Chapter 93 Senior Brother, Please Give Me some Advice!
Beijing Film Academy, in the small auditorium.
All the students in the 2002 acting class stood nervously under the stage, looking up at the figure standing on the stage, their faces full of expectations.
Wu Yuan, standing on the stage, looked around at the students below the stage, but sighed in his heart.
Sure enough, there are not so many hidden gems.
Wu Yuan spent a whole afternoon interviewing all 30 students, and none of them surprised him.
Including the class monitor Cao Zheng, their performance can only be said to be mediocre.
In comparison, Zhu Yawen's line skills are obviously better than other students, and Luo Jin's acting skills are quite good. They are both talented, and it is no wonder that these two can make a name for themselves in the circle later.
Liu Yifei, who has already acted in two TV series and has studied and communicated with many seniors, is the most outstanding among the female students.
It can only be said that after all, they are just a group of freshmen, and the systematic learning they have received is not enough.
Wu Yuan picked up an A4 paper, glanced at it, and began to read it calmly: "Juliet, Liu Yifei."
"Romeo, Zhu Yawen."
"Tybalt, Luo Jin."
"Mercutio, Cao Zheng."
"Rosaland, Zhou Yang."
"Count Paris..."
"..."
As Wu Yuan expected, after interviewing a group of students from the 2002 acting class, Liu Yifei was the most suitable for the role of Juliet.
Romeo was taken by Zhu Yawen, whose line skills were better than Luo Jin, and even better than Liu Yifei.
Acting in a drama is most concerned with the actor's line skills. It can be said that the actor's line level is directly related to the quality of the whole play.
The actor with the best line skills must be able to get the male lead.
Luo Jin could only get the male second, and the female second was given to Zhou Yang.
It's not that Wu Yuan deliberately didn't choose Jiang Yiyan, but her acting skills were really not outstanding, so Wu Yuan certainly arranged it based on his own preferences.
Jiang Yiyan only got the role of Lady Capulet, and she had to play the mother of Liu Yifei.
As for the remaining supporting roles, Wu Yuan arranged them according to his preference.
He would not stage a full two-and-a-half-hour performance of "Romeo and Juliet", but would only select a few important scenes for performance, with a content of about an hour.
Most of the supporting roles only had a few minutes of appearance time.
The story mainly revolved around the young people Romeo, Juliet, Rosalin, and Tybalt.
Of course, the students didn't know this situation now.
As long as Wu Yuan called their names, no matter how big or small the role was, they were very excited and happy!
And those students whose names were not called were of course very frustrated and disappointed, and several girls even looked like they were about to cry.
This is Wu Yuan's drama!
If you miss this opportunity to participate, you will not only lose a final performance drama, but also a chance to change your own destiny, and you will regret it for the rest of your life!
"Okay, starting from next week, the students whose names were called above will gather in the small auditorium at 2 pm every Saturday and Sunday to rehearse the drama."
The list was not long, and Wu Yuan finished it in a few words.
Seeing that the students whose names were not called had disappointed and sad expressions, Wu Yuan had to add comforting words: "Students whose names were not called should not be discouraged, there will be opportunities in the future."
As for when this future is, Wu Yuan himself did not know.
But the comforting effect still worked. The students who were not selected gathered their moods, nodded to Wu Yuan, and left the small auditorium in groups of three or two. What happened next had nothing to do with them.
"Everyone, take the script back according to your role. This week, you should read the script thoroughly, have your own understanding, and find more videotapes of the drama "Romeo and Juliet".
"Come to the small auditorium for rehearsal every weekend. I will help you better understand the role and plot and show the best performance effect. "
Looking at the excited faces of Luo Jin and others, Wu Yuan's mouth corners slightly raised, and his expression was playful and he reiterated again: "Students who perform well will have the opportunity to participate in my next movie."
"I can tell you straight, this movie will start shooting during the summer vacation. It is a commercial film, aiming for this year's box office champion!"
Although "Hero" was not released until February, it was considered a movie released in 2002 and was the mainland box office champion in 2002!
Since Wu Yuan is going to make a commercial movie in China, he must aim for the championship throne!
As soon as he said this, Luo Jin, Zhu Yawen, Zhou Yang and others were like chicken blood, nodding their heads non-stop, and made up their minds in their hearts that even if they didn't eat or sleep, they would perform this drama well!
Liu Yifei also looked at Wu Yuan with bright eyes, and she was just short of writing the words "Choose me! Choose me!" on her face.
"Okay, let's do this first. "Wu Yuan looked at Luo Jin and others who were motivated by him, nodded with satisfaction, turned around and left the small auditorium.
Seeing Wu Yuan was leaving, Liu Yifei became anxious.
She walked to the table with the script in two or three steps, hugged Juliet's script in her arms, and immediately caught up with Wu Yuan.
Luo Jin and others looked at Liu Yifei's figure chasing after her, feeling curious and puzzled.
"Xixi knows Director Wu?" Zhu Yawen touched the back of his head and looked at Jiang Yan and Zhou Yang in confusion, wanting to get an answer.
But both of them shook their heads, looking equally confused.
At the entrance of the small auditorium, Liu Yifei caught up with Wu Yuan.
"Brother! I have something to ask you." Liu Yifei shouted, panting slightly.
Wu Yuan paused, tilted his head to look at her, and although he was a little strange, he nodded: "Let's talk while walking."
Starting again, the two walked side by side to the doctoral student apartment building.
Since that text message exchange, Liu Yifei has not had any form of communication with Wu Yuan.
After boldly calling Wu Yuan, Liu Yifei hesitated again, and didn't know how to open the topic for a while.
If she didn't speak, Wu Yuan would have nothing to say, and he and Liu Yifei were not familiar with each other.
The two walked side by side in silence for a while. Liu Yifei, who had organized her words, carefully raised her head and glanced at Wu Yuan's profile.
After confirming that Wu Yuan seemed to be in a good mood, she said softly, "Brother, thank you for your advice."
"When I was in the crew of "Dragon Babu", I followed your teachings and learned acting from the seniors in the crew. I would also go to the scene to watch when there was no play."
"Indeed, I learned a lot of acting skills from the seniors, and I also gained a lot of insights into the profession of actor."
Just for this matter?
Wu Yuan looked at Liu Yifei in surprise. The little girl was quite polite.
Nodding slightly, Wu Yuan smiled and said, "I just mentioned it casually. It would be best if you could listen to it."
"You need to learn more now. Learn more about acting from the seniors. It will never be wrong to lay a good foundation."
"Yeah." Liu Yifei nodded happily, agreeing with Wu Yuan's words. She really wanted to do a good job as an actor and wanted to be an actor like Gong Huang. She was willing to work hard for it.
However
Liu Yifei scratched her head, smiled awkwardly, and said with a lack of confidence: "Brother, Zhiying introduced me to two movies from Taiwan. My mother was very satisfied after reading the scripts and wanted to help me take over these two dramas."
"But I think you are more right. My acting skills are not very good now, and I haven't learned much knowledge in school. I can't be competent as the heroine of a movie. I should focus more on studying."
"But."
Liu Yifei really didn't have confidence in her heart.
Although she has acted in two TV series and is also eager to make a movie, she has never played the leading role before. She played an important female supporting role in both TV series.
Now that the heroines of two movies have come to her at once, her first thought is actually that she is afraid that she can't take it and mess up these two movies.
So she found Brother Wu.
Among the people she knows, Brother Wu is the most authoritative in the field of film, more authoritative than a teacher.
Liu Yifei hopes that this great director who is very powerful internationally can give her some advice.
If Wu Yuan hadn't suggested that she act in these two movies, she would have something to say when she went home and talked to her mother.
Isn't the vision of the senior brother more far-sighted than her mother?
If the senior brother didn't suggest that she take these two dramas, then her mother would have to reconsider it carefully, right?
If Wu Yuan suggested that she take them, that would be good, which means that her acting skills have been recognized by the senior brother and she is capable of playing the leading role in the movie!
But this is even more impossible.
When Liu Yifei was halfway through her words, Wu Yuan knew what she wanted to say.
When she finished speaking, Wu Yuan rolled his eyes and asked back: "What's so good about taking a movie from Taiwan?"
"Can it be released in the mainland?"
"It may not be released in Hong Kong Island, right?"
"Who will watch it after it is filmed?"
I saw that some readers think that "Your Name" cannot be changed into a live-action version because the male and female protagonists in the movie will be exposed! The protagonist of a live-action movie can easily find the place where the heroine lives.
This is really a misunderstanding. The blurring of the stream of consciousness in the movie has nothing to do with whether it is an animation or not. It is because the body swap between the two of them is a "dream". After waking up from the dream, it will be blurred, so they always can't remember each other's information clearly.
How can you not watch the movie seriously? The director has repeatedly emphasized this point through the mouth of the heroine's grandmother.
Even if it is changed into a live-action version, it must be retained. The hero and heroine exchanged bodies in a dream. After waking up, it was like a dream. Some things were vaguely remembered, so they could not find each other.