This director needs to apologize

Chapter 61: The first one will be eliminated under five conditions
The next day is Thursday, the last day of 2009.

Today is the final step in the formation of "1951" and the selection of the film's first protagonist.

It was still the conference room on the third floor of Bojue Company, but the atmosphere was completely different from yesterday.

There were three people sitting behind the conference table, with Duan Yining in the middle. Fu Ruixiang put aside the camera and sat on Duan Yining's left and right together with Lao Jia, who made a friendly guest appearance.

As for Chen Yiming, the cat is behind the camera lens, taking over the role of auspiciousness.

We started changing costumes and makeup at 9:10, and the audition officially started at [-]:[-] sharp.

The three current students invited to Platinum Jue today were all selected by Chen Yiming based on the video recordings of Xiaomei's casting team. At least in terms of appearance and temperament, they basically meet the requirements of the film's first protagonist.

What are the specific requirements?

First of all, he can't be the kind of handsome person who is recognized at a glance.

It's hard to describe the specifics. If you can make an analogy, the best case is that of Leader Huang in his previous life.

The leader is the one who can kill all the interview teachers at Beijing Film Academy with his face. Even if he plays a supporting role, he is the most handsome guy in the camera. Even if he puts on a beggar's uniform, he is still Zhu Yuanzhang.

Such actors are naturally insulated from people at the bottom.

Secondly, it cannot be the kind of natural protagonist face.

To make an analogy, take Liu Huohua in his previous life.

Liu Huohua is definitely not a handsome guy in China's popular aesthetic system, but his depressed face and melancholy personal temperament make him an inevitable visual focus in the camera.

Liu Huohua also played supporting roles in his previous life, but when he left the country, he would either wear a mask or a ribbon to cover his face, or he would have a very extreme and ghostly persona. Anyway, he was not a normal person.

It shows that the directors are well aware of the power of Brother Huo Hua's face and will never let him out easily to reduce the protagonist's presence.

Thirdly, he must be a real boy, not a fake boy.

At the age of eighteen or nineteen, ordinary people should be in high school or college. They are not deeply involved in the world and are naive at heart.

However, this is not necessarily the case for students from the three major acting academies. There are many who have become famous and become gold-plated, and there are also many who have gone through thousands of sailings and returned to school.

I am young but my heart is old.

Therefore, it would be quite inconsistent for the four-character brother in his previous life to play a boy. Especially when he appears on the scene with a real boy, the incompatibility is even more obvious because he has long lost the mood of a boy.

He can't be a handsome guy, he can't have a protagonist's face, he can't be a fake boy, and his height can't exceed 178cm. Although he can lose weight, he can't have a big frame with a strong back and waist.

After the five conditions were screened to the end, six people were selected from the top three talents to enter the final round of auditions.

Needless to say, they are all the least popular little transparent ones in their respective classes, and they are newbies who have not done much filming.

The interview process is similar to that of a normal art exam. First, introduce yourself, then choose a recitation and read the slogan, then perform a short improvisation according to the prompts, and finally answer the questions.

Naturally, it was Duan Yining who helped with the scene. After all, he was choosing his partner. If he didn't contribute, who would?
The one who drew number one was Li Mingliang, a junior at the Imperial Academy of Drama.

He is from the Imperial Capital, a serious second-generation celebrity, and his biological father and stepfather are both famous and successful people in the industry.

However, he was admitted to the Imperial Academy of Drama purely through his own hard work, because he didn't look like a star at all, he was just an ordinary person.

Both of his fathers have publicly stated more than once when they were doing shows that they did not want Li Mingliang to become an actor. The reason was that his talent was average and he would not be famous for his acting.

It can be heard from his recital of "The Back" of his father that his voice is of average nature, skilled in technique and full of emotion, but has no special characteristics.

The inversion of talent and hard work!

This can also be seen when acting with Duan Yining.

What the two played was exactly the scene where Chen Yiming auditioned for Duan Yining yesterday.

Step on thunder and say goodbye.

Faced with Duan Yining's infectious performance, Li Mingliang lost his rhythm from the beginning.

His response is very professional and stylized. Under his interpretation, the first protagonist goes in the direction of "silly root" very smoothly and never returns.

The reserve of performance templates is quite rich, and the expressions, body movements and lines are well coordinated, which shows that the private practice is very hard.

Unfortunately, due to age and experience, he cannot achieve the relaxed state of "mid-range drama", and the rhythm is always very tight.

Chen Yiming could see that Duan Yining gave the younger generation a chance and tried to induce Li Mingliang to relax through changes in rhythm.However, Li Mingliang's skills were too low to perform improvisationally while receiving the signals given by Duan Yining.

He always followed a rhythm and performed the routine in a precise manner according to the routine he had designed in advance.

Occasionally changing words and actions temporarily has exhausted his energy.

Only given settings, not lines, and improvised throughout the whole process, Chen Yiming's audition method is still a bit out of line for school students.

After the scene ended, Xiangrui began to ask questions.

The question is also very simple. First, ask the questions in the previous video material again to confirm that Li Mingliang agrees that the 6-9 month schedule is completely controlled by "1951" and agrees with the crew's arrangements for experiencing life, rehearsals, filming, etc.

Then ask them routinely about their understanding of the role of the messenger and the internal logic of character creation.

Li Mingliang's answer was worthy of his efforts, and his desk work was very detailed.

His answer made Duan Yining nod his head, because Chen Yiming did not explain to him the role of the messenger yesterday.Why is it set as a rural boy, why does it have a dull personality, what is the rationale for setting him to have been to the front line before, etc.

Li Mingliang answered these questions almost one by one based on the real history of the Peninsula War, and also clearly explained the logic of his performance.

One of the points mentioned is, "The supplementary companies of our army that support the front line during the mobile defense phase are drawn from recruits from all military regions across the country. Therefore, the first protagonist does not speak northern dialect, but the southern accent will be more recognizable."

Chen Yiming didn't even notice this when he read the war history, and it also gave him a lot of inspiration.

Chen Yiming couldn't help but secretly feel ashamed. Does this count as taking advantage of the interview to peek at a friend's businessman's PPT?
After all, he had just made a decision in his heart, Li Mingliang was out!

They obviously work so hard!

If he was willing, he could consider staying under Instructor Shi and showing his face as a member of the surviving warriors.

Just when Li Mingliang finished answering the question and let go of the mood he had been holding in his heart.

Chen Yiming, who had no sense of presence since the audition, suddenly asked, "Do you think it is better for the messenger to be alive or dead at the end of the movie?"

Li Mingliang was shocked. Even though he had extensive experience in auditioning (being) shot (rejected), he had never encountered such a weird situation where the photographer asked questions.

As a second-generation celebrity, he was very well-informed, so he recognized Duan Yining as soon as he entered the conference room.

The cute little girl on the left was something I had never seen during the audition at school. She must be a casting director or producer.

He asked his friends in the circle to find out that this film was directed by the same director as the just-released "Holiday in the City". Although he had never seen a real-life photo, he was definitely a man.

As for the middle-aged man on the right, he looks to be at least 40 years old. He is probably not the young director in the rumors. According to common sense, he should be the investor's representative.

After all, in a big production with an investment of 1 million, the director cannot have the final say as the first protagonist.

His thought at the time was that the director's absence meant that today was still not the final audition, and there would most likely be another round later.

Li Mingliang reflexively turned his head to the camera in the corner, and his eyes gradually became blank, which meant that he was thinking hard.

Chen Yiming didn't give him time to react and continued to shout loudly.

"Answer immediately! Is it better to live? Or to die?"

This shout made Li Mingliang's eyes gradually drift to the top of his head as he thought deeply, and suddenly stopped, and once again reflexively focused on the camera lens.

His eyes were blank and his expression was empty.

In confusion, he replied honestly, "It would be better to die."

Now that the answer has been spoken, Li Mingliang quickly broke away from his dazed state. While thinking crazily in his brain, he organized language to explain the reasons why "it is better to let the protagonist die."

For students who work hard, there are routines for acting, not to mention answering questions.

As the ideas in his brain gradually straightened out, his answers became more and more fluent, and he launched a persuasive discussion from various angles such as movie theme, script logic, and emotional rendering.

Unfortunately, Chen Yiming behind the camera wasn't listening at all.

The camera faithfully recorded the moment when Li Mingliang said the answer. Chen Yiming played that scene over and over in his mind and once again strengthened his previous decision.

Li Mingliang, out!

(End of this chapter)