Chapter 166: We're Not Bad
This incident later reached Yang Yichen's ears, and he told everyone some stories he had seen and heard in Hollywood, combined with his current experience in this industry, as well as his experience as a reborn person, he taught everyone a lesson that he didn't want to admit but must admit.
"Our first-line artists, including those actors in Xiangjiang and Baodao, purely in terms of acting skills and control of roles, I believe that they are absolutely no less than those Hollywood first-line celebrities, and there is no actual gap between the two sides. Many people say that our Chinese films have no status in Hollywood because our Eastern and Western cultures are different, and people can't accept our movies because of cultural differences. ”
"It's also right or wrong, just like these actors we invited, you all saw their seriousness, I can tell you for sure that after the film is cut, there will not be many shots of each of them, and there are even fewer who can show their faces, and they themselves know it in their hearts, but do you see that they are a little slack? Including some background shooting at the far end of the camera, they are also very serious, seriously performing their roles, Lao Duan and Lao Ren, the two of you should be deeply touched, at that time the two of you were distracted and relaxed, in the monitor to see that the two of you are not mercenaries at all, but more like tourists, do you admit this? ”
"This is what I think is the biggest problem between us and Hollywood now, in addition to the cultural differences, that is, our actors are not professional enough, and I don't think the main factors hindering us are the level of scripts, the amount of investment, etc. I've been in a lot of crews, when there are many extras, the level is uneven, how many are just to earn wages, saying that there is an actor's dream, the dream is soaring, and there is also the idea of climbing up step by step but it is difficult to persevere, many times I think, anyway, the camera didn't shine on me, and it was also the background of the protagonist's distance, no one cared what I played, so I didn't take it seriously at all, and when I saw this kind of picture in the lens when the director came, sometimes I could change it, but sometimes I didn't dare to shout the card. ”
In everyone's puzzled eyes, Yang Yichen continued: "The big actors all over the world are the same, as long as they are the protagonists, they will hate this kind of thing, this side breeds emotional outbursts, the whole person enters the state of the role, snot and tears and emotions come from within, as a result, the director suddenly shouted the card, and said that the extras behind you just looked at the camera or had an uncoordinated movement, or the dead body moved, I think even if you, including myself, are in that position, it is difficult to calm down, your director shouts card, If it's my problem, it turns out to be an extra's problem, then I can't act. This state is contagious, the vicious circle is getting stricter and stricter, every actor in Hollywood is serious, and the effect of the whole play looks very enjoyable, and when it comes to our side, it is also very good, but I just feel that there is something wrong, I feel that it is not as good as others, even if it is the same film, it is the same, the difference is in these supporting roles and extras. ”
"An aristocratic drinking party should be a person with outstanding temperament, and he also has the demeanor of an aristocratic person, although the camera will only pass over you, but what the audience sees is the beauty of the aristocratic drinking party that the whole scene is full of. If you look at some of our film and television dramas, it is completely a strong man caught by the staff next to him, not to mention whether he has learned to act or not, there are many dresses that can be dressed up, and you feel very fake at a glance, and the evaluation of this drama in your heart is naturally much lower......"
Yang Yichen is not a person who is good at chatting, but today he is inspired to send it, as soon as the conversation box is opened, he can't stop it, what he talks about is related to some of his personal behaviors that everyone thinks are a little strange, he can't control others, he can only change from himself, I'd rather give extras or small supporting actors a little more money, I also want you to shoot exactly according to my intentions, I'll pull out a big head office in my house, not all of Huaxia's group performances are mixed rice.
Let Zhang Qingxin deliberately invite someone from Hollywood, and the price given is not low, and when he arrives here, Yang Yichen pays for all the food and clothing out of his own pocket, in fact, it is for today, so that their table can be seen by everyone, and pass on to everyone the su zhì from an extras in Hollywood, do you still think that you work hard enough on weekdays when you see them? Why is it so difficult for Chinese actors to gain a foothold in Hollywood, you have to see how many good actors there are.
After this conversation, everyone went to observe the performances of those foreign actors on weekdays, and suddenly Alexander, they have worked hard to shoot, which has also added some vitality and confidence to this difficult shooting, we have no shortage of good actors in China, our system is also improving, the market we have in the future will not be smaller than any place, Yang Yichen hopes to see that the rise of China in ten years is also the day of the rise of Chinese films, he hopes that he can do some small things.
In the whole Armageddon, more than half of the scenes are Yang Yichen, one-fifth is Wu Jing, and one-fifth is Sun Li who switches to another scene, a bit like the air-to-air dialogue behind "Wolf Warrior", and the rest of the people add up to that little bit, it took more than ten days to shoot, Sun Li and a group of people's scenes, it only took two days, and then Yang Yichen's table Xiàn throughout the Armageddon, and finally the one-on-two decisive battle with Wu Jing and an actor who practiced free fighting in a foreign country, from guns to hand-to-hand combat, Yang Yichen has been preparing for half a month to shoot, before that, he has confirmed that all the scenes of the other actors have been completed, except for Sun Li, who is now busy and has to leave after stepping into the ranks of second-tier celebrities after horse riding dance and "Jade Guanyin", the rest of the actors have nothing to do, and everyone is not in a hurry to go, pack up and go to the shooting site every day to help or watch Yang Yichen's watch.
Dressed in a training uniform, Yang Yichen has in his mind the handsome shots of countless military-themed movies in the next ten years, and he has designed a lot of exciting actions and gunfights, after adding computer special effects, every shot will make you feel full of excitement, all actors must have a characteristic, that is, in the absence of computer special effects post-synthesis, there must be a picture in their minds, and there must be a picture that makes people feel very enjoyable, and cooperate with the picture to make their own reactions.
Among all the actors, although Yang Yichen said that the role was the heaviest, he was obviously the most relaxed one, first of all, there was no problem with the physique, he had laid the foundation since he was a child, and in the past two years, he has increased the amount of training and trained with crows all day long, since he was reborn and came back, he found that his physical condition has improved a little extraordinary, and the whole body has continued to improve, and now he has begun to have the posture of crushing crows, and there is no conclusion when he sees a doctor, so he can only use the second development as an excuse, He himself can only be regarded as a blessing for the rebirth of water.
During the two months of filming, he always regarded himself as a special soldier, and when he returned to the guest house to rest after filming, he would also take time to add some exercises, and sometimes he would follow the troops to the deep mountains and old forests to practice, and he went for three or five days, which also affected some of the filming progress, and all the scenes that affected the final Armageddon Xiaotian were all found last time.
Yang Yichen actually liked the feeling of being in the jungle, and was willing to go around in circles here without filming, responsible for drawing the terrain for everyone, where there are pits, where there are stones, where there are stumbling tree branches, over time, when it comes to him shooting, especially the running of the fast lens advancement, what he runs out of is a smooth beauty, there will be no pause in the middle, almost all of them are made of one shot, rolling, jumping, and running in the jungle, completely showing the state of the same level as the special forces, made the filming progress speed up on him, so that Wu Jing and the foreign actor had to be 12% serious, otherwise they really couldn't keep up with his rhythm.
Cheng Xiaodong and his team are tired, but this tiredness makes his face full of smiles all the time, a good action actor must always have disagreements with the martial arts action director, because he will add a lot of his own flashes of action to it, Yang Yichen is like this, often add some of his own actions, Wu Jing is fortunate to be able to deal with it sometimes, the foreign actor is finished, there is no routine and he can't call the card directly, and then there is the argument between Cheng Xiaodong and Yang Yichen, the two are half of the winner and half of the loser, in the final analysis, there is a purpose, The resulting picture is better-looking, more exciting, and more eye-catching.
"Cards."
All the problems were solved, and the shooting went smoothly, but when it came time for hand-to-hand combat, there was a problem, and a problem that everyone felt should not have appeared.
Wu Jing hugged his right forearm, foreign actor Charlie squatted down and covered his calf, both of them had a trace of unbearable pain on their faces, and Cheng Xiaodong also walked towards Yang Yichen with a helpless face......