Chapter 69: Director
Everyone saw Xiao Yao's modeling process for the eight of them. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Info didn't know how his blood was made, but the scissors, sandpaper, and burned sticks were too simple, not to mention that he finally had his clothes put on the ground for everyone to step on. This whole process made everyone feel that Xiao Yao's handling was like a joke. As for makeup, a big boy's makeup skills aren't very confident.
But the actual effect is to surprise everyone.
First of all, the clothes on these eight people, although they are all tattered zombie costumes, Xiao Yao did not simply copy eight pieces with one template. The clothes on each of the eight of them are different, whether it is the location of the damage, the degree of wear, the area of the smoke and fire, and even because of Xiao Yao's words that let everyone vent their personal grievances, everyone's focus is also different, so even the degree of dirt is different.
After these clothes are worn on them, with the same different zombie makeup on their faces, not to mention that they look like real zombies, after all, everyone has never seen this thing, but it definitely has a sense of déjà vu that zombies appear in front of them in the movie.
The music only lasted for half a minute, and Xiao Yao turned off the stereo. From everyone's facial reactions, Xiao Yao has received the most satisfactory feedback.
"Dude, this body is so cool!" After the music stopped, the "zombies" also stopped moving, Rick looked at his body, then at the other seven companions, and said happily to Xiao Yao.
"Okay, since everyone is very satisfied with this outfit, then when the official competition comes, the eight of you will use this look. Xiao Yao smiled, "That's it for today, when you rehearse in the future, you don't have to be like this every time." Today is the time to set your makeup. Everyone should remember their current image, and try to imagine what they look like when rehearsing in the future, the effect will be better. ”
"Jan, I have a question. Rick asked, raising his hand.
"What?" Xiao Yao looked at Rick.
"There is still half a month before our first audition, how should we keep this clothes? We must not be able to wash them now, but if we leave them like this for half a month, will they smell good when we take them out? Will we be able to wear them at that time?" Rick said with some concern.
"Why can't you put it on?" TJ joked with a smile, "Put it for half a month, and then you will not only look like zombies, but even smell like them, how realistic!"
"Die!" Rick gave TJ a disdainful look.
"I don't know, and I haven't thought about it. Xiao Yao spread his hands and said with some embarrassment.
"What?" everyone looked at Xiao Yao, "What should I do during the game?"
"It's very simple," after thinking about it, Xiao Yao smiled helplessly: "When the time comes, I will destroy your set of clothes again." Let's do a reproduction, anyway, I have experience. ”
"It's good, I like the feeling of stomping on Rick's clothes with my foot. TJ laughed.
"Alright, enough of the jokes, it's time to get down to business. Xiao Yao greeted the people who were still laughing, took out a handheld DV from the big black bag, and said to everyone: "It's not realistic to install mirrors in this place now, I will record everyone's rehearsals and send them to everyone." After everyone finishes rehearsing, you can also see your rehearsal performance, and if you don't do well, you can carry out targeted exercises. Now let's start the joint practice. ”
As he spoke, Xiao Yao put the DV on the right speaker at the right height and angle.
Paul and Zhou Jingyi walked to the middle of the venue and took ready poses, while the dancers retreated. Xiao Yao saw that everyone was ready, so he turned on the stereo and played the soundtrack of this dance again.
As the music played, Paul and Zhou Jingyi, who were in the middle of the venue, began the first part of the pas de deux. It's just that the first two people kick their legs at the same time is not particularly neat. Considering that this was the first time to practice together, it was normal for any problems to arise, so Xiao Yao did not interrupt the two, but let them continue to jump like this.
In addition to some of the same dance moves that are not done neatly, Paul and Zhou Jingyi have several mistakes in the entire first section of the dance, either the movements are not in place or the cooperation between the two has deviated, and Paul also fell straight to the ground once. However, because Zhou Jingyi did not catch the back of his head after he leaned back, instead of slapping it directly on the ground after taking off, Paul was not injured.
Although he made a mistake, Xiao Yao didn't shout to stop, and Paul had to get up and continue to do the following actions.
After the first dance, the eight zombies danced from one side of the venue to the center of the venue, and Paul and Zhou Jingyi just glanced at it, and then retreated from the other side in a sliding way.
The biggest problem with the group dance in the second section is that it is not neat, and Xiao Yao doesn't care too much about this, just touching his chin and looking at the eight zombies in the middle, thinking about what more interesting mechanical dance moves can help them add it.
The group dance in the third section is the climax of the whole dance, with the largest number of people, and it also makes the venue look a little chaotic. The performance of these people is still a little different from what Xiao Yao imagined in his mind, and Xiao Yao is also looking for ways to improve while watching.
The dance in the fourth section is dominated by Paul and Zhou Jingyi, but it is different from the first section. The first section is the only two of them on the field, and the last section is a "corpse" lying on the field to give them a background. While they were doing dance moves, they had to be careful not to step on the "corpses" on the ground.
"Stop!" When seeing the two of them jump to the difficult action that made Paul and himself quite worried, Xiao Yao finally pressed the pause button on the stereo and shouted to stop, "Don't do this action for the time being, and then do it in the joint practice when you practice on the cushion." Let's skip this action first and move on to the rest of the action. ”
"But in that case, we won't be able to match the music behind us. Zhou Jingyi said with some embarrassment.
"No problem, you follow my command. Xiao Yao replied, pressed the play button on the stereo again, followed the rhythm of the music and clicked the ground with his feet, and after more than ten seconds, Xiao Yao opened his mouth and commanded: "Three, two, one, go!"
Hearing Xiao Yao's shout, Paul and Zhou Jingyi moved at the same time, and they were surprised to find that the movements they did later were really in tune with the rhythm of the music.
As several of the "zombies" lying on the ground showed signs of activity again, Paul's eyes showed a hint of anxiety, and after an intense solo dance, Paul clasped his hands together and slammed a heavy drum on his chest, and then the whole person fell backwards.
"No!" Zhou Jingyi silently made a shouting gesture, ran towards Paul in a few steps, and finally slid directly to the fallen Paul with her legs, and hugged his fallen upper body into her arms. And as the music changed from sad to gloomy again, the three zombies lying on the ground stood up again in the form of a mechanical dance, and slowly walked towards Zhou Jingyi...
"OK!" As the music stopped abruptly, Xiao Yao also shouted, and the first joint practice of the whole dance ended.
Although there were a lot of problems in the first group practice, the band members of the audience still understood the whole dance.
"Whew~" Dean exhaled, his attention to the dance had long since shifted from the zombie shapes to the plot, and turned to George and McDow, "I feel like watching a movie." ”
George and Mike nodded in agreement. Mike said directly: "Yes, it's the first time I've seen such a complete story from a dance." I feel like Jan is less of a choreographer, more of a film director. ”
"The first time I practiced together, there must have been a lot of problems, and I think everyone felt it just now. Xiao Yao smiled at everyone, "But before I talk about the problem, I want to say that the effect of this first joint practice is already good." You can take a look at it for yourself. ”
As he spoke, Xiao Yao adjusted the video he had just recorded to the playback mode, and let everyone watch it on the small screen that came with the DV.
Like the feelings of several band members, after watching the video of their first joint practice, the dancers also felt that there were so many mistakes that they could see a little miserable, but they still really felt the story that Xiao Yao wanted to express from this video. Got a bit of a movie-watching feeling. So when they're skilled, what will that look like? Everyone is very excited to think about it.
After watching the video, Xiao Yao also said to a group of dancers with excited expressions: "I believe everyone not only saw the mistakes, but also felt the charm of this dance." ”
"Yes, it used to be just an imagination, but now that I see it, I really realize that this dance is really amazing. Even though we've just behaved rubbish. Paul began.
"So, what we're going to do now is how to make this dance better. Xiao Yao nodded.
"I won't talk about dance movements, everyone has been dancing for many years, and their basic skills and skills are stronger than me. I'll talk about some questions outside of dance technique. ”
Xiao Yao continued, "In addition to technique, another very important aspect is the eyes and expressions in dance. Dance is also a kind of performance, since it is a performance, in addition to the movements, your eyes and expressions are also very important, without these expressions of the whole dance, the appeal to the audience will be greatly reduced. The story is simple, and I hope you can immerse yourself in the plot, enrich your characters, and make your expressions and eyes come alive during the dance. ”
"How does it feel like we're going to be actors, not dancers?" said several of the team members with puzzled expressions.
"There is no problem with what Jan said. Zhou Jingyi stood up and said, "The teacher in our school also said the same, dancers are also performers, and the eyes and expressions are also part of the dance, and the same as the movement skills, we need to have a correct display on the stage." ”
"Okay, we've all seen what Jan can do, so let's practice as he says. It's just to pay attention to the expressions and eyes in the dance, and it doesn't really ask us to be actors, read lines or something. Paul also began to support Xiao Yao, "We have to believe in him." ”
"Look, I don't care about the dance moves, but I care about the expressions and eyes of the dance team members, and guide their performances. Mike looked at this scene and smiled, "This guy really looks like a movie director." ”
"No, not a filmdirector, but an artisticdirector. Sarmeon, who had been silent, suddenly corrected Mike Dao, "In a professional art group, there is already such a position as director. (To be continued.) )