From the perspective of the structure of the play, when the movie reaches the end, the characters must complete the transformation and the theme must be sublimated. And when Guan Chen played here, he was always very unconfident in this part.

On the last page of the script of "The Key to Destiny", Director Tian has not told Guan Chen about the specific content. Guan Chen went to read the scripts of other people in the crew, but whether it was the photographer's or other actors, the last page was empty.

Hawley has reasoned about this, and roughly judged whether Ding Wu's ending was good or bad:

"When a film is established, it must first determine the market, whether it is a commercial film or a literary film",

"From the perspective of genre and investment scale, "Key to Destiny" is likely to be a commercial film",

"A good commercial film can give a tired person the courage to live another week. From the conceptual analysis, the two male protagonists in the story briefly jumped out of their own small world, and after seeing another color of the world, they understood what is really precious, which is mostly an existential path, Ding Wu will most likely have a good ending, not dark to the end"......

Guan Chen is not at ease, because Director Tian is a kind of literary filmmaker, maybe he will be ashamed of the family reunion, and he must make it miserable to be profound.

After joining the group, Guan Chen went to ask Director Tian whether Ding Wu's ending was good or bad.

Sure enough, Director Tian was as ambiguous as ever, not talking about human words, saying that the specific situation could not be known until the post-editing, the good and the bad should be played, which one would be filmed well, and which one should be chosen in the end.

So casual.

From Ding Wu's body, Guan Chen saw his own shadow. He hoped that Ding Wu would have a good ending. If Ding Wu can have a good ending, Guan Chen will feel that his life has also been encouraged.

When Hawley tutored Guan Chen for basic acting knowledge, he used same-sex (male) themes as an example to briefly talk about the difference between "experiential", "methodical", and "expressive".

Expressionism is the way of observation, learning and imitation to design a homosexuality;

When acting, the method actor treats the object of communication as a woman, and replaces the emotion for the opposite sex with the love of the same sex;

Experiential actors, on the other hand, have to find the commonalities between themselves and their characters, dig out the feelings of the same sex in their hearts, and then face them and amplify them. By suggestion, by deception, in short, he becomes gay for a short time. belongs to the most difficult and most talented actor.

Guan Chen's performance style is mainly experiential.

In order to play Ding Wu's determination to be a good person, Guan Chen had to find common ground between himself and the characters and connect with each other.

"One good deed a day" is that thread.

For more than half a year, he has done a lot of good things. From human beings to cats and dogs, they have all received his favors, which are too numerous to count. You should be able to touch a little bit of the characteristics of a good person.

In addition, I had experience when filming "Police Story" and learned a complete set of coping methods from Zhang Jingsheng - the reason why I didn't act well must be that there was something wrong with the script. Guan Chen imagined many changes for this, one would change if it didn't work, and the other would never be stuck on the wrong script.

Therefore, in the face of the blank last page of the script, Guan Chenli should be closed and made two preparations.

But when the show started, the situation was completely out of the script.

There is no need for Director Tian to point out, Guan Chen can feel that he is not in the right state.

Every time Xing Yan jokingly and indifferently said, [I have a conscience, do you think this is a good thing? Do you really think you'll be able to live a good life in the future? The lines of the eyes, the eyes overwhelmingly pressed down, Guan Chen's performance and mind, back to being forced into a corner, sweaty, unable to move. The rebuttal lines that I remembered in my heart, as soon as they came out of my mouth, were like residual fire in the wind, trembling and towering, and I couldn't even convince myself. Only in those negative endings, reciting Ding Wu's desperate gamble, or lines similar to "It doesn't matter if my life ends here, just pay off my debts for the past", Guan Chen and Ding Wu are 100% integrated and regain their handy feeling.

It seems that subconsciously, he feels that he does not deserve a good ending.

Due to the lack of internal factors, Guan Chen was unwilling, and prepared to turn to external forces according to the plan, saying that the script might be a little problematic and needed to be adjusted slightly.

Director Tian readily agreed, let Guan Chen let go of his hands and feet, act as he wanted, and say whatever lines he wanted. Even after communicating with the screenwriter, you can write it on the spot.

Guan Chen declined the screenwriter's kindness, and he held back for a long time during his lunch break, and no matter how he changed his lines, he was bluffing.

When "Police" encountered a bottleneck at the end, Zhang Jingsheng was a very good person, talked a lot of dry goods, and took Guan Chen to change the script together. Guan Chen hopes to borrow the wisdom of Teacher Xing and use his strength to fight. As the saying goes, being old and not dying is a thief, Guan Chen thinks that Mr. Xing has eaten more rice than Zhang Jingsheng for 20 years, and he should be a thief and a thief, and his ability is no less than Zhang Jingsheng. Although after Mr. Xing joined the group, he patronized and solicited customers, as if the main purpose was to attract students for the acting class, Guan Chen was still very confident in his teacher, after all, every time he improvised and changed as he wanted, Mr. Xing was steadily caught by him. Asking Mr. Xing for advice should not disappoint.

Guan Chen asked Teacher Xing for help.

How could he have thought that Xing Yan was useless at all.

Guan Chen asked, how to perform the feeling of facing life positively and wanting to live. Xing Yan replied, this can't be explained, when you really want to be positive, you will be positive, and when you want to understand why you live, you will naturally know why you want to live.

It's really nonsense, Guan Chen was so angry that he almost took away all the meat in Xing Yan's bowl.

The money burned by the crew in a few days exceeded Guan Chen's salary. Where is there time to stop and wait for him to think it through.

In the afternoon of this day, the shooting was still not very smooth.

After shooting more than a dozen films, Xing Yan couldn't bear it physically, and Director Tian also asked Guan Chen to go down to rest first.

Guan Chen didn't like it. I am like a student who has no answer in my heart but is called to answer the question in front of the blackboard, and with the permission of the teacher, I try to answer one answer at a time. Even if the answer is correct, it is only luck, not his true understanding.

At the moment, Guan Chen didn't know who to turn to for help.

I asked Mr. Xing, and Mr. Xing said nonsense, and decades of salt were eaten in vain.

asked Xiang Jun, Xiang Jun lost a philosophy book on existentialism, Guan Chen couldn't even get past the preface, he looked at the back and forgot the front after a long time, his brain seemed to be hammered, and he hurriedly closed the book in a daze.

asked the senior brother, but the senior brother gave a suggestion, let Guan Chen go to the stray animal rescue station, feel the weight of life, help help the small animals, and become a good person. With such a reliable opinion, Guan Chen was so excited that he immediately wanted to try it. It's a pity that as soon as he asked the little intern for leave, the little intern rushed over and grabbed him, saying that Director Tian had told him that Guan Chen was not allowed to listen to any performance suggestions given by Xie Jinzhu.

Guan Chen flipped through the script, thinking, who else had not been used for their brains......

"It's not going well." Zhang Jingsheng's voice suddenly sounded from his side.

Guan Chen turned his head, only to find that Zhang Jingsheng had come.

"Why are you here?" Somewhat surprised.

Zhang Jingsheng corrected: "I came at noon. ”

Guan Chen's face sank, and he didn't even notice that he was mixed into the set by Zhang Jingsheng, could it be that his attention had dropped to such a point.

"What kind of expression are you," Zhang Jingsheng pretended to be angry, "I kindly brought a food truck to visit your class, and you are not welcome it?" ”

"Dining car!" Guan Chen was shocked, and suddenly figured out a lot, "I said, why do they eat so well one by one, and I don't have so much meat in my lunch." I thought it was a delay, but they finally couldn't stand it anymore and began to isolate and deliberately give me bad food. ”

"Who let yourself eat lunch so early?" Zhang Jingsheng casually flipped through the book that Guan Chen had placed on the chair next to him.

Guan Chen flipped through the script and said that what he wanted was to finish eating it early and pondering the script as soon as possible.

Zhang Jingsheng glanced at Guan Chen's script, the script had obviously been turned dozens of times, in the hot summer, sweat inadvertently dripped on the paper, and the plant fibers were wet and dry, forming a convex or concave curved surface, so that the script pages were no longer firmly attached to each other. A thin volume of scripts was read by Guan Chen by one-third.

Zhang Jingsheng sat down next to Guan Chen and asked, "Got into trouble?" ”

Guan Chen suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked this old partner for help. As if seeing a savior, Guan Chen hurriedly threw his confusion at Zhang Jingsheng, and also said the two nonsense words that Xing Yan said, which meant to remind Zhang Jingsheng, don't come to this set, talk to me well.

After listening to this, Zhang Jingsheng said: "It should be like this, and it should be subdued like this." ”

"What?" Guan Chen tilted his head and buckled his ears with his thumb.

Zhang Jingsheng explained: "The Buddhist language, [should be like this], can be simply understood as "this is it". ”

"And then?"

In the Diamond Sutra, Subo asks how to focus and let go when practicing. If you come, tell him that he should live like this—that's it.

It seems strange to answer, but it's actually saying that when you really want to focus, you do it; When you really want to let go, you do it. Zhang Jingsheng said: "This should be what your teacher wants to say." ”

Guan Chen was dumbfounded.

He couldn't even read philosophy, and Buddhism was something that he could get in touch with at a high school level.

And even if you explain it, I still don't understand it. What when you really want to focus, you do it; When you really want to let go, you do it, this statement is too perfunctory!

"Of course." Zhang Jingsheng's words startled Guan Chen.

Fortunately, Zhang Jingsheng continued: "I'm just answering your question, not acting guidance. ”

"Then you guide and make some suggestions?" What Guan Chen wants to hear is constructive suggestions. For example, go to the rescue station to help the small animals. Whether it's cutting a cat's nails or shaving a dog, Guan Chen is very experienced.

"That's what I suggest...... Go relax and relax. Zhang Jingsheng said, "Your current state is too tight, not relaxed, you need to adjust and adjust." ”

Zhang Jingsheng's words evoked many memories of Guan Chen. In the previous life, those peers or younger brothers often went to relax with a cigarette in their mouths after they were full of wine and food. And Guan Chen always refuses, going to that kind of place, how can it be interesting to practice boxing and watch boxing.

So in the face of Zhang Jingsheng's invitation, Guan Chen insisted on his heart, shook his head and refused: "I don't eat takeout." ”