Millennium director

Let's go back in time a little bit.

Just when Wu Yuan had just returned from Venice and started enjoying his little vacation.

The "Actors Please Take Your Place" program that Dragon TV and Guangying Kuaibo have been promoting for a long time is about to begin its official screening.

Previously, this variety show released a 45-minute pilot episode in advance.

The effect of this pilot episode was okay, and it answered a lot of puzzles for many viewers who were originally not interested in this program, or who couldn't understand how a group of young actors competed.

Most domestic netizens and viewers were full of doubts and doubts when they heard that Light and Shadow Times and Dragon TV were going to produce an actor competition talent show.

Again, actors and singers are different.

For acting competition shows, the audience will be confused. Should they appreciate it based on the stage or the film and television drama?

For the participating actors, they were also confused. Should I act according to the stage, or according to the film and television?

The audience didn't understand, the actors were confused, and the instructor was very strict.

In such a state of wrangling each other, the audience did not think that any good program would be produced.

But "Actors Please Take Your Place" is different.

Although the name of this show is this, the actual competition system was created by Wu Yuan after integrating many later actors' talent competition programs such as "Actors Please Take Your Place", "Acting School" and "The Birth of an Actor". competition format.

It can be said that it is a masterpiece after taking the essence and discarding the dross.

Unlike other programs, the protagonist here is not a mentor, there is no quarrel, the focus is on the young actors.

The assessment is in the form of improvisation, leaving the actors very little time so that they can see their truest level.

Improvisation allows you to see an actor's strengths and weaknesses in a short period of time.

It can be said that the requirements of this are sometimes much more difficult than those rehearsed.

What is difficult for the players is enjoyable for the audience.

"Show your true skills, don't make excuses, don't be miserable, acting is not an honor, it is a skill."

"Since you use it for food and it is the foundation of your life, then practicing this skill well is your duty, not your choice."

"Most people don't understand that."

In the pilot film, what Mr. Chen Daoming said in an interview with the director team immediately became a hot search on Weibo.

Not only that, Teacher Gong Li’s other words were also cut into clips and topped the hot search list.

"Now there is a profession called talent scout starting to appear on the street."

"As long as they see someone on the street and think you look good, they can package you into a star."

"They did not graduate from professional schools and have not received professional guidance."

"Walking on the street, I was discovered by a talent scout based on my face. When I entered a film and television company, I became the number one male and female as soon as I got there."

"When they were filming, they were also confused and didn't understand what acting was."

"You know, even though I studied in a professional school for several years, when I first acted in a play directed by Zhang Yimou, I was confused. I didn't know how to turn the knowledge I learned into actual acting skills."

"Not to mention these newcomers who have never even been exposed to basic skills training."

"Such an environment is wrong, very wrong. If more and more newcomers like this appear in the future, bad money will gradually drive out good money, making no newcomers willing to calm down and practice their basic skills, study hard, and lay a solid foundation. , just want to become famous overnight.”

"These words are not my own thoughts. They were discussed by Director Wu before. That's why he took the lead and created this show. He hopes that the truly talented and outstanding new actors in the industry will not be ignored. Bury it, let the good coins be seen by the public, and drive out the bad coins.”

"So I'm here. I'm not here to be a mentor. I'm here to contribute to the future of the Chinese film industry!"

Gong Li's pre-production clip quickly became a hot topic on the Internet after the pilot film was circulated.

2010 was the first year of the explosion of domestic idol culture and the entertainment industry.

Before 2010, whether you were an actor or a singer, most of them had to have real talent to make a living. Whether you were from a wild background or a major, you had to have excellent basic skills and top acting or singing skills to be able to be in the circle. To get ahead, you rely on hard power to make ends meet.

But after 2010, everything changed.

The terms actor and singer are being downplayed, replaced by the general term "star."

And stars can be packaged and manufactured.

It doesn't matter if your singing skills are not good, it doesn't matter if your acting skills are not good. As long as you are good-looking, the agency will have a way to make you famous through hype, packaging and other behaviors.

There is no doubt that the stars promoted in this way, whether they are singers or actors, are all embroidered pillows. They look good, but in fact they have low professional standards.

Be it Gong Li or Chen Daoming, they were all very dissatisfied with this phenomenon and spoke out directly.

Saying this 10 years later, it will definitely only get a lot of abuse from fans who defend "brother". They feel that the program team and instructors are satirizing and smearing his brother who is still working hard even though he has a fever of 40 degrees Celsius.

But now, when the entertainment industry has just begun to change, it is just right.

And precisely because this is the first few years since this phenomenon appeared, stars who have become popular by relying on their packaging and persona have not yet become mainstream in the entertainment industry. The mainstream entertainment industry still appreciates "powerful people" more.

Therefore, when most netizens and passers-by saw the two mentors angrily criticizing the current situation in the industry, they did not feel as if their "brothers" were offended.

Because what they like are high-quality actors and singers with acting and singing skills. Even if they are idol actors like Huang Xiaoming or popular singers like Chun Ge who are voted by fans, they still have real materials, but It’s not an embroidered pillow!

At a time when mainstream celebrities and fans are still relatively "sane", the program "Actors Please Take Your Place" appears, and under the guise of selecting talented and high-quality newcomers for the film and television industry, so that good money will not be buried, it is still very effective. , but sparked the interest of countless netizens.

Passers-by who were originally not interested in this program became very interested in "Actors Please Take Your Place" after seeing these two pre-interview videos of the instructors. They wanted to see what method was used to select actors for this program. Produce high-quality new actors.

Ever since, on October 1st, the National Day, which was also Saturday night, the first episode of "Actors Please Take Your Place" was broadcast simultaneously on Dragon TV and Light and Shadow Express, and it immediately became a hit.

The opening rating was 3%, and the highest rating was 6%!

After the two-hour first episode was played, the entire Internet exploded!

Because this first episode is so interesting!

The fifty new contestants did not come up to do stage competitions or PK competitions. Instead, they were thrown directly to Hengdian by the program team, starting from the lowest level as group performers!

Group acting, an industry that is shrouded in mystery to most ordinary people, is clearly and directly presented to the audience for the first time.

You don’t know until you see it, you know it only after you see it.

Hey, it’s really interesting! (End of chapter)