The superstar starts from the creation camp

Chapter 170 Re-screening!

[Westward Journey] Although the script has not been announced, it is just a name, which has already caused quite a stir in the circle, and even some actors have begun to think about roles. It doesn’t matter if there is no script, it’s Journey to the West anyway, isn’t it just those few people? a role?

So a "Journey to the West" was picked up from the corner again.

After almost a month, the script was polished repeatedly, and finally met Li Mu's requirements.

The script was sent for review, and even if the project was officially approved, the studio released all the casting information to the outside world, and then everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the character script.

What the hell?Tang Seng went from a handsome guy to a nagging middle-aged uncle?Zhu Bajie's role with Drifting Monk has completely become soy sauce, and the Bull Demon King has become a big villain?

In other words, is the way we opened Journey to the West wrong?Why do we feel that we are not reading the same book?Isn't this brain opening too big?

Of course, with the jewels of "Jiang Ye" in front, "A Chinese Journey to the West" has no shortage of actors to audition since the release of the character script.

Everything else is fine, except for the role of Tang Seng. Li Mu has seen dozens of actors' auditions, but he has never found Luo Jiaying's feeling of being so long-winded that it makes people collapse.

"You, Tang Seng, are unprecedented, no wonder you can't find an actor!" During the spare time of the audition, Shi Ran read Tang Seng's script as a joke.

While chatting, a skinny middle-aged man walked in. It seemed that his condition was not very good. Although the suit on his body was decent, some places were a little off, obviously he had been wearing it for a long time.

What really attracts Li Mu is that his eyes are very bright, his face always has a modest smile, and his walking posture is also very tall and straight, without the slightest petty air of poor people.

Liang Hongfei nodded secretly, without any politeness, and went straight to the point: "Which section are you here?"

The man said without hesitation: "Let's come to the part where Tang Seng is in the desert."

Li Mu's eyes lit up. Most of the actors who came to the audition before were staring at the scene where Tang Seng was in the dungeon, or the scene where he was tied to a pillar. Everyone subconsciously thought that Tang Seng was purely for funny. characters that appear.

In fact, what really makes the role of Tang Seng stand still is the scene of his self-sacrifice in the desert in order to ask Guanyin to spare Monkey King.

Big talk is not nonsense, and adaptation is not nonsense.

Tang Seng is still the "holy monk" who is willing to sacrifice his ego for the sake of saving all living beings and the great love in the world. This also makes the tragedy that the Supreme Treasure wears a magic spell and becomes Monkey King in the end, which is not so tragic, because he is also sacrificing Little me, complete big me!
The man quickly performed the performance. The first half of the performance can only be regarded as quite satisfactory, not too brilliant. What really made Li Mu decide was that he finally threw the "Zen staff" to the sky and sat cross-legged on the ground. Divided the charm of the holy monk.

"Ms. Luo, would you like to leave a contact information? If it is convenient, a staff member will notify you to sign the contract soon!" Li Mu helped the man up from the place.

Teacher Luo let out a long breath, and then showed embarrassment: "Well, can I pay a little salary in advance after I sign the contract?"

Well, it seems that this guy can no longer be described as living in distress. He borrowed money from the crew as soon as the role was won. If the general crew might just give him away!

Li Mu's eyes lit up: "Ms. Luo doesn't have a brokerage company yet, right?"

"what?"

The reason why he signed him was firstly that there was no cost, and secondly, his acting skills were also qualified. There is not only one kind of role that such an old drama player can control, and it is not a loss no matter what.

After the role of Tang Seng is selected, the other supporting roles don’t need to be paid too much attention. Although the Bull Demon King is the biggest villain in the play, he has a lot of roles. In fact, he doesn’t need too good acting skills. Acting skills, on the contrary, the figure has become a hard target.

Speaking of the Bull Demon King, there is another interesting point. In the original version of "Journey to the West", the actor who played the role of the Bull Demon King is called Lu Shuming. Not many people may know this name, but the other character he played is definitely a household name.

That's Guan Yu in the CCTV version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Well, it's hard to imagine that Guan Erye, who is so righteous, has become the most hated Bull Demon King in "A Chinese Journey to the West"!

The preparatory period was almost three months, and the crew officially set off, and the destination was Yinchuan.

Zhenbeibao Western Studios, as one of the few film and television bases that can capture the scenery of the Northwest, basically most of the shots about the Northwest Desert and Gobi in the Chinese film and television circle are shot from here.

After running through several major dramas, the crew of the studio has become quite mature, so this time Li Mu didn't get involved in too many matters related to the shooting, and instead concentrated on researching the characters.

In fact, it can be clearly seen that in the two parts of Journey to the West, "Moonlight Box", Zhou Xingchi's performance still follows the previous nonsensical style, but in "The Great Sage Marries a Wife", Zhou Xingchi's performance has completely changed.

There are no exaggerated facial expressions, no nonsensical and funny shots, in this one, he is just a treasure!A little person who wants to change his destiny but is always swayed by it.

This is also the reason why Li Mu dared to act in this play in person. You must know that the reason why Xing Ye is Xing Ye is that his nonsensical style is unique, and no one can control it.

After a few scenes, Li Mu also slowly found his feeling. What really made him uneasy was the scene with Jiang Yinyue.

But unexpectedly, Jiang Yinyue's condition was surprisingly good, just like the scene where Fairy Zixia and Supreme Treasure met for the first time at the gate of Pansi Cave.

Jiang Yinyue's performance was impeccable. In terms of appearance, she was not inferior to Zixia who was at her peak, and in terms of acting skills, she was not bad at all. Every frown and smile showed the innocence and pure beauty of a girl.

Because the scenes of the upper and lower parts were condensed into one scene, the shooting cycle was shortened a lot, and all the live-action shooting was completed in just two months.

The post-production process was also quite smooth. [A Chinese Journey to the West] didn't have any complicated post-production special effects. This is a movie that wins with its plot.

It's just that when editing, the post-production team looked at Li Mu strangely.

After watching the finished film, Shi Ran even secretly asked, "Are you sure you have nothing to do with Jiang Yinyue?"

Asking this question made Li Mu feel guilty, anyone can see the affection of Zixia Fairy in the play for Supreme Treasure.

In fact, this problem has been bothering Li Mu during the filming period, but Jiang Yinyue always kept a distance from him, and hardly saw him face-to-face except for filming.

"What? What do you mean, should we first adopt the model of college screenings for promotion?" Shi Ran is contacting Hua Yi about the schedule.

Not only Shi Ran was puzzled, but even Liang Hongfei couldn't understand what Li Mu did.

The reason why [Crazy Stone] adopted the spot screening mode was completely out of helplessness, but now the studio has a lot of publicity channels, so why do such a high-risk thing.

"Don't you think this movie is a bit complicated?" Li Mu said helplessly.

Miscellaneous is unavoidable. When Liu Zhenwei was filming Westward Journey, there was no detailed script until the filming started. The whole filming was decided by Liu Zhenwei impromptu, and there were a lot of dialogues given by Zhou Xingchi. I admire the fantastic ideas of that generation of Xiangjiang filmmakers!
Therefore, the plot of "A Chinese Journey to the West" is quite good, because this is the idea that Liu Zhenwei came up with when he was watching Journey to the West since he was a child. It has been brewing for many years, but the rhythm on the spot seems a bit messy.

【A Chinese Journey to the West】The reason why it became popular is that the group of college students has contributed a lot. Even Zhou Xingchi was named the master of postmodernist comedy. In fact, from the beginning to the end, Zhou Xingchi said that he did not understand the so-called "postmodernism" What's the meaning!
"A Chinese Journey to the West" and "Crazy Stone" are both movies that rely on the plot to win, and they all have more or less problems.
Therefore, Li Mu is not sure what the final result of directly pushing "A Westward Journey" to the market is. It is true that "A Westward Journey" failed at the box office that year. Most of the reasons are that some of its concepts are too advanced, and the audience level has not yet reached. reason.

But what if?Li Mu didn't want to take such a risk, so after careful consideration, he decided to conduct a large-scale screening in colleges and universities first, so as to build up the reputation of "Journey to the West".

The audience has a herd mentality, and once word of mouth becomes popular, their focus will shift to the plot, and they will not be paced by some malicious comments, which will infinitely magnify some of the small flaws.

After listening to Li Mu's analysis, although Shi Ran and Liang Hongfei felt that he was a little too cautious, they still followed his instructions to contact Dianying!

Of course, Li Mu is not idle either. He was the one who contacted the previous colleges and universities in Guangdong Province, and this time naturally cannot do without his needlework.

After being busy for almost half a month, it can be regarded as finalizing the details of the screening.

Huayi also arranged a schedule for New Year's Day. As for the better Spring Festival schedule, it is the treatment of a son. If you squeeze in, you can't guarantee the number of films!

"By the way, do you plan to make the soundtrack of this movie yourself or hire someone to do it?" Shi Ran asked.

"Hey, let me do it!" Li Mu said that he was born to work hard!
Speaking of the music in "A Chinese Journey to the West", apart from the episode "Love of My Life", there are two songs that impress me the most.

One is "Small Knife Club Prelude", which is the BGM that Monkey King appeared on. For this song, Master Xing is very fond of it, and it also appeared frequently in "Kung Fu" later.

The other one is the opening song of the Great Sage Marrying His Wife, which is the background music played when Supreme Treasure puts on the magic spell. This song is actually adapted from "Love of My Life", but it is still classic!

Of course, after all this work, [A Chinese Journey to the West] is short of a theme song!Li Mu couldn't help getting into a tangle.

(End of this chapter)