"Tom, you're too restless." Lance and Tom stood in front of the monitor, and Lance shook his head, obviously not satisfied with Tom's performance.

In fact, Tom can also feel that although it was just a few simple words of dialogue just now, he felt very impetuous, which was far from the positioning of a professional killer. He propped up his chin, his eyes flashed slightly, indicating that he knew, but Lance didn't give up lightly, but looked at him intently, as if he wanted to read more from his expression, "You can cut some small movements......" Lance's words were only halfway through before Tom nodded indiscriminately, "I'll try again." ”

Lance looked at Tom quietly for a while, and just when Tom thought that Lance would not give up, he didn't want Lance to retract his gaze, "Okay, then let's shoot again." ”

Tom stood where he was, took a deep breath, let his irritability settle, and then got into the taxi again. But after re-entering the shooting, Tom still didn't find a suitable way, when the two of them stood behind the monitor again, the performance still lacked a certain flavor, this time without waiting for Lance to say anything, Tom waved his hand directly, "I know, just do it again." ”

Vincent is a cold-blooded killer, at this time it is a normal and simple situation for him, the only thing he needs to do is to calm Max, so he should not be flustered, let alone irritable, on the contrary, his emotions are already very calm.

After adjusting it, Tom went into shooting again, but this time the effect was too rigid, and it looked like a puppet. This made Tom a little depressed, and this time Lance didn't give Tom a chance to speak first, and said directly, "You should cut down on these details in this scene, and try to restrain your feelings as much as possible." ”

"What do you mean?" Tom spoke, and though he tried to suppress his impatience, he could still feel his ambivalence. "Wasn't that the one who asked for more detail in the first place?"

Lance glanced at Tom and gave Percy a look to start playing back. "You see, in the beginning, you don't need to stare at Max, you just need to pick up your finger and point at the red street light and remind Max to drive. Detailed actions such as frowning and staring will reveal the true feelings of your heart; Also, when someone outside the window is swearing, you don't have to care, at most you just look up, and then you just lower your head and focus on the information in your own hand, such a person is not worthy of Vincent's attention; And then there's no need to pout when you're taunting Max, maybe you can squint at Max or chuckle to yourself ......"

In this short scene just now. Tom had a total of four lines, and as a result, Lance singled out each performance and said it almost for nothing, which made Tom's cheeks start to burn slightly. But Lance's words were still not finished, "Have you noticed? After the previous conversation, you still asked to go to the next assassination location, which means that the mission is the core of your attention at this point, so you will focus on Max. Just don't want him to have an accident and get him to focus on driving, but other than that, all your mind is on the task. So. You don't need to show too much emotion. ”

Tom couldn't help but speak after all, "But, then Vincent's love is out of control, shouldn't he be a little unstable at the moment?" Vincent then began to have more conversations with Max, revealing the flaws for the first time.

Lance's brow furrowed slightly, as if he was a little surprised by Tom's words. Vincent's biggest worry at this time is the mission, and his mind is thinking about how to cover up what he just happened, and complete the follow-up task as much as possible before the police/detective notices, otherwise there will only be more and more surprises in tonight's events. In this case, Max's confusion and accusations triggered his emotional fluctuations......" Speaking of this, Lance looked at Tom and lowered his chin slightly, and those eyes hinted that Tom should continue the rest of the words, but Tom didn't like the feeling of being treated as a student or a child, so he didn't speak, and in the end, Lance could only say by himself, "The task is the core!" ”

Tom's mind suddenly became clear, and Lance connected the emotions of the whole scene in just a few words, which once again proved that Lance, as a director, not only has the ability to schedule scenes and control the rhythm, but also has a unique interpretation of the performance.

This is a good thing, but Tom's love is still a little irritated, "But, after all those details of the performance are gone, how can you meet your requirements?" Tom pointed to the monitor, what he wanted to say was that the rhythm of Lance's performance just now was always maintained on a tight horizontal line, and the surging emotions were very chaotic, which completely disrupted the rhythm of his performance, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't help but change the content, "On the one hand, you need to perform delicately enough, and on the other hand, there is hope that the emotions will not be exposed, which is a contradictory request." ”

Tom doesn't want to show weakness in front of Lance - he's been in Hollywood for two decades, winning three Oscar nominations, six Golden Globe nominations and three trophies, but what about Lance? "Killing with a knife" is just the first movie Lance has starred in!

Lance looked at the stubbornness between Tom's eyebrows, he actually understood what was going on, just as he expected, he was forcing Tom out of his comfort zone, so Tom was at a loss, on the one hand, he was unwilling to admit his shortcomings, and on the other hand, he couldn't keep up with his requirements, so there was bound to collide during the filming.

However, the collision came a little earlier than expected.

Lance ignored the confrontation in Tom's eyes, turned his head to the taxi, and said in an understated tone, "Lights." "Although Lance will stand his ground and ask Tom to act his way; But he can at least take care of Tom's face and not let him get off the stage in front of the rest of the crew. This is within his reach.

Lance turned his head and motioned for Percy to sit in the back seat of the taxi, which made Percy stunned, and looked at Lance speechlessly, and said "You are joking" with a clear look in his eyes, Lance also had a sense of absurdity in his heart, but he couldn't laugh at this time, so Lance turned his head to look at Albert and let Albert sit in the back seat of the taxi.

Albert, who usually needs to shoulder the task of moving and talking, naturally did not refuse, and he also showed a demonstrative look at Percy, which made the corners of Percy's mouth twitch speechlessly.

"You can take advantage of the change of light, for example, Vincent reminds Max that the light is green now, you can lean forward slightly, ......" With Lance's words, Albert leaned forward, and then you could see his face slowly emerging from the darkness, even if there was no expression, but the sharp light that emerged from the darkness made people feel pierced in the heart.

Tom immediately understood, sought a suitable angle, and used the light to highlight his eyes, even if there was no superfluous expression, he could show his feelings lightly.

"Albert, turn your face slightly to the left thirty degrees, yes, a little more, and then lean back a little, no, it's too fast, a little slower, a little slower. Okay, you repeat the action. Lance pointed to Albert's movements, raised his hands and explained, as if pinching ceramics, "While talking to Max, you can slowly step back and focus on the materials in your hand, and this will come out." ”

The so-called performance details are actually very rich, not only the language color, breathing rhythm, etc., but also all aspects. In the part that Albert just demonstrated, just leaning forward and leaning back, the change in speed slows down the rhythm of the performance, and then using the flow of light - especially in this scene the taxi is constantly moving, the light outside the window is always changing, and the lights inside the car are also carefully controlled - this can create the details of the change of emotion.

It is conceivable that even if it is a facial paralysis, the delicate changes in the eyes will be magnified to the extreme in the light, and Vincent's inner mood can be easily revealed. More importantly, Vincent's calmness contrasts sharply with Max's confusion, and the outlines of the two characters are sketched out with just a few strokes.

Although Tom doesn't want to admit it, I have to say that Lance's control of the rhythm and details of the performance is really amazing. Moreover, according to Lance's shooting method, the actor's performance power can be amplified to the extreme, but the lingering/lingering and gentle performance can show a sharp and neat effect, giving the audience more shock.

Tom let out a long breath, "Okay, I got it!" With that, Tom ignored Lance and walked straight in the direction of the taxi. Seeing Tom's movements, Percy couldn't help frowning, obviously a little dissatisfied with Tom, but Lance waved his hand and pouted absently, "Let's do it again." Percy could only withdraw his gaze.

After re-entering the filming, Tom was still a little awkward, and seemed to not want to act in Lance's way, and made mistakes three times in a row, this time Lance did not apply any more pressure, because he could feel that Tom was on the right track for these performances. It wasn't until the fourth time later that this short section was finally filmed, but no one could relax, but everyone knew that this short segment was just the beginning of this scene, and the next confrontation between Vincent and Max revealed the topic of Rashomon for the first time, which is the most important thing.

It's not just Tom, it's a serious challenge for Lance as well. (To be continued.) )

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