In the middle of the night on the street, the world is quiet, the noise remaining in the night becomes more and more obvious, you can faintly hear the sound of dogs barking and beer bottles colliding, hearing and smell seem to be more acute, Lan Li can clearly smell the faint smell of tobacco under the wings of his nose, mixed with the humidity and cold in the early morning, lingering on his fingertips.

The idea was finally clear, and Lan Li finally understood what the missing puzzle pieces were. But Lan Li was not satisfied with this, but further pondered: why did this piece of the puzzle be lost?

Obviously, the thinking just now is not an expressive acting, if you follow the way of thinking and context of the academy's performance school, then Lan Li's performance just now is a success, and the details can be slowly carved, but the portrayal and interpretation of emotions are correct and accurate, which is sufficient for the movie.

But the biggest difference between movies and dramas is that-

The depth and connotation of the play are more reflected through the script itself, such as Shakespeare's plays, lines and plots, a large number of cumbersome and gorgeous sentences will show the historical, philosophical, cultural and other connotations hidden between the lines. This is mainly due to the limitations of the theatrical stage, the distance between the stage and the audience, so that the details of the actors' performances can easily be drowned in the whole space.

The depth and connotation of the film are very complex, the director's shot, the text of the script, the actors' performances, etc. are all components, in the final analysis, it is the director's lens composition, how to make full use of the actors' performances, the structure of the picture, the projection of light and the depth of the lines, showing the core depth of the plot, there is no doubt that the director is the absolute helmsman of the whole work.

Lan Li's performance just now is enough for the drama, and the details of those expressions can't be captured, but in the filming of the film, especially Tony's shots, every delicate change of the expression is truly recorded in super large close-ups, so following the previous performance, the core idea of the script text will become blurred.

So, Lan Li explored and pursued all the way along the context of the character, explored the life state of the character, and then constructed the resonance between the character and the story, and even the connection between the character and the entire script. It's not expressionism, it's more methodism.

Of course, after returning to acting, the performance method is still expressionist - the point is not whether Lan Li can resonate with Henry's experience in a methodological way, but because Tony's camera needs Lan Li to stay in this state, struggling on the line of desperate life and death, from numbness to shock, sadness, despair, pain, avoidance, dodging, and then returning to numbness, and finally shocking again, and then changing.

Tony's focus is on recording the subtle changes in the whole emotion, and after recording it in a microscope way, it reflects the depth and height of the whole work's thoughts.

Therefore, expressionism is still the first choice of Lan Li, but the starting point of emotions must be slightly adjusted: the emotions that collapse because of sadness, and the emotions that collapse because of despair, these are two very different performance methods, and the changes in eyes, expressions and movements will give the characters different touches.

If you just follow the emotional drive of the methodological school, then the emotions that erupt are strong and ferocious enough, and at the same time on the right track, but the subtle differences cannot be distinguished, not to mention the level and depth, even the beginning and end will seem blurred, and the three-stage structure and two turns of the whole scene will not be shown at all. Under Tony's microscope, such a performance would be slightly rough and deliberate, losing that pseudo-documentary realism.

Only expressive acting skills can meet the requirements of Lan Li, and can also withstand Tony's test.

But, interestingly, Lan Li once again combines the two performances, and it is a completely different way of performing than any previous work. Does this work?

From the standpoint of a third party, whether it is a methodist or an expressive school, including the experiential school, in the final analysis, performance is still performance, and the core meaning is still in the role, interpreting and interpreting the role with the actor's own understanding, and then serving the film.

The advantages of expressionism lie in precision, hierarchy and control, the advantages of methodism lie in selflessness, drama and vividness, and the point of experiential school lies in integration, authenticity and vividness. Each performance method has its own advantages and disadvantages, as well as its own characteristics, so can Lan Li learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses and devote himself to the performance with his own understanding?

This is a bold conjecture. But Lan Li also knows that he can't chew too much, and he is far from being a master even in any single way of performing now, he can only be said to be on the right track, he hasn't learned how to run, he wants to fly, and the end can only be broken bones. He can have the dream of flying, and then polish his walking and running skills in a down-to-earth manner, and one day, he can spread his wings and soar.

He took a deep breath, temporarily gathered his divergent thoughts, and began to think about the scene just now.

Once the idea of the whole performance became clear, things became relatively simple. This is what Lan Li is best at, the origin, development, transformation and settlement of emotions, and even the turbulence and boiling of emotions, the mind instantly begins to become noisy. Lan Li didn't rush back to the crew, but went around in circles, rehearsing again and again, pondering every turn over and over again, and his brain gradually brightened.

However, after all, the talk on paper is just an empty shelf, and the specific method still needs to be demonstrated to know.

Lan Li quickly returned to the crew, did not find the crew's suppressed low pressure at all, but went straight to Tony, and exchanged a few words, Lan Li said that he would put in the performance first to take a look, not only Tony needed to taste it, but Lan Li himself also needed to reconsider. He has to look at his performance through the lens, and only then can he have a more three-dimensional thinking space for the whole performance.

Tony nodded in agreement.

Sammy's eyes always followed Lan Li's movements, uneasy, seeing Lan Li return to the bus, she hurriedly ran over, but only ran two steps before the makeup artist's shout came, "Stop, stop, you have to touch up your makeup!"

Unlike Blue Rite, Sammy must wear makeup, and for the role, she must also wear heavy makeup. Sammy was crying a lot just now, her makeup had already been spent, she completely forgot about it, and she wanted to appear on the camera directly, and the makeup artist naturally wouldn't make such a mistake.

In fact, Blue Rite also needs to touch up makeup. Instead of applying makeup, I wipe away all the tears that remain on my cheeks to ensure that I can go into a new round of shooting with a fresh look. The makeup artist belonging to Lan Li also trotted all the way into the bus and began to get busy.

Sammy's gaze kept turning, looking at the crew around her. Everyone exudes an aura of extreme exhaustion and irritability, but they have to be suppressed, just like a volcano that is about to erupt, but it is suppressed to the death, if the wind and waves are calm, it may be silently suppressed, but a little wind and grass, this volcano will completely erupt with unimaginable power.

This made Sammy more and more nervous, her throat was frighteningly dry, and even her swallowing movements were a little incoherent. "Calm down, the protagonist of this scene is Lan Li, just follow him to perform, don't worry. The make-up artist could sense that Sammy's body was trembling slightly, and the uncontrollable tension was evident in the violently vibrating pupils, and he had to advise him in order for the shoot to be completed.

Sammy nodded incomprehensibly, not sure if she had listened.

looked at the restless and depressed crew in a daze, the kind of bumps and commotion that was about to come and the wind was full of buildings, everywhere, and there was a trace of irritability and contempt between everyone's eyebrows, Sammy's mood couldn't help but tighten, even if he saw Betty's encouraging eyes, Sammy still didn't smile, and walked into the bus in a panic, hesitating whether to apologize to Lan Li, but after all, he still couldn't muster up the courage, and silently walked to the end of the bus, ready to shoot.

Soon, the crew was once again engaged in filming.

For the first time, Sammy made a mistake and appeared in the close-up shot of Lan Li, which was interrupted before the performance could start.

The second time, Sammy made another mistake and grabbed the beat in advance, and Lan Li's first performance had just begun, and she had already started to put herself into the performance, and as a result, all the content filmed by the director was misplaced.

The third time, Lan Li made a mistake, and the makeup artist's handling was too heavy, and he powdered next to Lan Li's nose, causing the camera to look very weird.

The fourth time, Sammy made a mistake again, the previous shooting went very smoothly, and he had come to the second half, but Sammy forgot his lines and got stuck directly, resulting in all the failures of the first half of Lan Li's performance.

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After re-entering the shooting, it was a disaster, and things not only did not go smoothly, but it became more difficult. Stumbling, a scene repeats itself so many times that not even a full shot is completed. The atmosphere of the crew couldn't help but become more impetuous—why do you continue to shoot? Isn't it enough to use the full scene from the previous one? In the blink of an eye, another forty minutes have passed, and they are still spinning in place, what is this? Is the ghost hitting the wall?

"Sammy, calm down, we've been filming this scene for four days, we should know the process better than anyone else, and after the brain is emptied, follow the inertia of intuition, that's enough. ”

Lan Li also noticed Sammy's abnormality, and couldn't help but open his mouth to comfort him, which seemed to have finally calmed Sammy down. The next shoot went wrong one more time, and then it was done without a hitch, and the whole show went smoothly and in one go, and it looked really good, and there was no reason to ask for more.

But that's just what the staff thinks, what about Tony?