Although it is just a popcorn commercial blockbuster, the audience is not going to the plot when they enter the cinema, but after all, too many people can't have opinions, so the movie script should be as detailed as possible in terms of plot.

Just like drawing, it's much harder to revise a drawing that already looks like than it is to paint on a blank canvas. The same is true for Lee Kyung-won's revision of the script of "Transformers 4". It is not only necessary to ensure those highlights of the original plot, but also to modify and delete unreasonable bugs as much as possible, and at the same time to keep the plot smooth before and after, this work is not easy to do, even if there are already a lot of ideas, the work efficiency has always been very high, and Li Jingyuan still took about a week to complete this matter.

After completing the script, the girls read the script for the first time.

It's not because you want to see the story. 'Transformers' is a childhood dream for boys, girls still like Barbie dolls and the like, and they are not interested in big iron men since they were young, and girls naturally don't have too much interest in those stories related to Transformers.

To put it bluntly, the girls are running for the heroine in the script.

Although it has not yet been decided, with Li Jingyuan's recommendation, Xiao T finally has the opportunity to audition for the heroine. Moreover, because Li Jingyuan also has the identity of a screenwriter and investor, the girls who have long been accustomed to the rules in the circle know very well that under his recommendation, Xiao T will have more opportunities than other competitors.

It's not 100% certain, and it's more than 80% sure. After subconsciously thinking that Little T would be the heroine. Of course, the girls will be eager to see what her role in the movie is like, and imagine how she will play it in the play.

In the script written by Lee Kyung-won, the character setting of Tessa is not much different from the original script. In general, it's still very suitable for the girl Little T. With their understanding of Little T, after reading the script, the girls made a prediction that 'Little T should be able to play well'.

was still nervous, but after the prediction and support of the sisters, Xiao T finally relaxed.

Although he hasn't fully recovered his usual swaggering and somewhat confused character, he has relaxed down. Xiao T still unconsciously showed some characteristics of her personality - not like Xiao Yuan said that the wind is rain, but she also has the habit of 'starting to act immediately after having confidence', which can be regarded as vigorous and resolute.

“OPPA。 When am I going to audition~? That's the first thing T said after the pressure was a little less.

Generally speaking, in the process of making a zuò movie, the first step is to get the script right, and the second step is to choose the right actor with reference to the investment budget.

There are still a few directors like Cameron who burn money and have to add funds. And it's impossible for an average director to gain the same trust from investors as Cameron. Therefore, in many cases, film investment is set from the beginning, and unless it is a last resort, it is basically impossible to increase the investment in the later stage.

If you can't have a brain fever first, please play a big name, and then the director will not have enough funds when shooting; It is also impossible to invest a lot of money in other aspects, and the director does not have enough acting fees to invite the ideal actor in the end. So, pick the actor for the job. It must be carried out at the same time as the work of 'making the budget table', which is very high in the preparation process.

Of course. It's just a routine under normal circumstances.

Commercial series like "Transformers," which have already been hugely successful in the past, are a different story. knows that it will definitely make a lot of money, so film companies and investors will not worry about not being able to recover the capital when they make investments, and the intensity of investment will naturally be so large that there is no need for directors to deduct and save money everywhere.

Therefore, when shooting blockbusters, especially series with enough guaranteed box office, directors often organize the crew's work first, let them be on standby first, and deal with other preparations at the same time, and then slowly screen the actors in the final stage.

Li Jingyuan's script was only written, and it was only the day before that he faxed it to Michael Bay. At this time, Michael Bay has not yet started to prepare, so there is naturally no need for Little T to rush over to audition too early.

"Don't worry, the day Michael got the script, I said casually that there was an acquaintance who wanted to recommend some, and he told me at that time that the time to select actors should be at least two or three months later. Fany, you should settle down a little bit during this time, and if you are really uncomfortable, then you should go watch more movies and learn acting skills according to the characters above. Being asked by Xiao T dangling his arm, and rubbing the two small buns on her chest from time to time, as a man, I still enjoy it, but because Jessica is sitting next to her, Li Jingyuan feels a little dangerous at the same time. In desperation, he had no choice but to move his ass to the side to avoid Little T, and quickly answered her question.

The reason why he was so anxious was essentially because Xiao T was worried that the heroine would fly. Now, Li Jingyuan's mention can just increase the probability of her getting the heroine from another aspect, and after understanding it, Xiao T couldn't help but think about it.

"Then I'll go to make up for the acting class from tomorrow~! By the way, Yu Li, aren't you in the acting class, call me when you go to class one day, I'm going to audit with you~! After thinking about it for a while, Xiao T made a decision, and her idea was more proactive than the method recommended by Li Jingyuan.

"Okay, no problem, I'll just tell the teacher that it should be fine." Although they usually always make trouble, as long as they run into business, the girls will not be ambiguous. After listening to Xiao T's please, Yu Li immediately patted his chest and made a guarantee.

"Fany. I have no objection to you following Yu Li to attend classes, but you should also be careful not to learn everything. And also. Forget the idea of going to the company to make up for acting lessons. Seeing that Xiao T was so positive, Li Jingyuan also felt quite relieved, but in order not to let Xiao T fall into a misunderstanding, he still reminded him on the side.

"Huh? Why? The phrase 'don't learn everything' made Xiao T a little confused, and unconsciously revealed her trademark expression. The other girls reacted similarly, and they all couldn't understand why Li Jingyuan said that.

"The acting department in our domestic universities still has certain limitations. The students are Korean. The teachers are also Korean, so most of them bring some local Korean colors to the class, and most of the acting skills taught are only suitable for filming Korean TV dramas and movies. And such acting. It is clear that it will not fully meet the requirements of Hollywood films. Shrugging his shoulders, Li Jingyuan threw a grape into his mouth, and said his opinion while biting.

Although from a certain point of view, Li Jingyuan's view may be a little paranoid. But. What he said was not entirely wrong.

Why is it so difficult for Asian actors to succeed in Hollywood? Thereinto. Of course, in addition to the reason that 'European and American audiences are not interested in Asian stars', the key is that the acting skills of the vast majority of Asian actors are missing a feeling from their bones.

This so-called feeling is not easy to explain.

Some people may say, aren't there good actors among Asians? For example, Chow Yun-fat, he doesn't have to be picky about his acting skills, right? Feel something, can't you act with Chow Yun-fat's acting skills?

I really can't 'act' it.

Let's give you an example. A pair of twins, one grew up in the United States and the other grew up in the Celestial Empire, with their parents separated because of work. So. When the two of them stand together, even if they are dressed the same. Neither of them speaks, and people can still quickly tell which one grew up abroad.

The difference in geography leads to the different personalities that the two developed when they grew up, and the difference in personality leads to the difference in their temperament. The character and temperament engraved into the bones are not something that ordinary acting skills can hide, unless it can be self-hypnotized or has a split personality, that's another story.

Let an Asian actor play a character who is set to be 'born in Europe and the United States', and even if the audience in Europe and the United States can't find the specific flaws, subconsciously, it will inevitably feel a little awkward.

Therefore, in Li Jingyuan's view, if Xiao T wants to really get the role of Tessa, she must learn acting skills, but she can't affect her character as a 'returnee' because of learning acting. The heroine played by Little T of American Style is what can be subconsciously accepted by European and American audiences, and if Little T's personality is infected with a bias towards local Koreans, then the protagonist she plays may not necessarily be recognized.

It is precisely because of this idea that Li Jingyuan will ask Xiao T to pay more attention and not to copy and learn all the 'tricks' coldly, for the same reason, so Li Jingyuan will simply ask Xiao T not to go to the company to take acting classes. Compared with the courses learned in college, the acting courses in the company are completely taught for idol artists to participate in idol dramas, which is not only too exaggerated and superficial, but also stiff to the point of being the same. If you just participate in a domestic TV series, the acting skills you learned there may be just right, but if you want to get out of the door of South Korea, the 'tricks' learned there will be more harm than good.

"Well, OPPA, you mean Feel, right?" Although Li Jingyuan was not able to explain it thoroughly, Xiao T still understood the meaning of his words.

"yes, that's what it feels like. If you want me to say, you can divide your energy into two parts, 30% for taking classes to learn theory, and 70% for watching movies, watching more movies from European and American countries, and studying more of the female characters in those movies. The most important thing is to keep your American style so that you have more chances of wanting to win the role. Nodding, Li Jingyuan proposed another one by the way.

In addition to finding a way to learn correct acting skills under Lee Kyung-won's prompting, Xiao T also asked Lee Kyung-won many other questions.

For example, how to be more efficient during interviews, such as how to get along with the staff after being selected for the crew, etc. One comes. Xiao T is a rookie who has never participated in TV series and movies, and he has no experience at all. Staying in a domestic crew is a completely different concept from staying in an American crew, and respecting the old and loving the young according to the kind of routine in South Korea obviously won't apply to the crew of "Transformers 4".

Anyway, Li Jingyuan is also an international actor who has participated in "Resident Evil" and "Zodiac", whether he is a world star or not, anyway, the experience he summed up when he stayed in those two crews is still enough. Thinking of this under Xu Xian's reminder, it is a matter of course that Xiao T will learn from Li Jingyuan frequently.

It took a lot of effort to deal with Little T. In addition, in order to prepare for "My Love from the Star", Li Jingyuan also consumed a lot of time.

It's been said before. Lee Kyung-won did not plan to hand over the script to the TV station to lead the shooting, but planned to lead the filming of the drama in a way that S.m and K.w worked together. Then, the matter of forming the crew had to fall on the heads of the two companies.

S.m and K.w are both star agencies. But. S.m is a company that is active in the music industry, and although they have occasionally participated in the production of some TV dramas, this is the first time that they have taken the lead in forming the crew. The situation is similar on the K.w side, although most of its artists are actors, but the company was only established for the purpose of managing actors, and did not get involved in the production of zuò.

The two companies don't have enough experience, so they can only let Li Jingyuan, the big boss, come out. Not that he has experience. But because he has enough face and money, it is easier to invite enough capable professionals to participate in this project.

First of all, I went to get the TV station through guò relations. recruited a few experienced people to coordinate the overall situation, and then, under the introduction of these people, he personally came forward and went to other places to find experienced dramatists, cameramen, lighting engineers, stylists, etc., and formed a basic team.

There is also the most critical position of director.

Whether a TV series or movie can be successful or not depends on various reasons, not only depends on whether the script is good or not, but also depends on how well the actors act, and among these factors, the most important thing is the strength and characteristics of the director. A director with excellent strength can shoot a script that is not exciting with a better rhythm and add his own personal characteristics, so as to make the series itself more beautiful, while a director with low strength is likely to ruin a wonderful script in turn.

"My Love from the Star" has been proven in Lee Kyung-won's time and space before he travels and has been welcomed by many people, so of course, Lee Kyung-won will not see that the version he and Jessica starred in is worse than Kim so-hyun's Jun Ji-hyun version. Therefore, when choosing a director for this TV series, Lee Kyung-won put more thought into it than when he was looking for other staff members.

The original director Zhang Taiyun is a good choice, and it is precisely because his director keeps the original series at a good pace that the audience can focus more on the characters in the play, instead of feeling that it is awkward here and wrong. In Lee Kyung-won's view, if you want to divide the reasons for Kim so-hyun and Jun Ji-hyun's popularity into ten points, the acting skills of the two will account for three points at most, the script can account for three points, and the other four points will belong to director Jang Tae-yo's field control skills.

Zhang Taiyun is good, but Li Jingyuan is not satisfied.

The starring roles were replaced by him and Jessica, because neither of them is a full-time actor, so when the TV series starring the two is broadcast, it will inevitably be questioned more than when the original version was broadcast. In such a situation, the quality of the episode must surpass that of the original in order to offset the negative effects of questioning, and it is possible to even make the new version of the episode more successful than the original.

It is not easy to achieve that kind of quality, and after careful consideration, Li Jingyuan felt that instead of looking for Zhang Taiyun or other better TV drama directors, he simply found a more capable film director to preside over the shooting. (Although they are all directors, there are also ratings, the lowest is the advertising director, then the MV director, then the TV drama director, and the highest, the film director.) Anyway, it's all my own investment, and I didn't think about making money from the beginning, so I simply invested more and made the TV series as a movie. In this way, the quality of the TV series will not be worse than the original, right?

I decided to pay attention to the choice of film director, but film director is not something that can be found casually. First of all, it's a matter of whether people are willing to come, after all, Li Jingyuan is looking for a big-name film director, and the film directors who have mixed up to that level will basically no longer take on the job of shooting TV series. Secondly, even if people are willing to come, whether his style is suitable for the plot of this TV series is another matter, you must know that the style of film directors is much more distinctive than that of TV series directors. Take Hong Kong directors as an example, Wang Jing, Tsui Hark, Wong Kar-wai and others, which do not have a distinct personal style, and if the same script is handed over to them, they will definitely make completely different works.

It's hard to find a big-name movie director, and it's even harder to find a big-name movie director whose style fits the plot of this TV series. After thinking about it for a lot of time and listening to a lot of opinions, Li Jingyuan finally confirmed the target person. (To be continued......)