Entertainment upstart

Chapter 730 Questions About Movie Entertainment
Zhou Xia and Lao Mouzi soon arrived in front of his office. The office secretary outside the door saw them coming, and hurriedly opened the office door.

Zhou Xia asked Lao Mouzi and her assistant, Ms. Pang, to go first, and then he and Xiaobai walked in.

The four sat down as guests and hosts, and the secretary poured tea again before continuing the conversation.

"I should have called you before I came here, didn't I delay your other matters?" Lao Mouzi first said apologetically, thinking that Zhou Xia had put aside other matters on purpose and rushed back to the company to see him.

"No, no, we have the most important thing. The day after tomorrow I will go to the military camp to experience life for half a month. I can't easily communicate with the outside world, so I will communicate with the director first, so I can feel more at ease." Zhou Xia explained sincerely.

"That's it, your movie started after the Chinese New Year. I heard that it will take four to five months to shoot. Then we can only wait for you to finish shooting this movie before starting it?" Lao Mouzi looked at Zhou Xia thinking.

Zhou Xia is the leading actor, and he has a lot of roles. Zhu Xian is the hero's drama, so he must not be missing, not to mention that Zhou Xia is also the director in charge of 3D shooting and action shooting.

"No, no, as long as you, the director, are ready, you can start filming. Although the whole film on my side will take four or five months to shoot, I should be able to finish my work in about three months, and the rest will be done. Hand it over to the assistant director to finish."

"The time was almost right. "Zhu Xian" involved too many roles, and it took at least a month to cast the actors, not to mention the selection of scenes, costumes, props design, production, and setting up the crew. It also took at least three months."

Lao Mouzi felt relieved, of course it would be best for Zhou Xia to join the group early, but it doesn't matter if it's half a month away, he can shoot other scenes first.

"Well, when it comes to the cast, what do you think of the director?" Zhou Xia is most concerned about this matter, and the rest are done by professionals. He only needs to choose the most suitable one at the end and make a decision.

"According to what you said, once the three leading actors are confirmed, the others will audition for roles. We will choose from the entire circle. We must choose the most suitable person."

Zhou Xia couldn't help but blush, Lao Mouzi still compromised, he didn't get entangled with Yu Fei and the leading actors Xiaohu, and just talked about other actors.

"Okay, just do as you said, director. I also think the same way now. The list of actors I envisioned before will have to be adjusted. I hope that this time we can bring together the old, middle-aged, and young generations in the three regions of the Taiwan Strait. Good actors who match their acting skills, image, and temperament can be invited."

Zhou Xia thought about it all the way back to the imperial capital from the magic capital, and only thought about the list of more than 100 actors.

The whole novel of "Zhu Xian" has a lot of characters. After it was adapted into a movie, some unimportant and irrelevant characters were deleted, but there are still many.

There are three leading actors, the protagonists Zhang Xiaofan, Lu Xueqi, Baguio, and other important leading actors are Lin Jingyu, Miao Gongzi Jin Pinger, Zeng Shushu, Xiao Yicai, Ghost King, Master Daoxuan, Zhou Yixian, Cangsong, Xiaohuan, Xiaobai, You Ji, Uncle Wan, senior sister Tian Linger and his wife, master Tian Buyi and his wife, there are more than 50 people in total.

Including other characters with more roles, there are a total of 130 people..., and those actors with positive faces and lines, the total number of characters is as many as 370.

Although Zhou Xia and the screenwriting team have only completed the first three scripts, the rough scripts of the other five have already been released, and all the characters have been counted.

With so many characters, if we can invite good actors with weight, good acting skills and suitable roles in the circle, then the filming of "Zhu Xian" will cause a sensation in the whole circle and attract the attention of the people of the whole country.

Compared with the cast of handsome men and beautiful women in "Tiny Times", it is not known how many times stronger.

And now there is Lao Mouzi as the director. With his influence, the good ties he has formed in the circle over the years can invite some old actors and big-name actors that Zhou Xia can't invite.

In addition, Xia Hua has also invited many old actors to cooperate in the film and television dramas in the past few years, so he has friendship with them, and he can also invite some people to play guest roles.

"Well, the budget for the remuneration is much higher." Seeing Zhou Xia's enthusiasm, Lao Mouzi agreed with his idea, and was very happy.

Although he is a great director, Zhou Xia is the producer, and Zhou Xia has to make up his mind about the investment.

"Director, don't worry, what we are going to create is a giant series of Xianxia movies. There are as many as eight films to be filmed. The actors' remuneration is a reasonable expenditure, which must be paid in place. Now we have to sign eight films, so as not to affect the subsequent filming. .”

Zhou Xia immediately made a bold decision to support Lao Mouzi. It is an honor for the entire crew to invite some old seniors to play guest roles and serve as green leaves for young actors, and the pay is not the point.

"Okay, I'm relieved, in fact, many of the cast list you envisioned are very suitable and don't need to be changed.

The main reason is that there are some respected and aura characters in the play, or some mysterious hermits and masters. It is best to invite some old artists who can handle the roles to play them. I will try my best in this regard.

Now that the casting standards are set, the casting director team must be set up as soon as possible. After all, the actors' schedules must be arranged first. "

"Okay, casting directors, I will send three of them who have been working with me all the time, and you, the director, will arrange work for them in a unified way.

Also, I made some changes to the cast list last night, and this time there must be more that meet the criteria you said, the director.

I will type it out after dinner, and when we have a meeting in the afternoon, we will discuss the casting of important actors. "

"Okay, let's discuss this matter later this afternoon."

Lao Mouzi nodded, thought for a while, looked at Zhou Xia, and decided to ask the question he wanted to ask the most.

"Just now, I heard the screenwriters discuss and try to maintain the original work, which is a matter of course.

But I don't think everyone has considered giving the movie "Zhu Xian" some other connotations, or adding some personal expressions of the creators. I don't quite understand it.

After all, this is our second creation. If we simply repeat the original story, it will be just a film and television. Isn’t this oversimplification of this creation?

Based on my experience in adaptation over the years, there is no original work that cannot be changed. The key is whether it is more suitable for filming.

IP is just a label, and content is king. There are many works with IP halo, and if they are filmed with original content, fans will really like it. Will they buy tickets?

In the past few years, many remakes such as Three Kingdoms, Liaozhai, Shaolin Temple, and Jingwumen, even if there are big directors and superstars joining, the box office is still mediocre and the reputation is not good.

Why I don't think you have worried about this problem, what is the reason?Or is it that our Xiahua film and television team is sure of the success of the current adaptation? "

"Director, I understand what you mean."

Zhou Xia saw Lao Mouzi as a great director, and looked at him humbly, as if he was not ashamed to ask his subordinates and humbly asked for advice.

"Director, we young filmmakers do have some differences in creation from your older generation filmmakers.

We live in the Internet age, with a sharper sense of entertainment, and more emphasis on creation from the perspective of users, that is, audiences.

If it is a commercial film, it will focus on entertainment and will not consider personal expression.

The movie "Zhu Xian" is positioned as a commercial movie. In addition to the moving story of the original book itself, there are other selling points such as the world view of Xianxia, ​​3D special effects, cast, and great director.

In essence, it is no different from Hollywood commercial blockbusters, so we focus on these commercial elements to meet the entertainment demands of the audience.

As for adding some private goods and expressing our own ideas, it is not the most important thing. It may also affect the progress of the plot and the character of the characters. Neither side is pleasing, so I have not considered it. Do you think it is right for the director? "

(End of this chapter)