Chapter 890 Standards for Signing Artists

When Chen Xi signs up as an actor, his first criterion must be good looks, but the criteria for good looks vary from person to person.

Secondly, a few actors who are not so good-looking but have great characteristics are usually signed in a certain small proportion.

The characteristics here are not about special type, but because of some special temperament...

Qu Chuxiao is a very unique type.

In later generations, whether in majors or non-scientifics, homogenization has become more and more serious, and there are fewer and fewer recognizable actors.

That’s idolization!

There is no texture, full of paper and plastic feeling...

Therefore, after Peng Yuchang came to prominence, a lot of good resources immediately came to his door, because his appearance is very suitable for playing ordinary people, unlike most young actors in the industry - young actors from the popular genre generally give people a white, The impression of beauty and elegance…

Actors who follow the trend of streaming constantly have to use resources and change roles temporarily. This is because they are seriously homogenized and there is nothing irreplaceable.

There are two ways to approach the casting of a play.

The first idea is to look at traffic and compare coffee positions. If you want to sell a play at a good price, you have to follow this line of thinking.

Once the script is finalized, or the first ten episode scripts are released, actors can be contacted.

At this time, the casting team will make a list of actors with suitable schedules based on the estimated start time. Strong head companies will go after the top players on the list, while less powerful lower-end companies will cast a wider net and catch whoever they catch.

In this casting idea, little consideration is given to whether the actor's image and acting skills are suitable for the role.

Even some old-fashioned period dramas with a wide age range may find young actors to act in order to sell them at a good price.

This kind of thinking only looks at traffic!

If you want to find Xiao Zhan, but he is not available, you can replace him with Wang Yibo, Gong Jun, or even Tan Jianci, etc. who have similar traffic status. In the eyes of casting directors, actors who are popular in the industry usually have almost the same image and acting skills, and are very replaceable.

The second method is to find actors suitable for the role carefully. For a medium-budget crew, there is not much difference in the flow of waist actors, so it is better to carefully select a suitable actor to be "small but beautiful".

At this time, usually the boss or director will list several suitable actor names based on their impressions of actors accumulated from watching movies, and tell the casting team to contact them.

At the same time, the casting team will also find some actors of the same style as alternatives based on the actors listed by the boss and director.

Qu Chuxiao is difficult to replace!

——Not only has male hormones, but the role he plays can also highlight his strength.

Type is scarce!

Back then, when Qu Chuxiao was exposed with dirty information, some directors in the industry predicted that as long as the information was not fatal, Qu Chuxiao would continue to act in dramas and rise to prominence. There is only one reason why he dares to be so sure. Qu Chuxiao's type is too lacking.

Shen Xudong thought about it for a while, and then said: "Let me keep Qu Chuxiao's schedule, and arrange for him to learn table tennis for three months. He must at least be proficient..."

Chen Xi nodded and said by the way: "I knew you definitely needed this hexagram!"

Yang Xiaomi became interested decisively: "Which one?"

"See for yourself!"

Chen Xi handed the phone to Yang Xiaomi. The latter looked through it and frowned: "It doesn't even look good!"

"Yes, it's not milky enough, but it has quality... This kind of actor can quickly establish himself with artistic films..."

"Our company also produces artistic films?"

"...The market will still be booming for about five or six years, with commercial films eating meat and literary and artistic films eating soup..."

Yang Xiaomi was about to speak when her cell phone rang and she quickly handed it back: "The phone rang!"

"Who?"

"The general bureau official you wrote 1..."

"Official 1...Oh, Director Chen..."

Chen Xi immediately changed his tone: "Director Chen...what are your orders?"

"Yes, yes, it's a sports theme...it's called "Ping Pong"..."

"Is the Sports Bureau going to intervene?"

"Wait a moment... Xudong is right next to me..."

Chen Xi gave the phone to Shen Xudong...

…

Zhou Xun and Chen Kun formed a brokerage company called Dongshen Future, and signed several actors with high-end faces.

The high-end here does not mean exquisite, but the kind suitable for telling stories...

Zhang Jingyi, Zhou You…

Dongshen's idea of ​​cultivating new actors is correct, but unfortunately the film market has been cold after the epidemic. There are quite a few film projects that have been abandoned, not to mention literary and artistic film projects. Literary and artistic films have directly entered the "Ice Age".

Later, commercial films became more and more inclined to bet on familiar faces and did not dare to use new faces easily.

Therefore, Huang Bo appeared in four movies in one summer!

The probability of a newcomer coming out of a movie is getting smaller and smaller.

So we can see that Dongshen's artists are now starring in Sweet Pet Youth and ancient puppet dramas, which is very different from their previous positioning.

And after this group of people appeared in Sweet Pet Youth and Ancient Puppet Show, they quickly became incomparable to everyone, and even not as good-looking as "everyone".

In fact, mainstream sweet pet youth and ancient puppet dramas are performed by actors with "special faces", which is not in line with public aesthetics and does not help the drama or the actors themselves. It is a mutually destructive state.

…

After receiving the call, Shen Xudong arrived at the headquarters with Chen Xi without even finishing his meal...

Sit down first, then Director Chen holds a document: "You take a look first..."

Shen Xudong quickly flipped through...

Well, it’s the opinion of the Sports Bureau, a bunch of general direction opinions: promote the spirit of sports, develop sports culture, and unite China’s strength; use artistic sports and the art of sports to tell good sports stories, create a spiritual palace for the people, and let "Ping Pong" "has become a monument in the history of Chinese sports movies, gathering the powerful power of Chinese people to realize the Chinese dream...

Shen Xudong was speechless. "Ping Pong" is not just table tennis, it can be replaced by any sport, badminton, tennis or even baseball...

"No, I make a movie and they provide guidance? Is there something wrong? Do they understand movies?"

"...but you were filming "Ping Pong"! You should know that table tennis is the national sport!"

Shen Xudong rolled his eyes: "I also know that there are very few people watching table tennis..."

This is a fact. The charm of sports lies in the unknown and impact. However, in China, table tennis lacks these two things. There are many people playing, but very few people watching.

Because you must win!

"This is the opinion from above..."

"No, I'm not making a sports movie. If I wanted to make "Chinese Table Tennis", I could set up a plot like this: China was not good at table tennis in the early days, experienced failures and setbacks, then trained hard, and finally fought back, and finally won. I have achieved honor for my country...but my "Ping Pong" is about talent, training, love...a story about youth confusion."

"Are you not interested at all?"

"...I'm not interested at all. You should know many things about the Sports Bureau, right? Do you think it's appropriate for me to get involved?"

"China Ping Pong: The Jedi Counterattack" is a film like this. From the internal screening to the premiere, not a single current member of the national table tennis team can see it. The current national table tennis player would rather film "Spin, Ping Pong"...

Why?

I didn’t get Liu Guoliang!

The core of this movie is to understand the series of scandals in the national table tennis team, and then avoid all sensitive points, and finally give it a main theme.

If you really dare to take pictures, it would be weird if you don’t get hit with a bloody head!

At what level do you dare to film the Tianjin World Table Tennis Championships?

You can't avoid Cai when filming the Tianjin World Table Tennis Championships. There is no solution to this matter...

You must know that with Lang Ping's great energy and the Chinese women's volleyball team's real-name appearance, they have to face the Volleyball Association's request to change their name. Why did you not consider the risk of the internal political struggle in the national table tennis team at all?

In China, making movies, especially this kind of movies, is actually about worldliness and treating guests to dinner.

Is this a subject that the screenwriter can shoot as soon as he says it?

Shen Xudong didn't want to get involved in such trouble. As a person within the system, Director Chen certainly understood Shen Xudong's concerns. After thinking about it, he said, "How about you change your name?"

"Change your name?"