Disaster Artist

"Phew… calm down, keep calm."

Breathing out a long breath, Aya tried to calm her beating heart, constantly convincing herself that this was just an ordinary audition.

However, with little success.

The heart still pounded violently against the chest uncontrollably, and even the breathing became cramped, and Aya knew that her state was too tense.

How to do?

"Maybe, embracing the tension, turning it into motivation, being sharp, being alert, being active, can be a good thing."

Snapped. Snapped.

Aiya patted her cheek, took a deep breath again, looked at herself in the bathroom mirror, secretly clenched her fist to cheer herself up, and turned to leave.

There was already a long queue in the corridor outside the bathroom door.

In fact, Aya was not unexpectedly lined up—

After all, this is Lu Qian!

Exactly two weeks ago, news came out of Lei Ming's brokerage company that Lu Qian's latest project had ended the preparatory stage and entered the casting stage.

Industry, commotion.

The reason is very simple. After the post-production of "Deadpool", Lu Qian left Lanchuan and became a mystery. It was rumored that this talented director entered a mental hospital because he was too focused on creation, too paranoid and too devoted. As for schizophrenia, so disappeared to hide and recuperate.

Interestingly, those rumors have noses and eyes. As a result, neither Blue Whale Pictures nor Lei Ming's brokers came out to clarify, letting the rumors spread.

As it spreads, it becomes more and more outrageous, but it loses its credibility, and the rumors are self-defeating.

But the fact is that Lu Qian did dive, and for a long time, he was invisible from the hustle and bustle of the summer vacation, as if there was no such person.

result?

After two months, I heard Lu Qian's name again, but it was news that the young director was preparing for his seventh film!

so productive.

In just three years, Lu Qian has always maintained a high-quality, high-volume, high-yield and efficient creation frequency, and it has remained unbeaten so far, which is shocking.

Regardless of the reason for Lu Qian's disappearance, people take it for granted that Lu Qian may slow down his creative pace a little in the future.

However, no.

The production of "Deadpool" has just ended, and Lu Qian is already ready to devote himself to the shooting of the next work, which will undoubtedly become the focus of attention in the industry.

Regarding the new project, Lei Ming's agent was tight-lipped and did not reveal much information. The details of what role, what type, what story and so on were all kept secret. The only news that spread was that the two protagonists were targeting young people and their target age was 20. to thirty-five.

young. youth. Publicity. vitality.

Lu Qian, once again overturned people's predictions.

In fact, the main active actors in Lanchuan's film industry have always been between the ages of 30 and 50. The active range of male actors may be slightly later; the active range of actresses is slightly further forward - if it is a vase, That is different, of course, the younger the better.

reason?

The specific analysis is very complicated, involving historical causes, cultural phenomena and social structure, etc., and it is impossible to explain in a few words.

One of them is closely related to the market.

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The main market consumer groups that advertisers pay attention to are the main groups of 19 to 49 years old. They are the most active value creators and the most active market consumers. Their preferences are also the most valued by all advertisers. value of .

Movies are no exception.

Because the main consumer group who walks into the cinema is this group of people - at least this group of people pays, so the protagonists of the movie are often in this age group, and try to make them empathize with them as much as possible, tell their stories, tell their experiences, State their opinions and imaginations.

Naturally, this forms another cycle. The Lanchuan film industry is creating more and more stories, and even practitioners are more and more concentrated in this age group, because the film needs to look at life and society from their perspective, and so on. , and finally a pattern is formed.

Of course, nothing is absolute.

Film practitioners are still creating works of different ages, cultures and styles, but the composition of the "mainstream" has gradually stabilized.

Including Lu Qian himself is no exception.

"Assault", "Tourist", "Love", "Deadpool", "Fast Pursuit", "Human Removal Plan", etc., the protagonists of these works are all about thirty to fifty years old. It is an objective fact that it can be successful in the market because it conforms to the orientation of mainstream audiences.

"Unfriending" is the only exception, the camera is aimed at a group of college students, but in the same way, the film uses the computer\/network as the entry point to enter the life of contemporary young people.

It is worth noting that the project "Unfriending" was created by Ji Xu and Lu Qian after they graduated from college.

Perhaps, in the process of creation, creators can indeed break through the limitations of age, culture, gender, and society, and conduct different explorations and attempts; but it is undeniable that inspiration often comes from life, and the products created are also related to their own experiences. There are innumerable connections.

until now.

After breaking into the public eye for three full years, Lu Qian returned to the "young" position, targeting young people under the age of 30.

Undoubtedly, this is a comeback.

Lanchuan, there are different opinions.

Those negative and negative thoughts believe that Lu Qianjiang is exhausted and has no skills, because he has nothing to create, so he returns to his youth.

Perhaps, this project was gradually darkened by Lu Qian's aura.

Those who are positive and positive think that Lu Qian has returned to his original intention and awakened his deep love for movies again, which is why he locks in young people.

Perhaps, this project will be a rethinking of Lu Qian's dreams, himself, and creation.

But whether it is the former or the latter, the Lanchuan industry generally believes that this should be a turning point for Lu Qian, and the director's career may usher in changes—

As for whether it is going up or down, that's a matter of opinion.

Anyway!

Lu Qian is ready to devote himself to the creation of new works, and then, with Lei Ming's brokerage as an example, he will conduct semi-open recruitment within major brokerage companies:

To put it simply, the news will not be disclosed to the public, which also means that those young actors who do not have an agent do not know the existence of recruitment at all; however, all the inside of the five major brokerage companies are disclosed, and the actors who meet the age requirements~www .readwn.com ~ You can audition as long as you are interested.

In addition, it is worth noting that the so-called semi-open recruitment means that there are no shortcuts, no personal relationships, and no backdoors.

Everyone had to go to the site for a group audition.

everyone!

It is conceivable that this one alone should stop many actors. After all, those actors who have been famous for a long time should not be willing to gather together with a group of unknown young actors to audition and interview together. That kind of life They are too far away.

But in this regard, Lu Qian's attitude is very firm, if you want to audition, you must.

The Lanchuan industry speculated that the fundamental reason why Lu Qian did this was that he wanted to find some new faces—

This seems to coincide with the speculation of a creative bottleneck.

So, is that really the case?