Chapter 8 Peerless Bad Movie
"Longwei Father and Son" tells such a story, Qi Feng, played by Huang Xiaoming, has been dependent on his mother since he was a child, and runs a small courier company for a living. One day, Qi Feng received a call from his old girlfriend Laura and asked Qi Feng to meet. It turned out that Laura was using him as a sword card to get rid of the entanglement of Zheng Fuqiang, the son of a rich man. Zheng Fuqiang is not only a karate champion, an Olympic athlete in Xiangjiang, and a talent, he can be described as the fifth diamond king, but his surname is paranoid, and he is even more obsessed with Laura.
Qi Feng still has a feeling for Laura, witnessing Zheng Fuqiang's arrogance, he was willing to block Laura, but he was beaten up. Zheng Fuqiang still did not let go of Qi Feng, and used his father's influence in the business world to make Qi Feng's express company go bankrupt, and even claimed that as long as Qi Feng defeated him, he would return his love and career together.
At the instigation of his friend Robert (Hong Tianming), Qi Feng went to Taiji Village in the mainland to find his father Qi Long (Hong Jingbao), who had been separated from his mother for a long time, and he not only learned Chinese martial arts during this trip, but also gained family affection and love.
The opening part of the movie takes place in Xiangjiang, but the crew did not go to Xiangjiang to shoot because the cost of filming in Yangcheng is much lower. Of course, in order to illustrate that the story takes place in Xiangjiang, you only need to wait for other scenes to be filmed, and then go to Xiangjiang to make up some exterior shots, and put them together through montage.
This kind of shooting technique is very common in movies, for example, if you want to shoot a scene that takes place in the White House, you can't really go into the White House to shoot, you only need to shoot two exterior shots of the White House, and then shoot what you want to shoot in other places, and then edit them together, and the audience will naturally think that the story takes place in the White House.
In a residential area in Yangcheng, with the password of "start, play, start", the crew officially started filming.
The first two shots of the movie were shot very smoothly, that is, Huang Xiaoming and Hong Tianming were shooting each of them sleeping, this does not require any acting skills at all, it is a person who can act, as soon as his eyes are closed, just lie down on the bed, so these two shots are over at one time.
Next was the alarm clock ringing, the two rolled together on their respective beds, and were seen by Qi Feng's mother, thinking that the two were friends, and asked what they were doing, and the two panicked shots.
In the room, the alarm clock on the table suddenly rang, and Huang Xiaoming and Hong Tianming rolled off the bed and hugged each other. The mother looked in from the window and was startled, my son was hugging a man! This is okay, she immediately yelled: "What are you two doing, get up!" ”
Huang Xiaoming and Hong Tianming were woken up, and when they opened their eyes, they found themselves hugging their friends, and they were also startled, and shouted "ah".
Cheng Peng, who was standing on the sidelines, shook his head gently, the performance was too contrived and exaggerated, this kind of performance would definitely not work, and it would definitely not pass.
Sure enough, as Cheng Peng thought, Li Jiongkai immediately shouted "stop", but his next words almost made Cheng Peng fall to the ground: "Xiaoming, your movements and expressions should be more exaggerated and funny, do you understand?" ”
"I see, Director!"
"Okay, let's do it again!"
Cheng Peng is a little dumbfounded, isn't it, it has to be more exaggerated and more contrived, won't it become the ghost of "East Becomes West 2011" and "Hedong Lion's Roar 2"?
What are the films "East Becomes West 2011" and "Hedong Lion's Roar 2"? That's a peerless bad movie where gods and ghosts are angry and heaven and man abandon together!
"Power on, play board, go!" Filming resumed.
After ng twice, Huang Xiaoming and Hong Tianming performed exaggeratedly, and Li Jiongkai nodded with satisfaction: "Xiaoming acted well, prepare for the next shot!" ”
If this shot shocked Cheng Peng, the next few shots made Cheng Peng completely sluggish. The exaggeration of the performance, the contrived expression, "East Becomes West 2011" and "Hedong Lion's Roar 2" are absolutely willing to bow down, Cheng Peng really wants to kneel!
At this time, Cheng Peng finally understood why "Longwei Father and Son" had Huang Xiaoming and Sammo Hung father and son, but he did not have the impression of this film in his memory, because the film was so bad that no one watched it at all!
Cheng Peng was completely dumbfounded, I couldn't imagine that the first movie in my life turned out to be a peerless bad movie, maybe it would be the worst film I have ever acted in my life, but unfortunately Hong Jingbao was not on the scene, otherwise I really want to ask him, how does it feel for you, an old-timer, to participate in such a bad movie?
It's not terrible to play badly, but the terrible thing is that I know it's bad, and I have to act!
But now that the contract has been signed, Cheng Peng has no other choice but to act hard, acting is like a strong annihilation, if you can't resist, then learn to enjoy! Of course, if you are a young and beautiful female director, you may really be able to enjoy it!
Cheng Peng can only comfort himself like this, there are no bad roles, only bad acting skills! Even if it's a bad movie, as long as you act well, you can hone your acting skills! Huang Qiusheng was once known as the "king of bad movies" and acted in countless bad movies, but he continued to improve himself in bad movies, and finally became an actor.
Thinking about it this way, Cheng Peng was in a slightly better mood, but he didn't want to watch it anymore, such a performance, such a level of directing was really a torture for him.
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After dinner, Cheng Peng came to Li Jiongkai's room and knocked on the door. "Long Wei Father and Son" has been filming for three days, and it will be Cheng Peng's turn to appear tomorrow, but he still can't fully grasp the role of Zheng Fuqiang, and he always feels that there is a problem with this character, if this problem is not solved, tomorrow's performance will definitely have problems.
"Please come in!"
"Good director!"
Li Jiongkai didn't expect it to be Cheng Peng, a little surprised, it's not good to practice in the room, what did you come to me for? But he still smiled: "Cheng Peng, what's wrong?" I'm going to shoot tomorrow, are you nervous? ”
Cheng Peng scratched his head embarrassedly: "I'm not nervous, but I have some questions about the characters, and the acting is a little awkward, and I can't find the feeling, I want to ask the director to help me analyze it." ”
"yes, what questions do you have?"
"I designed the character of Zheng Fuqiang like this, Zheng Fuqiang is twenty-five years old, a native of Xiangjiang, graduated from the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, a karate champion, a Xiangjiang Olympic athlete, and his father is ......" Cheng Peng described the origin, student days, hobbies, love and so on of Zheng Fuqiang's character in detail, and then talked about the connotation and extension of his entire story, as well as his understanding of the whole character.
Li Jiongkai was dumbfounded when he heard it, just a supporting role, is it necessary to make it so complicated? However, he nodded approvingly and said, "You have done a lot of homework, it must be good to perform like this, what is your question?" ”
"There are two scenes where I can't find out what Zheng Fulong's motives are, why did he do this, there is always a reason, right? If I can't find the motive, I can't grasp the psychological state of the characters at that time, and the performance may not be right, such as this scene. Cheng Peng opened the script and pointed it out to Li Jiongkai.
Methodist performances pay great attention to motivation, methodist actors believe that every line and every action in the script comes from motivation, and motivation leads to action, intention and purpose, and only by grasping the motivation of the character can the character be accurately interpreted, so the methodist actor always likes to ask the director what the motivation of the character is and why it is so.
But Li Jiongkai didn't know the way of performing the method, and he didn't know the important surname of the motive and purpose to Cheng Peng, so he frowned and said: "What motive and purpose, why do you care so much?" You just play according to the script. ”
"If I can't find the motive, I can't find the logic of the character's words and behaviors, and I can't accurately grasp the character's psychological state at that time, so I can't find the feeling when I act, and the performance will be very fake!"
Li Jiongkai was a little dissatisfied, and sneered: "You mainland actors are so rigid and don't know how to be flexible." Acting is acting, just according to the script, what do you do with so much heart, do you think you can win the Oscar? ”
If you can't win the Oscar, you don't have to play well? Cheng Peng is disgusted by this sentence, which is too irresponsible, it was because there were more people like this that the Xiangjiang movie was ruined, right?
However, after all, the other party is the director, and he is an actor, Cheng Peng can't show his emotions, and said with a smile: "Director, I just think that it is better to find out the motivation of the characters to perform, and the performance is updated and vivid." ”
Li Jiongkai saw that Cheng Peng was still continuing, and was a little annoyed: "What bullshit is alive, are you a director, or am I a director, is this a question that you should worry about?" Figure out your identity, you are just a small supporting role, I can choose you, or I can replace you! Again, I'm a director, I can act as I want, do you understand? ”
What's wrong with the small supporting roles, the small supporting roles are inferior, and they are not qualified to speak? Isn't it just a bad movie director, what's the big deal, if Lao Tzu comes to shoot it, it will definitely be better than you! Cheng Peng gritted his teeth and swallowed this breath, but he knew that he couldn't say any more: "I know, director, then I'll go first!" ”
Li Jiongkai originally had a good impression of Cheng Peng, but now he is a little disgusted, a nameless boy, and he still regards himself as an acting school, what motives and problems do you talk about! With a straight face, he waved his hand impatiently: "Go, go!" ”
Cheng Peng walked out of Li Jiongkai's room, walked a few steps, stared back at the door for two seconds, shook his head and walked towards his room. At this moment, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang, and when he took it out, he saw that it was his sister Cheng Li's phone.
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