Until the end of the short film, all the viewers were still in shock and horror.
Not to mention the attention score that came out at the end of the film, which reached a terrifyingly high 98.5 points.
Especially the last few minutes, through the simple twists and turns, created a strong sense of psychological fear and tension. The audience's real-time attention was basically kept at the terrifying 99-100, which made people wonder if there was something wrong with the collector.
"Amazing! My mind is still confused by this plot twist."
"I feel like there are many ways to deconstruct this short film, and the gamma-ray burst at the beginning is the key."
"I am really impressed that you were able to shoot this short film in such a short time, even if you had some preparation beforehand."
Not to mention that the audience was still savoring the plot, the judges and four contestants on the scene were all lost in thought.
For the four new directors, they knew they were being crushed from all sides before they even started analyzing the short film in detail. In the first two minutes, they were still able to appreciate and analyze the beauty of the camera movement and the background story presented by the environment and characters, but when the first turning point unfolded, they were like ordinary audiences, completely immersed in the plot of the short film.
The fact that professionals who were watching with an analytical eye forgot their original intention and were completely absorbed by the short film is enough to show the director's level.
The film has ended, and the lights on the stage in the holographic theater have come back on.
The lights illuminated the host on the stage, the four directors sitting in the audience, the four judges sitting in the judges' seats... and a black and white panda cub was added in a prominent position in a corner of the stage.
If the attention collector is turned on at this time, then when the panda really appears in front of everyone, you will definitely see the real-time attention soar to 99-100.
'ohhhhhh'
"I won the bet, I won the bet, I finally won once!"
'Lan fans are ecstatic!'
The fans were jubilant. When the competition was in progress, a small number of viewers of "New Director Star" speculated that the boss director this time would be Wei Lan, but they thought that she had been silent for too long and had not released any news, so everyone did not dare to confirm it completely.
It was not until Ye Jingran appeared in the short film that the audience's suspicion deepened. At this time, the short film had just ended, and the familiar black and white panda appeared in the public eye again. Fans were eager to tell each other, and the news that Wei Lan participated in "New Director Star" and became the boss director of this issue appeared almost instantly on various platforms.
#bossDirector Wei Lan# This hot search directly ranked fourth on the hot search list in a short period of time.
After the surprise, fans quickly came to their senses. Director Wei never shows up unless there is something important, and when he does, it is to cause trouble. This appearance clearly indicates that a new movie is coming.
'No wonder there was no news about the release date of Star Wars last week. It turns out they were going to make some big news right away!'
"The guy above, is this your first day meeting Director Wei? Director Wei never spends money on marketing."
'Director Wei, you are awesome [thumbs up]'
Although many fans asked Wei Lan to quickly shoot the second part of "Soul Contagion" or the same series of movies to complete the movie universe, after Wei Lan's "New World" poster was released, they were the ones who paid the most attention. After all, Wei Lan's fans now have a concept -
Anything produced by Director Wei must be a masterpiece.
Moreover, as her first work after her debut, "The Rural Teacher", which was a great success at the box office and had a good reputation, has always been a classic science fiction work in the hearts of many movie fans. However, due to issues such as investment costs at that time, the expression method was to see the big picture from the small. Movie fans were looking forward to Wei Lan's expressiveness in this type of movie after there was sufficient budget.
Even though Wei Lan could tell from the poster that the story of "New World" should be set in the future society, it did not hinder the audience's expectations at all.
At the show "New Director Star", after an advertisement ended, many fans of Wei Lan who had just received the news had already flocked into the live broadcast of the holographic channel.
After the commercial, the host, contestants, judges... and the familiar panda appeared on the stage again.
Lu Man showed a business smile and introduced to the audience: "Welcome our boss director of this episode, Director Wei Lan!"
The four contestants in the contestant seat looked at the panda on the stage with admiration. The four-dimensional judges in the judges' seat also smiled. The director's camera stayed on Qin An's face for a while. Qin An, who always showed a gentle and aloof image, smiled a lot more at this time.
'Wow! Long time no see, baby panda!'
'I haven't seen the short film yet, I'll wait for the edited version to come out before watching it. Anyone who has seen it, can you tell me how Director Wei scored with the public?'
'It's shown in the upper right corner, 98.5, this attention score is outrageous! '
'??? Why does Director Wei kill wherever she goes? I remember that the highest score of "Actors Go Forward" was her 98 points! '
'Let me tell you a little-known fact. The production team of this program is the original team of "Actors Go Forward". Hasn't that program now completely deviated into "Dog Blood Go Forward"... This time, Wei Lan was invited to be the director. This program director is really bold! '
A single stone can cause a thousand ripples, and this sentence immediately caused a lot of repeaters to scroll through their screens.
"This program director is really brave!" This sentence instantly filled the barrage area.
The program director, who was in directing mode and watching the audience's comments, also had a bitter look on his face. He...he didn't expect it to be like this at first!
Since the launch of this program, due to the particularity of the program format, the main focus has been on the director's ability, and at most the issue of coordination with the actors. Therefore, the content of the short films has always been strictly controlled and has not deviated into the situation of "Actors Forward".
At the same time, the attention collector has always been an important evaluation criterion for this type of program, because any other evaluation method, including authoritative evaluation, is very subjective and can easily cause controversy. Only the body's reaction cannot lie.
Originally, this model was very suitable for this kind of competition festival, if Wei Lan hadn't found a bug in the skit starring Su Yining a year ago... Actually, it's not right to say that it's a bug in the attention collector, we can only say that it's a bug in human nature.
In the program "New Director Star", the main focus is on directorial ability, emphasis is placed on the expression of the content and theme of the short film, and the opinions of professional judges are also introduced. At present, the program team has been in good control in this regard and has not deviated from "Actors Go Forward". The program has been broadcast to the eighth episode, and the most watched short film scored 92, which has been a score that the audience has talked about for a long time.
The person who obtained this score was Director Wang Jiang. In the episode when he served as the boss director, only two contestants qualified. Also because of this program, this unknown director became known to the public and came into the vision of many producers.
But who knew that Wei Lan's emergence would once again raise the attention score to a terrifying level, even surpassing her previous record.
Seeing this score, the comments started again: "Director Wei is so ruthless that he even breaks his own record!"
And the scary thing is that this time it was not a trick, but strictly followed the theme. Just through the plot arrangement and shooting techniques, it created an unprecedented sense of suspense and horror, firmly grasping the attention of all the audience.
Before seeing the short film, neither the audience nor the contestants and judges had thought that the theme would be expressed in this way.
"Ahem... Regarding this short film, let's take a look at the four judges' ratings on its content."
The judges showed their signs.
"10 points, 10 points, 9.5, 10 points..."
Luhman followed the scores on each judge's sign.
"As expected, this is just a really high-quality short film. It would be unfair not to give it a full score to achieve such a high level of completion in such a short time."
"When the judges saw that it was Director Wei, they didn't want to give a low score."
"That makes sense. Leave a good impression. Maybe there will be a chance for cooperation..."
'Qin An 2333, it's true that the Queen never gives 10 points, even Director Wei is the same'
As each judge's score appeared, the audience in the barrage began to recall the theme of the short film.
After the thrill that had captured their attention wore off, the five-minute short film replayed in their minds.
'What is the theme of the short film? What is the content? Friends who have seen it before, please tell me about it.'
'The theme is loneliness...'
"Loneliness... Oh my god, I thought it was very thrilling and scary when I watched it, but after watching it, when I thought about the plot and the future of the male protagonist, I really felt the loneliness in the bones."
"Now that you mention it, I feel the same way! No one knows his situation, his wife and children are gone, and he will never be able to escape the cycle of time."
Not only the audience who were still posting comments in the live broadcast room at this time, but also many more science fiction and suspense enthusiasts have begun to frantically recommend this short film to their like-minded friends.
A short film of only five minutes long, even a science fiction suspense fan wrote a long plot analysis:
“Even though the concept of time and space in this short film can be interpreted in many different ways, by watching the plot of the short film, we can also understand that the protagonist is trapped in a repetitive cycle of time…”
"The most exciting part is the moment when the past and future Ye Jingran actually meet. Everything restarts and he returns to the beginning of everything, when he was sleeping on the bus. According to the news broadcast on the bus, a gamma-ray burst passed through the earth. Obviously, that was the cause of everything."
"After starting this time cycle, the only human the male protagonist can come into contact with is himself. Everything is repeating itself. He himself is aware that time is repeating itself, but from the fact that Ye Jingran couldn't help but press the door button in the house, it can be seen that the cycle of all this is inevitable."
"Cause and effect form a circle. There is no question of which came first, the chicken or the egg. In the world and time where the short film is set, the chicken and the egg exist at the same time."
"The time and space concept of the short film world should not have the setting of parallel space, so it starts with Ye Jingran waking up on the bus and ends with the two of them meeting under the bed. The self of one moment is constantly chased by the self of the next moment. The moment when the 'past' and the 'present' meet is the time when reincarnation restarts."
"No new people, things or objects will appear in the future. The only thing that records everything is Ye Jingran's memory."
“…This is loneliness, terrifying loneliness!”
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