Very Short Videos Are Changing Film Industries — VOA Learning English
Topics: мистецтво й музика
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On a film set in China, a 69-year-old actor is playing the part of a wealthy family leader.
In “Grandma’s Moon,” actor Zhu Jian celebrates his birthday with a costly dinner party. And he is about to get a big surprise: One of the workers at the party is his granddaughter.
But there is another big surprise.
“Grandma’s Moon” is not a movie or even a television show. Instead, it is a series of short videos, called a micro drama. Creators shoot them vertically for easy watching on cell phones. Each episode is only minutes long.
Most of the people watching “Grandma’s Moon” are middle-aged workers and retired people. Zhu said that these viewers do not go to movie theaters anymore. He added that it is…
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