Weekend, cloudy.

The dark clouds condensed together, sprinkling a piece of rain, and the lively food street in the past was also quite deserted.

Xia Ning held an umbrella and walked silently on the street, and the raindrops hit a rhythmic drum beat on the umbrella surface.

"This is really beautiful, I can shoot the exterior by the way today." The first scene of the opening of the short film "After the Lights Out" is the city in the rain, which sets a bland but depressing tone at the beginning of the video.

Coming to the door of the experience hall, Xia Ning skillfully unlocked the lock, and said hello to the shop next door from time to time, which would never have been his former self, but in the years when the experience hall declined, he had already polished off the edges and corners, and it was difficult to survive in this world if he didn't learn to be sophisticated.

According to the habit of the previous life, he began to clean the house, and his own property must be taken seriously.

At half past nine in the morning, Lao Cao came to the experience hall first.

Soon after, Wang Jiajun also arrived, followed by a squirming girl, with black and bright black hair, almost covering her face.

Needless to say, it should be the so-called distant cousin.

"You're here so early, Xiao Xia Xia." Sitting on the freshly wiped tourist chair, Cao Ninglong looked around at the furnishings of the experience hall: "Don't say it, the decoration of this experience hall is still good, I want to try this game." ”

"Are you sure? I saw a boy faint with my own eyes before, just you, don't pee your pants in fear. Wang Jiajun sneered on the side.

"Scared out? It's too exaggerated, you're not a haunted house, it's just a VR game, how can it be so scary. After listening to Lao Wang's words, Cao Ninglong's face was full of disbelief, after all, it was just a game.

Xia Ning ignored him, the main thing today was to shoot a video, so he said, "Lao Wang, you haven't introduced this yet." ”

After speaking, the girl was obviously a little shy, and her figure subconsciously hid behind Wang Jiajun.

It seems to be a social terror, no wonder the relationship with the class is not very good, but it can be understood, Xia Ning couldn't help but think secretly.

"Yes, yes, let me introduce to you, this is my girlfriend's cousin, named Zhang Xiaoxue, a freshman at Dragon City Film Academy." Wang Jiajun introduced and pushed the girl forward: "These two guys are my best friends, this cheap fat man is called Cao Ninglong, and this is Xia Ning, the owner of the experience hall, don't be too nervous." ”

But as soon as the words were finished, the girl became more restrained, her face was always buried under the slender green silk, and her pink little ears were so red that they were about to drip water.

Eh, it seems that social fear is quite serious, so why did she take the film school exam? Isn't that more socially scary?

Xia Ning didn't understand a little, but she didn't care, "After the Lights Out" is not long, and the girl is learning acting, so there shouldn't be any problems.

So he comforted: "Don't be nervous, the video we want to shoot is not long, just a few minutes, I will send you the script later, you can take a look at it first." ”

Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoxue nodded his little head heavily.

Then, Xia Ning explained a few more words, and everyone began to act.

Because of the experience of filming, everyone quickly prepared everything and waited for Zhang Qiaoxue's performance.

One thing to say, although this girl is socially afraid, her attitude is extremely serious, she never stops staring at the script with a pair of eyes, and she will say a few words from time to time.

After about a short while, Zhang Qiaoxue held the script in her hand, walked to Xia Ning's side and said timidly: "I... I'm ready. ”

Xia Ning nodded, and slapped Lao Cao, who was sleeping on his stomach, awake: "Get up and work." ”

"Uh-oh."

The filming location was chosen on the second floor of the experience hall, where there is just a corridor, and the overall facilities are not much different from those in the short film.

Lao Cao set up the camera, adjusted the parameters, and Lao Wang took the field card and waited for Xia Ning's decision.

After Zhang Xiaoxue changed her clothes and adjusted her expression, Xia Ning nodded at Lao Wang.

“action!”

Zhang Ruoxue slowly walked out of the bathroom and began the interpretation of the plot.

Surprisingly, she is very natural in the performance, and the whole person is completely invested in the role, and her every move makes people unable to see that this girl will be a social terror.

Whether it was Lao Cao or Jia Jun, they couldn't help but nod and admire her acting skills, but Xia Ning was the only one standing aside, expressionless.

The first shooting went smoothly, and Zhang Ruoxue's overall performance was very good.

After the shooting, she quickly returned to her usual blushing state, and she was just like the two of them just now.

"It's okay, little sister, I really didn't see it, the acting skills are so good."

"Indeed, before and after the performance, it was like two people."

Hearing the praise of the two, Zhang Qiaoxue's face turned even redder, and she said hesitantly: "No... Nope"

The subtle and shy expression made Wang Cao and the others laugh out loud, thinking that this little girl was indeed a little cute.

Zhang Xiaoxue grabbed the corner of her clothes and looked at Xia Ning on the side slightly, because he was the director of the short film, and his evaluation was the most critical.

As if sensing Zhang Xiaoxue's eyes, Wang Jiajun patted Xia Ning, who was distracted: "How about it, are you shocked by someone's performance, in fact, when my partner said that her acting skills were good, I didn't believe it, but now I look at it, and it is really acting material."

Xia Ning didn't speak, rubbing his chin with his hand, as if thinking about something.

After a while, he spit out a sentence: "No, it doesn't have the effect I imagined."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

"What are you talking about, Lao Xia? She acted very well, her performance was smooth, and her expression was also very good, I think it was already great. ”

"Yes, I agree with Lao Wang." Lao Cao, who was carrying the camera, also chimed in.

But Xia Ning shook his head, the input of primary horror acting skills gave him a deeper understanding and understanding of acting, so for Zhang Qiaoxue's performance, you can see a lot of problems.

"You're very talented, you're doing it well, it's fine, but it's not getting the effect you want." Xia Ning played the sample film from the beginning, and began to analyze frame by frame: "When people encounter unknown horrors, they should be very panicked and at a loss, and your expression seems to be in place, but the overall linkage is very stiff, which is the key point."

"Secondly, maybe it's because there is no strange figure, in your eyes, I don't see the fear that comes from my heart at all, although you are scared, but there is no sense of reality, my words are finished, can you understand?"

Wang Cao and the two looked at each other, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.

In fact, when they were looking at it just now, they also found some things that were a little strange, but they didn't hide the flaws, so they subconsciously ignored them, and now they were reminded by Xia Ningyi, and they instantly understood.

"Yes... I'm sorry. After listening to the admonition, Zhang Xiaoxue's palms were already sweating, and a faint mist appeared in a pair of apricot eyes.

Ah, why are you still crying?

Xia Ning suddenly felt a headache, she just wanted to point out the shortcomings of her acting skills, and she didn't want to make her cry, so she said helplessly: "I'm sorry, my tone is heavier."

"No... It's okay, I know you're teaching me, teacher. Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeve, Zhang Xiaoxue said with a pout.

It's hard not to be protective.

Xia Ning felt that his head hurt even more, why did he call him a teacher again, he just accepted low-level horror acting.

Forget it, the teacher is the teacher, it doesn't matter.

"Lao Cao, I'm going to do it again, this time I'll play the weird figure in the dark."

"What? What do you mean you want to play too? Cao Ninglong, who had just put down the camera, instantly raised his head, thinking that he had misheard.

"Yes."

"Are you sure? You don't have a lot of acting skills. Wang Jiajun almost laughed out loud.

The number of views of the videos shot before is not high, and it is largely due to the poor acting skills of the protagonist.

Although Xia Ning likes horror movies very much, his acting skills are really difficult to agree with.

Seeing the smiling expressions of the two dead friends, Xia Ning's temples twitched, and she resisted the urge to beat the two of them: "How can there be so many words, prepare quickly."

After speaking, he walked up to Zhang Xiaoxue and said in as gentle a tone as possible: "I'll play the figure in the dark, and you will act as I just said, understand?"

Zhang Xiaoxue blinked her red and swollen eyes, and nodded heavily.

I have to say that this Nizi has a really good temper, but it's a little silly.

Xia Ning shook her head and came to the corner of the corridor, Zhang Xiaoxue quickly sorted out her emotions and returned to the bathroom room.

Glancing at Lao Wang, Xia Ning nodded.

“action！”

Zhang Xiaoxue pushed open the bathroom door and resumed the performance, and everything went smoothly...

Xia Ning hid in the corner of the corridor, and his brain began to chew on those terrifying acting skills repeatedly.

He plays an unknown being, the embodiment of evil and terror, who wants to rob the life of the woman in front of him.

There are no superfluous words, only the impulse to drive people to death, and the madness that tears lives apart.

Gradually, Xia Ning's temperament began to have a strange change, the corners of his mouth began to rise slightly, and the desire for torture and killing gradually surged in his eyes.

He smiled, but the smile was so crazy and resentful, Xia Ning seemed to be a devil from hell at this moment.

But Zhang Xiaoxue didn't realize all this, she walked to the light source switch and closed the gate like the first time.

The hallway was instantly darkened, and the light was dim.

She looked back at the figure in the corner, and suddenly her body shook, her pupils constricted to a point, and her face turned pale instantly.

Wang Cao and the others who were watching were stunned for a moment, this frightened expression was too real, it was much better than the first time, I didn't expect such a big improvement under a reprimand, it was not much better than some people.

So the two of them looked at Xia Ning in unison, wanting to see if this person's performance was still as embarrassing as it used to be.

As a result, when they saw Xia Ning, they instantly froze in place, their throats as if they were choked by an invisible hand, and they couldn't breathe.

Oh my God, what's that?!

Xia Ning in the dim was slightly hunched back, standing quietly in the corner, with an almost crazy smirk on the corner of his mouth, and his round eyes stared at Zhang Xiaoxue as if he was looking at a lamb to the slaughter.

Is this really Xia Ning?

This is simply a demon from hell.

Cao Ninglong, whose pupils trembled, hurriedly held the camera and forcibly stabilized the throbbing in his heart.

Although he didn't know how Xia Ning made such a terrifying expression, he knew that this scene must not be missed.

Looking at Xia Ning, who was like a grim reaper, Zhang Xiaoxue's small mouth opened slightly, and it took a while to ease up and continue her performance, but the fear in her eyes could not be concealed, she was really scared.

But that's exactly what Xia Ning needs.

The follow-up filming went very smoothly, especially in the last scene, when shooting Xia Ning's hideous smiling face under the desk lamp, Zhang Xiaoxue's whole person was almost collapsed.

It's Lao Cao and the others are afraid that Xia Ning will really hurt her.

After the shooting, Xia Ning recovered his expression, but the other three looked at him with extremely strange expressions.

It's a bit like the feeling of watching ghost movies as a child and not daring to sleep.

"What do you think I'm doing?" He asked, frowning.

Wang Cao glanced at each other, and the latter slowly put down the camera, licked his pale lips and said, "I said, you... You don't really kill anyone, do you? Your expression just now was really terrifying, just like a real murderer. ”

"If I were a murderer, would you still be alive?" Xia Ning glanced at him and began to prepare to watch the sample, but he accidentally saw Zhang Xiaoxue sitting on the edge of the bed with a pale face, and immediately scratched his head in embarrassment.

Isn't it, am I acting so scary?

So he looked at the two dead friends again, and asked in an uncertain tone, "That... Was the scary thing I just played? ”

Lao Cao didn't speak, but Jiajun took out his mobile phone and flipped out a photo: "You tell me that this is not terrifying."

In the photo, Xia Ning's expression was so terrifying that even he didn't realize it.

Mom, is this really me?

Looking at himself with his face almost distorted, Xia Ning couldn't help but gasp, this low-level horror acting skills are already so terrifying, so if the higher-level horror acting skills will be exaggerated.

After reading it, he hurriedly ran to comfort Zhang Xiaoxue, who was still in shock, and apologized again and again: "I'm sorry, I scared you."

Zhang Xiaoxue, who was originally sluggish, reacted at this time, and looked at Xia Ning, who apologized to herself, in a little daze.

But in fact, she was not very afraid, but more amazed by her acting skills.

Growing up, she was out of place with other children, and everyone else liked dolls, but she only loved the performances of the actors on TV, and that kind of immersive acting made her obsessed.

It is precisely for this reason that in the case of her extreme social fear, she still applied for the Dragon City Film Academy, although her parents were against it at the time, but she still couldn't resist this persistent child.

"I... I'm fine. Zhang Xiaoxue replied in a low voice, and a touch of blush appeared on her originally pale face again.

"That's good, that's good." Xia Ning breathed a sigh of relief, and a warm smile appeared on his face: "Let's go see the sample film together."

Zhang Xiaoxue still nodded sneeringly, got up and walked to the video display.

"Lao Cao, play it." Xia Ning walked up to Lao Cao and patted him on the shoulder, and the latter pressed the play button.

The video starts playing.

After one time, the expressions of several people changed, especially Zhang Qiaoxue.

His expression in the video is much more natural than before, and there is less stiffness of deliberate fright.

I was even more impressed by Xia Ning's acting skills.

He is obviously not much older than himself, but he has such acting talent.

If only I could be her teacher.

As soon as this thought came out, the already red cheeks became even more red.

"Lao Xia, how did you do it? Is this show something you can make? Wang Jiajun can't understand that he used to play an embarrassing foot-picking, but now he is playing such a sophisticated role, which is unbelievable, and he is a character with no lines.

"I think this video is going to be popular, whether it's the script or the acting." Cao Ninglong, who is usually not very serious, also expressed his inner thoughts, and the effect of this shooting is really great.

"Okay, okay, don't boast, whether it's good or not, you have to see if you like it and put coins." Xia Ning is also quite satisfied with the short film, but he is not complacent, because whether it is good or not has to be judged by the audience.

"Lao Cao, you modify the details again, after that, we will shoot the exterior later, after everything is done, upload it with the number of our previous Xiaopo station, by the way, you must remember the short film at the end of the advertisement of the experience hall!"

Cao Ninglong gave him a disdainful look, made an international friendly gesture, and then began to play with the computer.

Turning to look at Zhang Xiaoxue, Xia Ning sincerely thanked and said: "Classmate Zhang, thank you for your help, help us complete this short film, and when it is completely edited, I will send it to you, this is my super letter, you add it."

"Oh, good... Good. Zhang Xiaoxue, who was unresponsive, took out his mobile phone and scanned the code to add friends.

Seeing that silly look, Xia Ning smiled.

This Nizi, why is she so naïve.