Chapter 5: The Character Burns
Du Shan was taking risks, and he had a clear understanding of this.
He knows how different the "Street Fight" he is about to shoot is from his previous gangster film and television works!
The gangster TV series on the market in recent years, including gangster movies, are all stimulating the audience's visual senses, making the audience's blood boil, or idolatrous to a certain image.
This is also the biggest attraction of gangster films recognized in the director's circle.
But "Street Fight" is completely different, and the whole TV series presents a dark and cold tone.
Everyone in "Street Fighting" is helpless, pushed by fate and drifting with the flow.
They want to overcome fate, want not to succumb to fate, constantly strengthen themselves, and constantly have inspirational scenes, but in the end they bow down at the feet of fate.
This kind of expression and overall style will eventually produce a visual presentation effect, that is, it seems to have a kind of sadness that goes deep into the bone marrow.
This is what he wants and what he wants to convey, but what he is not sure about is how the market and the audience will respond to such a black and cold style.
The pressure of investors, the doubts of partners, self-affirmation and hesitation, the disapproval of the media, and the difficulty of finding suitable actors...... A myriad of factors put him under tremendous pressure.
So much so that he was a little restless and impatient when facing the audition.
If it was before, even if he was not optimistic about Xu Changge, he would judge with a serious and professional attitude, rather than a perfunctory attitude at this time.
At this point, all he wanted was to end this purely time-wasting performance as soon as possible and go to the next audition, even if he was not optimistic about the next actor.
"Maybe it's a bit presumptuous...... But what I want to ask is, has this role already been chosen?"
A clear and calm voice from the audience interrupted the movements and communication of everyone on the judging stage.
Everyone was stunned, and finally looked up at Xu Changge.
His face was calm, with a hint of confusion, as if he was really just asking an ordinary question.
"Nope. Assistant director Lin Lei showed a little smile on his face, which was fresh.
He could understand what the actor in the audience was trying to convey...... Or dissatisfaction.
He's reminding all the judges that if they haven't decided yet, why not take his audition seriously.
When ordinary newcomer actors faced Du Shan and auditions, they all had a trembling attitude, and those with a better attitude were also cautious.
Xu Changge, a newcomer who has never played an important role, how dare he be so public?
Or does he really have what it takes to impress the judges?
Both Du Shan and Guan Xueming began to face up to this insignificant role in the audience.
There are many actors who think highly of themselves in this circle, and Xu Changge's inquiry is not out of line.
Of course, since you have the courage to ask this, you must show relative strength, otherwise...... He will be embarrassed next.
"Since you asked, that's good," Du Shan sat precariously and stared at Xu Changge with burning eyes: "Then you will excerpt a high-burning plot for performance?"
Guan Xueming also looked at this unknown newcomer with great interest, and he was curious why this little actor had the confidence to ask this.
"Hmm...... It's back on track!" Xu Changge said secretly in his heart.
Although some adventures may even leave a negative impression of arrogance, he is also forced to do so.
In front of absent-minded people, even if you perform well, it is difficult to get into their eyes.
It may be a bit rude to do so, and the judging criteria will be stricter, but it will undoubtedly make the five judges start to value him.
Xu Changge recalled all the plots and details about Gao Ran in his mind, preparing for the next performance.
Prior to this, Xu Changge had already written a character biography for the role of Gao Ran, that is, to record all his deeds in the play.
Because he understands the whole plot, the character traits of Gao Ran are relatively complete.
Even if there is something missing, Xu Changge also fills and expands with the most reasonable characteristics.
If you want to play a role well, you must not just do actions and memorize lines, but also understand at a deeper level what kind of person you are interpreting.
Gao Burning in the play, the protagonist Xu Rongjian's hair is small, and his left and right arms are small.
is different from Xu Rongjian, who shows his true character as a hero like a sea, Gao Burn's temperament is relatively introverted, and even gloomy.
And in the Zhongyi Hall controlled by Xu Rongjian, Gao Ran's identity is also very consistent with his personality traits, a white paper fan, that is, a military advisor.
In the early several encounters, Gao Ran's strategy made Xu Rongjian's Zhongyi Hall powerful and occupied many streets.
Gao Ran has naturally become a thorn in the side of other forces, a thorn in the flesh.
Gao Ran, who is in the gang, is naturally difficult to plot, but his wife has become his only weakness.
Gao Ran's wife Wu Li is a bold and kind woman, she is quite reluctant for Gao Ran to join the gang, so she is also quite dissatisfied with Xu Rongjian, who pulled her husband into the fire pit.
There was even a time when Wu Li made a big fuss in Zhongyitang, and the relationship with Xu Rongjian was very stiff, and Gao Ran naturally had a conflict with her.
Cheng Feng used this conflict to send someone to kill Wu Li and blame Xu Rongjian.
This is a turning point in Gao Ran's life.
Although she has a conflict with her wife Wu Li, she is the most important person for this wife who has always loved her deeply, and there is no one.
Before the death of his wife Wu Li, Gao Ran was a good man with a still good conscience and a cunning temperament.
And after Wu Li's death, Gao Ran became a gloomy, terrifying, cruel and violent walking corpse.
Everything was as Cheng Feng expected, Gao Ran broke with Xu Rongjian and was contained by the crosshead of Cheng Feng's gang.
And after that, Gao Ran took crazy revenge on Xu Rongjian's Zhongyi Hall!
It's just that what Cheng Feng doesn't know is that everything about Gao Ran is just a disguise, and he soon learned the truth about his wife's shooting.
Whether it was breaking with Xu Rongjian or slaughtering Zhongyitang, it was just to gain his trust.
And all this is to prepare for the final plan.
He used his own life as bait to let Cheng Feng enter a mortal situation, and finally died in Xu Rongjian's arms.
can stay under his wife-killing enemy Cheng Feng for several years, and endure it.
In order to win the trust of Cheng Feng, he even did not hesitate to kill the gangs of Zhongyitang, which was vicious.
In order to calculate the murderer of his wife, Cheng Feng actually used his life to accompany the funeral, and he was very affectionate.
In the end, he replaced Xiao Xu Rongjian and eliminated the opponent and regained righteousness.
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There are not many scenes in this role, and even the whole play is not ranked in the top five.
But neither the personality traits nor the personality charm are inferior to any character in the play!
This is also the reason why Xu Changge chose this role!
"I'm ready. Xu Changge closed his eyes and thought about it for a moment, and said in a deep voice.
And at this moment, his posture and expression were vastly different from before!