Chapter 283
Sunshine or Talent Selection
Out of caution, Ling Suisui asked Yan Siling to blur the girl's age and only say that she was in elementary school.
Anyway, the ages of the heroine and her younger brother are known, and if you find a girl around ten years old to play the role, the audience will naturally be able to imagine these details without having to explain them specifically.
Ling Suisui specifically asked: "Is it easy to find young actors?"
"It's easy to find little girls. Child actors between eight and twelve years old can play the role. We have already arranged auditions, but it's hard to find little boys."
Feng Yang said distressedly: "This character is set to be three years old, so we can only find a child around three years old, otherwise there will be a big difference in height and body shape."
Three-year-old children are too young. Even those who want to be child stars may not have acted in a role at this age. They need to spend more energy and time to search for opportunities. In addition, we also have to consider whether the child can adapt to the filming of the crew and whether he will be nervous in front of the camera.
When looking for this kind of kid, Feng Yang doesn't expect him to have any acting skills. As long as he can cooperate with the performance quietly and not act naughty on the set, everything will be fine.
Ling Suisui thought so too. She went over it in her mind and felt that she didn't have any connections in this area, so she left the task of selecting the young actors to Feng Yang.
However, she didn't think of someone, but the other person came to her on his own initiative.
Feng Li and Ling Suisui made a video call to recommend themselves: "Aunt Suisui, if you need to find a child actor, why don't you find me?"
Feng Li used to call her "General", but after she went to kindergarten, she changed this very childish name.
In fact, her mother had asked Feng Li to call her "sister", but Ling Suisui felt that this would confuse the generations, so she decided to let Feng Li call her aunt. She didn't need to try too hard to appear childish and young.
Ling Suisui explained to her: "We only need two young actors. You can't play a ten-year-old girl or a three-year-old boy, so I didn't look for you. Next time there is a suitable opportunity, I will consider you."
"I can play a three-year-old boy!" Feng Li pointed to her head, "As long as I cut my hair short, no one can tell."
Eh...it seems to be true.
After all, Ling Sui had never been a child star and had never had any contact with a child star, so she had never thought about it in this regard before. Now her ideas suddenly became clear.
If Feng Li were to play the role, at least there would be no need to worry about her disobeying instructions and running around on the set.
Don’t underestimate the energy and mischievousness of three-year-olds. Not everyone can control them when they start to make a fuss. Adult actors can be scolded at will, but you can’t do that to children.
Moreover, with Feng Li's talent and level, Yan Siling can also have higher performance requirements for this role, and does not have to be limited to "being able to finish the lines is considered a victory."
Ling Suisui agreed to let Feng Li's parents bring her to the audition, which basically meant that she was confirmed to play the role, it was just a formality. After all, the other children had no idea what "performance" meant and were only focused on singing and dancing.
Feng Li plays Bai Fei's youngest son Youyou, and his daughter Jiajia is played by Ji Shuyan, who is Ji Zhaoying's younger cousin and Ji Huixin's youngest niece.
To be honest, it’s not that Ling Suisui particularly wants to use “people with connections”, but it’s very difficult to find others in the field of child stars. The acting ability of ordinary children cannot be compared with these nth generation who have been influenced by their surroundings.
Was this chosen based on merit? Of course, but it is obviously impossible to say that the competition here is completely fair. The outcome of some things is already determined in the initial allocation of resources.
It is foreseeable that when these children grow up, it will become increasingly difficult for ordinary people to make a name for themselves. Although they are all eighteen years old, their peers may still be newcomers with blank slates, but these kids are already experienced veteran actors.
Ling Suisui mentioned during a chat with Tang Bing: "As long as there is intergenerational inheritance based on innate relationships, fair competition seems to be a false proposition."
Tang Bing smiled and said, "Have you been doing any sociology-related research recently?"
"It's not to such a high level, it's just something I feel."
Ling Suisui rested his chin on his hand and said, "In addition to studying the script, I have been thinking about the current situation and future of the film and television industry. Director Pei also asked me to write a few papers, but I have long forgotten the format of writing papers, so forget it."
Tang Bing smiled but said nothing. How complicated could the format of a paper be? You could find templates by searching online. Ling Suisui just didn't want to do academic research. After all, with her current status, once the paper is published it will be judged by many people, so she has to write it seriously and not just write a piece of paper and get away with it.
"You are indeed more suitable for taking a practical approach."
Tang Bing remembered something, so she asked her, "I heard that you are planning an award recently, it seems to be called... Rising Star Award?"
Yes, Ling Sui nodded in the video.
She explained: "This is not my own idea. It was something I discussed with Director Pei when we were filming The Great Warrior. He said that domestic entertainment awards now tend to be given to veterans, and they don't play a role in encouraging or discovering newcomers, which is a pity."
But there is no way around it. Ling Suisui can actually understand the organizers. In the audience's mind, newcomers cannot convince the public!
When she was filming "Freedom House", she was a runner-up in both the Golden Eagle and Flying Apsara Awards. When the third part of the series was aired and she had accumulated enough popularity, she won her first Best Actress award through "Game is Online".
Even so, the public opinion about her winning the award that year was not unanimously congratulating her. Even though Ling Sui is now the "domestic entertainment queen", she also has a growth period.
After a series of events, Ling Suisui came up with this idea: In fact, we can set up an award specifically for these newcomers.
Not only new actors, but also new directors and new screenwriters. Pei Xuehai was very interested in this matter. He expressed his willingness to recruit people and work with Ling Suisui to make this award bigger and stronger.
Judging and awarding awards are not difficult, but the difficult part is how to make the award recognized by the public. Since there is no official endorsement and it is not an audience vote, the lineup of the jury is very important.
When Tang Bing asked, "Why don't you ask her?", Ling Suisui scratched his head and replied, "Director Pei and I haven't discussed what the threshold for this award should be."
The director and screenwriter said differently. Ling Sui felt that actors under the age of 30 could participate in the awards, and those who had won mainstream awards in the industry (including nominations) were excluded by default, but Pei Xuehai advocated setting the age at 25.
Moreover, what this means is that the actor's age cannot be higher than 25 years old during the award evaluation period of the previous calendar year, that is, the work must be broadcast when the actor is 25 years old, or earlier.
Ling Suisui thinks that this condition is too strict. If it is to be broadcast at the age of 25, it must be filmed at the age of 24. This is under the perfect circumstances where the filming and scheduling go smoothly and there is no backlog of works.
If there is a little more time to spare, actors will have to shoot competition works at the age of 22 or 23, and they will have to make a name for themselves in the circle even earlier to have such resources and opportunities.
She understood the differences between her and Pei Xuehai - she thought that although the Rising Star Award was for the best of the best, it also had a "sunshine" meaning of encouragement. However, Director Pei wanted to select not only elites but also geniuses. He just wanted to put pressure on young people.
Since they couldn't agree on the significance of the award, Ling Suisui was naturally not in a hurry to invite people everywhere. Anyway, she still had two dramas to shoot this year, so she could study and discuss it slowly.
After hearing her words, Tang Bing was thoughtful. She could understand Director Pei's desire for talented actors, but as she herself was an actor, she also understood the cost of trial and error for newcomers on their road to growth - not everyone can make the most correct choice when taking on a role, and this ability needs to be learned.
They chatted a few more sentences around this topic. When Tang Bing mentioned that she was relatively free recently, Ling Suisui's eyes lit up.
Tang Bing was instantly alert: "You have to pay me for a guest appearance."
"... Look at what you said. I'm not that kind of person."
"You are. You learned it from me." Tang Bing said firmly, "Only I can fool others with this kind of thing. Others can't fool me."
Ling Suisui: ...
Come on, it turns out the teacher also knows that if the top beam is crooked, the bottom beam will be crooked (crossed out)
Ling Suisui swallowed the lines he had prepared and made another request: "We have interviewed many young male actors in the past few days, but we still can't decide on the role of Bai Fei. The final candidates all seem a little bit off. Can you do me a favor and introduce me to some reliable brothers and sisters?"
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