I'm not just a director

Chapter 182 Training actors is a science

"Love has an afterlife" finished.

"I know you've been busy recently, but I thought I'd tell you."

Yu Feihong said on the phone.

This was Yu Feihong's first contact with Jiang Pei'an after he announced that the two would keep their distance.

It's not that Jiang Pei'an didn't call her before.

It's just that as the directors of their respective films, the two are so busy every day that they almost fly off.

Fortunately, Jiang Pei'an has an experienced executive director like Chang Xiaoyang.

There is also Gao Chengsheng, an old acquaintance, so he doesn't have to worry about all aspects of the crew.

The key lies in Yu Feihong. As his debut work, Yu Feihong put almost [-]% of his effort into it.

Not only is she the director, but she also handles the job of producing the film with one hand.

At the same time, she was very strict about the quality of the film, which almost made her feel exhausted.

Therefore, after Jiang Pei'an called, the most prompts he got was the shutdown status.

Occasionally sent a text message to ask, and it took a long time to get some perfunctory answers from her.

Of course, regarding the serious business of the crew, Yu Feihong still made regular reports knowing everything.

After all, Jiang Pei'an is also one of the producers of the film.

It's just that once it comes to personal matters, she will try to avoid it as much as possible.

This is probably what she said about keeping a distance...

"Sister, do we have to do this?"

Jiang Pei'an smiled wryly.

Yu Feihong was silent for a while, then said:
"That's pretty good, isn't it? Don't think too much about it, the wrap-up banquet will probably be held next week.

You are too busy there, everyone understands, and it is understandable if you don't have time to attend. "

"Well, I'm sorry to tell everyone when the time comes, I'm a little busy recently so I won't go there."

Jiang Pei'an said slowly.

"okay, I get it."

"take care of yourself."

"You too."

Jiang Pei'an hung up the phone.

Regarding the relationship between him and Yu Feihong, although it was a bit messy, Jiang Pei'an could still sort it out.

However, both of them are in the pioneering period of their respective careers at this time.

Although "Love Has an Afterlife" has finished, but for a movie, it is only one-third completed.

Shooting, editing, and publicity are all top priorities.

Even after the movie is released, it is not over. After all, it is still a matter of corresponding road show promotion and copyright screening.

Yu Feihong put so much effort into this film, he must be ready to intervene in every link.

Therefore, for the time being, it is better to put emotional matters aside and not bother.

……

"Source Code" moved from Shanghai to Beijing to shoot laboratory scenes.

Although this part of the scene is not as difficult as the train scene in terms of shooting.

So Jiang Pei'an planned to let Chang Xiaoyang take full responsibility for this part of the scene.

"Old Chang, the character played by Zeng Li, first of all, when she first appeared on the stage, she was an officer who strictly followed orders.

But she is not blindly obeying, she has her own concept of good and evil, right and wrong.

This is very important, and this kind of emotion is progressive, which can be seen in the dialogue between the two after the hero returns to the real world every time.

Therefore, in terms of Zeng Li's performance, you must be able to hold her back and let her emotions gradually release and progress layer by layer. "

Jiang Pei'an said to Chang Xiaoyang.

"Okay, I understand Director Jiang."

Since Jiang Pei'an revealed last time that he was going to sign him to Starfire, Chang Xiaoyang's attitude towards Jiang Pei'an has undergone a subtle change.

If it was out of respect for the director's status before, then now he is almost unconditionally and perfectly executing Jiang Pei'an's orders.

It's kind of like a superior-subordinate relationship.

I can also understand, after all, I have to hang out with him in the future, it is not ashamed to listen to the boss.

After explaining, Jiang Pei'an came to Zeng Li again.

At this time, Zeng Li had already put on her makeup, and Jiang Pei'an couldn't help but brighten up.

Bao Jianfeng said that in the 200 years of Chinese opera, there has never been such a beautiful woman as Zeng Li, and it is impossible to have one in the future.

The problem is that the establishment of the Chinese Opera School can only be traced back to 1935, and the history of the school has not been 100 years.

The so-called "200-year school belle" is all a blindfold.

Well, Bao Jianfeng graduated from the drama.

No wonder then...

Of course, although the term "200 years" is naive, Zeng Li is indeed beautiful.

At this time, Zeng Li, who was dressed in military uniform, was full of heroism.

The originally cold and dignified temperament on his body, after wearing the military uniform, has a serious and cold feeling.

But she was tall and tall, with obvious feminine features, and there was a kind of softness between her eyebrows and eyes.

Two strong temperaments collided together.

Let her whole life have a kind of "abstinence style".

As expected of a beauty.

"Lizi, just act according to the state you had when rehearsing with Brother Jun before, don't be nervous and have too much burden."

Jiang Pei'an comforted softly.

Zeng Li is the first time to act as a big screen heroine.

She was inexperienced and worked hard in private. Jiang Pei'an had read her notes, which were densely packed with a lot of character impressions and shaping skills.

Her roles are quite special, except for a few scenes with Uncle Dong Wang Jingsong, almost all of them perform in front of the camera.

After all, the male protagonist Hu Jun is in the "black box" isolation warehouse, so the conversation between the two is naturally filmed separately.

This kind of non-physical dialogue performance is a must-have course for almost every acting student.

But class is one aspect, but for actual combat, there is a big gap.

First of all, the shooting environment is different, and the characters and dialogues are different.

This is a great challenge to the actor's cognition and quick adaptation.

"I see."

Zeng Li took a deep breath and adjusted her state.

Seeing this, Jiang Pei'an gestured in Chang Xiaoyang's direction.

Chang Xiaoyang nodded, and after confirming that the actors and crew were in place, he held a loudspeaker and said:

"Okay, all units are ready."

"Turn on!"

Zeng Li was dressed in a military uniform, looked at the place where her body was facing down, and gave instructions in a mechanical tone:

"Yan Jun, can you hear me?"

"This is the headquarters, Yan Jun, please confirm the message you received."

"Repeat, this is the headquarters, confirm the information you received, Yan Jun."

Hu Jun is similar to "soul wearing" onto teacher Li Heng's body on the train, but in reality his real name is Yan Jun.

Originally, the shot of Hu Jun waking up from the isolation warehouse was to be cut here.

But now it is shooting Zeng Li's solo scene, so the person next to him can only make line prompts for the scene.

"where am I?"

Someone next to him gave a hint.

"You are talking to the headquarters, are you in good health?"

"I'm a little dizzy."

"Rotate to adjust the body state, can you report now?"

"What is this place? Who am I talking to?"

"Yan Jun, report your situation, where were you before talking to me?"

"There was an explosion."

"Where did it happen? Report what you saw."

This dialogue highlights Hu Jun's state when he just returned to the isolation warehouse after the first train explosion.

The focus of the screen is also on Hu Jun, but the narration is a conversation between her and Zeng Li.

Zeng Li's first scene was not difficult. The female officer she played did not show any expression at this stage.

Relatively speaking, it is also the best part.

Next, as long as Hu Jun explodes on the train, he will return to the isolation warehouse again.

Every conversation is also completed under the leadership of Zeng Li.

Therefore, the role of Zeng Li has no location shooting, nor any intense action scenes.

But often this part of the play is the most difficult to act, because in the limited space and cannot develop more plots.

She can only act through subtle expressions and eyes.

This difficulty is a special test for actors.

"Okay, let's go!"

After Zeng Li's first play was NG three times, Jiang Pei'an nodded after watching the replay, and Chang Xiaoyang yelled directly.

Next, the filming went back to the isolation warehouse for the second time.

Zeng Li's performance was beyond Jiang Pei'an's imagination.

Well, this girl really worked hard.

But that changed by the third time.

The doctor played by Uncle Dong Wang Jingsong and Zeng Li started to have a rivalry.

Perhaps because he is familiar with the previous non-real performances, when Zeng Li and Wang Jingsong have rival scenes, they always dance.

She couldn't keep up with the rhythm of switching from acting without real objects to playing against real people.

"Crack! Zeng Li, take it easy."

"Crack, Zeng Li controls her expression."

"No, no, Zeng Li, lean towards Mr. Wang and pay attention to the distance between you."

"Crack..."

After being NG several times in a row, Jiang Pei'an couldn't bear to watch him stand by.

He glanced at the time, and it was almost time to call it a day. The third scene was originally added after he saw that Zeng Li was in good condition.

Now it seems that Zeng Li's problem is not small, and he needs to be adjusted again.

"Let's do this for today, thank you for your hard work, let's call it a day!"

Leaving the scene and starting to pack up the equipment, Zeng Li walked up to Jiang Pei'an annoyed with his head down:
"I'm sorry Director Jiang, I'm a little out of shape."

Jiang Pei'an waved his hand and said:
"The third scene was originally added by me temporarily.

You are in good condition before, go back and think about it, and shoot again tomorrow. "

"All right……"

Zeng Li wanted to say something, but finally shook her head and went to the dressing room to remove her makeup.

"Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, I added a scene temporarily, but it hasn't been filmed yet."

Jiang Pei'an apologized to Wang Jingsong, who was dressed in a white coat and costume.

"Where, where, what you said is too serious, these are small things."

After Wang Jingsong graduated from Suzhou Drama School, he was recommended to work in Jinling Drama Troupe.

In the early years in the repertory troupe, young people had no chance to be on stage and could only play tricks.

Wang Jingsong, who just joined the repertory troupe, has even acted in "A Wall".

Because of his flexible movements, what he does most often is physical work of climbing up and down.

Only when he received the rigid task of going to the countryside for a performance, and the whole group was dispatched, could he divide a few insignificant lines in the sketch.

The head of the group saw that he was so poor that he didn't even have a place to eat and hang out.

Make an exception and give him a food subsidy of 30 yuan per month, and let him live in the reference room.

The bookshelves in the reference room were crowded, and Wang Jinsong, who was in short supply, had no money to go out to play, so he could only read books to get by.

Jiang Pei'an always felt that he had a refined and scholarly air, which probably started from here.

In addition to rehearsing dramas, he occasionally takes on local film and television dramas.

But basically they are just playing tricks, the protagonist's neighbors, classmates, passers-by A, B, C and other roles.

In this way, I have been polishing back and forth in repertory theaters and film and television dramas for more than ten years, but I haven't made much money.

But the acting skills have settled down, and the personal style is also particularly obvious.

Just looking at the appearance, he is elegant and restrained, with a literary temperament.

Going to that station can bear the phrase "Bright as the bright moon".

Taking a closer look at his temperament, he found a bit of viciousness and viciousness, and his emotions and anger were invisible, hidden very deeply.

Here's what the audience said about him:
People who have only seen him play villains think he can't play decent roles, but they never believe that he can play bad guys after watching him play good guys.

Knowing the corner of good and evil, only between his bright and dark eyes.

Although Jiang Pei'an was ten years younger than him, his attitude was still sincere.

Therefore, when the role of doctor was written, Jiang Pei'an's first thought was to find him to play it.

After all, watching "Operation Icebreaker" Tazhai Dongshu left a deep impression on him.

Jiang Pei'an smiled and said:
"Mr. Wang, there is something small I want to trouble you for shooting tomorrow."

"No trouble, you say."

Jiang Pei'an smiled slightly, looked at the dressing room not far away, and whispered a few words to Wang Jingsong.

"So that's the case, okay, I understand the director."

"it is good."

……

After Zeng Li took off her makeup, she realized that Jiang Pei'an and Chang Xiaoyang were still arguing about the script.

Thinking of her performance today, she was very annoyed.

She was doing well during the off-stage rehearsal, why couldn't she act when facing the camera?
Especially the big guys in the crew are waiting for her to be alone, as long as the scene doesn't work, they have to shoot repeatedly.

Chang Xiaoyang yelled "click" so that she was terrified.

But there is no way, what she performed is just nothing.

Suddenly, she remembered the state when she was filming "Taken".

At that time, it was also a time when she repeatedly failed to be NG, and even she herself gave up on herself.

Jiang Pei'an's few words actually put her into a special state.

Since then, she remembered that state, and her acting skills improved a lot when she acted again.

"Why don't you ask Director Jiang again?"

Such an idea came to her mind.

Jiang Pei'an saw Zeng Li standing in a daze at the door of the dressing room, thought for a while, and said to Chang Xiaoyang:

"That's it for today, Director Chang, you go to Hualong Digital at night to see how their special effects shots are doing?

Last time I went, they got stuck in a link and couldn't move.

Tell them, please invite foreign aid when you should, and don't affect our progress. "

Although Hualong Digital is currently considered a first-class special effects company in China, it is still in a backward state internationally.

Jiang Pei'an had already figured it out. If Hualong couldn't solve it, he would go directly to Han Shanping to apply for foreign aid.

Speaking of foreign aid, it means going to the international community to find team outsourcing.

This path cannot be avoided, after all, we will have to do the same when filming "Inception" next year.

Where is the level?

"okay, I get it."

Chang Xiaoyang nodded, packed his things and prepared to leave.

"Director Chang."

Zeng Li greeted Chang Xiaoyang carefully.

"Lizi, go back and think about the role, the performance in the first two scenes is still good."

Chang Xiaoyang knew that Jiang Pei'an had a good relationship with Class 96 of the Chinese Opera, so he smiled and said to Zeng Li.

"Okay, don't worry, I will definitely perform well tomorrow."

Zeng Li said quickly.

After Chang Xiaoyang left, Jiang Pei'an also packed his things. He walked to Zeng Li with his bag, and said with a smile:
"Bring me to dinner, otherwise I won't talk about teaching acting."

Zeng Li was submissive to Chang Xiaoyang, but she completely changed her attitude when facing Jiang Pei'an, and said angrily:
"You are so rich, you still let me treat you."

"Just say please or not!"

……

"Please!"

(End of this chapter)