Chapter 175: How to Shoot an Idol Drama
The TV drama actors in Baodao have such a way of describing filming, which is called squatting in prison. In particular, the filming of the instant drama is also the ON file drama, and the TV station studio where the drama was filmed is called a certain prison. From one side, it can be seen that filming TV series is almost isolated from the world. Therefore, local drama actors rarely break out scandals and rarely appear on variety shows, these actors are more like office workers on TV stations.
Du Hanwen used to only hear that actors called filming TV series in prison, and when he really started filming TV series, he knew that this description was excessive. It doesn't matter what day of the week it is, it doesn't matter if it's day or night, anyway, the food and accommodation are all in the crew, and it's the starring role, so it's impossible to take a vacation. Du Hanwen watched the shooting schedule from October 2nd to December 4th, and his heart was almost broken, and he didn't even have a day off in the middle. This doesn't mean that it will be completed on December 4th, it just means that part of the exterior filming of Chung Cheng University has been completed, and there are still studio scenes to be filmed in Taipei.
Chai Production was not worried about whether the actors would get a break, and at first they were a little worried that they would not be exposed for a few months, which would affect Du Hanwen's popularity. Later, as soon as the 921 incident came out, Sister Chai didn't even have this worry. If the earthquake is big, the entertainment industry will be stable for a few months before it will make trouble again. In the past few months, no one will take the initiative to seek exposure, so filming with peace of mind can be regarded as an alternative God-given opportunity.
Du Hanwen relived the experience he had when he started taking pictures a year ago. Although Cai Yuexun is a very talkative, soft-spoken, and even looks a little girly, he is strict enough at work. Du Hanwen has been instructed a lot for this, yes, it is guidance not scolding. The director said that you can be scolded in two sentences, Chrysostom is good, every sentence is beneficial to you, so it can only be a guide.
Director Xiao Cai's prestige also guided Xu Ruoxuan. After instructing Du Hanwen, he was established. Even the Japanese consultant said that Xiao Cai was full of aura when he supervised the work, and he was a good seedling to become an excellent director. Chai Zhiping is also a lot more relieved, and he can put down this matter and go to Taipei to deal with TV series-related business. A TV series is not filmed and everything is fine, how to sell it is the real test. At this point, Chai Zhiping is particularly confident, and now it is not that there is no TV station to buy it, but that the price given by the TV station is not high enough. It is said that Sister Chai is preparing to go to the mainland. The TV station over there is also extremely interested in this TV series that has caused a lot of buzz on the island. Think about selling more than a dozen satellite TVs, even if one only sells hundreds of thousands, Sister Chai is very happy, but she didn't put the positioning of this TV series on selling the first broadcast and the second round. This one has bigger goals, and a more long-term plan.
Du Hanwen was not interested in what Chai Zhiping was going to do, although his life in prison had only been less than a week, he had already begun to feel that he had grown up in the crew. From getting up in the morning to turning off the camera and going to bed at night, in addition to filming is to read the script, the boring life of an actor has really given Du Hanwen a lot of insight. The only entertainment is chatting. Chat with Zaizai, talk to Zhu Xiaotian, and talk to Chen Qiaoen, but you have to avoid talking too much with Xu Ruoxuan, so as not to be rumored to be scandalous. The team of Xu Ruoxuan's agency surrounds Xu Ruoxuan every day like a monster guarding the princess, examining everyone who tries to fight the princess.
"Blowing on the rooftop is not for you to take promotional photos. You've got to have a change in your expression. ”
The rooftop of the Faculty of Arts Building, this is a very common scene in "Meteor Garden". It is also a haven for flowers in TV dramas. When you encounter something, if you are unhappy, you will hide and blow the wind. However, in Du Hanwen's place, the rooftop is more like an execution ground, and Cai Yuexun feels a little stuffy when he shoots.
While educating Du Hanwen, he had to think of a solution. Substitutions can't be replaced, so face these materials. You have to make a good dish. Scolding alone can't solve the problem, you have to show the way to the actors. Du Hanwen is not bad, at least this guy has a deep understanding of the script, knows what the protagonist of the scene is, and substitutes it. But that's just the first step to becoming a good actor. wants to become a Golden Horse actor. What you need to do is not only to understand the characters, to understand the scene, but also to be able to shape the characters. Obviously, Du Hanwen still doesn't understand this, and Cai Yuexun has to stop filming from time to time to tell Du Hanwen about the play.
"Hanazawa is a person who has his own world, so you need to shape a person's world in your heart. You are like the little sun, and all the planets in your world revolve around your star. But in the real world, Yan Chengxu is the scorching sun, and everyone revolves around him. The twin stars of Hanazawa will naturally need a way to solve it, so on the rooftop, you are the only one, and you have to show yourself like the sun. Got it? At this time, the Hanazawa class is not the Hanazawa class when F4 is in the world, but the Hanazawa class in the self-world. Cai Yuexun looked at Du Hanwen's expression seriously, hoping that Du Hanwen could understand.
It's still okay to understand, Cai Yuexun explained it very straightforwardly. Du Hanwen doesn't feel that his ability to understand is zero, so he understands Director Xiao Cai's words very well. But understanding and understanding, practice brings true knowledge, everyone retreated, and stood on the rooftop again, and when the wind blew, Cai Yuexun was still not satisfied.
"There is progress, but it needs to be more natural." Cai Yuexun encouraged, although he didn't know where the progress was, he still had to say it. You hit the actor to the point that he can't act, and the result is not a change of role, it will definitely be the producer's anger vented on himself, the fire captain. Firewood production comes once every three days, and the time I come must talk to Du Hanwen for an hour. The order is still ahead of another producer, and his own director can only be ranked third. Director Xiao Cai, who is quite good at being a person, understands the meaning of the phrase that form is stronger than people.
Du Hanwen thought hard about how to express his expression in the world, and for himself who was not from a professional class, it was even the first time in his life to film. This kind of advanced technique is really a bit confusing to me. Fortunately, you can still analyze and scrutinize rationally. Isn't the character of Hua Ze just a sullen person, so what should the sullen self-world be? Du Hanwen began to find out all the sullen men he knew from his memory and recalled them carefully.
In the fourth shooting, Cai Yuexun looked at the monitor, and the wind from the hair dryer outside the camera blew across Du Hanwen's cheeks, bringing up a few hairends that were unwilling to be lonely. The side face is really handsome, in fact, this shot is enough to just look at the face, but if you want to be better, the fifteen-second shot, and the remaining seven seconds, you need Du Hanwen's next performance.
Closing his eyes, smiling, and slowly opening his hands, Cai Yuexun was like a psychic, almost at the same time, and cut to the No. 2 camera, which was a fixed camera position for taking pictures of the back. Awesome, I finally understand what idol dramas are, idol dramas are to let idols play handsome on camera. Depth-of-field lenses don't need you to be melancholy, they don't need you to embody mental activity. As long as you follow the plot to do what a handsome guy should do the most, such as now like a beautiful man who embraces the world, open his arms, let go, smile, and the camera will be beautiful.
Cai Yuexun knew that he was taking these actors Chu Ding to another path of actors, and idol drama actors really couldn't be regarded as serious drama actors. But what can you do in the face of these handsome guys who don't even have a sense of camera, they were born to make idol dramas. If you want to become an actor seriously, you have to work hard for at least a few years. It's a pity that time waits for no one, and when she trains them to become qualified drama actors, Sister Chai has killed herself one hundred and eighty times. So, let's shoot like this, anyway, the Japanese have experience in this matter, and if the acting skills are lacking, they have to use the lens to make up for it. If the shot is beautiful enough, that's enough, and the audience won't care too much about acting.
Director Cai's trick is extremely effective, at least so that several handsome guys are no longer afraid of filming like snakes and scorpions. can happily go to filming, and with confidence, he will naturally let go in front of the camera. Although the acting skills are still like that, in the eyes of ordinary people, such as onlookers, the appearance of the actor is at least out. It's just to express yourself, how handsome you are, this is the same as the positioning of a few men over flowers in the script. Director Xiao Cai rejoiced in his heart, fortunately it was an idol drama. If it is a local drama, when you encounter these goods, you will cry without tears.
Successfully ended this rooftop shot, Du Hanwen looked at the back, and there were still three sets of rooftop shots to shoot. Uh, do you have to use a sullen expression every time? Sure enough, filming is not a simple matter, and the actor's bowl of rice is not so easy to earn.
Taking advantage of the rest, Du Hanwen asked the old actor who had an announcement today for acting skills, in fact, Pu Xueliang, who played the role of a teacher in the play. In fact, acting is not his profession as a singer and host, but he is much better than Du Hanwen, and he has also made movies and TV series, so he can definitely be regarded as a senior figure in this industry.
"Brother Liang, it's okay for me to act like this." Du Hanwen asked.
Pu Xueliang nodded affirmatively, "It's OK, if I were a little girl in front of the TV, I would definitely be full of red hearts." Don't have too many worries about acting, it's like this for the first time acting. Why do you feel that newcomers are stupid in acting on the screen, that is, they think too much, they want to play the characters written in the script well, and they want to act according to the director's words. But I don't have much experience, I don't know how to behave, and I end up being stupid like a puppet. In fact, you just need to be yourself, idol dramas are to create idols, not to win awards in Venice, different purposes naturally have different ways. ”
Du Hanwen is much more at ease when he says this, although Director Xiao Cai usually doesn't say it, but Du Hanwen can still see some disappointment in his eyes. There is no director who feels that he can get by when filming, and only if there is really no way to change it, will the standard be lowered.
"Actually, you're already very good, you see that a shot has been stuck more than 20 times, aren't you still shooting." Pu Xueliang also comforted Du Hanwen, making this guy cry and laugh. I've been in the industry for a year, can I use the standards of Zai Zai to demand myself, it's too shameless. (To be continued......)