551 Polishing cooperation
Sammy Gale's eyes were full of confusion, for her, she couldn't read the details and meaning of the Lan Li's performance, let alone Tony's interpretation and perspective, but at the same time, she was full of excitement, watching Lan Li's performance so closely, even if it was just an "NG", the blood still flowed quickly, and her whole body was trembling.
Turning his head, Sammy looked at Betty Kaye beside him, and asked in a low voice, "Do you know what they're doing?"
Betty's eyes fell on her father, but this was her first time on the set and her first time on the set, and she didn't know anything about everything that was happening in front of her. To be honest, she wasn't interested in acting at all, and this time she just came to help her father. But what happened in front of her just now made her a little curious.
Hearing Sammy's words, Betty showed an innocent expression and pursed her lips, although she didn't speak, her attitude couldn't be more obvious. This made Sammy laugh, and the corners of his eyebrows and mouth went up in unison, "It's really funny! You say, how will the next shoot go?"
She didn't know what was going on, but she knew that Lan Li and Tony were discussing the performance, and that the process of artistic creation was playing out right in front of her. This is something that has never been seen in a TV drama set. So, is this the real art?
Sammy was looking forward to it, Betty was worried, her eyes were back on Lan Li, she wasn't sure if she could do a good job, she wasn't sure if she would be a liability, what if she became a disaster, but even so, Betty had to admit that witnessing two people discussing art was not as boring as she imagined.
The gaze of the surrounding exploration did not have the slightest effect on Tony and Lan Li, and the two of them were watching the replay, twenty-nine. Tony took the trouble to watch Lan Li's performance over and over again, from different perspectives and at different levels.
Wonderful, unbelievably wonderful. Gradually, Tony tasted the deep meaning of the blue ceremony, eyebrows, eyes, corners of the mouth, shoulders, even the standing posture and the position of the backpack, every detail can be felt in detail. The strong contrast between the superficial normal and the dead silence in the heart, the fierce contradiction that is plain on the surface but actually like ashes, is presented without a trace of weightlifting and wind, without any traces of carving, but it has exhausted the vicissitudes of life.
In just five seconds of performance, Lan Li gave Henry's role more possibilities. It would be an exaggeration to say that people can appreciate Henry's charm or feel Henry's emotions now, the time is too short, and the space for play is too limited, but it is just a debut, and that kind of intricate and profound introverted temperament has left countless possibilities and countless question marks.
Although this is not Tony's expectation of Henry, he also has to admit that Lan Li's solid basic skills and profound interpretation ability are really eye-catching.
It's a pity that the two men were on different tracks in their creative ideas, so that the camera lens was not able to capture enough information. It's like in a dance, two people are different from each other, and it is wonderful, but the beats of the two people are not on the same channel, which leads to the overall performance becoming a disaster, and the wonderful interpretation of the individual is ruined. This is a typical case of the whole being inferior to the individual.
Cooperation, what is needed is that both sides polish each other and fit each other, and only in this way can it be called a team. Otherwise, even for the most talented artists, the work produced by the team will be a disaster. Today is the first day of the "detachment" start-up, and the scene is relatively simple, but it is also a buffer stage for the two to lay the foundation for cooperation.
In a sense, this is also one of the important reasons why the director chose relatively simple scenes in the first few days of filming.
Over and over again, Tony's mind was reimagining the character of Henry, "Why did you choose a cigarette but not light it, and does that mean anything special?" Tony asked curiously.
"If I say it's just because I don't smoke, do you believe that?" Lan Li's answer surprised Tony, making him stunned, his eyes were full of disbelief, he looked at Lan Li's serious look seriously, and then smiled and waved his hand, thinking that Lan Li was joking.
But then Lan Li's words made Tony's expression stiffen, "I'm serious. Looking at Tony's momentary petrified stunnedness, Lan Li couldn't help but laugh, "After getting off the bus, Henry didn't enter the school immediately, but stayed on the platform, on the one hand, he was waiting for all the students to enter the school building, and on the other hand, he also needed a little time to settle down. It's a new student, and it's a new beginning. In the script, Karl describes Henry standing at the bus stop, smoking an entire cigarette, then extinguishing the cigarette butt and turning to walk into the school building. ”
Even without a script, Lan Li can clearly retell every entry written by Carl, and everything has been memorized.
"So, why?" Lan Li's rhetorical question made Tony a little anxious, and he wanted to interject eagerly: where is the reason for this? Smoking is forbidden in schools, and Henry needs a little buffer, so he smokes a cigarette at the bus stop, that's all, where is there so much why, isn't this pure fault?
But Lan Li didn't give Tony room to speak, and continued, "I mean, what is the reason why Henry chose to smoke? Escape?paralysis?Or is it a habit?Does he drink alcohol in addition to smoking?What about poisons?" Lan Li's series of questions made Tony calm down and fall into deep thought.
At this time, Sammy and Betty, who were standing not far behind them, as well as the other actors and crew, were all confused, as if they were watching two crazy people with abnormal brains: such a conversation is really incomprehensible.
"Henry was in a state of despair, and instead of escaping and numbness, he needed to let himself feel that pain, which would keep him awake. At the same time, it will also be the motivation for him to keep going, you know, he is still changing schools, he is still trying to bring hope to more students, he is still persevering on the road of education. ”
After Lan Li finished explaining, he ended with a joke, "Of course, the original intention of thinking is that I don't smoke. Strictly speaking, I can smoke, but I try to avoid it. ”
Tony didn't laugh, but pondered, "You mean, Henry doesn't smoke or drink?" This is not what Tony is good at, but Lan Li's rhetoric successfully convinces him that the interpretation of the character and the style of the film are two parts that complement each other, "Then why did you choose cigarettes?"
"Or do you want me to stand there in a daze for a while?" Lan Li's rhetorical question made Tony blink, he really didn't know how to answer, and then he saw Lan Li smile and said, "This is just my personal understanding. He doesn't smoke, but he still rolls cigarettes, maybe it's a habit he left behind. When did you quit smoking? Why did you quit? It's a story that goes beyond the movie script, but it's an important addition to the characters. ”
Tony was immersed in his thoughts, carefully considered, neither of them spoke, and let the silence spread for a moment, and then Tony nodded, without too much comment, but this action gave enough recognition, "This scene, let's shoot it again." This time......" left the realm of actors, and Tony re-entered directing mode, "Can you make the performance a little bit more detailed? No, I mean, you perform at your own pace, but a little bit more, and I'll use medium and close-up shots to record the whole state and see how it goes." ”
In the first shooting just now, Tony used all the medium shots, and there was a problem with the angle, he used a 30-degree oblique angle to shoot, and the position of his height was also a little off, a little too tall, so most of Lan Li's performance was lost in the lens, and those eyes, those limbs, and those changes were completely leaked.
This is also the reason why Tony is so angry, he doesn't see enough information on the monitor, only sees a cool and handsome figure, which is a fatal damage to the overall style of the film, it doesn't look like an art drama movie at all, more like a youth idol movie like "Twilight", as if he should use backlight and soft light to infinitely highlight the handsomeness of the male lead.
But after the exchange, Tony realized that it was actually a communication problem. The deviation of the lens leads to a huge error in capturing information.
Like Lan Li, an actor who calms down, slows down the pace, and carefully polishes the role, from lines to habits, from expression to personality, is really commendable. Especially considering the strong momentum of the recent summer file, Tony knows very well that Lan Li is busy with publicity work all day long, but Lan Li not only did not get carried away, nor did he take it lightly, which is a valuable quality that cannot be measured for young actors.
Now, Tony is sure that he needs to adjust the way he shoots, and Lan Li needs to adjust the rhythm of the performance, and they need a certain amount of run-in time. That's fine, today's shooting was relatively simple, and they had enough time to polish it slowly.
"Is the camera moving, or is it stationary?? It's just that "detachment" is more demanding, because there are also more elements of performance.
"I don't know. Tony gave a very "Tony-style" answer, "Let's give it a try." I'll give you thirty seconds, you'll play freely, and then I'll capture the shot, and then I'll look for the right footage. Tony said casually, then waved his hand, which was considered a clapper.
Free mode?