Norah Jones, a singer who has never acted in an act, told her that she can't analyze as many roles as a real actor. Pen & Fun & Cabinet www.biquge.info the highest task, the chain of action, these concepts are completely foreign to Norah Jones. Therefore, there can only be specific guidance, how to walk, how to think, and how to do.

Zhang Ran has coached Jay Chou, who is also a singer, before, and is more experienced in this regard. His request for Norah Jones was to perform in his true colors, and in order to make Norah Jones find a feeling, he even changed the heroine's name to Nora.

At this time, Zhang Ran looked at Norah Jones and said, "Nora, don't think about what Nora thinks in the play, you have to put yourself in the situation in the play to think." If it were me, what would I think in this situation and what would I do. What you have to do now is very simple, just think about something sad and make yourself look more melancholy!"

Norah Jones nodded: "I see, director!"

The lights are rearranged, everyone is in position, and the cameras are on. Like last time, after less than two seconds of shooting, Zhang Ran shouted to stop again.

Norah Jones looked at Zhang Ran, looking a little helpless. She has never acted before, and she is really a little bit lacking in her performance.

Zhang Ran walked up to Norah Jones, who was sincerely afraid, and stared into her eyes: "Nora, you just stand here and don't move, your head slightly bowed. Well, that's it. Keep it that way, now you don't think about anything, listen to me. ”

Norah Jones didn't speak, her head bowed slightly. She knew that the composition of this shot was an imitation of Renoir's "Little Irene", and to show a state of melancholy, she could never enter the play and show that sense of melancholy.

Zhang Ran's tone was very gentle: "Nora, you are very popular now, there are many people who like you, but are you happy? I don't think you are happy, now everything you have is public, the paparazzi are tracking you, the media is reporting on you, from family background to personal life, you have moved several times, you have changed to school a few times, and I can't wait to find out how many pimples you had on your face when you were in middle school." You're tired of this kind of life, you're tired, it's not ......what you want," Zhang Ran said slowly, his tone was soothing, and his tone was full of affinity, like talking to a loved one, making it impossible to refuse.

Norah Jones's expression slowly crept up a trace of loneliness, indeed as Zhang Ran said, she is very popular now, but she is not happy. She has achieved great things at such a young age, and she is also given higher expectations, demanding that she constantly go above and beyond to always be in perfect shape, which simply makes her breathless

In fact, not only Norah Jones, many celebrities are not happy, because of the struggle between the public and the self, many people are plagued by drug abuse, anxiety, and depression. Experts once calculated that celebrities are more likely to feel unhappy or hopeless than normal people, and their suicide rate is four times that of the general population.

Zhang Ran felt the sadness revealed by Norah Jones, felt that the state was almost over, took a step back, turned to Zhao Fei and said, "Start shooting!"

Norah Jones did not speak, still bowing her head slightly, with a faint sadness in her eyes.

Almost three seconds later, Zhao Fei pulled the close-up from the camera to a close-up. Jean-Dujardin, who played the boss, made a gesture to signal him to speak his lines.

Jean Dujardin immediately shouted, "Nora, the guest wants coffee!" but the camera shot was not given to Jean Dujardin, who kept shooting at Norah Jones.

Norah Jones woke up from a dream and turned to look at Jean-Dujardin.

Zhang Ran was very satisfied with this shot, and shouted: "Stop, make up the board!"

The camera assistant quickly turned the clapper upside down in front of the camera lens, closed the clapperboard, and with a crisp click, the shot was completed. But whether it can pass or not, it's not certain yet.

Zhang Ran walked to the monitor and called up the performance just now to take a look, Norah Jones in the camera lowered her head slightly, as if thinking about something, with a faint sadness in her expression. Zhang Ran couldn't help but clap his hands, it was the effect he wanted, and he asked about the photography and audio recording, and there was no problem. Zhang Ran stood up and shouted, "Okay, this shot has passed!"

Next is a subjective shot of Norah Jones, also a close-up of Jean Dujardin. Jean-Dujardine's acting skills are skillful, and the whole performance is flawless, and this close-up is over in one go.

According to the plot development, Norah Jones needs to serve coffee to the customer, which is a very simple shot, from the café bar to the customer's table, to the customer's table, to put the coffee in front of the customer, and then back to the bar.

However, Norah Jones encountered a little trouble during the performance, which is a problem that many new actors will encounter, that is, they are worried that they will not be able to move well, they are afraid that they will go outside the acting area, they are afraid that the camera will not be able to capture them, either to see landmarks or to see the camera.

After shooting four times and still didn't work, Zhang Ran called Norah Jones over, asked her to sit in front of the monitor, and called Zhang Jingchu over again, and asked Zhang Jingchu to walk over with coffee.

After Zhang Jing's first performance, Zhang Ran brought out the picture of Zhang Jingchu's performance and Norah Jones's performance, showed it to Norah Jones, and then said kindly: "Don't worry about the performance area, just act." It doesn't matter if you walk out of the theater, the photographer will hold you tightly, and it's not your problem that you can't walk or not, it's the problem of photography. You don't think about other issues, don't have a psychological burden. ”

Norah Jones said embarrassedly, "I know, but I can't help but think about it." ”

It's not the first time Zhang Ran has faced an actor who has never filmed, and he knows Norah Jones's heart better: "You are a singer, do you think about other things when you sing on stage? I want to go to the movies with my boyfriend, and I want to eat with my mother? You have distracting thoughts in your heart, the song must not be sung well, right? Acting is the same way, you can't think about anything else." Acting and singing are the same, both have to be emotionally involved, both have to enter the situation, and they all rely on real feelings, not on skills and other things. Now you forget about the performance area and just serve the coffee to the guests. ”

Norah Jones nodded, "Understood!"

Zhang Ran clapped his hands: "Very good, let's do it again!"

Filming Norah Jones's scenes is more troublesome than filming experienced actors, Zhang Ran not only has to tell her the play, but also needs to guide her emotions and bring her into the prescribed situation. Of course, although the shooting was a bit troublesome, the results came out well. Norah Jones has never acted, she instinctively feels nervous when she faces the camera and performs, and the whole person is a little tense, and this state is what Zhang Ran wants.

The next day, in the afternoon of filming, Norah Jones really had a hard time. The café owner found that Nora liked to sing and sang very well, so he prepared a microphone and asked her to sing for everyone. Nora was originally a little withdrawn and shy, but now she suddenly let her sing in public, so she was very shy when she sang, and the whole person was in a state of shyness.

This scene was not difficult, but Norah Jones just couldn't. Zhang Ran guided him several times, making him think back to the first time he was on stage, recalling dating her boyfriend, and even making her imagine herself standing naked in front of everyone, but her emotions still couldn't come out.

"Stop!" Zhang Ran shouted to stop interrupting the shooting, clapped his hands helplessly, and said, "Let's take a rest first." ”

The members of the crew didn't pay much attention to it, and only filmed ten, which is not much at all. Zhang Ran's play is one or twenty, that is a normal thing, and hundreds are not unusual.

However, Zhang Ran knew that she couldn't continue filming like this, an actor like Norah Jones who had no acting experience, if she continued to shoot in this state, it would only completely destroy her confidence, and even make her afraid of acting.

Many people have misunderstandings about Wong Kar-wai's way of tossing actors, and always think that one is not good at acting, and a hundred can always be played? But in fact, this is not the case, one is just a little more psychologically stressed, and two are just a little bigger. Zhou Xun is such a confident actor, when she filmed "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", she also lost all her confidence, and even doubted herself, whether I can act? This is also the reason why Wang Jiawei likes to use stars, stars often have rich performance experience and can resist his toss.

Norah Jones has taken ten shots so far, and Zhang Ran has vaguely realized the problem, but this is just his guess, and he is not sure, he must talk to Norah Jones. He closed his notebook, slung it to his body, walked up to Norah Jones, and said, "Nora, don't be discouraged. It's nothing, it's only ten. Many excellent actors have had the experience of NG dozens of times when they acted in my plays. Come with me, let's find a place to talk!"

Norah Jones trusted Zhang Ran more, and when he heard him say this, he followed lightly.

Zhang Ran took Norah Jones to the outside of the studio, got into the RV prepared by the crew for Norah Jones, and closed the door when Norah Jones got in the car. He asked Norah Jones to sit on the couch, then brewed two cups of coffee and sat down in front of her.

Zhang Ran took a sip of coffee and said with a pleasant face: "Do you know where your problem is?"

Norah Jones bit her lip: "I don't know, maybe I don't have the talent for acting, and I'm not suitable for acting at all." ”

"Don't be in a hurry to deny yourself, there are many female singers your age in the United States, and they are all excellent. The reason why I came to you is that I think you are the most suitable, and don't deny yourself because of a little frustration. Zhang Ran shook his head, looked at Norah Jones and smiled kindly, "Actually, why you can't act, it's not a matter of acting, let alone that you have no talent, but a psychological problem, which is related to your experience." Before you became famous, you worked in a restaurant and sang in a bar. You said that when you sang in a bar the other day, it wasn't particularly popular, right?"

"Yes, Director!" Norah Jones nodded, recounting her experience, "A lot of the time the guests in the bar don't listen to you, they don't even want to listen to you, as if you don't exist." It was hard at first, but then I got used to it. ”

"Herein lies the problem. Zhang Ran was sure of his judgment, pressed his finger on his chest and said, "People will protect themselves when they are injured, they will be defensive, when you sing in a bar, others will treat you as nothing, which makes you very uncomfortable, in order not to let yourself be hurt, you add a layer of defense in your heart." Don't let others see your heart, don't let others see your embarrassment. You have built a wall in your own heart and protected yourself. Later, when you become famous, and in the face of more pressure, you try more desperately to protect yourself from showing your cowardly side, so the wall is getting thicker and thicker. Now we're filming a scene similar to when you were singing in a bar, and the wall works to hide your heart. So no matter how I guide it, your emotions just can't be acted. ”

Norah Jones thought about it for a moment, as if it really was: "So what to do?"

Zhang Ran's answer was very simple: "Tear down the wall!"

Norah Jones was a little dumbfounded, this is not a real wall, but a state of mind, the so-called wall is just a symbolic statement, how can this be demolished? )