Five Hundred and Eighty-One-1 Dozen Male Models

The entire Hollywood film circle, the North American media circle, and even movie fans in all regions of the world, after experiencing the glory of DC superhero movies such as "Joker", "Batman Begins", "Batman: The Dark Knight", When Warner Bros. and Wayne officially announced that "The Flash" has entered the preparation period, it was basically full of creative scenes and expectations.

No one would be foolish to think about whether this "The Flash" can be successful, whether it can meet the tastes of movie fans, and whether it can be favored by the market.

"The Dark Knight" still had the power to crush the world, so no one considered that "The Flash" would unexpectedly fail. Even Warner Bros. executives happily offered $200 million for the film. Note that this is only the production cost. According to Hollywood's practice in the past two years, after all work on the film is completed, at least 40% of the publicity funds will be allocated. This shows that Warner Bros. How much confidence there is.

However, no one would have imagined how serious the anxiety in Wayne's heart was. Strictly speaking, this was the first time in Hollywood that he had made a movie based entirely on his own abilities. This "The Flash" was There is no image data in his mind. This means that there are no shortcuts this time.

After the preparations for this movie began, members of the core team also discovered more or less changes in Wayne's working methods. Caution is far more cautious than any previous film preparations. This is something that everyone can feel. The person who feels it the most and is also troubled the most is the casting director Schwartz.

According to his usual work habits, he has already begun to select actors, especially those at the bottom of the cast and various small roles. The most important main characters have also begun the first few rounds of auditions, waiting for Wayne to participate in the final round. Obviously, the situation has changed this time.

The main reason is that the script of "The Flash" has been undergoing fine-tuning, which has never happened before. Frequent changes in the script mean uncertainty for the actors, which is causing not only Schwartz a headache, but also Charles Rowan, who is responsible for negotiating contracts with actors' agents, is paralyzed for a while, because no one can I don’t know what was going on in Wayne’s head and whether he would overturn the script the next day.

"Listen, Charles." In the Warner Studio studio, in the conference room where she had just completed half a day of audition work, Julia, who had been promoted to Oscar-winning editor, was helping to organize the equipment while looking at a pile of resumes. The producer joked: "If I were you, I would throw these shit-like documents with different photos on Wayne's desk and tell him, I quit!"

Charles Rowan, who was already having a headache with his resume, shrugged his shoulders at the laughing people around him after hearing the ridicule, and raised a happy smile on his lips.

There are already a lot of actors auditioning for the crew, but for those who have been temporarily decided, he is completely unable to negotiate contracts with the agents who are eagerly waiting for them. Just like the resumes in his hands, no one knows whether the actual controller of the crew will suddenly cancel which role or add which role.

"It's actually fine here. At least no agent dares to rush me, right?" He smiled wryly and shook his head. Charles Rowan rolled his eyes and looked at the casting director Schwartz sitting next to him. The intensity of his work was obvious. Much bigger than myself, the casting team led by the other party these days is very tired. "Schwartz, consider Julia's proposal. Come on, take these resumes, kick open the door of the director's office, and slam them all onto that ice cube's face! How about that? Isn't that right? Very excited?"

As soon as he finished speaking, several team members around him who came to help laughed again. Not only Steve Wilson, who lowered his head and poked at the camera equipment, but also the newly joined Sofia Coppola, broke the silent image he had maintained and looked at the poor casting director with a wide smile.

"Hey, hey, hey, guys." Schwartz, who was raising one hand and pressing hard on both sides of his forehead, turned his head, curled his lips, and didn't care about everyone's laughter, and whispered: "f**k , how about this shitty job that makes me happy? Are you envious?"

Charles Rowan continued to joke: "Unfortunately, if you are placed on a red sofa in the middle of the audition room, you will truly appreciate the joy of work."

Everyone is a senior behind-the-scenes person in the industry. Basically everyone can understand the meaning of this sentence and understand why the producer said it.

This is Wayne's crew. For those slightly more important roles, Schwartz's casting team will never dare to reach out. The other party may indeed have something happen with those young actors every time, but the bottom line is always there. , never dare to mess up, which is why the casting director can have a stable position in this team.

However, doing so means losing the biggest benefit behind the casting director's back. I'm afraid no one doesn't know the meaning of that red sofa.

"Come on, Schwartz, you're just too cowardly."

After getting acquainted with this group of people, the editing master Julia, who has always presented herself as a black aunt, completely exposed her true nature as a middle-aged woman. He raised his eyebrows at the casting director and said unceremoniously: "Look at those sexy handsome guys. If I were hosting the audition, I would definitely have an in-depth chat with them..."

"How deep?"

Following the question, the door of the conference room was suddenly pushed open, and Wayne walked in with Nina expressionlessly. Several documents bound together in his hands were also placed on the table at the same time. "My dear senior sister, dear Oscar-winning editor, if your editing effect can achieve what I want in the post-production work of this film, then I will find you a dozen at the film's celebration party. Male model!”

"God, a dozen male models." Steve Wilson screamed in fake surprise, reached out and patted Julia on the shoulder, winked and teased: "If I were you, I would be like Shi Watts loves his job so much, and oh my god, a dozen male models, this will definitely give you a blast.”

"Right, boss?" As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at Wayne, who was lighting a cigarette, with an exaggerated expression to confirm.

After all, we have been working together for many years, so we all know Wayne's working style. We know that although he will turn into an ice cube face as soon as he joins the crew, he will not get angry because of these harmless jokes. The atmosphere of the core team is relatively good. Harmony would only make him happy, at least on the surface.

"Yes, a dozen."

After waving his hand, Wayne took several large puffs of cigarettes in succession. He placed one hand on the printed information on the table and looked at Charles Rowan and Schwartz. "Okay, let's get down to business. The script has been finalized. Basically, there will be no major fine-tuning. Charles, let's talk about contracts with the actors' agents. Schwartz, the audition plan for the main roles remains unchanged. Even if No matter how much adjustments are made, these people will not be affected.”

"Okay." Charles Rowan nodded.

"Okay, boss." Schwartz picked up a script and said he knew what to do next.

This script, which has been constantly adjusted, has drained almost all of Wayne's energy. He has taken into consideration conditions such as the convenience of filming. Now, the reason why these team members think he is abnormal is because no one can compare to him. He was more cautious and more aware of the uncertainty of the film.

"The Flash" had never been put on the big screen until he came here. Finally, although he heard that Warner Bros. was starting to produce it, he had never seen the specific images. Compared with the previous movies, , this film completely requires him to feel his way forward.

Wayne has never admitted that he is a super genius, so he will also feel great pressure and anxiety about uncertain things, and his choices will be relatively more conservative. For these reasons, he used a completely stupid method this time. That is to follow the mainstream Hollywood production process.

The first thing to bear the brunt is the film development stage. Normally, after a successful producer has an idea for a film, he will write the idea into a brief at this stage. Afterwards, these brief introductions will be expanded into a movie script of about 30 pages. After several revisions by himself or the screenwriting team, the producer will produce a complete project plan based on the revised script, which can be used to contact the film company or potential Investors.

The second stage, the pre-production stage, is the so-called film preparation. If an investor or film company invests in this idea, a team of producers will be determined to form a production office, and then the producer will be responsible for recruiting a behind-the-scenes production team. With the behind-the-scenes team as the center, all preparations required for the next stage will be prepared.

The third stage is the preparation and shooting of the film material. After the material shooting is completed, there is post-production work, and finally the film is released.

Obviously, this step-by-step method is not suitable for Wayne, but the basic process is not bad, but it is stuck in the movie creative conversion script. Due to the uncertainty and excessive caution, the script has been constantly being worked on. Fine tune.

Once the work of the entire crew is up and running, even during the preparation period of the film, it will still affect the whole body. But fortunately, Wayne has finally confirmed the final draft of the script, which will not continue to affect the subsequent work, especially with the actor's agent. People negotiate work.

After the brief meeting, several members of the core team each received a copy of the script and began to do their own work. After a simple lunch, the crew ushered in the most important actor audition, the protagonist, Flash Barry Allen.