With the main actors of the crew of "The Undertaker", Wu Yuan began to run back and forth to the funeral homes in first-tier cities in China.

Not only the actor, but also himself, also needs to learn a lot about the undertaker.

Zhang Guorong, Li Xuejian, and Chen Hong are going to play the mortuary at that time, so the three of them have to follow a few masters to experience the difficulty of this job and understand some of the living habits of the mortuary.

This is a great test of the actor's insight.

The so-called "experiencing life" is actually a process of observation and feeling.

A good actor, in order to be able to play what profession is like what profession, must have a keen sense of observation and be able to capture all the details of the object being observed.

It's a bit like the way the police behave.

Fortunately, the current actors are still dedicated and professional.

In order to play Cheng Dieyi well, Zhang Guorong was able to follow the Peking Opera master to seriously learn the singing style of Peking Opera and perform the soul of Peking Opera everyone.

Not to mention Mr. Li Xuejian, people can give everything for their acting careers, just to play every role well.

Although Chen Hong is married to a big director, she still loves the profession of an actor and is willing to study seriously.

The three of them worked hard to adapt to the work of the "mortuary", but Wu Yuan, who was used to seeing the traffic actors in his dreams, was quite emotional.

Sure enough, no matter what the circle, it is still more pure at the beginning.

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After experiencing it like this for more than half a month, Wu Yuan took the time to talk to Zhang Guorong.

The two of them stood next to the white wall of the Baoshan Funeral Parlor in the magic capital, leaning against the wall and smoking the Marlboro brought by Zhang Guorong from Hong Kong Island, chatting casually.

Wu Yuan frowned, took a sip of Marlboro with some disgust, and looked at Zhang Guorong with concern.

"Zhang Sheng, how do you feel during this time, are you stressed?"

In the past ten days, we have seen a lot of impermanence in life and death.

There are husbands and sons whose wives jumped off the building but were not sad at all, there are elderly people who hanged themselves for a long time before they were discovered, and there are also young girls who were ruthlessly killed by unladylike suitors who could not be loved......

Of course, the most seen are the family members who are crying and regretting their mistakes.

Wu Yuan was afraid that Zhang Guorong would see too many of these things and feel uncomfortable in his psychology.

In fact, he took out the script of "The Undertaker", the original intention was to let Zhang Guorong understand that death is not liberation, and he is not afraid of death in order to live better, and he wants to give him a spiritual healing journey.

By the way, go to Europe to get some prizes.

But before this movie was made, there was a wave of impact baptism of death, and Wu Yuan is now a little worried that Zhang Guorong will not be able to withstand it.

"Hey, Director Wu, you underestimate me too much."

Who knows, Zhang Guorong smiled brightly, and said in a relaxed tone: "Actually, there was a little pressure at the beginning, I saw too many unconcealed emotional expressions, and the heart-rending cries of the family members, and I felt really uncomfortable." ”

"I really feel that life is really too fragile."

"But there is a good sentence in your script, death is a door, and life comes to an end, not the end, but transcendence, to the next journey."

"Seeing the undertaker cleansing, changing clothes, and describing the deceased, he did his best to help the deceased restore his former appearance, and help the deceased cross the gate of death with dignity."

"I can also realize that this work is not only a set of processes, but also to give the last dignity of the deceased's life and comfort to the living."

Wu Yuan nodded understandingly, but he was complaining in his heart, "Who asked you how you feel about the profession of the mortuary." ”

However, seeing that Zhang Guorong's mood is not bad, and there is no depression and low air pressure, it seems that his psychology has not deviated, Wu Yuan smiled with relief: "That's okay." ”

"By the way, you've had stomach problems again these days?"

"Hurry up and find a hospital to check it out, cooperate with the treatment seriously, and cure the disease before the movie starts."

"I don't want my actor to drag his sick body to film."

Wu Yuan's tone was very flat, but Zhang Guorong heard the meaning of concern from it.

He nodded with a smile: "I've been to see it, and the doctor just suggested that I rest more, have a regular schedule and diet, and I can get better after half a month." ”

"It just so happens that now we experience life, and our work and rest and diet are very regular, and we will definitely be able to raise them before starting the machine."

But no, now their group of actors are completely following the rhythm of life of the mortuary, and every day is like working in the office, highlighting a rule.

"Hmm." Wu Yuan finally took a puff of cigarette and snuffed out the Marlboro in his hand, he couldn't help it, and said with disgust: "Why do you Hong Kong Island actors like this cigarette." ”

"Smoke a smell of stinky feet!"

"I'll get you a few packs of Huazi for Ming'er, you still have to smoke Huazi to smoke, it's hard enough!"

"Haha." Zhang Guorong was amused by Wu Yuan, raised his eyebrows, and reached out to put his hand on Wu Yuan's shoulder: "Some of them are good to pull!" ”

"Let's go, I'll learn to repair the body in the afternoon."

After speaking, the two walked to the funeral home shoulder to shoulder.

Halfway through, Wu Yuan frowned, suddenly remembered something, and stopped: "By the way, don't learn your cello." ”

"I thought about it seriously, and the setting of the actor still needs to be changed."

"We Huaxia people don't have a cello plot, and I was a little too casual when I set it at the beginning."

"The actor should be a suona."

"At first, he played suona in a Peking Opera troupe in the capital, but later the troupe was disbanded, and he couldn't make a living, so he returned to his hometown and became an undertaker by mistake."

Suona, as a wind instrument in traditional Chinese culture, has a long history and unique timbre, and is deeply loved by people.

In Peking Opera, the suona is also one of the musical instruments in the literary field and plays an important role.

However, when most people mention suona, the first thing that comes to mind is not Peking Opera, but red and white ceremonies!

As the saying goes, "All kinds of musical instruments, suona is king, either ascending to heaven or worshipping the church, the end of the song is scattered, and people go to tea and cool." ”

"When the suona sounds, thousands of people admire, accompany you to birth, and send you to death."

"I didn't know the sound of suona at first time, but when I heard it again, I was already in the coffin."

When writing the script of "The Undertaker" before, Wu Yuan didn't expect this, so he directly applied the characters in the original version.

But recently, experiencing life in a funeral parlor suddenly reminded him that in terms of Chinese funeral culture, since music is used as a metaphor, suona is more reliable than cello!

Yes, the original version of "The Undertaker" inserted three famous songs on several specific occasions.

They are Beethoven's Ode to Joy, Brahms's Lullaby, and Bach and Gounod's Ave Maria.

In particular, in the movie, Daigo plays "Ode to the Virgin" for the president, the melody is low, and the shot of Daigo playing the violin against the background of the snow-capped mountains is one of the climaxes of the movie, which is very beautiful.

However, I have my own national conditions in China!

Zhang Guorong took the suona and turned his back to the snowy mountain, and came to a shocking song that made the soul tremble "The Great Funeral" and "Crying Five Watches", which is not bad at all!

As soon as the suona sounds, the "funeral" picture engraved in the DNA of the Chinese people can immediately come to mind.

For a movie about the Chinese mortuary and funeral culture, Wu Yuan feels that using suona as a metaphor for the change of the male protagonist's mentality is more appropriate than the cello!

And it can also add a metaphorical implication to the male protagonist.

Suona, in fact, represents the actor himself.

Originally a suona player of the Peking Opera Troupe, he has changed from a Peking Opera performer to an undertaker, and his career and mentality have undergone earth-shaking changes.

And the musical instrument in his hand has also undergone baptism and transformation, from playing for the living to funeral for the deceased.

The instrument itself has not changed, suona is still suona, but the musician who plays him has brought a completely different music after the change of mentality and identity!

This is also in line with the original intention of the birth of "music" in human society, that is, to share and convey the emotions of human joy, anger and sorrow, and resonate with it!

When the player's emotions and state of mind change, the music will change with it.

This is also telling the audience that the actor is still the same actor, and the suona is still the suona, but the mentality is different, and everything has changed.

Wu Yuan thinks this is very good, there is both depth and metaphor.

"Zhang Sheng, can you blow suona?" Wu Yuan looked at Zhang Guorong with burning eyes.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and Zhang Guorong smiled embarrassedly: "No." ”

"Then go and learn, you don't need to learn much, just learn a few Peking Opera and commonly used tunes in funerals!"

The director is the biggest!

Even if the director wants to change the plot temporarily, the actor can only listen.

Zhang Guorong gritted his teeth and nodded and promised: "Okay, I'll start learning suona tomorrow!" ”