Volume 2 The Heart Moves with the Circumstances Chapter 73 Acting is not so simple
There was once a girl who was drunk, at the mouth of a remote alley, surrounded by several drunken hooligans, seeing that the girl was about to be violated, at this critical moment, a college student with a sense of justice happened to pass by, with a bloody courage, he saved the girl from the hands of several hooligans, and the college student also paid the price of a broken arm and multiple injuries on his body. After that, the girl promised the college student that one day she would repay the kindness of the college student. A bloody story was compiled by Zhang Wei to solve Zhang Shilan's questions, otherwise why Liu Yuanyuan had such good questions about Zhang Wei, Zhang Shilan could chase him and ask him about the old age.
The photo shoot and audition are all tomorrow, so after lunch today, Zhang Wei and Zhang Shilan have nothing to do, so Zhang Shilan proposed to go around the film and television city. Both of them were visiting Yokoden for the first time, so the suggestion was immediately adopted.
After buying tickets, the two of them walked around the film and television city, in fact, there is nothing to see, nothing more than all kinds of antique buildings, except for a sense of age given by history, there is nothing else. Many people go to Hengden to see what kind of filming is like, but in fact, most of the crew will clear the scene if they are filming, and the vast majority of those who can come to Hengden to film are costume films. As for those who want to be lucky and can be valued by the crew and appear in movies and TV series, I can only "hehe" for this kind of person, and then silently wish you to wake up soon.
After an afternoon of shopping, Zhang Shilan was exhausted, Zhang Wei was also bored, both of them had empty stomachs, so they found a small restaurant that looked very clean nearby to eat.
When the two of them came, it was just in time for dinner, and the hall was almost full, so they sat at a table in the corner and ordered a few dishes to wait.
Most of these people are not trying to eat or work, but have a dream of being an actor, or a dream of being a star, of course, most of them can only eat in the end, and when they wake up from the dream, they can't live anymore, so they give up. Once in the eyes of Bole, flying on the branch and becoming a phoenix, is the biggest hope for this kind of people, although this hope is very slim, but every year there are still many ambitious people to come, the same, every year there are also frustrated people to go, this is Hengden.
There are many people eating in the hotel hall, some are invited to eat in the group, hoping to give more opportunities, some are three or five friends get together, and some are upgraded to "Xiaote (one of the lowest levels of special actors)" group performance to celebrate, anyway, these people of all kinds are inseparable from the word "play" in and out of words, which is also a major feature of the local area.
Zhang Wei and Zhang Shilan were not interested in listening to what others were saying, and when the meal was ready, the two of them devoured for a while, and quickly finished the food on the table, settled the bill and left.
Nothing was said all night.
Early the next morning, the car arranged by Director Li waited at the door of the hotel, this time there was no moth, and he arrived at a film and television production company smoothly in the morning, in the studio, Zhang Wei was tossed by the stylist for a long time, put on a wig, and painted makeup for another hour, and then changed into ancient costumes, changed different expressions and shapes under the command of the cameraman, and was photographed by the cameraman. I changed four sets of clothes before and after, took hundreds of photos, and the morning passed like this.
The lunch is a boxed lunch, and Zhang Wei can't remove his makeup when he eats, because he will soon go to the shooting location in the afternoon, and it is more troublesome to make up, Zhang Wei has no resistance to this, as long as he is reasonable, Zhang Wei is still a very good person.
After eating, I took the car to an area of Hengying Movie City, and the props brought Zhang Wei a sword, and the director Li Xiaoliang asked Zhang Wei to compare a few stabs, chops, and slashing actions in front of the camera, Zhang Wei originally felt that this was not a difficult matter, and he did it very calmly, but as soon as the first stabbing action was completed, Director Li called it off.
Director Li came to Zhang Wei's side and pointed out two problems, the first is that the expression is wrong, there is no sense of sharpness with the sword, and the second is that the action is too neat when the sword is drawn out of the sheath, and there is no very handsome shape, which is not good.
So there was a second time, a third time......
In the end, Li Xiaoliang wanted to scold, but when he thought that Wu Ting, who was still majestic yesterday morning, had disappeared in Hengdian at the moment, he couldn't help it, so he could only patiently explain to Zhang Wei the expressions, emotions, actions and other details needed for filming, and finally Zhang Wei didn't know where to put his hand, especially when he saw the crew's lights, sounds, and photography, Zhang Wei wanted to pick on the spot.
But as soon as he saw Director Li's angry and unspeakable appearance and Zhang Shilan's encouraging eyes, Zhang Wei gritted his teeth and persevered.
In the vetoed again and again, Liu Yuanyuan also came to the scene, but she didn't alarm anyone, just watched Zhang Wei's performance in front of the camera from a distance, and after watching it for a while, thoughtfully, called her assistant to whisper a few words, and Li Feifei left quickly.
Once he was called to stop, Zhang Wei was a little impatient, because he became more and more confused about what kind of effect Li Xiaoliang wanted to perform by himself, he had obviously worked hard, but he still did not meet Li Xiaoliang's standards.
"Zhang Wei, come, let me say a few words to you. Liu Yuanyuan stepped forward from the corner and waved at Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei frowned and walked towards Liu Yuanyuan, and Zhang Shilan found that Liu Yuanyuan was coming and came over. Of course, the crew knew Liu Yuanyuan, a big star, and when they saw Liu Yuanyuan greeting Zhang Wei, these people had a look of sudden realization, and seemed to understand why Li Xiaoliang was so patient today, and he was here for a long time with a "vase" who couldn't act at all.
Except for Li Xiaoliang and a very few people in the crew, no one knows that Liu Yuanyuan is the investor shareholder of this drama, and no one knows how strong Liu Yuanyuan's background is.
"Forget it, who calls other people's roots and feet awesome, just lower the standard later, and just be able to achieve the expressive performance of Xiao Xianrou. Li Xiaoliang made a very reluctant decision.
"Zhang Wei, I just looked at it for a while, I found two problems, let me say it briefly, you think about it yourself, okay?"
"Hmm. Zhang Wei replied sullenly.
"Performing this thing, you can't express the character's heart with expressions, first of all, your words and deeds are grounded, logical, and orderly in your own heart, for example, Director Li just asked you to make a compassionate expression, and then gently threw the saber out, you have to consider, why do you want to be compassionate for the role you play, where does this emotion come from, and what is your inner motivation for throwing the sword, which is related to the actions and expressions you throw. These things will not be reflected in the script, you need to construct a character's psychological activities by yourself, so as to drive your own emotions and then express them with expressions and behaviors, that is, you have to believe that the role you play really exists, so that you can find a reasonable character support, otherwise you are just playing an emoji. Wait until you believe in the characters in your heart and have support, don't restrain your emotions, that will only make your words and deeds seem stiff and very contrived, which is a common problem for many people who have not been exposed to acting. Today is a live audition, this is to allow you to better feel the atmosphere of the scene, since it is an audition, you don't have to be nervous, I will give you an idea, you imagine yourself as 'Di Yuan', and then substitute the situation that 'Di Yuan' has to face into your own emotions, in accordance with the emotions that the director asks you to express, make your own most natural reaction, you should make a lot of progress. ”
Zhang Wei listened to Liu Yuanyuan's words and seemed to have caught something, so he continued to devote himself to the process of test shooting.
Zhang Shilan on the side didn't understand acting, so she asked very strangely: "Sister Yuanyuan, I think Zhang Wei's acting is already very good, why is Director Li always dissatisfied?"
Liu Yuanyuan looked at the scene being filmed in the distance and explained: "Director Li wants a heartfelt performance, not a face-painted acting, so of course the requirements will be high, but this is a good thing for Zhang Wei, I believe that under Director Li's high standards, Zhang Wei can grow up quickly and become a qualified actor, rather than a little fresh meat who looks at his face." ”
"Oh......" Zhang Shilan didn't seem to understand, but she understood that this was a good thing.
Of course he is not stupid, he has just never filmed, so it is difficult to get into the state, but after Liu Yuanyuan's explanation, Zhang Wei thought about it carefully and had a certain experience. When filming according to the director's requirements, a look or a style of swordsmanship is a little similar, there are a total of 12 attempts in today's audition, and in the case of improving more and more every time, Zhang Wei finally met Li Xiaoliang's requirements and ended today's audition work.
When he was about to thank Liu Yuanyuan, he was told that Liu Yuanyuan had left half an hour earlier, but she asked Zhang Shilan to hand Zhang Wei a large file bag. After Zhang Wei opened it, he saw a thick notebook inside, which recorded some of Liu Yuanyuan's experiences in the process of acting. There is another thing in the file bag, which is a book called "The Self-cultivation of Actors", after opening it, there are also many Liu Yuanyuan's own annotations in it, and there is no need to say much about the preciousness of these two things to Liu Yuanyuan, but in order to help Zhang Wei make rapid progress, Liu Yuanyuan still took it out without any excellence, which shows that she is indeed interested in Zhang Wei.
Zhang Wei took out his mobile phone, found Liu Yuanyuan's number, and sent two words very sincerely, "Thank you." ”
A few minutes later, a text message came, "You're my master, that's an oath." Your driver and assistant have arrived, let's have dinner together in the evening, and they will be your people from now on. ”