Chapter 348 This Is a TV Series, Not a Movie, the Cast Is Very Important

After Qi Mu finished introducing himself, Fang Rong said, "Come on, the first clip."

A minute later, the clip of traveling back to ten years ago and meeting Aunt Li ended.

Fang Rong pursed his lips.

His acting skills are a little immature.

But he got the audition script only one hour ago, while the others got it three days in advance. It's understandable. It's not a big problem to teach him.

Look at the performance of the second clip, and then see how his attitude is.

The second clip is that Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru are looking for Tang Yu on the street. After a day of nothing, Tang Yu recognizes Li Xiaoyao as the thief who stole his adoptive father's purse and fights with him.

There is no training for fighting scenes yet. There is no fighting in this scene, just posing to test whether the actor's temperament and micro-expressions can control the role.

In fact, this clip is difficult to teach.

Assistant director Jiang Danxia picked up a sword from the prop box and played Lin Yueru.

The casting director also stood up and played Tang Yu Xiaobao with him.

Seeing that the three of them were in place, Fang Rong leaned against the backrest and said, "Let's get started."

...

Li Xiaoyao (Qi Mu) raised his hand, grasped the long sword behind him that had not yet been unsheathed, and stared at Tang Yu.

Tang Yu stretched his arms forward and held the sword in front of him, "You bold thief, hand over my adoptive father's purse."

Lin Yueru stared at him and said, "Are you blind? Who stole your money bag..."

Li Xiaoyao's look of alertness relaxed, and he was slightly surprised. After a moment, his eyes curved, and a playful look flashed across his eyes. He stared at Tang Yu with a smile, interrupting Lin Yueru who was talking, and teasing:

"Oh~ So you are in the same group with that big fool."

Tang Yu was slightly stunned, "What?"

"Or he is a lunatic, and his things were stolen, but he didn't shout or cry, and he didn't even report it to the government, huh?"

Tang Yu retracted the sword with his left hand and held the hilt with his right hand, "Don't be rude to my godfather."

Lin Yueru drew out the sword, "So what?"

The next moment, Li Xiaoyao drew out half of the sword behind him, stood sideways in front of Lin Yueru, and turned his face to her, "Everyone is responsible for their own actions, don't worry about it."

Lin Yueru whispered: "Stinky, this person doesn't look simple."

"Humph, so you'd better get out of the way," Li Xiaoyao turned his head slightly and looked at Tang Yu, with a playful smile on his lips, but his eyes gradually became firm, "lest this hero be distracted."

Fang Rong stared at his face and slowly sat up straight.

It's really suitable!

The high-spirited young man, with smart and resolute eyes, mixed with a bit of bad temperament, rough but not greasy.

It looks like he looks casual on the outside, but he is very responsible on the inside.

The performance in this section directly surpassed the other actors in the previous one.

He doesn't need to act, he is Li Xiaoyao.

Where did Chen Xiao find such a person?

Oh yes, I remember, Jiang Ming's candidate.

Fang Rong glanced at Chen Xiao.

I have to say that Comrade Chen has a good eye.

Under Jiang Ming's chivalrous and tender outfit, it can be seen that this is a suitable embryo for Li Xiaoyao.

"Okay, come on, the next link."

Next, after a cold reading of the script, that is, reading and performing new clips on the spot.

Since the next is lunch break, the crew directly communicated with him about personal experience, role understanding, schedule and other contents.

Qi Mu said: "I have relatively little acting experience, but I have learned a little martial arts, and joined the martial arts club after entering college."

As he said, he glanced at Chen Xiao. He hesitated for a moment, and swallowed the second half of the reason for learning martial arts.

The reason why I learned martial arts was because I watched Xiaodao's fighting scenes in "Kung Fu" in the spring of my senior year of high school. It was so damn handsome!

Later, traditional martial arts became popular.

He also learned Nanquan for two months after the college entrance examination. Of course, the time was too short and he only learned a little bit.

But saying this made Xiaodao look like he was trying to curry favor with others, which made him feel awkward. Forget it.

He continued, "I also like to play some large-scale games and read fantasy novels. I feel that my mentality may be similar to that of Li Xiaoyao. Oh, by the way, I donated 200 yuan last semester. Although it's a little less."

He lowered his voice and smiled awkwardly.

He was quite proud of donating 200 yuan.

But it was a bit embarrassing to say it in front of all the directors.

Just when he was slightly embarrassed, Chen Xiao's voice came from the window, "It's good to have the intention, and do what you can."

Qi Mu grinned.

Oh, I really didn't realize that this guy who often stabbed people was actually a warm knife.

Fang Rong smiled and asked a few questions about the salary and schedule. "Today's audition ends here. Please go back and wait for news."

"Okay, thank you everyone."

Qi Mu bowed and left the audition room.

As soon as the door was closed, the internal discussion in the room began again.

Fang Rong looked at Chen Xiao first, "Director Chen?"

Chen Xiao turned his eyes away from the actor's information, "You guys go first, say whatever comes to mind, I'm not familiar with him, we just met during the break, you guys can say whatever you want."

I really don't know him well, I don't want to say it first.

And Fang Rong is the chief director.

If he grabs the initiative, it will weaken Fang Rong's authority in everyone's subconscious. Only by giving him enough initiative can he control the situation.

Fang Rong nodded slightly and spoke first: "Then let me say first, I give full marks to his appearance and temperament. He also has some martial arts background, so his fighting scenes should be more beautiful. As for his acting skills, he is a little immature, but his facial control is very good, and his eyebrows, eyes and cheeks are quite in place. His body language, voice expression, role understanding and attitude are also very good. It won't be a big problem if he is taught carefully. You can ask him to come again tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to interact with other role players and see the effect. Among these three people, I tend to choose him."

The casting director echoed: "It really matches Li Xiaoyao's image. Most of the well-known actors around 20 years old have been in the entertainment industry for a few years. Their eyes are relatively deep, not as youthful as him."

Others nodded.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

"Does anyone have a different opinion?"

The producer stared at his information, hesitated for a while, and said:

"Director Chen, Director Fang. If "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" was a movie, I would agree. But since this is a TV series, I suggest that we use actors with higher popularity."

"Because movies are sold directly to the audience, but our TV series are sold to platforms and companies. When platforms and companies purchase broadcast rights, they consider factors such as the market demand for the subject matter, the cast, and the production team."

"To be honest, our subject matter this time is different from "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and does not have much advantage. "The Legend of Zhen Huan" fills the market gap between big heroine dramas and palace fighting dramas. But fairy tale dramas do not have an advantage. The market acceptance level of "heroes"... It's hard to say."

"If the cast is not eye-catching, we will only have the advantage of the production team, and the platform will offer a lower price."

The producer did not explain it in detail, but everyone understood what he meant.

Movies are in the toc model, that is, they are sold to consumers. The audience's tickets accumulate into box office, and the box office determines whether the producer and the cinema make money.

And TV series are typical tob products, which are eventually sold to platforms such as Kiwi. The platform's bid determines how much money the producer makes.

The platform mainly makes money from big brands. Once a star can help a brand in a TV series, or even be a brand spokesperson, the brand will pay a lot of money to broadcast the work.

Therefore, the producers of TV series also tend to pay a lot of money to let traffic stars perform, enhance brand influence, and let more brands pay.

Because of this, everyone knows about the bad movies of big stars. High-quality dramas without stars are given the title of niche.

In fact, sometimes the so-called niche dramas are not really small in audience. It's just that the gimmick is small, and there is no money to irrigate, so it can't make a name for itself.