China News Service, Xi’an, October 12 (Reporter Zhang Yichen) "I have always wanted to open an acting class with the director to practice acting, because the director must have a personal experience of the performance, think from the perspective of the actor, and guide the actor to show more Good performance." Director Xu Zheng said in Xi'an on the 12th.
On the same day, the 7th Silk Road International Film Festival Master Class Series was held in Xi’an. Director Xu Zheng talked with young directors on the theme of "The Original Intention of Film is Happiness". He talked about his personal experience from a professional perspective. The movie story in his mind was shared with the audience.
"When I first started as a director, I felt a little bit of involvement from being an actor, because when I was an actor, I didn’t just focus on performance issues. I felt that performance needed space and soil, and all the preliminary preparations and The atmosphere is all right, and performance can be talked about in such an environment." Xu Zheng said frankly.
The 7th Silk Road International Film Festival master class series activities were held in Xi'an on the 12th.
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In 2018, the movie "I'm Not the God of Medicine" not only hit a box office of 3.1 billion yuan, Xu Zheng also won the best actor at multiple film festivals.
In addition to the actor status, Xu Zheng, as a director and producer, gradually builds the "囧 series" into a mature IP, exploring a new and unique business model for the development of Chinese-language commercial films.
"When I acted in stage plays after graduating from the drama school, I found that I really like to play comedy, because as long as you laugh at the bottom of a burden on the stage, you will get instant satisfaction at that time." Xu Zheng said, comedy has always It occupies an important position in Chinese movies. Chinese audiences like to watch comedies. In consumption, the demand for entertainment accounts for a large proportion.
It is understood that in addition to Xu Zheng, the master class series of this year’s film festival also invited two Oscar winners for best foreign language film, Iran’s famous director Asha Fahati, and the best director in the main competition of the Berlin Film Festival. Filmmakers such as Polish female director Magozata Schmovzka, Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress in Chinese Film, Best Actress Song Jia for Huading Awards, and other filmmakers, through themed lectures, online dialogues and other forms, and young filmmakers And film lovers share their thoughts on film creation.
When talking about young directors, Xu Zheng said: "I encourage young directors to start with practice if they are in school. I must know that if I want to be a director now, I have to find a screenwriter, and I have to figure out who will come. Acting, how do I organize the team, how do I shoot. These tasks must be carried out gradually from the actual situation.
The Silk Road International Film Festival was established in 2014. This film festival is guided by the National Film Administration, hosted by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and Fujian Provincial People's Government, and undertaken by the Shaanxi Provincial Film Bureau and Xi'an Municipal People's Government. (Finish)