Disaster Artist - Chapter 1124 audacious in the extreme

what... what?

Everyone, looking at each other in blank dismay, doubted their own ears, couldn't make a judgment for a while, couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all, and their brains froze like this.

Lu Qian, what do you mean?

What is this new and bold experiment?

Imagine that even Ji Xu turned to look at Lu Qian with question marks all over his head and eyes full of shock, as if he had just heard of this idea for the first time at this moment.

So, what about other people?

"To put it simply, in the next three to four weeks, the actors will all undergo basic dance training, and all actors must attend."

"At the same time, at the beginning of the film, I designed a five-minute one-shot singing and dancing scene. We need to mobilize more than two hundred actors to complete the performance. In order to ensure the smooth shooting of this scene, we need to rehearse while training. Make sure to take one shot to the end.”

bold!

crazy!

Vigorous!

courage!

Lu Qian is not only planning to shoot a song and dance movie, but also plans to mobilize two hundred actors to shoot a one-shot song and dance scene at the beginning of the movie. This is simply a move that breaks all the plans of the film industry. A miracle for the director.

Just thinking about it, the blood boiled uncontrollably——

For example, Gao Silin.

He knew that the director was a type who did not follow the usual path. Even a well-behaved "tourist" could still see the rebelliousness and boldness in the director's bones.

At this time, just one plan is enough to make Gao Silin's heart surge, and he can't wait for moths to jump into the flames. Like never before, he is more eager to become a member of this project than ever before. How will the film be shot and presented.

gurgling.

The air seemed to be burning.

And it's not just Gao Silin?

Everyone present, their heads were rolling, for better or for worse.

"That's why I want the dancers to stay."

"This scene needs 150 actors conservatively, and it may need 300 actors at most. We need to plan the dance and scene scheduling, but it is certain that we need a large number of professional actors, not only dancers, but also actors. , after all, this is a movie."

"If you guys want to be a part of this movie, I throw my hands up."

Lu Qian's words continued—

The dancers finally understand that they are not just tool people. In addition to auditioning, they also have the opportunity to become a part of Lu Qian's film.

Compared with other actors, these dancers are much simpler, and they all jump up excitedly.

However, this is still not all.

"in addition."

"As I just mentioned, this month or so of rehearsal training is also crucial for the role."

"In this work, I hope to make some different attempts. Instead of selecting actors based on the roles, I want to cultivate the characters based on the actors. I hope to see the characters grow out of the actors. The characters are just an outline, and the actors endow the characters with soul. Give the story a different color."

Gao Silin's eyes lit up slightly, and then he saw the same light in Aya's eyes—

First audition.

The two of them thought of the first audition at the same time. In the chaos, the audition director had mentioned this matter, and it continued all the way.

To be precise, from the first to the third audition, and continued to the next rehearsal, this is a strategy that Lu Qian has always implemented.

"So, we're going to use this rehearsal time to determine the characters."

hum.

There was a commotion.

Gao Silin thought for a while, but he couldn't hold back after all. He raised his right hand, and after receiving Lu Qian's nod of approval, he asked.

"Director, what do you mean, we are not sure about our roles now, we need to go through rehearsals to determine, is that right?"

Snapped.

Lu Qian snapped his fingers.

"That is to say, in a month of rehearsals, you may be the protagonist or a supporting role; you may be bathed in the spotlight, or you may not have a single line."

The idea came from Lu Qian, how could he not know what it meant?

Everyone was shocked.

Including narrative.

But after Ji Xu was shocked, there was a hint of interest in his eyes, and he suddenly realized that this might be a very interesting thing.

In the audience, Song Jiangchao was the calmest.

Because of this situation, it is very common in small-cost stage plays.

For example, enter a project as the leading role, but after a month of rehearsals and practice, the troupe finds that the actor is not suitable for the role, so they change to a supporting role, or even a group performance without lines, and then choose another actor to take on the role main character.

How about more than a stage play?

It is not uncommon in traditional art projects such as ballet, opera, and drama.

In fact, in the final analysis, it has nothing to do with the art form, but has to do with the production cycle and production method.

In the past, the production of an art project often required a long period of rehearsal and practice, and after it was actually released, it required a long performance. Therefore, the entire production and release cycle was very long, basically six months to one year. normal.

Even in the same script project, different actors and casts are replaced, and the same set of casts is replaced with different unknowns, and continuous performances on stage, such as super-long fronts that last for five, ten, and twenty years, abound.

Naturally, the cast lineup changes very frequently, which also requires all actors to have a variety of abilities to face changes at any time.

However, after the film industry gradually matures, judging from the standard products of the assembly line, for a project with a medium investment scale, from planning to production to release, it basically takes a six-month cycle, and the intermediate shooting and production is a cycle of one to three months. No wonder those traditional art projects refer to movies as "fast food".

It is conceivable that the entire operation cycle of a film project is so short, and it is impossible for the cast to change so frequently, and it is generally determined in advance.

Now, Lu Qian has proposed a new possibility—

First, the characters are "nurtured" through actors.

The second is to open up different possibilities of characters, and extend the possibility of movies according to the color of actors/characters.

Looking at ~www.novelbuddy.com~ the three auditions were not tailored according to the role at all, but completely opened up all possibilities, and the matter was reasonably explained.

Next, Lu Qian will continue the audition mode, continue to polish the potential of the actors through rehearsals and training, and maintain the different possibilities of the role.

It can be understood that the audition is not over. Although there is no fourth audition, the entire rehearsal and training itself is a long audition. Each role is determined according to the performance and results of the audition. From the protagonist to the supporting role, everything is possible.

In every way, it was an adventure, audacious, even insane.

But at the same time, this is also an attempt to get back to the basics. It is similar to retro action movies like "Raid". It breaks away from the fast food mode of the contemporary film industry, really calms down, touches the soul of the movie, and builds it from the characters, stories, and images. A whole new life form.

At this time, if you think about it carefully, Lu Qian chooses retro movie genres such as singing and dancing to present the story, which is definitely not novelty or adventure.

From the very beginning, Lu Qian was ready.