Beijing Film Directing Department Postgraduate Entrance Examination

The admissions program for Nortel’s Directing Department is a professional master’s degree and requires an English II test.

For professional course examination content, please refer to this article.

The feature film direction of the Directing Department has always been the major with the largest number of applicants for the exam. Note that there is no one major. It has been for many years and has been firmly sitting on the top spot.

The content of the exam mainly includes two aspects, including film theory questions with 80 points and drama writing questions with 70 points. In the past two years, film theory questions have been given to you first with 40 multiple-choice questions.

The questions for the film director's play are different from before. Before, they were in the same direction as the feature film. But last year, the first questions were the same, only the second play question was different.

But in review, there is no difference between the two directions.

Analysis of Examination Subjects

Subjects

①Politics

②English II

③Basic Theory of Art

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④The creative theory of film directors (direction of feature films/post-production directors)

④Theory of film director’s playwriting (direction of film and playwriting)

You can click on the content of professional one : Detailed analysis and view of the 2021 Beijing Film Academy Major One Art Fundamental Theory Postgraduate Entrance Examination.

Let’s talk about Major 2

Let’s talk about the reference books first, and then tell you about the scope of the exam.

Bibliography

Classic must-read books - film theory

Dictionary of film art? Xu Nanming·written by China Film Publishing House

"Film Art Dictionary" is a reference book, and it can really be regarded as a dictionary. If there are concepts that you don't know, you can understand them by reading it.

Of course, as a student taking the directing department, the difference from other departments is that it is best to know all these concepts, including art and performance. How else can we tell actors about dramas in the future?

"Basics of Film and Television Directors" Wang Xinyu·authored by Communication University of China Press

Teacher Wang Xinyu was once a professor in the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy. This book "Basics of Film and Television Directors" is written by Teacher Wang A lovingly written book, this book provides a detailed explanation of the basics, theories, and manipulation techniques of film and television directors.

This book starts with the historical trajectory of film, explores the connection between film and television and the role of the director, and then talks about the relationship between the director and the play, and then discusses the script. ?Details and suspense? of the setting. Then, the "relationship between director and actor" was discussed. And later elaborates on the film's "time design, space design, visual language, scene scheduling, sound and director style". Basically, a comprehensive explanation of the director's work, following the process by which a film is produced.

Honor·Su Mu People's Literature Publishing House

This book is a work on film interpretation. The author uses his profound film skills and in-depth understanding of film production to lead us in reading and interpretation. The world's outstanding films, and the "Basics of Film Screenwriting" and "Basics of Film Director" will be taught in the reading. The whole book is carefully laid out, from the shallower to the deeper.

This textbook is suitable for such classics as "Birdman", "The French Lieutenant's Woman", "A Man and a Woman", "The Encyclopedia of Tricks", "Once Upon a Time in America" ??and "Run Lola Run" The film is interpreted. For students taking the literature department, this book contains a lot of knowledge about drama writing techniques, audio-visual language, etc.

"Film Art: Form and Style" by David Bordwell·World Book Publishing Company

This book is similar in structure to "Fundamentals of Film and Television Directors" by teacher Wang Xinyu , but Bordwell's book is more readable and disseminable.

This book starts with film art and production, and talks about the form of the film. Then it gets to the point and begins to explore film style from the perspectives of scene scheduling, photography, editing, and sound, and then proceeds from Films are discussed from different genres, including genre films, documentaries, experimental films, and even animations. At the end of the book, film criticism and film history are briefly reviewed, and some film terminology is given at the end.

It is a very useful textbook for exams, and the key is that it is very comfortable to read~~~

Classic must-read books - playwriting part

Basics of film script writing? [US] Syd Field World Book Publishing Company·Houtang Publishing Company

This book is a designated teaching material for the playwriting course of Beijing Film Academy and a series of global popular plays by Hollywood screenwriting teaching master Syd Field. This textbook starts with the initial understanding of movie scripts, the theme of the movie script, the characters in the script, the relationship between the story and the characters, the end and beginning of the script, the construction in the movie, setting plot points in the script, the scene setting of the movie, and the script It comprehensively explains script writing in terms of paragraphs, script story lines, script format, movie script writing, script adaptation, etc. Whether you are a novice or a veteran, this book can provide great help.

Tutorial on film and television script writing·Gui Qingshan Beijing Normal University Press

This book is a basis for film and television script writing, and is also very suitable for taking notes. Teacher Gui’s film reading Both novices and experienced readers can learn a lot thanks to its large volume and vast writing skills.

This book starts from a cultural perspective and discusses the creation of scripts. Later, it analyzes writing aspects such as dramatic conflicts from the perspective of the essence and aesthetics of scripts. Next, it focuses on describing the scripts. The creative process and creative methods of this book seem to be relatively difficult, but it is still very helpful in improving the quality of the entire script.

Story? Written by Robert McKee, Tianjin People's Publishing House

This textbook is very important to many screenwriters, after all, scripts tell stories. The content of this book is the same as the title. It starts with "story". It first talks about some background and basic elements of the story, including the structure, background, type, characters, etc. that the story should have. Next, it explains the design principles of the story and how the story is applied to the movie, including telling you how to set up montage, flashback and other concepts in the movie in the story.

Overall, this book seems interesting to everyone. At the same time, this book plays an extremely important role in your drama writing. If you have not yet formed your own style, this book will play an important role in the formation of your style.

Supplementary Bibliography

Film Theory Section

"What is Film?" 》Andre Bazin Commercial Press

"History of Chinese Films" by Zhong Dafeng and Shu Xiaoming·China Radio and Television Press

"History of Foreign Films" by Zheng Yaling and Hu Bin· China Radio and Television Press

"Director's Lessons" by David Mame·Guangxi Normal University Press

"The Performing Art of Film Directors" by Xu Tongjun·China Film Press< /p>

Drama part

Script structure design? [US] Dan O'Bannon Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company·Houtang Publishing Company

Basic playwriting method? [US] David Howard/Edward Mabley Publishers: Houlang丨Beijing United Publishing Company

Screenwriter's self-study course·Meifeng Beijing United Publishing Company·Houlang Publishing Company

Some issues in writing movie scripts·Xia Yan Fudan University Press

Theories and techniques of drama and film writing? J.H. Lawson China Film Publishing House

Introduction to film scripting? Wang Di/Huang Shixian/Liu Yibing/Liucheng China Film Publishing House

You may still be confused after reading the reference book. Let’s take a look at the scope of the exam.

Exam Scope

As we said at the beginning, the entire exam covers two aspects: film theory and drama. Let’s take a look at them one by one:

Film theory

Movie theory multiple-choice part

Must-take test 1: Whoever wins the award this year must take the test;

Must-take test 2: Which famous director or actor passed away this year, you must take the test;

Must-take test 3: Those who were released this year are very topical Films or directors must be tested;

Must-test 4: This year’s popular industry events must be tested;

Must-test 5: This year’s popular gossip involves The character must be tested.

In fact, none of the film theory books will cover the above required exams. They all rely on my own accumulation and reading magazines.

The following are the parts of other HKCEEs:

HKCEE 1: Famous Chinese and Foreign Directors

HKCEE 2: Film Terminology

HKCEE 3: Film Section

Examination 4: Film post-processing methods

Occasionally exam: Art History

These can still be sorted out in books.

The next step is the play.

The play

The play part seems to be relatively simple, mainly in the following forms:

Form 1: Story summary;

Form 2: Movie clips;

Form 3: Character analysis;

Form 4: Beginning and ending script;

Form 5: Character appearance;< /p>

Form 6: Views on materials and conception of the play.

Wait for these forms.

These forms will basically be learned to some extent in the process of learning to write scripts, so there is no need to worry too much about this.

Of course, in the face of such terrifying content in the directing department, we have also published relevant information, including hot topics that "no film theory book can cover" mentioned by the editor just now. What does it look like? Let's look down.

Reference materials

Many students have already obtained this set of information, but they may not know how to use it. Let’s talk about how to use it. Students who have not purchased yet can consult before considering research