September, the school season begins.

This was Lin Xiaoling's last year at the film academy. Time flies so fast. Her original ideal was to be a star. Later, she thought the director could take charge of the star, so she decided to be a director.

It was a very naive idea, but it was this naivety that made her admitted to the film academy.

From being confused at the beginning to now filming her first feature film, Xiaoling is quite moved.

Especially when she looked at the freshmen who were walking past her, all of whom were full of vitality, she felt that she was old.

Thinking about it, her little niece is one year old, she has been upgraded to an aunt and is no longer young. The reality is really cruel.

Lin Xiaoling came to the second dormitory building and saw many innocent faces. Since filming "The Two of Us", she has rarely stayed at school and basically lived at home.

She pushed away Xu Jinglei's dormitory and saw Xu Jinglei leisurely reading without other classmates.

When I was in my senior year, the performance students would go to the crew to audition and find scenes to shoot, and rarely stay in the dormitory.

In domestic art schools, the film academy is well-known, and it is not difficult for students to play roles in the crew. It is rare to be able to seize the opportunity to become famous and become famous.

There are so many students who graduate from the Film Academy every year, but very few people eventually become famous and have low success rates.

"Jinglei, I'm leaving, it's about to start." Lin Xiaoling urged.

"Isn't it two at half past two? It's not two o'clock yet." Xu Jinglei looked at the watch on her wrist and said calmly.

Lin Xiaoling is an impatient person, but Xu Jinglei is not anxious or impatient.

This is related to her previous learning of calligraphy and painting. Both of these require patience and no rush, otherwise she will not be able to learn any results.

"This is the first official screening. How can I not be in a hurry?" Lin Xiaoling said worriedly.

"The Two of Us" was roughly edited, and Zheng Dongtian asked Lin Xiaoling to let the students write it out to the students at school and listen to their opinions. If the opinions are appropriate, then make changes.

This is the tradition of the film school.

A great director like Zhang Yimou will also be screened at the Film Academy after filming the film to communicate with the students.

As for whether it will be modified based on the students' opinions, it is hard to say.

Many students who graduate from the film academy will do this. At this time, the director must be mentally prepared. Students often criticize and scold them mercilessly.

Even Zhang Yimou's film is no exception.

For example, "Going Home to the Hill" filmed by Jia Zhangke did not receive good reviews, but was criticized for being worthless and embarrassing.

This is actually a good phenomenon, which shows that students do not believe in authority and dare to tell the truth.

But too much is too little. If you don’t distinguish between good and bad, and just blindly abuse to show your existence, it will be meaningless.

One reason why teachers at the Film Academy maintain this tradition is to keep students’ judgment, and one that allows students as directors to adapt to this atmosphere of being scolded.

If you make a bad movie at school, only the classmates in the school will scold you.

Once you get into society and make a bad movie, thousands of viewers will scold you. Either you make a good movie to block the audience's mouth, or you have to learn to endure the result of being scolded and not to collapse.

Doing this is also a kind of bad taste for teachers. They came here like this back then, so they also wanted to let the students experience it.

At 2:30 this afternoon, Lin Xiaoling, as a novice director, will experience this tradition.

"Or I won't go?" Xu Jinglei retreated.

Not only Lin Xiaoling is worried, but Xu Jinglei, as a new actor, is also worried. Those people not only scold the director but also the actors.

As one of them in the past, Xu Jinglei felt that it was relieved to scold her. Those movies were not good at first, but now it was her turn, so it was not that easy.

"No, you have to be scolded and scolded together. You can't be a deserter." Lin Xiaoling insisted, "Maybe those boys will stop scolding you after seeing you. You must go. This is a beauty trick."

"What are you talking nonsense?" Xu Jinglei said dissatisfied.

Xu Jinglei knew that she couldn't hide, so she had to clean up and follow Lin Xiaoling out of the dormitory and head towards the director's screening hall.

Along the way, many classmates greeted them.

Xu Jinglei and Lin Xiaoling are quite well-known in the film academy. Needless to say, Lin Xiaoling is now the senior sister of the director department. Her main work "The Wind in the Capital" has won an international award, and "Sister" also won the Chinese Documentary Award.

She is also Zheng Dongtian's proud disciple and a storied figure in the school's vigorous publicity.

Since Xu Jinglei filmed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", her reputation has increased significantly in school. After all, it is a drama broadcast on Chinese TV stations, which is enough to make other students in the performance department envious.

"Are there any freshmen in your performance department who are particularly handsome?" Lin Xiaoling said gossiping while walking on campus.

"How do I know? You want to know that you have to look at it." Xu Jinglei said indifferently.

"You don't care about your junior brother and sister. I heard that there is a person named Chen Kun, which is not bad." Lin Xiaoling joked.

In school, it is normal for boys to talk to girls and girls to talk to boys.

Those who can enter the performance department of the film academy are usually handsome men and beautiful women, which will naturally attract attention. Some have acted in film and television dramas before they were admitted to the film academy, which is very popular.

This class of freshmen is the 96th CET-96 of the Beijing Film Academy.

Lin Xiaoling and Xu Jinglei talk about gossip, so that she can make herself less worried about what will happen next.

It was only 2:00 that the two of them arrived at the screening room. There were already many people in the screening room, and some freshmen were still there.

The freshmen have just finished half a month of military training and are integrating into the school's study and life with full enthusiasm. In fact, they just like to join in the fun. I heard that there is a video directed by a student from our school, so I want to watch it.

This small screening room can accommodate one or two hundred people, and by 2:30, they are basically full.

This is due to Lin Xiaoling's reputation in the film academy, not that everyone wants to come and scold her.

"Senior sister, don't worry. We asked classmates from other departments to help us say good things. Not many of those who are studying theory have come today." A junior brother from the director department cheered Lin Xiaoling up.

In the Film Academy, students in the director department naturally stand on Lin Xiaoling's side. Students who study film theory and photography are the main force of criticism, because it is easier to analyze videos from these two perspectives.

Especially theorists, they are very knowledgeable and very professional. They can criticize for several hours in a row and have extremely strong combat power.

When talking about the theoretical school, Lin Xiaoling remembered Jia Zhangke and heard that Lao Jia went back to his hometown to shoot a movie.

As time goes by, when this year passes, everyone will leave school and go their separate ways.

At 2:30, "The Two of Us" began to be screened.

Lin Xiaoling and Xu Jinglei sat down below, watching their achievements this year, and familiar scenes passed by. (To be continued.)

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