The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 514 Amateur Performance
"That's the thing."

"Gus is going to make a movie about Columbine for a cable TV station. The project has been basically finalized and Gus is starting to prepare for filming."

"It just happened that at this time, the documentary landed in Cannes. Due to the wide-ranging discussion, it once again pushed the Columbine incident to the forefront. The recent discussions and controversies simply cannot stop."

"The network executives realized that the situation might be slightly different than they thought."

"Firstly, the impact of the Columbine incident is still far beyond expectations; secondly, it may not be appropriate to show such naked and bloody violence on the TV screen."

"They were worried about pushing themselves to the forefront and causing controversy, only to back off when the situation came to a head, causing Gus to hit the pause button on his work."

"After learning about the situation, HBO expressed its willingness to take over, but they needed to make some changes."

"It cannot be said to be the Columbine incident, but to create a fictional script based on the incident."

Sure enough, it was the "elephant".

call.

Darren's long breathing came from the phone receiver, and the heaviness behind the words could be felt through the phone, which made Anson chuckle.

"Uncle Darren, this phone call makes you ten years older."

A joke made Darren shake his head slightly, "I'm only three years old at most. It's impossible to be ten years old. At my current age, every year I get older is extremely difficult. Don't talk nonsense."

"Haha." Anson laughed.

Darren's tense nerves relaxed a little.

"Gus's idea was that he was going to start filming in Portland..."

"That Portland?" There is more than one city in North America called Portland.

"The one in Oregon. Right next to Salem."

So that’s it, Anson suddenly understood——

Between Oregon, California and Washington, and not far from Colorado, it was clear that Gus was trying to find a town similar to Columbine High School, at least with a similar temperament.

Although the city is in Portland, it should be in the suburbs. Columbine High School is located in the suburbs of Denver; at the same time, southwest of Portland is Salem.

Historically, the "Salem Witches" case is famous, which has had a profound impact in different fields such as journalism, communication, psychology, etc. But that Salem was located in Massachusetts, which is the east coast of the North American continent. That New England region is still one of the most conservative regions in all of North America.

The Salem in front of us is located in Oregon, on the West Coast.

Obviously, these are two different things.

But judging from the details, Gus is vaguely playing on words, using Portland to correspond to Denver, Salem to Salem, and a fictional high school to Columbine High School.

This is the movie——

Ordinary viewers may be curious as to why many filmmakers always stick to real shooting and don’t like studio green screen shooting so much?
The reason is that the streets, buildings, and environment of a city often have the texture of time, and the images shown in the lens often have their own temperament.

Before the movie is put into shooting, the director needs to choose shooting locations. This preparation is the first step in forming the unique temperament of the movie.

In the past, watching movies was just about watching a lively story, watching special effects, and watching emotions; but now that you have entered the film industry and become an actor, you can enjoy movies from a different angle, and you will slowly be able to see the different elements that make up an excellent movie.

There was a back and forth, a question and an answer, and Darren himself didn't even realize it, but the words were already blurting out. After a slight pause, Darren's eyes showed a hint of relief, "It seems that you have indeed learned a lot from working with Steven Spielberg."

This is a good thing. It seems that Anson made the right choice to become an actor.

"At the same time, Gus hopes to go to local high schools for casting, using non-professional actors to perform, and truly create the daily atmosphere of a high school campus."

"However, Gus is considering that for one or two of the characters to play the key, real actors are still needed to complete the connection."

"Among the current group of 17- and 18-year-old actors in Hollywood, it is not easy to find an actor with the right temperament to play a special role in such a special work; the important thing is that the budget of the film project is limited, and Gus does not have There is no time or expense to hold open auditions.”

"And among the actors Gus is familiar with, the youngest Casey Affleck is already 27 years old."

"For God's sake, Gus definitely doesn't want a 27-year-old actor to play a middle school student. He thinks this is an act of destroying the quality of the film and making a commercial compromise."

"So, HBO needs a little help, and I thought maybe you could give it a try."

After going around in circles, Darren dialed Anson's number.

And, made a little joke.

"Now the whole of Hollywood knows that Anson Wood is a high school professional."

Anson immediately heard the ridicule in Darren's words, "Sorry, the first time I appeared on the small screen has already ruined my image. I'm obviously not a middle school student."

"Haha." Darren burst into laughter.

If you look closely at mainstream Hollywood movies, whether they are commercial films or independent artistic projects, the protagonists are often in the age range of thirty to fifty.

The reason is very simple and intuitive, because the target audience and the mainstream market are this age group, so film companies and producers continue to explore more projects to tell their stories and explore their current situations. Even superheroes are often like this age group.

On the other hand, the target audience of campus movies are girls - chick movies. Those romantic and beautiful fantasies are more likely to impress girls. Naturally, energetic young girls can also get many roles, but boys of the same age can only Can play a supporting role as a vase.

Therefore, the actor structure of Hollywood presents an interesting phenomenon. Male actors are usually around thirty-five years old, and they radiate from this age; actresses are usually around twenty-five years old, and they are always young and beautiful. vitality.

Of course, this is not absolute, but it is the mainstream situation.

This also leads to a strange phenomenon: actresses over forty-five may not be able to act, and actors under twenty-five may not be able to find projects.

This is the case with Gus in front of him. He hoped to find a seventeen-year-old or eighteen-year-old to play the role of "Elephant", but everywhere he looked he saw a bunch of vases.

Including Anson is no exception. "Princess Diaries" is a vase, and "Spider-Man" is a special case.

Obviously, Darren recommended Anson to join the "Elephant" crew not only to help HBO, but also to open up Anson's career as an actor.

In Darren's opinion, working with Gus may be able to open up Anson's career as an actor——

After all, they are also young and attractive middle school students. Anson can't keep playing the role of a flower vase, right? Even if he is still a young middle school student, Anson can open up the situation and show his different colors.

However, Darren also knew that things were not that simple.

"There is a problem. This movie is indeed a sensitive topic. If you refuse because you are worried about being involved in controversy, I can understand it."

(End of this chapter)