Section 321: Seeking (M)
Shen Huan's thinking did not stop at the scene in front of him, what he was thinking about was more from some of the problems exposed in the scene in front of him.
He wants to find the problem from the essence and then solve the problem, which is the fundamental solution. Otherwise, even if the scene in front of you is over, the problems behind it will continue to surface. And the essence of this question is actually about the question of "what is comedy".
In the most popular definition, comedy is a form of performance that makes the audience laugh in an exaggerated way, clever structure, witty lines, etc. Among them, the most conspicuous and easy to see is undoubtedly the "exaggerated technique", which makes many viewers have a wrong understanding of comedy, thinking that comedy must be very exaggerated.
This perception cannot be said to be wrong, but it is a little biased.
Some industry insiders like Yu Qingquan, although they know that this perception is very one-sided, but in their daily operating experience, they often find that starting with exaggerated methods for comedy shooting is the easiest and most profitable way - the laughter in this way has very low requirements for the audience.
It is easy to get started, and the market effect is good from the perspective of overall probability, and the cost performance is extremely high, which makes them more and more inclined to make a fuss in this regard. In the long run, everyone has contributed to it, which has made this feature of comedy more and more prominent.
In this regard, the more representative is Hollywood's-pee-fart comedy, and a-pee-fart can be played for decades.
This is because the market is influencing the creation, and after the work is exported, it in turn further deepens the audience's extreme stereotype of comedy, thinking that comedy is exaggeration.
This is one of the views on comedy that stays at the surface level, and what Shen Huan is thinking about now is the most essential thing of comedy.
Different people have given different opinions on this.
Some people believe that tragedy is the destruction of valuable things for people to see, and comedy is the tearing apart of worthless things for people to see. Some people believe that comedy and tragedy are when something sudden and unexpected happens, and if the ending is threatening, then it is a tragedy, and if the ending is inconsequential, then it is a comedy. There are also people who believe that the core of comedy is actually tragedy, and the two can actually be converted to each other to some extent, just like Tai Chi. There are so many different opinions, but no one dares to say that their definition is necessarily accurate, and the work created according to their rules will make everyone laugh.
If you want to ask Shen Huan about his cognition of comedy, this guy is a man who does not refuse to come, and learns from the strengths of others, but because of his love for the philosophical concept of Tai Chi, he agrees with the cognition that "the core of comedy is actually tragedy", which is why he adopts a different shooting method from a comedy director like Yu Qingquan, trying to avoid exaggeration and present nature.
He wanted to use this contrast to create a prominent comedic effect, which worked in principle, and the so-called black humor was also developed from this principle. Of course, what he is trying to do here is not black humor, but he wants to extend another way from this aspect, which is to describe it concretely, that is, "to do meaningless and even desolate things seriously, and to arouse people's superiority in the act itself, rather than in an outward manifestation."
At this point, it is somewhat similar to Stephen Chow's performance concept in another world, after all, it is the same origin, but Shen Huan does not plan to be the same as Stephen Chow, he wants to be more receptive and natural.
However, judging from the feedback from this first scene, his idea seems to be a bit problematic.
Could it be that his train of thought went wrong in the first place?
After thinking about it for a long time, such an idea suddenly popped into his mind.
After all, this is a comedy, and he is still going in the direction of hilarious comedy, not that kind of light comedy.
In fact, from the perspective of the main drama, or even from the perspective of light comedy, there is no big problem with the scene just now, although the whole is flat, stiff, and dead......
Well, looking at it this way, it seems that there are still quite a lot of problems.
Shen Huan thought about it here, and suddenly found that he filmed according to his own ideas, and he actually made this scene different: it did not have the kind of joyful effect he wanted, nor did it have the agility and naturalness of the main drama, and it was not leaning on either side, sandwiched in the middle, which was extremely embarrassing.
Does he want to turn back and stop being so obsessed with formality, stop obsessing with things like "receiving" and "natural", and run a little in the direction of joy?
……
This guy is stuck.
Yu Qingquan looked at Shen Huan's current appearance and thought like this.
This situation is normal, as long as there is a little pursuit of the director, it is inevitable that there will be a situation of getting stuck during the filming, Yu Qingquan has seen several.
Wait, a few more times like this, and the young director will find that his idea is not reliable, and finally he will appear like a savior and show him the right path.
When it comes to comedy, you are professional.
Yu Qingquan was silent, thinking carefully in his heart.
In fact, he didn't understand Shen Huan's thoughts, he also knew that according to Shen Huan's thoughts.
To be honest, Yu Qingquan once thought about taking such a path, but in the continuous actual operation, he found that this road was too difficult, anyway, he couldn't figure it out for so many years. There are simpler, more feasible and surefire shortcuts than this, so why not take them?
That's what everybody does anyway.
Then Yu Qingquan walked down all the way with peace of mind, until now.
The next one is the young director Shen Huan in front of him.
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"Brother Guo,"
Zou Wenqin glanced at Shen Huan from a distance, and asked Lian Shouguo next to him with a little hesitation: "You say...... Shall we go over to Director Shen and ask what went wrong?"
It was the first time she had been in a group with Shen Huan, and she didn't know Director Shen's temper, nor did she know what the director's style was, and when she saw Shen Huan sitting there silent after shouting them to stop, she couldn't help but panic a little in her heart.
After all, Shen Huan has directed two popular dramas in a row, and from the standards of the circle, he can be regarded as a budding new star, such a person is generally automatically labeled as "quickly popular", "young and famous", "young and vigorous", and his temper is relatively impatient. What's more, the director is a position that is easy to explode, so it is easier to explode, so although it was only NG once, Zou Wenqin was still a little panicked, and asked Lian Shouguo, who had worked with Shen Huan, and planned to take him as the leader.
Lao Lian and Director Shen have cooperated, and they must know Shen Huan's temper better than her, so it must be right to follow him.
Lian Shouguo was also a little unclear, but after he looked at Shen Huan's expression from the air, he still shook his head, "He seems to be thinking about things, let's not go over and disturb him." ”
After all, he has cooperated with Shen Huan, and Lian Shouguo still knows some about Shen Huan, so he is not as worried as Zou Wenqin. And after seeing Lian Shouguo's unhurried appearance, Zou Wenqin also put down his snack somewhat and waited with Lian Shouguo.
In this way, under the waiting of the audience, Shen Huan sat there alone and pondered silently for a long time, when his eyes suddenly lit up and he stood up suddenly.
Because he was in such a hurry to get up, the chair under his buttocks was directly carried by his action of getting up and flipped to the ground.
Many of these staff members at the scene are working with Shen Huan for the first time, and they don't know much about Shen Huan, nor do they know his temper.
In the eyes of many of them, Shen Huan's long silence and contemplation before really looked like the calm before the storm.
A big storm seems to be about to erupt.
This made many people's hearts rise slightly, and Shen Huan's sudden move made their hearts tremble unconsciously.
Is this about to explode?
Is this director really young and vigorous, and has such a big temper? It's just that after NG once, he is about to explode? He is even so angry that the chair is "flipped"?
Well, under their subjective consciousness, the chair was "lifted" by Shen Huan.
Shen Huan may also have a hand under his buttocks.