"Cut!" Wang Yang frowned tightly and shouted, "Jessica, don't you just smile, okay, have some feelings, e-on!"

The rooftop garden of the Eastern High School, where you can see the Vasatra Mountains in the distance, is very beautiful with the endless mountain scenery and the blue sky. This is the secret base of "Troy Burton", and this scene is that he brings the heroine "Gabriella" here, and then the two have a conversation and tell some heartfelt words, in the movie, this scene is very romantic and beautiful.

However, during the filming, there was not such a good atmosphere, and the entire crew was crowded here, including the film crew, field staff and others, which can be said to be a "big bad scenery". But is this a reason why Jessica doesn't play well?

Jessica and Tom Welling sat in their chairs, acting out this set of shots, but before they finished two lines, they heard another "cut"!

Everyone on the crew stopped, and Varay Pfister shifted the camera to one shoulder. Looking at Jessica in front of him, Wang Yang stretched out his hand and walked up, and said helplessly: "It's exactly the same as just now! I don't just want to smile, Jessica, give me some warm and heartwarming feelings!"

"Jan, I'm sorry. Jessica listened to Wang Yang's reprimand, frowned, and suddenly became more anxious, she had tried several acting methods, but whether she was smiling or smiling, she couldn't pass this shot.

Wang Yang suppressed his dissatisfaction, gave her an encouraging smile, and said, "It's nothing, just play better this time!" As he spoke, he clapped his hands at everyone, retreated behind the camera, and said, "Do it again." ”

Valley Pfister straightened the camera, the gaffer with the diffuser and the sound engineer leaned over with a long microphone to Jessica and Tom Welling, and the scene reporter held the clapperboard and shouted, "Rooftop Garden Scene, Fifth Shot, Twenty-Two, Start!"

Yes, this set of shots has been shot twenty-one times, and it still has to be reshot. In this scene, the other sets of shots were shot quite smoothly, but the rest of the shots, that is, the scene where the hero and heroine sit on a chair and talk, Tom Welling's performance is okay, but Jessica doesn't seem to be in a state, Wang Yang tells her about the play, analysis, and even forcefully asks how to act, she can't play well.

It has been more than half a month since the start of filming of "Youth Singing and Dancing Youth", and more than half of the shots of the non-singing and dancing part have been filmed, which is almost complete. The filming work in the past half a month was very smooth, faster than expected, firstly, the performances of the leading actors were not bad, and secondly, the complete storyboard script was prepared early, and there was no such situation of "how should I shoot next?", and Varley First was very enthusiastic, he helped Wang Yang correct many wrong lens designs, and also solved many photographic problems.

Wang Yang naturally gained a lot of very valuable experience, and learned a lot from Varay Pfister, such as the mastery of the camera, when to be fast, when to be slow, and so on, and there are many practical directing experiences, which can not be understood by reading books, how to make the actors move, how to express their needs, and how to deal with the chores of the entire crew, maintain the operation of the crew, everything has to be done in person, he has made rapid progress, and he also understands the difficulties of producers and directors.

This is different from "Ghost Record", which holds a DV at home every day and works with Rachel and Zachary with laughter; now there are dozens of employees in the crew, and if you count the actors, there will be even more, it seems that everyone in the crew needs to ask him about their work, the set designer said that the classroom used for filming is a bit old and needs to be repainted, so let's paint it; the film crew asks him what shots he will shoot tomorrow and prepare in advance; Tom Welling and other leading actors ask him questions about the script; the set manager even asks him if he wants to buy Harry three hamburgers... … But that's okay, it's all in the normal scope of work, and some things are annoying.

The set designer and the prop master quarreled, and the set designer complained that the prop master did not complete the task, but the prop master said that he never knew about the "task"; the art director and the makeup artist almost fought, they both insisted that their costume design was "youthful and sunny", and Wang Yang wanted to mediate, choose, and appease; there was also a chory who got drunk in the bar outside at night, argued with others, and got into the police station, Wang Yang was so angry that he scolded "**", but he still had to endure his anger to solve the matter, and then kicked the guy out of the crew.

Although that guy is a small chore, if this matter is exposed by the media, the image of "Youth Musical" will be greatly affected, and under the chain reaction, even Valey Pfister may have filmed a lot of films, which will ruin the early publicity effect.

These messy things happen almost every day, and they can literally exhaust people, and even though Wang Yang is young and strong, and despite his passion for everything that makes movies, he sometimes feels tired these days.

Wang Yang is now beginning to understand why the teacher who teaches photography will say that directors are "powder kegs" and "terrorists", and don't provoke them, otherwise you will definitely be scolded badly. He thought that if a producer suddenly appeared next to him and said things like "man, don't shoot like that!", "The budget is not enough!", he would definitely get angry and scold the producer.

Fortunately, the time is approaching Christmas at the end of the month, and the Eastern High School has begun to have a holiday, so the filming work is much easier, and Wang Yang does not have to deal with the "enthusiasm" harassment of the girls every day, saving a lot of energy.

During the filming process, instructing the actors on how to perform is naturally the one that Wang Yang spends the most time thinking about, which is the director's job. Several of the leading actors in "Youth Musical" are inexperienced newcomers, their performances are very immature, just like Tom Welling, he always behaves too restrained, with no expression on his face, Wang Yang reminds this shot that it is time to laugh, and he will laugh;

And Jessica's performance can be said to be very bad, even worse than Tom Welling, the problem is not because of her positioning, camera sense and lines, in these aspects, she does a better job than others, but her facial demeanor often has big problems, Wang Yang has to tell her slowly, and shoot many times before she can meet the requirements. It can be said that most of the filming process was slowed down by her, otherwise it could have been faster.

But in this scene, she filmed 21 times and failed it. The heroine "Gabriella" here should have that kind of warm and affectionate feeling, but Jessica just reads the lines with a smile on her face, which is far from achieving the desired effect. This is her old problem, it's not that she is not serious enough, on the contrary, she acts hard, but she gives people the feeling that "she is acting", she is not emotionally invested, she is out of the story, and her efforts are just a thankless task.

"That's what it feels like to sing with you......" Jessica said with a smile as she looked at Tom Welling, her voice unnatural because she was so nervous that she was afraid to hear the early "cut" again.

But it still appeared.

"cut!cut!cut!" Seeing Jessica's performance getting worse and worse, Wang Yang couldn't help but shout three times in a row, the pressure that had accumulated over the past few days made his anger suddenly come up, but he reacted immediately, covered his forehead and exhaled, shook his head and said, "Let's rest for a while." ”

As he spoke, Vary-Pfister put the camera off his shoulder, Harry George next to him carefully took it and put the camera back on the tripod, gaffer Steve Taylor also put down the diffuser in his hand, Tom Welling got up from his chair, said "relax" to Jessica, and walked to the side to look at the mountain scenery in the distance.

Jessica sat in her chair with her eyebrows furrowed, her fists clenched, and sighed secretly, "I'm such an idiot!" She was afraid of the remake, especially if the problem was with her, she had worked very hard and tried all the ways of acting, but it still didn't work.

In the past half a month, Jessica has encountered such a situation almost every day, repeatedly shooting, listening to Wang Yang's guidance, but the more patient Wang Yang is, the more anxious she becomes, and now 22 times in a row, she keeps refreshing her personal new record, she feels a little out of breath.

22 times in a row, but it is also the highest record since filming, Wang Yang is also very helpless, he has tried his best to explain the elements of this set of shots to Jessica, he said his thoughts. If this is the original TV movie, in fact, Jessica's performance has also met the requirements, put her on it, the audience may only pay attention to her appearance, and will not think about whether her performance is expressive, but this set is not good for him, the movie needs to be taken seriously, if everything is a "almost enough" attitude, it will definitely be a bad movie.

The heroine of his film must not be just a beautiful vase, he wants a great actor, a "Gabriella"!

"Jessica. Wang Yang frowned and walked over, sat on the bench, looked at Jessica next to him, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with you?"

Jessica glanced at him and said apologetically, "Jan, I'm sorry, I ......" She hesitated for a moment before gritting her teeth and shaking her head slightly, "Jan, I don't know what to do." ”

"Invest in feelings!" Wang Yang said without hesitation, in fact, whether it is now or in the future, this is Jessica's biggest weakness in acting, those of her movies in his mind, no matter what role is good, her charm is always the same, like a beautiful vase; There are also a few very bad comedies, her performance is very pompous, it can be said that she is not suitable for body language to be funny at all, she has no joy in this regard.

But compared to other reasons, emotional investment is her biggest problem. Wang Yang organized it for a while, and then said to her: "Think about the content of this scene in the script, you have to feel the current mood of 'Gabriella'. He shrugged his shoulders and said analytically: "She is very happy and happy, a little embarrassed, a little excited, her words are revealing her heart, a bit like a confession, understand?"

Jessica nodded silently, and when Wang Yang finished speaking, she suddenly said very directly: "I understand this, but I can't act." ”

"You can!" Wang Yang said undoubtedly, patted the back of her hand, and said encouragingly: "E-on, don't say no to yourself, I know you can, you did well in the audition, didn't you?" Jessica looked at him, stopped talking, and said softly: "Yang, I can't." ”

Hearing that she always said that she couldn't do it, Wang Yang suddenly became a little angry, stretched out his hands and said, "What's wrong with you? You tell me no now, tell me that you can't act!?Please, Jessica, do you want me to finish this scene for you?!" His voice was a little loud, which immediately attracted the side eyes of the others, but they immediately retracted their gaze and walked away a little.

Jessica's cheeks flushed, a little embarrassed, Wang Yang realized that the tone just now was too big, held her hand, and sincerely apologized, "I'm sorry." Jessica, I'm just a little angry, not because you didn't play well, it's because you don't have confidence. He squeezed Jessica's hand and smiled, "You can't have faith at any time, you know, have faith!"

"It's my duty to say I'm sorry, I'm not professional enough. Jessica smiled at him, saying she didn't blame him. She looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to this side, so she leaned close to Wang Yang's ear and suppressed her voice: "Yang, I know I have to be emotional, but when I perform, I look into Tom's eyes......" She looked at Wang Yang's face, no longer concealed her thoughts, and said: "It's pale green, not your black, and there is a voice in my heart that reminds me that 'he is Tom'...... Jan, at the audition, I was looking at you, and I was able to act. ”

Wang Yang was suddenly a little laughing, and he was also a little moved, and wanted to kiss her. He knew that this sweet girl was sometimes very strong and face-saving, but now she was speaking her heart without reservation, wasn't this a trust in him? He thought for a moment, tried to untie her knot, and said, "Jessica, this is a show, don't think about so many messy things! I shout action, and you become Gabriella, and I shout cut, and you become Jessica again...... No. He suddenly asked, "Are you an expressionist or an experiential?"

Jessica shook her head and said, "I didn't think about that in that regard. Thinking about her way of acting, she said, "When I'm acting, I think about what the character should be like now, and then try to tell myself that I'm her and let myself play her." ”

That's experientialism. Wang Yang looked at her, thinking of her future films, and it was obvious that she had failed as an experiential school. He suggested: "If you can't get rid of that voice in your heart, expressionism is more suitable for you, the psychology of that character has nothing to do with you, you are just imitating! Jessica, don't have any psychological burden on this, it's not just experiential that is called acting, it's acting, you should know this." ”

Jessica nodded thoughtfully, and Jan made sense, she wanted to fit in with the character on the one hand, and on the other hand, she was very sober, causing a lot of psychological burden. Should she act like a Expressionist?

Wang Yang patted her on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Also, when you perform, you don't really have to look at Tom's eyes, your eyes can pass through his shoulder, look far, far away, and perform against the mountain scenery behind, which will be much better." He shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Anyway, in front of the camera, your eyes are in the same direction." ”

Seeing Vare-First coming this way, Wang Yang stood up, and Valey looked at him and Jessica, and said, "Yang, I have an idea, you will sit on the chair and play against Jessica." Jessica and Wang Yang were stunned, Wang Yang laughed and said, "What, I'm coming?" Valley smiled and nodded, "Anyway, all we need now is a close-up of her, and we can't shoot who she's talking to." ”

This is a good solution, and when you edit later, you can just connect the shot of Tom's part. Wang Yang said with a puzzled expression: "But, why am I here?" Valley Pfister spread his hands with a smile and said, "Everyone knows that. Wang Yang looked at Jessica and laughed: "Oh, so everyone knows about it?" Although their relationship was not deliberately concealed, it was not publicized everywhere.

Looking at Jessica, who pursed his lips and smiled, a little embarrassed, Wang Yang couldn't help but roll his eyes, and now this expression is very good! He nodded and said, "Okay, let's play against each other first and see the effect." With that, he sat down in his chair and smiled, "Let's begin, Gabriella." ”

can play against Wang Yang, which brings a lot of freshness to Jessica, she is full of interest, smiled and started to perform, saying lines: "I still remember when I was in kindergarten, once we met a new friend, after ten seconds, we could become talkative, because you don't need to hide yourself at all......" Her eyes were bright, and her voice smiled playfully: "Singing with you, that's what it feels like......"

Wang Yang smiled and said, "Okay, I just know that I never thought of singing, really, until you appeared." Jessica let herself feel Gabriella's mood, lowered her head a little shyly, and looked up and smiled: "Do you really want to participate in the second round of auditions?" Wang Yang shrugged casually and said, "Hey, call me the audition weird boy." ”

Jessica smiled sweetly, "Jan, you're so cool. She remembered the time when Jan was surrounded by girls, and the way he looked like a kid when he played with Danny, and how serious and focused he was when he was making the movie, and she couldn't help but say the next line from the bottom of her heart: "But it's not because you're the showman, you're cool." Thank you for bringing me to your secret base. She thought about the beauty of her elementary school days, and the happiness and warmth on her face now, and said, "It seems to have returned to the kindergarten days." ”

"Wow, perfect performance......" Wang Yang muttered. When Jessica heard this, her eyes immediately brightened. Seeing that Valley smiled and gave a thumbs up, Wang Yang shook his head and smiled: "Okay, there's no way, just use this method." But Jessica, you're going to say Troy, not Young. He clapped his hands vigorously and shouted, "Everyone is in place!"

Soon, everything was ready again, Wang Yang did not stand behind the camera, continued to sit in the chair, and the scene reporter shouted "Twenty-third, action!" Jessica repeated the mood just now, looking at Wang Yang beside him, and performed in his true colors.

When she finished acting, Wang Yang couldn't wait to shout: "Cut, perfect!" Vary-First smiled: "It's filmed." Jessica was relieved, Wang Yang also exhaled, the shots of this scene were finally filmed, he stood up and smiled: "It's over, let's call it a day!"

Everyone immediately cheered and began to pack up the camera equipment, Wang Yang commanded for a while, then walked back to Jessica in the back, and said with a smile: "Jessica, this time it is solved, but it can't always be like this, you need to overcome this problem." Jessica nodded and said, "Jan, I'll try my best to learn the expressionist method of acting." Wang Yang said hello, leaned into her ear and whispered: "Let's not talk about this for now, let's go to the restaurant for dinner, and then go to watch a movie!" Jessica's eyes lit up and she said in surprise: "Really?"

"Of course!" Wang Yang smiled and nodded. He and Jessica haven't dated since a day off a long time ago, he's not a rookie, he knows that falling in love is the same as planting flowers, you need to water and bask in the sun so that the flowers don't wilt. Especially lately at work, both he and Jessica have been under a lot of pressure, and it's time to release it.

Jessica smiled happily and expectantly: "Then which movie should we watch?" Wang Yang hugged her and smiled: "You have an idea." ”

After dinner at a western restaurant, the two went to the cinema to watch the recently released "Electronic Love Letters" and spent a sweet date.

After the date, the two returned to a hotel near Eastern High School, where the entire crew stayed. Wang Yang took a shower and didn't go to sleep, he sat at his desk, looking at a storyboard script and shooting plan at hand, the remaining non-singing and dancing scenes of "Youth Musical" will probably take two days to solve, those are all scenes outside the campus, such as Troy Burton's home, Gabriella's home, etc., the crew has rented the scenes and prepared them for filming.

Then, the next step is to shoot the singing and dancing part. There are several scenes of singing and dancing scenes, school corridors, basketball halls, canteens, auditoriums, etc., Wang Yang plans to complete the shots of the Eastern High School canteen, corridors and other places, and then it will be Christmas, everyone will have a holiday, and then continue to shoot the basketball hall, auditorium and other parts after the festival.

The specially hired choreographer has also come to Salt Lake City and is ready to work, but the problem now is that the song for "Youth Musical" has not yet been chosen!

(To be continued)