Chapter 34： Idol making (1/2)
”Magic Yang's new work manifesto, high school campus dance film” High School Musical ”!”
This is the headline of the entertainment section of the ”Los Angeles Times”, they published an interview with Wang Yang as scheduled. Shortly after this issue of the newspaper went public, this interview report appeared on the Internet and was quickly reprinted everywhere. The forums that had been affected by the viral propaganda of Ghost Records were discussed hotly. After all, ”The Ghost Record” has just been painted across North America. The total box office in North America has received 163 million. Wang Yang's current popularity has not dispersed, and there are still many fans.
Anyone who is following Wang Yang now knows the news. He is going to shoot a campus song and dance film called ”High School Musical”, which is an inspirational story. By the way, in order to make this movie, he also bought a small film company with no future. Before that, I did n’t know what it was called. Now it is renamed as Flame Film Company, so he became a company owner.
Of course this news, Wang Yang already told Jessica, Zachary and other friends last night and shared this joy with them.
However, the focus of the media is not his film company. It is no surprise that tens of millions of people have acquired a small company. Los Angeles has never lacked a film company; the media are concerned about film, his second film, campus song and dance sheet? ! Everyone in the movie was taken aback. Wang Yang was not surprised to make campus movies, but it was surprisingly song and dance movies. What is the market for song and dance movies now? Weak. Everyone knows this.
High school campus musical? He said he had high expectations for this movie? What is a very high definition? Recover the cost or become ”The Prodigal Son”?
Although the entertainment media haven't had time to comment yet, the discussion of this news on the Internet is already underway. ”To be honest, this movie is worrying. Perhaps in the future, it will give this young and vigorous 18-year-old director a lesson, telling him that the movie is not that simple.” This comment is already polite. Many comments directly sarcastically: ”Probably he was stimulated by university injustice, so he missed his high school life? Want to make a movie about high school students? But does he know how to make movies? Yes, he is on TV Film Academy, but guys, he just read one and a half semesters, he may not even know Eisenstein and Einstein ... ”
Eisenstein is a great director, and Einstein is a great scientist. Of course, Wang Yang clearly distinguished it. He ignored these voices. The public's doubts were all in his expectation. If he continued to shoot horror movies, they might say ”expect”. He is still a future star; On campus singing and dancing films, their attitudes will change greatly. He is no longer a promising one, but a fire moth looking for death.
Will this moth die, know whether or not to make a movie, and wait for the future to prove it with facts. Although sparring with the media is one of the methods of propaganda, it is not suitable for movies with the theme of ”High School Musical”, and he doesn't like it. Besides, the market for ”High School Musical” is mainly the student class, and the student class is not as mean as the film critics. They are willing to accept new things, and the more abnormal things are more like, such as his ”youngest multimillionaire” title, He is now the new idol of many young students.
Wang Yang ’s previous worry also became a reality. In the interview report of the Los Angeles Times, the latter two-thirds of the content are all about his private life. It ’s no wonder that Wang Yang rarely accepts interviews from the media, and even declined the opportunity to cover the cover of Vanity Fair, let alone openly talk about his private life; this time, the Los Angeles Times was invited by the Fire Film Company to do it. In an exclusive interview, reporter Kim-Sylvie naturally knows to seize the opportunity and ask enough questions.
In the office of the chairman of Flame Films, Wang Yang sat on a rotating office chair and looked at the newspaper unfolding in his hands, but he was helpless.
I saw that more than half of the page was surrounded by the title of ”The youngest multimillionaire is single”. The first question in this paragraph is ”Do you have a girlfriend?” Then follow his answer : ”No, my career has just started. I hope I can devote myself here.” This is indeed his current thinking. He has experienced a lot in the past six months, and his mentality has changed a lot. Now he just wants to make the movie well and cherish it. These hard-won opportunities; the emotional aspects just go with the flow.
”Then have you had a girlfriend before?” Kim-Sylvie's question, when she entered the private life stage of the interview, she became a gossip tabloid style. This was followed by his answer: ”I fell in love once in high school, you know, and then broke up.”
Seeing this question and answer, Wang Yang shook his head and wiped his eyes. It was a sweet love that ended in failure. During the second year of high school, he and a mixed-blood blonde girl from Lowell High School met at a San Francisco high school exchange event. She was very beautiful and had a personality. They all felt like each other and came together.
At first, they had a good relationship. They chatted happily on the phone every day, and came out to meet each other on the weekend to maintain their love. But the good times are not long. After the first love, the problem of their personality disharmony was also exposed. At first, they always noisy for some small things.
”I like to go to the cinema, but she likes to go to the playground; I like basketball, and she likes baseball; I like McDonald's, she likes KFC; I like Coca-Cola, she likes Pepsi ... So we started to quarrel, quarrel and quarrel, and finally we Ca n’t stand it anymore, so he broke up. ”In the newspaper, he answered Kim Sylvie this way. She asked,“ Can you share this relationship with us? ”
Looking at the text in the newspaper, Wang Yang smiled slightly. He now recalls that feeling and still feels a little sweet, but more calm. He was about to forget the look of the blonde girl. Even thinking hard now, it was vague, a big smile, a good voice ... He shook his head suddenly, interrupted his memories, and continued to watch. A glance at the newspaper ”Has you ever thought about how your future partner will be?”
Why are all these gossip questions? Wang Yang reluctantly put the newspaper aside and stopped reading it. He turned on the computer and was ready to start work, making the first round of selection of the characters of ”High School Musical”.
In fact, just a few days ago, he just bought A-Pix company, he wrote a cast of ”High School Musical”, called Sandy-Pix sent to actors unions and agencies and other agencies, let them give some Good introduction.
”High School Musical” is different from ”Ghost Story”, the main actors have double digits, so if you don't let the agency help, it will increase the difficulty of casting, asking for trouble.
His casting table sets out the basic criteria for casting, including all the main characters such as the male lead and female lead, such as the male lead Troy Burton, the appearance requirements: tall, handsome and athletic, strong sports ... sent to the agency The cast selection table is the first round of standards. Institutions notify members who meet the requirements of the role, and then return the information of members who are interested in participating in the trial to Flame Movies.
Then, Wang Yang first looked at these materials, filtered out those who did not meet his requirements, and then returned the final list of actors to the institutions, and agreed to a time for a collective audition.
Today, the company has received replies from the actors' union and several organizations. They have passed on the eligible members who are interested in participating in the audition for ”The High School”. As for members who meet other roles, The information also needs time to sort out.
In ”High School Musical”, there are several roles that are particularly important, the actor Troy Burton, the actress Gabriela Mantis, the female No. 2 Chapel-Ivans, the male No. 2, a good friend of the male lead And teammate Chad Denver, as well as Xia Pei's brother Rennes, actress Taylor Mikesi, and piano accompaniment case Kathy Nelson.
As for the roles of Dad Troy, Mom Gabriella, Teacher Dabus, black team members who love cooking, and fat sisters, there is no need to worry about candidates. These characters have few appearances and do not need to break out. The young ones do n’t need charming and superb acting skills. The acting school grabs a handful; the older ones have more choices. The endless number of middle-aged actors who can perform well in Hollywood, And their pay is very cheap.
Therefore, in this cast selection, it is mainly aimed at the seven important roles, among them male and female protagonists, male and female No. 2 are the most difficult to choose; first of all, these four roles have many requirements in appearance, to meet the role of the role Temperament and appearance, sufficient acting skills, and film compensation meet the budget of the movie.
Also in singing and dancing, it is natural to understand well now; but those who do not understand now will not be eliminated immediately. Because in the dance area, no matter whether you understand it now, you will receive professional guidance to learn and rehearse the dance in the film; while in singing, as long as you have talent and a good voice, you can also complete the recording with the help of professional teachers and recording studios Song task.
Because Wang Yang is an investor, producer, and director of ”High School Musical”, there is no doubt that the power is in his hands. The decision of who to play what role is in his hands. Of these seven important roles, he has almost set one now, and Charpy Evans is played by Rachel.
Xia Pei-Evans is a proud and talented Miss Qianjin. She and her younger brother Rennes are the absolute stars of the school music club. She is always dressed in a noble and beautiful style. She speaks with a weird tone and is a bitter and mean ”bad girl.” ”.
Rachel ’s acting skills are enough to cope with this role, and she has also done a very good job in the future ”Transformed Hot Girls”, a full ”bad girl”, and then she continued to work in the school flowers of ”Bad Girls” and ”Love Notebook” ”Miss Qianjin is a performance that makes people thumbs up. Her performance of ”Sharp-Evans” seems to be walking back to the original acting path.
In terms of appearance, she has no problem, plus she dances very well, and her voice is also good. Now, as long as she is sure that she is not completely without music cells, Wang Yang will hand over the role of ”Shapei Evans” she was.