On a sunny and spring afternoon at the end of April, Li Xiuping received the film shooting permit issued by the *****, and he could finally officially announce the news that he was going to make a movie.

At this time, the recruitment of the crew of the new film has entered the final stage, and the recruitment of important department employees such as lighting engineers, prop managers, sound recorders, stylists and other important department employees has been completed, and after Michael Slater joins, the shooting team lacks an art director.

Li Xiuping has no connections in the film and television industry, the art circle and the fashion industry, and Liu Shengli has no relationship with HD Mountain in this regard, which made Li Xiuping very irritable for a while. Because it will soon enter May, universities and colleges will generally have summer vacation at the end of June, and if it drags on for a while, maybe the students will go home on vacation, and at that time, Li Xiuping will have to find extras to pretend to be students when filming campus dramas, after all, the extras are paid to work, they may be very young, but the atmosphere of youth is definitely not as strong as that of real students, Li Xiuping doesn't want to see a group of actors pretending to be tender and embarrassed. So Li Xiuping is very anxious, if he wants to shoot before the summer vacation of a college or university, there is not much time left for him to prepare.

Fortunately, God helped, Li Xiuping was lucky, and after Yang Meina knew about Li Xiuping's troubles, she introduced Su Tong, an alumnus she met when she was studying in the United States.

Su Tong is a boy, about thirty years old, the appearance is very ordinary, but very fan, ordinary clothes worn on him have the effect of appreciation, he studied world film history at the New York Film Academy, specializing in film analysis and research, and also has a deep study of Chinese history, and has a very unique view on film aesthetics.

After Li Xiuping met Su Tong, he was quickly impressed by Su Tong's film aesthetics, and he found for the first time that there are people in this world who are so similar to his worldview values, the first time he has a feeling of seeing each other and hating each other, and the first time he knows what it is like to have a confidant.

"Su Tong, it's you, let's hurry up, we have to prepare for shooting as soon as possible. ”

With the addition of Su Tong, all the important personnel of Li Xiuping's filming crew gathered, and then Li Xiuping was responsible for selecting the actors, and Su Tong and Michael Lester took the set designer to SH to watch the scenery and select the scene.

The heroine of the new movie is confirmed to be Reba, and the choice of the leading actor Li Xiuping has not yet been determined, but he is not in a hurry at all, because the audience generally does not care about the acting skills of the protagonist in youth movies, as long as the actor and the movie temperament match the play.

It's easier to find actors who have the right temperament for youth movies, as long as they are of the same age, such as Kashiwahara Chong in "Love Letter", Mario in "The Little Thing of First Love", and Peng Yichang in "Flash Shaoneodym", these three people play the roles in youth movies without any sense of disobedience, among which Kashiwahara Chong and Mario are handsome, but Peng Yichang is not handsome at all, the three of them have in common that they are very young when they act, it is when they are young and young, they have a youthful face and pure eyes, and a gentle and non-aggressive temperament.

The opposite example is the casting of youth films in the mainland in Li Xiuping's previous life, such as Zhao Youting in "Paper Youth", Peng Yuyan in "Those Years in a Hurry", and Lin Gou in "You at the Same Table". Zhao Youting's facial features are upright and his appearance is medium-to-top, but his complexion is slightly darker, and his age is there, and some people believe that his appearance in the movie is an old cadre, this is not a matter of clothing styling, but a reflection of his temperament. Peng Yuyan is even more speechless, he also plays a high school student with a wrinkled face, although he is very handsome, he looks old when he plays a college student, and in the movie, he is shy and hooks up with the heroine, which is simply blind to the audience. Lin Gou's skin is white and beautiful, and his eyes are relatively pure, but he also has no sense of youth, because the audience is familiar with him and knows that he is running for three, before watching the movie, there is a message in the audience's subconscious, that is, Lin Gou is "playing" a high school student.

If Zhao Youtinglin Dog is replaced by a young actor, although the audience knows that he is acting, at least the rejection will not be so heavy.

Therefore, the casting of youth movies is actually very simple, as long as it is in line with the age of the characters in the plot. It is impossible for the production team of mainland youth films not to know such a simple truth, but why do they still invite a group of "old people" to play the young protagonists?

"Paper Youth" is because Zhao Yanzi wants to repay the capital of Wanwan, she became popular by the Wanwan TV team, she seems to have a good impression of the Wanwan film and television circle, and is very willing to promote the Guanwan facial paralysis, as for Zhao Youting's bitter expression all the time, he always looks like he is about to cry, the producer doesn't care, anyway, there are infinite explanations, the most famous one is, of course, "The actor in my eyes is like this, everyone has to accept different opinions, you will find new shining points." ”

Yes, Bao Qiang's role as Prince Charming also has a shining point, the first Prince Charming in history with a slightly earthy temperament? Xiao Yueyue also has a shining point when he plays Chu Liuxiang, and the first Chu Liuxiang in history who is slightly fat? Anyway, there is no lower limit.

"Those Years in a Hurry" used Peng Yuyan as the male protagonist because the production team wanted to gather the hottest stars from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, they found a very handsome Peng Yuyan, found a girl with infinite scenery, and found a running male duo, they just wanted to rely on topics to attract attention, this is a big IP youth movie, and it is also a marketing-style youth movie. They didn't think about the fact that the hurried actor was a BJ baby, and they didn't care if Peng Yuyan's crooked accent was not good for playing, so the makers of these bad movies actually knew that they were producing garbage, but they didn't care, anyway, there were people to watch, didn't they?

Li Xiuping doesn't even want to use social people for group performances, let alone the protagonist, the protagonist he considers must be a young man, must be a post-90s, according to this condition to find young actors who have debuted, it is really difficult, several boy stars are more difficult to have a slightly earthy temperament, but Li Xiuping's new movie does not need the male and female protagonists to attract attention, so he uses Reba who is studying, and he can also choose the campus boys who are studying.

Li Xiuping thought about the male star in the circle a few years later in his previous life, and decided to find the tall and handsome HB boy Li Xian to play the male lead. Li Xian was born in 91, entered BJ Film Academy in 10 years, officially debuted in 11 years, and played the heroine's son in "Ten Thousand Arrows Wear New".

At this time, the filming of "Ten Thousand Arrows Piercing the New" had been completed, and Li Xian had all the time, so when Li Xiuping came to the door, Li Xian agreed without hesitation.

"Director, you can do it at any time, it doesn't matter how much it is. ”

This is the survival state of young actors in the mainland, if it is not lucky, they don't know how many years they will have to wait to play the leading role, because there is a group of old bacon blocking them.

Li Xiuping's New Dream Film and Television Company signed a contract with Li Xian, and then gave the script to Li Xian, Li Xiuping asked Li Xian to take classes well, don't think too much about movies, and just perform normally when the time comes.

In this way, the male and female protagonists determined that for some other irrelevant supporting roles, Li Xiuping would not come to the door to invite people in person, he sat in the office and waited for someone to come to apply, and it took a week to complete the recruitment.

It happened that Su Tong and Michael Lester went to SH to complete the scene selection and returned to BJ, and then Li Xiuping, Su Tong and Michael Lester studied and discussed the filming details of the plot, and at the same time, Li Xiuping arranged for Liu Zhenyu to take someone to SH to get the accommodation and other trivial matters.

A week later, everything is ready, and Li Xiuping is about to officially start his first film shooting.