Chapter 216： USC Film Academy

After entering September, the shooting progress far exceeded expectations, and the film was no longer too far away from the closing of the film. The reason why the crew progressed so smoothly was that in addition to the precise advance planning, the huge budget set at the beginning played a vital role.

To put it bluntly, many problems are actually money problems. As long as there is sufficient financial support, most of the difficulties will be solved.

Ryan once again bid farewell to Rosario's studio and returned to Los Angeles, because the School of Film at the University of Southern California was about to open.

"Why do you want to apply for a dormitory for me?"

Looking at a little bit of luggage, Ryan stood in the middle of the living room and asked Nicole Kidman. Because of his busy shooting, most of his matters before entering school were handed over to Nicole and Jinsi. Li is dealing with it.

“It’s about an hour’s drive from USC to Beverly Hills. It will take longer to get stuck in traffic. If you have classes throughout the day, do you have to go home at noon? Don’t talk about finding a house or renting a hotel there. The suite, what the security in that area is like, I must have heard of it."

If Nicole wants to persevere, she can find 10,000 reasons, "That's just a place to rest temporarily. You must know that the dormitory of Southern University is always very tense. In order to find you a suitable place to rest, Pat is looking for George helped."

The George she was talking about was naturally George Lucas.

"I remember there should be cafes and restaurants on campus..." Seeing Nicole's insistence, Ryan closed his mouth, looked at the time, and finally asked, "Are you sure not to come with me?"

"Come on, Ryan." Nicole rolled her eyes. "You went to the University of Southern California, not St. John's Elementary School."

The University of Southern California is located in downtown Los Angeles. Just like Nicole said, it is a distance from Beverly Hills, and the surrounding neighborhoods such as Raymond and Normandy are very poor. Shootings happen from time to time, especially for overseas students. Here day and night are basically two worlds.

Strolling on the campus of USC, Ryan rarely has the mood to appreciate the scenery. Although some people keep paying attention, and there are people who don’t know will say hello suddenly, there is no siege and interception. This may be related to Nan Increase the number of film art schools in the United States?

Simply inquired about the next route. Ryan and George quickly found the location of the film school, a very beautiful campus complex.

Quite different from other buildings in Southern California, the gates of the Film Academy are Latin-style domes and pillars, with a sloped roof with a rustic charm of Mexico, which highlights the solemnity and weight of the building. Most of the buildings behind the gate are Earthy yellow wall. The brown sloping roof is filled with tall palm trees in the courtyard.

Entering it, the first thing Ryan saw was the full-body statue of Douglas Van Punk. He held the sword in his right hand and the movie script in his left hand, as if showing the dynamic and passion of creation.

In fact, the School of Film at the University of Southern California and the School of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have always maintained close ties. The latter can be said to be the strong backing of the former, and the former also continuously pumps fresh blood for Hollywood to the American film and television industry every year.

The film and television production major chosen by Ryan is the strongest major in the college and is absolutely ranked first among similar majors in the United States.

It might have something to do with George Lucas’s greeting in advance. Ryan quickly completed the formalities and received the course schedule and assignment instructions. After a small circle in the film school, he got acquainted with the environment. George returned to the car to take the luggage and went to the dormitory that had already been lined up.

"Why do I feel like a relative?" Ryan muttered to George. Mr. Bodyguard, but said nothing.

Ok! When I get richer in the future, I will also learn from George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, and give a huge donation to the film school to build a building called Ryan Jenkins.

Unfortunately, the Lucas Tower and Spielberg Tower will not be visible until the new century.

Under the leadership of the housekeeper. Ryan went all the way to the dormitory of the apartment on the third floor.

"This is it, Mr. Jenkins."

The housekeeper opened the door and gave Ryan the corresponding key at the same time, "This is a two-person apartment, currently only you are staying, and the other person must be coming soon."

"Thank you, Mr. Luen, just call me Ryan." Ryan shook his hand again and sent him out.

This is a very ordinary American apartment dormitory. In addition to the two bedrooms, there are many living rooms, bathrooms, and small storage rooms. The decorations are fairly neat. Although it is not comparable to the home, it is used as a temporary resting place. enough.

Randomly chose a bedroom, and Ryan swiftly put away the items he received and brought. Although there was a tendency to be overspoiled by Nicole in the past few years, he was still degraded to life waste.

Walking onto the bedroom balcony, Ryan nodded in admiration. There is a pool of clear water right in front of the apartment building, the Southern University Library on the right, the college lawn on the left, and lush palm forests in the distance. The environment is quite similar. Yes, except for the higher charges in the dormitory, there are not too many shortcomings.

Before long, a knock on the door sounded, and then there was a conversation between George and another person. Ryan guessed that it was the roommate who had arrived, and immediately walked from the bedroom to the living room.

"Hello, this is Ryan Jenkins." Ryan stretched out a hand politely.

This was a dark brown-haired man less than six feet old, and he looked like he should be ten** years old. He looked at Ryan, then scratched his head, as if he couldn't believe it.

"I...you...oh, my God! I didn't expect me to live in the same dormitory with Ryan Jenkins." He sighed with emotion, and quickly shook Ryan's hand, "Darren Bousman, from Kansas."

"Ryan... can I call you that? Wow, that's great." He asked again, "Are you studying at the film school? What major?"

"Film production." Ryan gestured to him to sit down, "Sit down, Darren."

"I am also a major in film and television production." Darren Bowsman was quite excited.

"Do you need my help?" Ryan pointed to his luggage on the floor, and the guy scratched his head. "No, I can do it myself. I will clean up first. Will we talk about it later?"

Ryan made a gesture of inviting, found the course schedule and classwork instructions he received and looked through it.

There are no pure theoretical courses in the film school. Almost all the coursework is combined with practice. The teachers and professors have rich practical experience, especially the comprehensive production courses selected by Ryan. Pay more attention to practice. After the initial course, each semester needs to use a small camera to shoot a five-minute story as homework.

The filming person must personally participate in all the processes from script writing to finding actors to editing. All the links are solved by learning while doing and asking. If you haven't been in contact with this industry before, you will definitely suffer in the early stages.

This profession trains producers who are in control of the overall situation. It not only requires students to be familiar with Hollywood-style production methods, but also have enough ability to participate in it.

Of course, these are not problems for Ryan. He has been to many studios and directors and producers. It is unique in the same age group.

"I have been interested in photography since I was very young. It is my ideal to be a director." Darren Bousman quickly walked out of the room. After a few chats, he saw Ryan. With a gentle attitude, he gradually relaxed, "My greatest dream is to become a director of horror films."

"Horror movie?" Ryan was a little strange.

"Yes!" Darren Bousman sat on the sofa. Said with certainty, "Ryan, I like "Scream" very much. I like the **** feeling in the movie very much. It's really wonderful."

Ryan found out that this is a heavy taste lover.

"Ryan, maybe we can cooperate in the future..." The more he talked, the less marginal he got.

"Come on, Darren, it will take us four years to graduate." Ryan finally interrupted this seemingly idealist madness.

The students who graduated from the Film School of Southern California University do have an advantage over those from Ye Luzi. But if you really want to take a shot for a movie, it requires not only ability, but also enough opportunities.

This age group was the most energetic time, Ryan entered the apartment upstairs without dressing up, and soon the news of his presence here spread. People from several nearby apartment dormitories came to greet them one after another. Ryan also got acquainted with these people one by one. Communication is also a compulsory course in the university.

"Hello, Ryan, this is Chen Jiazheng and I come from China." What Ling Ryan did not expect was that one of them was an international student from the Far East.

Looking at the other party's yellow skin, black hair and black eyes, as well as the remaining Chinese accent, Ryan could only sigh for a long time.

"In the past few years, I used to go to Hong Kong because of publicity, and it was very impressive." Ryan asked him to sit down and said casually.

"I read it in domestic entertainment magazines. It was promoting "Jurassic Park", right?"

Hearing what the other party said, Ryan nodded, "Yes, it was 1993, and I went..."

I really can't think of how to translate it, so he had to change to a little bit of Chinese Luohu Port, which should be the name. "

"You can speak Chinese?" Chen Jiazheng was a little surprised. Although Ryan's words were a bit blunt, they were more standard than the Chinese pronunciation he had seen in the United States.

"I learned it before. I have always been more interested in Eastern culture, such as Chinese cuisine." Ryan shook his head again, "Originally, I wanted to go there to see it, but it's a pity that China introduced "True Lies" and "Jurassic Park" is too late."

"Actually, it was only after watching these two films last year that I made up my mind to study here." Chen Jiazheng is an international student at the Film Academy. "I really don't know that Chinese films have been left so far by the world. ."

He has been here for a while, and naturally he knows the huge reputation of the young man opposite in Hollywood.

It's rare to meet someone who knows the film industry on the other side relatively well. Ryan listened to some news without a trace, and then combined the memories in his mind to make a rough inference about the film market there, so that Jenkins and Pella Meng Pictures further in-depth development. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for recommended votes, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m. to read.) ()