Mr. David Brown is the director of the film. This is his first time directing a movie, before he was a screenwriter of a well known production house. Producer of the film, John Perry and Sophia Brook were talking with David. Screenwriter John Riff was talking with the other cast members. After a while, the meeting got started.
'' Hello everyone. Nice to see you all again. My team already gave you an overview of your characters, but I want you, especially the actors, to read the novel. This novel has a backstory and I want to share it with you guys. This novel was published in a web portal and it started to get popular some of the production house try to seize the opportunity to make a film adapted from it. But when they try to contact the author, they got rejections. They got just mails from the author side that it should not be released as a movie. And the interesting fact is, no one knows about the author's identity. Even many people try to fetch some information, but all in vain. We only know the pen name Mitsuha. You must be thinking how on earth I get through this and get the chance to make it a movie? Actually, I also don't know what is the reason, but one day I got a call from the author out of the blue. First I thought it must be a prank, but then I got the original manuscript from her. I was totally shocked. So anyway Mitsuha somehow convinced with my screenwriting skills that she wants me to direct this.
So now it's our responsibility to justice her novel and make it our best movie."
After exchanging some few words with the cast and the producer the meeting ended for that day.
Before screen test, all the actors got their scripts.
The Workshop will be started from the next week. An acting coach will join them to give some advice on body language of the characters and to improve a comfort zone between the male leads. Because it's a love novel about two boys and their sexual orientation and acceptance so the bonding between the male leads is one of the ingredients that makes the movie successful.
"Nervous?" Z asked.
''A little bit", Jeff gave an awkward smile.
Jenny and her assistant came to give some outfit to try on. She already worked with Z in a fashion magazine photo shoot and she was the stylist there too.
Z picked one of the outfit and put it in front of Jeff.
''It looks good on you. Come on, try it" Z said with a charming smile.
Jeff took the outfit and went into the change room.
"Hmmm, not bad. Actually, I'm looking handsome in this", Jeff said, looking at the mirror.
When Z changed into suggested clothes the screen test started.
The scene is 2 male leads had a fight with a group of senior in high school and when the seniors left, they were lying down on the and started laughing, then Frank (Jeff) will touch the corner of the lips of Ren (Z) and will say," You are bleeding". There is nothing to memories of this scene only they have to connect with the emotions of the characters. Frank and Ren, these two characters were friends from the beginning of the novel and in this particular scene they will feel a sexual tension between them.
David explained the scene to Jeff and Z.
"Okay? So can you start? ", David asked with enthusiasm.
Both of them nodded their heads and David went to sit beside the camera guy Justin and looked at the screen.