The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 14 Temperament Issues
The Royal Hotel in Shanghai SJ District is a three-star hotel.

At ten o'clock in the morning of this day, in the conference room of the hotel, a group of people were talking together. This group of people was Guo Xiaodong, Yan Danchen, Zhao Yang, Liu Xiaoqing, etc. They gathered together for a script seminar.

If there are no accidents, the filming of this drama will officially start in five days at most.

Compared with other film and television dramas, there is not much preparation time.

Li Shengyao asked them to get together as often as possible to cultivate their relationship.

The main reason why the leading actors of idol dramas are prone to gossip, besides handsome men and beautiful women, is that compared with other dramas, idol dramas need actors to relax more so that they can interact with each other sincerely.

And between people, only when they are familiar with each other and trust each other can they get close to another person.

Li Shengyao didn't have much time for them to study the script, so he could only let these people get used to it as soon as possible.

At this time, the actors were on one side of the meeting room, and on the other side were Li Shengyao and Tommy, the make-up artist of the show.

Generally large-scale TV dramas have stylists, but Li Shengyao and the others are poor, how can they have the money to hire stylists.

He directly invited a well-known makeup artist in the industry to come over. Li Shengyao decided on the look himself, and the makeup artist made arrangements according to his ideas.

Tommy is in his early thirties, with a pink face, oily hair, and a motherly voice, but he is actually 1.8 meters tall, with broad shoulders and thick palms. He can't play a center, but is more than enough to play a guard.

"Look at the four of them, they are all young and beautiful handsome men and beauties. I want to highlight their beauty, and I want clothes that can show their figures. They need to look clean, fresh, and fashionable."

"Whether it's a suit, or jeans, or tracksuit, it has to fit."

"And hair, don't be short or too long, clean and sunny."

"Zhao Yang is still too dark now, you need to make him whiter."

Li Shengyao then handed the characters and identities of the four leading actors to Tommy, and asked him to match clothes and makeup according to the characteristics of these four characters.

The male number one and the second male number in "Love Hotel" are all social elites, they wear suits and trousers during work, and usually wear shirts and jeans.

They are better matched.

The crew had no money and couldn't find sponsors.

Li Shengyao asked Guo Xiaodong and Zhao Yang to bring his clothes.

The role of the female number one Yan Danchen is the VIP customer service manager of the hotel, and she usually wears professional suits.

This requires the crew to rent a few suits, similar to the uniforms of flight attendants.

In fact, it is also a good match.

The only one who needs to pay attention is the female number two.

The role of Liu Xiaoqing is the daughter of the big boss of the hotel, the lady of the rich man. She should dress fashionable and look more upscale.

Tommy read the information, then looked at several leading actors, nodded, and then went to choose clothes. Soon after, he chose a suit and asked Guo Xiaodong to try on makeup.

After tossing about for about 10 minutes, Guo Xiaodong returned to the conference room.

"Director, can you?"

Tommy used to be a makeup artist for several crews. To be honest, from his point of view, the aesthetics of those crews are very rustic.

Li Shengyao was obviously different. He felt that he had encountered a challenge and was a little excited.

Guo Xiaodong wore a very well-fitting suit, paired with a pair of leather shoes, and his hair was blown up, which still looks like the same thing.

But Li Shengyao couldn't help frowning when he saw it.

There is nothing wrong with Guo Xiaodong's appearance, but his problem is that he does not have the aura of an urban elite.

It's like the later Anjura Beibi, playing a department manager, walking like a girl at the front desk.

Li Shengyao realized that it was not enough for the protagonists to study the script and cultivate their relationship, but also to make them feel like urban elites.

The male lead, the second male lead, and the female lead are all social elites, people above the department manager level. They stand there confident and restrained, unassuming, but full of aura.

Tommy then fixed Zhao Yang's makeup. After the effect came out, there was no problem with his appearance.

Zhao Yang, who painted his face whiter, has a strong sense of Su, and it is enough to act in an idol drama.

It was the same for Liu Xiaoqing and Yan Danchen afterwards.

Yan Danchen has an excellent figure. She is very charming in her professional suit.

The makeup is all good, no issues whatsoever.

The problem of the four of them is that they lack aura, like young people who have just left the society, without the feeling of the boss of the department.

"Tommy, the makeup of the four of them is fine, but they lack momentum. The male lead and the female lead are both department managers, the second male lead is an investment tycoon who controls billions of dollars, and the second female lead is also the daughter of the group. Is there anything you can do about it? Let them cultivate a strong aura within five days."

Tommy thought for a while, "I don't know. The crew I stayed in before also encountered this kind of problem. The director either ignored it, or just kept shooting."

"Then keep shooting, does it work?"

"I don't think it's working."

Li Shengyao nodded, "Okay, today's makeup is pretty good, for the next three months or so, I'll leave it to you."

Tommy immediately said no problem.

After Tommy left, Li Shengyao clapped his hands, and then told the four actors the question, "Think and think for yourself these few days, and then observe those social elites, and find out the feeling as soon as possible."

He then left and returned to his room. Let the actors think about the actor's affairs first. If they fail, he will go out.

Some directors will train actors, some directors will not.

When Li Shengyao was on the production team in his previous life, he also saw many directors training actors, so he had some ideas.

But there's no need to say it now, it will be more convincing for him to say it again when they have nothing to do.

He has to arrange the shooting sequence first, because it is too hasty, and the actors may not be able to get into the state so quickly.

Lee Sing Yew planned to shoot some simple scenes first, and then shoot more complicated and difficult scenes.

He wants to count all the scenes first and mark the degree of difficulty.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Li Shengyao left the room, planning to go to the hotel restaurant for dinner.

"Director, do you want to eat?"

Yan Danchen, who lived next door to him, quickly caught up. She was wearing a professional suit, with a small women's suit on top and a knee-length skirt underneath, revealing two straight and well-proportioned calves.

She works out a lot and her calves look slender and strong.

It fits the image of the female number one very well.

Li Shengyao nodded in satisfaction, "Yes, let's eat."

"Director, let's review the script together in the afternoon and study the sense of elite you mentioned, but the feeling of urban white-collar workers is always a bit off."

Yan Danchen was a little anxious, after all, this is a TV series she valued, and she hoped to perform better.

"If we have enough time, we would like to experience hotel management for half a year, but now we don't have enough time, what should we do?"

This is not only what Yan Danchen meant, but also several other people.

Li Shengyao didn't expect these guys to be so anxious, they came to ask on the first day.

But it doesn't matter, he doesn't want these four to be best actor, as long as they perform well.

Generally speaking, there are two ways for an actor to perform a profession that he is not familiar with, one is to experience it directly, and the other is to write a biography of the character.

They don't have time to experience and observe, they can only write biographies.

Regarding this point, the more fully prepared and considered, the more confident you will be.

Just like Liang Jiahui, the actor with thousands of faces, he is on Hong Kong Island, where he has so much time to experience life.

He relied on writing biographies to help himself.

If you don’t understand, ask a professional to give pointers, see if there are any mistakes, correct them, and then learn.

This is a tricky way, the effect is good.

Li Shengyao then explained Liang Jiahui's approach, and finally said: "If you want to write, write it as soon as possible, and then ask the hotel management to have a look. It is best to avoid some common-sense mistakes."

Yan Danchen's eyes lit up a little, "Okay, director, we must work hard."

Li Shengyao waved his hand, "Hurry up."

None of these actors in his previous life had black material, I hope they will work hard this time.

Their production team is poor, and one day's delay will cost one day's expenses, so it's best to start filming quickly.

(End of this chapter)