回想起来，也是个性，儿子从小就会独立思考，不人云所云，人行我随，独立而行与众不同，品味也很有个性，这样就显得不太合群，不容易交朋友，我为他担心。进高中了，谈到将来你想干什麽，举些身旁的例子，他会说：“ I want My life， my own life!"
儿子从小就很会读书，善于思考，并不很用功，我不是合格的虎妈，对学习也没有压得他很紧，学校里我也没有追踪参与很多，记得有一次法语课，他因病没有参加测验，回来说法语老师说不能补，我说是否要妈妈去学校帮你说说，他说，不用，要讲我自己会讲！后来我知道学校里是有很多家长为自己的孩子争成绩，他不愿意他的爸妈也是这样。
.一二年级的时候，儿子很捣蛋，老师来告过一次状，也只是小孩的人来疯，但从5年级开始，他一直是班里学习优秀生了，那时我在图书馆里温课，他就钻进他的读书天地找他喜欢的书读，初中他的作文“寻根”由校长推荐登载在校报上，多次代表学校参加州里的化学，数学，演讲等等比赛，到了高中，他自己参加竟选，当上了学校学生会的主席，学校.乐队的首席，暑假里，他被接受去John Hopkins University 哈佛修课，在高中他完成了8个AP 课程，所以他大学三年就毕业，开始进入电影导演专业的学科。儿子思维清晰，词汇丰富，自尊心很强，不轻易追随某人某事，但追求完美，由于过敏体质，不是很强壮，性格还是比较内向，好舒适安静，不好竞争，家里只有一个孩子，娇宠点，这个谁之过呢？
现在他真是长大了，可以翱翔高飞，让他在自己的人生里成长磨练吧.
实现他自己所梦想的 life！
得奖作品----
A PSA on the dangers of driving and texting.
https://vimeo.com/126644252
THE ONLY AWARD DEDICATED TO RISING YOUNG DIRECTORS
LYNDY STOUT REVIEW
Winner: Jingyi Shao
We catch up with Jingyi Shao who won First Prize in the Film School US category with your film Text History of Jane.
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Was there a set brief given to you at USC – how did the script come
about?I created the spot for a music video/commercial class at USC. The guidelines were simply to make a 60 sec PSA or 30 sec spot. I always thought PSAs allowed for darker, more introspective storytelling than commercials so I immediately decided to do a PSA. At the same time, I always wanted to tell a story with only texts. I think you can tell a lot about a person from just their text history – their relationships, how they express themselves, moments in their life etc. So I put two and two together and I had Text History of Jane.
What were the main challenges of making the film?
We never see anyone’s face in the film which I felt was the right choice but at the same time scary to me. So designing each scene to be as expressive as possible without showing faces, which typically express the most, was the biggest challenge.
What impact do you feel winning at the YDA has had? Are you represented?
I was lucky enough to have representation with Untitled in US before my YDA but I definitely feel some kind of effect. If anything, this PSA is my most personal work so for it to be recognized pushes me to continue to be more personal in all my work.
So please tell us about J+J – Jing 1 and Jing 2. A quick potted history to how you joined forces to direct please…
We were both young filmmakers in Shanghai and we met on set! Jess was working as a director at a TV station while I was scrapping on set as an AD. We had a lot in common and we both loved filmmaking and we actually started dating first! Eventually, we both shifted towards commercial filmmaking and we would work in different capacities for each other. If I directed, she would edit, if she directed I would shoot. We got some notoriety that way and when we moved onto larger projects we formed j+j, a directing duo. I actually proposed at Cannes this year so I guess we’re joining forces permanently!
You have one music video in your portfolio, for Son Lux, Ransom. It’s a great story, please tell us about it, how it came about, who wrote it and how was the production process?
Ransom was a project also done for that same class at USC. Jess and I wrote and directed it together though many of the ideas came very immediately from the music, which is just incredible. Son Lux is a wonderful band and doing Ransom was a truly inspiring experience. The song itself has a lot of physicality, struggle and emotional build which really lent itself to boxing imagery while the singer gives it a feminine quality. We really couldn’t imagine any other character other than a female boxer. The idea of being held for ransom emotionally inspired the family background of the boxer and the idea of what you hate shaping you into who you are is an idea that always has interested us.
Since the project was done on spec the production process was a nightmare, especially securing locations and talent. Even though there were two of us we definitely got stretched thin and we didn’t quite have the time to do some things we wanted to do. All that said, it was absolutely worth it as I think this project was one of the most rewarding projects we’ve ever done. You don’t always feel an immediate self-improvement project to project but we definitely learned a ton doing this project and we feel we took a big step forward.
What’s the best film making lesson you’ve learnt?
Proper preparation = freedom to follow your instincts.
What is the wisest quote about film making?
“The more opinions you have, the less you see” – Wim Wenders
Your worst nightmare production story was when….
Spending three weeks to cast a Korean grandma and having her quit the day before the shoot.
What would be your dream directing job?
Minimalist thriller about a bodyguard vs an assassin in a game of cat and mouse, staring Ryan Gosling as bodyguard and Tom Hardy as assassin. Neither says a word of dialogue until the very end.
List five inspirations that have connected with you recently – these can be films, music videos, books, architecture, people, anything you like!
This year it’s been music videos for me! Daniel Wolfe’s “Iron Sky” for Paolo Nutini, Fleur and Manu’s “Pursuit” for Gesaffelstein, Truman and Cooper’s “Hell Yeah” for Rag N Bone man. I just watched a Theater adaptation of 1984 at the Playhouse in London which was absolutely incredible. Lastly, I recently camped out in Joshua Tree with some friends. We listened to Nils Frahm while staring up at the universe. Nothing is more inspiring than that!
