The staff of the crew were almost gathered, and Shao Shuaijun held a meeting in a hotel in Yuzhong District, Shancheng City. Several main members were sitting on chairs or beds, while other members of the crew were standing around, gathering together. Look at the people.
When everyone arrived, Shao Shuaijun clapped his hands to indicate that everyone should listen carefully.
"I am very happy to invite you to join our "Crazy Stone" crew. I believe that all of you here are industry leaders and will be able to successfully complete this film. This is a black comedy film with no profound connotations.
, is to entertain the public. I believe many people have watched Guy Ritchie's "Two Smoking Barrels", which is full of cult flavor. Our movie uses this multi-line narrative method and combines the earthy flavor of the mountain city.
Elements, country slang, tell a story that makes people smile."
The young Shao Shuaijun grew a beard, with the original intention of making himself look older. However, this mustache did not achieve its purpose. Instead, it gave the originally delicate face a masculine and youthful atmosphere. As a director, Shao Shuaijun is really young.
It's so excessive that it's amazing.
As investors, directors, and future bosses, even if everyone despises it in their hearts, they still have to show an attentive attitude on their faces.
"In this movie, I am going to use exaggeration to create jokes. This does not mean that the movie can be made up randomly. Strict logic must be observed and implemented. All departments must pay attention. Being realistic is the theme of the movie. I
I hope this can be reflected in every scene and every piece of film, exaggerated yet reasonable..."
After explaining the theme, Shao Shuaijun did not continue his long speech. He took a sip of mineral water and said with a smile: "I will mention the idea of the movie first to increase everyone's initial impression and understand the scope of their work. Everyone is just here now.
, the work can start slowly, let’s get to know each other first. My name is Shao Shuaijun, I am the investor, producer, director and screenwriter of this movie. I have previously filmed a movie "Buried Alive", which has been sold to China.
"Yi Brothers" is released. If the schedule is right, it will be released within the next three to five days. I hope you can give me more advice when I am working on a crew in the future. Okay, who will be next, director Li Kai?"
Li Kai took over the conversation with a smile: "Thank you, Director Shao, for inviting me to serve as an assistant director. I once served as an assistant director in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and then went on to film several TV series. Compared to Director Shao,
The first movie "Buried Alive" cost less than 100,000 yuan and sold for 5 million. All my previous work was in vain. So, I actually came here to steal from my master."
After listening to Li Kai's words, everyone laughed immediately, and Shao Shuaijun also laughed, but in his heart he was thinking that Li Kai is really good at life. The movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" highlighted his achievements, and then promoted the director.
His status gives people a low-key and humble feeling, but his status cannot be ignored.
Such people can succeed if they seize the opportunity.
Following Li Kai's introduction, everyone introduced themselves, and everyone got to know each other. The next step was to discuss the precise work of the shooting. According to the split-shot script, Shao Shuaijun estimated a timeline, which time period to shoot which content.
.Arrange the rental of scenes and the preparation of props based on this timeline.
Shao Shuaijun has been an assistant director for several years and is familiar with this kind of arrangement. In just one day, all the work was arranged, everyone received their work, and they were ready to start work at any time.
In the evening, Shao Shuaijun, Zhao Cheng, and Li Kai found a small restaurant to drink.
"Director Shao, you really impressed me," Zhao Cheng said while drinking a small drink and narrowing his eyes.
Li Kai also said: "Yes, when I first saw Director Shao, I was shocked. I thought to myself, maybe I met a liar, and this liar was not professional at all.
Find an old man in his 30s or 40s. If it weren’t for Brother Zhao, I wouldn’t believe it even if he were beaten to death. After watching it today, I know what it means to be more irritating than being popular. I’m also a movie maker. I arranged the work earlier.
It’s not as good as Director Shao. Come on, I’ll respect Director Shao.”
Shao Shuaijun didn't like drinking, so he took a few sips and watched Li Kai and Zhao Cheng fight for wine.
The next day, the three of them divided into two groups. Zhao Cheng went north to look for actors, while Shao Shuaijun and Li Kai looked for actors locally. Zhao Cheng was looking for five main actors. According to the list provided by Shao Shuaijun, they were looking for Guo Tao to play Bao Shihong.
, looking for Liu Hua to play Brother Dao, looking for Xu Zheng to play Feng Dong, looking for Huang Bo to play Heipi, and looking for Yue Xiaojun to play Xiaojun.
Maybe it was because the roles originally played by these four people were so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that Shao Shuaijun never thought of finding other actors to replace them. At this time, Guo Tao was a national drama actor and Liu Hua was a TV drama actor, and they were not very famous. Xu Zheng because
"Spring Scenes with Pigs" and "Li Wei Becomes Official" became famous, but they are not big names. Huang Bo is even less famous. He just finished shooting "Survival of the Migrant Workers" and he still doesn't know where he is wandering. Needless to say, Yue Xiaojun
, I just graduated from Chinese Opera and am unemployed.
With Zhao Cheng's connections, it shouldn't be difficult to find them to star in movies.
Shao Shuaijun and Li Kai first went to SC Province, where they found Wang Xun from the Political Department Art Troupe. Wang Xun was one of the first Bashu Ten Laughing Stars, cross talk master Yang Ziyang and comedy artist Shen Fa
His apprentice is a big star in the SC literary and art circles. However, due to geographical restrictions, he has never been able to make a big breakthrough and become truly popular.
In the reception room of the art troupe, Shao Shuaijun met this comedy star with big buck teeth and narrow eyes. Wang Xun was a crazy actor. After receiving the script, he started dancing and acting within a few minutes of reading it. Just by showing his hand like this, he got to know him.
His acting skills make people laugh.
"Brother Wang, how are you? Do you want to take on the role of Si Yan?"
Wang Xun exclaimed: "Take it, why not? This role is very suitable for me."
After settling Wang Xun and agreeing on a date, the two of them ran back to the mountain city non-stop. In the mountain city comedy troupe, they found Peng Bo, an actor from the comedy troupe. Peng Bo took over the role of Xie Xiaomeng without saying a word. The rest is all.
Shao Shuaijun did not personally look for some unspectacular roles, and left several roles to Li Kai.
And he went to Hengdian and found Liu Sanxi: "Brother Xi, order Anan, Sishui, Zebra... come with me to the mountain city to film."
When they heard that Shao Shuaijun was going to make a new movie, Anan and others joined him without saying a word. The roles of security guards and other roles in the movie did not require much acting skills, which was perfect for them. Moreover, they were also supporting roles, which can be regarded as a formal step from group acting.
When it comes to supporting roles, they are still supporting roles in movies.
Something just happened here, and Zhao Cheng called over there: "Director Shao, there are two female characters in the movie, have you found the actors?"