Chapter 51: Drama
On the filming set of "Guilty in the Heart", the cameraman is adjusting the lens, the gaffer is testing the intensity of the light source, the field reporter is recording the shooting data of the previous scene, the field worker is carrying props, Li Yifeng is reciting lines, and Wang Lung is wandering and thinking.
Li Xiuping looked at the notebook, remembered the flashing inspiration, drew the storyboard, and thought about how to shoot to better express the effect he wanted.
At this time, Wang Longzheng walked over, he looked around, saw that everyone was busy, and said in a low voice: "Lao Li, the next scene of Jiang Shuying is too difficult, if I come to act, I think it will take at least a few days of preparation time, Jiang Shuying just came back from vacation today, your sudden inspiration, how to prepare for her? I think you should make up the filming in the future, and shoot other scenes in the next scene." β
"Huh, it's not good to act?" Li Xiuping paused, reacted and asked.
"It's not good to act, it's definitely a top powerful actor who can act well in a short time, at least I can't watch Jiang Shuying now. β
"Really, you can't either?"
"I can't do it in a short time, give me a long time, I may not be able to achieve the effect you want, I heard it when you just talked to Jiang Shuying, you want a complete and continuous emotional change, from sadness to firmness, you may have seen such performances by acting gods, but young actors in China, you say one, you say one, I will wash your clothes for a month, and say two to wash your clothes for two months. β
Li Xiuping thought for a while, "Is Zhang Niangniang counted?"
"No, where are the post-70s young, only the post-85s are counted. β
"It seems that there is none, but why are you so enthusiastic about Jiang Shuying's affairs?"
"Hehe, isn't this a colleague? Of course you have to stop such an rude request, otherwise you suddenly make something unfulfillable to me in the future, what should I do?"
Li Xiuping looked at Wang Longzheng with a smile, "Old Wang, do you have other thoughts about Jiang Shuying?"
Wang Longzheng raised his eyebrows, "My Fair Lady, good gentleman, I found her so beautiful today." β
Li Xiuping nodded undeniably, "Your acting skills are better than her, I have high requirements, you can teach her, so that you can get close to her? What are you worried about her?"
"Lao Li, it's not up to you to teach her for an hour or a month, you said that you won't shoot today, and then make up for it later, and I will be able to teach for a longer time." β
"Okay, invite me to dinner after work. β
"No problem, you wait for my good news. β
Two minutes later, Wang Lung walked out of the girls' dressing room with his head down, he walked up to Li Xiuping, and said in a muffled voice: "Jiang Shuying wants you to talk to her." β
"I'm talking about drama?" Li Xiuping frowned, since he became a director, he rarely talks to actors, there are two reasons, one is luck, Li Xiuping's first work is a short comedy, there is nothing to say, his second work is the first season of "Crime in the Heart", because he has long known that Li Yifeng's acting skills are jerky, so Li Xiuping did not arrange too complicated performances for Li Yifeng, Li Yifeng is more diligent and serious, and he can deal with it by himself, while Wang Longzheng has good acting skills, Li Xiuping has nothing to teach. The second is that Li Xiuping is not a professional director, nor is he a genius director, he understands very well that he has no ability to train actors, he subconsciously avoids talking to actors, he is afraid that he will mislead actors.
"I can't keep running away, in the future, I will definitely encounter situations that actors can't understand when I make TV and movies, I definitely have to talk about acting, it's good to practice in advance now. β
Li Xiuping asked his assistant to tell Jiang Shuying that he would give Jiang Shuying a lecture two hours later and let her read the script first.
Two hours later, in the girls' dressing room on the set of the second season of "Crime in the Heart", Li Xiuping and Jiang Shuying sat opposite each other, and Ding Xiang sat next to Jiang Shuying.
Li Xiuping cleared his throat, and then said to Jiang Shuying: "Tell me your understanding of that scene." β
Jiang Shuying looked at Li Xiuping, raised her head and crossed her legs and said lightly: "The heroine followed the male protagonist to the scene of the crime, she saw a very cruel and bloody scene, she was very sad, she didn't understand why there was such a cruel murderer, and then she wanted to do something for the deceased, so she was firm, she wanted to help the male protagonist solve the case." β
Li Xiuping shook his head, he was not very satisfied with Jiang Shuying's understanding, it was too general, "Can you be a little more detailed, for example, what is the purpose of the heroine going to the scene of the crime? Why did she go? What did she see? What kind of mentality did she have at that time? Why did she change? What mentality did she change? In short, you have to subdivide and subdivide all things about the heroine." β
"Then I'm going to get ready again. β
Li Xiuping smiled, "Now I'll talk about my understanding." β
Jiang Shuying nodded expressionlessly, but Ding Xiang said enthusiastically: "Director, you say, we all listen." β
Li Xiuping took a sip of water and said slowly: "The heroine has a superior family background, is the only daughter in the family, has been spoiled by the whole family since she was a child, and an accident left psychological trauma during her growth, so she studied psychology when she grew up, hoping to overcome the psychological problems when she was a child, she studied well, had strong business ability, and achieved great success in her work, met the male protagonist, and found that the male protagonist had psychological problems, and the heroine became the male protagonist's psychiatrist, treating and helping the male protagonist get out of the psychological shadow, and the two people attracted each other. β
"When it came to this case, the heroine followed the male protagonist to the scene of the crime, although she was a psychiatrist and well-informed, but she was a girl after all, and it was the first time she had seen such a bloody and cruel scene, so her initial reaction should have been fear and fear, and even wanted to escape, but one was that the male protagonist was present, and the other was that she was an excellent woman, and she felt that she should be able to persevere, so then she faced up to the murder, she doubted the cruelty of the murderer, she sympathized with the injured, she thought that the murderer had psychological problems, and she felt pity for the murderer. β
After the above reaction, the heroine is more confident, she is keenly aware that she can actually face such a homicide calmly, she doesn't need to be afraid, she doesn't need to escape, she can use it as a case analysis, she can play her strengths from it, so in the end she is confident and determined. β
"Do you have anything to add?"
Jiang Shuying secretly glanced at Li Xiuping, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed to sit face-to-face with Li Xiuping, she put down her right foot, put her feet together, and straightened her waist, "No." β
Li Xiuping nodded, " Your performance is really difficult this time, after the heroine enters the murder scene, she is afraid and afraid, and then looks at the male protagonist expectantly, hoping to be relied on, she finds that the male protagonist is immersed in the case, she wants to escape, wants to leave the scene, her superior grades since childhood make her unconsciously persist, and then she doubts the murderer's psychology, sympathizes with the victim, and then suddenly realizes that she finds that she can face such a tragedy, she can grow from it, she is then confident and firm, she feels that she can help the male protagonist, help the victim, and even help the murderer solve mental illness, so in the end, I hope you can also perform a confident and expectant affirmative smileγ β
After Li Xiuping finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Shuying, Jiang Shuying was already confused, Ding Xiang smiled, "Director, why not a sweet smile, the heroine thinks that she can help the male protagonist, maybe it's a sweet smile." β
"No, the heroine has been very good since she was a child, she is also a psychiatrist, she is very rational and independent, for such a woman, self-growth is more worthy of affirmation and more fulfillment than love. β
Jiang Shuying only reacted at this time, "I just heard you say a bunch of psychological adjectives, and you want me to perform them all?"
"Well, don't worry, postpone the shooting, you have time to prepare. β
Jiang Shuying rolled her eyes, "Got it." β
Li Xiuping didn't care about Jiang Shuying's attitude, but he was interested in talking, and said with a smile: "If you have time, you can watch the comedy "East Becomes West", in which Liang Jiahui contributed a god-level performance, that is, the part where Leslie Cheung mistakenly thought he was Qingxia's sister, there was a scene, Liang Jiahui rolled his eyes a few times, and he performed a few expressions of shyness and expectation, which may be helpful to you." β
"Got it. β
Li Xiuping suddenly thought of some of the videos he had watched before the crossing, the great director Xu Laowei taught him to dance with one move and one style when he was filming Di Renjie's second big movie, but he couldn't learn the wooden head when he held it down, Xu Laowei wanted to hold down the feeling of the performance full of style, and held it down to become a pure little sister with staring eyes.
Li Xiuping felt that he should know the three situations of the drama. First, when facing an old actor who is a genius actor, you can basically get what you want by communicating a few words; second, when facing an actor who has a foundation but average acting skills, you need a lot of analysis prompts to make the actor understand what to perform; third, when facing a wood like holding down, you have to teach it by hand, and the effect is not certain.
"Jiang Shuying has a foundation, but now her strength is limited, so I want to say more," Li Xiuping thought in his heart, and said: "When you play the heroine, there are still some details of the problem, the first one is that you walk too fast, your steps are very big, I know that this is a popular way of walking for Hollywood actresses, Zhang Niangniang usually walks like this, her steps are very big, and she looks very fan." But the heroine is not such a person, she is confident and calm, her family is wealthy, she does not pursue faster and higher, and she can live well without working hard. β
"Oh!"
"The second is the problem of manners, you play the heroine with her neck stretched too long, her waist is too straight, you feel like you have to act in a stage play anytime and anywhere, it is very Fan Dan has no sense of intimacy, the psychiatrist has to communicate with the patient, I don't think she will be so cold and arrogant, you can be independent, but you can't pass. β
"And so. β
"The third is ............"
An hour later, Li Xiuping left the girls' dressing room, and Ding Xiang pushed Jiang Shuying with his elbow, "Yingying, how is it?
Jiang Shuying turned her head disdainfully, "It's okay." β
Ding Xiang rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Wang Lung is about to teach you to act, why don't you agree?"
"Nasty men staring at me, disgusting. β
"Li Xiuping doesn't seem to think much of you, do you like this?
"Of course not, I just think this guy is a little better, more natural. β
"Yingying, do you want to consider Li Xiuping?"
"Not considered. β
"He's so talented, and it's very helpful for you to be friends with him. β
"No, you don't. β
"Then you get up early tomorrow and help me prepare breakfast for the crew, I'm really too busy to be alone. β
"Okay, we'll come together tomorrow morning. β