The appearance of new films such as ＂Backstabbing＂ is that they are changing China movies!

Special feature of 1905 film network In the past week, the film circle has been very lively.filmExposeJing Bo RanandRonghao LiIn the tidbits of the set, the shapes of the two were also exposed. It is understood that the film was successfully filmed in Harbin in May.

Recently, the film also shot in Northeast China was announced to be successful, while the film also exposed the tidbits of Zhou Dongyu and Haoran Liu.

In fact, the two films are full of many things in common: they both involve crime themes, and the directors are both newcomers to meet the audience.Are these same elements just coincidences?

　

When we carefully observe the box office of Chinese movies in the past two years, we can find that among the top ten Chinese movie box offices in 2019, three works were directed by newcomers, especially the first and second.

　

In the top ten box office of Chinese movies in 2018, the works directed by newcomers accounted for almost half. On the contrary, those veteran directors who once led the market have not achieved the expected market results of their new works.

　

In today’s market, when the audience is waiting for the new director’s work to come out, it seems that they expect the new director to be like a "dark horse" and bring us freshness and changes.Tao Tao, a film critic, has served as a judge of many new director awards and activities.variousIt tells us that when he watched the works of young Chinese directors, he found that these directors were intentionally turning from the previous thinking of art films to the creative orientation of genre films.

　

Undoubtedly, these young directors, especially the post-80s directors, are bringing fresh blood to Chinese films with their own efforts.

Creative transformation of business types

Typing.This keyword is frequently mentioned in our interview.Due to the Beijing International Film Festival andShanghai International Film FestivalIt was postponed one after another, and the venture capital meeting of the FIRST Youth Film Festival became the first venture capital meeting in China to announce the project plan this year.According to official data, in this year’s FIRST Venture Capital Fair, the proportion of crime, fantasy, comedy and other types of films has been the highest in the past three years.

Although there are still many themes such as family and youth in the official proposals, in these works, most creators are no longer satisfied with telling a story of pure family and youth, but instead begin to explore the development of other types of elements and the upgrading of the author’s expression under this theme framework.

　

It can be seen that the creative thinking of young creators is changing in this era.

　

This change has the momentum that the back wave impacts the front wave. When we look back on the fifth and sixth generation directors, we can find that their first films have laid the foundation for their subsequent creation. Today, most of them are still interested in staying away from genre films and commercial film systems and paying attention to the artistic expression of the authors.

　

Of course, the possibility of change is mostly guided by the market.After the National Day in 2015, a group of new directors’ works were released together. At that time, many movies ended up with word of mouth and no box office, onlyXin YukunThe director’s first filmSurprised everyone.

At that time, it was predicted that the success of this film would bring more possibilities for subsequent types of films; Of course, some people lament that it may only become a successful orphan.

　

Five years have passed, and it has been proved that after the Labyrinth of the Heart, there have been many films in the market that combine comedy, crime and other elements.

　

In the venture capital unit of Shanghai International Film Festival last year, low-cost black suspense film projects were particularly favored by investors. According to Shen Yun, the judge of venture capital unit, such films may become the investment trend in the next few years, because they have established a bridge between the author’s expression and the market to some extent. When the realistic theme gradually becomes the mainstream of today’s market, this kind of realistic or magical realistic project with personal expression will naturally be welcomed by the market.

　

Kick for, the film marketing director of the FIRST Youth Film Festival, also told us that after the success of films such as Heart Labyrinth, they will receive some very imitative projects in recent years, which may be borrowed from the characters, story background and story structure, but it is difficult to see the special and stylized parts, which is an obvious change.

Wu, CEO of the film and television copyright trading platform "Yunlaiwu", also revealed to us that on this platform, the multi-line narrative structure is quite popular among young screenwriters, and the number of such scripts is also quite large.It can be seen that a number of small and beautiful works in the past have become popular in the market, which has also stimulated more young filmmakers to create similar themes.

　

The influence of the shadow complex

In the interview, Zhang Pu, director of Grey Monkey, never stinted on Quentin and guy ritchie. Wang Yichun’s and Dong Yue’s "Blizzard is Coming" do not shy away from paying tribute to them; Director Xin Yukun also draws lessons from and refers to the Korean crime theme … …

　

It can be seen that these young directors are all influenced by genre films in the world.

　

Tao Taolin told us that in his exchange experience with young directors, it was found that compared with the worship of Tarkovsky, antonioni, Bergman and other art masters by the fifth and sixth generation directors, the idols of these young directors have also changed.

　

"Compared with our predecessors, our generation has the honor to watch all kinds of master classics and genre masterpieces from all over the world in acquiring film knowledge, making Cohen Brothers, quentin tarantino, Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon ho, guy ritchie and other directors with strong styles become idols of a new generation of fans."

This group of directors who grew up in the Internet era have more opportunities to embrace genre films. Compared with their predecessors, they are more sensitive to the internet and are more keen on entertaining expression.

Of course, this influence is like a double-edged sword. The theme of crime has become the first choice in the creation of young directors.Xiaolian, who is in charge of film copyright sales on a video platform, told us that in the works of young directors they contacted in the past, crime films accounted for 80% of the genre films.

In Tao Taolin’s view, "the crime film has a strong genre model, and various elements such as suspense, action and murder are more convenient to implant, which makes it the first choice for young directors."

　

However, the Chinese genre films directed by young directors are still in a stage of reference and imitation. "Whether it is the image style, the film language and the narrative style, there are particularly obvious reference and reference traces, and it has not really formed its own style."

　

At the same time, the success of The Wandering Earth has emboldened many creators. The project planning of a head film company tells us that since the middle of last year, the number of projects with sci-fi themes or involving sci-fi elements has been much higher than in the past. Moreover, in the introduction of these projects, their benchmarking works are directed by Nolan.

　

In fact, genre films are likely to usher in more diversified development under the change of market wind direction. Although most of them are still in the primary stage of imitation and reference, as these directors polish their works one by one, they will gradually find their own style.

Ning Hao and Chen Sicheng are good examples. From the stage of learning and using for reference, they gradually realized the localization of genre and incorporated a lot of China folk culture into genre films.

　

Break the kidnapping of capital

Many people in the industry believe that although literary films are more easily recognized by film festivals, excellent genre films are actually more difficult. On the one hand, they need more investment support, on the other hand, they need more professional teams to intervene.

　

Weihao Cheng, director of "The Pursuit of Witnesses", admits that genre films will test the ability of young directors. He has said more than once that as a newcomer, the filming budget is limited, but the technical content of many scenes in genre films will be high, so it takes a lot of energy to prepare in the early stage, especially to test how we can show a stronger atmosphere with a small cost.

　

It is precisely because of these successful experiences in the past that Weihao Cheng has the opportunity to cooperate with Zhang zhen and Zhang Junning to shoot a new film "Seizing the Soul" with higher cost.

This kind of control actually lies in the director’s control over the budget, which can create infinite possibilities in the limited. Detective pu SonglingdirectorJia YanIn an interview with the media, I made a reply to the reasons for the failure of the work. He said, "These failures are all related to the budget. I can only tell you that the budget must be prepared before shooting, and it must be confirmed with the producer. "

It can be seen that the cooperative relationship between directors and producers also affects the quality of a work. When the new director is inexperienced, it will bring a lot of convenience to film creation if there are experienced producers involved. CarnivaldirectorVivian QuAlso said that the new director should not worry about lack of money, money can help improve production, but it is by no means a decisive factor.

At the same time, as a producer, she also gave her another level of thinking. "The director can be unconstrained, but the producer must predict the feasibility and can only allow a very small range of accidents. It cannot be said that the whole thing is an accident. The film should be presented in its best appearance, and at the same time, how to control the return in business should be considered. After all, the film is also a commodity. If the front is well controlled, there is no need to market it like that. "

　

It is true that it is an era of new directors, and various venture capital clubs and film companies have provided opportunities for new directors to show themselves through various support programs. However, under these opportunities, they can only create a truly universal film if they make a good story and integrate localized content into the film genre.