and everything is done internally first. It relies on its large population, produces and sells itself, and rarely considers expanding and exporting.
Even the political film Red Bell, directed by Lin Yanxing and written by Zhu Zishu, which was shortlisted for the Nilebo International Film Festival last year, only submitted a symbolic application at the time, and the main track is still in China.
It’s not that no one has discovered this problem.
However, when Longzhou's own high-quality entertainment output is gradually becoming scarce, and it is not easy to save the internal decline, who can spare the energy to develop outside?
Improving the entertainment index is a long way to go and it is not something that can be achieved overnight.
Fortunately, the situation has taken a turn for the better.
Qin Jue's eyes flashed with familiar faces, young, loving, determined, and gratified. In his peripheral vision, He Xu was still looking at the big screen seriously. It was he and those seniors who stood in high positions in the circle who started from a variety show and began to cultivate the future of Longguo's cultural entertainment.
Qin Jue exhaled lightly, lowered his eyes and smiled, no longer distracted.
On the screen, the carefully edited documentary of the past years was played without stopping. The closer the year, the more detailed the content, and every second was the essence. Whether it was a director, screenwriter or actor, as long as they watched it carefully, they could draw knowledge or inspiration from it.
After a full hour and a half of screening, the number in the center of the screen jumped to this year, leaving a very infectious and whetting the appetite of the audience.
Applause rang out in the award hall.
The volume was not so loud that it would blow the roof off. It sounded very reserved, but the respect contained in it could not be faked.
Not far away, Ronan Lind, a director and playwright who had met Qin Jue once at the dinner, was already tapping his eyes with a handkerchief. That was the purest emotion of a filmmaker for the film industry.
Then, with the appearance of a glass hourglass, a countdown appeared in front of everyone present. At the same time, the lights around gradually brightened, indicating that it was time to rest. There was a slight commotion. Some people left the table and walked to the bathroom, some turned around to talk to the people next to them, and some came late, holding up their skirts and walking into the entrance of the hall from the end of the red carpet.
Qin Jue wanted to close her eyes and fall into the film and television space to digest what she had just gained, but it was not polite to close her eyes and rest in the current environment. She tilted her head slightly, and seeing that He Xu had no intention of getting up, she lowered her head slightly and went over to discuss the problem with the old man.
Sometimes asking and answering, sometimes thinking, time passed quickly. When the star-like sand in the hourglass fell into the container below, the door on the side of the stage was opened by the staff, and a group of figures walked to the front row seats in twos and threes, all dressed elegantly and with a calm posture.
Five men and four women, a total of nine people, all faces seen in the documentary just now... Qin Jue understood that this was the jury of the Venazola International Film Festival, and they would personally announce the awards in a while.
After the judges took their seats, the rows of seats in the award ceremony hall were finally filled. The door connecting to the red carpet in the corridor slowly closed. If someone was still lingering outside the venue at this time, just think about how he or she would be ridiculed on social networks after the news report came out-there were quite a few guests who came to attend the Venazola Film Festival. If judged by the standard of "having a passion for the film and television industry", there would always be people with impure intentions.
This is something that everyone and the audience outside the venue know well. If it is hidden decently, no one will care, but if there are many flaws and reveal stupidity, it is inevitable that they will be attacked by netizens.
Fortunately, similar "accidents" did not happen, or at least did not cause much noise. The lights in the hall returned to dim, and a video was broadcast on the big screen. Some guests in the audience straightened their backs unconsciously: this is a collection of works that were shortlisted and nominated for awards at this year's Venazola International Film Festival.
Unlike the retrospective documentary a moment ago, the current film editing collection will be cut to the corresponding shots by the live director during the playback interval, that is, the highlights of the whole film (including plot, camera, lighting design, etc.) will be cut to the director and screenwriter, and the highlights of the characters will be cut to the actors. It is considered to let everyone present and the audience in front of the TV see the faces before the announcement of the award list, leaving a rough impression.
When "Daytime Rain" was broadcast, Qin Jue saw the scene where Mossen killed Cao Hao and Su Qi in succession, and Tian Gang and Qiu Xue had a passionate scene in bed. The simple and rough parallel editing interprets the similarities and differences between sex and violence, creating primitive pleasure and terror.
The screen cut to the camera aimed at He Xu. The old man wore a brocade Tang suit with a standing collar, his hair was slightly white, and he was serious. As an internationally famous director who had won awards at the Venazola Film Festival twice, this Longzhou face was familiar to most people in the audience, and many guests nodded secretly.
The scene changed again, "bang bang" Mosen who was slamming his head and sleeping restlessly, Mosen who was stepped on by He Ye's shoulder blade, Mosen who stabbed the patrolman to death in a head-down position, Mosen who took off his school pants at the crossroads and turned his head in despair, and Mosen who smiled brightly and cried, the same character appeared repeatedly, just like the highlight clip of the character.
The movements, expressions, and voices were so real and terrifying, full of tension and strong contrast that even people who have seen many big scenes couldn't help but change color.
The lower right corner of the big screen cuts to Qin Jue at the right time. She did not look at the camera, but just focused on the screen. Her temperament, which is very different from Mossen, once again highlights her excellent acting skills. People who have not seen her at the dinner party remember this face quietly, and those who have seen or talked to her at the dinner party quietly refresh their impressions in their hearts.
The highlights of the works continue to play. When it comes to the competition for awards, there is a bit of undercurrent in the air. The Venazola International Film Festival adheres to the principle of privately sending nomination invitations and usually does not directly disclose the list of award candidates, but the finals are so narrow that even if you don’t ask, you can know everything by just looking at the highlights and close-up shots of the scene.
Recalling what He Xu said in the parking lot, "sharpness and ambition", and thinking about the old man's expression when he watched the documentary of the past, Qin Jue was more serious and did not forget to organize the information while appreciating and learning.
There are three people competing with her for the "Best Actor Award" this time. The first is Quentin Visconti, who has the same gender dilemma as her.
Of course, in all the film and television awards of Blue Star, the actors are all based on the roles they play. In other words, even if Quentin publicly reveals his true gender, the fact that he plays the leading role in the remake of the movie "Searching for Uroda" is an established fact, and it does not affect his nomination for the "Pearl of the Sea" actor.
The other two who are on the same track as Qin Jue are Gretel Brown and Herman Saavedra.
The former starred in Ronan Lind's movie "Call of the Mist". Qin Jue had contact with him at the dinner party and the two had a good relationship; the latter is a veteran actor of the EU Federation. This time, he was shortlisted for the Venazola Film Festival with his self-written, directed and acted suspense film "Blood".
However, judging from the fine editing of the entries just now, Herman's screenwriter and director skills are not enough to reach the threshold of nomination, so he came to the awards ceremony today to rely on the nomination of the actor - his acting skills are indeed stable and outstanding.
Out of respect and courtesy for new friends, as well as interest in the works themselves, Qin Jue went to the cinema yesterday afternoon to watch the two films "Searching for Uloda" and "Call of the Mist". Quentin seemed like a goddess of beauty, while Grit gave her the feeling that "this person should live in the world on the screen". Both of them performed very well. If we really talk about strength, Qin Jue feels that he is on par with them.
However, apart from the performance, "Searching for Uloda" tells the story of a painter with a terminal illness who accidentally glimpsed a beautiful boy named "Uloda" on the street, and couldn't help but be obsessed with him, following him and the "beauty" in his heart, so he came to the strange city of Venazola, but ultimately failed to find "beauty", died with regret, and left behind an unfinished masterpiece.
Because it is a replica movie, the director did not make any adaptations, which made Quentin's character "Uloda" have a very strong symbolic meaning. Compared with a flesh-and-blood person, it is more like the embodiment of "beauty". The character he played was not so full and three-dimensional, which to some extent fixed the upper limit of Quentin's acting skills and weakened his competitiveness in the finals of the "Pearl of the Sea" Best Actor.
Similarly, the same is true for "The Call of the Mist". Qin Jue even rewatched this film for the second time on the spot. Director Ronan used a lot of metaphors and symbols in the film, using the male and female protagonists and the surrounding environment to unfold the dialogue and questioning between the soul and the self. The style is absurd and bizarre, and the atmosphere of the whole film is amazing. Therefore, the narrative is very poor. It is easy to be confused and lose patience very quickly when watching the film for the first time.
In it, Gretel, who plays the male protagonist, is more like "part of the spiritual environment" than "the protagonist". He is sometimes crazy, sometimes desperate, sometimes mean, and sometimes cowardly. He is the inner reflection of "people" and the embodiment of emotions. He serves the whole and it is difficult to exist as an independent character.
Although it is a bit rude to judge like this, Qin Jue thinks it is difficult for Gretel to compete for the "Best Actor" award with such a role that "does not promote the development of the plot" - if "The Call of the Mist" finally wins the "Best Director Award" or "Best Picture Award", she will not be surprised at all. This is a movie that is more about the work than the character. To enjoy it, you must watch its entire picture, especially those meaningful medium shots, long shots and long shots.
So it seems...
The biggest opponent is the veteran actor Herman Saavedra?
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*The prototype movie of "Looking for Uroda"/"The Dream of Venazola" is: "Death in Venice"
*"The Call of the Mist" is original. Only the outline (or theme concept), the script cannot be written.