Chapter 24: Appearance and Acting
Next, change the venue, change the camera, change the lighting, and continuously filmed the practice scenes of Wu Yuanshen, Gao Song and An Dehai, everyone performed very excitingly, and the martial arts part is indeed a highlight, each with its own characteristics, and the effect is better than the old works in the previous life.
According to the prior discussion, this shooting paid special attention to the kung fu of the scorpion tail feet of the scorpion third played by Wu Yuanshen, highlighting his vicious, ruthless and incredible footwork, and using various props to show the power of his footwork.
Action director Huang Huacheng's design in this regard is really powerful.
Wu Yuanshen's performance is also extremely exciting, and it can fully meet the effect of the director's play.
He really didn't lie before, he really practiced Tan Leg and Taekwondo, his leg skills are very good, all kinds of action design can be completed very neatly, and he has repeatedly staged a good show of scorpion tail swinging, and all kinds of props have been kicked by him crisply, which is very beautiful.
This set of actions is like scorpion pliers, feet are like scorpion tails, broken tendons and bones, extremely dangerous, making the scalp numb and chilling!
Wu Yuanshen's performance is exquisite, and the beauty and strength meet the standards required for the film.
In fact, if Zhou Yi goes up to perform, the effect will be better, but his martial arts are powerful, but the literary drama cannot meet the requirements of playing this role, and this role is destined to be lost to him. But Zhou Yi doesn't care, it's just the first film.
Now it is also very cool to enjoy the performances of several senior brothers and predecessors, learn the performance experience first, and wait for the accumulation.
After Wu Yuanshen's performance, it was Takamatsu's turn to appear.
The fourth gecko played by Gao Song practiced the light skill of gecko climbing the wall, which should reflect the characteristics of the light foot button and the ability to climb anywhere, and when climbing the wall, he also had to use the force to rebound and increase his own strength, so as to achieve the strange effect of palm wind extinguishing candles.
This kind of performance also has to hang Weiya, which is slightly more difficult.
Finally, the toad Lao Wu played by An Dehai performs toad qigong, using various bizarre props to show the characteristics of the whole body skin like iron, invulnerability, and the ability to break wood and iron.
Although the difficulty of the performances of the leading actors was different, in the end, everyone successfully filmed it, which can be described as a good start.
Zhou Yi took his sister, behind the director's monitor, followed the director team, watched the shooting, and really felt good, compared with the previous life, these performances were definitely not inferior, or even stronger. After post-production, the effect will be even better.
These actors are really well chosen.
If the film wants to be of high quality, casting is the key, and it must not be sloppy at all.
Zhou Yi was deeply touched.
In addition to taking some stills before, Zhou Yi took a group photo with every actor who got off the play.
After filming the scenes of these five protagonists, next, it is Zhou Yi's turn to open the scene.
Zhou Yi was a little excited, this was his first time filming.
However, his opening scene needs to be filmed again in the afternoon, and the morning shooting ends here, and everyone can eat and rest.
Zhou Yi could only endure his eagerness for the time being.
Don't look at the practice scenes of only the five protagonists just now, it seems that it was just a little scene, but it took a whole morning. Making a movie is a very tedious thing, and it takes a lot of time to prepare for it.
All kinds of adjustments, reshoots, lighting adjustments, prop changes, makeup touch-ups, and hanging Weiya all take a lot of time.
Being able to shoot these in one morning is already a great director's scheduling, which is very good.
Everyone eats lunch in the crew, and the crew provides a box lunch, although it can't be compared with a big meal, but the quality is not bad.
The crew has always been very busy with work, so naturally it is impossible to go out to eat every day, and they don't have so much budget.
It is impossible for Zhou Yi to invite guests to dinner every day.
After lunch, Zhou Yi made meticulous preparations before filming and waited patiently.
His sister Tang Yan has been accompanying him.
In the afternoon, Zhou Yi finally ushered in the first scene of his life. Not only is he very excited, but his sister Tang Yan is also very excited and wants to see him act. She didn't expect her brother to be filming before herself, things are really wonderful.
This time I came to see the filming, Tang Yan also gained insight and learned a lot.
It is very fortunate and meaningful to be able to watch it on the set.
According to the shooting plan, the old actor who played the head arrived at noon.
The two put on makeup, changed into costumes, and took advantage of the break to play against each other first.
The old actors are experienced, and they are very patient with the young actors, and they took the trouble to give some guidance to Zhou Yi.
Especially for the treatment of some subtle expressions, he gave reminders and suggestions.
With his experience, he can see some of the key points of the performance in the play, and there is no difficulty.
After this exchange, Zhou Yi benefited a lot and became more confident.
There were some things that he didn't notice that needed micro-expressions, but now he noticed them.
Referring to the performances of the actors in the original work in the previous life, at least I have a bottom in my heart.
In fact, this scene is relatively simple, and the requirements for acting skills are not high.
The acting skills of actors in previous lives may not be much better.
It's just that for Zhou Yi, this scene is of great significance, and he naturally wants to play it well. In fact, no matter how he acted, he was much more handsome than the actors in his previous life, which can add a lot of points. The acting skills are not enough, and the appearance is to make up. It's a pity that only he knows this, and others don't know, but they won't relax their requirements for him. At present, he can only go all out and play the role well.
As for the lines, Zhou Yi has practiced a lot in advance, and it is still okay.
He usually needs to exhale and open his voice when practicing martial arts, his chest and abdomen are together, and his voice and lines are not a problem, which cannot be compared with professionally trained voice actors, but for this kind of film, it is not a flaw.
This kind of film doesn't need too superb lines and acting skills, at least for the role of the little junior brother.
If you want to look at the acting skills, you also look at the old actors.
In fact, other leading actors still need acting skills, but the role of the little junior brother is already very young, and he can play it in his true colors.
Director Zhao was probably also a little worried about Zhou Yi's performance, knowing that he was inexperienced, so he came early in the afternoon to give Zhou Yi some advice. Don't look at Zhou Yi as a screenwriter, thinking that the script was written by him, he must have a deep understanding and be able to act well, those are completely different things. If the screenwriter can perform his script well, won't the screenwriter become an actor? What else do you need a director and actors to do?
Now Zhou Yi has to perform what the director wants in accordance with the director's requirements.
So he also has to listen to the director's speech, and he must be able to understand it in place.
However, with Zhou Yi's ability, he soon fully understood.
After watching some of the scenes between Zhou Yi and the old actors, Director Zhao was a little relieved.
Originally, the five leading actors finished filming today's scenes in the morning, and they didn't use it in the afternoon.
But they were very interested in Zhou Yi's first scene, and they actually came in the afternoon to see Zhou Yi filming, and in terms of their own experience, they also gave Zhou Yi some advice, so that he should not be nervous, the more nervous he is, the worse he will play, and it will be natural to be good. Kung fu movies do not have high requirements for acting skills, especially the role he plays does not require much acting skills, just play normally, and do not use too much force.
If you use too much force, the role may be unbalanced, after all, the little junior brother is a little young, and he has to perform this feeling.
You must not act into an old fritter that has been in the rivers and lakes for a long time.
Zhou Yi smiled, knowing that everyone had good intentions.
He also knows that Andy Lau, the king of film and television songs in his previous life, had this kind of problem, acting too hard, in fact, he is so handsome, as long as he acts normally and easily, there is no need to exert too much force. Being too serious is sometimes not a good thing.
This is the truth that the extremes of things must be opposed.
With such experience, Zhou Yi can better understand what everyone means: you just need to perform normally. This character is already very young, and your true colors are enough. If you work hard and want to act well, then it will really become acting, but you will lose your youthfulness, and you will not be beautiful.
Anyway, the audience appreciates the acting skills, and they also appreciate Gao Song and Wu Yuanshen, and it won't be Zhou Yi's turn!
It is enough for Zhou Yi to contribute his appearance.
He is not good enough acting skills, and his appearance is to make up, while Gao Song is just the opposite, he is not good enough, and his acting skills are to make up.
Zhou Yi couldn't say which one was better, and he couldn't tell who was more envious.
Anyway, everyone complements each other and everyone is happy.
If Zhou Yi can have the acting skills of Gao Song and Wu Yuanshen now, it will be perfect. But Gao Song and Wu Yuanshen are afraid that they would rather not have such good acting skills, and they also want Zhou Yi's appearance!
This kind of thinking can only be seen by different people.
There is still some time before the official shooting.
At present, the props team and the set team are seizing the time to make the set old, which is to adapt to the plot, so they must shoot the scenes of the five poisons practice in the morning, otherwise after the opening scene is filmed, their scenes will not be able to act. The order in which the shots are taken is important.
If it was before, this kind of aging was still a bit troublesome and required more thought and time, but now it can be simpler.
The hard part can be post-processed with computer special effects.
Of course, in order to facilitate the production of post-production special effects, the props team still has to try to make it as old as possible.
Everyone has read the script, prepared in advance, and after a hasty meal at noon, they started work in advance, and it is almost finished. The crew is like this, it is impossible to work and rest according to the time point, many times it has to be rotated continuously, and overtime is commonplace. The Chinese film and television industry is not Hollywood, and everyone is not resistant to overtime, anyway, there is overtime pay, and there is no loss.
Only by being diligent can you find a job, after all, there are many people in China, and there is no shortage of talents.
If you don't do it, some people are rushing to do it!
Now it seems that with a little more time in the afternoon, the props team and the art team will be able to completely solve the set problems.
The art director Rong Lao has been following the supervision and working very seriously to ensure that the overall tone of the film is not out of the basket.
When these things are taken care of, the afternoon shooting will finally officially begin.
Tang Yan stared at her brother closely, a little excited in her heart.