Chapter 80 Audition of child actors, rain, snow and hail
After the Dongshantai celebration party, Zuo Le immediately devoted himself to the production of "Family with Children".
The first is the script creation of "A Family with Children".
The original version of "Family with Children" has a total of 100 episodes, but one episode only lasts about 20 minutes, which is equivalent to half an episode of an ordinary TV series.
This is a common pattern for many sitcoms. It is said to be to facilitate TV stations to insert advertisements in the middle.
The same is true for the original version of "The Story of the Cooking Class". A plot generally lasts about twenty minutes. Occasionally, if it doesn't take twenty minutes to finish, it becomes "two episodes".
However, perhaps for the convenience of TV stations purchasing and broadcasting, many sitcoms choose to combine two "half episodes" into one, with a cutscene in the middle as a distinction. The overall length is closer to that of ordinary TV series.
Therefore, when Zuo Le first proposed the script of "Family with Children", he learned from the experience of "The Story of the Cooking Class" and directly combined 100 episodes into one, and controlled the number of episodes to around 50.
In April, Zuo Le completed the post-production of "The Story of the Cooking Class" and returned to Sunward Pictures to participate in the script creation of "Family with Children".
At that time, Shang Qianwu had already led a group of editors in the editorial department to complete the detailed outline of the scripts for the first 30 episodes. Zuo Le took a look at it and found that except for a few flaws in a few episodes, most of the others were above the standard.
Zuo Le was very satisfied with the work of the editorial department. With a wave of his hand, everyone received bonuses for the month.
After that, the division of labor between Zuo Le and Shang Qianwu was clear.
Shang Qianwu led two editors to complete and fill in the first 30 episode scripts approved by Zuo Le according to the detailed outline, while Zuo Le and the remaining screenwriters were responsible for writing the remaining 20 episode outlines.
As of now, the detailed outline of the 50 episodes of "Family with Children" has been finalized, and the scripts for the first 20 episodes have basically taken shape. It is expected that the first draft of the entire drama's script will be written by the end of June at the latest.
Zuo Le was also able to spare some of his energy to handle other preparatory work for the crew.
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In the past, when he was at Dongshan Station, with Lao Fang and Fatty Chen helping him, director Zuo Le only needed to be responsible for selecting actors and content creation, and there were many other chores that he didn't need to worry about at all.
It was only now that Zuo Le became his own boss, responsible for the responsibility of producer, producer, and director, that he realized how troublesome it was to set up a crew.
Fortunately, Zuo Le had the all-rounder Ming Yan to help. Later, he called the assistant director Gao Xinjian in advance, and Fatty Chen also came to help for two days, and finally the crew's preliminary work was basically on track.
It was also because of this incident that Zuo Le felt that his energy alone was really limited, so he began to slowly delegate power to the lower levels.
Ming Yan was smart, capable, and smooth and thoughtful, so Zuo Le asked him to serve as the producer of "Family with Children".
Gao Xinjian, the assistant director, was promoted to executive director of the crew and took on part of the filming work in addition to his original responsibilities.
When filming "Story of the Cooking Class" before, Zuo Le discovered that Gao Xinjian had great talent as a director, so he deliberately cultivated him. After all, it was impossible for Sunward Pictures to have only him as a director, so it was necessary to cultivate fresh talents internally.
In fact, Zuo Le's original intention was to make it clear that Gao Xinjian and Gao Xinjian were trained together.
Reluctantly, Zuo Le said that although he knew a lot and had a lot of knowledge, his directing talent was not very high, so Zuo Le simply asked him to change his career to become a producer.
Fortunately, Mingyan is smart, and his many years of experience as an assistant director have made him very familiar with the operation of the crew. He quickly mastered the work of a producer, and in a few days he looked like a decent person.
To put it bluntly, this guy was born to play support and provide logistics...
After promoting Gao and Ming, Zuo Le found two more good prospects from the company and put them on the crew of "Family with Children" as assistant directors and stage managers, as a reserve of future talents.
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June 1st, Children’s Day
Zuo Le issued scarves himself and launched an open casting call for the new drama "Family with Children", mainly targeting children aged 7 to 12.
"Family with Children" is a sitcom with family parent-child as the main line, and there are a large number of children's characters in the show.
Not to mention the guest characters who appear in a single episode, there are no less than ten recurring characters.
Xia Yu, Xia Xue, Xia Binghai...ahem...it's Liu Xing, and two classmates Xia Xue (forgot their names), Xia Yu's classmates Duoduo, Erpang, Liu Xing's keyboard and mouse.
With so many children's characters, it would be difficult for Zuo Le to find them on his own.
Therefore, Zuo Le plans to hold an open casting call and encourage parents to bring their children to audition.
Anyway, there are a lot of characters in the drama. If you can't get the leading role, there will be supporting roles. If you can't get supporting roles, there will be guest roles. There are many opportunities.
With his last successful appearance in the entertainment industry, Zuo Le's reputation is much greater than before, and his casting for his new drama has naturally attracted the attention of many people.
Not long after Zuo Le's scarf was released, news appeared on the Internet. Actors who were close to Zuo Le also forwarded it one after another, and Dongshan TV also helped promote it on its own channels.
The results of this public casting call were very good.
Many parents who want to see their children on TV, or who think their children have acting talent, have called Sunward Pictures to sign up, and in accordance with the registration requirements, send more than five minutes of self-introduction and performance information about their children to the official email of Sunward Pictures.
video.
In just one week, Shanhe Pictures received more than 800 videos, and the number is constantly increasing. Several administrative and crew members responsible for the preliminary review dreamed of children singing at night while watching the videos.
After that, after we eliminated some children who were not of the right age, whose Mandarin was not standard, who were introverted, and whose image conditions did not meet the requirements, the remaining 200 or so children advanced to the next round.
The crew sent Gao Xinjian and a screenwriter to form a second review team to interview the more than 200 children who were promoted through video calls, and then eliminated more than 100 children.
Most of the remaining children have certain acting talents.
Clear speech and fluent expression.
He is courageous, not shy, and can perform his talents in front of strangers.
He has a good memory and can remember his lines.
Be obedient and don't cry or make trouble.
Sunward Pictures contacted these parents and asked them to bring their children to the Sunward Pictures location for auditions.
If passed, roles can be assigned directly.
For those who do not pass, Shanhe Pictures will also reimburse the round trip expenses and give small gifts.
With victory in sight, parents could not give up at the last step. Almost all those who received the audition notice, regardless of distance, rushed over with their children.
Zuo Le personally hosted the audition, and executive director and starring Gao Xinjian, co-screenwriter Shang Qianwu, producer Mingyan, and acting training teacher Chen Weidong invited by Zuo Le were all present.
Parents brought their children in to take a look.
Oops
Heiteng, Lao Liu, Lao Ninth, only one Captain Jia is needed, and everyone from the Anqiu Intelligence Agency is ready.
However, this group of Japanese traitors who are notorious in Anqiu are still very kind to children. They all have gentle voices and friendly smiles.
After two days of auditioning, several people's mouths almost looked like Maitreya Buddha.
However, although the price was tragic, the gains achieved were also outstanding.
Almost all the children's supporting roles and guest roles have been selected, and Xia Yu, one of the three child protagonists, has also been selected.
The child who was selected to play Xia Yu is named You Haohao. He is 8 years old this year. He is a chubby little boy with a cute appearance. He has appeared in several commercials.
Zuo Le and Shang Qianwu felt that this little fat man fit the character of Xia Yu in the play, so they asked Chen Weidong and Gao Xinjian. As soon as they met, they decided on the younger brother among the three siblings.
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After this public casting call, there are almost all the child actors in "Family with Children". The only two missing actors are the two protagonists, Xia Xue and Liu Xing.
Among them, Xia Xue and Zuo Le already had a preliminary candidate in mind, Xiao Yang Qing, who previously won the Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Phoenix Awards.
This girl is amazingly talented and full of aura. The role of Xia Xue should not be a problem for her.
Zuo Le has already contacted Yang Qing's parents, and their feedback has been very positive. If nothing unexpected happens, there is a high possibility that Yang Qing will star.
As for the final Liu Xing, Zuo Le has no clue yet.
This role is very important in "Family with Children" and is the punchline of the show. Zuo Le has watched many children and has always felt dissatisfied.
The kind of Liu Xing he wants is the kind of kid who is smart and playful, but not annoying.
This level of propriety is difficult to control, not to mention that it requires a certain amount of acting experience and a boy of 10 to 12 years old.
Zuo Le vaguely felt the pain of searching for Captain Jia again...
