Since 2004, the "Plus belle la vie" series has been featured in the Salon des Français.
She follows the hectic daily life of the inhabitants of a district of Marseille.
And to keep up with this rate of one episode per day, there is no choice: the whole team must be exceptionally efficient!
Actress Léa François reveals some filming secrets on Europe 1.
INTERVIEW
The series
Plus belle la vie
is 1,500 hours recorded since 2004 and five 26-minute episodes filmed each week.
In short, a real cinematographic factory as well for the actors as for the cameramen or the sound takers.
The timing is a razor's edge and the organization is precise.
The actress Léa François, the interpreter of Barbara Evenot in the Marseille series, details her daily work in the program
Le Club de été
on Europe 1, Friday morning.
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"We shoot a lot of sequences during the day," says Léa François.
In general, a day of filming for the series
Plus belle la vie
lasts from 8.15 a.m. to 6.15 p.m., says the actress.
Upon arrival, an hour of preparation before starting is required.
It takes that to move on to hairstyle, makeup and finally, dressing.
"It's also the school of frustration at times"
Forgetting its text is not allowed. "We have an overtrained memory", jokes Léa François. And you have to at least that because there are not more than "three or four" takes per scene for a single rehearsal beforehand. "In general, we have about 45 minutes per scene. It's very fast," explains the actress. By comparison, in the cinema, there is generally only one minute of filming kept per day. For
Plus belle la vie
, it is possible to save up to "7 to 8 minutes outdoors" and "22 minutes in the studio".
Sometimes the actress admits that she regrets not having more time for certain scenes. "It's a great school but it's also the school of frustration, at times. We say to ourselves that we would have liked to have had one more take. Sometimes, they will grant it to us and sometimes, when we is in a hurry, it is necessary to trace ", she confides. But never mind for Léa François, this efficiency above all makes it possible to create a "super tight-knit" team. "It carries us", concludes the actress.