If it doesn't work this time, it doesn't mean there won't be a chance next time, right? If you perform better, maybe you can leave a deep impression on Lao Zhang.
This is all a matter of hitting three poles if there are dates but no dates.
However, many people are too optimistic.
To be honest, with the current frequency of interviews, on this day, there were more than a dozen people auditioned by Lao Zhang himself.
Over the past few days, at least hundreds of people came to audition for various roles, whether they were newcomers or actors who were already well-known in the industry.
With such a huge scale, Lao Zhang has long been dazzled by it. Unless the performance is particularly eye-catching, or even someone who is favored by Lao Zhang, he can arrange roles for the remaining people. After a while, Lao Zhang may even include men and women.
Can't tell clearly.
"Director Zhang, don't you already have your favorite candidate? Why are you planning such a big battle?" Lao Zhang held a purple clay pot in his hand, crossed his legs, and leisurely watched the actors perform at the designated venue.
to complete his selected fragments.
The person who has been accompanying me all the time is the deputy director of this film, who is responsible for the deputy director. But, in general, this movie still needs to have our director Zhang’s name on the title.
What?
Are you dissatisfied?
Take a look at your name. Is it appropriate?
Does it have that kind of appeal?
Since you don’t have that, then just step down and serve me, Lao Zhang, as the assistant director honestly. Naturally, I won’t treat you badly.
All the signatures that should be signed will be there, and the money that should be paid will definitely be given. There is no need to worry about this aspect. Although Lao Zhang is a bit stingy, in this aspect, he will not deduct the salary of his subordinates.
There is no other reason, it is all gained from experience.
Think about it, the crew is a small society, a small group, and it is difficult for the director to support himself alone.
There must be a supportive crowd for a movie to be successful.
As a director with a huge say, Zhang can certainly choose to be more frugal in the salary of his employees.
He fully has this power.
However, if you do this, you should also note that the seriousness of your subordinates will inevitably weaken accordingly.
Right.
This person is very realistic on the most basic issues involving human nature.
You have given us all the money and treated us very well, but I may not be able to do everything in an orderly manner, so you still want to deduct money?
Do you still want us to do a good job even if the wages are not enough?
are you dreaming?
It is precisely after seeing this that Lao Zhang has always been very straightforward when it comes to salary issues. Therefore, his work team has always been very dedicated, and the cooperation is long-lasting and very pleasant.
Including the assistant director we collaborated with this time, although we had no previous friendship and this assistant director was originally well-known in the industry and had many representative works, he was still willing to be Lao Zhang's deputy.
It's all because Lao Zhang treats the crew really well and has a good eye for good stuff. The quality of his film works is extremely high. And although the assistant director himself is already very famous in the industry, those works are all TV series after all.
It's like a hierarchy that has long been established in the industry. The style of movies is higher than that of TV series.
Although there are many good TV drama directors, they are also very influential in the drama circle and respond to everyone's call, but they are like mountains apart.
If the film and television circles are included together, then the television circle has nothing to look at, and its status is definitely not as good as that of the film circle.
In the same way, the same goes for the profession of director and screenwriter.
You see, when a movie director goes to film a TV series, it's called a god coming down to earth, and it's called playing for fun. People in the TV drama industry will definitely welcome him from afar and praise him in all kinds of ways.
But if a TV drama director wants to try making a movie, haha, I have hardly seen any success in so many years.
In fact, the film industry won't even give you a chance.
Why should I give you a chance?
Do you want to get on top?
Therefore, it is a great honor for the assistant director to get such an opportunity. Not only can he direct a movie, but he can even collaborate with the internationally renowned director Lao Zhang. What kind of arrangement is this?
If you can really create something famous, maybe your future film career will be paved!
So, even though he could only serve as assistant director, he was willing to do so.
As for Lao Zhang, let alone that, even though he had already boasted in front of Wu Di and Lan Masanti that he wanted to make a real comedy suspense film.
But in fact, how can I still be clear about my own shortcomings?
He is not good at comedy films at all, but even though he is not good at it, he is not prepared to just shoot and force it.
After all, although it is a new attempt and an experimental work, Lao Zhang still hopes to improve the quality.
So, we hired an assistant director who was good at shooting comedies.
He is left to control the main drama, but he will not participate in the comedy, leaving everything to the assistant director.
In this way, wouldn’t it be the best of both worlds?
Externally, the chief director is still Zhang. If this movie does well and becomes a hit at the box office, then it can be credited to Zhang.
Another masterpiece.
But if it fails, right? Although none of us want to see such a result, it is very possible.
Let alone comedies, a genre that Zhang has not been good at in the past, even the dramas he is good at cannot be said to be classics.
Therefore, there is a principle of specialization in the art industry, and Lao Zhang naturally understands it, and leaves this part of the plot to professionals to shoot.
If you fail and get bad reviews, it doesn't matter, you can still blame it.
Anyway, it wasn’t me, Lao Zhang, who directed the filming. The credits are clearly marked on it. You still rely on me. You must be blind!
The assistant director sat next to Lao Zhang, looking very humble. How could he have imagined that Lao Zhang had such thoughts?
Of course, he has absolute confidence in himself and never thinks that these scenes will not go well in his hands.
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We have produced dozens of episodes of comedy TV series that are all very stylish. They were well-received as soon as they were released, and they are still a popular series on the website.
The comedy part of a movie only takes up a few dozen minutes, and is only the size of an episode of a TV series. What else can't be achieved?
Precisely because he would never make a mistake, the assistant director would not doubt Lao Zhang.
This is a good support for him.
Because he will definitely be able to film well, he will have more and more opportunities in the film industry in the future, and he may even be able to produce a few masterpieces of comedy movies in the future.
Lao Zhang was slightly startled: "How did you know?"
"So it's really been confirmed?"
"It's all just my guess!"
Lao Zhang looked speechless, feeling that he had been tricked by this kid.
Regarding the casting of the movie, he, the assistant director, followed the whole process. It can be said that he could indeed see some clues.
Lao Zhang indeed has a suitable candidate in mind. In fact, the invitation has already been sent out and is just waiting for the official announcement at the opening ceremony.
In the past, Lao Zhang would not do this in his movies. He would usually start selecting actors as soon as the movie was approved, confirming the personnel early and announcing the list to the public.
There will be no delays and no mystery.
But this time, Lao Zhang changed his route, and everything was in line with his so-called commercial film route.
Look at the current situation. Since we want to make commercial movies, gimmicks are the most important thing.
In the past, the issue of casting has caused several waves on the Internet, and various speculations have been rampant, and each one has its own merits.
Both the crew and Mr. Zhang were very cooperative, and it was also to hype up the news.
But now, the candidates have clearly been decided, but the crew is still conducting large-scale casting activities. In the opinion of the assistant director, it is somewhat redundant.
Isn't this a complete waste?
It's a waste of both money and time.
It’s better to go directly to the shooting location!
Why bother showing off here?
"Nonsense?"
"That's weird!" Lao Zhang paused, watched the actors' performance for a while, and after successfully seeing off both groups of people, continued the topic.
"Tell me, how did you guess it?"
"Isn't it someone who leaked the news to you?"
Of course, Lao Zhang was not the only one who knew about the fact that the role had been pre-determined, but he was very sure that he had not mentioned it to the assistant director.
Lao Zhang attaches great importance to personal privacy, which is quite similar to his precious daughter.
Although this matter will eventually be exposed, after all, once filming begins, the cast and crew will notice that these actors have never come to audition before.
And based on their reputation, you can tell at a glance that they have already made an internal decision.
However, now and then, isn't it that we haven't reached that stage yet? If anyone releases this news in advance, Lao Zhang will definitely not be polite.
This shows that there is also a big mouth in his crew!
This is absolutely unforgivable!
If the confidential information is also released, what novelty will this movie have? What sense of mystery will it have?
You know, for a movie, it's very important to keep it mysterious!
The length of the movie is only a little bit long. If many shooting details and scenes are released in advance, then who will come to watch the movie?
The key is, you still have to spend money.
No matter how you calculate it, this account is not worthwhile.
Therefore, confidentiality matters related to movies are always very important. Lao Zhang does not want a few guys with particularly long tongues in his team to talk about him behind his back.
The assistant director saw Lao Zhang's intention and quickly denied it: "No, no, Director Zhang, you misunderstood. It was indeed my own judgment."
"If you think about it, I have seen the script, so I know the main style of this movie very clearly. The comedy elements required in this movie still account for a large proportion, and it also requires professional comedy performances.
."
"But if you look at the scope of our current auditions, most of them are ordinary actors and there are no full-time comedians. This means that these people are not your ideal candidates. You are just doing this audition now.
It’s just a show, just to make news.”
"However, now that the filming is about to start, we can't keep delaying it forever. Therefore, you must already have a suitable candidate in mind, so you dare to make such a big deal. I don't know if I am right?"
Unexpectedly, this kid is quite thoughtful. However, this seems to be the case. People who are good at writing comedy often have slippery logic.
Of course, if it's a good comedy, the shitty type, it can't be counted.
"You kid, your guess is quite accurate."
"I usually underestimate you."
The assistant director chuckled and the audition continued.
Of course, it can also be said that we just keep doing it, and everyone is very cooperative, whether it is Lao Zhang and the assistant director who are the leading actors, as well as all the actor friends who are like Liu Shui.
And in some corner positions, there are some people who were not originally part of the drama, but were included in it.
These are my good friends in the entertainment industry and fellow journalists.
As many people imagine, the media and the entertainment industry are always closely related. In reality, the media comes first and the entertainment industry comes later.
This kind of entertainment circle refers specifically to the entertainment circles since the 20th century. Those theater circles and opera circles before the pre-industrial era are not included.
Because even though the entertainment industry is full of fights between dragons and tigers and all kinds of weird gossip news every day, the people in this circle are also extremely tossing.
But what's the use?
If there is no media to guide them in the middle, disseminate their various insider secrets and various gossip news, and tell the public, these people will be of no use even if they lift a corner of the sky.
In fact, people in the entertainment industry engage in various activities, and from a public perspective, their value is to satisfy their needs for passing time, chatting and having fun.
Once you are satisfied, the audience will pay more attention to this person. Then, whether it is an actor or a big singer, even if it becomes popular.
Even if it's on fire.
The so-called monetization method of these entertainment news is nothing more than this. As a big star, he is willing to expose his private news in order to gain something from the audience.
I don't pursue anything, but I want to give you all kinds of news for free, both good and bad. Isn't there something wrong with my brain?
Therefore, celebrities with brains naturally understand the importance of media people, so they will not have conflicts with reporters or lose face.
The kind of people who don't give reporters face once they become famous, or who don't even become popular yet, and those who quarrel with the media in the stage of small transparency, are all talents.
It is a living fossil and a cultural relic, so you must watch it because it is so rare.
Take Lao Zhang, for example. You see, he usually has such a hot temper that he can be called a tyrant on the set. However, in terms of external relations, he has never had any trouble with friends in the media.
Maintains good relationships with various types of media.
The same is true even for new media. Although Lao Zhang doesn't quite understand the things on the Internet and can't play with them at all, it does not prevent him from establishing a good relationship with online media.
After all, the Internet has gradually become an extremely important means of publicity and cannot be ignored.