Chapter Seventy-Eight: Idols and Stories (2/5)

Performance, in terms of form, is based on life experience as an artistic language.

Rodin mentioned in "Rodin's Treatise on Art": "The so-called masters are such people: they use their own eyes to see what others have seen, and they can find beauty in what others are accustomed to." ”

Actors who have no life experience can only imagine out of thin air, and will let their performances float in the air without the breath of life!

Fat flute, still talented!

Acting as an actor requires talent.

For actors, the most important talent is empathy, or empathy.

That is, the ability to put oneself in the shoes of others and understand their emotions and feelings.

To put it in layman's terms, an actor needs to maintain sensitivity to the outside world, and sentimentality is the most important quality of an actor.

Of course, hard work is very important, but there is no talent, even if you work hard, the upper limit is not high, for example, Huo Jianhua and Peng Yuyan are typical of working hard, but at most they can do not disgusting performances.

The most feared thing is that you don't have talent and don't work hard!

......

After dinner, Wan Qian accompanied Lu Xiaoran to drink tea in the courtyard.

"What have you been doing lately?"

"I go to work normally, I read books and watch movies when I have time, and I make some small investments by the way..."

“... What is investing?

"The value of the Victoria's Secret brand has shrunk rapidly, and I have some friends who are engaged in investment to short their stock prices, and I have invested a little bit and made a little money..."

"Shrinking brand value?"

“... The rotten way of life of capitalism... Forget it, with frequent scandals and the impact of e-commerce such as Amazon, the brand Victoria's Secret is long gone... So, they have their eye on the Chinese market, it's useless... Chinese aesthetics with..."

Wan Qian was a little confused...

Lu Xiaoran kept his mouth shut: "Don't care about these as an actor!"

“... What about the movies you watched?"

"Well, I've watched all of Hitchcock's movies lately... Still shocked!"

"How?"

"Hitchcock's cinematic technique is a purely cinematic thing. He really uses the camera and editing to tell the story, directly leading a generation of filmmakers, his script is very detailed, and he already knows very well what it is like before each film starts shooting, so the material he shoots is very similar to the final film, which is a bit like doing animation, basically not shooting useless shots, and many directors may have a ratio of 1:10 or more to the finished film..."

"My films are very similar to him, and I rarely shoot superfluous material...

"The first Hitchcock movie I watched was called "Soul Snatcher", and later when I was studying the film, I knew a lot of behind-the-scenes stories, and the whole film was shot in only eight shots in 80 minutes..."

"Why eight shots, because the time it takes to show a 35mm roll of motion picture film is only about 10 minutes!"

"He's so good, so I often tell that there's no such thing as a story that Hitchcock didn't make. ”

After a pause, Lu Xiaoran continued: "The current Hitchcock films, probably professional filmmakers can appreciate the master's shooting skills. It is difficult for the general public to regain those exciting feelings of the past, because there are indeed many suspenseful detective movies now, whether it is the rigor of logic, the ingenuity of the conception, the tightness of the rhythm or the thriller degree have surpassed their predecessors..."

Wan Qian was puzzled: "Then what are you studying?"

“... I'm thinking about a new movie, but I haven't decided on a theme yet..."

Lu Xiaoran suddenly sighed: "I'm wondering what a movie is?"

"In the past, I thought that movies were just about recording stories with images..."

"Do you write the story yourself? Of course, you only know how vast and difficult the world of cinema is! In the beginning, you know a lot of scenery and stories, but you have never found your true heart, so it is easy to become a job rather than a work. ”

"Cinema is a typical three-act theory, which is always hidden in the heart, beginning, confrontation, and end, so that it looks like a movie. ”

"Is it possible to use other structures? I don't think so... Because the essence of the low shadow is an extension of the play, the drama is usually written in three acts..."

“... I'm just a mediocre person, sometimes I really feel that I am not talented enough!" Lu Xiaoran smiled bitterly: "These things have bothered me for a long time... The more movies I make, the more I feel the gap between myself and many masters!"

Wan Qian didn't answer, but asked, "Have you communicated with other people?"

"I've talked to Director Amou, and he has a similar dilemma!"

"What dilemma?"

"I just can't satisfy myself, even if many movies are successful, or box office, or word of mouth, I'm very sober, I think this is actually not done well, and it should be better..."

"You two are people who love to challenge yourself!"

"Haha..."

......

After chatting about some things, Wan Qian saw that Lu Xiaoran was not in high spirits, so she stopped talking...

Lu Xiaoran leaned back on the recliner, the warm sun hit her body, as if everything was so just right!

Wan Qian suddenly sighed...

She thought she knew Lu Xiaoran very well, and she had the impression that he was full of confidence, but she didn't expect him to have so much confusion in his heart!

Maybe that's why he's always improving!

Tangtang walked over, glanced at Lu Xiaoran, who was asleep, and then asked Wan Qian, "What are you two talking about?"

"It's nothing, he said his pursuit, I don't understand a little..."

"Pursuit?"

"The quest for cinema..."

Sugar Candy paused for a moment: "He just likes to drill the tip of the horns..."

"How did you meet him?"

"Cooperate with "Latent", I was only 23 years old at the time, I ran every day, and it would be good to occasionally take on a play, I went to audition for "Latent", and he asked me to play Mu Wanqiu..."

"You took the initiative to pursue him?"

"Yes, he was a screenwriter, an actor and an assistant director at that time, and I thought he was good..."

"Still handsome?"

“... That's right, the main chief is handsome!"

Sugar Candy couldn't help but laugh and blossomed...

By the way, Tangtang and Lu Xiaoran were not equal in the eyes of netizens at first.

There have always been many people who have soured her on her Weibo, saying that she is not worthy of Lu Xiaoran or something...

But there is one thing that cannot be sour, and that is Tangtang's vision and boldness.

Generally speaking, women chasing men are more or less despised, such as not being reserved enough or something. But there is an exception, that is, the man was inconspicuous at the time but made great achievements in the future, such as the red whisk girl running to Li Jing at night, and Liang Hongyu knew Han Shizhong wisely.

Therefore, the reverse pursuit of sugar chips has become a beautiful conversation, especially since the two have come all the way through ups and downs, and there is a feeling of "knowing each other in the end and accompanying them for many years".

Sugar Chips doesn't mind the matter of chasing after itself becoming a talking point...

"Eh, let me ask you, why don't you two have children?"

"Don't rush, let it be..."