Chapter 696 Actors
"My Savage Girlfriend" was released in Hong Kong for one month and the box office exceeded 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
This result surprised many Hong Kong filmmakers. This is just a low-cost, no celebrity brands, and comedy movies from the mainland.
There are such good results in the off-season. If it is placed in the popular summer season, it is expected to hit 20 million Hong Kong dollars.
The local movies in Xiangjiang are only worth millions of dollars in box office.
They looked at the reasons why My Savage Girlfriend was successful.
One of them is that Xiangjiang movies are not innovative, they are all routines, and the audience feels bored. Occasionally, they see a movie with novel and interesting themes, and they find it very interesting.
Newness and sincerity are problems facing Hong Kong movies.
The movie should be innovative, the main creators should be sincere, and don’t fool the audience. If you fool them too many times, don’t blame the audience for not buying it. They are all self-inflicted.
In late May, "My Savage Girlfriend" will be released in Southeast Asia one after another.
In addition to filming, Huang Bo also has to go to publicity. He is just a supporting role in "Infernal Affairs" and has good time arrangements.
He is no longer a passerby. Some Xiangjiang media believe that Huang Bo may be a little immature in his performance, but he did not deliberately imitate it and had his own characteristics.
He is known as a rising comedy star in the mainland.
As a result, he successfully integrated into the crew of "Infernal Affairs". After finishing work, he had midnight snacks with the crew and went to the bar to sing, and lived a good life.
At the same time, he did not forget his job and tried his best to adapt to the performance methods of the actors in Xiangjiang.
Most of the actors in Xiangjiang come from artist training classes, first performing TV series, then performing movies when they become famous. There are professional art academies in the mainland, and actors have received systematic performance training.
This has caused a difference in performance styles for everyone.
When the Xiangjiang actors were allowed to act in mainland film and television dramas, the audience knew at a glance that this was from Xiangjiang and was out of place.
Huang Bo encountered the same problem. He had not lived in this environment and could not be fully integrated.
To this end, the crew modified the character background for the role he played.
Shaqiang came to Xiangjiang from the mainland with his family ten years ago, joined the gang and became a horse-slave.
"I came to Xiangjiang from mainland China ten years ago and followed several bosses. Brother Chen treats me the best. Of course, I will follow Brother Chen and be on the road. It is not easy to meet a good boss. Don't say I didn't remind you."
Use this line to explain the origin of Sha Qiang, so that Huang Bo's performance will not appear abrupt, otherwise it would be wrong to let a mainland actor play the gangster in Xiangjiang.
This is not a matter of acting, but an incongruent overall style.
Liang Chaowei, the person who played against Huang Bo, put a lot of pressure on him and was also a process of exercise.
He repeatedly watched the image of a gangster in Hong Kong films in the hotel to see how the actors in Hong Kong performed.
The filming cycle of this drama is four months and ends at the end of August.
On this day, Huang Bo met Liu Tao in Xiangjiang and the two had a meal together.
Liu Tao came to Xiangjiang to shoot advertisements. Before entering the entertainment industry, she had filmed many advertisements and had a certain reputation in the advertising industry in Guangdong Province.
Now that she has become popular through "The Legend of White Snake", there are more merchants looking for her to shoot advertisements.
The second and third rounds of "The Legend of the White Snake" on mainland TV stations have ended, and there will be a replay boom in the summer vacation. No matter how the audience evaluates it, it will have a huge impact.
At least the audience met the actors in the play, and no longer looked confused when they mentioned Liu Tao.
"You are all Asian stars now, how do you feel?" Liu Tao quipped.
"Look, we're having dinner here, not even a person who came over to sign. I don't feel anything about what I feel," Huang Bo joked. "If you really are an Asian star, bring sunglasses when you go out, and follow more than a dozen bodyguards behind you. You have to book a room for dinner, that's the star style."
"Forget it, it's about eating or making a show of it." Liu Tao shook his head and said.
Although the two are well-known, they are not yet well-known.
What's more, this is Xiangjiang, where celebrities appear in a crowd, and Xiangjiang citizens have a more rational attitude towards celebrities.
"By the way, you have worked with Teacher Feng Yuanzheng, how about Teacher Feng?" Liu Tao asked.
"Teacher Feng, you are quite easy-going. If you have any performance questions, you can ask him for advice. It's easy to talk to him." Huang Bo replied.
Hearing this, Liu Tao couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
She will work with Feng Yuanzheng next time. Although Feng Yuanzheng is not a popular actor, he is definitely an acting player.
Liu Tao is not very confident in his acting skills.
The two worked together on a drama involving domestic violence and crime. Compared with "The Legend of the White Snake", this drama is more difficult and more challenging.
Haomeng Company arranged this drama for Liu Tao to exercise her acting skills and impact the front-line actors.
"The Legend of the White Snake" only increases Liu Tao's fame. He becomes familiar with the audience. If he wants to gain recognition from insiders, he needs a film and television drama with online acting skills to prove himself.
Lin Zixuan believes that only by working with excellent actors can we grow rapidly.
Just as when filming the TV series "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Xu Jinglei and Director Chen played, their acting skills improved rapidly, and sometimes pressure was also motivation.
After filming the commercial, Liu Tao returned to the capital and joined the crew of "Don't Talk to Strangers".
This drama has only an investment of 5 million yuan, mostly in indoor dramas, without big scenes, and is mainly supported by actors.
The actor's pay is not very high. Liu Tao has just become popular. The pay is 8,000 per episode, and Feng Yuanzheng is 1,000 per episode.
The entire drama has 23 episodes, with a shooting cycle of three months and can be broadcast on TV at the end of October.
After meeting, Liu Tao and Feng Yuanzheng found that they were completely different from what Huang Bo said. Feng Yuanzheng was not easy-going at all, and he kept a stern face and was very serious.
She was nervous and said a few wrong words when she was talking about the lines.
"Don't be nervous. I'm not just stern about you, but I need to keep the character's emotions and let myself enter the state. I can't wait until the performance is really done before finding the emotions. If the emotions are not full enough, I can't play the real feeling of the character." Feng Yuanzheng explained.
Huang Bo is right.
When filming "My Savage Girlfriend", because it was a comedy, Feng Yuanzheng kept himself relaxed and gave people a feeling of easy-goingness.
"Don't Talk to Strangers" is another situation. Feng Yuanzheng puts the character in a state of suspicion and madness. He wants to keep his emotions and be able to perform at any time.
"Teacher Feng, you are so dedicated." Liu Tao said sincerely.
"This is what we actors should do. We need to devote ourselves to acting and treat ourselves as that person. I analyzed this role. He is not a criminal, but a patient. He is sick in his heart, manifested in suspicion and distrust, and finally fell into madness and could not extricate himself." Feng Yuanzheng explained, "I have seen some cases. This is a gradual process. He does not go on the road of crime at once, but has the inducement in life..."
Liu Tao listened aside, feeling that this was an actor.
Chapter completed!