Chapter 297: It's not unusual to be a director
If actor Zhou Bai is a veritable star, and producer Zhou Bai is an excellent practitioner with a reputation in the industry, then director Zhou Bai is a rookie who is just starting out, and as the news spreads, it will inevitably cause an uproar.
Why should he be a director, it is not a difficult thing for Zhou Bai to answer, acting is his favorite, the producer is that he has the right to speak, and the purpose of being a director is actually very simple, he wants to tell a story.
Whether it is an actor or a director, it is just a part of the film industry, the change of identity is just a change of position, he did not leave the movie, and rashly went to a field that he had never been exposed to, because after a few years of filming, Zhou Bai felt that he already knew something about the position of director, and he wanted to give it a try.
Zhou Bai started shooting his first film in 98, and it has been four years since he was in 02, and when he felt that he could try another position in this industry, he did it without hesitation, so he invested in making movies himself, but producers, who are deeply involved in the production of films, now want to be a director.
Zhou Bai himself knows that once the outside world knows that he is a director, he will still inevitably be cynical or questionable, these are all predictable, it seems that this choice is not safe, nor is it the best choice, but Zhou Bai doesn't care.
Zhou Bai doesn't think that he will be able to succeed, self-confidence is one thing, arrogance is another, maybe the movies he made are very mediocre, not liked by the audience, and not welcomed by the market, but so what?
When he chose to take his favorite path in his third year of high school, it seemed that he had walked very successfully, only he knew how much blood and sweat he had paid to go on, and the stability of each step was exchanged for his own sweat.
If he was afraid of failure, he would not have chosen the path of acting in the first place, because in terms of probability, he had a high probability of failure at that time, and it was very likely that he would work hard for a few years, be eliminated by this industry, and finally walk on the road arranged for him by his parents.
But Zhou Bai still took the risk of choosing to act, because he loves movies and acting, so he braved the cold wind to go to a city he had never set foot in alone to take the art exam, and in the end he succeeded.
After being admitted to the Chinese opera, Zhou Bai has no possibility of failure? It seems that he has a very advantage, it seems that he doesn't have to work so hard at all, he has an advantage that others don't have, and it seems that success is as easy as a snap.
He got the memory fragments of the reborn, knew the future trend in the industry, knew which movie could be successful, and everything seemed to be beautiful, maybe he would be opportunistic and try his best to win the acting opportunities of those movies and he would become a star, but he did not choose this path, but chose another path that was even more difficult to succeed.
In the years when he was studying in Chinese opera, he was the hardest working one, even with Chang Li's almost ruthless strictness, he also praised his diligence, from the principal to the junior brother, no one did not give a thumbs up, saying that Zhou Bai was the hardest working student in Chinese opera.
Therefore, he is the hardest-working, and it is natural that he has become the best student, no matter the wind, frost, snow and rain or the unbearable heat, he insists on practicing, because he knows that only through hard work can he seize the opportunity to succeed.
In order to practice vocal music, he practiced until he couldn't speak, in order to practice his lines, he even dreamed of saying his lines, in order to practice his body, he endured the pain of opening tendons, so he almost couldn't even walk, in order to practice performance, he was like a madman, and even after he became famous, he still did not give up practicing, so he dared to pat his chest and say that his success had never been a fluke.
So he, the first even if he is a classmate, has no opinion, and if he is unwilling to admit defeat, he will practice silently and want to surpass him, but no one thinks he is lucky, and those who know him know that even if Zhou Bai does not come out in front of him, sooner or later he will be brilliant and bloom his glory on the stage that belongs to him.
"What's the matter, are you worried about me?" Zhou Bai asked, Yuan Yan's expression was not very good after listening to his words, and his brows were furrowed.
"Why don't you find another person to be the director, if the news of your own director is publicized by the media, you will face a lot of pressure at that time, and I don't want to see you unhappy. Yuan Yan held Zhou Bai's hand tightly, she supported Zhou Bai's decision, but it didn't mean that she wasn't worried.
"I know what they will say, what is too young to be self-sufficient, because of a few lucky successes to be arrogant, easy to get involved in areas that they are not familiar with, the chance of success is slim, what kind of grandstanding and so on, this kind of criticism will definitely be indispensable, these are all I have thought about. Zhou Bai's expression was relaxed and he said with a smile.
"Everyone is golden, this kind of pressure is not something that anyone can bear, let's not wait for two years, wouldn't it be good for us to find someone to shoot it ourselves, and it's not too late to become a director when the time is ripe. Yuan Yan sighed, she really didn't care if Zhou Bai had the identity of a director, she just felt sorry for him.
"Now this opportunity is very good, small cost, new actors, even if the filming fails, the impact will be smaller, I am still very young, I can afford the test of failure, it is a big deal to fail a few more times, you know that I have never paid attention to the evaluation of the media. Zhou Bai hugged Yuan Yang tightly in his arms and said.
"If I had to choose between being an actor and being a director, I would definitely choose to be an actor, but now that I have the opportunity to be exposed to other jobs, I want to try it, there are no good scripts in the past six months, so it is better to take this opportunity to try a different position." ”
Zhou Bai is also telling the truth, he doesn't have a very good book now, "My Savage Girlfriend" is the copyright that he bought a long time ago, he doesn't want to act in this kind of urban romantic comedy, because it's too repetitive, there is nothing challenging, and being a director is probably the most challenging position.
Of course, it is not a problem for him to play "My Sassy Girlfriend", with his acting skills, he can easily perform this role, but there is nothing new in this role, so he simply used this project to tinker with it himself and try the position of director.
"If you decide, I don't have an opinion, but I'm afraid that you won't be able to withstand the pressure of media public opinion, although I know that you have always been interested in being a director, and you are also learning from other directors when you are filming, but the outside world doesn't know, they think you are too inflated, or you are self-hype. Yuan Yang gently stroked Zhou Bai's face and said.
"I'm just one step ahead, with the growth of the film market, there will be absolutely no examples of actors becoming directors in the future, and even writers will emerge in an endless stream as directors, anyway, this is a matter of time or later, what does it matter if I do it, who likes to question who doubts, Mr. Zhang was not a director at the beginning, he was also a photographer, actor and finally transformed into a director, who knows the future road. Zhou Bai laughed and said, "Prophecy" is not big or small.
After the boom in the film market, there are many actors who try to be directors, Huang Bo is one, Wu Jin, Chen Sicheng, Xu Zheng, which of these are not actors, and even Wang Baoqiang and Li Chen are all directors, there is nothing unusual about being a director, he is just one step ahead.