Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 41 It is important to find the right method

According to the plan, after the scenes in the villa are finished, they will switch to shooting the scenes taking place in the boxer's home, because the two filming locations are adjacent, and the principle of proximity is followed.

But I can’t leave now, I’m stuck here with Yu Feihong.

I don't know what's wrong with her today. As long as she's not being filmed, she's a gentle and caring big sister. But as soon as she's in front of the camera, she's gritting her teeth and looking hateful, with a rich expression.

No wonder Lao Tian praised her for her obvious progress!
But her rich expressions were used in the wrong place. This was a reunion, and her emotions were completely the opposite.

Cao Yang had a vague idea, so he called the coordinator and the script supervisor and asked them to adjust the order of today's shooting and temporarily not shoot the scene after the reunion.

First, film a series of events that happened after the domestic violence man brought the heroine back from the police station and before the hero appeared.

Then call Lao Tian and the lighting design team over and ask them to make corresponding arrangements based on the order of overall adjustment.

It’s relatively easy to arrange things for Lao Tian. He just needs to make some minor adjustments based on the shots designed during the preparation of the film. However, the lighting and modeling will take some time.

"I just thought a lot and thought about it for a long time."

Old Tian simply picked up a stool and sat down next to Cao Yang, looking ahead with empty eyes, and said in a low voice.

"what?"

“But I still can’t figure it out.”

"Ok?"

Old Tian turned his head, looked at Cao Yang, and said seriously: "Maybe you are right. I can't use old experience to deny new things. Practice is the criterion for testing truth."

"Oh?"

Cao Yang was confused. He was thinking about the filming. What happened to Lao Tian?
What are you talking about?

"I was disdainful of what you said in the car this morning. I apologize. I took it for granted."

"what?"

Cao Yang couldn't help asking, "You've confused me. What's going on?"

Old Tian exhaled and smacked his lips.

“When my ban on directing is over, I will learn from you when I make a movie again. I will talk to the male and female leads about the scenes 10 to 20 days in advance, or even one or two months in advance.

Just like you said, if you tell them about opera every day, even a piece of wood will become more and more intelligent, let alone a human being."

"No, Lao Tian, ​​don't, don't, I'm just kidding, you..."

"Before filming "On the Beach at Night Alone", did you fly to Ludong Island and talk to Li Xiaoran about the scene for a long time?"

Cao Yang opened his mouth and felt that there was no way to refute it.

"Before filming this movie, did you talk about the play with Liu Ye and Yu Feihong for a long time?"

Cao Yang wanted to refute, but he couldn't.

"What happened to Li Xiaoran in the end? She won the Best Actress Award in Berlin Film Festival!"

Cao Yang lowered his head and said, "Senior Brother, this is all a misunderstanding."

"Where's Liu Ye? His acting today is totally different from yesterday!"

Cao Yang looked up at Lao Tian, ​​hesitating to speak, "Brother, I...

"Even though Yu Feihong has no talent, she kept doing NGs today, but her rich emotions can't be faked. Her lively eyes, is she still the same as before?"

The more Lao Tian thought about it, the more it made sense, and the more he talked, the more he felt he had found the secret.

Directors of their generation usually give the actors the script before filming begins. At most, they will have a script reading before filming begins, and that’s it.

During filming, if I find that the actors are not acting well, I will talk about the play a little on the spot, but most of the time I just talk about how to act in this part and what emotions to use.

Lao Tian was still sighing, wondering why he hadn’t thought of calling the leading actors before filming began, and explaining the whole thing to them over and over again, just like giving a lecture to elementary school students, so that they could understand the roles.

At least you'll have an idea in mind when you act that way.

To put it in an exaggerated way, many of these actors are only slightly better than students who graduated from elementary school in terms of educational level.

At most, it is equivalent to a junior high school student.

Many of them have been learning arts since childhood, and you can imagine how hard they have worked. They all passed the art exams. Although this is not absolute, it represents the majority.

You let them understand the meaning of the movie themselves and then act it out, isn't that a joke?

Lao Tian felt that he had figured it out. Cao Yang was really awesome. He started doing this in his first movie.

"Brother, I..."

Cao Yang felt that he couldn't explain it clearly, but then he thought, forget it, explaining the play to the actors in advance so that they understand what the play is trying to express will definitely help their performance.

So what's there to explain? What's there to stop?
So be it.

Once everything is ready, start shooting again.

The domestic violence man sprayed water on the potted plant, came to sit next to the heroine, and said with a smile: "The potted plant you like, I know you will come back, I take good care of it."

In this shot, Yu Feihong just sat there and yet she portrayed the image of a resentful woman who hates her husband vividly.

Seeing Wu Qihua watering the potted plants with disdain, she subconsciously moved to the side and turned her back to him when Wu Qihua sat next to her. It can be seen from her expression that she wanted to stay away from Wu Qihua.

"Passed, very good!"

Cao Yang was a little excited. See, Yu Feihong can also pass it in one go!
Then he saw Lao Tian giving him a thumbs up.

Oh my god, brother, please listen to me... Oh, well, it's even less likely that you will listen.

Lens language is also used here.

The heroine was forced to be brought back, and her clothes changed from the original pink color to black and gray, which was used to symbolize the inner changes of the heroine.

So, don’t complain that the audience can’t understand your movie. These things are not meant for the audience to watch.

When watching the film, will the audience think of the meaning of the heroine changing into black clothes?

Wouldn't it affect the plot if we didn't change into black clothes here?
How can it be!

The next two shoots went surprisingly smoothly. Yu Feihong's movements, expressions, and emotions were all perfect, with every detail taken into account, and they all went through in one take.

The way Old Tian looked at Yu Feihong changed. The contrast was so fucking huge, could it be the same person?

There is also a very important scene, which is the rivalry between the domestic violence man and the heroine, which is the last shot after today's adjustments.

This is one of the longest shots in the whole play, highlighting the transformation of the heroine. It requires both people to be emotionally full, which is not easy to shoot.

After everything is ready, the stage manager hits the board.

Wu Qihua pulled Yu Feihong who was lying down, and Yu Feihong sat up from the bed impatiently.

Wu Qihua said angrily: "I never wanted to ask, but I couldn't help it."

As Wu Qihua spoke, he grabbed Yu Feihong's shoulders with both hands. Yu Feihong looked up at him, her eyes full of disgust and hatred. Wu Qihua was stunned for more than ten seconds and did not respond.

"I'm sorry, director. It's my fault, my fault."

Wu Qihua quickly said that he was shocked for a moment and it was a bit hard to accept that an actor with mediocre acting skills and always failed to perform well suddenly gave such an amazing performance, and his acting didn't look like acting at all.

Restart.

"I never wanted to ask, but I couldn't help it."

Wu Qihua grabbed Yu Feihong's shoulders and asked angrily, "You had sex with him, right? What position did you use? Tell me, tell me!"

Yu Feihong glanced at Wu Qihua with disdain.

Just with this one look, even though he knew it was an act, Wu Qihua was still surprisingly angry. He raised his hand and slapped him.

Here, Yu Feihong should have been slapped and then fought back.

But Yu Feihong did not follow the script. She quickly grabbed Wu Qihua's hand, raised her chin and slightly gritted her teeth, with a look of pride and decisiveness in her eyes. She slapped Wu Qihua in the face with her right hand without hesitation, knocking Wu Qihua's prop glasses directly away.

It was still Old Tian who was in charge of the camera. Cao Yang just waved his hand to remind him, but he saw Old Tian had already put the camera close to her face and gave Yu Feihong a close-up of more than ten seconds.

This was a shot that had not been planned before.

The effect of this play is enough for Yu Feihong to brag about for the rest of her life.

(End of this chapter)