Chapter 1021: Mediocrity Is Not OK

In the high-end conference room of the hotel, the main creative staff of the crew sat at the table, watching the screenshots of comments flashing on the large screen at the far end. There was a special translator holding an infrared ray, pointing at each comment, translating and explaining to everyone the real "voice" from foreign audiences.

"Now I see the comments on some American websites. The number is okay, but after excluding the number of Haomen fans, the overall number of comments is not large. Fortunately, everyone is quite satisfied with the character makeup photos. Let me read a few of them below."

"Well, this comment said that the character setting is quite expected. Although it is a Chinese actor, he is willing to believe in MOUSE's vision. The actors he selected will definitely have better performances than the makeup photos."

"It is said that these are a group of very popular actors in China. Acting skills should not be a problem. I think I should adapt to different skin colors and different languages. This is the first time I have such expectations for foreign film and television dramas. It feels quite interesting."

"I am curious why MOUSE insists on all Chinese content. There are so many unsolved mysteries and legends in the world. Even if they are some stories that have been played out by everyone, I believe he can come up with new tricks. I am not used to seeing a group of Chinese actors. Even if you mix Chinese and Western elements, don’t you know how to take care of our feelings? "

"I am looking forward to MOUSE's work."

The whole conference room was silent. They were all discerning people who saw it clearly. In the final analysis, it was still the situation that everyone was worried about at the beginning. Foreign audiences still only recognized Chen Hao. They were called stars in China, and they would worry that there would be too many stars to make TV series with several stars. But in foreign countries, the blow to their achievements was so direct. It was not that they were ignored, but that they really didn't know them.

After reading the reviews of two media outlets in succession, Chen Hao tapped the table with his fingers: "Okay, let's stop here. It's more or less the same. All doubts will eventually be resolved by the work. Starting tomorrow, everyone will enter the formal shooting state. Those who don't have any scenes will first adapt to the life on the deserted island here. After all the scenes are shot, we will return to Yanjing to shoot the indoor scenes. What I want to say is that outdoor scenes may be the simplest and most comfortable. When you are indoors, I am not worried about whether you can perform well, but whether your body can bear it."

Except for Ge Da Ye's scenes, because of his physical condition, there are special arrangements and adjustments every day. All the rest are treated equally. Once the state of the drama madman enters, Chen Hao will show an image that everyone thinks is a devil. He is not the kind of person with a bad temper when filming, but the aura he releases is enough to make everyone dare not slack off.

On the first day of filming, Sun Li performed in a scene. It was not bad, but she was very detached. Her role was not a vase, and you could not use words to describe her state in the corner that others could not see. Everything was presented in the picture. You were detached like a background. Who would look at you? Who would not look at you? When your role was reversed in the end, it would be particularly abrupt. The audience also lacked the psychological transition process, and would feel particularly uncomfortable. It was difficult to find the refreshing feeling that I had felt a long time ago.

Chen Hao said nothing. From the set to the large group of people, to all the staff, in fact, if one person's performance in a group play was not good, it was not worth doing it again. Sun Li was not the absolute protagonist.

He didn't care about that, just waved his hand and said, "Reset the scene, reposition, and shoot again."

This sentence brought great pressure to Sun Li. She was extremely proud in her heart, but her confidence was hit in the field she was good at. She looked very ugly and put it away immediately. She clenched her fists tightly inside her sleeves. Deng Chao came over and hugged her shoulders, whispering to her, "Haozi is such a person. You know it. He is not against the person, but the matter. If he didn't perform well, he would have the same attitude."

Sun Li nodded: "I understand, I just can't get over this hurdle. You say, is this the gap between us and him? I haven't fully realized how much value this scene has to be reshot?"

Deng Chao had no choice but to respond. He felt the same way. They couldn't fully understand how Chen Hao's brain circuit was now, but when the reason for the reshoot was brought out, you had to be convinced. Introspecting yourself, it was really as Sun Li said, we were not focused enough, and we didn't pay 100% attention to details in a small place. It seemed that an indifferent shot was inadvertent, but when ten or twenty similar shots were piled up, there was a gap.

When the crew members were responding to the scene, Chen Hao passed a circle of cigarettes to the male actors on the scene. He didn't want to explain anything else, but just told everyone a detail that they didn't notice.

"It was not easy to communicate with the American side for this film. The main actors registered their actor status with the Hollywood Actors Guild. It seems nothing. For a production of our level, if it were a movie, there would be no room for flexibility. There would be no negotiation. Everyone had to register, and all the filming had to be done according to the requirements of the side. There was nothing else. The most terrible thing was the use of extras."

"In order to protect privacy, to protect various copyrights, and to establish the authority of legal clauses, everyone in Hollywood knows that any extras that appear in the camera, even if it is a long shot that passes through a banquet hall with 100 or 200 people, must be properly registered actors, not on-site staff or onlookers who are willing to help; TV programs appear in the series, except for the things you made up and filmed, and the rest except the weather forecast, you can't broadcast anything, otherwise you have to pay the copyright fee for the program you broadcast. Our film this time has a lot of pressure in this regard, and it is difficult for the crew to register all extras with the Hollywood Actors Guild. For this reason, the crew invited many Chinese actors to guest star, reaching one-third of the extras we used, and this matter was finally settled."

After Chen Hao finished speaking, everyone suddenly realized some differences in today's shooting, and felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't find the root cause of the problem. At this time, after hearing what Chen Hao said, everyone gathered in front of the monitor to watch the two scenes that were just PASSed.

It was all group performances. The plane had a problem and had to make an emergency landing, which was equivalent to a major accident. Not all people on the plane died. Some died, and there were also quite a few extras.

After seeing the footage, everyone was sure what was wrong?

What was wrong was the extras close to the camera. Each of them performed very professionally, unlike the perfunctory extras who didn't even have their side faces photographed on weekdays. Chen Hao also buried such a pit for everyone in advance. He knew clearly that it would be useful.

In addition to the normal camera positions, there are also fixed cameras that secretly record the images outside the normal camera positions, those very wide-angle images, and the images of non-main actors in the center of the picture, and also record the real state of many extras in this performance.

The difference is obvious. The images taken by the hidden cameras have more marginal extras, who are actually crew members. They temporarily changed their clothes to make up the number. Some of them have a dream of acting. In order to get closer to the shooting of film and television dramas, they would rather be crew members first to accumulate experience and participate in the production of film and television dramas, and try to play some roles in some very small opportunities.

The ratio of these people is much different from the ratio of Chinese actors registered with the Actors Guild in Hollywood. When the extras performed at a very high level, the main actors felt something was wrong even though they were not paying attention to them. Just now, everyone's attention was not on Sun Li's matter. Now that they have turned their attention to the pictures in the monitor, they are all thoughtful and no longer speak. No wonder Chen Hao had such a big reaction after watching the monitor.

When mediocrity is hidden among the majority of people, it will occasionally be ignored; when what you think is mediocrity is suddenly suppressed to a lower level among more people, mediocrity becomes bad. Sun Li's performance just now seemed very mediocre among the extras. After the overall picture came out, as a director, he had his own overall view of the direction of the characters and the plot, and he could not tolerate such a picture.

If it were a general domestic fine TV series, this would definitely pass. If it were an ordinary TV series, the director would say "good" for this. But in "Lost", mediocrity is not allowed. All their actors were prepared to magnify every detail, but they didn't expect it to be magnified to such an extent - extras can play the leading role, which brings great pressure. Almost none of the people present have ever had a similar feeling.

"Director, I'm ready."

Sun Li and Chen Hao have known each other for a long time. When Chen Hao just debuted, he entered the Running Man through the relationship between Li Chen and Fan Bingbing. After a few episodes of getting familiar with each other, he also visited Sun Li and Deng Chao's home in Shanghai.

At that time, the big brother and big sister, and now the Chao brother and Li sister, did not change their attitude at all. But as Sun Li, facing Chen Hao, this is the third time her attitude has changed. This director's shout was really convincing.

Chen Hao became very famous, and when they met again, they would listen to his opinion when chatting with each other. This was the first change in their attitude towards each other. Then, after Chen Hao won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival, and all the Best Actor awards in China, Sun Li had some things to ask Chen Hao for advice in the field of acting.

This was the third time, and Sun Li had already agreed from the bottom of her heart that she wanted to follow this director who was much younger than herself, to really learn something, break through her current acting barriers, and move to a higher level.

And she was not the only one?