Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 38 The Importance of Personality

Dong Xuan, Wen Zhengrong and Che Xiao were in different grades, but because they were all students at Beijing Film Academy, they were assigned to the same room and naturally formed a small group in the crew.

Lao Tian's involvement in the game really scared them, and it broke all the previous rumors.

In the evening, after dinner, a few people stayed in the dormitory and talked about what happened today.

"Oh my God, I was scared to death today. Director Cao was so fierce. That was Director Tian, ​​and he scolded me in front of so many people without giving me any face at all." Che Xiao said with emotion.

Dong Xuan seemed somewhat happy. She continued, "I had previously guessed that the last movie was shot by Director Cao. Now it seems to be true. Look, he dared to scold Director Tian directly."

Wen Zhengrong nodded, and whispered with lingering fear: "This is really unexpected. I came to the crew a day late because of something, and I asked for leave from Director Tian. I didn't tell Director Cao at all. Do you think Director Cao will be angry because of this?"

Che Xiao raised her hand and said weakly, "A few days ago, I went out with a few senior sisters from the school who came for internship. I also asked for leave from Director Tian."

Wen Zhengrong and Che Xiao looked at each other and began to worry whether Cao Yang would make things difficult for them.

Dong Xuan comforted him, "It's okay. I think Director Cao is usually very gentle. He might lose his temper when filming. Let's be careful in the future and don't do stupid things again."

"Uh-huh."

Wen Zhengrong and Che Xiao both nodded quickly.

The next day, the crew resumed filming. Cao Yang could feel that the crew's mental state was completely different from yesterday. The most obvious thing was that everyone had a more respectful attitude towards themselves, especially those who had just joined the crew.

Cao Yang still did not allow Liu Ye and Yu Feihong to join in the acting experience. He wanted to test the waters and see the level of their acting skills.

At the same time, let the other crew members know not to think they are lucky enough to have found two people with superb acting skills.

This time the filming was not done in the order of the movie's plot. Although this movie is not too complicated, there are still many scenes, and it would be too troublesome to shoot it in sequence.

All the shots of the same location, including what happened in different plots, were shot together.

This is also the shooting method for most movies, which needs to be arranged reasonably according to factors such as actor schedules, site requirements, weather, budget, etc.

There are exceptions.

Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" was shot in the order of the plot, and many of Hitchcock's films were shot in the order of the plot.

Cao Yang gained some new insights today. Yu Feihong's acting skills... were rather hollow, with almost no emotional ups and downs.

To put it nicely, this kind of natural and unpretentious feeling of relaxation, when faced with the right role, that is, a cold and aloof character, is acted out quite naturally and with outstanding performance, worthy of the title of fairy.

Therefore, as long as you only take roles with this kind of personality, you will hardly fail and can continue to attract fans who like your looks.

"Click! Passed."

Cao Yang scratched his head. It was really beyond his expectation that the heroine's roles here were perfectly performed by Yu Feihong. Well, it should be called a true-to-her-character performance.

The heroine was beaten black and blue by her husband and was alone in a small room, feeling sad. She had actually seen the hero sneaking in a long time ago, but she didn't say anything.

Her emotion here should be complete despair, her heart is as calm as water, her eyes are empty, and she doesn't care who she loves.

It perfectly matches Yu Feihong's unpretentious acting!
In this plot, the male protagonist thought that no one was home, so he came in and treated it like his own, doing laundry, cooking, and fixing scales, and then went to bed. He didn't know that the female protagonist had locked herself in a small room.

In the original plot, Jin Laoguai has a bad taste. The male protagonist masturbates on the bed while looking at the female protagonist's picture album, and the female protagonist opens the door and looks at him expressionlessly...

Cao Yang had some understanding of what Jin Laoguai meant. He wanted to express that the heroine had collapsed and was in despair, and no longer cared about anything - including the hero's behavior at this time.

But in fact, it is okay not to include this part, as there are many details that reveal the heroine's collapse and despair.

Cao Yang changed the male protagonist's masturbation to looking through the female protagonist's photo album. If it is not changed, it will not be a plus point. It may be cut when it is released in China. Why bother? From the audience's perspective, the female protagonist is looking at the male protagonist on the bed.

But when filming, it is actually the heroine who looks at the camera, and then the camera shoots the hero, which means that the camera becomes the eyes of the heroine and the audience.

Yu Feihong put on makeup with a bruised nose and a swollen face. Her eyes were empty of emotion, large and lifeless, which was very consistent with the heroine's current state.

Passed it in one go, perfect!
The importance of character setting can be seen here. If an actor who has no talent and plays all the same roles specially creates a drama that fits his character setting, he may actually be praised for his acting skills.

Of course, Yu Feihong's perfect performance is only limited to when she first meets the male protagonist. The subsequent plot requires her to have a gradual emotional change, which might be a bit difficult for her.

In this plot, it was Liu Ye who had problems.

Liu Ye was half lying on the bed, with no clothes on his upper body, holding a picture album in his hands, and his expression was a little...shy!
Why should you be shy as a grown man?

"Click! Rest for five minutes and shoot again."

"Liu Ye, you looked at the heroine at the door with an expression of surprise, shock, or even fear. What was your reaction?
You are not shy at all, what are you embarrassed about? You came to someone else's house and slept in someone else's bed, you must have been caught cheating!"

There is one more thing Cao Yang didn't say: you are not a woman. Even if you are caught cheating, you will be afraid. Why would you be shy?
I still couldn't get out of the role, influenced by the emotions of the previous movie "Lan Yu".

"I'm sorry, director. It's my fault. I'll adjust it." Liu Ye said quickly.

After shooting several more times, it finally met Cao Yang's requirements.

The next thing to be filmed is what happened in this villa, but the plot is the last segment of the movie. The hero returns with his magical powers and can be invisible if he wants. If he doesn't want people to see him, no one can see him.

What we are going to shoot now is what happens at the dinner table. The heroine and her domestic violence husband are eating face to face, and Liu Ye is standing behind the domestic violence man, also eating with a bowl in his hand.

Yu Feihong had a somewhat unnatural smile on her face, her eyes showed no emotion at all, and she pushed the plate. There should be a close-up of her face here, shot from a small angle, especially her eyes, which are the focus.

"Crack!"

"Sister Hong, you can smile a little, but don't let your eyes go blank. You are already alive. The man you longed for is back, right behind your husband. You can smile with pride or disdain, but you can't smile stiffly."

"Crack!"

"Sister Hong, eyes, eyes."

"Crack!"

"I... Sister Hong, if you saw the person you liked coming back from outside, what expression would you have?"

"Just come back, what's the point of having any expression?" Yu Feihong whispered.

"what?"

"Okay director, I'll adjust it."

"Crack!"

Cao Yang took a deep breath and made a final attempt, "Sister Hong, have you ever seen a horror movie? The smiles of the heroines or supporting actresses in the movie can be a little weird. You can smile like that."

"Crack!"

Cao Yang sat helplessly in the director's chair and gave up. She couldn't act out that sense of layering, and it didn't work even if she lowered her requirements. She couldn't even act out the sense of horror.

"Change scene, we'll shoot these scenes tomorrow."

Why make it hard on yourself? You don't have the time to hone your acting skills or put on a show!
(End of this chapter)