The series takes place during recent lockdowns. The screenplay was written by Robert Geisler and the author of the theme is actor Marek Daniel. “It is mainly a mosaic of human destinies against the background of a pandemic. We all contributed to it in some way, there are various fragments of our life experiences, but at the same time it is pure fiction, because it is a comedy, “described Marek Najbrt.
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“We decided to create a little looser mantinels and use strong motifs where they fit us, without anxiously examining whether it was for the day exactly as it was in reality.”
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Václav Neužil, Kristýna Badinková Nováková, Erika Stárková, Jana Plodková, Roman Zach, Andrej Polák, Tomáš Jeřábek, Marek Daniel, Lukáš Tran, Monika Zoubková, Natálie Drabiščáková, Kamila Valůšková, David Máj and Ondřej Cihlář, grandmother, took on the roles of caring parents. played by Jana Altmannová, Anna Čtvrtníčková became a pubertal sister and Klára Cibulková replaced the class teacher. They were preparing online.
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Erika Stárková
“It was one of the things that I really enjoyed, and I think the actors. We simulated the situation with everything. The actors were each in their own apartment, testing how the dialogues worked, and actually changing and improving the script. For example, we realized that it is not desirable to strive for realism at all costs, but that it is, on the contrary, a thing that deserves a certain stylization, a light shower, which we then completed, ”explains the details of the preparatory phase.
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It also included the creation of a technological solution that will make it possible to record, in addition to one main record, also 16 video tracks of individual participants in the class meeting.
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The filming itself took place in a two-storey villa with 16 decorations and was accompanied by strictly observed hygienic measures. “Each actor had his own monitor and camera. He saw all the other characters on the monitor, as well as the script, because it would be difficult to remember so much text. Everyone had a wiretap in which they heard their colleagues and me when it was necessary to step in. But mostly we tried to shoot the whole ten-minute part continuously, so the shooting was quite exhausted, “said Najbrt.
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Marek Najbrt
“I enjoyed filming and I also enjoy post-production. Of course, we all know that having fun on the spot or in the editing room doesn’t guarantee anything, I’m aware of that. So I’m wondering if the audience will laugh at what we went through and still do during that crazy lockdown. I believe in the relieving function of comedy and humor. One should make fun of the things that bother him because he frees it, “he concluded.
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The Class Meetings series will begin airing on Mall.tv on May 31.
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