Chapter 300: The hilarious set

"Is Sheldon really not sick? I've looked up some information, he has a lot of symptoms of Asperger's, he has deficiencies in social skills, and he has an interest in some special things beyond the average person, is Sheldon Asperger's?"

Universal Studios Los Angeles, because Universal's parent company Vivendi Group negotiated with NBC Group to determine that Vivendi Universal and NBC are about to merge into the media giant "NBCUuniversal", so the set of "The Big Bang Theory" was built in the studio of Universal Studios, including apartments, comic stores, CIT and other interior scenes, as well as backstage costume dressing rooms, screenwriters and other department offices.

"No, I'm sure he didn't. Graham Reinham and Bill Prady, who were in charge of filming on the set, were directing the film crew's preparations, and script consultant and scientist David Salzberg was sitting in the director's chair with his name written on the set, in front of the living room of the apartment shared by Sheldon and Leonard, and looking to the left was the elevator aisle and the living room of Penny's house.

This is a fixed main set, and there are also moving sets such as Sheldon's bedroom, Leonard's bedroom, and comic book shop on the left and right, which are moved to shoot according to the needs of each episode.

"It's funny. David Salzbao smiled, looked up at a lot of lighting equipment, surrounded by several cameras that came in handy quickly, and there were 6 rows of X4 columns of auditoriums not far behind, and when the audience entered, nearly 200 spectators provided laughter during the shooting, this feeling completely different from the scientific research room is really interesting, and the physical formulas on the whiteboards in the living room are still written by him.

As the first scene of the first episode, Wang Yang, the founder and chief screenwriter instead of the executive producer, was not absent, he needed to lay a foundation for "The Big Bang Theory" to determine a style, tell the leading actors how to act, tell Graham Reinham, and Bill Prady how to shoot and produce. Wang Yang took the script of the first episode and walked to the front set, answering Jim Parsons' questions as he went.

"Oh. Jim Parsons was wearing a green Green Lantern pattern long-sleeved T-shirt and plaid pants, full of Sven's sluggish geek temperament, and when he heard Wang Yang's answer, he couldn't help but wonder: "But why did he do that? Is there any reason?"

"Kalei Cuoko, come here!" Wang Yang shouted, and Kalei Cuoko, who was sitting on the chair on Han's side, beckoned, he had just watched some of the rehearsal audition videos filmed by the crew before, and naturally there were many problems that needed to be solved, especially the leading actors' understanding of the roles, such as ...... Looking at this Sheldon, Wang Yang couldn't help but want to laugh a little, probably because he was shocked by the sense of joy, he smiled: "Why do you have to feel that you have a mental problem to have such a person?"

Jim Parsons was slightly stunned, in fact, he had discussed this issue many times with Graham Reinham, Bill Prady and others, and they all said "Sheldon doesn't have any mental illness, his mother took him for a check-up." "Then even if he didn't, he thought God was fair, Sheldon was so smart, but he didn't know how to communicate with people, but he always had some thoughts to figure out why.

Looking at the smiling face of this amazing director, Parsons couldn't help but feel nervous, not wanting to lose face in front of the handsome guy, thinking, "Uh...... Maybe that would make the character more realistic, right?"

"I see, then you must think Superman, Green Lantern, Hulk are unreal. Wang Yang's words seemed to be a bit bull's head, and he asked, "Is that right?" Parsons, who didn't know why, nodded: "Yes, they are comics and movies." Kalei Cuoko, who had flowing blond hair, walked over, and as soon as HYE waited for instructions, he heard Wang Yang say: "Movies, television, and dramas don't need so many constraints, an actor, what you have to do is not to find faults, but to invest." ”

Wang Yang glanced at Kare-Tsoko, indicating that this was also to her, looking at the two of them, he raised the script in his hand: "Why do you think they are fake? They are real, they exist in their world, not us, have you watched "Back to the Future"? Do you know the parallel universe theory? Similarly, Sheldon exists in his world, you look at the script, you don't doubt that this is true or false, you don't doubt whether this is reasonable, you have to find the way to that world, you have to become Sheldon. ”

In the end, it is still a question of entering the play, whether it is a movie or a TV series, if an actor is always suspicious of his role, how can he enter the play? Of course, Jim Parsons has a high level of enthusiasm and understanding for Sheldon, but this will affect his portrayal of Sheldon. It turns out that in the first season of the 07 version of "The Big Bang Theory", the entire crew had all kinds of suspicions, which caused the story style and character to sway from side to side, and such mistakes would not happen again.

"You can give him a reason, but you have to believe that Sheldon is real, that no psychosis is no mental illness, and that it can't be a 'okay, whatever' mentality. Wang Yang patted Parsons on the shoulder in thought, excellent actors can always be convinced, find the shining point of the role and live, he continued: "Your mentality will affect your interpretation, only when you are engaged, you will find something else about Sheldon, and then come to me to ask 'How is Sheldon's this little action?', 'I don't think Sheldon can say this line.'" ’”

After saying a string in one breath, Wang Yang paused, and said in a serious tone: "Are you ready?" Jim Parsons secretly took a deep breath and nodded: "Yes, I think I'm ready." ”

Not only Jim Parsons, but also Carré Zocko suddenly felt some pressure, this 24-year-old young director's aura is too great, and it is not at all comparable to the directors of "Eight Rules" and "Big Boss for Girls...... It's unbelievable, she was crazy about "Youth Musical" when she was 13 years old, and now she is 18 years old, and she is about to start filming "The Big Bang Theory" directed by BABY, and Magical Yang has already filmed "Ghost Shadow" at the age of 18.

"Caret, I just watched some of your rehearsals. Wang Yang's voice interrupted Kare-Tsoko's train of thought, and she said, "Yes, yes. Wang Yang grinned and said, "Your smile, do you see me like this?" Kalei-Tsoko snorted, not understanding this self-deprecating joke, Wang Yang continued to laugh: "As pure sunshine as possible! I don't want fashionable, mature feelings, yes, Penny has had many boyfriends, but she is a silly person, a country girl who has just come to the big city, a little girl, understand? First impression is important. ...... "This is the recording site of "The Big Bang Theory", welcome everyone!"

As the start time got closer and closer, under the leadership of the white host, nearly 200 live audiences came to the studio and sat down in the audience, and they all went through the security check to prevent dangerous items from being brought in, as well as cameras, DV cameras and other shooting equipment. As soon as everyone sat down, the host began to create a pleasant atmosphere, and it was important that everyone laughed louder when they participated in the recording.

"Everyone knows this is Wonder Young's first sitcom, and everyone is guessing how interesting it is?" The host looked at the interested audience and said passionately: "You will know right away, it is so, so interesting! The first episode will be recorded today, it is not a test screening! And Wonder Young will also make a cameo appearance in another episode! You can see the scene where the Oscar Best Director is NG!"

The crowd cheered in surprise, and if the microphone settings on them had been turned on, the sounds would have been recorded. It can be said that no one in this group of nearly 200 people came to the leading actors, except for a few fans of "Eight Rules", they are all signing up, grabbing tickets, and sitting here for the magic, Alyssa is such a fan, she has been looking forward to "Firefly" and "The Big Bang Theory" for too long, she is really lucky to be able to visit the recording of the first episode of "TBBT"!

"Now we have invited our leading actors to come out, they are: Johnny Gelkec, Leonard, Jim Parsons, Sheldon, Carré Zok, Penny......" The host shouted the names one by one, only to see that in the main set in front, the five leading actors whose names were read ran in from the backstage with a smile and waved hello, and the audience also greeted with applause, although they were not familiar with the four men who were dressed or geeky, or eccentric, or old-fashioned, the host continued to shout: "Founder, producer, Writers: Graham Reinham, Bill Prady...... And-"

He dragged out his voice, the audience was already boiling, the 6X4 seats, almost everyone stood up spontaneously, it was as lively as a concert, the host dragged his face and was about to turn red, and suddenly shouted: "Yang-Wang—— magical Yang!"

"Yang!", "Yang, Yang!" A burst of shouts and screams suddenly broke out, and most of the young audience shouted to their heart's content, and the applause and shouts were deafening, and the atmosphere was very different from less than half a minute ago, and it reached ** at once. In the midst of everyone's shouts, Wang Yang, who was wearing a windbreaker and jeans, walked out of the backstage, ran to the front of the set without waving quickly, unexpectedly turned around with his hands in his pants, and slid over with a space step in a decent manner.

"Hahaha!", "Wow——" Seeing his coquettish appearance, a burst of laughter resounded throughout the studio, and the audience all laughed or screamed in amazement, and the decibel was higher than the host had just agitated for a long time combined; Not to mention movie dramas, sitcoms are also hard to find.

Graham Reinham, Bill Prady, David Salzbao and other behind-the-scenes creative teams were also stunned for a moment, and finally understood what the young director meant, "We want to make this set full of joy and keep ourselves in a funny rhythm at all times, understand!".

"Cool! This is the main creator of the comedy!" Like many people around her, Alyssa couldn't help but scream, Magic Young's space step was so handsome! She clapped with her hands in the air, and shouted at the top of her throat, "Hey, Wonder Young! I want your autograph!"

It seemed that she heard her cry in the chaos, and after Wang Yang, who came to the set in space, raised his hand to thank him, he did not walk to the camera with Graham to start filming, and suddenly rushed straight to the audience, and the audience shouted even more frantically for a while: "Ah, Yang!!", "Yang-" Wang Yang took the microphone from the hands of a staff member, looked at the rows of audiences, and waved his hand: "Hey, how are you, everyone? Welcome here!"

The whistles and whistles gradually stopped, and the audience fell silent with smiles on their faces, Wang Yang walked down the aisle, laughing at them and saying, "Guys, remember to laugh louder later! It's not a request, you will! I mean don't get tired of laughing." The audience also applauded with thunder, they didn't worry that "TBBT" would not be funny, Wang Yang continued to laugh: "Everyone leave here and keep our filming content secret, okay? But please tell your family, friends, and people on the Internet: 'It's so hilarious! I won't tell you why!' Well, let them envy it!"

In fact, Flame and NBC are not afraid of spoilers on the Internet, this is not a movie, sitcoms have always been like this, leaking some plots and lines will not affect the ratings; "The Big Bang Theory" will not be broadcast until the new quarter in September, and now it is only filming three episodes a month, filming the first 12 episodes, and the last 12 episodes are filmed while broadcasting, and the lines follow the trend, the popularity of the characters, and the way of publicity all determine that the sitcom needs to be filmed while broadcasting.

"I will!", "OK!" The audience laughed and shouted in agreement, and Wang Yang said thank you: "See you later!" He waved his fist and walked towards the camera. At the host's request, the audience sat down again and remained quiet, and the host looked at the shooting sheet and introduced: "The scene that is about to be filmed is that Leonard and Sheldon had a very unlucky day, and when they came home, they saw that a new neighbor had moved in, and she was Penny. ”

The first scene of the camera is in the elevator aisle set, and the audience sees Wang Yang and Graham standing at the side of a camera talking about something, and several photographers are ready, while Karee Zokko sits in the living room of Penny's house, which has just been set up and is full of boxes of things, watching the script, Wang Yang and several people go into the elevator aisle set again, and demonstrate to Jim Parsons and Johnny Gelkec, who wears glasses, what to explain.

"Whew!" Looking at this final preparation, Paul Jones, the manager of NBC Entertainment's production department who came to watch, was very nervous, and finally started filming! Just because of "Magic Young", they desperately ordered "The Big Bang Theory" at a high price, and if it wasn't funny, they would probably have to vomit back the credit they got from "Prison Break". He prayed silently: "Amazing Jan, don't mess up!"

Everything entered the countdown, Wang Yang and the others returned to the back of the three cameras, Jim Parsons and Johnny Gelkec, who were carrying backpacks diagonally, walked to the back of the stairs of the set, and after the audience shouted "First scene, first time", the audience heard, and Wang Yang, the director of this episode, shouted: "Action!"

"Would you like to hear something interesting about the stairs?" As the cameras, microphones, and other equipment began to operate, the lifeless Leonard and the calm-looking Sheldon walked out of the staircase, talking as they went upstairs, Leonard said without interest, "NO." Sheldon, however, seemed to hear YES, and immediately said with great interest: "If there is even a slight difference of two millimeters in the height of a staircase, most people will stumble." Leonard continued uninterested: "I don't care. ”

The audience is looking at the scenery in the field, or looking at the large TV screen hanging high in front of the camera image data, and Wang Yang who is looking at the camera screen is very satisfied, although he has the credit of many rehearsals and explanations, but now the demeanor and actions performed by the two are very close to the peak of the 07 version, especially the erratic Sheldon in the early stage is "Xie Er" as soon as he appears. It's just about this scientifically verified staircase joke, Wang Yang wonders, why does Jessica trip over the stairs without a slight gap? He has measured the stairs at home, and there is no gap.

"Two millimeters...... That's unlikely, isn't it?" The dejected Leonard suddenly wondered, and Sheldon became even more interested, continuing to speak in a rhythmic way, and said educationally: "No, it's true, I did a series of experiments when I was 12 years old. My dad also broke his collarbone. ”

"Hahahaha!" Under the instructions of the host, and without his instructions, there was a burst of laughter in the audience, and the audience, who had already stored up their energy, laughed heartily, multiplying the effect of the joke several times. Because the scene layout is to be updated, this one shot has been finished, Wang Yang laughed and shouted: "CUT! is good!" Immediately everyone in the crew and the audience applauded to celebrate the completion of the first shot of "The Big Bang Theory".

Soon there was another "Action!", and then there was a burst of laughter, louder and louder laughter: "Hahahaha!!" Alyssa laughed so much that her facial muscles were tired, these jokes with scientific knowledge and what she didn't understand were full of freshness, so that she felt excited: "It's so funny, it's so funny! It turns out that the science that Amazing Young is talking about is like this! It's so cool, this show will definitely have a big bang in the ratings......" Just thinking about it, a joke in the audience suddenly shook out again.

"Hahaha!!" Listening to these laughs, looking at the Magic Young with a focused face not far away, Paul Jones couldn't help but laugh too, and clenched his hands hard: "YES, YES!" He has seen too many sitcom shoots, and he knows what laughter is sincere and what is coping; But the audience's reaction ...... Ratings!

Will there be a problem with "The Big Bang Theory" succeeding "Friends"? Paul Jones laughed with the audience again: "Hahahaha!"

(To be continued)