Chapter 51: Superfluous Protagonist
"Director Wei, you are really well maintained, do you have any secrets? Can you sue me? After being stunned, Cui Shuo immediately approached Wei Tao with a look of envy.
Wei Tao said lightly: "No." As he spoke, he stood up and said to the staff at the scene, "Let's put incense on the table." ”
It is a recognized rule for the general crew to put incense and worship God before the start, but Luo Lingxiu didn't expect it to be incompatible with the world, such as Wei Tao actually abiding by this kind of thing so seriously.
During this time, he unintentionally glanced at the incense case a few more times, and vaguely felt that it was not very similar to the previous crews, but he didn't know what Wei Tao worshipped.
After the worship, the incense case was not removed, and several staff members put it aside with ease, as if this kind of thing had been done many times.
Luo Lingxiu stared at the incense in the stove on the incense table, and the four pillars of cigarette smoke rose in a curl, and gradually disappeared into the air with a roll.
There are three gods and four ghosts, four pillars of incense, Wei Tao is not worshipping God, he is ...... Ghost worship?
"Luo Lingxiu?"
"Director Wei." Seeing Wei Tao coming, Luo Lingxiu retracted his gaze, no matter what Wei Tao wanted to do, as long as it had nothing to do with him, he had no intention of interfering.
Since stepping into the foundation building, he has not been able to grasp the opportunity to advance for a long time, and his body has long been fully prepared, but there is no warning in his state of mind.
It's probably because he hasn't acted in any more dramas since "Jungle Game", which is one of the reasons why he took on "Blind Cage" this time.
In any sense, "Blind Cage" is a completely different genre from any TV series or commercials he has made before.
Wei Tao's previous silence didn't seem to exist, and he didn't treat Cui Shuo differently from others, in contrast, he paid more attention to Luo Lingxiu.
"I think you've read the script, and I'd like to hear what you think of it. Including the whole story and the character you are playing. ”
The role that Luo Lingxiu wants to play, although he is the protagonist, is actually not too large.
Although Qin Zhengqing asked him to ignore Wei Tao's neurosis, he still read the script more than a dozen times, but the more he read it, the more he felt a kind of disharmony.
"It's not a story." Luo Lingxiu felt that that feeling probably couldn't be fully expressed in words, so he could only say to Wei Tao: "It's scattered, incomplete, and a little thing is missing." ”
Although Wei Tao was wearing a mask, Luo Lingxiu intuitively felt that he was smiling at this time, and the voice coming from behind the mask was a little distorted, "What's missing?" ”
Luo Lingxiu hadn't found it yet, so he couldn't answer Wei Tao, "I don't know." As for the traveler, I don't see the meaning of him in this script, without him there will be no change, he is superfluous. ”
The traveler is the protagonist of this movie, and he doesn't even have a name, he is called a traveler.
"The story is incomplete without something, but the protagonist is superfluous, Luo Lingxiu, is this how you feel about "The Blind Cage"?"
"Yes."
Laughter suddenly came from the side, starting from Wei Tao and Luo Lingxiu talking, there were already many people watching here, until Wei Tao said this, most of them laughed.
It's not malicious, and of course it's not much kindness, and most of the laughter probably contains exclamations such as "In the end, it became popular through costume idol dramas and variety shows".
Just when they thought that the director would definitely express his dissatisfaction with Luo Lingxiu, Wei Tao didn't say anything, waved his hand and said that he could shoot.
"Look for it yourself, what's missing, what's more." Wei Tao dropped a sentence and pressed on his hat that could cover most of his face.
The story begins on a cold winter night when the snow is falling, and a young girl who lives alone on the top floor of the city's tallest building struggles in her room, repeatedly hesitating between life and death.
Just then, there was a knock on her door.
Through the cat's eyes, the girl saw a man in a strange cloak with a face hidden behind a hood, and the figure looked like a thin man.
It's such a cold night, and such a weird outfit, it looks like those murderous maniacs in the movie.
The girl, who had been hesitant to decide whether she wanted to commit suicide, decided to leave her fate to fate, so she opened the door.
"Who are you?" The actor who played the girl didn't know where Wei Tao picked it from, at least the gossip Ye Zhun couldn't tell which actress she was in the circle.
I probably haven't been on the screen, with obvious jerkiness and nervousness, and even a little fear, I don't dare to look at the camera, my voice is weak, and my hands are shaking.
It's like a girl who really encounters a murderer in the middle of the night.,It's so suitable.。
Luo Lingxiu raised his face slightly, took the hood off his head, and said in a low and hoarse voice, "A traveler." ”
The make-up artist had turned him into a dusty man, with snow marks on his body, an old, slightly messy robe, shoes with an unusually thin bottom, and mud and dust standing on his body.
Speak a language that is incompatible with the modern bustling metropolis.
"It's cold and the road is far away, can you spend the night?"
The girl's hand was still trembling when she touched the doorknob, and she didn't dare to look up at Luo Lingxiu, "Come in, come in." ”
Luo Lingxiu walked into the room, didn't look up, just walked to the couch and sat down.
The apprehensive owner brought him a cup of hot water, and then silently began to talk to himself, about what had happened to her, about her misfortunes, about her painful past, and about the future that she could not see at all.
According to the general routine, at this time, the traveler will participate in the interaction with the girl, and a story between the two will extend whether it is touching, terrifying, exciting, etc.
The definition of a movie is a small and fresh romance film, a horror suspense film, or a youth inspirational film.
Yet not here.
The more the girl spoke, the more agitated and violent she became, and then completely ignoring the traveler's existence, and continued to walk around the house, sometimes depressed and sometimes excited, hesitating whether to commit suicide.
It was as if there was no one else in the room.
And the traveler played by Luo Lingxiu just sat there, quietly looking at the girl, as if watching the plot on the screen.
Watch her talk to herself, go to the kitchen and eat it all, browse your favorite websites in front of the computer, cry hysterically, and look through her diary that is about to be turned over.
At last the girl opened the window, climbed up to the windowsill as the snowflakes drifted in, and floated out like snowflakes after watching the snowy night and the city lights in the distance for a long time.
Luo Lingxiu picked up the cold cup of hot water on the table and drank it slowly, then sat down until the east was white, the sun jumped up from among the clouds, and then left the girl's house.
This is the first paragraph of the movie, and the protagonist of Luo Lingxiu does not have any lines from beginning to end, not even much action, except for the traveler and the nightstay.
The whole paragraph is performed by a girl alone, and the plot will make people look inexplicably absurd.
If it is broadcast, as Luo Lingxiu said, the audience has no idea what the meaning of the traveler is to save zài.
He is neither a lost girl, nor a vicious criminal who robs money and lust, nor is he a romantic prince who wants to fall in love at first sight, nor is he a ghost who comes back to avenge his unjust death.
But now Luo Lingxiu understands very well why Wei Tao said that he couldn't act, and emphasized the reason for his eyes.
In this movie, the only thing he can convey to the audience is probably his eyes.
Until the entire first paragraph was filmed, Wei Tao never shouted a card, although the young actor who obviously had no experience in the camera made several mistakes, and there were obviously many inaccuracies in various expressions and body language.
After filming this segment, he asked the actress to rest, and instead came to ask Luo Lingxiu, "What do you think of your performance just now?" ”
"Huh? Does this also need a table xiàn? Someone came over, Luo Lingxiu glanced at it, and didn't know him, "Speaking of Director Wei, he is really the protagonist, right?" Isn't it just a matter of sitting there in a daze? ”
"Hey, I want to be such a labor-saving protagonist, all kinds of ease! You don't even have to memorize the lines desperately. ”
As someone started, all kinds of discussions about the protagonist became intense, and without exception, they all felt that such an easy protagonist was really a big bargain, and envied Luo Lingxiu's good luck.
Wei Tao didn't stop them, and of course he didn't echo them, he just stood beside Luo Lingxiu, pulled the brim of his hat with one hand, and asked again, "What do you think of your appearance just now?" ”
"I don't know." After a moment of silence, Luo Lingxiu said. He felt that he was once again bewitched by the atmosphere of this strange script and plot, a bit of a feeling that Feng Xuyu had nowhere to step on.
Wei Tao stretched out his hand and handed him a brightly colored object.
Lollipop? Adult men in this world generally don't eat this kind of thing.
Seeing that Luo Lingxiu didn't answer, Wei Tao simply peeled it himself and stuffed it to Luo Lingxiu, "It's delicious, really-when I auditioned last time, I said you don't know how to act, you actually don't care at all." ”
He obviously wasn't expecting Luo Lingxiu to give him an answer, he was already quite sure, "What now? ”
After losing movement, losing speech, losing interaction, losing expression, after only eyes remain, face the camera.
"In our industry, there is a saying that the eyes speak. Although it is very vulgar but very vivid, few people can really do it, and those who can do it are very conscious. It's not just about acting, it's about the entertainment industry, it's about life, it's very thorough - it's really sweet if you don't eat it. ”
Luo Lingxiu glanced at the colorful lollipop, and could already feel the sweet and greasy breath coming to his face, and he slowly put it in his mouth, which was really a bit redundant.
The lollipop's lollipop is exposed and should look stupid.
The tip of the tongue is filled with a burst of sweetness, and it is really sweet.
Wei Tao raised his hand, "The taste of the world is like this, sometimes it makes people tired, and it is tasteless in the end-come on, you play it again, I'll watch it again." ”
"Wait." Luo Lingxiu said suddenly.
"What's wrong, what's the problem?"
Luo Lingxiu said slowly: "Lollipop, I haven't finished eating it yet." ”
“…… After that, we'll come back again. ”
It wasn't until the actors arrived and changed venues that Luo Lingxiu found out that Wei Tao's so-called re-enactment did not mean that he should re-enact the first paragraph before.
They went straight to the second paragraph.
It is no longer a winter and snowy night, not only the seasons have changed, but even the times have changed, from a modern forest of cement and steel to an ancient costume.
Only Luo Lingxiu's traveler was still dressed in the same attire, only looking slightly newer.
In the middle of summer, when the cicadas chirped, the dusty travelers knocked on the door of the peasant couple and asked for a stay.
After being let into the house and getting a bowl of hot noodles, just like the girl before, the peasant couple completely ignored the traveler in the house and began to continue their ordinary night.
Discuss how to live in the winter if the year is not good, the harvest is probably very poor, and the taxes are so high; discuss what to do if your son is old, but he is still ready to marry a daughter-in-law without a bride price; Discuss whether to marry your daughter to the fool of the king in the neighboring village in exchange for the son's daughter-in-law's money.
In the end, the husband and wife quarreled over the marriage of their children, smashed the pot and smashed the bowl, the woman accidentally bumped into the corner of the table, and the man hurriedly went up to check.
By the time the daughter woke up and drank water, the couple had reconciled and given up the idea of selling her for a bride price, and decided that the woman would take her daughter to take care of the fields, and the farmer would go to the city to work for the big family.
The traveler watched as the little girl, unaware of her fate of being sold, drank a bowl of water with her eyes closed, and went back to sleep unconsciously.
When it was daybreak, the peasant couple went out separately, and the traveler glanced at the sleeping man in the back room, and then left.
The whole "Blind Cage" is composed of such scattered fragments, in which travelers walk on the road again and again, knocking on the doors of different people at different times, different spaces, different worlds, and different lines, asking to spend the night.
Then look at the ordinary night of every family, some people are dead, some people cry and some laugh, some people are enthusiastic, some people are drunk and dream of death, some people are ordinary and some are great, some people are dirty, some people are noble, some people are excited and some people are depressed.
Countless doors, countless nights.
During the half-month shooting, Wei Tao never called the card once.
It's just that after each clip, Luo Lingxiu asked the same question, "What do you think of the performance just now?" ”
At first, the Lorry would quickly reply that he didn't know. Because of such a plot and his role, he really doesn't know at all, he doesn't show anything at all, where did it come from.
After several paragraphs, Luo Lingxiu began to slow down at a speed that he didn't know, and there was a rare hesitation.
Wei Tao never took off his mask, not knowing if it was his habit, or if he was simply avoiding something or someone.
The incense case placed on the set has never been withdrawn, and the four pillars of incense have always been offered.
"I saw the confusion from your eyes, for the first time." Finally, after the ninth segment, Wei Tao said another sentence to Luo Lingxiu for the first time in addition to how he was doing.
Except for the first time when Luo Lingxiu double-cultivated with Qin Zhengqing, he felt fear at the moment when he handed over his body control to others, and he was always firm and consistent, and he had only one goal in his eyes, which was to cultivate.
And now he actually felt lost during the filming of such a movie, and when he continued to participate in those clips, he felt the existence of the "traveler" itself.
He doesn't know what to play, he doesn't know how to act, he doesn't know what to play, he doesn't know why he wants to play what.
Indeed, his eyes were confused at the moment.
Wei Tao's voice seemed to be filled with sincere pleasure, and he said, "It's really right to choose you...... Luo Lingxiu - Come on, you play it again, I'll watch it again. ”
This time, they didn't continue to play the next clips, they returned to the original venue, and Wei Tao's meaning turned out to be to start again from the snowy night at the beginning of the story.
The girl who hesitated to commit suicide heard the knock on the door again, and ushered in a dusty traveler, but this time, the traveler's eyes were different.
When Luo Lingxiu sat on the sofa and watched the girl's solo performance, the deep confusion in his eyes made the actors in front of him, the actors and staff outside the venue, all subconsciously quiet down and watched silently.
When the girl floated out of the window as lightly as a snowflake, the east was white, Luo Lingxiu picked up the cup of cold water, and began to drink it one by one, the tiredness and vicissitudes in his eyes made people subconsciously inhale deeply.
Usually at this time, there will be a picture of red blood falling on the snow, which looks poignant and expressive.
Wei Tao no.
After the girl jumps out of the window, as if there has never been this person in the movie, the camera is only on the traveler, only on his eyes.
"Cards." Wei Tao's first card, before this, he never spoke, just waited for the end of the clip and the actor came down by himself.
"Do you feel it?" He walked up to Luo Lingxiu, "Before the filming of this movie started, you said to me that you felt that this script was incomplete and that something was missing, and that this protagonist was redundant and that there was no need to save it. ”
Luo Lingxiu looked at the teacup in his hand that had not yet been put down, and the confusion in his eyes had faded, "You filmed this, it was originally a missing script and a redundant protagonist." ”
"Blind Cage", the blind are these all kinds of people, and the cage is a traveler who is intolerant of the world.
Wei Tao squatted down, looked up at Luo Lingxiu, who was still sitting on the sofa, took off his mask and smiled at him, "Good understanding, after filming this movie, you should be able to advance." ”
Luo Lingxiu was not surprised that Wei Tao actually knew that he was a cultivator, and he even vaguely felt that Wei Tao might also know that he was a cultivator who did not belong to this world.
"Who are you?"
This is what the owner of the house in the movie often asks him, a traveler, and he now uses to ask Wei Tao.
Wei Tao put back his mask, "Mortal." ”
"What are you making movies for?"
"Find someone."
"Did you find it?"
"I can't find it."
Cui Shuo, who had been talking and laughing with the rest of the actors, suddenly walked over, as gentle as ever, and his voice was like a spring breeze, "Director Wei, you are really eccentric, you talk to Lingxiu all day long, and you don't tell us where we didn't act well, which makes me very worried, for fear that Director Wei will be dissatisfied and change me at once." ”
Wei Tao touched his mask, "You played well." ”
Cui Shuo, who was not interested in drinking, set his eyes on Luo Lingxiu, "Lingxiu, it's rare to finish work early today, how about you have dinner?" Speaking of spirituality, haven't you thought about taking on some more roles, like the Immortal Crowned Jade? ”
Luo Lingxiu seemed to shake slightly when he saw Wei Tao get up, probably squatting for a long time, and he was a little dizzy.
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