Actors have no vacation

Chapter 107 Part-time job
"You said to watch the show, but it turned out to be watching you play tricks..." Holly turned to Guan Chen, hesitating to speak.

He didn't expect Guan Chen's purpose to be so low-key when he acted like he was here to deal with important matters.

and……

"If you're just playing tricks, the crew won't let me, an outsider, in. Then I won't be able to see anything." Hawley almost wanted to take back the touch of being called a director for the first time in seven years.

Guan Chen was silent for several seconds, then nodded: "You are right."

"So what?" Holly asked.

Guan Chen ignored him, and just looked up at the moon for himself: "A wise man has a lot of worries, and he will make a mistake. A fool, who has a lot of worries, will have one... %# (with a vague voice) @￥."

"There must be something?"

Mortal?Guan Chen was not particularly sure.He turned his head and patted Holly on the shoulder: "It's okay! You can go in as a group performer with me later."

Holly was confused, no matter how good he was, he was going to play tricks.

"Just make extra money." Guan Chen grabbed Holly's shoulders without any explanation, walked in front of Xing Yun, and said, "Take him. He will come with me later."

Xing Yun looked at Holly.Huo Li felt that his appearance was being scrutinized, and he was a little panicked, suspecting that the extra money Guan Chen said was not very serious.

"Okay." Xing Yun withdrew his gaze, a little disgusted with Holly's figure and appearance, "Foreigners can't take pictures of ancient costumes, he can only shoot modern ones."

Guan Chen asked: "Isn't there an envoy from the Western Regions on the ancient costume TV?"

Xing Yun said that such a role cannot be played by an ordinary group.

Guan Chen asked why.

Xing Yun said: "In our TV series, actors not only get paid, but also participate in copyright sharing. As long as the part they starred in is broadcast every time, the actors who read the lines in it will receive part of the money."

Xing Yun gave an example. For example, a group performer appeared in a popular TV series and said a word. In the next ten years, this group performer received a total of nearly 20 Huaxia coins.

"So characters with lines, even if they only have one sentence, are not something that ordinary extras can get casually."

Guan Chen clicked his tongue and looked around at the screenwriters and actors who were waiting for the opportunity to come. He somewhat understood why the number of actors in this world far exceeded the number of domestic actors in his previous life.

Holly on the side turned off the microphone on this topic and just listened silently.

The three of them walked for a while, and soon arrived at the south gate of the shooting base.

Xing Yun's group performer friend was already waiting there.

Xing Yun's silver hair is very advantageous in the night, so it is easy to recognize each other.Xing Yun went forward and muttered for a while, and when he came back, he said to Guan Chen, "I have made arrangements with my friend. You can follow him and join the group directly, and then just listen to the arrangement of the assistant director or director."

Guan Chen took Holly to the side of the contractor, and they walked into the base all the way.

The base is very large, and the architectural styles of each area are different.There are ancient ones, modern ones, and modern ones.The shooting base of Changping is mainly modern buildings, and there are more historical buildings such as palaces, temples and ancient cities in Hengzhen in the south.

"Police Story" was filmed here, and Guan Chen was quite happy to be walking to work again after a few months.

The contractor has the unique poverty of the people in the capital, and all the way he talks about Guan Chen's information. Xing Yun doesn't know whether it is to protect Guan Chen or to protect his friend, so he drags his friend to the front and prevents him from talking to Guan Chen. .

On the way, the contractor picked up a few more people, some men and some women, ordinary in appearance but very formal.

They didn't join the group right away, but were taken to a curb full of people.

A section further ahead is the shooting area. When there is a crew shooting, no one is allowed to approach.

Guan Chen saw someone leading a group of foreigners into a certain filming street.He was a little puzzled, didn't he say that foreign ensemble performers are rare and not popular.

Xing Yun explained to him that it was a fee-based project, allowing foreign tourists from afar to experience the feeling of being a part-time performer in a group, keeping it as a souvenir, and maybe seeing themselves online in the future. "Actually, I can't see it at all." Xing Yun said, even whether the TV series will appear on the Internet after filming is still unknown.

A man wearing a peaked cap who looked like a crew came over to meet the contractor.

The contractor gathered Guan Chen, Huo Li and several other people together, and assigned them to the man in the peaked cap.The man in the peaked cap looked at everyone's appearance, and felt that there was no major problem, and counted the number of people, and there were still a few fewer.The man in the peaked cap turned around and shouted at the people on the side of the road, "Two more!"

In an instant, the people who were wandering around suddenly looked like the most enthusiastic children in the kindergarten, desperately raising their hands forward, wishing to stand in front of the eyes of the man in the peaked cap.

The man in the peaked cap moved the hands in front of him, "You. You. And you." He pointed at several people.The people who were spotted hurriedly stood behind the man in the peaked cap, those who were not spotted still refused to leave, and raised their hands for a long time, as if a miracle would happen this way.

Unfortunately no miracle happened.The man in the peaked cap led Guan Chen and the others to the shooting area without stopping.

Xing Yun didn't intend to follow.He told Guan Chen that he would go chat with his friends first, and call him when he had something to do or when he was done.

Guan Chen waved his hand to show that he understood.

Several other people watched it very freshly, but they didn't expect the extras to have managers.

After Guan Chen and others were brought into the crew, the stylist came to check everyone's costumes.

The shooting scene was in a restaurant, and the extras acted as customers and served as the background board, so everyone's clothes couldn't look too different.

"Everyone can just pretend to eat and chat later." The man in the cap told them, "But! You can't really eat! You can't really chat!"

Guan Chen and Holly did not sit together.

Holly, who was blond and blue-eyed, was placed against the wall and ate alone.

Because of his prominent image, Guan Chen was placed in the middle near the camera, behind the protagonist's seat.Only the side face can be shown in the photo.

Seeing the familiar exhaustion on the faces of the crew and listening to the director's familiar orders, Guan Chen felt a sense of nostalgia in his heart, and really hoped that he could join the crew immediately.

He observed the set with great interest, especially the other group performers. Everyone seemed to be very experienced. Some were resting with their eyes closed, and some were adjusting their state to warm up.Holly in the corner was staring at a menu, as if he was really hungry.

Thinking back to Zhou Xingxing in "The King of Comedy", Guan Chen didn't know if there would really be group performers who talked about performance to the director at length in reality.

Shooting will start soon.

Several protagonists came down from upstairs and sat in positions facing several cameras.

The scene suddenly fell silent.

After the director yelled "Start!", the stage management started, and several actors immediately got into a state of laughter and laughter. The few people who were not familiar with each other suddenly became like friends who have been together for many years, and started to talk about a friend cheating gossip.

Guan Chen nodded secretly.In such a shoddy production, these actors actually look like actors.

Opposite Guan Chen was a young man who looked enthusiastic, his mouth moved but he didn't make a sound, as if he was really talking to Guan Chen.

Guan Chen knew how to speak with lips, so he could tell what the other party was saying, "You have one eye, two eyes and one nose..."

Guan Chen wanted to answer him a few words, but the director suddenly yelled to stop. It turned out that the radio equipment had entered the scene and he had to start over.

The set began to pack up again.

Holly ran over to tell him that he just thought of something to eat for a while.

It seems that he has really regarded playing tricks as a way to make extra money.

Guan Chen thought about it and felt that he also had a problem.He didn't act in anything just now, which is really inappropriate.According to the acting method he learned from Mr. Xing, he first had to imagine who the character he was going to play was, what his goals were, and what was his relationship with the person at the opposite table...

The director quickly prepared the scene and started the second shooting.

Guan Chen was sitting in his seat. He had been puzzled for a long time. The protagonist on the TV spoke very loudly, and some of the contents were even shocking, but the passers-by around him didn't respond at all.

So when the shooting started for the second time, Guan Chen pretended to be tasting something until he heard what the protagonists were talking about behind him. Sign, come and listen to the gossip.

"Stop!" The director yelled suddenly.

The call to stop this time was earlier than last time.

The people on the set suddenly became alert, not knowing who was so unlucky and made a mistake.

"You," the director stood up and stared at Guan Chen, "what are you doing?"

"Can't you see?" Guan Chen was a little surprised, obviously he acted pretty well just now.How did this guy become a director?
Everyone was stunned.

The director was also stunned for a moment, and the swear words that were ready to be uttered also froze, the momentum was gone, and besides, the emotion was gone.

Too lazy to say anything to Guan Chen, the director pointed to Guan Chen, as if he was going to let Guan Chen go.The man in the peaked cap at the side took the first step and dealt with Guan Chen ahead of time, "Move him to the side."

Although the director didn't say anything, everyone knew from looking at his expression that if there was a second time, people would definitely get out.Anyway, it's just a group performance, there are as many as there are outside.

Guan Chen was a little disappointed.Why is it different from the movie... He even changed people without saying a word.What Goldbach or Nicolas Cage performance system he prepared did not have time to come in handy.

The man in the peaked cap watched the director leave, then ran over, transferred Guan Chen to the opposite of Holly, and asked the other extras to sit behind the protagonist.

"It's inexplicable." Under the different eyes of everyone, Guan Chen muttered and sat down opposite Holly.

He felt that his performance was very interesting, and the audience would definitely like it.

Holly listened to Guan Chen talking to himself, but didn't make a sound.

"Do you know the reason?" Guan Chen asked Holly.

Hawley looked away in embarrassment, as if he didn't really want to say, not because he didn't know.

Guan Chen knew it when he saw Holly.

He checked the information and remembered that China's top art academies recruited students, either rich or talented.The standards for foreigners are even stricter.

Obviously, Hawley did not rely on building sponsorship to enter the school, but relied on talent to stay in China and study.Admission to such a school is difficult, and graduation is even more difficult.Although Holly has fallen to this point today, he can graduate smoothly, and there is a high probability that he has real skills in his hands.

Guan Chen asked Huo Li: "Director Huo, what's wrong with the performance just now, can you tell me about it?"

Holly's attitude was slightly loosened by the call of [Huo Dao].

Guan Chen took advantage of the victory and pursued, beat the dog in the water, and kept talking.

Finally, Holyken spoke.

After "I'm talking about my personal opinion, it may not be right, just listen to it..." After laying the groundwork for hundreds of words, Hawley hesitated and said, "I think you just stole the show."

Hawley said that acting cannot be done by one person, it is called a one-man show, and filming requires teamwork. Sometimes the camera is not shooting you, but you jump out and let the audience notice. At that moment, the audience's attention is diverted , After the play, the emotions may be interrupted, and all the previous efforts of the director are in vain.

Guan Chen understood, "I see, Director Huo, you are amazing! Thanks to you!"

Holly was flattered by the praise, and said with a ruddy face, "And speaking carefully, there was something wrong with your performance just now."

"Oh?" Guan Chen subconsciously wanted to call the waiter to order wine and food, but as soon as he noticed that the third filming had already started, recalling the scene stealing that Holly said just now, Guan Chen stopped immediately.

He lowered his voice, pretending to be willing to hear more, and quietly asked Holly if there was any problem.

Huo Li saw that Guan Chen was not annoyed by being pointed out, but really wanted to know about the shortcomings, so he didn't hide it and said it directly.

Hawley gave an example, saying that in the distant scene, if a person wants to express nervousness, he is at a loss, scratching his head, and pacing.But in the close-up, it's just his eyes wandering, looking at him from left to right, these movements are small.

"You were sitting in front of the camera just now. To show curiosity and gossip, you shouldn't move too much. Since you gestured for your friends to listen with your eyes at the end, it shows that your character is not a rude person. Therefore, the previous movements should be half-twisted. Size, look at the speaker from the corner of the eye, look elsewhere but close the ears, these subtle movements and expressions will make your characters more dramatic."

Guan Chen said with emotion: "It's really well said." Huo Li's Chinese is really fluent, and he can read such a long paragraph in one breath, and there is no foreign accent.

Hawley said humbly, what he said was actually nothing, it was just taught in school.As a student of directing, he only took acting as an elective. After so many years, what he said may not be accurate.

I see.Guan Chen asked curiously, "What do you teach in acting at your school?"

Hawley said, from the lines to the shape, everything is taught.

Guan Chen licked his lips: "Director Huo, let me introduce you to a part-time job."

Seeing Guan Chen's salivating expression, Holly suddenly became vigilant, "I don't do unscrupulous part-time jobs..."

"Serious and serious." Guan Chen comforted Huo Li, and said, "Teach me what you learned in school. I should stay in Changping for a few days and run a group show. After learning here, there will be It can be used, just right."

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Note: The example of saying a word in a TV series and earning more than 20 yuan in ten years comes from a group performance in "The Big Bang Theory" in reality. With only one word of lines, the money received one after another, a total of More than 4 US dollars.

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