Chapter 40: Empathy

To play a role well, the matching of appearance is one thing, and the fit of temperament is also very important, in the era when more and more directors choose actors with natural similar temperaments can make it more convenient to improve the effect, Wei Ni himself was a success in this regard. He relied on his similar temperament to get the role of Snow Deer, thus opening up the situation in one fell swoop. However, the more he has experienced such a person, the more Wei Ni understands: "Closeness is just the beginning." It gives you a platform that is slightly higher than everyone else, but as you said before, you are already running in front of you and running hard, but there are always people in this world who are more talented and work harder than you. And in such a situation, if you are overtaken, the result will be even worse. ā€

"So what? I've memorized the script, and I've practiced all the necessary moves, so where should I work next?"

Xin Cheng panicked, for the reason, he couldn't find the direction.

And this time, his brother firmly pointed out to him the most direct way: "to get to know him! Xincheng, the script is only for filming, and the novel is the original. You can't understand what it's trying to preach until you really understand the book, and the meaning of each character. What is the background of the ghost flow? What kind of things and people have influenced him to become who he is today? What have he done that he is willing to? What is forced by others? The way he looks at everyone is actually his heart. This character is wearing a mask most of the time, the audience can't see your face, they can only read the character's heart from your body and eyes. The effect I want to achieve is to catch everyone's attention the first time you show your face, so that they chase your eyes every time you make your next appearance, and guess your heart from your every move. And then they long for your next appearance, and each time you show up, it should take their souls even further. ā€

"Read this book well! Go online and search the web for replies and comments on every chapter, even its fanfiction. ā€

"Then I have time to go to the valley where Xin Chen once sent you, and go to the scene to understand why Guiliu likes to wander the mountains and wilderness the most, practice your sword in the mountains and forests, and practice your eyes. If you want to play a role well, the best way is to really turn you into him! a living person with flesh and blood, wounds and pain, and more nostalgia and warmth. When you fall in love with the character, the audience will fall in love with you. ā€

Wei Ni spared no effort in guiding Xin Cheng! He used all his experience and experience to help Xin Cheng improve, and for this, his sleep time was shortened to five hours a day?

Ru Guo felt very sensitively that Sister Xin Chen was angry!

"You go and call Director Chen over to me!"

"Oh!"

Xiao Ruguo wiped her feet and left, and on the way to call Director Chen, Old Man Chen was sweating: "What did my aunt tell me to do?"

Ru Guo is not easy to say, she is in a dilemma, but think about Ni Ni's recent sleep time? Ru Guo gritted her teeth: "It's not because Ni Ni is eccentric, she always helps Xin Cheng." Sister Tang can't stand it anymore, probably because she is going to discuss with you, how to raise the acting skills of those little actors again, right?"

Hearing this, Old Man Chen felt so awkward in his heart!

Why did Wei Ni help Xincheng, that woman should be angry? This is ...... Are you jealous? But Xin Cheng is Wei Ni's brother, what's so jealous about this?

His heart turned a thousand times, but when he arrived in front of Xin Chen, he put it all away.

When Xin Chen asked him what he thought about the acting skills of the current group of young actors, Old Man Chen decided to betray Wei Ni: "Wei Ni's idea for Xin Cheng was very good before, and I have asked each of them to read the original work in depth and study the ideas of criticism and fandom." The effects are already being felt in the past few days. In addition, I adjusted their quarters to further assimilate the rhythm of people who are close to and far away. These kids are very spiritual and are working hard. ā€

Sounds like something!

But: "Their education is too poor and their experience is insufficient." I propose to postpone the start-up time by another month. Starting tomorrow, thirteen instructors will join the group and teach them calligraphy, tea cooking, painting, flute playing, piano playing, flower arrangement, horseback riding, archery, hair combing, weaving, cooking, tailoring, and carving. Director Chen, I must make it clear that no stuntmen are allowed in my crew. All the shots had to be performed by them. Try to keep your shots as long as possible, and don't keep flashing around to save trouble. What I want you to take is everyone's smile, every move, naturally. Do you understand?"

This requires...... Director Chen wiped the sweat from his head and gritted his teeth: "Okay! You pay for it, you have the final say." "She's not afraid of spending more money, is he afraid of a bird? The better he raises these actors, the easier he will be at filming.

"Also, I'm going to adjust the order of your shots. I know you've already planned the show. That's right, according to your shooting method, you can really save a lot of labor, time and cost. But I don't want to! I want you to follow the way the script goes, episode by episode. To put it bluntly, these little guys' acting skills are limited! If they don't really bring in feelings and characters, the taste of this drama will not be filmed well. ā€

"Okay!"

"Also, you tell them that they have to do the voice acting themselves. I'm not going to find a voice actor for any actor here, and if you can't say anything good, don't come here to act. ā€

This requires...... It's getting tougher!

Director Chen wanted to fight for two of the actors, but looking at Ru Guo's eyes on the side, he finally swallowed all the words back. And next, this Xin Chen asked for depth from all angles. For example, the food props on the table must be real, the finished products of all the props must be approved by her, and the texture of the clothes is okay after she has seen it, but the jewelry is too fake, she will send someone to get a new batch. Babbling about this, that, and that, Director Chen's small notes took seven pages to complete.

After coming out of the yard, Old Man Chen's forehead lines could trap mosquitoes.

In front of the female devil, Old Man Chen didn't dare to say anything, but in front of Ru Guo, he really wanted to complain: "Her request is too much." Miss Ru, you also know that the salaries of these actors we invited only range from 2,000 to 5,000 per episode. There are only forty-nine episodes of the drama in total, if it weren't for the fact that these children are not famous, who would want to come with this salary alone......? I—I'm afraid that everyone will have emotions. ā€

Emotional?

Ru Guo was amused, took out a piece of paper from his briefcase and handed it over: "This is the newly drafted agreement that Sister Tang asked the lawyer to draft." In addition to the same salary that was originally promised to them, Sister Tang also added another one. All actors, regardless of rank, can finally get a share of the income according to the proportion of their total remuneration to the total investment of the crew. ā€

What?

Dividends?

"Do you mean really?"

Director Chen's jaw was about to drop, and soon, Ru Guo gave him even more jaw drop: "This agreement applies not only to the actors, but also to every staff member in the crew who has a formal contract, including the chef." ā€

In these years, there are many investors who like to play big sticks. But after the stick, there are fewer and fewer people who can give big sugar.

The crew who are willing to give dividends to the actors can almost be said to be rare in today's situation. The other party is basically all veteran actors or popular celebrities who have been famous for many years. But this woman even gave it to the staff?

This is not a division of sugar, but a division of meat!

Old man Chen went back happily and summoned the world! After getting the information, the crew suddenly exploded. After that, no matter how strict the requirements put forward by Old Man Chen, there was no complaint. Especially those little actors, they worked harder. When the teachers came, they wished to turn into bloodsuckers and go up to absorb all the nutrients of the teachers.

In this way, after a month of hard training, the little radish heads finally looked a little bit like in Xin Chen's eyes.

On the first day of August, the crew officially started.

The first scene is that the village where the male protagonist, the male protagonist, the three men and the four women are inexplicably slaughtered. The weather was beautiful, and it rained heavily that night. Under the real rain scene, every scene is like being there in person.

The seeds of crying, fighting, hatred and contrite were planted deep in everyone's heart on that rainy night. Then, the story unfolded episode by episode. Different teenagers have taken different paths in the end. Because I met different people on different roads, I finally deduced different stories.

At the beginning, the acting skills of these children were still a little jerky. But as the plot gradually deepens, they seem to have gradually assimilated into the plot, and they no longer need to be deliberately pulled, and each eyebrow has its own soul.

Old man Chen has been directing for so many years, and it is the first time he has encountered such a situation, and the whole group has empathized and integrated. Since the fifth episode, almost all the scenes have been one. Some plots are not even written in the script, but these children bring them out on their own when they are emotionally aroused.

As a director, Old Man Chen cried several times, not to mention the rest of the crew, as long as there was a crying scene, almost all the circles under his eyes were red.

In this way, the filming schedule, which was originally planned to be completed in six months, was completed in less than four months.

On the day of the finale, Xin Chen asked Ru Guo to take the accountant to hand out the money and dividend agreement on the spot. The agreement is just over, the film has just been filmed, it has not been released, there is no repercussions, and it is still early. But the payment of remuneration is really amazing. Because, the money they got turned out to be ......

"After taxes?"

The leading actor Xu Zhengqing took it first, looking at the thick bag of paper tickets in his hand and the numbers on the receipt, he was a little stupid. He only went to Beiying the year before last, and although he was paid for filming a few times, which time did he not pay taxes by himself? Why? Why is it after tax here?

In this regard, Ru Guo raised his chin very solemnly: "My boss is very generous, and the person who works for her has never paid taxes by himself." It's not just you, sister, I haven't paid my own taxes since the day I worked for Sister Tang!"