Chapter 368 The Leading Actress
The second film had to extend the popularity of the first while also being innovative, which was a difficult task. The difficulty lay in the innovation, and the failure also lay in the innovation.
Innovation is easy to say, but it is very difficult to make it accepted by the audience. Often the more innovative a film is, the more likely it is to fail.
In order to achieve box office results that meet expectations and become a hit again, Hu Xiaoxiao worked hard in many aspects.
Not only did he work hard on himself, he also worked hard on the artists.
As Shengshi Entertainment grew bigger, more and more departments were established. This year, a new department was established, adding a new business to the company - music.
As the most popular person in the company and also the boss, Hu Xiaoxiao must be the first to benefit from the music.
In the second part of "The Queen of Hong Kong", Hu Xiaoxiao added new music and sang the lead. After receiving the music, Hu Xiaoxiao practiced the song whenever she had time, and had to record the song before the film's post-production.
After finishing the scene of Da Lai robbing the money truck, Hu Xiaoxiao paused his singing practice and started filming.
The protagonists of the "Baogang Queen of Love" series are four queens of love. Hu Xiaoxiao also put a lot of thought into how to make the three female artists famous through this movie.
Through the first film, Yuan An'er and the other two have become well-known to the audience through their wonderful martial arts moves, and they have become a little famous. So the second film, in addition to the same wonderful martial arts, needs to have other highlights to make the audience remember Yuan An'er and the other two again.
Hu Xiaoxiao has very high expectations for Yuan An'er, Xiong Caiwei and Yilan, hoping to train a leading actress from among the three.
Of course, if all three of them could become the leading actresses, she would be extremely happy, as it would mean that the company would have more cash cows.
However, who can become the leading actress depends more on audience appeal. Audience appeal is something that cannot be predicted. Even if Hu Xiaoxiao herself is a person with excellent audience appeal, it is difficult for her to guarantee which of her artists will be more popular with the audience.
So, she decided to explore various ways to develop artists, select those who were recognized by the audience, and then promote them. Hu Xiaoxiao was first exploring how to manage and promote artists. She had no experience and relied entirely on experimentation. Xiong Caiwei, Yuan An'er, and Yilan were her first attempts to test the market.
The second part of "The Queen of Hong Kong" is also a test for Yuan An'er and the other two. Whoever performs outstandingly in this film and is popular with the audience, the company will prepare a movie specifically for her and officially promote her.
"Sister Xiao!" Fashion designers Nora and Rigel came over carrying the finished clothes. Not only did they have their hands full of bags, but the assistants behind them also had their hands full of bags.
These clothes were all designed by the two costume designers for the four female protagonists, especially Yuan An'er, Xiong Caiwei and Yilan.
In order to show the fashion sense of the four female protagonists in the play, each of them changed more than a dozen sets of clothes in just two hours of the movie.
The fashion designer who was hired at a high price specially designed clothes for the four female protagonists based on their temperament, figure and other characteristics.
Hu Xiaoxiao stood up and said, "Have I finished altering my clothes?"
Noila Mo took out several sets of Hu Xiaoxiao’s clothes and said, “Sister Xiao, try them and see how they turn out.”
The clothes that the fashion designer originally designed for Hu Xiaoxiao were fashionable and cutting-edge, and they also showed off her figure and temperament. The effect was amazing after she put them on. Even on camera, the effect was so good that people couldn't take their eyes off it.
However, after seeing it, Hu Xiaoxiao asked the fashion designer to change all the clothes in the back into a simple style.
Because she completely overshadowed the charm of Yuan An'er and the other two, she completely failed to achieve her goal of making the three female protagonists famous.
Hu Xiaoxiao took out her clothes, looked at them one by one, and said, "They look okay. I'll go try them on later. Mia——"
Hu Xiaoxiao called his secretary Mia over and asked her to call Yuan An'er and the other two to come over for an audition and makeup first.
These clothes will come in handy in the scene we're filming tomorrow.
Hu Xiaoxiao asked Mia to call the two stylists over and said, "Ask David and Kelly to take the accessories to the dressing room so we can do the styling later."
In addition to hiring several costume designers at high prices, Hu Xiaoxiao also hired several stylists at high prices. If you want to have a good sense of fashion in the film, beautiful clothes alone are far from enough, and matching styling is also needed.
Xiong Caiwei, Yuan An'er, and Yilan were also waiting for the costumes and quickly rushed over. They had already filmed two scenes when Hu Xiaoxiao stopped them and told them to film other scenes first, putting their scenes on hold until their costumes were ready.
When the stylists were styling their looks, they thought they were stunningly beautiful. But they couldn't stand the comparison, and when they were actually photographed together with Hu Xiaoxiao, their beauty suddenly paled.
When I arrived at the dressing room, the costume designer and stylist were all there, and everything was ready.
Hu Xiaoxiao checked them again and had them change into the outfits in groups. One set of three pieces, one for each person. When everything was matched, when the shoot started, the three of them would be in the same frame, with the colors and styles matching perfectly.
When Yilan was picking up the clothes, she found that Hu Xiaoxiao's was missing and asked, "Sister Xiao, where are your clothes?"
Hu Xiaoxiao packed up his clothes and put them aside, saying, "This is tomorrow's shopping scene at the mall. I won't be participating in tomorrow's scene. But I will be with the crew tomorrow, so you must perform well."
The shopping scene in the mall was originally about three beautiful women trying to match Yunxiao and Tang Bin, and taking Yunxiao to the mall to buy clothes for a cocktail party.
This scene has multiple rotating shots, showing the girls' fashionable charm with diverse costumes and changing styles.
But after filming two scenes, the director saw that the three girls were overshadowed by Hu Xiaoxiao. He knew that Hu Xiaoxiao wanted to make the three artists famous. After discussion, he decided not to let Hu Xiaoxiao appear in the same frame with them.
At that time, Hu Xiaoxiao's shot will be cut separately. The shopping mall scene is changed to the three girls going to a cocktail party to help match Yunxiao and Tang Bin. Before going to the cocktail party, they go to buy various clothes and jewelry.
"An'er, come here."
After Yuan An'er changed into a black leather jacket, the stylist called her over and opened the box, which was full of sunglasses of various shapes and styles.
Yuan An'er's character has a cold personality. In order to show her style and fashion sense, the stylist designed many types of sunglasses for Yuan An'er to embellish her.
Stylist Kelly is responsible for Yuan Aner's styling. According to Yuan Aner's face shape, she took a pair of square sunglasses and put them on Yuan Aner.
After putting them on, the stylist looked at them for a moment, then changed them to a pair of sunglasses with the same square shape but larger lenses for Yuan An'er to wear.
He kept trying to find the right pair of square sunglasses, the ones that perfectly matched Yuan An'er's face and the outfit she was wearing. When they were on, they covered almost a third of her face, making her beautiful chin even more prominent.
Yuan An'er's appearance is not pretty enough, but she has a good chin and beautiful lips, so stylist Kelly wants to show off this advantage of Yuan An'er.
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