After signing a contract with the crew of "Time Prisoner", Chen Ningyu found more than 20 people from the students of the Animation Academy, formed a model group, a material group, and a lighting team, and pulled up the special effects team.

Immediately afterward, the entire VFX team went to the street to be modeled to sample and prepare the footage for modeling. Although there are many things to do in 3D modeling of streets, it is not very difficult in practice. Take a good photo on the street and just follow the photo, but the model of a flying car is more difficult to get.

The special effects of the flying car need to set up a model of the flying car in front of a green screen, let the actors perform in the model, and then cut the actors' performances and combine them with the 3D model of the flying car. If the model of the car is different from the 3D model and cannot be perfectly matched, the picture of the movie will be a goof. Therefore, the 3D model of the car must wait for the real model to be made, and then make the 3D model according to the structure of the real model.

Compared with the special effects, the rest of the crew's work is progressing relatively smoothly, after all, they are all old people in Qingying Studio and have rich experience. The whole crew is like a machine running at full strength, rumbling and moving towards the start-up day.

Zhang Ran had to attend classes and do the work of a director, and he had to keep an eye on the special effects, so he was so busy that he could only sleep for two or three hours a day, so that he fell asleep while eating lunch. Fortunately, I didn't eat hot pot, otherwise I might have been planted in the pot.

Usually Zhang Ran's face is cleaned up, but now he has no effort to manage it, and he has become unkempt. Zhang Ran now knows why many directors are bearded, and the crew is as busy as a war, who the has kung fu to manage the beard.

When the students in the class saw Zhang Ran so haggard, they were very concerned about him, and they all ran to comfort him: "Teacher Zhang, don't be sad, you are so handsome, so good, are you afraid that you won't find a girlfriend?"

"Yes, it's because she has no vision, don't want this kind of woman, our Teacher Zhang is so good, we will definitely be able to find a better one in the future, and I will regret her to death when the time comes!"

"Teacher Zhang, there is no grass at the end of the world, in fact, you can consider it, I, I mean there is no grass at the end of the world!" Zhang Xinyi blushed, her fingers twisted together, and she said writhingly.

Seeing Li Xinyue snickering on the side, he suddenly understood: "Comrade Li Xinyue, how can a person like me fall out of love? This is simply the biggest slander against me. We'll have to make an appointment to talk about the loss of reputation fee!"

After a busy week, the car model needed for green screen shooting was finally ready, in fact, it was the shell of a scrap car, which was glued with a lot of foam on the outside to change the shape of the car, and then painted with green paint, how ugly and beautiful the whole shape was. But the special effects, it doesn't matter if it's good in the early stage, as long as the final picture is good-looking.

At noon, in an office of Qingying Studio, Zhang Ran, Qiu Yuanxu, Ning Hao, as well as the main creators of photography and production, sat together to discuss casting.

"Okay, everyone's here. Zhang Ran clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Let's start!" The work of the crew has been carried out for more than ten days, the list of equipment has come out, the art team has also prepared the props, and all the work is progressing very smoothly, and now the focus of the work is the selection of actors. ”

For a film to be successful, the role of the actor is crucial. The actor is the creator of the character, and the character will directly meet the audience, and his own image and acting skills are related to the success or failure of the movie. As long as the actors are chosen right in a movie, the movie is half the battle.

The best candidate for the actor in Zhang Ran's heart is Hu Jun. Hu Jun was born in 68, is 33 years old, has a daughter, age and identity are close to Cao Lin, and more importantly, Hu Jun has excellent acting skills, but he is not famous, he will not become popular until 2003 when he plays Qiao Feng in "Dragon Babu", and it is very cheap now.

"Brother Li, the actor is in contact with you, let's introduce the situation to everyone!" Zhang Ran looked at Li Zhiming and asked. The casting of the crew is generally in charge of the casting director, Zhang Ran and their crew are small, and there is no such position, and the production director Li Zhiming is directly in charge.

"Director, the two candidates you recommended, Hu Jun and Yuan Yu, have been contacted. Hu Jun likes the script of "Time Prisoner" very much and has agreed to star in it. Yuan Yang can't act, she is now acting in the drama "I Heard Love", and there is no schedule. Li Zhiming saw Zhang Ran frowning, and immediately said, "But Hu Jun's agent Wang Jinghua recommended an actress to us after reading the script of "Time Prisoner"!"

"Who, do you have any information?" Zhang Ran heard that the person recommended by Wang Jinghua was probably a newcomer signed by Wang Jinghua, and he planned to look at the actor's information before making a judgment.

"Fan Binbin!"

"Ah, are you kidding?" Zhang Ran was taken aback.

Everyone in the office heard Fan Binbin's eyes lit up.

"That's right, it's Fan Binbin!"

"We only have a salary of 150,000 yuan, how can we afford Fan Binbin!" Zhang Ran shook his head and said.

Several other people also agreed that Fan Binbin is a second-tier star, and with the pitiful budget of the crew, where can she afford to be hired. If you invite Fan Binbin, you can only deduct the cost of other aspects, do you want the quality of the movie?

"Wang Jinghua said that the salary is easy to discuss, you can package Fan Binbin and Hu Jun to us, only 100,000!"

"How can it be so cheap?" Zhang Ran was a little surprised, now a star like Fan Binbin acts in almost 20,000 episodes on TV, and if he doesn't act in a movie, he will definitely not be able to get more than 100,000 or 200,000.

"Our filming cycle is short, just ten days of filming, and she will act in a TV series for up to four episodes in ten days, which is actually about the same. Besides, behind our movie is the Qingying Studio and the movie channel!"

Zhang Ran groaned, Fan Binbin is famous and beautiful, and she will attract more attention when she joins "Time Prisoner", but Fan Binbin's image is not too consistent. In Zhang Ran's imagination, Cai Yan is very beautiful, but she is not the kind of woman who can fascinate everyone at a glance, she should be a durable type, and the more she looks at it, the more beautiful she becomes. Cai Yan is a lover of detective novels, and she is very smart, such a girl should have bright eyes and look particularly aura.

Fan Binbin is stunning, charming, and beautiful, but he feels too shrewd. Er Dongsheng once said that Fan Binbin has too many thoughts outside of movies. There's nothing wrong with this, it's just that Cai Yan shouldn't be such a person, it's just a tenant who has only known her for a day, but she can save him after forty years, which is definitely not something that someone with a lot of special thoughts can do. It's hard to imagine that Fan Binbin would wait forty years to save someone who has nothing to do with him.

It is important for the temperament of the actor and the character to fit, especially the actor who lacks acting skills. Liu Yifei's acting skills are blatantly poor, but the two roles of Wang Yuyan and Zhao Linger are played well, the reason is that Liu Yifei's temperament and Wang Yuyan and Zhao Linger's image and temperament are very compatible, and she is like this, so it is effortless to act.

Of course, actors with good acting skills can restrain their own temperament and completely integrate themselves into the role, you can't see the actor himself in the role, you can only see the role, Li Xuejian in China, Daniel Day-Lewis in foreign countries.

Yuan Yu is the best choice in Zhang Ran's heart, this girl has beautiful big eyes, looks very smart, but has a determined and quiet temperament. She has the appearance and temperament of idol capital, but she can act quietly on the drama stage, which is very rare in the hustle and bustle of the entertainment industry. Let her play Cai Yan, her determined temperament will make people believe in the role she plays. It's a pity that she doesn't have a schedule!

"Make an appointment, I'll meet with Hu Jun, I want to talk to him about the script! Fan Binbin can't do it, she doesn't match Cai Yan's character image, although she is very famous, we still can't use it, we have to re-elect people. Zhang Ran shook his head, directly rejected Fan Binbin, and then said his selection criteria.

The total salary is 150,000 yuan, and big stars must not be able to afford it, like Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun, and Zhang Ziyi can't even think about it, even second-tier stars dare not think about it, and what's worse is that Zhang Ran's requirements are still high, and everyone feels a little headache.

Huang Yi, Sun Li, Li Xiaoran, familiar names were listed one by one, but they were quickly denied by Zhang Ran.

"Do any of the students in our school have suitable ones?

Zhang Ran, a student of Nortel's performance department, has basically seen it, and there are really not many who have left an impression on him, the nursery is okay at the level of 98, but this girl has small eyebrows and small eyes, which is far from Cai Yan's image, and she doesn't look particularly smart. There are no particularly outstanding students in the 99th level, Yao Chen is the most famous in the future, but the role of Cai Yan is not suitable for her, Yao Chen is suitable for playing a particularly noisy role;

Nortel's students were basically rejected by Zhang Ran, and he was too unfamiliar with the students of Chinese opera, so after thinking about it carefully, Tang Wei should be in Chinese opera now. Tang Wei's appearance doesn't need to be said, and the aura of acting is okay, otherwise Ang Lee wouldn't look down on her, but Zhang Ran felt that she was too mature.

"Actually, I think Li Xinyue is quite suitable. "Ning Hao is from the photography department, and he is photographed everywhere with a camera, and he has a deep impression of Li Xinyue.

"Xinyue?" Zhang Ran was stunned, Li Xinyue was really suitable, with a good face and good acting skills, but Zhang Ran couldn't let her play. During the filming of the movie, Zhang Ran couldn't control the students, if Li Xinyue also came to make a movie, who would teach the students in the class, and who would take care of them? Zhou Zheng usually had to attend classes himself.

If no one cares, wouldn't that group of bandits turn the world upside down?

Zhang Ran shook his head: "No, I'm here to film, if Xinyue leaves again, our class will be messed up!"

"I thought of an actor, who filmed "The Sword of the Third Young Master" last year, and there was a girl who played a small supporting role in it, which was very smart, I thought I could try it. Huang Kunming groaned.

"What's that girl's name, do you have any information about her?"

"No, but I remember that it seems to be Rong Xinda, Li Xiaowan came to see the girl, her name is Zhang Jingchu. ”

Zhang Jingchu, it's her!

Zhang Ran was stunned, of course Zhang Jingchu knew that this girl had good acting skills and was low-key, so she was indeed a very suitable candidate. Zhang Jingchu is not particularly beautiful, but she has aura, and her acting skills are beyond doubt, the A-level film festival actress, the Golden Rooster Award, and the Academy Award actress nomination, and her temperament does fit the image of Cai Yan in Zhang Ran's heart.

The only thing that is unclear is what Zhang Jingchu's acting skills are now, Zhang Ran has not seen her early works.

"In this way, get in touch with Zhang Jingchu as soon as possible, I want to talk to her!" Zhang Ran made up his mind and said to Li Zhiming.

"No problem, I'll contact her as soon as possible!"

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