In the past two years, actor competition variety shows have emerged in an endless stream, there are "Actors Please Take Place", there are also "I Am an Actor", in these programs, the most rare thing is that excellent good actors have finally been discovered, such as Lang Yueting and Niu Junfeng.
Of course, there are also mentor teams who act willfully and arbitrarily, only relying on their own likes and dislikes to push the traffic actors to a high position, such as Guo Jingming's S card to He Changxi, which is still a thorn in the heart of Teacher Li Chengru.
The actor's competitive variety show is tired of playing, and Tencent has found another way to create a director's competitive variety show - "Director Please Advise".
Wang Jing, Fang Li, Chen Zhixi and Hao Lei formed a team of 4 producers, and 16 directors competed for the most valuable directorial honor with their own short films.
The program team is also interesting enough, not only paying for the directors to shoot films, but also responsible for arranging actors.
No, more than a dozen actors were invited to participate, including many experienced acting schools, such as Li Chengru, Hui Yinghong... There are also newcomer actors with partial traffic, such as Mengziyi, Guo Zifan...
The matching rules between the director and the actor are very simple, the director talks about the script framework, the actors introduce themselves, the two go to the negotiation room to chat together, the appropriate cooperation, the inappropriate is a bye, waiting for the next round.
This link is like a touchstone, and all the twists and turns of careful thinking are exposed.
For a famous director, as soon as he appeared, all the actors seemed to be enthusiastic and hated not being able to cooperate immediately.
Because Guan Jinpeng is in Hong Kong, he can only meet with the actors in the studio through video, but although he only appears on the big screen, the actors also have their eyes wide open and take the initiative to show goodwill and hope for cooperation, and Hu Xing'er even said that she can return to Hong Kong to cooperate with the director.
There are directors who are sought after, and naturally there are directors who are snubbed.
The first to appear is the newcomer director Zeng Zhi, graduated from the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy, she is one of the new female directors in the "Bad Monkey Project", and has directed short films such as "The Summer Diary of mingyue" and "Yunshui".
Although capable and cutting-edge in style, the popularity is not high, and it is particularly difficult to knock the actors.
What she wants to adapt is "Journey to the West", this time mainly looking for male actors between the ages of 20 and 25.
Long before the director appeared, countless young actors said that they wanted to try "Journey to the West", but they had given an appearance, and all the young male actors were silent.
Yang Qianwei handed the microphone to Rong Zishan, and her brother refused because he was under 18 years old and could not act in emotional dramas.
Mengziyi asked Huang Minghao, "Do you want to act?" ”
Huang Minghao replied, "I have just come of age." The subtext is not to act.
Zhang Xueying liked the director who had been given a gift, and Guo Zifan stood up on the spot, and Guo Zifan's age was very appropriate.
Guo Zifan did not even look at the director, and said to Zhang Xueying that this movie was too classic and he did not dare to.
The old actor cheers up the young actors so that they can try, while the young actors, you look at me, I look at you, there is no intention of standing up.
There was no candidate, and the director had been standing in the same place at a loss, and the scene was once very embarrassing.
At this time, Hui Yinghong really couldn't look past it, and said to the younger generation of actors: "For you, every one is an opportunity." You don't think about whether that story fits me or not, grab it first, and then go to a good performance, this is a source of experience, you don't touch it, you don't sit there and don't say a word. ”
Li Chengru then added: "To work hard, in all ages, we must survive, or we must rely on our own efforts." ”
In fact, the meaning of the two old drama bones is very clear, young actors should take the initiative to seize the opportunity, to accumulate experience, not too quick to judge, to have the spirit of hardship.
This is the experience of their hearts, because their older generation of actors have come this way, as long as they hear that the director has a new play, no matter the size of the role, they will take the initiative to fight, fall through the pit, suffer hardships, little by little polishing, to have the current acting skills.
However, for the current newcomer actors, they have always been like being raised in a honeypot, there are investors tailor-made dramas for them, even if they are not acting well, there are fans who blow rainbow farts, plus brokerage company criticism.
So all along, they have been staying in their comfort zone, not growing, not breaking through, so they will be afraid to face challenges.
In the end, thanks to the manager Curran's continuous rounding, he finally called several young actors to the discussion room and had the opportunity to talk to the director in detail.
In fact, young actors can not back down so quickly, you can know more about the director's story content, the core of the short film... Maybe there will be unexpected surprises.
Although Zeng Zhi was not favored by young actors, he was still recognized in the industry, but Bi Zhifei was solid and nailed to the column of shame, even if he repeatedly lowered his requirements, no one paid attention.
In 2015, Bi Zhifei filmed a "Pure Heart , DreamIng Showbiz", which received the lowest score of Douban of 2.2 and successfully won the Golden Broom Award of that year.
Black and red are also red, with this film work with the lowest score of Douban, Bi Zhifei got the admission volume of the show "Director Please Advise".
And he is also full of energy to fight a turnaround battle, want to remake the classic movie "Spring in a Small Town", which is a classic work of director Fei Mu, and was named the first place in the top 100 films in a hundred years by the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2005.
This time, Bi Zhifei was looking for a hard stone.
Unfortunately, the idea is very full, the reality is very bone, listening to him finish his film concept, listening to his requirements for actors, everyone is silent.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Bi Zhifei changed his mind on the spot, and the actor selection changed from an actor over 25 years old to an actress over 25 years old.
However, the scene is still silent, and it is clear that everyone is not optimistic about his directing ability.
To put it bluntly, no one wants to cooperate with pig teammates, and if they don't get it right, it is the danger of word-of-mouth collapse.
Finally, in an awkward silence, Wen Zhengrong stood up, and she said that she wanted to go to the discussion room to listen to Bi Zhifei's work ideas.
In fact, she was not too interested in Bi Zhifei's creation, and the reason why she did so was only because she felt that he needed encouragement at that moment.
Bi Zhifei immediately smiled happily, and Wen Zhengrong's actions made him feel very warm.
In the case of everyone's lack of optimism, there is a person who is willing to lend a helping hand, even if it is just to see the script, for him, it is also a blessing in disguise.
In the end, although Wen Zhengrong did not cooperate with him, at least he saved his face on the spot, and the information he had carefully prepared for a long time finally had a place to play, rather than being abandoned.
In this show, you will see the truest state of the entertainment industry, the delicate relationship chain between the director and the actor.
Some directors have masterpieces, naturally sought after, countless actors look forward to working with him, but young directors often face doubts, and even fall into the dilemma of no actor choice, this is a natural law, you have to rely on yourself to prove yourself.
Experienced old actors, more empathetic and courageous than younger actors, are brave enough to challenge different genres, and that stems from confidence in themselves.
On the road of acting, whether it is artistic virtue or artistic ability, young actors should really learn more from old actors.