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Necklace and fish

The story is about machine tool factory workers Lin Sen and a gold shop staff ah Ping is a childhood sweetheart because factory layoffs, Lin Sen, one hundred thousand yuan fee burden, ah Ping to marry the son of the shop boss Gu Zhi, ah Ping to lose in the helpless, robbed the shop and the sale of stolen goods, Lin Sen on their way to be part of a necklace to hide a catfish in the belly of the moat, when ah Ping learned that robbery is Lin Sen, the relationship between the two and the fate of Lin Sen will decide on what path to follow?

  • ZonghuaLi
    Director
  • ZonghuaLi
    Writer
  • JiahaoKe
    Key Cast
  • HonghaiWang
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    故事梗概
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Crime film, Romance
  • Runtime:
    34 minutes 15 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 20, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese, Other
  • Shooting Format:
    RED-R3D
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:2.35
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Beijing Film Academy" Academy Award"
    Beijing
    May 25, 2017
    China
    Beijing Film Academy" Academy Award"-Best short film Best Cinematography
  • China"37" Film Festival
    Nanjing City
    November 25, 2017
    Nanjing city of China
    Finalist-Short story film Chen Award
  • Macau International Movie Festival
    Macau
    China
    November 22, 2017
    China
    Finalist-Short film unit
Director Biography - ZonghuaLi

Graduated from
College of modern creative media, Beijing Film Academy
Short film works:
2014 - the story“met”position: Writer / Director / editing;story“”position: executive director Siyuan
2015 - feature film“Blue Lotus”position: screenwriter / Director / Editor
2016 - feature film number H4A4: Title writer / Director / Editor
2017 - feature film“necklace and fish”title: screenwriter / Director / Editor
Feature film“unruly night”position: Executive director;
Story film“blue video shop”position: Executive Director
Receive awards:
13-14 academic year,won the national inspirational scholarship,college three,such as gold,excellent class cadres;
In the 14-15 academic year,he was named excellent class cadre of the college;
In the 15-16 academic year,we won the Academy National inspirational scholarships,three scholarships and excellent class cadres;
In 2014,“meet”is short for the“Qingdao micro Film Festival”feature film unit
In 2015,“Blue Lotus”was shortlisted for the“Pingyao International Film Festival”drama short story unit.
In 2016,the serial number H4A4 won the first prize of the“eighth aesthetic art achievement exhibition”,and was listed as the“Handan micro Film Festival”“
In 2017 the“necklace and fish”by the Institute“Oscar”best cinematography prize short story;

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Director Statement

Short film "the necklace and fish" is based on a true story, tells the story of a machine tool factory workers and shop staff ah Ping Lin's childhood sweetheart, Tomlinson because of factory layoffs, one hundred thousand yuan price pressure, ah Ping to marry the son of the shop boss Gu Zhi, ah Ping to lose in the helpless, robbed the shop and the sale of stolen goods, Tomlinson on their way will be part of the necklace to a catfish in the belly of the moat, when ah Ping learned that people are robbed after the relationship between the two and Lin, Lin fate will decide on what path to follow?
Starting from the story of a little, because I want to be in love and freedom of love and redemption crime, and finally lost in love under the influence.
This shows the spiritual process of modern young people's emotions. The story based on the true event based adaptation, with the crime genre style as the film image style tone, because better write a matter of today's society the underlying figures for the freedom to work, early heart and appeal for the pursuit of human emotions to the most authentic. Because the real events in the southern region, so the expression of Taiwanese as actors, one is for the actor more pure to the characters and the expression of figure two is better to let the audience feel more relevant to the background of real events, the southern region of the so-called "equal" marriage and love view more empathy.
The creation process of the short necklace and fish is also the possibility of learning and exploring more about the real events of different styles of local style in the film script creation, and the exploration of the adaptation from the local real events to the "genre film" story.
短片《项链和鱼》是根据真实事件改编,故事讲述了机床厂工人林森和某金店员工啊萍是青梅竹马,林森因迫于工厂裁员,十万元聘金重压,啊萍即将嫁给金店老板表姑的儿子文志,在要失去啊萍的无奈下,抢劫了金店并将赃物变卖,林森在逃亡路上将部分项链藏至护城河一条鲶鱼的肚子里,当啊萍得知抢劫人是林森后,二人关系和林森的命运将何去何从?
故事从一小人物出发,因为想得到在爱情里的自由和对爱人的救赎而犯罪,最后又在爱的感召下迷途知返。
由此展现了现代青年人情感的心路历程。故事依据真实事件基础而改编,用犯罪类型片的样式来作为影片影像风格类型的基调,是因为能更好地写出一个关乎当今社会底层人物为自由去努力,为情感去追求人性最本真的初心和诉求。因为真实事件发生在闽南地区,所以全片用闽南语作为演员台词的表达,一是为了演员更纯粹的去接近人物和表达人物,二是更好的让观众能更恰切的感受到真实事件的发生背景,对闽南地区所谓“门当户对”的婚姻观、爱情观能更加的感同身受。
短片《项链和鱼》创作历程也是在学习和摸索着更多关于本土各类风格迥异真实事件之于电影剧本创作的可能,以及这其中由本土真实事件改编到“类型电影”故事的摸索。