Chen Kaige: Traditional film education needs to be reformed. Film teaching should not be subdivided too early

He said: "Experience tells us that moving from one school to another is basically impossible to cultivate a good film director. Young people should have certain social experience and spiritual feelings before they can become qualified film directors. For example, Teacher Tian Zhuangzhuang said that if a student who graduated from an undergraduate course wants to take the postgraduate examination, he must go back three years later and go through some experience in society."

Original title: Chen Kaige: Traditional film education and college entrance examination model need to be reformed

. In the century-old film history of China,"Farewell My Concubine" is definitely a fine film, and Cheng Dieyi played by Zhang Guorong is also one of the most successful characters. Behind this, of course, it is inseparable from the careful polishing of director Chen Kaige. In recent years, although he has not produced many works on the big screen, Chen Kaige is still active in China's film industry. In addition to his director status, he also serves as the dean of the Shanghai Film Academy of Shanghai University. At this Shanghai International Film Festival, he also tried his best to pass on his experiences to more students who love movies through his many years of experience.

Yesterday (June 16), at the film festival "Media Meeting with the Dean and Chief Professor of Shanghai Film Academy of Shanghai University", Chen Kaige talked about some views on education in the film industry today, and called on the traditional college entrance examination model of the film industry to make some changes. Only people with certain social experience and spiritual feelings can be trained as a qualified director; When talking about making movies, he mentioned that movies require true temperament."Only if you are willing to put true temperament in the movie can you make a good movie."

Film teaching should not be broken down too early.

Whether it was the astonishing growth of more than 44 billion yuan in the box office of China movies last year, or the fact that the Chinese New Year's festival surpassed the North American box office this year, it shows that China's film market is showing great vitality and is developing rapidly. However, talent shortage has also become the most prominent problem.

Previously, actor and director Xu Zheng once said: "Many teachers in the drama school and film school have not changed over the years. They have never made a movie and don't know what the scene is like. The students he taught can adapt to the current requirements for our filming?"

Chen Kaige and Xu Zheng have the same understanding of this. He said: "Experience tells us that moving from one school to another is basically impossible to cultivate a good film director. Young people should have certain social experience and spiritual feelings before they can become qualified film directors. For example, Teacher Tian Zhuangzhuang said that if a student who graduated from an undergraduate course wants to take the postgraduate examination, he must go back three years later and go through some experience in society."

Chen Kaige believes that it also needs to be changed when choosing which major to study in advance. "After a student enters school, he is already a student in a certain department. He is in the director department, so he should be a director in the future, and he should be an artist in the art department. This is not in line with the rule. It may be one, two or even three years later before students can more clearly judge what industry they are suitable for."

Chen Kaige said that he wanted to start with the teaching of the Shanghai Film Academy and break the established pattern: allowing young people in society who may not have the opportunity to enter the Film Academy through the college entrance examination to enter the Shanghai Film Academy through another way.

Movies require true temperament

. On the other hand, as a filmmaker who has been working for many years, Chen Kaige very much hopes that every filmmaker has his own unique personality and different understanding of the work. He believes that personality is very important to the entire industry and to film education.

In the 1990s, after Hollywood films entered the China market, we can see a big learning craze, learning Hollywood's storytelling way. "This is a particularly important and necessary process." Chen Kaige said,"But China films cannot always be in the stage of imitation and repetition. China films must gradually find a way to connect with their own beautiful traditions and culture."

Chen Kaige mentioned that, for example, when watching French films, it is clear that they were not made by Americans, nor were British films. Film creation is essentially very personal. "We need to find out where the personality of our films lies. I also feel that the important purpose of film education is to help students discover and cultivate their own personalities. This is particularly important."

At the same time, Chen Kaige also has his own insights into movies. He said that the movie is fake, but the details are real. Only a movie with details can be successful. Movies are a world created through the reality of details, which is greater than the reality itself.

In Chen Kaige's world, the filmmaker is the messenger. This letter is delivered to the audience. In this letter, everything you believe in is contained in it. This statement made many filmmakers and film school students present. They have benefited a lot.

Chen Kaige also used his own story to tell the most important element in making a good movie. "When I was a child, I was quite gentle. Generally fighting had nothing to do with me, but I especially admired my classmates who were brave and ruthless. When I was in my 40s, I actually had a fight with someone. The reason was that someone bullied a little soldier. I fought with someone on impulse. One person beat up six people. The result can be imagined. I was beaten to a head. But this day was a particularly happy day in my life, because I finally overcame the deep fear in my heart and was able to face humiliation and draw my sword."

"What I want to say is that movies are ultimately about true nature. Only if you are willing to put your true nature into the movie can you shoot well. I am drifting away from the topic and has profound significance." Chen Kaige said.

Editor: yvette