Chapter 451: Recruiting Actors
There are more than 10 large and small film and television cities in Huaxia, and there are three of the largest ones, namely Beijing Houhai Film and Television City, Donghai Film and Television City, and Modu Future Film and Television City.
Almost 50% of the film and television dramas in China are from these three film and television cities. This is not only a place where new directors become famous, but also a place where actors with movie dreams and TV drama dreams rise.
Beijing Houhai Film and Television City, like an ancient city, is surrounded by tall city walls as a barrier, as if in ancient times, soldiers blocked thousands of troops on the city wall.
In addition to filming movies and TV series, Houhai Film and Television City has also become a tourist attraction. This is a place that many tourists must not miss after visiting the capital. If you're lucky, you might even see a star you like.
Even if you can't see them, you can take a look at the places where TV dramas have been filmed. After each house has been photographed, their names are left on a sign outside the door.
Because it is a scenic spot, if you want to enter, you have to buy a ticket. For the extras who come here every day in search of opportunities, this is not something they can afford.
If you are lucky, you can earn more than 100 yuan a day, if you are unlucky, you can only wait for a whole day, and then return the same way, waiting for the next day to come.
Perhaps considering that it is not easy to manage a large group of extras gathered at random outside the door, the film and television city deliberately set aside an area outside the door and used it as a waiting area for extras.
All the extras can only go there and wait, and if the crew needs extras, they will go there directly to find someone. Chen Yongren's gaze was locked there.
This is not an idol drama, so there is no need for any big-name stars, and even if he does, he can make a temporary cameo by himself. Because the characters in the play are ordinary characters, the requirements for actors are not high, and it is only four words to summarize it simply, image and acting skills.
The most important thing is the image, which must conform to the image of the characters in the play, as for the acting skills, as long as it is not too bad, it can be said that the past is over.
"That, dressed in white, chubby, bald. That's right, the one crouching under the tree. In the car, Chen Yongren stretched out his finger and pointed to an extras who were squatting under a tree and eating a boxed lunch about ten meters away, waiting for luck to come to the door, and said to Ning Hao, who was temporarily acting as an assistant.
"Okay, Mr. Qin. Ning Hao nodded, and went straight to the fat man who Chen Yongren had a fancy for.
In order to make what he said convincing these extras, Ning Hao also deliberately dressed up, dressed himself up almost the same as the crew, and held a folder in his hand. Except for the fact that there is no badge on his chest, Ning Hao at this time is a complete crew member.
"Director, do you want people? I can play anything, thugs, beatings, dead people, it's okay. As soon as Ning Hao got out of the car, before he could get close to the extras area, some sharp-eyed extras pounced on him like madmen, and immediately surrounded Ning Hao in the crowd.
"Director, I can also play anything, and the price is cheaper than him......"
"Director, choose my ......"
"Pick Me ......"
The crowded crowd suddenly made Ning Hao feel a little dizzy and a little unsuitable for the environment here.
He did come to find actors, but he was not these extras who crowded to the door.
But fortunately, although the behavior of these extras was a little scary, at least they did not lose their minds, and the person closest to Ning Hao always kept a distance of about one meter from him.
Of course, this is the rule of mass showbiz. Even if an unimportant person in the crew comes to find an extra, they have to give enough respect.
If you don't care about anything, you will squeeze in, and you can only be yourself who will provoke people and suffer.
Although the scene is a little chaotic, these are also extras who have been here for so long, and some of the most basic qualities are still there.
Unless someone deliberately makes trouble, even if they don't want them, most of them just sigh helplessly and leave, and they won't even say a word to you, because they have seen too many scenes like this.
"I'm sorry, I'm not here to find you. Ning Hao forced himself to forcibly calm down and said loudly.
"Hey~~~ Busy work, scattered! Scattered!Dispersed!Dispersed!" So the extras who squeezed up shouted in disappointment, and the people who were coming behind also stopped, and then got up and returned to their original place to continue waiting.
"Hello!" Without the crowding of the group performance, Ning Hao suddenly felt a little more comfortable, walked to the fat man that Chen Yongren had taken a fancy to before, and said hello.
"Hello!" the fat man looked up at Ning Hao and replied simply.
He saw everything just now, and he originally got up, but because of his size, he couldn't squeeze past those guys. But as a fat man, he also has his own advantages.
On the contrary, he has a better chance of getting a job than those people.
Because the crew took into account the picture effect, it was impossible for all the group performances to only look for thin people. Sometimes people like fat, uncle, and aunt are also essential.
"Can you take a step to speak?" Ning Hao asked as he handed out a business card of the company to the other party.
The fat man took the business card and looked at it, Shuguang Entertainment? What kind of company is this? But the fat man was only puzzled for a second, there are so many entertainment companies in the world, and he doesn't know much about it, it doesn't matter if he is familiar with it or not, as long as he can make money.
So, the fat man stood up again and followed Ning Hao to a slightly sparsely populated place.
"Yes, our company is going to make a film, and we feel that your body type is particularly in line with one of the tasks in our show.
So I want to know from you, are there any roles you don't want to play?" Ning Hao asked formulaically, although the other party is a group performance, but the group performance is also a person, although most of them do not have any taboos, it does not mean that everyone has no taboos, in order to make the filming smooth in the future, Ning Hao still clarified all the problems according to Chen Yongren's requirements.
"Nope. The fat man shook his head.
"Han Jian, can you act?" Ning Hao confirmed again.
"I don't have to pick and choose the people here. The fat man laughed and laughed at himself.
"Okay, if there is no problem, tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, you go to the address on the business card to our company for an interview. Ning Hao said.
"I said brother, you're not making fun of me, are you? I still have to go to the company for an interview when I perform a group performance?" the fat man said with some doubts.
"You're a group actor now, but if you pass the interview, it's not a group performance, it's the protagonist, a character who has a role in every episode. However, because it is a low-cost production, it is naturally impossible to set the salary according to the starring salary of other crews. Ning Hao explained.
"How much is an episode?" asked the fat man, swallowing his saliva and looking forward to it. Now he can earn 15,000 a day as a group performer, about 4,000 if he is better in a month, and only more than 3,000 if he is unlucky, as long as he can give more money than he is now, he is willing to do it.
"Five thousand. ”
"Okay, I'll go. The fat man agreed without hesitation, five thousand yuan per episode, and the fool didn't go.
No matter how slow the progress is, he can shoot six or seven episodes a month, right? It will be 35,000, and the whole drama will be counted as 20 episodes, and he can get a salary of 100,000 yuan. Although I still have to go to the interview, at least I have this opportunity, don't I?