Ning Hao has been a bad monkey for six years. They have something to say about ＂local occurrence＂

　

1905 movie network news Six years after becoming an army, the bad monkey film industry, which has been intensively cultivated, once again gathered at the Shanghai International Film Festival. This time they brought a summer movie and launched a new director, Muye Wen; As well as the finalist of the Asian Newcomer Award at the film festival, the new director Zeng Zeng was introduced; Ning Hao, artistic director of Bad Monkey Film, served as the chairman of the jury of the Jin Jue short film unit of this film festival; In the venture capital unit of the last film festival, Bad Monkey Film awarded "The Queen Mother and I" the special attention award. At the same time, the "Bad Monkeys" are still working hard to promote the "Bad Monkeys 72 Change Movie Plan" signed by 14 directors.

　

The plan has been launched for three years, and it will take a year and a half for it to be officially announced. Before the formal meeting with the audience, there was director Lu Yang. According to Ning Hao, artistic director of Bad Monkey Film, no matter how limited the production capacity is at present, it must be a "slow process". During the film festival, Ning Hao appeared as a producer at the press conference of the film Dying to Survive, and was interviewed to mention the future plan of the bad monkey film industry. Ning Hao said half jokingly: "I originally wanted to hold a press conference and release (the film list)." Immediately, he said seriously: "Forget it at last. It is enough to make a few good films in a down-to-earth manner." Ning Hao’s partner, Wang Yibing, CEO of Bad Monkey Film, also thinks: "Everyone tends to be calm. Compared with the release of hundreds of new films during the previous film festival, this year is more calm and calm. You need to cultivate intensively according to the law. "

　

The word "support" is often used in the industry when it comes to the "Bad Monkey 72 Change Movie Plan". In this regard, Ning Hao thinks: "We can’t talk about support. We just want to find like-minded people to make movies together. Later, we found that our favorite directors are all local and innovative. " And what are the specific criteria for bad monkeys to choose new works? Ning Hao once again mentioned "local": "As long as it is characteristic enough, has the characteristics of the author, has an innovative level, is related to the local, and is local enough, it will be fine." Wang Yibing said: "It should be innovative and local. The film is the recorder of the times. I hope that young directors can tell the stories of their own experiences and their own times. "

　

"Struggle" with Time

　

Native, contemporary, interesting, innovative and individual — — It is the consistent value of the bad monkey film industry. They try to find at least one or two points in every work of the bad monkey. During the six years since its establishment, CEO Wang Yibing’s function is strategic, while Ning Hao’s function is creative. Only when two people walk on two legs can the whole brand of bad monkeys be formed. As the most important creator of Bad Monkey Film, Ning Hao should not only promote his own projects, such as,, and, but also be the producer of the new director’s works of "Bad Monkey 72 Change Film Project". In this process, he claimed to be responsible for playing a "mirror": "I often have to communicate with them (the new director) and keep asking why you want to make this film? Let them see themselves. Have you combed your hair? Aren’t the shoes in a different color? Just look at it clearly. "

　

As a producer, Ning Hao’s work often starts from the front end, including the development of scripts. Both he and Wang Yibing believe that this process must be a "long polishing process". Take Dying to Survive, which will be released on July 6th, for example, producer Ning Hao asked director Muye Wen to polish the script for "two years at a time". Ning Hao said: "It’s normal to write a script for two years. That’s how movies are made. As long as the director in the middle goes to shoot advertisements again, it will wait. I used to shoot a movie when I was filming an MV, but I just couldn’t get out and I couldn’t do it at once. Now, why did I go four years after "Let Love Walk"? It is the next movie ("Crazy Alien"), the script, and the meeting. "

　

Wang Yibing, on the other hand, thinks that it is impossible for a bad monkey to shoot a complete script in the face of a new director. "The normal project cycle should be around 18 months, and some will be extended to two years. This is a carefully polished work. For example, Wen Shipei, the director we selected last year, has reached the stage of complete script when he started venture capital. However, because there are many factors to consider from the script to a complete work, it has been polished for a year and will be launched in Guangzhou on the 25 th of next month. " Wang Yibing said.

　

Make a dignified movie

　

This "struggle" between bad monkeys and time has achieved good results. Ning Hao mentioned "making several good films in a down-to-earth manner", which also fulfilled his promise. On June 19th, Dying to Survive’s screening of thousands of people in Shanghai Studios fully proved this point. As a film with a scarce realistic theme of "paying attention to the present", Dying to Survive focuses on the story of little people’s metamorphosis due to "medicine", conveying tenacious life force, and with the burst group acting of powerful actors such as Xú Zhēng, Zhou Yiwei, Eric Wang, Tan Zhuo and Zhang Yu, Dying to Survive has broken through the existing types of domestic films and presented a rare new texture. In the process of watching movies, the audience applauded three times, and the main creative and audience choked several times in the post-screening interaction. After Weibo’s circle of friends exploded that day, there were voices that Dying to Survive was the conscience of the 2018 China film, and "booked the top ten movies of the year in advance". There are also a large number of voices who admire and see the light of social progress and human nature.

　

In the face of Dying to Survive’s strong reputation that has not been officially released, Ning Hao and Wang Yibing mentioned the word "dignity" in unison. Ning Hao said in an interview: "When I was a child, I listened to Zhao Chuan’s songs, and there was a lyric,’ Which is more important, the pressure of life or the dignity of life’. Dying to Survive is a film about the dignity of life. It is a powerful, powerful, very moving and dignified film, and it has also achieved dignity. " Wang Yibing thinks that the film "finds the dignity and makes the dignity of the film!" 　

　

The Bad Monkey pursues contemporary and local values, which is in perfect agreement with Dying to Survive’s realism. Ning Hao even confided that he wanted to direct this work himself. "I was interested in realistic themes, and later I thought it would be better to have a newer director. If I shoot, the distance will be far away, and I won’t be so close to the characters. The film Muye Wen is a character. " Ning Hao said. Adhering to the "Bad Monkey 72 Change Movie Plan", young directors are the original intention of the future, and Ning Hao chose to escort Muye Wen with more realistic portrayal ability.

　

Localized "aliens"

　

The project to make Ning Hao "give up what he loves" in Dying to Survive is the sci-fi comedy film Crazy Alien, which will be released on the first day of 2019, directed by Ning Hao and starring Bo Huang and Shen Teng. This film is not only the "return" of Ning Hao’s "Crazy" series after ten years, but also the first director’s work of Ning Hao’s official Spring Festival campaign. Although the theme of the film seems to be "out of tune" with the realistic theme pursued by the bad monkey, Ning Hao, who is busy with the later stage of the film, still thinks that how to localize the film is the most important point. He said: "The biggest question is, what is China’s science fiction film? I guarantee that they (foreigners) can’t make Crazy Alien, and all American movies can’t be applied. Our core problem is localization, and this difference will lead to great changes in stories and types. "

　

"Crazy Alien" is a brand-new attempt by Bad Monkey Film and Ning Hao. They believe that although the film industry in China has developed rapidly, the infrastructure has not been completed. "It takes more than ten years to take the road of the United States for a hundred years." Ning Hao believes that the level of special effects management of China’s films is still very backward, and there is no ability to make sci-fi blockbusters. The working method and technical process of Crazy Alien are different from before, and a large number of early and late special effects of the film make Ning Hao fall into a "technical rut". He declared: "the special effects film only shoots this one, and there is no next one." It’ s too difficult in the later stage! " On the other hand, he gritted his teeth and insisted, "The key is that I, a perfectionist, can’t overspend over time."

"Crazy Alien" is adapted from the works of China science fiction writer Liu Cixin. Ning Hao said: "His works make people feel a lot — — There are classical, romantic, heroic, absurd and naive parts. The absurd part can be combined with us. " Excavating the absurdity from Liu Cixin’s works and combining it with the bad monkey’s values, we can imagine that Crazy Alien still adheres to the bad monkey’s concern about localization, China’s cultural ontology and the stories of little people, and finds innovation and interest from it. Talking about his expectations for this new work, Ning Hao said: "I like the common pleasure of the left and right brain, and only the stimulation of the right brain is almost exciting for me. It is interesting to have a good balance between the two sides. "

Future boundary expansion

　

In addition to Dying to Survive in the summer and Crazy Alien in the Spring Festival, Bad Monkey Film also released a unique work during the film festival, that is, Cloud Water, which was produced by Ning Hao and Amanda, starring Amanda and directed by young female directors Zeng Zeng. The film was shortlisted for the best cinematography in the Asian Newcomer Award of the Shanghai Film Festival. It was officially shown for the first time in China on June 22, and the trailer of "All Life Crossing" was released for the first time. This film, which focuses on reincarnation and redemption, once again shows the bad monkey’s pursuit of refusing vulgarity and expanding "width" and "thickness" for the film theme. Zeng Zeng, the film director, also said in the interactive session after the screening: "It is a great honor to participate in the Bad Monkey 72 Movie Project. The word’ cloud water’ is the so-called’ cloud water monk’ in the Buddhist scriptures, that is, the ascetic monk who travels in all directions."

At the Asian Newcomer Award Ceremony, Ning Hao, who served as the chairman of the jury of the Jin Jue short film unit of this film festival, also appeared and joined hands.Nansun ShiAward the best film award. He also expressed the gratitude of the "Asian New Award" to him: "13 years ago, my filmHe won the most popular film award in the 8th Asian Newcomer Award. The Asian New Award has made me known to the outside world and the industry, and more importantly, it has spared no effort in incubating and supporting young filmmakers. "　

　

Bad monkey film industry has been in the army for six years. In addition to focusing on the theme of "focusing on the present" and "happening", it has been constantly exploring localization. Facing the future, they have also opened a new cross-border strategic layout. The "Bad Monkey 72 Change Movie Plan" introduced two new strategic partners, Youku Movie and Cat’s Eye. Youku Film will rely on its powerful online communication platform, and Cat’s Eye will jointly promote the works of young directors under the program with its superior resources in distribution and ticketing, so that more outstanding film works can be presented to the market and audience. The bad monkey, who has been deeply involved in the venture capital unit of Shanghai Film Festival for three consecutive years, has also been awarded the "Queen Mother and I" special attention award. Whether this is another "turning the stone into gold" project is unknown, but the bad monkey has shown many possibilities and efforts in planning, taste and action. Wang Yibing said frankly: "The bad monkey has higher requirements for the script, and hopes that the first work of the new director will be successful. But it does not mean pure commercial success, but ontological success, including artistic, ornamental and commercial success. "

　

Ning Hao, on the other hand, said that what he wanted to do was to keep investors from losing money. He revealed that in the future, the bad monkey mainly plans to be a new director, and there are still explorations on cartoons. What is even more exciting is to "help Liu Cixin put his works on the screen, focusing on science fiction." As for the expectation for the future of the bad monkey, Ning Hao hopes to hold his horses and polish every work: "We have signed three new directors, and each new director is a huge attempt, and the probability of failure is not low. How many directors do you think have been produced over the years? In the past ten years, there have been only a few films taken by one department. Of course, I hope that all (new directors) will be successful, and I also hope that our new director will not make money, and the lower part will be flat, and then the lower part will earn back. We have 14 directors, more than ten years! Why Worry? Take your time. "