Chapter 81: Role Adjustment

If the identities of the characters are all students, there is no way to reflect the different character settings brought by different professions, so we can only ignore this problem and reflect the meaning of the whole story from the character personality alone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The other two actors were quickly positioned, and a simple audition proved that they were indeed competent, and Xia Yaohan then said: "Now the twelve leading actors have been finalized, but you also promised Li Yang, what should he do?" ”

Originally, Zhang Yao wanted Li Yang to play the main role, and he could definitely be outstanding with his acting skills, but unfortunately Zhang Yao couldn't find so many middle-aged actors, so he could only modify the setting, and his role could only be adjusted, after all, the age difference was too big, and there was no reasonable reason to insert it in.

"It's like Li Yang playing the mentor of the students, although I feel sorry for him, but there should be no problem." Zhang Yao scratched his head helplessly, and could only have the opportunity to make up for it later.

Of course, Li Yang will not have any opinions on this, not to mention that he is in love with Zhang Yao, he is also famous for his willingness to promote younger generations in the film and television industry, although he has been a supporting role from beginning to end, and his weight may not be as good as those big names, but there is no lack of influence in the circle.

In the movie, the mentor is a soy sauce role, Li Yang's appearance should be said to be a friendly cameo, and after the telephone communication explained, he also readily agreed, not only was he not unhappy, but he praised Zhang Yao very much.

There are countless directors in the Yanhua Empire, but whether they are young or old, most of them are commercial directors who only pursue the box office, and few people want to use movies to do something, and it is already rare for Zhang Yao to be able to do this.

Of course, it's not that other directors don't have such awareness and thoughts, it's just that almost all of them are literary films that reflect on something or even the whole society, and the box office of this kind of movie is really bleak, and investors don't like it, and many directors are helpless even if they have such thoughts in their hearts.

Zhang Yao is an outlier, as an independent director, he can shoot whatever he wants, and at the same time he is a traverser, backed by the qualifications of his previous life, which can ensure that every movie makes a lot of money and does not hit the street, so he can go smoothly, but other directors are different.

If they want to get the opportunity to direct, they must ensure that they can make money for investors, and when they don't have enough qualifications, they can only shoot whatever the company tells them to shoot, and it's good to have this opportunity.

Outside, Hao Zhongwu is still hyping their new film, and the opening ceremony is vigorous, and Zhang Yao, just like he told reporters, no longer expresses any opinion on the nude/photo incident, and the whole person seems to have disappeared in front of the public, and he has not revealed any news about "Twelve Citizens" at all.

Since the story is about a group of students discussing a case with a mock jury, the best location for filming is of course in the school, and their Royal Film and Television School is the obvious choice.

The court verdict proved Zhang Yao's innocence, which made the school also breathe a sigh of relief, after all, it was a pity that such a talented student gave up, even if he really had a style problem, the school had to expel him, it would be a pity.

So now he wants to make a new film, and the school is still fully supporting, although he is more and more recognized by the audience, the school has also enjoyed the actual benefits, which is not only Xia Yaohan's donation to the school, but also a great gain for fame.

In terms of the overall story, Zhang Yao still decided to draw on the Tian/Chao version of "Twelve Citizens", and used narration to explain the background when the subtitles were released at the beginning, conveying the message that the case had received widespread attention, and then the train that was the focus of the case passed by.

This needs to be filmed, you can put it at the end, and if you want to be lazy, you can skip it directly, this is also the only location in the movie, how to shoot it at the end and think about it, when Zhang Yao wrote the storyboard script, he also put this scene that originally happened at the beginning at the end.

On the first day of filming, Li Yang had already entered the crew, because it was just a friendly cameo, so he only adjusted the schedule for one day, this is because he is also very interested in this movie, otherwise at most he is in a hurry, the actors are very busy filming the scene, sometimes they may have to run several sets, and a day's time is also very precious.

In the various versions of "Twelve Angry Men", in addition to the same theme, the cases discussed are basically the same, only the Japanese version plays subversion, which was originally a not guilty defense, but they changed it to a guilty defense.

The background of the case is about a murder case, a teenager is accused of murdering his biological father, all the evidence is against him, as witnesses of an old man and a woman, the former lives downstairs, said that he heard a heated argument before the incident, and at the same time saw the teenager running downstairs in a hurry after the incident.

The latter lives opposite, with the railway between the two buildings, and he saw the boy raise a knife to kill people, and the murder weapon is not an ordinary knife, it is very rare, and it happens that the boy also has an identical one.

The murder of a young man's father is a particularly heinous crime in a country where discipline is heavy, and after the trial of the first instance, the court believes that there are still doubts in the case, so it does not make a conclusion easily, which makes the case that seems to have been closed more attention.

Law school itself is a place to study law, and these students may enter the judicial system in the future, or they may become lawyers, and they should pay more attention to such things themselves, so the tutor requires the students to discuss the situation as a jury, after all, performance will be counted as credit.

"Brother Hao, you are juror number one and the head of the jury, responsible for presiding over this discussion." Zhang Yao gathered all the actors and began distributing the script.

Juror No. 2 belongs to the type of good old man, he is old in doing things when he encounters things, and he has the strongest ability to do things, and no one can be offended, but at the same time he is very good at mathematics, and he also likes to study mathematics, just for the sake of his future and work, so he accepted the advice of his parents and chose to major in law during the college entrance examination.

This role was given to Zhou Hongwei, he had to look older, and his age itself was not small, and his temperament and image felt the most suitable.

Juror No. 3 is Xu Can, who has a big temper and is also the most stubborn, and he is the one who firmly believes that the teenager is guilty in the movie, and he is also one of the characters with the most scenes. Zhang Yao also knows him well, and knows very well that his acting skills are top-notch among everyone, so this role was given to him.

"The fourth good judge is a rich second generation, his family is doing real estate, Zheng Xiaohai, you come to play, because people have a bad impression of the rich second generation, so there will be prejudice, there will be conflicts in this aspect in the story, the script is clearly written, you take a good look."

Jury No. 5 is a hanger, and in the school it is also a thorn and a bastard. Juror No. 6 is just the opposite, with top grades, and although his family is not very wealthy, he is also wealthy, a representative of elegance and reason, and has a certain ability to think for himself.

Juror No. 7 has a difficult family, and he needs to work part-time to earn money every day in addition to classes, because this simulation project takes up part-time work, and he is quite dissatisfied.

No. 8 is the absolute protagonist, and he is the only one who thinks about it at the beginning, and this role is naturally played by Zhang Yao himself. No. 9 is silent and rarely spoken, because the family relationship seems a little withdrawn, and No. 10 is a local, regionally discriminatory, and prejudiced against outsiders.

No. 11 is honest and honest, a little tendony, also from an ordinary family, and will go out to work in his spare time. The twelfth is more sleek, a little wind blowing on both sides, it seems to be unassertive, which side is on which side there are more people, and the sense of presence is weak.

"Now that everyone has their own script, just ask me if you have any questions, and if there are no problems, prepare well, and we will officially start filming in a few days."

Xia Yaohan did not participate, but she is the producer, and the entire crew is still led by her, and every penny of expenditure is also controlled by her, and after reading the script, she said: "Although there are twelve leading actors, the role settings are very attentive, on the surface, they are all students, but they also represent different classes." ”

"Isn't it said that the university itself is a small society? That's what it is. Ning Xue nodded and said so.

are all people who have gone to college, and they naturally know the university very well, and under the unified identity of being a student, there are actually all kinds of people, including the Royal Film and Television Academy.

Now these characters have been modified by Zhang Yao, and in the original movie, different occupations were used to express different classes and personalities, while Zhang Yao was changed to a family environment, which has almost the same effect.

Twelve people is not a lot in terms of numbers, but as the protagonist of the movie, there are a lot of them, and most movies are just a male protagonist, because the more people there are, the more troublesome it is to set, and it is even more difficult to want everyone to be brilliant.

Zhang Yao also hopes that the characters in the original work who do not have a strong sense of presence will be better reflected, and he has also worked hard in this direction when revising, and even added some scenes, but in the end, it still depends on the specific performance, the sense of existence is such a thing, many times you can have it without saying that the role is enough, and in some works, it is obviously the protagonist, and the sense of presence is not as strong as the supporting role.

Han Rongrong, Qin Xiuping, and their classmates who have a good relationship also came to join in the fun, and after knowing the whole story, they couldn't help but say: "Sure enough, it's Zhang Yao, the same single scene type can always play new tricks, if this movie is released, the repercussions should not be weaker than now, right?" ”

"Actually, I think there should be more works like this, and there is always nothing wrong with thinking." Even Qin Xiuping, who has always been shy, said so.

Zhang Yao in his previous life felt that in fact, everyone should watch various versions of "Twelve Angry Men", in terms of meaning, a hundred-fold commercial popcorn blockbuster is not as good as such a one, let alone a youth film that moans without disease.