Chapter 306: A Mix of Chinese and Western Court Classics
Literary films were originally high and low, coupled with the downturn in the market, despite Bona's efforts to build momentum and hype, but it was still useless, "Beauty Grass" was released for a week, and the combined box office of several major box office cities was only 3 million.
Speaking of He Xin, it is really sad, it is rare to have two starring movies that can be released in China, but the box office has never exceeded the threshold of three million.
Although the investment cost of "Beauty Grass" is much smaller than that of the large-scale production "Purple Butterfly", director Lu Yue does not have Lou Ye's international popularity and the blessing of French film companies, and his overseas income is pitiful. The film undoubtedly lost money.
However, this does not have a big impact on the investor Bona, the film is originally a very risky industry, and a small production with an investment of only 10 million yuan will lose money, which will not affect the future layout of Poly Bona, which has just grown.
The only good news is that Bona is actively operating several domestic film awards, and although it has failed at the box office, it can at least earn a reputation.
For He Xin, after attending the premiere in Shanghai, his task was completed. However, he didn't go to Hengdian to meet the crew immediately, and because there were not many scenes, he won half a month's vacation.
It's just a coincidence that my girlfriend was invited by the French Film Alliance, and together with Jiang Wen, Jiang Wenli, Lao Xu, etc., she served as the spokesperson of the "French Film Screening" event, and traveled to major cities across the country to participate in touring screening and promotional activities.
It's strange to say that a TV drama actor who has never made any movies has become the spokesperson of the "French Film Screening"!
To put it bluntly, it's just for publicity, who called this girl to be red and purple in recent times? And the girlfriend can also brush up on her own style because of this.
No matter how Jiang Wen is a domestic actor-level figure, Jiang Wenli is a popular big flower, and Lao Xu is one of the officially recognized four little flowers after all, and there is also a talented woman.
The girlfriend can be tied with these people, which is a win-win situation!
Originally, he planned to take this opportunity to clean up the new house in Shanghai with his girlfriend, complete the furniture, electrical appliances, furnishings and so on, so that his girlfriend could move in as soon as possible. After all, I live in a big house in the capital, and my girlfriend is still crowded in a small apartment here, which is a little bit uncomfortable.
Since the plan has failed, and there is nothing to do, I still honestly go back to school during this time. For his proactive progress, his homeroom teacher, Mrs. Chang Li, was quite pleased, and also let him participate in the rehearsal of a big play.
In the third year of the acting department, the teaching is mainly based on rehearsing big plays, especially in the second half of the semester, when they will start rehearsing the graduation plays.
Their Class 01 class chose two classic comedies, "Angels Come to Babylon" and "Romulus the Great" by the Swiss contemporary playwright Dürrenmatt, and added their own whimsy to co-edit a very mixed style "Angel Romulus".
Once He Xin watched Deng Chao's version of "Sauerkraut on the Cuihua", which shocked him, he almost didn't fall into the psychological shadow, and then because he rehearsed several comedies when he was in advanced classes, he was not very successful, and once thought that he couldn't act in comedy.
Later, I slowly realized that it was still because I had psychological baggage and couldn't let go. The first lesson in learning acting is to learn to liberate your nature, because shame is the biggest obstacle to acting. Let you pretend to be a cat and a dog and pretend to be a monkey, you can't be deliberate, you can't hesitate, you need your first reaction, so that you can pass the level.
He didn't do well in this lesson from the beginning, he didn't dare to release his true heart, and he often worried that something bad would be released.
Of course, he has not been in vain in school over the years, and gradually understood that his original idea was wrong, being a person and acting are two different things, if you want to become an excellent actor, you must face your truest heart and learn to use it.
It may be due to the unsuccessful life experience in his previous life, which makes him never have enough self-confidence and often falls into self-doubt. The most intuitive embodiment is his low appearance in front of his girlfriend.
Generally speaking, men who don't have enough self-confidence are often Wang Moubo, and they will never become Chen Yingjun. Confident people tend to get stronger when they are stronger, while people who are not confident often find their confidence in the weak.
It's like a not very confident Chinese Super League player who plays in the first or even second division, and in the case of a huge disparity in strength, he often plays more and more confidently. But if he is allowed to play in the five major leagues with many masters, he will definitely shrink back and lose himself.
However, this is not immutable, self-confidence is also something that needs to be cultivated, if this not very confident Super League player in the field of the first and second divisions of the field of self-confidence, suddenly throw him into the stadium of the five major leagues, out of inertia, he may also dare to pass, dare to play, dare to shoot, as long as there is a success, it will greatly promote his self-confidence.
He Xin is essentially the same, although half a month is short, but rehearsing with this group of classmates who are still very young in acting, they often seem to be at ease, full of self-confidence, and even let go of themselves when they are proud. Often in a burst of admiration, I feel very enjoyable and my self-confidence is bursting.
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Hengdian, since the last time he came to visit the class, He Xin came to this realm known as the Shadow Capital for the second time in his life. Of course, this is only a prototype of the Shadow Capital.
Director Chen can be regarded as an indispensable contribution to this film capital of later generations. When Xie Jin filmed "XX War", the war was here, and Chen Dadao spent 60 million yuan to build a Qin palace here, and carried it forward.
The scene of the Magic King City in "Wuji" is set up in the palace of King Qin.
This time, Director Chen came to Hengdian again, and Hengdian also gave the hero the highest courtesy, that is, during the filming period from Monday to Friday, the entire Qinwang Palace was closed, and it would only be open to tourists on weekends. You must know that when the national teacher filmed "Hero" here, only part of the scenes were sealed, and they were still open to tourists.
The day He Xin arrived, it was just in time for the crew to shoot a big scene where Wushuang led his troops to besiege the royal city. As soon as he followed the field affairs into the palace of King Qin, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
Two huge city walls were erected on the square in front of the originally empty Four Seas Returnee Palace, with rose-red exterior walls, golden roofs, and white marble columns, while the surrounding area was dotted with dragon-like golden monster sculptures, fan-shaped doorposts, and unique archery platforms, which can be described as exquisite and fantastical.
At this time, it happened to be the interval between shooting, and hundreds of guards in silver helmets and black armor under Duke Wuhuan of the North at the gate of the city were sitting on the ground in twos and threes, and the cameras on the huge rocker arms were taking advantage of the gap to constantly adjust various angles above their heads.
When he walked over, Director Chen, who was wearing a dark blue long-sleeved T-shirt and light blue jeans, was talking to two actors, a man and a woman.
The man's black robe, white satin cape, riding boots, and silver-white helmet with eight long white feathers were black and white from a distance, and he looked handsome and elegant, but he was not majestic.
Don't ask, this is the actor of Duke Wuhuan of the North, King Xie Qi. Another actress couldn't see her face clearly because she was facing back, but from the brightly colored and flowing costume on her body, it was not difficult to guess that it should be the heroine Zhang Baichu who had never met.
"Xiaohe, here!"
Just when he was hesitating to go over to say hello, he heard someone next to him shouting him, and when he looked back, he couldn't help but subconsciously "poof".
Then he hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Cheng." But you do, uh...... That point. ”
It was none other than Cheng Qian, the actor of the king in the play. At this time, I saw that his bright yellow costume was open, his pants were rolled up above his knees, and he was still fanning the wind with a big fan in his hand.
But the funniest thing is his style, wearing a haircover with short ear-length hair on his head, and two sparse and long dog oil mustaches on his upper lips, similar to the style of the French Emperor Louis XIV in the stage play, but there is still a high bun on the top of his head, coupled with the Chinese imperial costume he wears, a strong mix of Chinese and Western court classics is blowing in his face.
"Laugh if you want, don't hold back, be careful to hold back. But the director said that my look is called classical magicalism, do you understand?"
In his previous life, he was more familiar with Cheng Qian as the host, and now he knows Cheng Qian is an actor who speaks wittily and humorously, and is optimistic and open-minded by nature.