Chapter 276: "The Legend of the New White Lady"!
The filming of Cantonese opera documentaries is in full swing.
Director Liu Xun wants to pull down the seemingly high-ranking Cantonese opera from the altar by filming the life of Cantonese opera actors, and urgently needs many fragments of Cantonese opera actors' lives.
In this documentary, he intends to express it with many group portraits.
The people from Feiyue Studio and Lingnan Cantonese Opera Troupe alone are still a little unable to meet Liu Xun's requirements.
But the shortage of people is a problem, and the urgent need to be addressed.
So Liu Xun hesitated and went to Gu Che.
Gu Che has always been in charge of filming Cantonese opera documentaries, and Gu Che is also a screenwriter, Liu Xun encounters problems and tends to be the first to find Gu Che to solve them.
He voiced his problem.
Gu Che pondered for a while and said, "Actually, there are many Cantonese opera troupes in Nanzhou, and Feiyue Studio and Lingnan Cantonese Opera Troupe only occupy a small part. If you really need a lot of actors, I can get those Cantonese opera troupes to come and rehearse as well. โ
Liu Xun's eyes lit up: "Is it okay?" Will it trouble the Lingnan Cantonese Opera Troupe? โ
Now the venue where they are filming is still from the Lingnan Cantonese Opera Troupe.
Gu Che shook his head: "No, it's a large Cantonese opera troupe, it won't be so unenergetic, and everyone's ultimate goal is to hope that the documentary can do a good job and leave a little root for Cantonese opera, and I believe that other Cantonese opera troupes also hope to join it." โ
After a while, Gu Che had an idea: "Since you need to film the daily life and work of many Cantonese opera actors, I'm afraid it won't work to just invite them for a day or two." It's better to do this, let's even with them, come to a song of the Six Kingdoms! โ
Liu Xun muttered: "The Great Seal of the Six Kingdoms? โ
Gu Che nodded: "The Great Seal of the Six Kingdoms is a classic Cantonese opera, and in the past, when performing abroad, the Cantonese opera troupe had to perform a song of the Great Seal of the Six Kingdoms to show off the strength of the actors in their stage team!" โ
"But in recent years, people have become more and more impatient to watch the show actors, and they can't wait for the crew to hurry up and go to the main play, so the Six Kingdoms Dafeng Xiang gradually stopped performing Cantonese opera troupes."
"Let's be honest, the Cantonese Opera Troupe does not perform the Great Seal of the Six Kingdoms, but it saves a lot of trouble, and it can't let the audience know the skills of the Cantonese Opera Troupe. However, if the Cantonese opera troupe visits overseas, then the Great Ministers of the Six Nations will still perform, which is the opening show that every play must appear. โ
The drama of the Great Seal of the Six Nations is very magical.
One Cantonese opera troupe can perform, two Cantonese opera troupes can perform, even if there are three or four more, they can also perform in this opera.
This is a special performance of group portraits, there is no fixed starring role, and the little people can also have a single performance moment to show the best side to the audience.
Since Liu Xun wants to shoot a group portrait, what kind of drama can show the group portrait vividly in Cantonese opera like the Great Seal of the Six Kingdoms?
When Liu Xun came to shoot the record, he investigated a lot of information related to Cantonese opera in Zhongzhou, and he also heard about the fame of the Great Ministers of the Six Kingdoms.
He couldn't imagine how this drama would be shown in the case of so many people, but he had already been aroused by Gu Che's interest, and he wanted to shoot it without saying a word!
Seeing this, Gu Che no longer hesitated and called to communicate with Kong Ping.
Speaking of dealing with the Cantonese Opera Troupe, it is more appropriate for the senior brother to come forward, and he is also very moving.
If Gu Che came forward, it would not be that the command would not move, but that it would be a little troublesome when verifying his identity.
The actors of Feiyue Studio and the Lingnan Cantonese Opera Troupe all know Gu Che and understand Gu Che's character.
But the leaders of other Cantonese opera troupes don't understand!
Gu Che was afraid that he would call the door in person, and people thought it was a scam call, so they blocked his information.
Kong Ping was busy with a stage play.
The style of this stage play is very innovative, and it is based on the plot of a game!
That game is one of the more popular mobile games nowadays, and there is a plot that is particularly classic, so in order to increase the publicity of the game, the game party deliberately found someone to shoot a stage play.
The stage play is simple, only ten minutes long.
If you encounter a tight stage time slot, it can also be compressed to five minutes.
Originally, the game party launched the stage version of this plot in order to do some flash mob activities and commercial performance activities to increase exposure.
One of the high-ranking characters in the game is a friend of a good friend of Brother Kong Ping.
A friend's friend found a friend, so a friend found Kong Ping again.
After a period of negotiation between the two parties, the game side took a step back and decided to let Kong Ping change this classic scene to the form of Cantonese opera.
For this reason, Kong Ping also showed Gu Che the script and asked if there was anything that needed to be changed.
Gu Che got the script and read it at that time, and was a little speechless: "This has only said three or four sentences in total, how do you want to change it?" You don't have to change it at all! โ
But he also saw the script and thought that such an adaptation was quite interesting.
The game party will persuade Kong Ping, because there is no spoken language in the script, and it is more in the form of Cantonese opera throwing flower guns and southern martial arts.
As long as the scene is still the same scene in the game, using Cantonese opera to express it can make people feel a little novel.
To express it in an ordinary way, it looks good, but it doesn't taste like that.
Kong Ping received Gu Che's message and sent him an "OK".
Then he sent another voice message: "It just so happens that I have just finished the stage play, if you had come to me earlier, I might not have this time." โ
Gu Che asked curiously: "Have you already rehearsed, when will it be released, I'll go and have a show." โ
Kong Ping smiled: "Such a small stage, where do you need to use it for screening, and when the time comes for May Day, the first stage debut will be arranged in a large store, and it will be advertised for the game by the way." โ
On May 1, Gu Che opened his mobile phone address book and recorded this message.
It's April, and it's not far from May.
A week later, all the well-known Cantonese opera troupes in Nanzhou were gathered by Kong Ping to participate in the stage production of the Six Kingdoms Great Seal Minister!
With so many Cantonese opera actors appearing on the same stage, the troupe leaders are actually a little worried in their hearts, afraid that something will go wrong, and they are also afraid that everyone will suddenly see so many excellent actors, and their mentality will collapse.
Fortunately, Kong Ping's overall planning ability is excellent, and all the personnel are arranged clearly, without a trace of omission.
By the time the official rehearsal of the magnificent and grand scene of the Six Kingdoms was completed, half a month had passed!
When all the Cantonese opera performers stood on the same stage and took a curtain call to the audience below, everyone burst into tears.
Gu Che stood at the front of the stage and gave a curtain call.
"Since half a month ago, at the request of director Liu Xun, he wanted to shoot more about the daily life of Cantonese opera actors, including what the state of the studio is like, so I thought of bringing together all the Cantonese opera actors from Nanzhou to shoot a film of the Six Kingdoms!"
"In this way, every character has a highlight moment, and every actor is his own protagonist, which has a lot of unique meaning for the Cantonese opera troupe. Nowadays, people's lives pass too fast, and many people just want to see the most wonderful places, but they forget that only after hard work can they present wonderful. โ
"Therefore, I asked my senior brother Kong Ping to communicate with the heads of each Cantonese opera troupe, hoping that they could participate in the production of the Great Seal of the Six Kingdoms, and the troupe leaders all wanted to make a contribution to the promotion of Cantonese opera, so they agreed to this proposal."
"Half a month of co-ordination, half a month of rehearsals, in the eyes of everyone, is today's Six Nations Great Minister!"
Gu Che bowed, and the applause under the stage was thunderous.
They stood in the largest Cantonese opera house in Nanzhou, selling tickets to 50,000 people in Nanzhou, and all tickets were sold out within a minute!
The audience clapped their palms red, cheering for seeing this wonderful drama.
Under the stage, Liu Xun took the last shot and said to the assistant next to him: "It's finished, let's go all out to edit, and strive to be online in May." โ
The Cantonese opera documentary was decided in March, and Gu Che also submitted the script in March.
Because documentaries are not like TV dramas and movies, they have to carefully compile the plot, so they are filmed faster than ordinary film and television dramas.
The assistant's eyes were red, and he was also infected by what Gu Che had just said.
What's more, he watched a complete Six Kingdoms Grand Seal and was inspired by the spirit of the actor from the inside out.
The drama of the Great Seal of the Six Kingdoms is not necessarily good-looking, this is a group drama, the difficulty is that every actor has to set up a plot, so that the actor has a highlight moment.
In terms of plot alone, it is extremely ordinary.
But when the assistant recalled the performance they had just performed on the stage, every little person was so hard working and shining with all his might, and he was very moved.
The assistant choked up and said, "Director, won't you shoot a few more shots?" โ
"It's just right, isn't it a curtain call now, it's good not to shoot behind the scenes and look at the calm after the glory."
Liu Xun: ......
"Wipe your tears away."
He thoughtfully carried a camera and hurriedly ran behind the scenes.
What the assistant said is not unreasonable!
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has been busy for nearly two months, and no matter how reluctant you are, all the materials needed for Cantonese opera documentaries have been filmed.
Liu Xun will return to Zhongzhou with his assistant tomorrow, and then make a final handover with Gu Che.
"When I'm shooting, I already have a picture in my head, and I'll be very quick with editing, so you have to be ready to come and record," he said. โ
At the beginning, Gu Che promised Xiong Bingdong that if he was willing to invest in the filming of a documentary related to Cantonese opera, he could read the narration and record the whole process to attract fans to watch.
At that time, Gu Che was famous.
The current Gu Che, not to mention.
So for this recording, Penguin Film and Television attaches great importance to it.
They plan to plan like a traffic star, and based on their data analysis, Gu Che can completely rely on the support of fans.
As an operation veteran, Penguin Film and Television will certainly not let go of this opportunity.
However, when it comes to specific publicity, the penguin side also needs to communicate with Gu Che, not that you can do whatever you want.
Penguin Film and Television also wants to maintain a good cooperation with Gu Che, he is not only a top performer, but also a very good creator.
Gu Che said: "Don't worry, I've been practicing my lines recently, and if you edit it, I'll rush over immediately." โ
Liu Xun was very relieved by what Gu Che said.
After two months of shooting, he can be considered to have seen it clearly.
Gu Che is not busy, he is clearly a free man!
If you want to create, you don't come to the company, and if you don't want to create, you can come to the company to help.
Helping, suddenly I have an inspiration to create, just go into an office and borrow it.
Gu Che is really not picky, and he is really idle.
Liu Xun also couldn't understand that often a career development star like Gu Che should be busy running the channel all day long.
Oh, by the way, the reason is that Gu Che doesn't accept variety shows!
When he is not performing, he will not take variety shows, which makes his daily life very leisurely.
In such a situation, Director Liu Xun believes in Gu Che's words very much-
He's always available!
After solving the filming problem of the documentary, Gu Che couldn't stop, so he went to the company early the next morning to discuss the actor problem with Sun Zhengxin and them.
Under Luo Mingli's supervision, the master only read a few scripts every day, and after reading them like this for two months, he got all the revisions out.
Once the script is decided, the next step is casting.
Sun Zhengxin still prefers to use the original team.
"You've all rehearsed stage plays and made movies, and now it's not impossible to shoot TV series again, right?"
Sun Zhengxin looked at Gu Che suspiciously: "If you think that the freshness of the audience will pass, don't worry about eating, I watch the popularity of "The Legend of the White Snake", many people have been paying attention to it, and they will not be disgusted with you." โ
Gu Che pondered for a while, but still shook his head: "The supporting role can remain the same, but the protagonist must change, otherwise the performance will be too repetitive, and the audience looks at that face and thinks of another plot, which is not good." โ
Sun Zhengxin raised his eyebrows, and heard something interesting.
The script was changed only a few days ago, and it is still being sorted out, and he has not seen the script yet.
"You mean, the plot of the TV series version of "The Legend of the White Snake: Love" will be very different from the stage version and the movie version, so I want to replace all the people, in order to avoid suspicion, so that the audience can be more involved in the new story."
Gu Che arched his hand, "Director Sun is worthy of Director Sun, in a word, incisive!" โ
"One more point," he paused and smiled: "Who said that if I shoot a TV series, I will shoot the TV series version of "The Legend of the White Snake: Love"?" โ
"I Have a Catalogue of Ghosts and Gods"
As soon as these words came out, the other onlookers who were watching the vase were also stunned.
"Didn't you shoot the TV series version of "The Legend of the White Snake?"
"So you re-adapted the mythical story "The Legend of the White Snake" and made a new TV series?"
"In this way, won't you be able to eat the popularity of "The Legend of the White Snake"?"
Gu Che saw everyone's doubts and said resolutely and affirmatively: "Don't worry, although this drama has nothing to do with "The Legend of the White Snake", it is also an excellent TV series, and who said that it can't be popular?" โ
Gu Che smiled: "The classic myth and legend story "The Legend of the White Snake" is originally the best popularity, and "The Legend of the White Snake: Love" can only take off if it stands on the shoulders of "The Legend of the White Snake". โ
"If you can take off one, you can take off the second."
Sun Zhengxin asked: "Has the name of the TV series been decided?" โ
A surge of blood swelled up in his body, and he became excited.
Directors want to shoot something new, and he's no exception.
Originally, he thought that he was filming the story of the TV series "The Legend of the White Snake", but he didn't expect to shoot a brand new story.
I don't know whether to say that Gu Che is bold or that he is stupid and bold.
Gu Che smiled slightly: "The name is called "The Legend of the New White Lady"!" โ