Chapter 180. Acting bottlenecks

Whether the drama "Zhongshentong Wang Chongyang" can save itself and pull back from the brink of being cut in half, no one can say for sure.

The situation is delicate now, one is waiting to see the joke, some are discouraged, some are sighing, and some are hanging on the ...... In short, everyone has any attitude towards this play. Rumors spread inside and outside the wireless, saying that this drama will be cut in half in the future, look, even the popular fried chicken Zhou Runfa can't save this drama, who can still turn the tide? Going it alone?! In a word, there is no help!

In the face of the current situation full of rumors, Ren Dahua, Zhou Xingchi, Lan Jieying and others who starred in this drama were inevitably depressed, but after director Zhao Zhenqiang returned to the crew, he only said one sentence: "Everyone work hard, you must finish filming it!" ”

At that moment, the whole crew knew the meaning of this, no one spoke, everyone held their breath, yes, it must be filmed!

With such cohesion, the next shooting process is more than twice as fast as before, and many shots that originally required n cameras were passed over and over again, especially Ren Dahua and Zhou Xingchi, the two of them played the "Jin Guo Shizi" and "Old Naughty Boy", both of which have won three flavors, and the shooting is vivid and lifelike.

In contrast, Chen Xiaotang has been busy learning to sing recently, and he is also emotionally entangled, so he is not as one-step as Ren Erren when he films.

Especially when he encountered the biggest bottleneck since his acting, when filming the next scene, he was unexpectedly stuck.

This scene is about "Wang Chongyang" played by Chen Xiaotang, who is about to leave his lover "Lin Chaoying" who is practicing martial arts in the mountains with him. A breakup scene before the two separated.

Speaking of which, the filming of this scene should be easy, break up, who wouldn't be sorry? But the difficulty is that there is also a "kiss scene" in it!

How can there be a kiss scene?!

Chen Xiaotang wondered, there was no original script written by himself!

What's going on? Out of nowhere?

Fortunately, director Zhao Zhenqiang explained to him. It means that for the needs of the plot, and for the smooth development of the story, highlighting the affectionate side of the hero and heroine, he and others studied it and felt that it would be more harmonious to add this kiss scene.

Chen Xiaotang smiled bitterly, "Boss, even if you want to add drama, give me a hello first." ”

"Everyone knows that I wrote this script, and now there is a kiss scene suddenly, and the heroine Lan Jieying is many people's dream lover, you say, doesn't this make people suspect that I have bad intentions?!"

Of course, Zhao Zhenqiang understood his hardship, so he could only pat him on the shoulder and comfort him: "Rumors stop at the wise, don't think so much, just shoot the scene well!" ”

Chen Xiaotang was helpless, so he had to say: "I'll do my best!" ”

"What to do your best? Could it be ...... You haven't filmed a kiss scene?! Zhao Zhenqiang's mouth opened wide.

Chen Xiaotang spread his hands: "What do you say?!" ”

…………… Speaking of which, Chen Xiaotang really didn't have a chance to shoot a kiss scene. In his first major work "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he played Ouyang Ke, don't look very romantic, he flirts with this beauty and that beauty at every turn, but in the end, he is constantly repaired by "Huang Rong" and "Mu Nianci".

In the second work "New Tianlong Babu", he played the unruly and suave Gusu "Murong Fu", this character is even more sad, seeing that there is a beautiful woman like flowers and jade "Wang Yuyan" around him, but he can't touch it, the reason is that the country has not recovered, why marry a wife? ! Not to mention pulling hands and touching her fingers.

and then to Chen Xiaotang's "Blue Blood Sword", in which he played the big supporting role "Golden Snake Langjun", who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, both good and evil, don't look at the evil appearance of "Golden Snake Langjun" written in the book, but it was all the world's misunderstanding of him, and during the filming, he made him look like an innocent Sayuri, and occasionally there was a bed scene where the candle blew over, and there was no actual action at all.

Therefore, in terms of experience in filming "kiss scenes", Chen Xiaotang is still a "junior brother" with zero eggs.

But now that the director has been arranged, Chen Xiaotang has nothing to say, after all, in terms of filming, the director is the biggest.

Besides, as soon as she heard that she was going to shoot a kiss scene, the heroine Lan Jieying's first reaction was - does Chen Xiaotang want to take advantage of herself? ! You must know that he wrote this script.

But soon she knew the truth of the matter, and only then did she know that she had misunderstood Chen Xiaotang, and she was a little embarrassed.

In fact, Lan Jieying graduated from the wireless acting training class, and she is much more professional in performance than Chen Xiaotang, a halfway monk. Especially during the training and study, there was a class where the teacher talked about how to shoot the "kiss scene", and what to pay attention to when filming the kiss scene.

Lan Jieying has always been a good student in the class, and she keeps in mind what these teachers teach, so now she heard that there is a kiss scene to be filmed, although she is still a little nervous, but after panicking for a while, she immediately adjusted her mood and calmed down.

And Chen Xiaotang's mind is directly messed up, not to mention filming kiss scenes, even filming general literary dramas, modestly speaking, he has just "peeped at the door", the reason why he was able to play "Ouyang Ke", "Murong Fu" and "Golden Snake Langjun" in front of him is because he has watched too many versions, and he already has a vivid image of this character in his heart, not to mention that he is only a supporting role, and there is not much pressure; And this play is different, first of all, he is the leading actor, and the quality of the whole play depends on his performance; Secondly, he simply doesn't have much of a version to draw on. In such a situation, to shoot the kiss scene that is most likely to embarrass the artists, the difficulty can be imagined When performing, the more intense the emotional scene, the more difficult it is to perform, anger, crying, and kissing are among the representative scenes, for experienced actors, they will find it more difficult to control, not to mention Chen Xiaotang, who has just become the leading actor.

When doing these performances, the grasp of emotions and the performance of actions are very particular. In particular, the grasp of "degree" is very important, if the emotion is excessive, it is exaggerated, and if the emotion is not enough, it will make the shot look without tension.

To take a simple example, they are also performing sadness, Al Pacino's performance in "The Godfather" is called wonderful, but the crying scene of Taiwan's "Roaring Emperor" Ma Jingtao looks very unappetizing.

It's not that Ma Jingtao's acting skills are bad, but his performance form is more like the style of a stage play, which is really a bit exaggerated, so it makes people feel unnatural.

TV dramas can use facial close-ups to allow the audience to feel emotions directly through the actors' expressions; The audience of the stage play is far away from the actors, and the actors have no way to infect the audience with their expressions, so they can only work on their voices and body movements, which leads to the exaggerated volume and movements of the actors during the stage play.

The crying scene is difficult to film, and the kiss scene is just as difficult to film, and not only the actors are not easy to grasp, but the audience's feelings are also a major factor that makes the kiss scene difficult to film.

"Kissing" is the act of expressing affection between men and women, which is the most primitive instinct of human beings, and the more instinctive the behavior, the easier it is to cause emotional ups and downs in the audience. So when you watch a scene like this, the audience's reaction will be more intense than at other times.

The so-called perfect acting skills are a very difficult challenge for all actors, and the performances that actors usually do are basically not up to that level.

That is to say, there is generally a certain deviation between the actor's performance and the most perfect ideal state, and when shooting other shots, the deviation value is slightly larger, which will not make the audience feel much, but if the same situation occurs during the filming of the kiss scene, it will be difficult for the audience to accept.

To put it bluntly, when the audience looks at other shots, at most they will feel a little fake, but if they watch the scenes of the kiss scene, it will not only give a "fake" evaluation.

In the case of relatively large emotional fluctuations, an unacceptable choice was made, and what awaits the actors next will definitely be stormy criticism, which is the second reason why the "kiss scene" is difficult to film.

"Kiss scene?" Chen Xiaotang really has a bit of a headache for this scene, after all, he and Lan Jieying are also friends, if it is a stranger, it would be easier to do, but it is because they are friends that they feel that it is difficult to do, and they overact, and it seems that their self-control is too poor; The acting is too bland, and it seems that his acting skills are too poor, and the "angle" in the middle is too difficult.

"What's wrong? Ah Tang, you won't hesitate, will you? Seeing Chen Xiaotang's crampedness, director Zhao Zhenqiang asked with a smile before the start of filming, and the teasing expression on his face was already obvious.

"Hmm—I don't think there's a need to shoot the kiss scene in a cosplay drama so carefully, right? Is it possible to shoot by borrowing a seat? Chen Xiaotang put forward his opinion.

"Hehe, filming a kiss scene with a big beauty like Lan Jieying, you should think that the more real the better, how could you think of borrowing a seat?" Zhao Zhenqiang said with a smile, not only did she make Chen Xiaotang laugh, but Lan Jieying on the side also blushed a little after hearing it, after all, Zhao Zhenqiang is a big director, so even if Lan Jieying felt shy, she had no way to say some things directly, so she had to push Zhao Zhenqiang with a red face and ask him to stop saying it again, "Hehe, okay, okay, I won't say it!" ”

Although Zhao Zhenqiang didn't say anything more, the embarrassment between Chen Xiaotang and Lan Jieying had already formed, and now the two of them subconsciously didn't dare to look at each other, and it seemed that there would be no way to recover from this situation for a while.

In fact, this embarrassing scene not only stumped Chen Xiaotang, but also made Lan Jieying a little embarrassed. But there is no way, the director has already arranged it, and he has said a lot of reasons, what costume drama also needs emotions to accompany it, and the children of the rivers and lakes also have a chivalrous and tender side. This drama is to be filmed into an extraordinary martial arts film, iron-blooded, tender, no one is missing!

Filming is about to begin, and everyone is obviously taking this scene very seriously. The camera was set up next to it, and the prop master and the rest of the cast were ready to go, as the next shot was a bit extraordinary.

This kind of work is generally carried out meticulously, and the kiss scene is different from other scenes. It was still a torture for the actors, who were flanked by all kinds of onlookers. There are very few people who can really make the kiss scene as tepid as filming other scenes. Unless these two actors are from the professional AV background, they can be "experienced in a hundred battles" and smile proudly in the bed under the watchful eyes of everyone!

Chen Xiaotang is indeed a little bottomless in his heart, and he feels that he is a little too open to do anything now. In the future, he will face a long, long career, and if he can't pass this hurdle, it will be a shame. He really can't show his cowardice in front of everyone.

If filming such a scene behaves awkwardly in front of everyone, Chen Xiaotang is really embarrassed. So he kept hiding a little apprehension, pretending not to care, as usual, to help put the right equipment in the right place with everyone, so that many people couldn't see any flaws.

To say that many people may have thought about being the leading actor in a TV series and movie, and then taking advantage of that actress, in fact, it is not the case if you really want people to act.

Under the watchful eyes of so many people around, he still has to maintain the expression on his face, and he has to show a kind of intention. Just the audience around you who are looking at you, an actor who is not a girlfriend at all or even an actor who has never known anything in his life, these two things are enough for you, not to mention that this is a performance, and you also need to make an expression that suits such an artistic conception?

Although I tried to slow down the speed of my work, I tried to brew the content of the next performance in my mind.

As time goes on, the shooting of this shot will soon begin.

"Is this camera positioned?" Chen Xiaotang came to a cameraman and asked directly.

"Alright, alright. Hey, Tang, this is the sixth time you've asked me this question today. "The photographer is weird. The director next to him, Zhao Zhenqiang, smiled meaningfully.

"Be careful, yes." Chen Xiaotang hurriedly said this sentence to cover up his slight panic, and then he came to Lan Jieying and said, "Hey, just pay attention to the artistic conception later." ”

Lan Jieying heard Chen Xiaotang's tone a little strange, and felt that it was really different from the confident Chen Xiaotang in the past, so she looked up a little surprised. At that moment, I saw Chen Xiaotang's fingers rubbing his palm, and I knew in my heart that he was nervous.

To be honest, she was also very nervous about filming such a scene, but when she saw Chen Xiaotang being nervous and still acting like she had nothing to do with herself, Lan Jieying was a little funny. The heart said, this guy is not talented and cynical, but sometimes it is quite funny.

(To be continued)