Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty The Problem of the Heart
Among these three movies, what worried Lin Zixuan the most was the sequel to "Desire".
This movie is called "Desire". Lin Zixuan did not give it a name like "New Desire" or "Desire 1999", so it would be a bit extra.
Since the TV series "Desire" is so popular, it means that the audience recognizes the name.
These two words have special meanings in the minds of the audience. Besides, this is bought for eight million yuan and cannot be wasted.
After difficult preparations in the early stage, the sequel to "Desire" has been started filming at the film and television base.
The whole process is hard to describe.
Lin Zixuan believes that in the future, this kind of main theme film that has attracted much attention from the society will be better led by Huaying Group, and only Huaying Group can withstand the pressure from all aspects.
Good Dream Company still takes the route of combining commercial films and art films, and avoids touching on the main theme.
This drama needs to restore the life scenes of various periods of the 1990s and must be built in the studios of the film and television base.
It takes at least three million to build these scenes alone.
Back then, the total investment of "Desire" with a 50-episode length was only one million yuan, and it still restored the life scenes of the 1980s in the studio, and even the details were as realistic as possible.
There is a reason why "Desire" is called the first feature-length indoor drama in China, and most of its plots take place indoors.
It’s not that the crew doesn’t want to film the outdoor scene, but that it costs money to film the outdoor scene, rent a venue, drive a car, and the staff’s food and accommodation are all expenses.
But people at that time worked hard and even if the conditions were difficult, they would try their best.
For example, viewers often see missed shots in current TV series. Simplified Chinese characters and electronic watches can appear in historical dramas, but it is difficult to find similar shots in those old TV series.
This is a question of creative attitude.
Now that we want to make the movie "Desire", we have sufficient funds, and we should not be careless and strive for excellence.
In addition to setting up the scene, the actor's mentality has also changed.
The hit "Desire" has indeed made a group of actors famous, such as Zhang Kaili and Li Xuejian, have already become famous, but the fate of other actors in the play is not very similar.
For example, the actor who plays Wang Husheng, the role of Wang Husheng is not likable and was scolded by the audience during the broadcast.
Although he was still acting later, he was always lukewarm.
Some people also left the entertainment industry and lived their own lives. Ten years later, everyone gathered again and continued to play the roles of the past. It would be a lie to say that they can maintain a balance in their mentality.
Just look at your pay.
When Zhang Kaili starred in "Desire", she was 120 yuan per episode. After acting for half a year, she only got a few thousand yuan in total. Now she has received a pay of 800,000 yuan in filming the movie version.
Other second- and third-tier actors can only get paid 100,000 or 200,000 yuan.
In the past, the difference in the pay of actors was very small, and it was only a dozen yuan apart in one episode, but now it is getting bigger and bigger.
Although money is not the only criterion for measuring people, it is also one of the criteria, which causes the actors to have a strange mentality.
Old actors have experienced a lot and don’t care much about this. If you can keep it calm, young actors will not be so calm.
They are either inferior, conceited, or a little unwilling to accept.
This emotion is inevitably brought into the performance, making the performance not sincere and natural enough.
Lin Xiaoling noticed this situation and talked to the actors, but the effect was not great. After all, this is a problem with the human heart.
Either continue to do ideological work, or the actors make adjustments and figure it out.
Lin Zixuan has no good idea. This is the difficulty of using the original cast to shoot sequels. Once the actors are changed, the audience will not find the feeling of nostalgia.
If you want to be authentic, you can only overcome the difficulties in front of you.
However, there are still many new actors in this drama, such as the actor who plays Liu Xiaofang.
Liu Xiaofang is a child adopted by Liu Huifang. In the TV series, Xiaofang is a well-behaved and sensible child, but she was paralyzed due to an accident and finally recovered from health after treatment.
This character in the play once moved countless viewers to tears.
Who can bear to see such a well-behaved child suffering from the torture of life?
Liu Xiaofang's original actor was unwilling to play, and after audition, an actress named Gao Yuanyuan was selected.
Gao Yuanyuan comes from the advertising circle and has filmed many commercial advertisements.
Especially a chewing gum advertisement left a deep impression on the audience. You may not know what her name is, but it gave people a good impression, with a kind of freshness of a girl next door.
Gao Yuanyuan has entered the entertainment industry in the past two years and has filmed several films and TV series, with average response.
The sequel to "Desire" is undoubtedly one of the most popular films this year. After the crew issued the audition notice, many young actresses came to audition immediately.
This is a very good opportunity for them.
The character Liu Xiaofang is from Beijing, she is around 20 years old, and is in college. She has a gentle and cheerful personality. She represents a young man in the new era, with ideals and culture.
Gao Yuanyuan won this role through the audition, which is more in line with the pure image of a female student.
Zhang Kaili and Gao Yuanyuan play a complicated mother and daughter in the film, with many rival scenes.
This role may not make her famous, but as long as she is played well, the audience can at least remember her name.
"How did you choose Gao Yuanyuan? She is not a professional student." Lin Zixuan said strangely.
"I've seen the advertisements she filmed, and it feels pretty good. This character doesn't need to be very good at acting, just behave like a person." Lin Xiaoling replied, "Find an actor who is more familiar with the audience can attract the audience's interest."
Gao Yuanyuan graduated from the China Institute of Labor and Movement, majoring in a secretary, and has nothing to do with the film and television industry.
Nowadays, the threshold for entering the entertainment industry is getting lower and lower. There are many examples of becoming actors by shooting advertisements or models. They may not necessarily be from a professional class in art schools.
However, at the beginning, they may be able to get roles based on their appearance and can easily succeed.
But if you want to be able to make a fortune in this circle, you either have backstage support or work hard to hone your acting skills, otherwise you will only play the role of a vase for your whole life.
For actors, the most fundamental thing is performance and work.
However, in this increasingly impetuous society, people often put the cart before the horse, and people value the appearance of actors more than their acting skills.
Lin Zixuan does not discriminate against actors who are not from professional backgrounds. He himself did not graduate from film and television majors and was an amateur, so he naturally would not have the pride of being from professional backgrounds.
Neither Feng Xiaogang nor Ge You came from professional schools, and their current achievements were mainly due to their own efforts.
Lin Zixuan thinks that as long as he knows how to work hard and has a motivated actor, he is a qualified actor. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!