"Didi!"
In the morning, a small minivan stopped at the entrance of the Clearwater Bay Studio. The driver honked the horn twice and said, "Brother, open the door, we are here for an audition!"
"Wow, you auditioned to drive a truck?"
"It's just for business at home. I'm bringing my daughter here. Do you care about that?"
The gate opened and the pickup truck drove in and parked in the small square in front of the main administrative building.
As soon as the car door opened, 10-year-old Zhu Yin jumped out. She was petite, her skin was a little dark, but her skin quality was particularly good. She had long, shiny black hair, excellent facial features, and lively eyebrows.
Wearing a long skirt, she held her mother's hand and suddenly said: "Mommy, can we not participate?"
"Didn't you come here because of the noise?"
"I suddenly felt a little scared!"
"You're here, let's go in and see how many pieces of meat there are."
The driver, her father, took his daughter's hand and entered the main building. Their family ran a bakery, and they were not big cakes, but cakes packed in gift boxes that looked like tourist souvenirs.
It can't be called rich, but it can be considered a well-off family, with no worries about food and clothing.
Zhu Yin is still in elementary school. She likes movies, TV shows, and music. When she saw the news about auditions for children, she came to take a look. People outside their circle usually don't care whether they are left or right, as long as they can film.
What's more, he's still a child.
The three people went in, received a script sheet, and were told to wait.
Zhu Yin observed that there were seven or eight groups, no more, no less, all accompanied by their parents. Some of the girls were beautiful, and some were average.
Don't believe those female celebrities' nonsense about "I never thought I was good-looking". They are all said to please the audience. Beauty is born with self-awareness. She has known that she is beautiful since she was a child and is very confident in her appearance.
She held the script sheet and had no experience at all. She only knew how to memorize the content.
The setting of the little girl in "Orphan" is that she looks 9 years old. The original actress was Isabella Fuhrman, who was 12 years old when she was cast. She must be older, otherwise she may not be able to communicate, but she can't be too big either.
The image doesn't fit.
Zhu Yin is 10 years old and is at the lowest level.
…………
On the other side, in the office.
Chen Qi and Fu Qi are both here, and the director has not yet been selected. They will go through the young actors first, select a few alternatives, and then study it in detail after the director is chosen.
In fact, Chen Qi has a director in mind, but it's just a little troublesome.
"Mr. Fu, can we start?"
"How many groups are there in total?"
"Eight groups."
"It's still a little short, forget it and let's get started!"
The assistant handed the information to the two of them and went out to call someone. After a while, the first little girl came in. She had to be accompanied by her mother, otherwise she would be scared. Chen Qi felt uncomfortable at first sight, so he asked politely and read out a line.
, and let them out.
The second one is almost the same.
The third one was even worse, a little chubby girl who started crying as soon as she entered the door and left immediately.
"Otherwise, scenes with children and animals are the most difficult to shoot. It's so difficult to find a child actor!"
"Then let Zhizhi try it? She has a good image." Chen Qi said with a smile.
"No, no, even though she is my daughter, I can't serve the public good for personal gain. Zhizhi is not suitable for this role at all. Next one!"
Immediately afterwards, another person came in.
Came in on his own.
He looks eleven or twelve years old, slim and tall, with short hair and obvious baby fat on his face. He looks like a tomboy with a rebellious spirit.
"Yuan Jieying?"
"Yes!"
"Your family members are not accompanying you?"
"No, I decided to audition on my own."
"Then read a line, and you can follow the script."
Out of concern for children, everyone was allowed to take the manuscript, but Yuan Jieying refused to take it. She seemed to deliberately show that she was good at it, but she was stumbling and stumbling while carrying it, without any emotion, and she felt guilty as she talked about it.
"Okay, go back and wait for news!"
Taking her out, Chen Qidao said: "Techniques can be practiced and experience can be accumulated. I have a good intuition about her. If I can't be the protagonist, I can just play a classmate or something like that."
"I have similar thoughts, let's make an alternative."
Chen Qi made a check in his notebook and couldn't help but smile.
Even when Hong Kong was full of stars, Yuen Jieying was considered a very unique person. She was discovered by Huang Pak Ming when she was a teenager, formed a "Happy Girls Group", and filmed the "Happy Ghost" series, as well as "Eastern Invincible" and "Tai Chi".
Zhang Sanfeng", "Integrity Order" and other works.
Not now. When you grow up, you will look particularly handsome with short hair!
In fact, he prefers Li Lizhen and Wen Bixia to play the role. Unfortunately, they are both 15 years old and too old.
There are 8 groups in total, and we soon arrived at the last group.
Chen Qi looked at the information, raised his eyebrows, and stared at the door expectantly. Not long after, a girly version of Fairy Zixia came in, vaguely looking like she was at her peak, and her smile was shy and sweet.
"This girl is pretty good!"
Fu Qi's eyes also lit up.
"My name is Zhu Yin. I am 10 years old and in the fifth grade of elementary school. I like performing very much. I hope you can give me this opportunity!"
She was obviously extremely nervous as she recited the words.
Chen Qi also asked her to read a line, but he also stumbled and said nothing and let her go back.
"Let's make some backup choices. Most children don't know how to perform. I think we need to train a few people for a period of time and keep the one who performs best."
"I'm worried that they won't be able to teach it. This role is the core. If you don't choose it well, it will be useless." Fu Qi said.
"It can be taught!"
Chen Qi smiled and said: "I don't tell them what they are playing, nor do I tell them what the script is like. They don't need to understand at all. I break down what I want, and let them imitate each expression and movement.
Whoever imitates the best will be the one to act.
Uncle, let me tell you the truth, your filming pace is too slow. It is certainly a good thing to strive for excellence, but in an environment like Hong Kong, if some things need to be changed, they should be changed.
Although this method of acting is simple, it is sufficient most of the time.
There are really rare good shows, and actors really need to experience life and temper themselves, so let's take our time. The most important thing for us now is to increase production."
"..."
Fu Qi is not a stubborn person, and sighed: "The old directors in the company, such as Zhang Xinyan, are used to filming slowly. I can't ask them to change anything. But the directors hired from outside generally shoot very fast."
What I am worried about now is that if it is fully commercialized and turned to the market, it will deviate from the original intention.
Making money is a way to survive, not the fundamental purpose.”
"Do you want to do something with realistic themes? Yes, when we have a stable channel to earn foreign exchange, we will do something with realistic themes. Aren't we going to earn foreign exchange now? To be honest, we haven't had time to deal with Hong Kong yet!"
"Look at how confident you are..."
Fu Qi said with a smile: "Let's decide on the director first. We don't even have a director."
"Yes, I have a candidate, how about Tsui Hark?"
"Tsui Hark? That's from Xinyi City!"
Fu Qi shook his head and explained: "New Art City is completely leaning towards the Taiwanese market. It has a very good relationship with the Liberty Federation and is very repulsive to leftists. They will not lend Tsui Hark to us."
"Uncle, I think it's like this..."
Chen Qidao: "It's not that they say we are leftists, we are leftists, but that whoever we say is leftist is a leftist! It's not them who have the final say, it's us who have the final say!"
Fu Qi was stunned and said, "What do you want to do?"
"Leave it to me. I'll talk to them in a friendly manner. Everyone is reasonable."
(No more...
It’s time to fall asleep. Everyone should drink hot tea. Drinking it all summer long can remove moisture!)
Chapter completed!