Chapter 40: It's on Fire
As we all know, children and animals are the most difficult existence for the crew.
You have to be patient.
Children's thinking is different from that of adults!
The simplest example:
If a child encounters a situation where a stranger wants to drag him away, what lines will he say?
Guess and shout 'help'!
This is very typical of putting adult thinking on children. Because we teach our children to react this way in such situations, it is natural that children will react this way.
In fact, the child will call 'Mommy'...
Or will shout 'I don't know you' aggrievedly!
He hadn't been in such a situation before, and he didn't know what kind of danger it meant, so he wouldn't call for help.
His logic is: I don't know you, so I can't go with you, so you should let me go.
Very naΓ―ve, yet very real!
However, Xiao An in "Frontier Storm" as a child has no lines, he is a tool man...
There is no need for the actor to do any character analysis, that would be too complicated - if you really want to analyze, you can analyze a lot, for example, he has a bad relationship with his father and so on...
Lu Xiaoran only needs Guan Xiaotong to keep his eyes open and doesn't need any expression.
Three days before the start of "Border Storm", Lu Xiaoran did not arrange too many shooting tasks, more than some fragmentary shots.
You have to give the actor time to get into the groove.
And the policeman he plays also needs to grow a beard...
After all, Lu Xiaoran has followed many crews and served as the executive director of "Latent", of course, the most important thing, the two assistant directors are very powerful!
Everything is in order...
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On May 8th, Yang Mi entered the group...
Tangtang went to pick her up, and the first thing the latter said when he saw Lu Xiaoran was: "You are on fire!"
ββ¦ I'm on fire?"
Xiao Luzi is a little confused...
He stayed in Ruili for a week, and he was busy shooting every day, and the work mode he adopted was very formal - at the end of each day's shooting, he would call a bunch of people to his room, summarize today's shooting, and arrange tomorrow's shooting tasks by the way...
Usually at this time, Tangtang will sit in and help fill the tea...
Yang Mi looked at the same confused sugar candy with a complicated face, and then said: ""Struggle" is on the air!"
ββ¦ Oh, "Struggle"..."
Lu Xiaoran suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Wang Luodan did call him, as if he said that "Struggle" would be broadcast on local satellite TV in Beijing and Shanghai first.
At that time, Lu Xiaoran was busy discussing the next day's shooting with Yang Qing and didn't care much.
"How's that show?"
"It's hot... In your words, it's called a hit!"
ββ¦ Really?"
ββ¦ My agent has asked about you, what do you say?"
Lu Xiaoran nodded, he didn't really want to talk about this topic, but said: "You rest first, I'll help you make an appointment with Sun Honglei in the evening!"
"Sun Honglei?"
"Yes, your rival actor, you have to communicate with him as soon as possible!"
Actors, in the end, they want to communicate.
If you don't communicate, you don't have an emotional foundation, and if you don't have an emotional foundation, what comes from the performance is not reliable.
You let two strangers shoot a kiss scene as soon as they come up, and you want you to do it, even if some actors can do it, but it is purely technical and can't move the audience.
Movies are different from TV series, TV series don't have so many close-ups, "Border Storm", Xiao An is a senior patient with Stockholm disease, and she relies on Sun Honglei...
"How's his temper?"
ββ¦ I don't know, I'm serious about acting anyway, so you just need to discuss acting with him more..."
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Yes, "Struggle" is on fire!
Although it was only broadcast on local satellite TV in Beijing and Shanghai, and the scope of radiation was limited, this drama caused a huge response as soon as it was broadcast.
The cast, the fresh lines, and the accurate blow to the sling mentality quickly caused a wave of group pseudo-orgasms.
In the words of the media: "It has resonated with countless young people." β
First of all: this is an extremely successful drama.
When ordinary viewers watch TV series, they can't see what the rhythm is, what the shots are, and what the script is, and the criterion for judging whether it is "good-looking" is often whether it can resonate.
This resonance may be a similar mood, a yearning for life, a familiar style or a real and interesting detail.
Of course, "Struggle" is not excellent, and you can't take off the hat with incorrect views!
Success doesn't exactly equate to excellence, but there's always something that impresses the audience to be successful.
"Struggle" is popular, not because everyone has a wrong outlook, but because the emotions are real + the details can be felt + the jokes are interesting + the characters are brilliant.
When Xiang Nan and Yang Xiaoyun got married, the excitement of two small groups of marginal people wanting to make big news;
When Charlene went to see Lu Tao late at night, she knew that she shouldn't but couldn't hold back the impulse at all;
Xiaoling Xian'er was taken by Lu Tao to play, the kind of girl's heart that couldn't be concealed and attracted by novelties;
Lulu didn't say a word, and when she picked up her brother, Huazi's desperately suppressed irritability, etc...
Everyone will have similar emotions to some extent, so it will feel real.
Details don't necessarily determine success or failure, but details can make a world's difference in people's impressions of a play!
Reading the novel, the protagonist of the Mary Sue novel can speak eighteen foreign languages, and it is embarrassing to read it.
But the details of "Struggle" are not embarrassing, Lu Tao can speak French, because Lu Yaxun was forced when he was a child, it is reasonable, and his attitude and behavior are in line with the character of father and son.
For example, Yang Xiaoyun's mother put a passbook in the pillow, the dry toilet in the courtyard, and many people mentioned the eight Zhongnanhai, all of which are very real details...
In addition, the joke is also a key point to promote communication.
There are many golden sentences in "Struggle", and some of them are attitudes towards life:
"Out of control. In your relationship with Charlene, you're out of control. β
Some are witty:
Charlene: "Why are you so sour?"
Lu Tao: "Waiter, come to a bowl of vinegar!"
Charlene: "Are you drinking me?"
Lu Tao: "Waiter, two bowls!"
"As far as Yang Xiaoyun's taste is concerned, let me tell you, you give her 30,000, and she will pretend to be 100,000 for you. But if you give her 300,000 - the effect is still 100,000. β
Some are emotional catharsis:
"As your expired girlfriend, I deserve to drink this expired Coke. β
Of course, and most importantly, the characters are distinct.
Everyone's character design is going according to the screenwriter's own ideas:
South chicken thief, so he parked his 10,000 yuan broken car in the small alley behind the mall;
Huazi is angry, so he refuses to talk to Yang Xiaoyun;
Lu Tao is talented and proud, so he is angry, and his personality both attracts little girls and often hurts those around him.
Yang Xiaoyun is not used to He Cuifeng and is unconsciously influenced by her, Xia Lin is as proud as her mother, Mi Lai and Ling Shan are both rich second generations, but one is a paying type and the other is naΓ―ve, Lulu especially understands what she wants and what she can afford.
Characters are remembered and part of the success!
How popular is this show?
The first round was broadcast to the tenth episode, and the second round of copyright has been sold, and it is broadcast by more than a dozen TV stations...
It shows the appearance of the king of the national hit!
Lu Xiaoran, as the only Huazi with normal three views in "Struggle", has soared in popularity, and has climbed to the level of national knowledge in one fell swoop!
Zhao Baogang personally called him and asked him to star in "Who Calls the Shots of My Youth", and the salary rose to 60,000 yuan for a single episode...