"Good, very good!"

Lou Ye held the walkie-talkie in his hand, sat in the small dark room and stared at the screen of the monitor, and watched the playback again, and couldn't help but scratch his head a little. The actor from the local repertory troupe who was temporarily hired was obviously inexperienced in acting, and he seemed very nervous, and he filmed seven or eight shows no sign of relief.

He is not a director who is good at telling actors, so he tries to use mature actors. It's just that this character has very few scenes, and it was clicked after a few lines on the stage, so I found a young actor in the local repertory troupe. It looked pretty good when I auditioned before, but when I faced the camera, especially when I played against Zhang Ziyi, I couldn't do it.

"Uh...... Please ask Li Tang to help guide me. ”

Although the executive director of the scene can also tell the actors, he is more about analyzing the characters, letting the actors feel and then interpret them. Li Tang is different, his way is very rough, just play it yourself and follow it. This method has been fully practiced by Hiroshi Nakamura and has proven to be simple and effective.

The executive director couldn't wait for the director to speak, he was directing on the spot, and he was very helpless when the actors didn't get their way, so he wanted to ask Li Tang for help a long time ago, but he was an executive director who was not qualified to direct Li Tang to do things, and he didn't dare to speak.

Hearing that the director finally spoke, he hurriedly ran to the rest area, and saw that Li Tang and Zhang Ziyi, who had just finished the play, were talking, and did not dare to disturb rashly, until Li Tang noticed his existence and turned around and asked: "Director Wang, is there something?" ”

The executive director's surname is Wang, and he graduated from the 94th grade of Nortel's directing department, one year higher than Cheng Er, and is considered Lou Ye's junior brother. In fact, Nortel's directing department does not recruit students every year, for example, after the resumption of the college entrance examination, a class of undergraduates was recruited, Chen Dadao, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Li Shaohong, Peng Xiaolian, etc. all graduated from that class. Then it was not until 85 that the second undergraduate class was recruited, and Xiang Lou Ye, Wang Xiaoshuai, Senior Lu, Wang Rui, etc. were students of that year. Then there are 87 and 91 grades, and it was not until Wang Dao that they recruited candidates for the undergraduate class every year at the beginning of their session.

The main reason is that the major of directing is demanding and the teachers are insufficient, and then many graduates of the director department have enriched the teaching team, such as Wang Rui, who was fighting a lawsuit with Zhang Dabeard at this time, stayed in school and became a teacher.

In addition, after experiencing a special era, the professional fault line of directing is very powerful. There are also many similar cadre training courses interspersed in the middle. Some are really for recharging, and some are just mixed chapter diplomas.

Then, in order to generate income, he held a so-called night college class for the director major. Yu Qian, the white fat man who played the prefect in "Li Wei as an Official", graduated from this kind of junior college class.

But the real strength is still the group of people who graduated from the full-time undergraduate class. It's just that after the 90s, on the one hand, the 78-level gang of old gangs is still in full swing, and the so-called sixth-generation directors represented by the 85-level are rising, coupled with the decline of the domestic film box office market, except for a few people such as Cheng Er, Lu Chuan, and Wu Shixian District who have emerged in the director industry, the others seem to have no chance, and can only shoot commercials, MVs, or be assistant directors or something.

Director Wang belongs to this kind, but he is still lucky, as a director of Shanghai Film Studio, he can have the opportunity to become Lou Ye's executive director.

And he is also the director of Shanghai Film Studio, he knows too well how Cheng Er got ahead, and it is not because Li Tang fell in love with his script and contributed money and effort that Cheng Er reached the pinnacle of his life in one fell swoop.

Director Wang is very envious, after all, movies are luxurious art, in addition to their own talents, they also need to have the help of nobles or a strong background. For example, Lu Kuan, not only did he have a good father, he not only helped him get the script, found investment from Huayi Brothers, but also invited Jiang Wen, Ning Jing and other big names to join, which established his identity as a new well-known director in China in one fell swoop.

As for Wu Shixian, he is an American and an international student. The friendly treatment of foreign guests has always been smooth sailing.

Therefore, Cheng Er was lucky, because he met Li Tang, a nobleman. And he also heard that Zhang Baibai entered the film field, and he also received Li Tang's help.

It is precisely because of all of the above that he has special respect for Li Tang, and he may also want to be able to get Li Tang's help one day. Although it seems that the goal is still far away, it is good to have the opportunity to make a good relationship.

At this time, in the face of Li Tang's question, Director Wang hurriedly showed a smile with eight teeth, and at the same time said in a humble tone: "Mr. Li, if it is convenient for you, the director asks you to help guide the actors." ”

Hearing this, Li Tang couldn't help but glance at Zhang Ziyi. That's right, Zhang Ziyi was just complaining to him that the actor who played against him was unreliable.

Before Li Tang could speak, Zhang Ziyi stood up first, and said with a smile: "Teacher Li, then let's join hands first!" ”

"Okay!"

Li Tang had no choice but to stand up, it was not the first time that the two had joined hands, and the previous few rivalry scenes between her and Nakamura Heng had gone wrong, and Li Tang was also responsible for the demonstration and guidance. In Zhang Ziyi's words, it is very feeling to play with him.

Li Tang can also see that Xiao Zhang is a proper experiential school, slow but extremely explosive. To be honest, ordinary people may not be able to catch her play.

The scene is an old street in the city, and the buildings on both sides are from the puppet Manchukuo period, full of Japanese style. Because it is old and unable to be demolished and rebuilt, it is becoming increasingly barren. The arrival of the crew made it lively again, and the group performers wearing various Republic of China costumes and Japanese-style ronin costumes were squatting on the side of the street to rest and chatter, and the crew was constantly busy.

The word "pulling the whole body" is the most accurate word to describe the filming of the crew's scene. The director has a temporary new idea, and often the entire crew has to move, and the camera position, lighting, props, makeup, costumes, including the actors' performances have to be adjusted accordingly, so that hundreds of people are busy.

A small bungalow on the street is the home of Ding Hui played by Zhang Ziyi, with two rooms inside and outside, and a Japanese-style sliding door in the middle. She had an older brother, who was tall, wore a pair of glasses, and looked very Sven.

At this time, he was in the room of the filming scene, and there were three peers next to him, tall, short, fat and thin, who were all classmates of his brother in the play, engaged in the underground anti-Japanese salvation movement.

They are all young actors from the local repertory troupe. In fact, since the late 90s of the last century, repertory troupes in various places have gradually declined. There are many reasons for this, but the popularity of television sets is one thing, after all, people prefer to watch free TV series rather than spend money to go to the theater.

Lack of originality and lack of innovation is another thing. For example, the Shanghai Drama Center, where Li Tang is located, has relied on classic dramas such as "Shang Ying", "Under the Red Flag", "The Crow and the Sparrow", and "Mayor Chen Yi" for a long time, and it has endured for a long time.

But after entering the 90s, I obviously felt that I couldn't keep up, so I created "Left-behind Lady" that reflected the national trend according to the current realistic theme, "Long Hate Song" adapted from the same name created by Huang Anyi, a classmate of the famous writer Lin Weimin, and "The Color of Stocks", which was very suitable for the trend directed and acted by Xu Guangtou, have all been greatly praised, and have also created a lot of economic value for the drama center.

In fact, drama is still a niche art in the final analysis, an urban culture, not a mass consumer product. Because of the large base of urban population and the relatively high proportion of petty bourgeoisie and cultural people in Shanghai and Beijing, the drama center and the Beijing Renyi can last for a long time.

However, compared with the local level, in the past, every province, every city, and even every county had a drama troupe, but with the development of the times, the drama troupe is gradually being eliminated.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the northern drifters in the cultural circles all over the capital are from which drama troupe comes out at every turn.

The situation of the local repertory troupe is the same, basically in a situation of not having enough to eat and starving to death, and those who used to take the lead have all gone out. Those who go to the sea go to the sea, and those who drift north drift to the north, there are some old, weak, sick and disabled left. These are all the young actors in the repertory troupe, and the original audition was to select the role of an older brother with a relatively heavy role from the four of them, and the rest are all tricks.

Seeing the executive director pushing the door in, especially the figure of Li Tang who was still following behind, the actor's eyes suddenly lit up and he hurriedly greeted him: "Director Wang!" Mr. Li! Sister Ziyi! ”

Now the title of Teacher Li is definitely well deserved for Li Tang.

These young actors from the local repertory troupe have a very good attitude, and when there was no play a few days ago, they followed the script to the scene every day to study, and witnessed how Li Tang guided Nakamura Heng.

They cherish this opportunity very much, for actors like them in a local repertory troupe, being able to appear in Lou Ye's movies, and even play against the big star Zhang Ziyi, is like pie in the world.

Although their roles may not be remembered by the audience after watching the movie, from the perspective of an ordinary actor, this is a qualification. Next time, if you go to the crew to audition, you should not have a problem finding a suitable supporting role. This is tantamount to giving you a stepping stone into the film and television industry. If you are lucky enough to be able to make the big stars Zhang Ziyi and Li Tang remember you, maybe what will greet you may be a broad road.

Director Wang walked in and was not verbose, and said directly to the young actor: "The director asked Mr. Li to guide your performance, you have to study hard." ”

The young actor hurriedly said: "Thank you, director!" ”

Then he turned to Li Tang: "Thank you, Mr. Li!" ”

Li Tang nodded, turned back to Zhang Ziyi and said, "Ziyi, let's start." ”

"No problem!"

After Zhang Ziyi finished speaking, he took the initiative to retreat outside the house.

The other three dragon sets were also immediately in place, and the thought of acting with Teacher Li Tang was full of excitement on their faces.

There are very few lines in the script of "Purple Butterfly", and there is only eye contact between Zhang Ziyi as Ding Hui and her brother.

The elder brother is engaged in the anti-Japanese salvation movement, while the younger sister secretly falls in love with the Japanese. So whenever I saw my brother and his classmates in a meeting, printing anti-Japanese leaflets, my sister's eyes were complicated, worried, ashamed, and even more wanted to stop talking.

It should be said that Zhang Ziyi's performance is very accurate, especially her pure big eyes, like a blank sheet of paper, all kinds of emotions like various paints, forming a brilliant picture.

The young actor who played his brother didn't mean that his acting skills were not up to par. In a local repertory troupe like theirs, there are very few graduates from opera, Chinese opera or Nortel courses, and most of them are student classes run by the repertory troupe itself. It's a bit like the interest of an apprentice, learning and practicing at the same time, and slowly growing up. Don't look at this kind of cadet class, many big stars in the eighties and nineties came out of the cadet class.

Although his acting skills are good, when he plays against Zhang Ziyi, he obviously can't catch it, the reason is that Xiao Zhang has his own star halo, and his aura is too strong, and the young actors are timid before acting, and they don't even dare to look at each other.

But Li Tang's demonstration was much easier, because in his eyes, his sister was a little girl, the same as what he usually looked at Xiao Xiao. His gaze is always soft and doting, and he adds some body language. For example, Zhang Ziyi walked to his side, looked down at the thick stack of anti-Japanese leaflets he was holding in his hand, and looked up at him again, his eyes were complicated, his lips trembled, and he opened his mouth but stopped talking.

He knew that his sister might be in trouble, but work was important, so he could only free one hand, rubbed Xiao Zhang's head, and smiled gently, as if telling her to wait for him to come back.

It was only when he was assassinated by the Japanese as soon as he walked out of the door, and it turned out that the anti-Japanese activities he was engaged in had already been known to the Japanese. Xiao Zhang, who was in the house, saw this scene and was about to run out to save his brother when he was pulled by one of his brother's classmates.

Xiao Zhang, who entered the play, had a lot of strength and almost broke free, but fortunately, after the previous few shootings, he knew the tricks and grasped it very tightly. And the other two classmates rushed up to fight the Japanese. But I didn't want the Japanese to have explosives tied around their waists, and finally with a "bang", flesh and blood flew sideways.

When the smoke cleared, Xiao Zhang's frightened face was revealed, and Li Tang, who looked at him lying in a pool of blood, finally let out a terrible scream!

Of course, Li Tang's demonstration in this scene is not for the young actors to simply imitate, but to explain to the young actors one by one the eye contact between himself and Xiao Zhang, how the characters' psychological activities are, what emotions they use, etc.

If he is worried that he will not be able to catch Zhang Ziyi's performance and dare not look at him, then it is very simple, no need to look at each other, just use alternative emotions to convey the emotions of the characters from his eyes. Then let the photographer give him a close-up of his eyes.

However, Li Tang just added some small actions in the rivalry with Zhang Ziyi that can be imitated. It's just that this young actor is still relatively timid, and he doesn't dare to touch Zhang Ziyi's head, and instead of his shoulder, the effect is naturally greatly reduced, and Lou Ye is very unhappy, can't you let you draw a scoop according to the gourd?

Zhang Ziyi was also very unhappy and asked him to touch his head boldly. As the leading little flower in China, she takes acting very seriously.

Fortunately, after shooting two more in succession, I finally heard the director shouting.

It should be said that with Li Tang's performance guidance, the filming process of the crew was obviously much faster, and it only took ten days to complete the filming in Fushun, and then the crew went to Changchun in the next province and Dalyan in the coastal city of Leoning non-stop to film. If nothing else, we will be able to complete the shooting in Tohoku by the end of the month.

There are not many filming scenes in these two places, and after Li Tang's many guidance, the little book Nakamura Heng gradually got the hang of it, and also adapted to Lou Ye's style, and slowly began to have creative performances.

So Li Tang naturally didn't have to follow anymore, otherwise he would always be fed hand-in-hand, and Nakamura Heng's salary of 150,000 US dollars would be calculated directly for him.

I'm sorry, I'm in a bit of a hurry in this chapter today, a little watery!

(End of chapter)