September 11, Xingning Film Academy, Centennial Lecture Hall.
It had just rained in the morning, and the air was filled with the scent of rain, soil, and fresh grass. The lecture had not yet officially begun, but the lecture hall was already filled with students passing by.
Seeing more and more people rushing to the lecture hall, Xue Jia hugged the notebook tightly in her arms and quickened her pace, complaining: "Why didn't I know that there were so many people in our animation school?"
"We can't help it," my roommate shrugged. "This is the first time that Muxu Star has held a lecture. Not to mention the students from our school, which school in Blue Star wouldn't be excited? If the school hadn't restricted entry to students only, I'm afraid many people would have found ways to sneak in. We'd be lucky if we could stand and listen."
Xue Jia stopped.
She turned around on the spot, her eyes sweeping across the huge crowd in front of the lecture hall: "Let's not talk about our own people in the animation department. Since Xingxing is an animation director, it's okay for the directing department to come and get involved. The problem is-"
At this point, she paused and pointed at two people in the crowd not far away who stood out from the crowd with their looks. Her expression was quite subtle: "What's up with that handsome guy from the acting department next door? And that little brother over there, if I remember correctly, he is from the finance department of the university next door, right?"
The roommate said uncertainly: "Maybe the school hunk is also jealous of your idol's acting skills?"
This is understandable. Xue Jia nodded reluctantly: "Then how do you explain the finance department?"
"Uh... can I ask you for some tips on male intelligence?" The roommate said, "After all, when it comes to success, Huaying has been second in recent years, and I'm afraid no one dares to claim first place."
While the two were talking, they had already arrived in front of the lecture hall.
The lecture hall of Xingning Film Academy is very large. The entire building covers an area of 10,000 square meters. It consists of a large lecture hall, a multi-purpose hall, a concert hall, a memorial hall and a conference room. The lecture that will start in half an hour will naturally be held in the large lecture hall.
Although she was somewhat dissatisfied with outsiders coming to teach and taking up seats in the animation department, as a semi-professional fan, Xue Jia was still very proud that her idol could attract so many students in his first class.
The corridor of the lecture hall was a bit long. Xue Jia walked in front while enthusiastically explaining the recent Lux tennis match to his roommate. When the two of them stood in front of the lecture hall, Xue Jia had just finished talking about her idol's match and was about to step into the venue when she heard the boy in front of her suddenly exclaim "Fuck!" as if startled by what he saw. The next second, he forced himself to put on a serious academic face and walked in carefully.
Xue Jia: Haha, another acting geek trying to snatch my spot.
She curled her lips and continued walking forward.
However, the moment she looked towards the south area below the podium, she was stunned.
The lecture hall of Xingning Film Academy consists of the South Area, Central Area and North Area. The Central Area and the North Area are usually occupied by students of the school, while the South Area is occupied by the school or special guests invited by the school. However, at this moment, the South Area, which usually only had a few people, is already full of guests!
In the first row, several vigorous old men were chatting and laughing. Xue Jia didn't recognize all of them, but she vaguely remembered that the one in the blue shirt had given a serious academic lecture in this lecture hall not long ago. He was a famous oil painter on Blue Star.
Xue Jia didn’t recognize many people in the first two rows, but considering that today’s theme was related to animation, it could be imagined that the first and second guests must be related to animation. Animation people are not as high-profile as celebrity actors, so it was normal that she couldn’t recognize them.
However, starting from the third row, Xue Jia knew more people.
Legendary Blue Star film director Gro Hill, literary film master Ye Changlin, actor Adrian Wilson, actress Alvette Jones…
Xue Jia was dumbfounded.
When she was outside just now, she was still complaining about the too many students from other majors who came to listen to the class. Now she looked towards the south area and saw that the people who came to listen today were not only the big names in the animation industry. She also looked at the bald middle-aged man in the fifth row. Why did people from the gaming industry come to join in the fun
As for the professors of her own school, there is no need to mention them. With a quick glance, she felt that almost all the professors in the school who had something to do with the field that her male idol was good at were there.
Even Xue Jia, a fan, couldn't help but gasp at this moment.
"Although I could imagine how much attention this speech would receive before I came here, this ceremony is a little too exaggerated..." Although she had enough confidence in Muxiuxing, but -
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at the star-studded South District again.
Although having a big name is a good thing, making animations and teaching are two different things after all. The more experts and bigwigs there are in the South District, the higher their understanding of the theme of the lecture will naturally be. Whether the theme of the speech is novel, the thinking is avant-garde, and the logic is rigorous, any deficiency in any of these will become a point of deduction in their minds.
Under such pressure and high demands, many experienced professors may not be able to give good lectures, let alone Mu Suxing, an outsider who has never given any lectures before
If this goes wrong, I'm afraid Xingxing's reputation in the art world will drop to the bottom again...
Thinking of this, Xue Jia herself became a little worried.
Amid the expectant or scrutinizing gazes of the audience, the lecture soon officially began.
It would be a lie to say that Mu Suxing was not nervous when giving a trial lecture under the eyes of so many people. But perhaps because he had lowered his personal goals, he was not scared at the moment. When he stepped onto the podium and stood on the rostrum, his eyes met with countless pairs of eyes in the audience, and he calmed down instead.
“With the continuous development and popularization of virtual reality technology, virtual reality animation will inevitably become a well-known and new film type…”
He already possessed the highest level of dubbing skills, and at this moment he simply used a broadcasting voice, and controlled his speaking speed to a moderate level, just enough for everyone to hear clearly. As his speech progressed, the students who had been glancing towards the south area also retracted their gazes and listened to the lecture attentively.
VR technology is already the most anticipated technology in the current film and television industry, and the fantasy of holographic games has been around for a long time. For the vast majority of students, this lecture can be said to have touched their hearts.
Perhaps considering the audience of the lecture, Mu Xuxing did not throw out all kinds of obscure terms at the beginning, but started from the simplest to the complex, explaining each key point bit by bit to people who had never been involved in this field.
At first, Xue Jia was worried that the lecture would go wrong, and she kept paying attention to the reactions of the bigwigs in the South District. However, as she listened, she was attracted by what Mu Suxing said, and she no longer cared about whether the lecture was a success. Instead, she began to take notes while listening to the lecture.
By the time she reacted, Muxuxing's speech had already ended.
As Mu Suxing finished his last sentence, the entire lecture hall fell completely silent, leaving only the sound of countless pen tips rubbing against paper. Xue Jia was disturbed by the eerie silence and could not help but look to the south again.
Some people frowned, as if they were dissatisfied with the content of the speech; some people leaned back in their chairs, with a thoughtful look on their faces; and some people raised their eyebrows with disdain, as if they were ready to stand up and refute something at any time -
This thought just flashed through her mind, and the next second, she saw someone from the South District actually stood up leisurely!
Xue Jia's heart, which had just been put at ease, was suddenly lifted up again.
Generally speaking, academic lectures like this usually start with questions from students of the same school after the speaker has finished speaking. Such Q&A sessions are mostly just a formality, and there are only a few top students who can really stump the speaker. However, this lecture is different.
The experts and bigwigs sitting in the South Zone are from a wide variety of industries: there are film directors, well-known actors and voice actors, veteran artists in the animation industry, and even game producers who seem to have nothing to do with this lecture, but are actually related to it...
Of course, it is impossible for these people to just listen to the lecture or ask casually during the Q&A session. Since they are here, they will naturally watch Mu Xuxing and his speech with the most critical eyes, and will not hesitate to ask some difficult questions in the final Q&A session and ask Mu Xuxing for advice.
not to mention…
Xue Jia looked at the only middle-aged man standing at the moment.
She knew this person.
Gro-Hill.
Even if he is one of the top directors in the entire Blue Planet, the box office of the movies he shot personally exceeded 10 billion, but his last movie "Tomorrow" suffered a Waterloo, and its box office was just over 300 million.
By the way, there was also an animated film released at the same time called "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".
Although the director has no strict grudge against Muxiu, he probably won't be too convinced by Harry Potter's record-breaking box office.
As expected, Gro Hill raised his eyebrows and said bluntly, "VR movies cannot be produced using traditional film and television production processes. In a 360-degree panoramic environment like virtual reality, the audience is in a completely unfamiliar environment. In this environment, the audience will inevitably not be able to focus on the plot at the first time, but will instinctively pay attention to the surrounding environment. This is human instinct. Director Mu, have you thought about how to solve these problems?"
"If the audience is given a longer reaction time, the plot of the movie will be slowed down, out of tune, or even out of context. When watching a movie, from what perspective should the audience watch it? How should they interact with the elements in the movie? What interactions should they have? How should they interact? What should be the frequency of interaction?"
"I have a lot of questions, and I hope Director Mu can give me some advice." He said with a smile.
The lecture hall was silent.
Even the students who were still taking notes couldn't help but stop writing, as if they were afraid of disturbing the tranquility of the moment.
Gro-Hill's attitude of finding fault was so obvious that it was difficult for everyone not to notice it. However, every question he asked made sense, which was obviously the result of him listening carefully to Mu Suxing's lecture.
It was really hard to deal with such blatant, serious academic and professional nitpicking. If he gave a bad answer, even if Mu Suxing's previous trial lecture was good in the eyes of the big guys, his impression score would be gone.