I really can't act

Chapter 33 How to do it
The work of the director includes setting the artistic tone for the work, nominating and deciding on actors, selecting and directing the construction of exterior and interior scenes, leading the prop team to complete the preparation and arrangement of props, directing on-site shooting, negotiating post-editing, publicity, and distribution... the most Important is the first.

Set the tone for the art.

That is, this work, what it wants to express at the beginning, and how to express it.

They are the founders of the beauty of art and the final gatekeepers.Aesthetically, the director must outshine everyone present.

This is also the reason why ordinary actors are not allowed to take the initiative to look at the monitor. The act of "watching the monitor" itself is to question the director's highest aesthetic status.

A conflict scene generally has three main shots, combined with other secondary ones, to form a complete plot.

The first one is that the workers are working in the factory area. This is the day shift in two shifts. Due to the fatigue of the workers, many people fall asleep.

According to Fang Yi's instructions, the camera should focus on him, and slowly pull forward, gradually revealing most of the tired workers on the assembly line.

He first made a drowsy look in front of the camera, and then woke up, busy with his work very hard, and reminded others to cheer up.

——"Crack!"

After the scene, Fang Yi put on a blanket while looking at the shot he had just taken.

Unusual, he touched his nose, feeling embarrassed.

Probably because I know that I want to watch what I act, so that the performance is deliberate.This is because he is nervous; when people are nervous, some hem and haw and their brains go blank, and some will use too much force.It's like the class will let shy classmates take the stage, and some of them will talk boastfully to cover up their nervousness.

Wang Defa felt a kind of relief from the soul-type old players seeing the newcomers' mistakes, and a secret joy: "It doesn't matter, take your time."

Shoot again.

Fang Yi came back to watch, this time it was not bad, it met the standard needed for a documentary film, he wanted to shoot again, to get used to it, and observed some of the group performances, who just put on their clothes and wrapped up the room to breathe out the cold wind, feeling compassionate Get up, then give up.

In the second scene, the female boss in Korea is yelling loudly. The accompanying interpreter is very arrogant.

The line is: "You all kneel down and apologize to her!"

According to the requirements of the script, Fang Yi, including other group performers, needed to give a response.A set of shots, placed in more than one camera position.The female boss and the translator, Fang Yi and the workers all had to respond simultaneously.

This scene is a typical group portrait scene, "There is no absolute protagonist, everyone can be the protagonist", but there can only be one main perspective.This rule applies not only to movies, but also to other literary and artistic works, including novels.

Wang Defa moved the chair and discussed with him: "Junior brother, how do you plan to choose."

Fang Yi looked at him.

Wang Defa was very proud: "Let me tell you, a few common ones..."

"The first is to use the crane arm. There are also drones in foreign countries, but they are still unstable. It requires a bird's-eye view and a long shot to capture the confrontation between the two factions and divide the two ends of the picture."

"It is reminiscent of a chessboard that divides boundaries, and expresses the grandeur of the scene as much as possible."

"There are quite a few classic shots shot in this way at home and abroad. How many can you recall? I know that this is really difficult for people outside your industry."

Wang Defa, who graduated from the Orthodox Directing Department and has been in the industry for more than ten years, grinned: "I can't test you too hard, let's talk about a domestic one first."

Fang Yi searched in his mind, and immediately remembered a lot. He mentioned the most recent one:
""Golden Armor", the second prince rebelled, and the army of gold and silver armor fought under the court."

Wang Defa's expression remained unchanged: "Junior brother, you have studied a lot...overseas?"

""Kingdom of Heaven", Saladin led the army to surround the city of Jerusalem, and the defenders in the city split up to negotiate."

Wang Defa began to sweat: "Earlier?"

"The domestic "Armageddon" series."

Wang Defa: "Overseas?" Seeing that Fang Yi was about to speak, he quickly emphasized: "The sooner the better, as early as possible."

Fang Yi didn't pause, ""The Queen of Egypt". Anthony and Octavian each led their armies to fight. An epic film from the 60s."

Wang Defa was speechless, and after a while, he said, "Okay."

Turning to the second method: "montage."

It means artificially collaging and editing different shots to give new meaning.Frankly speaking, montage is a basic method, so basic that we may not realize that we are using it in many cases.

The most famous montage in film history may be the 1930 anti-war film All Quiet on the Western Front. The protagonist Paul climbed out of the trench to catch butterflies, but was shot dead. The director gave a close-up of the butterfly flapping its wings and flying, symbolizing Freedom and peace; the report of the front command that day said: No war on the Western Front.

At the end of "Depressed Youth", two cars driving opposite each other gradually disappear in the river, switch lanes, and disappear. The overturning of the dark blue sky is also a symbol of the end of life.

Fang Yi then imagined how to use this technique in his mind.

Keswan.

For example, the plain sweaters worn by the workers stay for half a second so that the audience can see clearly that they are handmade—the audience will think whether it is a wanderer who left home or a newcomer who is about to start a family.

Kest figure.

Next to the assembly line, there are pictures of cute children, preferably loli - the audience knows that the workers may have to obey, and he kneels because he wants to stand upright at home.

The close-up can also be switched to the opposite side of the worker, such as the Korean female boss, photographing her haughty expression, and the deafening mechanical assembly line in constant operation in the factory; obviously, when the two are connected, the latter is personified by the former.

Any of the above paths is feasible, and may be filmed, but when editing the film, only one of them can be selected, and the director can grasp it according to the whole.

Fang Yi told Wang Defa his thoughts.

Wang Defa, however, opened his mouth slightly, fascinated by what he heard, and his complexion gradually darkened, with two strands of hanging hair hanging out, listless: "Junior Brother, just keep doing it."

The third set of shots shows the workers submitting, but Fang Yi is the protagonist, and he has to stand alone.

There is also a point of view here.

Fang Yi went back and forth between the worker's side and the actor playing the female boss, imagining the effect in the camera.

If it’s on the workers’ side, Fang Yi is naturally the center, and the effect is that the audience has a stronger sense of substitution and is more likely to be sensational; on the side of the female boss, the emotions are not as strong, but the camera will show more realism.

The photographer moved the camera according to his instructions.Fang Yi watched in front of the monitor and kept telling the cameraman to adjust his position.In the film era, if Fang Yi was a director, he couldn’t do this. At that time, there were no monitors, and the film could only be seen by the photographer himself. The director had to wait for the film to be developed before he could judge; Go to the photographer and ask "how", "how did it go", or even better, stand directly behind the camera and use your naked eyes as a monitor.

——In the end, the position was set at the side and rear of the female boss, that is, only the voice of the female boss was filmed, but it was the workers who were separated by a certain distance. This is unconventional, but this kind of shot is more realistic and has Third-person "voyeurism".

Some media come to the country to make up random things, which is generally the case. We don't just want to criticize their filters.

Wang Defa folded his arms and watched from the side, as if in shock; Fang Yi kept directing the actors' positions, and the technicians had to change according to his requirements, but the whole crew has been inexplicably obedient up to now, and rarely does useless work.

As it should be.

"He Sheng! He Sheng!" Wang Defa subconsciously called out to his dear assistant.

"Director Fang... find me." But the assistant seemed to be helpless.

(End of this chapter)