This star’s style is wrong

[Ark Culture is preparing for a new project, a science fiction film "The Wandering Earth" with a large investment of 500 million. 】

[Fang Xing has started casting for his new film, is he the best actor this time? Or a movie queen? 】

[Can an epic science fiction film be made with an investment of 500 million? 】

[A subject matter that Fang Xing has never touched before, is it a new breakthrough or the beginning of Waterloo? 】

Ark Culture officially announced that casting for the movie "The Wandering Earth" has begun, and major entertainment media have reported on it.

This is a new movie directed by a new movie star and the annual box office champion. How can you not be so popular?

Ark Culture’s new movie is also a big shock to the actor industry.

Fang Xing has already proven his strength with two movies.

If you say you want to win the award, you will win the award. If you lead the best actor to win the award, if you win the award, you will be soft-hearted.

Moreover, it has achieved both box office and awards success.

For a film director like this, as long as he can hold his thigh, wouldn't he take off immediately?

Not to mention others, Deng Huiling, a double-starred actress, made two movies for Shengqi Entertainment through resource exchange in order to enter the film industry, and there was no splash at all.

In "Infernal Affairs", she just played the fiancée of the second male lead with a small role. This role suddenly became different.

Although she doesn't have many roles, she is a serious second female lead.

One movie has a box office of 3.6 billion.

As a result, Deng Huiling has established a firm foothold in the film industry, and film resources have already taken the initiative to look for her.

In terms of brand endorsement, it has also been upgraded to a higher level.

This is the fact. Film actors are indeed the top of the pyramid in the actor industry.

therefore.

This time "The Wandering Earth" officially announced the casting, entertainment companies in the industry all want to promote their artists to the cast.

The contact number of Ark Culture is almost exhausted.

There are even some actor-level actors indirectly asking for information.

As an actor, if you take the initiative to ask for a role, it will be a bit embarrassing if you are rejected.

At this time, the role of the agent comes into play.

However, Fang Xing does not plan to hire too many big-name actors this time.

Because the film this time is a special effects film, the production cost of special effects accounts for a large part, so it is impossible to hire actors who are too expensive.

In the film industry, the proportion of special effects production costs to the total production costs of a special effects film varies depending on factors such as film type, special effects complexity, and production budget.

Generally speaking, special effects production costs can account for a considerable part of the total production costs, usually between 30% and 60%, or even higher.

Science fiction movies are a genre with a high proportion of special effects shots in special effects films.

Except for the indoor drama, the exterior scenes are almost all special effects.

This means that the special effects production costs of "The Wandering Earth" will account for close to 60%.

As for Fang Xing, one of the most important characteristics of making movies is that he is not very short of money. If he doesn't have enough money, he will make more money.

Of course, there is no shortage of money, which does not mean spending money indiscriminately.

The production team is responsible for this. Fang Xing only needs to produce the effect he wants, while the production team is responsible for reducing costs and using the least money to produce the best effect.

In fact.

The special effects in the first part of "The Wandering Earth" on Earth are relatively average, and there are many places where it can be seen that they are not very realistic.

Especially compared with the second part, the special effects are very different.

Of course, this is related to production time and production cost.

Because when the first part of "The Wandering Earth" was produced, the crew was very short of money.

The initial investment was only more than 100 million, and the idea of ​​making a science fiction special effects blockbuster with more than 100 million was simply fantastic.

Later, it was Wu Jing who cost 60 million to star, and the first part was filmed.

This joke is actually that director Guo Fan "fooled" Wu Jing into starring for zero pay, and also brought 60 million investment into the crew to relieve the crew's urgent need.

During the filming process, there was also the incident of Wanda withdrawing its investment midway, which almost made the project obsolete.

In the end, the production cost of the first part of "The Wandering Earth" was more than 200 million.

When making special effects, the price given by the crew almost scared away the special effects company because the crew really had no money.

Also because there was no money, the special effects in the first part of "The Wandering Earth" were indeed at a disadvantage.

Of course, from a cost-effective perspective, it is quite outrageous to achieve this effect with such a small amount of money. For this reason, Guo Fan has been dubbed the "Master of Saving Money."

However, one thing to say, the special effects of the first film are actually a bit regretful.

Therefore, if Fang Xing wants to film "The Wandering Earth", he must make the best possible special effects.

Moreover, the special effects are produced by its subsidiary Nebula Special Effects, which can save a lot on production costs.

Even so, Fang Xing still plans to invest 500 million yuan, and the preliminary plan is that the special effects production cost will be around 250 million yuan.

And Nebula Special Effects is responsible for the production. The special effects production cost of 250 million can definitely produce a level of more than 300 million on the market, or even more.

500 million investment, half of which has been spent on post-production special effects.

Therefore, in terms of actor remuneration, we cannot hire many well-paid actors.

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After Ark Culture officially announced the launch of the "Wandering Earth" project, it immediately announced that the actor Liu Peiqiang, the leading actor, would be Fang Xing himself.

In the movie, Liu Peiqiang is a father and an astronaut on the International Space Station with the rank of lieutenant colonel, shouldering the arduous mission of the survival of human civilization.

If it were five years ago, Fang Xing would not have dared to play such a role.

Because the identity of a father cannot be acted out by imagination. The more someone has been a father, the clearer it is.

Even the younger father could not understand the true meaning of this identity.

It was only after Fang Xing had his daughter that he could deeply understand the meaning behind this identity, and finally had the confidence to play such a role.

Playing the role of Liu Peiqiang, Fang Xing also appeared for free.

However, another identity is the director, who gets a 7% top share.

After the casting began, actor resumes floated to Ark Culture's production office like snowflakes, piling up a table.

Fang Xing had three requirements when choosing an actor: good acting skills, the ability to endure hardship, and a reasonable salary.

Of course, if your acting skills are worth the pay, you can consider a slightly higher salary.

In the film and television industry, the salaries of some actors can be very outrageous.

There are many people who start with a daily salary of 2 million.

However, Fang Xing is not making a romance movie or an idol drama, so he has no demand for popular stars.

Even so, many entertainment companies still recommend their popular stars to the management of Ark Culture, hoping to have the opportunity to star in Fang Xing's new film, and even take the initiative to cut their salaries.

Fang Xing's attitude is the same as before, 30 million to hire a traffic star? It's crazy to spend this money.

In the first part of "The Wandering Earth", two young actors needed to be found to play "Liu Qi", the son of the actor "Liu Peiqiang", and "Han Duoduo", the granddaughter adopted by the actor's father-in-law "Han Ziang".

In fact.

In the first part of "The Wandering Earth", the two characters "Liu Qi" and "Han Duoduo" were not well received.

It’s not just a problem with the actors, there’s also a problem with the character’s personality.

At the beginning of the film, the Wandering Earth Project has been launched. Driven by the planetary engine, the Earth begins to change its orbit and gradually approaches Jupiter.

As a result, the temperature of the earth's surface dropped to minus 70 degrees, making the surface unsuitable for human survival, and humans moved into underground city crews.

At the beginning of the film, "Liu Qi" stole a piece of equipment, took the underground city elevator, went to the surface, and then caused a series of dangers.

This is also where the audience has the most negative comments about the character "Liu Qi".

Because this character is like a rebellious child who keeps getting into trouble.

In many Hollywood movies, there are a lot of protagonists who keep getting into trouble, and then a lot of awesome characters come to wipe his ass. This is to show that the protagonist is the chosen one, but in fact it is useless.

In fact, the audience didn't like this plot.

In "The Wandering Earth", there is indeed a reason why "Liu Qi" came to the surface, but the reason is very obscure and the audience cannot tell it at all if they don't think carefully.

Because of the death of his mother and the fact that "Liu Peiqiang" left the earth on a mission when he was very young, "Liu Qi" misunderstood his father "Liu Peiqiang", and there has always been a gap between the two.

When the earth approaches Jupiter, it means that "Liu Peiqiang" is coming back.

In order to hide from his father, "Liu Qi" sneaked to the surface and hid in other dungeons.

In fact, this reason, if we say it is reasonable, actually makes sense.

However, in this way, the character "Liu Qi" went to the surface and caused a lot of trouble just to get angry with his father, and the character is still not likeable.

Therefore, when Fang Xing was writing the script, he considered adding a plot, that is, the artificial intelligence Moss deliberately lured "Liu Qi" to the surface, plus the emotional factor of "Liu Qi" wanting to hide from his father, strengthening the reason why he went to the surface.

Fang Xing wrote this plot into the script.

However, whether it will be edited into the feature film in the end depends on the overall effect of the final edit.

This is the case with movies. What the audience sees in the final film is not all the shots shot by the director, or maybe even only half of the shots.

The other half of the scene was cut to make the plot of the movie tighter.

If there is a director's cut of the movie, you will find that the director's cut is much longer than the released version, or even twice as long.

Fang Xing plans to film more plots to strengthen the motivations of "Liu Qi" and help reduce the dislike of this character.

In addition, the acting skills of the actors are also an issue.

In the movie, "Liu Qi" and "Han Duoduo" have many scenes.

…

After the casting began, Qiao Yinghong first collected the resumes of her artists and put them on Fang Xing's desk herself.

"Boss, let's first see if any of our artists can be used."

As an agent, Qiao Yinghong will still take the initiative to help her artists find jobs.

She read the role introduction in "The Wandering Earth", took out a few resumes, and said, "How about An Xiaoran? She should be suitable to play 'Han Duoduo'."

After An Xiaoran has worked as an actor in the past few years, coupled with her pretty good talent, her acting skills are indeed pretty good.

However, the age is not appropriate.

It has been four years since An Xiaoran graduated from college. Although she looks young, she is still too old to play the role of "Han Duoduo".

"Han Duoduo's identity is sister and granddaughter. To meet this identity, it would be better to find a current student." Fang Xing replied.

Qiao Yinghong mentioned all the artists under her banner, and Fang Xing kept the ones that could be used. The others had to be auditioned separately.

…

When "The Wandering Earth" began to prepare for casting.

Zhang Yigao, who had been resting for two months, was also a little eager to give it a try. He took the initiative to approach Fang Xing and expressed his desire to join the crew of "The Wandering Earth".

Fang Xing did not agree to his request, but asked: "I have another science fiction TV series that I plan to let you film. Please don't join the team."

When Zhang Yigao heard that there was a new drama, he thought it was very good and quickly asked: "What drama? Is it a science fiction drama? This subject is a bit difficult to film."

Science fiction-themed movies can be considered popular themes, but when it comes to TV series, they are very unpopular.

In the TV drama industry, the most popular themes are ancient puppets, followed by modern puppets, urban occupations, espionage, love and marriage, period dramas, and suspense dramas.

There are many successful cases in these themes, but science fiction TV series are more embarrassing, with very few successful cases.

Occasionally there are one or two successful science fiction TV series, but most of them are comedies and idol dramas disguised as science fiction.

Therefore, Zhang Yigao heard that it was a science fiction-themed TV series and felt that it was quite difficult.

Fang Xing replied: "It should be said that it is a TV series that is slightly related to "The Wandering Earth". It is called "The Three-Body Problem". After you get the script, you may have to supplement some astronomy knowledge, otherwise it will be difficult to film."

"The Wandering Earth" and "The Three-Body Problem" are two essentially unrelated stories, but the original authors are both Liu Cixin.

There is a connection between these two works that is not a connection.

In "The Wandering Earth", humans use planetary engines to push the earth out of the solar system, and then go to Proxima Centauri, which is 4.2 light-years away, which is Alpha Centauri.

Unfortunately, the Trisolarans in "The Three-Body Problem" live on Alpha Centauri.

Yes, if the two stories take place in the same parallel world, then the new home that "The Wandering Earth" is going to is actually another hell, and replication is more terrifying than the solar system.

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The crew spent a week screening the actors' resumes, and only those with suitable conditions were handed over to Fang Xing.

After reading it, Fang Xing selected the resumes of potential actors, handed them to the casting director, and ordered: "Arrange a time and ask these actors to audition. Before sending invitations, do your research first. Artists with bad records will not be used."

"Okay, I'll do it right away." The casting director rushed to arrange the audition.

Two days later.

The audition work for "The Wandering Earth" has officially begun.

Many of the actors who participated in the audition were in school.

Because according to the roles, two young actors are needed to play the second and third roles, that is, the brother and sister "Liu Qi" and "Han Duoduo".

Young actors have the opportunity to play second or third roles in movies directed by the annual box office champion and emerging movie stars.

This kind of opportunity is simply a matter of one step.

Whoever can be selected will take off immediately.

Therefore, many young actors who are well-known or have good grades in school have submitted their resumes to audition.

The crew screened out actors who had good grades in school, matched the image, and had no bad deeds, and sent out audition invitations.

Since it was Fang Xing's new movie, the actors who received the invitation to audition, especially the current students, were so happy that they jumped for joy.

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