Entertaining Children

Nathan Donner's parkour team has more than a dozen people, and Xiao Yao estimates that more than half of them will be there, but the actual shortage of actors is only a dozen or twenty people. Xiao Yao is quite confident about using a video posted under the YRF account to recruit a dozen or twenty actors. The MV shooting took place three days later, and Xiao Yao didn’t want to make a decision on selecting candidates too early. He planned to let the video ferment for two days, and waited until the day before the MV shooting to check the email to select candidates, so after uploading and releasing the video, Xiao Yao also Instead of opening the mailbox and waiting to receive emails or watching the comments of netizens on the PV, I took out a pen and paper and began to draw the shot script in the MV, designing the composition of the screen shots.

The total length of the song "alone" is less than three minutes. Although there are many scenes, Xiao Yao gave some of the pictures to netizens outside the United States and Los Angeles for free play. In fact, there are not many shots and scenes that he needs to shoot. In addition, he still has the original MV in his mind for reference. So in just one night, Xiao Yao completed the script of the storyboards he was going to shoot in this MV.

Keith Craig is in charge of the filming team. Actor recruitment is in progress, costumes are on the way, the script is in his mind, the arrangement and soundtrack has been completed, and the recording is scheduled for the day after tomorrow. Let go of things related to "alone", and go to bed with peace of mind. According to the plan, tomorrow is to visit the crew of Zhou Jingyi's drama.

In general, when you go to the crew to visit the set, you will go directly after contacting the time of the visit. At most, if you are blocked by the security personnel outside, you will contact the staff inside to come out and pick it up. But Xiao Yao and Ye Jiaying are from China, and they are going to visit the film crew in the United States. Zhou Jingyi, who was worried that they might not find a place, came to the hotel where Xiao Yao and his party lived before she went to the set to film, and was going to take them there.

When Xiao Siqi and Xiao Yao and his son went to the recording studio of "Daydream" yesterday, Ye Jiaying was taken shopping by Betty Belletra. Today, Ye Jiaying and Xiao Yao's mother and son went to the set, and Xiao Siqi also did not plan to go with them. Xiao Siqi was more interested in the recording equipment that he saw in the recording studio of "Daydream" yesterday, and he also enjoyed getting along with Keith Craig, an American musician yesterday. S. Craig made an appointment to continue going to their band's recording studio today to see if there is any possibility of cooperation between the two parties.

Ye Jiaying is interested in film and television, Xiao Siqi is interested in music. Xiao Yao and Ye Jiaying did not force Xiao Siqi to go with them, so Zhou Jingyi set off with only Ye Jiaying, Xiao Yao, Fang Yiran, and Pei Minyi.

Today's filming plan of Zhou Jingyi's crew is all in the studio, there is no location. When Zhou Jingyi brought Xiao Yao and others into the set, although not all the actors had arrived, the behind-the-scenes staff had already arrived, and the scene was undergoing pre-shooting preparations. What is relatively rare is that in addition to the director, the producer is also on the scene.

Seeing the presence of the director and producer, Zhou Jingyi brought the four of Xiao Yao over and introduced them to each other.

"Mr. McGrove, Mr. Steele,

Hello! "It was the first time for Ye Jiaying, Xiao Yao and others to see the crew of an American drama series. It was also the first time for them to meet the producer and director of this drama. They all behaved politely.

"Hello!" Director Steve McGrove shook hands with several people politely.

"Welcome, welcome!" Producer Douglas Steam was quite enthusiastic.

"I heard about the case a few days ago. I'm glad you're safe and sound!" Glass Stim said hello to Xiao Yao alone.

"Thank you for your concern!" Xiao Yao smiled and nodded his thanks.

Generally speaking, if a main actor wants to bring someone into the crew to visit the set or even visit, there will be no problem, but he still needs to greet the person in charge of the crew in advance. Of course, Zhou Jingyi had already greeted the producer and director in advance, and only brought Xiao Yao and others here after getting approval. Both the producer and the director knew that Zhou Jingyi would bring people to the crew today, but this was not the reason why the producer appeared on the scene today and acted so enthusiastically. The reason why he appeared here today is because he knew that the person Zhou Jingyi brought today was Xiao Yao.

"I know you are a very talented musician, you are a member of the "immortals" band, and the song "immortals" is your work." Glass Stim continued, "So I was thinking, there is Wouldn't it be possible for you to write a soundtrack for our show?"

"Huh? You asked me to write a song for your drama?" Xiao Yao confirmed by pointing to his nose in surprise.

"Yes!" Glass Stim nodded with a smile.

If it's just an ordinary Chinese star, Glass Steam is of course not interested. But Xiao Yao is not an ordinary Chinese star in his eyes.

Xiao Yao appeared on the Oscar stage as a member of the "immortals" band a few years ago. Last year, he used a song and a video to cause the stock price of American Airlines to plummet, and made a public apology. Currently, several songs are released in the United States. And they have achieved good results on the bulletin boards. Recently, two cases have become the focus of public opinion in the United States.

Although Xiao Yao did not develop in the United States, Americans are definitely no stranger to his name. If we can find him to cooperate at this time and ask him to write an episode or soundtrack for the series, as long as the news is released in advance, it will definitely be a very good stimulus to the ratings of the series.

Most of China's TV dramas are filmed in one go, and the TV stations broadcast them slowly, regardless of whether they are good or not, and how the audience responds, there will be no midway cut. But there are very few TV dramas in the United States that are filmed all at once and then broadcast slowly. Most of the dramas are broadcast and filmed at the same time. Generally, the shooting and post-production time is only earlier than the broadcast time. A week or two. This form of filming while broadcasting is a bit like Chinese variety shows, but in terms of purpose, American dramas are completely different from Chinese variety shows.

Most American dramas adopt this mode of broadcasting and filming at the same time, because the competition among American TV stations is too fierce. They do this to allow the production unit to be more flexible to adjust the following according to the reaction and comments of the audience. The direction of the plot and even the arrangement of the characters are to meet the preferences of the audience and strive for a good ratings. If the ratings are really too bad, they may end it hastily, or even not end it, just "die suddenly" and start a new drama.

"But your series is already on the air, and the theme song is already available," Xiao Yao said. "There is no major turning point or progress in the current plot direction. It is impossible to change the title and theme song halfway, right? If it is for a certain Write an episode in one episode, aren’t you still filming this episode? Did you let me read the script and write the episode?”

It is not uncommon for American dramas to change titles and theme songs between seasons, but it is rare to change titles and theme songs mid-season. Even if there is, it will only happen when there is a relatively large turning point and progress in the middle plot, and the plot enters a new stage. Before Xiao Yaolai came, he also watched the part of the American TV series that Zhou Jingyi participated in that had already been aired. The current plot of this TV series is obviously not suitable for changing the opening title and theme song.

"It seems that you know a lot about American dramas," Glass Stim laughed, "but you don't fully understand the production of our series. Our series is broadcast every Friday night, and now we shoot The most important thing is the episode that will be broadcast next Friday. We have finished filming this Friday’s episode and are now in post-production. If you want, you can watch our edited material and create.”

The series that Zhou Jingyi is filming now has a time difference of nearly two weeks between filming and broadcasting. It takes one week to shoot and one week for post-production. If Xiao Yao can participate in the production of the post-production soundtrack for the episode aired this Friday, Xiao Yao's enthusiasm has not dissipated at that time, and Glass Steam's goal will be achieved.

"This~" Xiao Yao hesitated for a while, and finally said, "Although I am a music creator, I am not professional in post-production soundtracks for film and television. The song "Immortals" was the soundtrack of that animated film after I created it I didn't write it specifically for that movie. I guess I'll need to see footage from your episode to make a decision. I can't promise I'll be able to write an episode that fits the plot, but I'm willing to try. "

Xiao Yao is still quite interested in this matter, but after all, the songs and music in his mind are limited, and he didn't have enough to say when he hasn't seen the video materials yet.

"Are you looking for someone to take you to the post-production department now?" Glass Steam asked Xiao Yao.

"No," Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "The post-production soundtrack cannot be done by the soundtrack artist just looking at the video material. The soundtrack artist serves the director and needs to understand the director's intention. I think I need to discuss with the director and other soundtrack artists. Some communication. So let’s talk about post-production after your shooting is over today.”

Since it is an edited material, the length is only about forty minutes, and it takes less than an hour to read it once. Whether there is suitable music, Xiao Yao can quickly think about it, and there is no need to watch the material in advance to think.

"Okay, I'm looking forward to our cooperation!" Director Steve McGrove reached out his hand and shook Xiao Yao again.

Because of the current huge topicality, there are many job invitations for Xiao Yao in the United States, and Glass Steam has heard some rumors, but Xiao Yao can still come here to visit Zhou Jingyi, which shows that Xiao Yao should be Did not answer any job offers. Therefore, Glass Steam did not tell Zhou Jingyi or Xiao Yao about asking Xiao Yao to do the post-production soundtrack, but waited to see Xiao Yao before speaking in person. This kind of success rate should be higher. But if you don't tell Zhou Jingyi or Xiao Yao in advance, you must tell the director in advance, so Steve McGrove knows about Glass Steam's plan.

In fact, there are soundtrackists in the crew who are responsible for the post-sounding. This is an overall behind-the-scenes team, and the director does not want to change or add newcomers casually. But in the US TV market, the ratings have the final say. If the ratings are not good, the project may be suspended at any time. The director knew that the producer's decision was for ratings, and he had also listened to some of Xiao Yao's music works, and he recognized his music creation level, so he reluctantly agreed with the producer's decision. Now seeing that Xiao Yao's attitude is more modest, and he respects him as a director very much, his perception of him is much better, and his tone is much more gentle.

"Cooperation?" Zhou Jingyi's heart moved, and she said, "I have an idea..."

Zhou Jingyi has been an actor for several years, so she naturally understands the purpose of the producer and director at this moment. The producers and directors want to use Xiao Yao's topicality to increase the ratings of the series, but this kind of cooperation has no negative impact on Xiao Yao, but will further increase Xiao Yao's popularity in the United States, which is actually a mutual benefit win-win situation. Since it is a win-win situation, why not go further? So Zhou Jingyi wanted to offer suggestions to the producer and director, but she was interrupted by a voice before she finished speaking.

"Hi Kim, you're so early! Hi Steve! Wow~ Glass is here too! Is today a special day? Huh? Who are these people?"

Xiao Yao and others turned their heads to look, and found a sturdy young man with a height of 1.9 meters and a strong figure walking over.

"Hi, Vince!" Zhou Jingyi greeted the young man, and introduced Xiao Yao and the others to the young man.

"Hello, Mr. Ward!" Xiao Yao and others greeted the young man one after another.

Although he didn't know the young man in front of him, Xiao Yao had watched the drama that was being broadcast. Even if Zhou Jingyi didn't introduce him, Xiao Yao knew that he was one of the main actors of the drama.

"Are you the Chinese star who escaped from the kidnappers? I'm very interested in your affairs." Vince Ward greeted everyone, then smiled and said to Xiao Yao.

"I didn't expect you to know this recently famous Chinese star." After greeting, Ward took a step back, stood beside Zhou Jingyi, and habitually stretched out an arm to put Zhou Jingyi's shoulder.

"I knew him a few years ago." Zhou Jingyi responded, took a step forward, turned to Steve McGrove and Glass Stim and continued: "I have a Idea. Young is actually an actor. I wonder if we could add a character to him in this episode and make him a special guest in this episode?"

The special guests mentioned by Zhou Jingyi can also be regarded as cameo performances, but it is not just a random public role that can be mixed up, at least there will be close-up shots, which will be the focus of the audience's attention for a certain period of time. Such a person usually needs to design a character specially, but the director and screenwriter of this series are both Steve McGrove, and the producer Glass Stim happens to be there. As long as the two of them agree, Xiao Yao can be invited as a special guest and temporarily design a character for him.

"Really?" Steve McGrove and Glass Stim exchanged glances, nodded at the same time, "That's a good idea!"

"Yang, are you willing to play/act?" Zhou Jingyi turned her head and asked Xiao Yao again. Knowing Xiao Yao's character better, she didn't try, but used the word "" which has both "play" and "act".

"I'm willing to play, but of course the premise is that the role is interesting enough." Xiao Yao said, "Also, I only have one day, not a week, if you can guarantee that my part can be filmed today, I will agree to act. "

"It's not a big problem." Director Steve McGrove thought for a while, then nodded, "Can you tell me which aspect of acting you are better at? Action scenes or emotional scenes? I first need to make sure you type of role."

"Let's play an action scene." Xiao Yao said. It's not that he doesn't have confidence in his own literary and drama, but that this drama is an action series. As a guest who only appeared in one episode, the martial arts is better and can impress the audience more deeply.

"Yang's skill is very powerful!" Zhou Jingyi chimed in.

"Really? How powerful?" Vince Ward touched the stubble on his chin and said, "Can you let me see it?"