On an ordinary winter day in 1895, something unusual happened in the basement of the Cafe No.14 Capuchin Road in Paris, France.
Lumiere brothers bought about 30 tickets to watch their _span3_span strong11span strong11 1 short film.
This day is called "the birth day of the movie" .
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movie is original form film ,After the commercialization of the film, it gradually gave way to feature films.
It is essentially the same as a feature film. It is a condensation of reality and an art of illusion.
Due to the time limit, short films can even test the director’s imagination.
It is a touchstone for new directors.
International Category A film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, and Berlin have short film units to tap new directors.
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For example, the director of [ burst drummer ] Damien Chazere _strong16.
After the script was written, Chazelei failed to get enough funds.
So he chose a scene in the script to shoot a concept short film, which won the 2013 Sundance Film Festival jury award.
Chazelei got financial support from this and made a feature film [burst drummer] 16strong , famous for .
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as well as youth director text Makino .
He took the short film [Stone] to participate in the FIRST Youth Film Festival,Won the Best Short Feature Film Award.
and then there was a feature-length debut _16 _strong16.
is also the cruel life of small people, [Stone] can almost be regarded as the predecessor of [I am not the god of medicine].
The refining of great directors often starts with short films.
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At that time Ang Lee was packing his luggage,Ready to return to Taiwan for development.
I never imagined that [Boundary Line] won the New York University Wasserman Award for Best Picture and Best Director.
On the day of the award, the agent of William Morris, one of the three largest brokerage firms in the United States, will sign with him on the spot and tell him:
5 br7span strong in the future The United States is okay. If someone thinks that you are a Chinese, that’s their problem."
It is this short film work that allowed Ang Lee to stay in the United States and continue to work on movies. industry.
His basic creative concepts and techniques have been revealed in this short film.
Li Ang when he was young
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As a truck driver at the time, he was full of whimsical ideas and wrote science fiction in his spare time.
George Lucas 's [Star Wars] He puts his ideas into action.
He bought cheap movie equipment, drilled in the library of the University of Southern California at to teach himself film production and special effects.
subsequently successfully spurred a group of dentists to invest US$20,000 to produce a science fiction short film [Xinuo Origin] .
This short film knocked on the door of Hollywood for him.
"Card God" was finally made.
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refined, independent and free.
has therefore become the expression vector favored by many creators today.
Jia Zhangke While shooting feature films, he still retains the habit of shooting short films.
He likened the short film to "a fight on the street" can ignite inspiration in an instant.
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Jia Zhangke’s short film work [Public place] _span5 _span5 _span3sp _span3 on the street. The pedestrians became interested and decided to capture their living conditions.
So they set up the camera in the late night waiting room of the small suburban railway station, the small restaurant transformed by the abandoned bus, and the twilight near the mining area. Bus station...
[Public place] The train station waiting room
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Countless creators used short films to fight against the times they were in, throw stones at the troubled world, and enjoy it. .
