Chapter 7 Teacher Fu

Chapter 7 Teacher Fu

Chapter 7 Teacher Fu
The two left the dormitory and went straight to the Acting and Directing Building. This building is dedicated to the Acting Department and the Directing Department. The teachers' offices are also together on the second floor.

The two went upstairs, and before they reached the door, they could already hear voices coming from inside. The teachers were chatting. The day after tomorrow was the official start of school, so the teachers' work was not heavy during these days.

Zhang Chen went to the door. There were several teachers from the acting department in the office, but no teacher from the directing department was seen.

Seeing someone looking at the door, a teacher looked up and asked, "Student, who are you looking for?"

"Oh, hello, teacher. I'm a student in the directing class. I want to look for Teacher Fu. Is he not here?"

The teacher inside was about to speak when a voice sounded behind him: "Zhang Chen? Are you looking for me?"

The two turned around and saw that it was Teacher Fu.

"Uh, Teacher Fu..."

"Is something wrong?"

"It's like this, I wrote a script during the holiday, and I want you to help me with the advisory."

"Script? Okay, give it to me and let me take a look first. Come in and talk~"

Teacher Fu invited the two into the room and asked them to sit down.

Zhang Chen handed the script over with both hands. Teacher Fu took out his glasses, put them on, and began to read it.

Instead, another teacher next to him spoke up: "Cao Bingkun, do you also have a part in this script?"

Obviously, the person speaking is Cao Bingkun's teacher.

"No, no, Mr. Ding, I just came here to help."

Unlike other schools, classes at Beijing Film Academy are basically small, and the teachers know every one of their students. Cao Bingkun is in the acting college class, and his teacher happens to be in this office.

Teacher Fu is looking through...

"Darkness Invasion"?
The title of the play is not cliché, but it does not contain much information and it is hard to tell what the story is about. Teacher Fu continued reading.

How many girls are caving?

A collapse occurred?

Is it an adventure story?
Teacher Fu was confused, but he didn't stop reading. When he saw the words "monster appears", he couldn't help but frowned.

Horror film?

This is relatively rare.

Teacher Fu glanced at his student inconspicuously, said nothing, and continued reading.

The monster appeared, the girls fled in all directions, and the injured female character was killed by the monster.

Juno accidentally killed Yang Xiaoyue because of nervousness.

The lost Xia La found Yang Xiaoyue who was still alive and learned the truth. The seeds of misunderstanding sprouted in her heart.

The monster's pursuit caused Shala to fall into a pool of blood. The extreme environment and the betrayal of her friends caused Shala's heart to undergo a transformation.

After coming out of the blood pool, Xia La was reborn in blood.

Monsters are everywhere. Shara and Juno meet again. Under the pressure of external crisis, the two cooperate and struggle to survive.

But just before breaking out of the siege, Xia La injured Juno and left her alone with the monster, completing the same cycle as Yang Xiaoyue.

When localizing the film, Zhang Chen naturally changed the names as well. Sharla is now Sarah, and Juno is still Juno.

Teacher Fu was attracted by the story and flipped through it unconsciously. In the blink of an eye, he turned to the last page of the not-too-thick script and had finished reading the entire story.

This time, he looked at Zhang Chen with surprise.

To be honest, he didn't take it seriously when Zhang Chen said he had written a script.

It is normal for students in the directing department to learn screenwriting, photography, lighting, etc. and try to write a script.

But Zhang Chen is only a sophomore, so what good story can he write? At most, it’s just practice.

Unexpectedly, what Zhang Chen brought was a 90-minute movie script, and it seemed pretty good. Not only was it very well done, but the subject matter was also a very rare horror film.

Of course, there are horror films in China.

Li Xiaowan's debut work "Silver Snake Murder Case" is a horror film about a serial killer.

In addition, there was "The Haunted Mansion", which was released in 89 and also caused quite a stir at the time.

But Zhang Chen's "Dark Invasion" is completely different from those. It is a type that has never appeared in China.

Teacher Fu closed his eyes and began to recall the past. The visuals in the script were so strong.

After a while, he opened his eyes again and asked uncertainly, "Tell me the truth, did you really write this?"

It's no wonder the teacher asked such a question. The script is really too complete. The horror atmosphere is progressive, and there is also an exploration of human nature. It doesn't look like something a sophomore student could come up with.

Cao Bingkun was not at all surprised by Teacher Fu's reaction. He had also read the script, and his first reaction was exactly the same as Teacher Fu's.

Zhang Chen really wanted to roll his eyes. The script was indeed plagiarized, but was I really that bad?

"Hmm~"

Zhang Chen nodded affirmatively. Copying movies from memory doesn’t count as plagiarism.

"I suddenly got inspiration during the Chinese New Year, so I wrote this story. Later, I felt it was not good enough, so I revised it more than a dozen times before I got the version you see now."

Zhang Chen explained softly while handing over the remaining storyboards and storyboards.

Teacher Fu was surprised again. There are also storyboards and storyboards? You know, even among famous directors, few are willing to spend time drawing storyboards.

He opened the storyboard script and looked at a few shots. There was absolutely no problem at all. He thought that if he were to shoot it himself, it would probably be like this.

Teacher Fu was a little confused. What was going on?
genius?

I actually have a talented student under my command?
Teacher Fu found it a little unbelievable.

From the moment he saw the storyboard script, he was completely convinced that this script was written by Zhang Chen.

You can't fool people with this. If they are not your own children, it is impossible for them to have such a deep understanding of the script.

"The script is good, are you planning to film it?"

"Yes."

"Then why is it a horror movie?"

Zhang Chen understood what Teacher Fu meant. Horror films have a small audience and many restrictions. There is a very high possibility that they cannot be released after filming, so this type of film has almost never been seen in theaters in recent years.

When they heard that the script was good and it was a horror film, several other teachers from the acting department immediately became interested.

It has been many years since we have seen horror movies in China, and they were very curious about what kind of horror story this student had written.

"Teacher Fu, can you let us take a look at the script?"

The script was then circulated among several teachers. Zhang Chen could feel that after reading the script, the teachers looked at him with a strange look in their eyes.

Yes, yes, this feeling is right. I finally feel like a person who has been reborn.

However, although he was secretly happy, he couldn't show it on his face. Whether this film could be made depended entirely on whether Teacher Fu was willing to help. Zhang Chen decided to make the other party feel comfortable first.

"I chose this topic because of you..."

"?" Teacher Fu was confused.

Zhang Chen continued: "You once said in class that the genres that can achieve great results with small investment are comedy, erotica, and horror. I can't write a comedy, and erotica is impossible, so the only option is horror."

When Teacher Fu heard Zhang Chen say that he was the one who said such insightful words, he was slightly stunned. Did he say such words?
But then I felt relieved, thinking that I had indeed seen this argument somewhere, and maybe I just mentioned it casually in class, and I didn't expect that the students would remember it.

Well, it seems that this student respects me very much and remembers everything I mentioned casually.

Feeling the gazes of the other teachers, Teacher Fu's heart was filled with a little satisfaction.

Zhang Chen was observing everyone's expressions and knew that he had shot in the right place. He was secretly happy. Only Cao Bingkun seemed a little confused when listening to him. Are the things taught in the directing department classes so profound?
(End of this chapter)