The plot of "Journey to the West" is mainly strung together by several big scenes, finding Monkey King is a scene, catching a pig demon is a scene, and catching a fish demon is another scene.

The benefits of this are obvious, the set is convenient, and the actors are also easy to act.

The first scene to be built was a small fishing village, in an unknown mountain, the art team was stunned to build a water village out of wood.

Below the water village is a small river, because there is not enough water, the staff simply took a pump to fill the river with water.

Twenty or so group performers changed into shabby costumes, painted their faces black, and chatted in twos and threes.

may be because she is more handsome, Zhou Jin is quite pleasing to children, and the little girl who plays the role of Changsheng came to sit next to him, splashing with her feet in the river.

"Brother, do you like candy?" she spread out her little hand, and a beautiful fruit candy lay in her palm.

"Thank you, my brother won't eat it," Zhou Jin tugged at her ear, "Who gave it to you?"

"Uncle Zhou," the child turned his head to look, and saw that Xing Ye was wearing a gray devil hat, standing on the water village, and arranging something with the staff.

"Uncle Zhou also said that when I cried, he would give me some more candy. ”

Zhou Jin thought to himself, as a senior, he could pass on some experience, so he learned the tone of a child, "Then do you know how to cry? You can think about the most unhappy thing about you." ”

The child blinked, peeled off the candy wrapper, and took the candy in his mouth, "But Uncle Zhou said, wait a while, he will perform it again, and let me learn it." ”

Well, sure enough, it's Chow style.

After Zhou Jin joined the group, he found that Xing Ye was simply rigorous.

Even for faceless group performances, the clothes must be uniformly numbered, and whoever wears which one can't be wrong at all.

A group performance can be shot more than a dozen times, seven or eight shots down, and it will be gone in a day.

So the crew has been on for four or five days, and Zhou Jin hasn't filmed a single scene.

"Brother, why don't you change your clothes?" The child looked at Zhou Jin's casual clothes, which were obviously not the same style as himself.

"Because I haven't reached my brother's role yet, my brother is learning to sing these days, well, 300 children's songs......"

When he mentioned this stubble, Zhou Jin felt a little weak, and now he didn't believe that he could sing a good song.

The child's name is Zhang Yuwen, although he is young, he has already filmed a lot of children's advertisements, and he said: "Brother, don't you know how to sing? There is a classmate in our class who sings very ugly, and every time the teacher asks him to sing, he also has this expression." ”

"Huh?"

Zhang Yuwen chewed the candy and continued: "Our teacher said that the more you are afraid of something, the more you have to do it, so that you are not afraid. ”

Yes, I was taught by a child.

"Then what are you most afraid of?" Zhou Jin asked.

The child smiled embarrassedly: "I'm a little afraid of heights." ”

Zhou Jin picked her up, "Are you afraid of being so tall?"

"Don't be afraid," the child giggled.

"Okay, then let's be a little higher, are you afraid?" Zhou Jin stepped on the wooden stairs and walked leisurely on the high platform of the water village.

Xing Ye was there with four or five group performers wearing Taoist robes, bouncing around, looking like he was demonstrating how to dance the gods.

As soon as he saw Zhou Jin, he stopped, "Can you act later?"

"Okay," Zhou Jin naturally couldn't ask for it, as long as he didn't sing the song, the rest would be fine.

Zhang Yuwen shrank in Zhou Jin's arms, closed his eyes tightly, then quietly opened one, looked at the river below, and said with a smile: "I'm a little scared now." ”

Zhou Jin smiled and handed her to Master Xing, "I'll go put on makeup first." ”

Journey to the West is a very dark story, the fish demon and the pig demon are the one party to the disaster, cruelty to the people, and the exorcists who are supposed to protect the territory and the people either take the opportunity to collect money or intrigue.

There are even some Taoist priests, under the guise of eliminating demons, and they are swaggering and deceiving.

The scene they filmed today is about a fake Taoist priest who blew up a Gu's fish and lied to the villagers that it was a monster, Xuanzang jumped out to expose the lie, but was beaten by the ignorant villagers.

About three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Jin was dressed in tatters and lost a clock, his face was painted black, and he started to wait brightly with his fluffy chicken coop head on his head.

A group performer held a salted fish and said the lines: "Dao Chief, thank you, there are small silver taels here, and salted fish, please smile and accept ......"

"It's a thousand~year salted fish!" Zhou Xingchi interrupted him beside him, "There are two thousand~year salted fish, please accept it with a smile." ”

After he finished playing the villagers, he changed to the Taoist chief, and said righteously: "Cultivators, it's just to help the world, and I won't want such a precious thing." ”

As he spoke, he took the silver taels and returned the salted fish to the villagers.

That demeanor and tone made Zhou Jin almost want to applaud, a living nonsensical style, exaggerated and not dramatic.

It's no wonder that the group performances in Zhou Xingchi's movie are so brilliant, but in fact, Xing Ye borrowed a face from them.

Although he no longer appears on the screen, behind those group performances is clearly his shadow.

It's just that the group performers don't have that kind of understanding, and a few lines have been grinded until the sun is about to go down, and then they have been given.

It can be seen that Xing Ye's face is a little dark, and the atmosphere of the crew is also depressed.

"Are you ready?" Xing Ye came over and smiled stiffly.

Zhou Jin nodded slightly, and clasped his hands together, "Amitabha." ”

Although he is now unkempt and his body is in tatters, after reciting a Buddha name, he actually has a sense of solemnity.

Zhou Xingchi was stunned, "Let's try it first." ”

is different from other directors, Xing Ye directs the play, there is no guide tube, he doesn't even look at the monitor, he pokes directly at the scene, ready to point at any time.

After a busy time, the scene was set up, and the scene was written with a dozen boards, "Action!"

"Kill it!"

"Isn't it xi?"

"Then shoot it again!"

"Report to Qiu!"

"I~want~report~qiu!"

While the villagers were whining and venting their anger at the big fish, Zhou Jin just stood quietly behind them, and suddenly shouted, "Wrong!"

The group performers quieted down suddenly, and Zhou Jin said slowly: "It's not a murderer." ”

Before starting the machine, Zhou Jin pondered for a long time before reshaping Xuanzang's character.

The coat of arms is cheap and cute, so he has to do the opposite and play Xuanzang seriously.

In the face of a group of ignorant villagers, Xuanzang is undoubtedly proud, he is an unshaved Mahayana Buddhist disciple, and it is his mission to save the common people.

He is kind, but also self-conscious.

Just like a recent college graduate, I always feel that I can make a career, and I don't know how hard it is to make money until I get through the rent.

So Zhou Jin took a few steps forward with a bamboo cane in one hand and an ancient book in the other, with a kind smile on his face, and the villagers got out of the way.

"This is a Gu fish, tame by nature, positive and optimistic, and has a very good character, but it is a pity that it has grown a little bigger. ”

Zhou Xingchi stood next to the camera, taking in the expression and movements of that guy.

He belongs to the type of acting that has evolved, whether an actor has entered the play or not, he can sweep it out at a glance, without looking at his expression or eyes, just looking at his feet.

A person may hide his expression, hide his eyes, but the state of his feet betrays his true feelings.

Just a few steps from Zhou Jin, there was a bit of a Buddhist step by step lotus meaning.

Although he was dressed in tattered clothes and unkempt, it was easy to see that the guy and the villagers were not the same as the villagers when they swept through the crowd.

"Wait a minute," Master Xing beckoned and called a timeout.

Generally speaking, the first scene of the starring role will determine the overall style of the follower, and he must not be careless.

"You just acted very well, but if you start a little muddy, and then you set foot on the road to learn the scriptures, and then play the state you just had, the treasure is solemn, will it be better, don't be so rusty with the villagers at the beginning......"

Xing Ye said to Zhou Jin in a gesture, and a little smile gradually appeared on his face.

For him, discussing cinema is not about work, it's about enjoyment.

Zhou Jin smiled: "I just read a story a few days ago, not to learn Buddhism, but to learn Taoism. ”

"Huh?" Zhou Xingchi motioned for him to continue.

"In the past, there was a person who wanted to learn the Tao with Lao Tzu, and everyone saw him off in the tavern, and respected him very much, and when this person came back after learning the Tao, everyone gave him the wind in the tavern, and at this time there was no distinction between each other, and everyone was happy. ”

Although Zhou Jin said it very simply, Xing Ye still understood his metaphor, "Are you saying that learning the Tao used to be restrictive, but after learning it, it became natural, and the Tao was natural?"

"Pretty much, it should be the same for studying Buddhism, right?"

If this logic is followed, then Zhou Jin's acting method is exactly the opposite of Xing Ye.

In Zhou Jin's understanding, Xuanzang didn't know about the suffering of the world at the beginning, he just pursued great love in an empty way, and he said it nicely, but he didn't have the ability to fart.

When he really had an epiphany, he began to be down-to-earth, and there would naturally be no estrangement with the villagers, and at this time, Xuanzang could embark on the road of learning scriptures.

To put it simply, it is necessary to go deep among the masses of the people.

Xing Ye is undoubtedly stubborn, and he is known as a tyrant on the set, but his stubbornness is mainly reflected in the pursuit of movies, which does not mean that he can't listen to other people's opinions.

"Is it okay to have two?" Zhou Xingchi said: "I'll keep this one, you play another one that is a little more muddy, don't be so high, okay?"

"No problem," after all, movies are the art of directors, and Zhou Jin naturally can't say no.

So everything returned to its place, and Zhou Jin did it all over again.

Zhou Xingchi stood aside, silently comparing Zhou Jin's two different acting methods.