Chapter 513 In Hengdian

"Wow, are we filming here?"

"I saw the crew!"

"It seems that we are going to perform a palace drama today?"

"What are we going to play? Palace maids and eunuchs?"

The contestants of the "Actors Please Take Your Place" program group got off the bus parked at the gate of the Qin Palace in groups of two or three, and saw the crew setting up the set in the Qin Palace at a glance.

The Qin Palace is of course not just a palace, but a whole palace complex.

The "Strategies of the Warring States" crew did not have the money to contract the entire Qin Palace. Even if the "Actors Please Take Your Place" program group joined, they only rented half of the Qin Palace.

Now the two side halls of the Qin Palace have become dressing rooms, where the leading actors of the crew and the temporary extras have to change clothes and put on makeup.

Yes, extras also have to put on makeup.

It's not about applying powder and oil on their faces, but putting on wigs or re-doing hairstyles for these extras with very modern hairstyles.

This is also the reason why the crew was obtained so early.

Fifty contestants were taken to the dressing room with cameras following them, and began to put on wigs and change into Warring States costumes.

Well, all the men played eunuchs, and all the women played palace maids. There were no shots showing their faces and no lines.

This was their arrangement experience on the first day of recording.

To be honest, even the contestants who came from the wild side had never played such a small role.

Whether it was Zhao Liying, or Wang Xiao, Yin Zheng, Zhang Junning and other contestants who were not from professional schools, they entered the industry by chance. Although they did not play the leading role when they entered the industry, they started from supporting roles with lines.

They had never been a real extra.

In the entire actor circle, there was only one actor who really came out of the lowest level of extras, Wang Baoqiang, who was a legend among the Beijing drifters.

Even Zhang Yi in the era of light and shadow, although he also worked as a migrant worker in Beijing, squatting outside the Beijing Film Studio waiting for extras, he later joined the army, and his real success was due to the connections of the military art school.

Real extras really can't make it.

Even in the preliminary auditions of "Actors Please Take Your Place", not a single extra was selected.

Because extras, strictly speaking, are really not actors, they don't need any acting skills, and directors never care about the acting skills of extras. In addition, most extras don't look very good. If they really look good, they wouldn't have been extras all the time.

Therefore, extras in Hengdian, Beijing, Xiangshan and other places are extremely lacking in opportunities to learn acting skills in the true sense, and there are no opportunities to practice acting with cameras. In addition, they have not received professional training, and want to compete with these professional students or practically trained new actors in the auditions. The chances are so slim that they are almost zero!

None of the contestants who were really selected into the 50-person list have experience in extras.

Actors who came from the wild were fine. Although they had no experience in acting as extras, they had a lot of experience in the crew and probably knew what extras did every day in the crew. They all waited for makeup with a dull expression.

Students in the ivory tower were different. Juniors and seniors were better. They may have shot commercials or had one or two opportunities to appear in movies and TV series. They had some basics.

As for sophomores, they really had no experience at all. Everything they saw was new to them. Even when they were sitting there and letting the makeup teacher put on a wig, they looked around.

Well, there was a clear sense of stupidity.

Just next to the dressing room, in a small compartment connected to this side hall, Wu Yuan and the four mentors were all looking at the group of contestants with a smile.

"Sister Li, when you first acted, were you like them, with a sense of stupidity all over your body?" Wu Yuan said to Gong Li with a smile.

Gong Li shook his head helplessly: "Everyone has been a rookie."

"We didn't have the conditions back then."

"I still remember that Jiang Wen had no experience at the time. Although he had debuted for two or three years, he had only played two roles and was a fool."

"At that time, Director Zhang had to teach me, a newcomer, how to act, and also persuade Jiang Wen. We tortured him."

"Especially Jiang Wen. Director Zhang never asked Jiang Wen to act again."

Ha!

Wu Yuan laughed out loud.

Wu Yuan could imagine how much fun Jiang Wen had on the set when she was with the introverted Zhang Yimou.

Zhang Yimou was different from Chen Kaige. Chen Kaige would confront Jiang Wen head-on, and even quarrel to the point of breaking up unhappily.

Zhang Yimou was more reserved. He would not make things difficult for you on the set, but he would definitely give you the cold shoulder afterwards.

Thinking carefully, Wu Yuan really doesn't remember any cooperation between Zhang Yimou and Jiang Wen after "Red Sorghum".

"Director Zhang has a hard time too." Wu Yuan looked at Zhang Yimou and showed a sympathetic expression.

Zhang Yimou waved his hand embarrassedly: "No, there is no conflict between Jiang Wen and me. He even invited me to the premiere of "Let the Bullets Fly" when it was released."

"It was filmed very well. I talked to him for a long time."

Jiang Wen is suitable to be a friend, but not suitable to work together.

If you are friends with Jiang Wen, then he is definitely nice, righteous and brotherly, which is the characteristic of the children of the Beijing compound.

But if you want to work with him, especially if you are his superior, it will be very bad.

In the entire entertainment industry, it is estimated that only Boss Yang of Emperor Entertainment Group can tolerate Jiang Wen's strange temper.

Who said Boss Yang is Jiang Wen's licking dog?

"It's your turn to appear on stage, I won't get involved." Wu Yuan said cheerfully: "Four mentors, and you, the convener, go ahead."

"You should take these contestants to experience the real workplace."

Although he came to visit the studio today, he will not appear on the screen.

The appearance will have to wait until the second round of competition. He will record two or three programs as a flying mentor and help lead a skit of situational performance.

In the next week, he will stay in Hengdian and participate with the group until the part he is going to appear on is recorded, and then return to Beijing.

At that time, he will also take Liu Yifei back with him.

"Better Days" will be released in August, and Liu Yifei has to promote it.

In fact, the film is already in the preheating promotion.

The first version of the trailer has been released on Weibo and has topped the Weibo hot list.

Since the era of light and shadow has Weibo shares, it is as easy to be on the hot list and hot search as drinking water.

The company's group of water army and the long-term Internet water army companies do not need to collect likes, comments, and forwarding data for Guangying Times. They only need to help them "fight against black".

When there is any black material, Li Xiaoping only needs to make a phone call to reduce the heat of the black material and let it be swept away by other hot news.

Wu Yuan sighed at this.

For entertainment companies, controlling the mouthpiece of the media is like holding a nuclear weapon! (End of this chapter)