This top guy only treats celebrities as his job

"Death on Earth" has been in preparation for a long time, and it was said at the beginning that it would start filming immediately, but later Lin Xing decided to make all preparations first.

The reason is very simple. The science fiction film has hit rock bottom, so they should stop being gravediggers.

During the meeting with Sun Feng and Wei Fei, Lin Xing said that he hoped this science fiction film could bring some recognition to the industry and change the audience's views.

That is, although China's more than one billion people cannot form a good football team, and currently they can't play basketball well, and even table tennis is a little dangerous, there is still a chance for science fiction movies.

This "Death on Earth" is the answer they have to hand in.

Sun Feng originally had a science fiction dream, otherwise he would not have been so obsessed with making "Death on Earth".

But as I said before, why should others pay for your dreams?

The most important thing for a director is not only to be responsible to the audience, but also to the investors in many cases.

Why do many directors go crazy?

Just because this movie of his failed, it will be very difficult to attract investors in the future.

Of course, there are some directors who don't lack investment, so they have been taking investors' money and doing nothing. Not only that, they also keep feeding shit to the audience.

These naturally exist.

This circle knows all kinds of birds.

Lin Xing couldn't care less about other people. He just wanted to make "Death on Earth" as good as possible.

For this purpose, Lin Xing personally invited documentary director Pang Ge to shoot the documentary "Death on Earth".

“We may not succeed, but even if we fail we can still bring some experience to many people…”

These are Lin Xing’s original words.

So, leaving aside the previous preparations, from the moment Lin Xing prepared to invest and participate in "Death on Earth", Lin Xing asked Pongo to shoot this documentary.

As for today, it is the first [script workshop] for "Dead on Earth".

The conference room was already full of people.

And today is not just a [script seminar], but also a first meeting for the actors.

Sun Feng spoke a few words first, and then introduced the actors one by one.

Of course, people like Lin Xing, Wang Ruoan, Zhu Biaohai, Liu Baofeng, Guan Peng, Ren Yi, Wei Fei, Wu Qifeng and others do not need any additional introduction.

They are already known to everyone.

It’s mainly about young actors.

Except for Feng Qing, most of the young actors this time are not well-resourced. They were all selected by Sun Feng through a nationwide audition.

You are like Zhu Ze, who plays Lin Xing's son in the film. He is currently a student at the Imperial Capital Film Academy. Before this, he did not have much acting experience and had only shot a few commercials.

In addition, there is the young actress Zhao Qianyi who has a lot of roles in the play. She is only 14 years old and also debuted as a child star. Sun Feng thought that she looked very suitable and directly let her play the role.

In short, many young actors are selected through auditions.

Not only did Lin Xing not care about these unimportant characters, but Wei Fei was too lazy to care either.

Apart from Zhu Ze, Zhao Qianyi and Lin Xing who asked a little bit, people like Feng Qing and others really didn't care much about it.

There are not many scenes, but there are occasional highlights. There are too many such actors in this circle, so it would be more appropriate to audition some newcomers.

In Sun Feng's words, he only wanted to consider whether it was appropriate or not.

That’s why outsiders feel that the cast of “Dead on Earth” is too diverse.

The "wide" here refers to the fact that the actors are really too diverse.

But there are no traffic actors.

There really are no traffic actors.

The outside world's expectations for "Death on Earth" have been slightly raised, because everyone is so looking forward to the cast.

Are all the actors good enough? ?

In addition to Feng Qing, Feng Qing is still quite well-known now. His popularity has slightly recovered due to his participation in variety shows. Later, with the support of his peers, his acting skills have improved a bit.

After all, in "Sweeping Black Waves", Feng Qing was crushed by a group of veteran actors. Later, Situ Hui learned her lesson and let Feng Qing act in life dramas. After all, this does not require much acting skills. What's more important is that young artists may not be as good as Feng Qing in acting skills.

Wait until you have gained some experience for a few years.

This time, Situ Hui originally wanted to let Feng Qing come to the crew to hone her skills, but when she learned that so many veteran actors were coming to act, her first reaction was: "Forget it."

In response, Lin Xing shook her head and said, "Feng Qing's acting skills have improved to a certain extent, and there are many actors used this time. Sister Hui, why don't you also come to be the acting coach, and you can also accompany Feng Qing."

Just like that, Lin Xing pulled Situ Hui over, along with Feng Wei.

Today, the discussion outside of "Death on Earth" is heated, but at the same time, everyone in the conference room is also a little excited.

As of now, this science fiction film is at least not a scam crew.

That's right.

In fact, even Wang Ruoan was a little worried at the beginning. Zhu Biaohai hadn't filmed a movie for a long time, and he didn't expect that he would be invited to film.

As for Liu Baofeng, there is no need to say more. Liu Baofeng first acted in comedy and then drama, but this is his first time in science fiction.

Needless to say, most of the others came here because Lin Xing begged for alms.

Sun Feng begged for part of the money, Lin Xing begged for part of the money, and then we formed our current team.

At present, the screenwriter team of "Death on Earth" is still very strong, and all of this was recruited by Sun Feng through begging.

Not only that, Sun Feng also specially invited several professors from the Chinese Academy of Sciences to join the advisory team.

After all, this science fiction movie must be realistic, especially during this period of time, the screenwriters directly wrote the timeline.

Let's put it this way, this "Death on Earth" is based on the original work and the timeline is made more three-dimensional.

Because every time point is crucial.

Today's [Script Seminar] is actually mainly about discussing these nodes.

Because according to the original work, the scope of this drama is actually very large.

Take Wu Ziqiang played by Lin Xing for example. He is a young man when he first appears. Later, he gets married, has children, and goes to the International Space Station to perform a navigation mission.

He was gone for more than ten years, and his son had grown up.

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Wu Ziqiang’s character is that his parents are both Chinese pilots, but both died while performing a mission. He was then raised by his father’s good friend Wang Ning.

It can be said that Wang Ning is Wu Ziqiang's master, and Wang Ning even regards Wu Ziqiang as his own child. The role of Wang Ning is played by Guan Peng.

“Although Death on Earth only has less than 50 words, the time span of the original novel is extremely long. Many times, a single sentence would require several scenes in the script…”

Sun Feng waited until all the actors had finished introducing themselves before he said, "From the beginning we wanted to shoot the first film, 'Mountain Moving Plan'. Originally, Lao Wu and I worked one-on-one on the timeline of the original novel. At the time, I wanted to start filming as soon as possible..."

Today is the day for speaking freely.

As a director, Sun Feng naturally did not meet everyone for the first time. He had met them all. For example, Wang Ruoan was also someone Sun Feng wanted to invite at the beginning. As for Zhu Biaohai and Liu Baofeng, they were even more favored by Sun Feng.

But although he had good intentions, Sun Feng himself did not have much hope. After all, not only was it difficult to invite Wang Ruoan, but Zhu Biaohai and Liu Baofeng were even more difficult to invite.

Fortunately, everything was requested.

What’s more crucial is that Lin Xing gave Sun Feng a resuscitation pill, which is that there is no rush to shoot "Death on Earth", because once it is shot, it would be a huge loss if the work is stopped at that time.

For this reason, we would rather shoot a few months less and do the preliminary work well.

Especially for science fiction movies, every aspect needs to be taken into consideration.

So, during this period of time, Sun Feng led the screenwriter team to rewrite the "Death on Earth" chronicle, as well as the world view, which totaled 50 words.

That's right.

The world view alone is almost like a novel.

It’s all about rigor.

Sun Feng gave a brief account of the situation, and then it was the actors' turn to speak.

Zhu Biaohai's health was not very good, so he was the first to speak at the script seminar: "I have read the original novel and the script of Death on Earth. I think my role is very powerful. At the same time, I hope he can be more three-dimensional..."

This is what a real actor is. A truly good actor can understand what is going on when reading the script, especially his understanding of his own role.

The character played by Zhu Biaohai is called Meng Qinghai, who is China's representative in the coalition government and a staunch supporter of the "Moving Mountains Plan".

There are actually several factions in "Death on Earth". One of them is the Mountain Moving Plan, which is what we advocate.

There are also three other plans: the Ark Plan, the Monthly Plan, and the Digital Life Plan.

In the script, the rift between the Digital Life Faction and the government intensifies. At the same time, when the United Government faces rebellions and demonstrations, they believe that the US's "Ark Project" is better.

At this time, it was still Meng Qinghai who firmly convinced everyone and continued to advocate the mountain moving plan.

It can be said that one of the three lines of "Death on Earth" is the Meng Qinghai line, and this line is also crucial.

After Zhu Biaohai briefly expressed his thoughts, Wang Ruoan, Guan Peng and Liu Baofeng also spoke in turn.

Lin Xing said: "I think my role can be reduced a little bit..."

These words made everyone slightly stunned.

You have to know that Lin Xing is the absolute leading male character in "Death on Earth", so it is not surprising that he has most of the scenes.

The second is naturally Wang Ruoan, who has the second most scenes, and Wang Ruoan can even be considered the leading actor.

The next one is Zhu Biaohai.

These three people belong to the three lines of "Dead on Earth", while the others are just supporting roles.

"I mean the love scenes..."

Lin Xing looked at everyone and said, "The love scenes between Chen Ning and I were too long-winded. They can be cut down appropriately. And Chen Ning should have more fighting scenes. She is also an astronaut, so she should be very powerful. I think Chen Ning should have more scenes during the crisis of the space elevator..."

This [script discussion] was originally intended to discuss character issues.

To be honest, Lin Xing reduced his own role to give more to Chen Ning, and no one had any objection to this.

On the contrary, everyone who had not worked with Lin Xing was a little surprised.

We have only seen those who want to add more scenes, but have never seen those who want to reduce the scenes on their own initiative.

For the next hour, everyone mainly discussed the roles. The reading of the lines had not yet begun, so the main purpose was to get to know each other first and then deepen the impression of the entire movie.

After 1 hour, the [Script Workshop] ended.

"Brother Xing, thank you..."

Chen Ning looked at Lin Xing and said from the bottom of his heart.

She was a young actress, and she felt very lucky to have the opportunity to play the leading female role. During the script discussion, her remarks were quite conventional, and she did not dare to say too much.

When Lin Xing said that he wanted to reduce some of the emotional scenes with himself, Chen Ning's first reaction was that his role might be reduced.

But she had long been accustomed to having her role reduced on the set, so she wasn't too disappointed.

Being able to star in "Death on Earth" is already a blessing in itself.

But Chen Ning never expected that Lin Xing was not going to reduce his own roles, but on the contrary, he wanted to add more of them.

No wonder Lin Xing asked himself to practice martial arts as much as possible, saying that there would be some fighting scenes.

This is what it turned out to be.

"Don't thank me, it's all for the movie."

Lin Xing waved his hand slightly and said, "Go back and read the script carefully. If there is anything you don't understand, bring it up at the [Script Seminar] tomorrow..."

Chen Ning said quickly: "Okay, I understand."

As soon as Chen Ning left, Yang Tian came over and asked, "Ah Xing, can I have more scenes?"

You know, Yang Tian found out that he was just a supporting role, and he finished filming in just one scene, which only lasted a few tens of seconds.

This guest appearance is too simple.

"Your role is like this, and Sister Tian, ​​don't worry, although your role is not big, the audience will definitely remember you..."

Lin Xing smiled and said what Yang Tian cared about the most. He also said, "The most important thing for you next is the promotion of Parallel Cohabitation. This movie is what you should care about. After all, it will be released soon."

Yang Tian nodded gently: "I know this, but Ah Xing, it's only a few days away, will it be in time for post-production?"

"It's not too late. We've been working overtime in the post-production stage recently. For now, we can only endure the post-production stage first."

Lin Xing nodded slightly and said.

In the next few days, many artists still came to participate in the [Script Discussion] every day, because Lin Xing had already informed everyone that this [Script Discussion] was also counted as part of the filming.

All for the movie.

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...(End of chapter)