Chapter 171 School Festival (Part 2)

Twenty minutes later, four weird-looking people walked on campus.

Fujiwara Kei's face was put on special effects makeup, smeared with blood plasma, and applied skin wax to look like a zombie, while Inoue Morita was transformed into an elf.

However, walking on campus like this didn't feel strange at all. He was surrounded by various samurai, ronai, and people wearing leather jackets, and he didn't stand out at all.

After Inoue Morimata put on makeup, no one came to ask for a photo anymore.

Ogata Shinyo asked: "Which regiment does Mori want to visit?"

Inoue Mori thought for a moment and said, "The comics department."

"Would you like a live portrait? It's very popular, but you may have to wait in line for a long time."

"Do you want to go?" Fujiwara Kei lowered his head and looked at Inoue Morimata.

Inoue Mori nodded again.

A group of people queued for a long time to draw sketches. After that, we went to see the performances of the Magic Club and the Light Music Club. Togada Nanako said, "Teacher Fujiwara, we are going to the theater to watch the independent films of our seniors. Do you want to go?"

"Independent animation..." Fujiwara Kei carefully recalled it in his mind and then thought about it.

Student independent films refer to films directed and produced by school students themselves. After the production is completed, they will be played repeatedly in the campus theater on the day of the school festival.

Some of these films are just young student works, but some of them also carry greater ambitions. They are only shown in campus theaters as test screenings. If the effect is good, the next film will be an art theater, and in the circle of theater owners After becoming famous, it is not impossible to screen it nationwide.

Of course, this is just an ideal situation. It is something that exists in theory but almost never happens in reality.

The students' production funds are all provided by themselves. Making a movie is very expensive, so the production of their works is relatively rough and cannot compete with the commercial films of big production companies.

Therefore, most student works are short films, some within ten minutes, and some longer only half an hour. To ensure picture quality, the longer it takes, the more money you will burn.

Most of these works cannot be directly monetized. For the film creators, the only value of these films is to prove their abilities, which will be more convenient when they apply for jobs in the future.

Of course, there are special circumstances. For example, if this film is seen by people within the industry due to a certain opportunity, and appreciates the story and the director's personal ability, it will be uploaded to the communication activities within the film and television industry. If the response is good, it may be recommended for distribution. The company will participate in the war, or get investment to continue production and release.

Eastern Literature and Art is also a famous art school, and several talented film and television people appear every year. Fujiwara Kei suddenly became interested.

Fujiwara Kei wanted to go, but he also thought that the movies played in this kind of on-campus movie viewing party might not be in line with the interests of children like Inoue Morimata, so he hesitated for a while.

At this time, Inoue Mori tugged on Fujiwara Kei's sleeve again and said, "Teacher Fujiwara, I want to take a look."

"Aren't you going to the Comic Con?"

Inoue Morimata has just been saying that he wants to go to the comic exhibition.

"It doesn't matter, you can go later." Inoue Mori said again.

Fujiwara Kei touched Inoue Morimata's little head and said: "Miss Togata, let's go."

Kei Fujiwara came to the campus theater and saw a table outside the theater door. A curly-haired, somewhat mature-looking man was leaning on the back of a chair and reading a magazine.

There was a piece of white paper taped to the wall behind, revealing two words: Film Exhibition.

Just as Kei Fujiwara and his party were about to walk in, the student raised his eyes and said, "Tickets are 400 yen per person."

Togada Nanako was stunned: "When did it become four hundred?"

"We have started charging fees this year. The space is limited and there are too many people participating."

The activities in the school festival are all run by students, and the fees are normal. Kei Fujiwara took out his wallet: "I'll do it, four people."

"Hmm...one thousand six...wait a minute." The curly-haired man suddenly opened his eyes and pointed at Inoue Morimata, "How old is she?"

"Thirteen, what's wrong?" Kei Fujiwara asked strangely.

"You really... are not allowed to enter under the age of eighteen!"

"Why?" Li Hetian was puzzled.

The curly-haired man stood up and exposed the piece of paper behind him. At this time, Fujiwara Kei and others finally saw all six words on the piece of paper: Adult Film Exhibition

"If you let her in, I'll go to jail. Brother, the law in our country does not limit the number, but the age limit. I advise you to do it yourself."

Nanako Togata blushed half of her face immediately: "You... how can you put such a thing in the school?"

"Why not? This is a legal industry." The curly-haired man said disapprovingly, "Do you know that adult films saved Japan's local film industry twenty years ago? When the film studio model fell apart, who held up Nissan Films The flag is stiffened? This is the great culture of Japan!"

Kei Fujiwara reluctantly stuffed the money back into his wallet, and asked, "Student, we are planning to go to see the exhibition of student film works, where is it?"

"Go out, turn left, and walk straight for fifty meters." The curly-haired man yawned.

"I want to report to the Disciplinary Department!" On the way, Li Hetian said angrily.

Finally arrived at the student theatre, where the self-produced movie was played, and everyone walked in, and there was also a ticket here, which was 300 yen per person.

After paying the ticket price, everyone will get a red ping pong ball.

After finding a place to sit side by side, the host began to announce the curtain. Before each film was shown, he would mention the name of the film and its creator.

After the screening, the main creators will take the stage to talk about their ideas and sources of inspiration for the film.

Most of these student works involve one person taking on multiple roles. The director, screenwriter, and cameraman may all be the same person. In some films, he may even be the actor.

There are many boxes placed at the entrance of the theater, and each box will have the name of a movie written on it. After watching all the movies, if you like which movie you like, you have to put a ping pong ball into the box of that movie, and then the audience will vote. , throwing the ping pong ball into the box of his favorite movie.

In the end, the director of the film with the most votes will receive 30% of the proceeds from the ticket sales as funding for his next film.

Movies started to be shown one by one. Most of the movies were ten minutes long, and occasionally they were thirty minutes long. At this time, the host announced: "Now I would like to invite Tetsuya Iwai, a student from Class 1 of the Video Screening Graduate School. Play his piece ‘Lucky’.”

Whistles and applause suddenly sounded in the audience, and the audience was already excited before the movie started.

Iwai Tetsuya... This name seemed familiar. Kei Fujiwara squinted his eyes and recalled it. Sure enough, in the memory of the original owner, Tetsuya Iwai was a very famous figure.

They were in the same period, but when they were in school, Fujiwara Kei was unknown, while Iwai Tetsuya was a famous talent. His works were often played in front of them by teachers as excellent homework.

When he was a sophomore, he started participating in peer film festivals. Although he never won a prize and always fell short, his works were also very favored. There are even production companies willing to invest in his films.

However, Tetsuya Iwai did not agree because he disliked the small scale of the production company and its background in making adult films.

What will his movie be like this time? Fujiwara Kei also became curious.