Chapter 292: Two Plays
Lin Zixuan returned home, and the family was filming. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
It has snowed heavily in the capital in the past two days, and Lin Xiaoling's "The Two of Us" is being filmed, with a camera set up in the yard, shooting snow scenes.
This is a very slow-paced movie, the plot is fragmented, not very continuous, and it takes more than half a month to shoot in each season, and in winter, it is natural that the snow scene cannot be missed.
The snow in the capital is usually very thick, and it is spread on the ground like a carpet, and you can hear the sound when you walk up.
That crunching sound is the sound of winter in the capital, and you must not miss this detail when shooting winter scenes.
Under the eaves, Zheng Xiulian was chatting with an old lady named Jin Yaqin, a drama actress.
Jin Yaqin is over 70 years old this year, has long retired from the Beijing Drama Theater, and occasionally plays roles in film and television dramas.
The old drama bones are like the needle of the sea in the crew.
They have rich acting experience, and can drive and guide young actors into the state of acting, and at their age, acting is more of a love than fame and fortune.
Jin Yaqin is like this, she was very moved after reading the script of "The Two of Us", and felt that it was a good book.
In fact, the characters in the play are not the same as her personality.
Jin Yaqin has a very good personality, she is the kind of warm-hearted old lady, she loves to be lively, likes to socialize, and can talk to anyone, but the old lady in "The Two of Us" is a stubborn temper, more introverted, and unwilling to communicate with others.
Even so, Jin Yaqin still wanted to play this role, mainly because she liked the script to be emotional and close to life.
Jin Yaqin pondered this character, she has acted in dramas for so many years, and she has also acted in TV series, and she is very familiar with acting, but this kind of role with a large personality contrast is not easy to grasp.
For this reason, Jin Yaqin contacted Lin Xiaoling and needed more information about the old lady in the play.
Lin Xiaoling took the biography written for the characters in the play to Jin Yaqin, and she roughly understood what this old lady should look like, and she could find similar prototypes in daily life.
The two communicated for more than half a month, and Jin Yaqin figured out the role before agreeing, if she felt that the acting was not good, she would not agree, this is a serious and responsible attitude.
Old actors are like this, if you can't do it, if you can't do it, you can't do it, don't mess around.
The salary they originally negotiated was 30,000 yuan, which is low in the current film and television industry, and generally a slightly famous actor plays the protagonist of a movie for more than 50,000 yuan.
Jin Yaqin heard that no one in the crew took a salary, and Xu Jinglei did the same, so she took the initiative to reduce her salary and only took half of it.
Zheng Xiulian was reluctant to let a group of people make trouble at home, but since meeting Jin Yaqin, the two have gotten along well, and they chat together when they are not filming.
Lin Zixuan and Mu Shanshan went to work, she took care of the children at home and had no one to chat, and now the family became lively.
Lin Xiaoling was a film director for the first time, and she was extremely serious and carried out according to the shooting plan.
After filming the snow scene, the shooting officially began.
Xu Jinglei pushed her bicycle in through the door, put the bicycle under the eaves, and wanted to get a kettle to boil water, but found that the tap in the yard was frozen because of the heavy snow.
She began to reason with the old lady, but to no avail, she had to take hot water herself to boil the faucet.
This is just a small thing, often encountered in life, which can reflect the character of the old lady and the girl, both of whom are a bit stubborn people.
The focus is on the quarrel between the two, the old lady usually looks unenergetic, and when she quarrels, her voice rises, and for her, quarreling is also a way of communication.
After filming this paragraph, everyone called it a day.
It's not easy to film on a cold day, but these film school students are very enthusiastic and not afraid of hardship.
Zheng Xiulian cooked the meal and invited Jin Yaqin and Xu Jinglei to eat at home, the students are young and can eat boxed lunches, just make do, but the old lady can't do it.
Xu Jinglei also enjoyed this treatment because she was an actress.
In Zheng Xiulian's concept, actors are more important than the behind-the-scenes staff, they are stars, and they can't treat other girls.
During the meal, Lin Zixuan learned about the filming progress of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", during this time he was busy with the release of "See You or Leave", so he didn't pay attention to the news from Zhang Jizhong.
This is not to say that he ignores it, there is a producer from Good Dream Company in the crew of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", who is responsible for handling related affairs.
Zhang Jizhong is quite capable, there are famous actors like Chen Daoming and Zhang Guoli in the crew, he still doesn't care, he can shoot how he wants, this is the benefit of filming a big production, and he will not be timid because he meets a big star.
If it is replaced by an ordinary director, you may have some scruples, so that you will look forward and backward, and you will lose ground.
The director is the core of the crew, and everyone has to listen to him.
Xu Jinglei is more cheerful than before, she is not so thin, her eyes are bright, and she is a lot more confident.
She seems to be good as this out-of-town girl who learns to paint, and she doesn't show weakness at all when she quarrels, and she is a little similar to the jade dragon in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in terms of personality.
Compared with the role of the old lady, the background of this out-of-town girl is much simpler, and being able to learn to draw shows that the family background is okay, and she has a boyfriend and a younger brother, and the relationship with her boyfriend is not very good.
For actors, there is not much room for such a role.
If you don't act well, you can only become the foil of the old lady, and how to play the girl's inner feelings is the key to success.
"Dinner, it's not work, why are you asking so much, don't scare Xiao Xu." Zheng Xiulian said unhappily.
Lin Zixuan stopped talking for a while, and he still had to listen to Zheng Xiulian's words.
Xu Jinglei looked at Lin Zixuan's appearance and couldn't help laughing, Lin Zixuan was originally the image of a great writer in her mind, but at this time he was the same as ordinary people.
At the same time, Jia Zhangke was filming his first short film.
Their conditions were not so good, and in the cold capital, a few people were walking on the streets with filming equipment on their shoulders.
He wants to shoot the life of the protagonist Wang Xiaoshan in the capital, the down-and-out Wang Xiaoshan walked through the streets and alleys of the capital, and in the process of walking, the camera recorded the capital at this moment.
The crowded flow of people on the streets, the white air coming from the food stalls, the pop songs coming out of the shops, the girls standing in front of the hair salon, the short greetings and jokes among the migrant workers.
It's also a life.
Jia Zhangke is obsessed with this kind of ordinary life, he stares at life through the lens of the camera, and he has a feeling that when you stare at life, life is also staring at you. (To be continued.) )