[Rebirth] King of Theater

In the following days, Director Costa and Mr. Andrews quickly selected a group of actors.

This efficiency surprised Al very much, but considering the excellent resumes of these two people in the past, as well as the unanimously praised abilities and talents in the industry, it seems that it is not so difficult to understand.Therefore, when finalizing the actors, he did not have any opinions on the actors that both of them agreed with; he only cautiously expressed his opinions on some actors who caused differences between the two, and helped them make the final decision.

The three of them worked together, and the speed of setting up the film crew was like switching from a bicycle to a racing car, and the rapid progress was made in a blink of an eye.

When the members get together, everyone will inevitably get together to meet, have a meeting, and get to know each other.After all, it may take two to three years for a musical to go from rehearsal to formal stage. This is still progressing smoothly. You must know that there are many musicals that are often in the middle of production due to various reasons. All kinds of weird reasons, but was cut in half.Therefore, in the long and arduous process before going on stage, it is extremely important for all the crew to work together, support each other, and work together.

So, everyone gathered together.

The scene in the rehearsal room is still very spectacular, because the cast of "The Laughing Man" is quite large. In addition to the music director, stage management, choreographer, costume design, lighting design, sound design and other staff, it is currently confirmed that There were thirty actors and eight regular musicians who entered the group, in addition, there were five dancers and three substitutes.

With so many people together, the salary alone is an extremely huge expense.

That is to say, for every extra day spent, more money will be spent.

Under such circumstances, one can imagine how every second counts in a crew.

Therefore, after confirming that everyone was present, the producer, Mr. Andrews, did not exchange too many greetings, and directly canceled the self-introduction session that each crew usually has, and instead asked the assistant to distribute the newsletter of the crew members to each member. Recording, let everyone communicate in private, or simply wait until the official rehearsal, and then get familiar with it at work...

Then, Al stood up and told everyone about the relevant knowledge of the play straight to the point, telling everyone that the play was adapted from Hugo's novel "The Man Who Laughs". Then, he introduced the background of the story and the original author Hugo The social environment at that time, as well as some evaluations that the original novel had received, etc.

To avoid the first-time actors hearing the script falling asleep...

Al tried his best to make his words sound like a story, not a dry script: "Everyone can turn to the first page of the script, well, this is the first scene, ten-year-old Gwynplaine is abandoned by human traffickers On the shore of a deserted coast. There is no dialogue here, just him alone as a child, slowly climbing the cliff with bare feet, and then, in the snowstorm and the dark night, wandering on, looking for a way out for himself... ...he didn't know the direction, he didn't know where to go, he just felt it... Then he came across a gallows, a tattered corpse of a dead man, hanging by chains, hanging from a rack, just Like a pendulum, it swings back and forth with the wind, and makes a rattling sound. A black crow stands on the skull of a dead man, screaming and jumping. The moon screams..."

At this time, Director Costa began to interject: "Wait a minute, the scenery on the coast can be done, and the night effect can be made with lights, but this kid is trudging in a snowstorm to survive, although walking back and forth in the same place is also okay. It makes sense, but from an viewing point of view, it’s too boring. Is there any way to visually give the audience a wide scene, and he keeps struggling forward?”

The room fell silent for a while.

No one expected that within half an hour of the meeting, Mr. Director would be the first to raise such a difficult problem.

However, the set designer on the side is also a veteran in the industry.

Although he frowned in embarrassment, he did not immediately protest that it could not be done, or that it was difficult to do. Instead, he picked up a pen and meticulously wrote down the matter in the notebook he carried with him, and then seriously lowered his head and pondered: "Well, I need to think about it, give me some time."

Director Costa was very satisfied with this answer, and immediately made a continuation gesture towards Al.

Al went on to talk about the following plot.

The whole day, it was a similar situation.

Al expressed every scene of the script, and during the period, he also inserted some analysis of the plot and characters...

There are thousands of threads, and things always have to be smoothed out a little bit.

Only when everyone has a general understanding of the overall situation of the whole drama can they be broken down into parts, and things should be separated one by one, and handed over to professionals in each part to work separately to improve work efficiency. , and after all these split tasks are completed, they will be reorganized into wholes.

It lasted for about three or four days, and this kind of discussion meeting was considered as an end.

Next comes rehearsal.

The stage used for rehearsals was empty as sets and props were still being made.

The crew assistant was on the stage in advance, made some chalk marks to remind the actors to move, and dragged a chair over to act as a prop for the first act. ' note.

At this time, Al brought over his youngest brother Anthony, who played a cameo role as Gwynplaine played by Randy when he was a child...

Mrs. Sylvie had said that the boy looked like Al most.But in Al's mind, he was only skinny and skinny when he was a child, so he couldn't imagine that such a good-looking and sweet boy had any similarities with him when he was a child, so he always insisted that he didn't.

But whether he admits it or not, Anthony's eyebrows, eyes and lips are indeed exactly the same as those printed on his mold, lifelike.

So, when the make-up artist put on a golden wig for the kid, compared him to Randy, and modified his facial contour a little bit, he appeared in front of everyone, just like a combination of Al and Randy , so naturally blended the features of the two people's appearances, that after seeing him, several people couldn't help jokingly saying: "Oh, isn't it true that the two of you secretly gave birth to a child behind everyone's backs?"

But without waiting for Al and Randy to defend themselves...

Anthony would often correct him seriously: "Al is the older brother."

His precocious and serious appearance of a little adult is really cute, which inevitably won the hearts of many actresses in the crew.

When it was the lunch break at the end of the rehearsal, several actresses approached him to tease him, asking him how old he was, if he had any good friends he could play with, and what games he usually likes...

Anthony answered politely one by one.

The actresses also chatted casually. Seeing that the child had such a good personality, they were also happy in their hearts, so they stuffed him with snacks, but after all, they had nothing in common with the child. Although they played together for a while, their attention was quickly lost again. Turned away from other things and chatted on their own.

Although Anthony is mature and stable, he has behaved like an adult, but he still can't help being like a child who doesn't want to be ignored.

But he didn't know how to insert himself into the girls' chat. When he was upset, he happened to see brother Luke who was telling him a story coming in from the outside, and a cheerful expression appeared on his face involuntarily. He ran over with short legs.