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Chapter 142 - 139: Film and Television Academy, Knowing Shame Then Becoming Brave (Second Update)_1

Chapter 142: Chapter 139: Film and Television Academy, Knowing Shame Then Becoming Brave (Second Update)_1

Inside the Administration Building, in the big conference room.

"Heard Principal Ding is quite mad?"

"I heard too. Director Zhu showed the first episode’s sample cut to Principal Ding, and got scolded terribly."

"Really? Is Principal Ding’s requirement that high?"

"To be honest, our documentary is really poorly made. I have seen the first episode’s sample cut, it’s bad!"

"Didn’t the team in charge of the first episode act all high and mighty? Feeling the chill now, aren’t they?"

"I feel like the shooting approach is wrong."

"Exactly, I said from the start that this shooting plan isn’t going to work."

"I heard Principal Ding has already put all shooting on hold. He wants a reshoot."

The students were having various discussions in the conference room.

The "A Bite of Xia Country" crew consisted of five teams in total, involving dozens of students and teachers from the Film and Television Academy.

The shooting team was divided into three groups, one group for the first episode, and the two remaining groups each responsible for two episodes of the remaining four.

With post-production crew included, the team size was quite large.

Soon, Zhu Youzhao arrived at the conference room with Tang Yuanhua, Meng Hao, and others.

Everyone looked at Director Zhu. His face looked pretty grim, probably because he had just been scolded by Principal Ding.

"Everybody, take your seats in the conference room. Principal Ding is coming soon."

A teacher said, maintaining order in the conference room.

Meanwhile in the Principal’s office.

Ding Yue managed to calm his fury after downing a can of cola.

"Brother Yue, I heard that the Film and Television Academy’s documentary is not to your satisfaction?"

Huang Youjie entered his office. As the Logistics Director, he had provided assistance to the film crew and rushed over as soon as he heard the news.

"What kind of crap did they shoot!"

Ding Yue hadn’t spouted such words in front of Director Zhu and the students earlier, but now he didn’t hold back.

"Director Huang, I just watched it with Principal Ding. It’s really bad!" Wen Ruohan didn’t think Principal Ding was being derogatory.

Because it really was bad.

There was almost no highlight.

The only highlight might be the few beautiful shots at the beginning, which were praised by Principal Ding, but beyond that, there was nothing else.

If they want to compete for any awards with this kind of food documentary.

That would be plain daydreaming or simply making a fool of themselves.

And if it was broadcasted, it would certainly be heavily criticized by netizens.

Fortunately, Principal Ding pre-screened the film and directly asked the Film and Television Academy team to reshoot "A Bite of Xia Country".

If things still don’t work out, it can only be said that the current batch of students and teachers from the Film and Television Academy is deficient. They would have to wait for the new students in September and give it another shot.

"I’m pissed off. From the scriptwriting to shooting, there are problems everywhere!" Ding Yue began to analyze the issues with the Film and Television Academy team after calming down a bit.

The script was definitely not adequate.

Secondly, the method of shooting was not appropriate. It failed to emphasize the integration of food with local environment and diet culture.

"Let’s go. The entire team of "A Bite of Xia Country" is in the meeting room now."

Huang Youjie patted Ding Yue’s shoulder, speaking up.

As a result, Ding Yue got up, directly heading for the conference room. Huang and his secretary Wen Ruohan also followed him.

When Principal Ding arrived at the big conference room, every teacher, student, and Director Zhu in the room didn’t dare to make a sound.

Ding Yue swept his eyes over the several dozens of people in front of him.

The Film and Television Academy’s team this time was so large, but they couldn’t even make a decent food documentary.

This truly disappointed Ding Yue.

Look at the Arts department. Lin Zhirou alone won the championship of the National College Student Art Festival Music Competition.

Then look at the Mechanical department. A team of four and a teacher managed to make the Big White robot Ding Yue wanted.

And the Architecture department. Liu Chuanjie and his team designed such an excellent [Bookship] library project, winning the Hop Cup Best Creative Award.

Now look back at the Film and Television Academy.

So many people, but what they gave Ding Yue was a pile of crap!

Ding Yue knew that they must all know he was mad. Therefore, he wouldn’t lose his temper or anything at this meeting.

This meeting.

It was mainly about giving the Film and Television Academy’s team a chance to reshoot "A Bite of Xia Country".

After all, he still had some hope for the documentary winning awards.

As long as they make a good film and win an award, Ding Yue could earn a University Honor.

And if he accumulates three such honours, he could fulfill one of the conditions to upgrade to [Well-known].

"To be honest, when I saw the first episode of the food documentary you all made, ’A Bite of Xia Country’, I was really disappointed."

Ding Yue said to everyone in the meeting room in a very dejected tone.

Whether students or teachers, or even Director Zhu, everyone was seriously listening to Principal Ding.

"Principal Ding, I’m sorry, we didn’t make a film that satisfies you." At this moment, Tang Yuanhua stood up and apologized to Principal Ding.

"No, no, no, you don’t owe me anything."

Ding Yue shook his head, saying, "You are letting yourselves down."

The entire room fell silent.

At this point in Ding Yue’s speech, there was a [Junior Guidance Card] in the items section of the system interface in front of him.

"Use."

With a slight mental command, Ding Yue applied this [Junior Guidance Card] onto the teachers and students in the conference room.

Only in this way could they deeply remember what he said today.

Ding Yue did this hoping to give the teachers and students of the film and television academy a chance to reshoot ’A Bite of Xia Country’, hoping they could achieve the effect Ding Yue wanted.

"The shooting of ’A Bite of Xia Country’ was your first opportunity to produce a documentary since admission, a very good chance for you all to improve yourselves, but you didn’t seize it properly."

Ding Yue continued, "Have you thought about where the problem lies?"

After saying this sentence, Ding Yue sat down without saying anything more.

The meeting room became very quiet.

And the silence seemed to last a long time, as Principal Ding no longer continued speaking.

In such quietness, finally, some students began to reflect on the problems within the ’A Bite of Xia Country’ production team.

Tang Yuanhua thought for a moment, clenched his teeth, stood up, looked at Principal Ding and said, "Principal Ding, during our shooting, we didn’t focus on unified production, but rather, each member wanted to show themselves, resulting in fluctuations in the quality of the work."

Hearing Tang Yuanhua say this, the members responsible for the first episode of ’A Bite of Xia Country’ all bowed their heads in silence.

"Principal Ding, the biggest problem with our team is the lack of internal coordination." At this moment, the student Shen Ling suddenly stood up and said.

As Shen Ling said this, the other teachers and students started to whisper amongst themselves.

Seeing this, Ding Yue guessed that Shen Ling had pointed out the crux of the problem—the reason why the quality of the film produced by the Film and Television Academy team wasn’t good enough mainly lies in the lack of internal coordination.

Too many internal ideas.

If they can’t achieve unity, it definitely won’t work.

"Well said, it seems you’ve finally reflected on your problems. Let me tell you about the problems with your film, and what kind of ’A Bite of Xia Country’ needs to be made to be considered acceptable."

Ding Yue was about to explain to them the ’A Bite of Xia Country’ he envisioned.

Thanks to the effect of the [Junior Guidance Card], the Film and Television Academy team should be able to grasp his meaning.

"The narration voiceover needs to be rich and magnetic!"

"The picture must be exquisite and layered. When shooting food, you can use a variety of techniques to evoke the audience’s desire to eat."

"The post-production editing, don’t you look at the finished product to see if it’s good or not?"

"I hope you can truly make a ’A Bite of Xia Country’ that satisfies me and the audience, otherwise, this project will have to be cancelled!"

Ding Yue pinpointed all the key issues.

At the same time, he warned the film and television academy team that, if given another chance and they still can’t make a good food documentary, then the college will have to cancel this project.

This panicked Zhu Youzhao.

No projects established in the school and for each department had ever been cancelled before.

The Film and Television Academy certainly does not want to be the first to experience that!

Being the first to do so would be criticized by other departments in the school. If they can’t do it right this time, the Film and Television Academy may no longer be taken seriously by Principal Ding.

"Alright, reflect on this when you return. I look forward to the re-filming of the first episode of ’A Bite of Xia Country’. "

After Ding Yue finished speaking, he turned around and left the conference room.

Tang Yuanhua, Meng Hao, Shen Ling, Sun Kaiding and other students all deeply reflected on their thoughts.

Zhu Youzhao also realized.

This time, the Film and Television Academy must pull together, put in a hundred times the effort, and take the reshooting of ’A Bite of Xia Country’ very seriously.

"After each group goes back, rewrite the shooting plan. After submitting the shooting plan, all unqualified ones will be returned for rewriting. Those in charge of post-production must strictly control the quality of the post-production, and those responsible for the shooting budget must also strictly control it!"

Director Zhu sternly said to all members of the team.

"Principal Ding has given us another chance, do you all really want others to think that all of us in the Film and Television Academy are useless?"

At this point, Meng Hao stood up, saying to all the students with a serious face.

It has to be said that he is very good at rallying emotion.

For a while, the students responded all at once.

"No!"

"If we mess up the shooting again, our Film and Television Academy will really lose face!"

"Can everyone pull together?"

"Yes!"

The students of the Film and Television Academy this time, seemed to finally know shame before courage.