1893 Gentlemanly demeanor
What exactly does Colin mean?
Bryce chewed carefully and still couldn't find a silhouette, the performance just now was already in place, how else to adjust?
She glanced at Lan Li secretly, she knew that if she asked Lan Li, she would definitely get an answer—even she didn't realize that Lan Li's authority and professionalism had been ingrained in her concept, but she hesitated for a moment, and still didn't ask.
Since the scandal broke out, Bryce has consciously kept her distance from Lan Li, she doesn't like Lan Li's way of doing things, and she doesn't like people interfering in her private affairs. Although in terms of work, she admires Lan Li's professionalism, but outside of work, she doesn't want to have much intersection with Lan Li.
After thinking about it, Bryce still didn't ask, and she decided to reinterpret it in her own way, groping for the way Colin expected the performance. In any case, the actor's acting work still needs to be explored by herself, and she can't ask for help from her fellow actors every time she has a problem, right?
Bryce quickly withdrew her gaze, calmed down again, and began to think of different interpretations.
Lan Li naturally noticed Brythe's scrutiny, but he still pretended not to find anything and focused on his work.
The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. This is a truth, and many times when we are in it, we often do not see the whole picture and the truth of the matter. Even Lan Li herself is no exception, which is why they need to watch the replay of the performance, and at the same time why they need the director's opinion.
As a bystander, Lan Li can capture Brythe's performance flaws - far from the extent of problems, at most they can be regarded as flaws, and the main key is to control the proportions.
After the polishing of many commercial films such as "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Interstellar", as well as comedy films with commercial attributes such as "I Fight Cancer", Lan Li gradually explored his understanding of commercial films.
Nowadays, people have a common misconception about commercial popcorn movies, assuming that popcorn movie audiences pay more attention to visual effects, and lack enough patience for the plot, characters, and emotions to chew carefully, which also makes the performance of commercial movies often more outgoing and more direct, and even simply and rudely put all emotions on the table - joy, sadness, pain and sadness, etc., all of which are thrown out directly with a roar, for fear that the audience will not want to spend time reading.
In the final analysis, this idea cannot be said to be wrong - the performance of commercial films does need to be more direct, otherwise it is likely to be drowned in huge visual effects, and "Interstellar", which was just completed at the beginning of the year, is the best example, but this idea is easy to fall into the mistake of being too simplistic and straightforward, even exaggerated, and it is easy to destroy the integrity of the work.
The simplest example of comparison is that Tom Holland's performance in "Spider-Man: Homecoming" seems appropriate and appropriate, but if Tom Holland's performance is placed in the atmosphere of "The Amazing Spider-Man", it will seem out of place - and Andrew Garfield's performance seems too conventional, lacking a charisma and not being able to make his Peter Parker resonate with the audience.
That's the problem Bryce faces:
Bryce presents emotions in the form of a stage play, all emotions are completely outward, and simply and directly hits the beginning and end of each plot.
Is it accurate? Exactly.
Is it appropriate? Not appropriate.
Lan Li's way of dealing with this scene is much more sophisticated and mature, he hides all of Owen's emotions in the depths of his eyes, and what comes out is a kind of heaviness and sadness, and it can even be said to be empathetic sadness, he didn't pour out all his emotions too bluntly, nor did he suppress all his emotions in his heart too vaguely-
What are the specific differences? First, the difference between raising the eyes and lowering the eyes does not fill all the emotions in the eyes, but deliberately cuts off the contact between the eyes; second, the changes in hand movements and speaking methods, on the one hand, increase hand movements to convey emotions, or even deliberately increase the movements, and on the other hand, reduce the content of speech, but increase the filling of details.
Between extroverted and introverted, Lan Li has found a balance.
When he starred in the "Pacific War", the fledgling Lan Li deducted every scene very carefully, especially the emotional sublimation clip in the ninth episode, in the blurred line between skill control and full devotion, he really lost himself and mobilized all his emotions perfectly; To put it simply, it highlights Lan Li himself, but makes the whole scene unbalanced, if it is now, Lan Li can complete the processing of that scene more maturely and more delicately.
Brythe's performance is just that.
Too outward, too straightforward, and too coarse, presented in the flowing picture of the camera, Bryce is too scene-stealing, but it breaks the balance of the overall picture. The problem is here, if the quality of Brythe's performance is high enough, then the director should be critical of Lan Li's play - signaling to make Lan Li more powerful, and Bryce's performance quality is not enough, and when stealing the scene, it seems too pompous, and the rhythm and weight are in the hands of Lan Li, so the director picks on Bryce's play.
So, what exactly is the problem?
To summarize simply, it can be said that Bryce's performance lacks control and carving, and the overly outward performance looks exaggerated, which lowers the quality of the whole scene, and then destroys the texture of the whole movie, even the popcorn seems a little shoddy;
Communication is still the most important part of the rival play, Bryce's performance is not good enough, but at the same time, Lan Li also needs to bear part of the responsibility.
It's just that everyone, including Bryce herself, all have preconceived notions that it is impossible for Lan Li to make mistakes, so it can only be Bryce's fault.
In fact, Lan Li is ready to communicate, discuss with each other, correct each other and improve each other, no matter what, they all hope that the film can be successful, this is the consensus, but Lan Li also knows that it takes courage to discuss on top of professional issues - not everyone can accept others to criticize their work, and not everyone has the courage to face accusations calmly, not to mention, each actor has his own way of acting, and also has his own way of understanding, not necessarily the methods between actors can be interconnected.
If Lan Li took the liberty of giving an opinion, how could he be sure that he would not offend Bryse?
Even during the filming of the "Interstellar" crew, Lan Li only completed the guidance in his own way, and only when the two little guys, Timothée Chalamet and Mackenzie Foy, took the initiative to discuss and ask, Lan Li would share his experience and opinions.
Now, in the face of Brythe, who has consciously kept his distance in recent times, as a gentleman, Lan Li naturally will not rudely point fingers, he still maintains his politeness, focuses on his acting work, and pretends not to notice Bryce's scrutiny at all.
Shooting began again.
Both Bryce and Lan Li are dedicated to re-engaging in the role, unaffected by the alienated relationships in real life.
Many people ignore Brythe's solid acting skills, leaving aside the spirituality or talent of acting, Blythe's basic skills are not in vain, and her years of training on Broadway have not been in vain, she does have her own uniqueness, but she has not met the right role to shine - adjusting the performance method and fitting the content of the performance, which is definitely not a problem for Brythe.
But the problem now is that Bryce has not been able to understand Colin's requirements, nor has she been able to understand the problem, so naturally there is no way to find the right rhythm, even if she wants to prescribe the right medicine, after continuous groping but still unable to find the right direction, her mentality and emotions will inevitably fluctuate, which also makes the shooting more and more stumbling, and the number of mistakes is increasing.
I shot nine times, and all the shots didn't come smoothly and naturally the first time, and there were continuous errors, and there were even very low-level jamming mistakes, and there seemed to be problems with the lines that I memorized like a stream, so that Colin was a little broken, trying to solve the problem but making things worse and worse, and then having to continue to do it all over again, so he fell into a vicious circle and couldn't get rid of it at all.
In the end, Lan Li proposed to take a break and adjust for a while, which is a good thing for the entire crew.
Colin agreed.
Lan Li and Bryce walked back to the location of the crew, but Lan Li did not rest, but took the initiative to go to the monitor and asked to watch the replay, and Bryce was also inspired and walked over, expecting to find the problem in the replay.
After watching three different shots before and after, Lan Li knew that the overall situation was similar to his guess, and now it was up to Bryce to jump out of the box and find the rhythm of the performance.
Despite this, Lan Li still didn't leave early in a hurry, but still stood behind the monitor, accompanied Bryce and Colin to go through all the wrong pictures and make sure that there were no omissions, then turned around and rested not far from the side, giving Bryce some space to think, and also relaxing his emotions-
In this scene just now, Lan Li looked very relaxed on the surface, but the mental requirements for control were not easy, he needed to relax now, empty his brain, and rest for a while.
In the line of sight, two figures could be seen standing in the distance with some hesitation, looking at him secretly, but the movements were too obvious to be ignored.