112 [Everything is ready]
Lin Fengjiao seems to be floating on the clouds these days, her original job as a dancer is hidden from her family, and now she finally doesn't have to worry about being known by her family every day. Lin Fengjiao was born in such a scholarly family, and the discipline at home was extremely strict, if her father knew that she came out to be a dancer, I am afraid that she would be driven out of the house directly.
And now she can say it out loud, she's not a dancer, she's an actress. Although the profession of an actor is not much more noble than that of a dancer, at least her father will not scold her for this.
Lin Fengjiao dressed up seriously at home for a long time before she came to Wang's Film Company with a ninety percent newbie bag given to her by Manna, and as soon as she entered the company, she attracted the sideways attention of employees surnamed men.
A warehouse containing props and equipment was half empty, replaced by rows of chairs, and when Lin Fengjiao came, there were already more than a dozen people seated inside. After the introduction, Lin Fengjiao knew that these were colleagues who were going to participate in the performance.
Just the night before yesterday, Taiwan's three major TV stations (respectively Taiwan Television, China Television, and China Television, which was launched on October 31 last year) broadcast a recruitment advertisement at the same time.
At that time, people were sitting around their homes watching the TV series, but the TV series was suddenly interrupted in the middle of the broadcast, and subtitles began to appear on the TV screen - "A brutal battle known as the defense of Stalingrad in the East, a battle to the death with 8,000 versus 30,000, and an epic movie that cost NT$10 million to build." The unmissable anti-Japanese war drama "Bloody Lonely City" in the 61st year of the Republic of China is waiting for you to join ......"??????
The first thing that appeared in everyone's head was a string of question marks, wondering if the TV station had made a mistake, how could an advertisement be inserted in the middle of the TV series!
People looked at the subtitles carefully, trying to figure out what was going on. After watching it, I didn't feel interested, it turned out that a movie was recruiting extras, and during the filming, the fare, accommodation, and meals were all included, but there was only an allowance of 10 yuan per person per day, and you could also experience movie shooting.
Recruitment is now limited to the Taipei area, with people between the ages of 20 and 40, and only 200 people are currently recruited.
However, there are many people who watch the excitement, but there are few people who sign up, and they only get 10 yuan a day, which is really unattractive. Two days later, only more than 20 people came to Wang's Film Company to apply.
There were few applicants, but the impact of that ad was great. Because now as long as there is a TV set in the family, TV dramas must be watched, Wang Zijun inserted advertisements in the TV dramas of the three channels at the same time, and the advertising viewing rate was more than 100 percent. After a few days, everyone who watched TV knew that there was a big investment movie going to be made this year.
The most shocking thing is the insiders, with an investment of 10 million, Nima is now in addition to "Tangshan Big Brother", there is no film on the island that can exceed this number at the local box office. Are producers and investors crazy?
There are also some people who see that it is the theme of the Anti-Japanese War, and think that the Republic of China has just withdrawn from the United Nations, and guess that this movie is mostly a political axe investment. If it's a political axe, then it can be done regardless of the cost. For example, now the three major TV stations are losing money every month, and the government has been subsidizing.
Wang Zijun is full of gimmicks, the movie has not yet started filming, and even people in Hong Kong know about it, and everyone is waiting to see the joke in a few months.
In an era where computer special effects are almost non-existent, making war blockbusters is really not the right choice. In addition to making money, the purpose of Wang Zijun's filming is more important to build a cinema and establish a relationship with the authorities.
Filming in Taiwan, the market is not a problem, the problem is the censorship system of the authorities, and this road will never be played if it is not opened. The restrictions from the authorities are also one of the reasons for the decline of Taiwanese films.
Taiwan's film industry is now a seller's market, and with Wang Zijun's ability, he will make a lot of money by making a martial arts film or a literary film. But such films come out one after another every year, Wang Zijun goes to join in the fun, is it interesting to be a filming machine? He wants to be a crab eater, and the abnormal prosperity of the Taiwanese film market is actually very dangerous.
Hong Kong and Hollywood films are developed because they have their own film industry system, while Taiwan, sorry, no! If you don't take advantage of the current situation, I'm afraid you will have to move to Hong Kong in a few years.
Wang Zijun wants to rely on his own company and cinema to slowly cultivate influence, and then cooperate with the authorities to gradually improve the film system, make a Taiwanese film kingdom, and reverse the decline of Taiwanese films step by step.
(The above complaint, I saw a post in Longkong, and I was not in a very good mood.) Lao Wang's psychological quality has always been very poor, and when he sees other people's criticism, even if it is reasonable, he will still be very disappointed. So I don't often go to the book review area, I'm sorry, I'm afraid it will affect my mood. I won't say much about the details of the establishment of a film industry system in Taiwan, if you are interested, just watch it) At present, there are more than ten people gathered in the company, many of whom are low-level actors who have been idle and have nothing to do after the collapse of the League of Nations and Cathay Pacific in the past, as well as individual movie lovers. People who come to participate in the training, they will all have a slightly more role in the play. In addition, Zhao Yazhi and Yu Yongde and others are also here.
As for this training, Wang Zijun will only teach for two days in person, and then take the master to several ancient county scenery to shoot the big scene of the panoramic view of the county, until the completion of the "Changde City" and then officially start filming.
Wang Zijun posted a copy of "Actor's Self-cultivation" for everyone, saying: "You have time to go home and read this book, and here I will teach you how to act......"
Someone interrupted: "You just acted in a play, why do you call us?" I've acted in dozens of plays. ”
Wang Zijun looked at this person, he was dressed very ordinary, his appearance was very ordinary, and his speech was very difficult to hear. He asked rhetorically, "What movies has this student starred in?" ”
"I've acted in a lot of movies, like "Dragon Gate Inn", "Xi Shi", "Duck Farmer", ......" this person gushed out the names of the movies.
Wang Zijun looked at him for a long time before asking, "Are you all playing tricks?" ”
The man was dumbfounded and said, "Aren't you called an actor if you run a show?" I've spent more time acting than you do. ”
"What's your name?" Wang Zijun asked.
"Zhu Jun."
Wang Zijun carried a chair in front of him and said, "Okay, now this chair is your best friend, and now that he is dead, I will give you three minutes to perform, and the content is not limited." ”
Zhu Jun thought about it, and suddenly threw himself on the chair and cried: "Heaven, earth, how unfair you are!" Why did this good man die......"
After crying for three minutes, Wang Zijun asked him to raise his head, but this person's eyes were dry, and he couldn't see any sadness.
Wang Zijun really wanted to kick him, saying that the people who helped people cry and mourn in later generations were more professional than him, at least people still had a handful of snot and tears.
"Sit down, watch me." Wang Zijun thought to himself that he really couldn't teach these people without showing his hand.
"When acting in my movies, you are not allowed to bring in the stage plays. What is Stage Play? Just now, this benevolent brother, what kind of heaven and earth, you should be singing, whoever dies, friends will go to shout the heavens and the earth...... Remember, you think of yourself as the character you're going to play, and you think about how you would react if it were you! ”
After that, Wang Zijun suddenly fell silent, and slowly walked to the empty chair step by step, with a little nervous and frightened expression on his face. This made the other students admire it greatly, and they don't know how he did it.
When Wang Zijun walked to the chair, his hand trembled and stretched out, and then he pinched the air and slowly pulled it away, his pupils suddenly dilated, revealing an unbelievable look. Then the hand hung down, the whole person sat down on the ground as if deflated...... "pop pop ......" everyone applauded wonderfully, compared with Zhu Jun's performance, Wang Zijun only took dozens of seconds, and there were no lines, but the scene was reproduced very clearly - this is a person who went to the hospital, uncovered the white cloth to confirm that his friend had died. There are no weeping or tears, but their expressions, eyes, and movements have been reflected, and the relationship between the performer and the deceased must be very good.
The superb performance even allowed the viewer to see a dead man with a pale face hidden in the air.
"Still, can it be like this?" Zhu Jun looked at Wang Zijun in surprise.
Wang Zijun walked back to the podium: "Okay, don't worry too much, no one asks you to be able to do this right away, but I have a request, that is, try to act as real as possible in the film, even if you only have a shot of your back, your expression must be enough for me!" ”
"Start class now!"
It's really tiring to teach newcomers, but fortunately, Wang Zijun only needs to focus on cultivating a few main actors. It's not that he didn't want to find professional actors to act, but since the last time he saw the performance style of those people, he immediately lost interest, and it is not as easy as cultivating new people to change the performance habits that others have developed for a long time.
Among the main cast and crew, only Deng Guangrong, who plays the head of Rong, did not come, and the others are popular students who are catching up on two dramas at the same time, and they have to wait until next month to have time.
As the day passed, these people kept practicing according to their respective roles in the script, and they looked like actors a little.
Wang Zijun sighed in his heart that if the company gets it up, it would be best to hold a training class. In order to establish a film industry system in Taiwan, in addition to funds and systems, the most important thing is reserve talents.
After the training, Wang Zijun personally sent Zhao Yazhi and Yu Yongde to the hotel to stay, Yu Yongde had already gone to his house last night and chatted with the old man for most of the night.
The two-day training passed quickly, Wang Zijun handed over these people to Yu Yongde to manage and contact them on his own, and then he took Chen Kunhou and other staff members to start filming in major counties.
And on a hill on the outskirts of Taipei County, hired workers also began digging trenches, piling up sacks and fortifications.
(To be continued)