Chapter 28: Screening

In the first row, Vice President Hou Keming said to Xie Xiaojing with a smile:

"The little friend you brought this year is quite courageous!

Just entered school and dared to come to accept the inspection of all teachers and students in the school."

The director of the acting department on the side also followed:

"Old Xie, a freshman who just entered school for two months dared to film a short film for public screening. This is the first time in our Tao Jingying Academy. Aren't you afraid that your student will fold here?"

Xie Xiaojing adjusted his glasses and said with a smile:

"I don't think he looks like a reckless youth. It's also a skill to be able to raise money to film a short film just after entering school. True gold is not afraid of fire!

If he folds here, then he will cut off his mind for movies early and change his path, which is not a bad thing.

If he can hold on, no matter what the movie is today, I will look highly of him."

"What a good sentence, true gold is not afraid of fire!" Hou Keming laughed.

The director of the acting department on the side also gave Xie Xiaojing a thumbs up. You kid is still hard-hearted!

Time passed minute by minute. As the time got closer to seven o'clock, the sound in the entire screening hall gradually disappeared and became quiet. Tao Jingying Academy students still pay great attention to viewing etiquette. No matter whether the movie is good or bad, this is a kind of respect for the creator.

At seven o'clock sharp, the big screen was dark first, and then white subtitles began to appear.

"Jointly produced by the Film Group of Tao Jingying Academy."

"Director: Wu Yuchen.

Screenwriter: Wu Yuchen

Assistant Director: Jia Zhangke, Wu Shixian, Chen Er

……"

Then the film title "Bus 44" (Bus44) flashed in the center of the screen.

At the beginning of the film, it was a long shot of a bus driving in the wilderness, on a road with few people. The background sky was vast and grey, the land was dim yellow, and there were a few crow calls.

Just one shot, this color tone and the sound of crow calls brought an oppressive and stifling feeling to the audience.

The next moment, the screen turned to the inside of the car. The passengers' clothing was all dark, and few people talked, which felt dead. After jumping to the female driver, the bright red coat was very eye-catching in contrast, making people subconsciously feel that she was unusual.

Hou Keming couldn't help but secretly think, this freshman has something in terms of color language!

Seeing someone on the roadside reaching out to stop the car, the bus stopped slowly. A thin young man with a bit of ruffian but not annoying boarded the bus and started chatting with the female driver easily.

His sentence "I've been waiting for more than two hours" also reflected the kindness of the female driver from the side.

The bus continued to drive. After a while, it stopped again because of two men pretending to be sick in the middle of the road. Unexpectedly, after the door opened, the two rushed up and straightened their waists, took out daggers, and showed their fierce faces!

All the passengers in the car were shocked by the fierce robbers, and those who didn't want to pay were beaten up.

The students in the screening hall had already fallen into the plot, but the few teachers in the front row saw more.

The low-angle tracking shot showed the passengers' fear of the robbers, and the high-angle shot showed the cowardice and incompetence of these passengers from the robber's perspective. Several close-up shots were also inserted just right, depicting the psychological state of the robbers, the female driver, and the passengers vividly, simply, quickly, and clearly, with a sharp feeling.

This Wu Yuchen really has a few brushes!

Not to mention freshmen, even those who have worked on the set for several years after graduation may not be able to skillfully use these lens languages. Is this child gifted?!

Just when the robbers were about to get off the bus after robbing the money, the tall robber stopped at the bus door, tilted his neck slightly, squinted his eyes and stared at the beautiful female driver without moving. The air seemed to freeze, and suddenly he dragged her off the bus.

The female driver's struggle and cry for help reached the car. Everyone knew what was going to happen.

The thin young man stood up and looked around at the passengers: "Why are you all sitting?"

A middle-aged man stood up and wanted to move, but was pulled back by his wife. The car remained silent.

The young man stood at the bus door, frowned and looked at the passengers in the car, and still rushed down alone.

Everyone in the car stood up immediately, all leaning their heads to the window to watch.

The picture also followed their perspective, seeing the thin young man who rushed up being beaten up by the robber lackey guarding the side, and his leg was cut by a knife and fell to the ground.

On the other side, although the female driver struggled, her clothes were already torn. Listening to the female driver's sad cry, what happened was self-evident.

The picture didn't aim at the violent scene again, but moved from the front of the car to the back of the car through the glass, giving a 10-second long close-up shot of the passengers watching inside. The sun shone on the car glass, and the whole car body looked a bit dazzling.

"Hiss, this shot, has ideas!" The director of the acting department couldn't help but whisper.

Several teachers could see that this shot, whether from the shooting angle or lighting and color, had metaphors.

When the screen cut back to the wasteland, the two thugs had already fled, the young man was lying on the ground holding his injured leg and wailing, and the female driver stood up silently, looking dazed, walking back to the car with messy steps.

Looking at the female driver with messy hair stained with weeds, torn collar, and tears and blood mixed with dust on her face, all the passengers in the car were still silent, but they all moved their eyes away, and no one dared to look at her.

The female driver stood at the bus door and looked at the full car of people. In just a few seconds, emotions such as humiliation, sadness, anger, and resentment were displayed one by one on her face, and then she sat back in the driver's seat woodenly, sobbing on the steering wheel.

The car horn was touched by her. After she raised her head, she happened to see the small dog ornament nodding and grinning in front of the car. The small dog that was usually so cute now had this smile that seemed to be mocking, and then a look of hatred and revenge flashed in her eyes.

Chen Shasha and Yin Qiaoqiao, who were watching in the audience, were stunned. When did Jiang Qinqin's acting skills become so good?!

The director of the acting department in the first row was nodding with satisfaction as he watched the wonderful performance of Jiang Qinqin's female driver.

Hou Keming on the side felt that this detail setting was really good. Triggering the female driver's emotions from a car ornament, this director really gave people surprises everywhere!

"Are you okay?"

The young man stood at the bus door with a lame leg and asked with concern, followed by a guilty expression:

"I'm sorry!"

The female driver looked at the young man with complex expressions:

"Get off! Get off for me!"

"Why? I was the only one who saved you just now!" The young man was full of confusion and grievance.

The female driver gritted her teeth, pressed the close button directly, and threw the young man's luggage bag out of the car window, then drove away, leaving the young man alone in this wilderness.

"Damn!" The young man sat in the middle of the road, touching his injured leg, panting, full of confusion.

At this time, an eerie and evil music suddenly sounded, the rhythm was dynamic and the style was psychedelic, as if everything that had just happened was a dream, but it knocked into the audience's heart one by one.

At this time, many students watching in the audience also whispered "Damn" along with the male lead in the movie.

1995 was still an era where morality existed and courage was encouraged. Not to mention that the audience were all hot-blooded students?

Therefore, this scene made them feel a fire in their chests, and they just felt really stuffy in their hearts. What is this called?!

A passing jeep kindly picked up the injured young man, but when it drove to a certain place, it found a police car blocking the road. The young man got out of the car and came to the near place to watch with a limp.

Hearing the police's dialogue: "What we see is a No. 44 bus.

Just confirmed, all passengers and the driver on the bus have no breath."

The young man stood in front of a pile of car accident ruins, his expression was first confused, and then the next moment the corner of his mouth hooked, revealing an eerie smile.

The background music stopped abruptly at this moment, and the screen fell into darkness.

"Damn!" This time the audience in the audience could no longer suppress it and exclaimed directly. ===== CHAPTER 29 =====