Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 289 Pseudo-Art Film

The lamb tripe is cooked quickly, just rinse it a little bit.When dipped in seasoning, it is crispy and tender in the mouth, and it makes a "creaky" sound when chewing, and the taste is quite good.

The mutton is also good. It is fat and thin, without the smell of mutton. It tastes better after being dipped in the seasoning. One bite, it is tender and juicy, with a mellow taste, which is very satisfying.

To be honest, it was the first time for Li Tang to eat such delicious shabu-shabu, which was much better than Donglaishun.

Seeing that Li Tang ate well, Liu Fendou felt that he had a special face. He picked up his wine glass and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, the place I picked is right. Come, let me toast you."

"Hey, Mr. Liu, you're welcome! To tell you the truth, it's the first time I've eaten such authentic shabu-shabu, and I should toast you with this glass!" Li Tang quickly picked up his wine glass and said.

Zhang Baibai also joined in right away, holding a cup and saying, "We are all on our own, let's have a drink together."

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, we began to talk about business.

"...the subway of modern civilization is a kind of gray heaviness, which can also be understood as the pressure of life. The most beautiful love will lose the luster of roses in those who go in and out of the subway, and emit a touch of bitterness. Symbol and Rationality, life and art form a long train, driving towards the not bright spring..."

Perhaps because of the alcohol, Liu Fendou, who doesn't drink much, talks eloquently, and looks at Li Tang intentionally or unintentionally, with a sense of superiority.

This is probably the common fault of these stinky intellectuals. In the same drama school, compared with the performance department that does not have high requirements for cultural courses, the literature department that can write is indeed more than a notch higher in terms of cultural level and literary quality.

On the one hand, these people envy the stars who graduated from the acting department for their brilliance and earn a lot of money, but on the other hand, they despise the other party's lack of education.

Obviously begging for help, but they still can't let go of their stinky airs, showing their so-called superiority on the spiritual level openly and secretly.

At this time, Li Tang, who graduated from acting in the theater, was the same in their eyes. He had no culture, and his understanding of the script might be very superficial, so he talked about the so-called deep meaning of creation in front of him.

In addition to showing off his sense of superiority, Liu Fendou may have done it on purpose, trying to stun Li Tangkan with advanced and professional language, so that he would have a feeling of ignorance, and then let them fool him.

But who is Li Tang? The original body may indeed have no culture, but in his previous life he graduated from an Ivy League school in the United States, and he has worked hard on Broadway for more than ten years. Maybe his knowledge reserve is not enough to deconstruct those world famous novels, but for This kind of pseudo-literary movie script can still be analyzed very well.

After finishing the long speech, Liu Fendou deliberately asked Li Tang, "Mr. Li, do you have any other thoughts about my script?"

Don't look at his polite words, but the smile on his face really deserves a beating.Perhaps in his mind, the interpretation of the script just now was undoubtedly a blow to Li Tang to reduce dimensionality, suppress Li Tang's momentum, and then make it easier for him to pay out.

Although Li Tang couldn't see through the small calculations in his heart, he could see clearly when he was showing off and fooling around.It's nothing more than showing off your sense of superiority, not only to fool your money, but also to hold the right to speak in your own hands.

Now that everyone has already laid the groundwork, how could he give up this opportunity to pretend.

So I looked left and right, and faced the triple-double look of anticipation or scrutiny, I smiled slightly and said, "I completely agree with what Teacher Liu said, in fact, I also felt this way when I was reading the script..."

As soon as this remark came out, the eyes of the three showed more or less disdain, they are parrots!

But then Li Tang changed the subject and said: "However, this is how I understand it. The story in the script takes place in the subway, but the subway not only carries the story. When we take our eyes off the story level and use more Looking down at the subway from a detached perspective, you can clearly feel the non-metro meaning of the subway.”

The non-subway meaning of the subway, such a refreshing and refined statement, immediately scratched Liu Fendou's itch, and he quickly said, "How should I say it?"

The contempt shown by the other two before was gone now, and they also looked at Li Tang curiously.

I saw Li Tang using his magnetic, dramatic voice, saying unhurriedly: "The fast-moving train, the flow of people coming and going, the tunnel passing by, the empty carriage... the flow, Flow, flow forever. Here, there is no sense of stability, everything is like water, like wind, there is only a momentary process, and there is no solidified end..."

Hey, there is a sense of picture!

After a brief pause, Li Tang came to his own conclusion: "In modern society, the subway, no matter in its essence or in its appearance, is a transportation center with no results and uncertain round trips."

As soon as his words fell, there was silence on the table.

It took a long time to hear Liu Fendou sitting there and muttering to himself repeatedly: "There is no result, there is no way to go back and forth..."

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Li Tang excitedly and said, "That's right! Teacher Li, your summary is very accurate! That's what I think, but it will be hard to describe for a while."

As he spoke, he held Li Tang's hand tightly, and said emotionally, "Mr. Li, bosom friend, bosom friend!"

Liu Fendou had always thought highly of himself, and it was rare for him to lose his composure.

Li Tang was suddenly held tightly by this guy's hand, and You Qi felt that his hands were damp, and this guy was still panting and staring at him fiercely, his eyes shining brightly, so he couldn't help but get goosebumps all over his body.

He quickly pulled out his hand, wiped it with a tablecloth under the table secretly, and said with a dry smile: "Actually, the concept of the subway is very good. If there were not so many thieves, I would also like public transportation such as subways and buses." Means of transportation. The endless flow of people, the expression of everyone's thoughts, and the hurried footsteps. I can do nothing and just watch the people coming and going in front of me quietly. It feels like a huge container , can contain everyone's sorrow, joy, sweat, and happiness!"

"That's right, that's the original intention of my writing this book."

Liu Fendou agreed again, and when he was excited, he wanted to grab Li Tang's hand. Fortunately, Li Tang was prepared, and quickly raised his glass to toast the taciturn Diao Yinan, "Teacher Diao, I respect you!"

Diao Yinan stood up quickly, raised his glasses with both hands, and deliberately lowered his glasses when clinking.

"Don't, don't, Mr. Diao, you are polite."

Li Tang hurriedly lowered himself a little too, but the other party lowered himself again, and he lowered it again... In the end, everyone's glasses were even lowered to the bottom of the table, so there was no need to be polite, so they looked at each other and smiled, and everyone touched their glasses evenly, cheers !

At this point, none of the three present underestimated Li Tang any more.Just based on his few words, I dare not say that his literary quality is very high, but at least he is not a fool.

"Director Zhang, I want to hear your opinion on this book?"

In fact, Li Tang's main purpose today was to chat with Zhang Baibai and hear his understanding of the script.After all, if a script is to be made into a movie, the director's thinking still has to play a leading role.

Zhang Baibai would definitely put on a show at the beginning. Although he didn't have a major in directing, he was still the director of a hit drama.Since the "Love to the End" directed by him became an instant hit, he took over the filming of a CCTV Lunar New Year drama and won the silver award of the Feitian Award.Even though I haven't had any works in the past two years, I've had a lot of fun shooting MVs and commercials, and I've earned a lot of money.

It is precisely because of the accumulation in this area that if you want to use the terminology used by the director, just like Liu Fendou just now, it is absolutely like the water of the Yangtze River.

But at this moment, he can only honestly say: "Mr. Li, to be honest, after I read this script, I feel that there are some things that I can deeply empathize with, which can arouse my imagination and sympathy, and arouse my thoughts. It was an impulse to shoot, and more importantly, I think audiences should like such movies.”

Hearing this, Li Tang was quite surprised. He originally thought that they were self-centered people who expressed themselves through movies. It is rare for Zhang Baibai to be able to view the script from the audience's point of view.

This alone is rare, at least not for the sake of so-called artistic expression to make the script so incomprehensible.

In fact, this is what Li Tang was most worried about before. The reason why he defined this book as a "pseudo-art film" is because it is a commercial film script pretending to be an art film. To put it bluntly, the artistic content is not high.

Now that he knew what was in his mind, he stopped playing tricks and said directly: "There shouldn't be any problem with the investment. I'll ask my agent to talk to you about the details later."

Zhang Baiyi was overjoyed when he heard that, and quickly raised his cup and said, "Mr. Li, thank you, thank you so much! Thank you for trusting us."

Li Tang also said with a smile: "The main reason is that the book is good, and I also like the character Jianbin very much. Of course, I believe that with Director Zhang's ability, he should be able to make this movie well."

……

In the cold winter, Li Tang was wearing thin training clothes, practicing Changquan meticulously.I saw his eyes were sharp, his steps were brisk and steady, and his punches were quick and powerful.

Wu Jing is very familiar with this most basic boxing method. In his words, it is the Boy Kung Fu, and the first boxing method he practiced was Changquan.

Although Changquan is the most basic boxing method, Li Lianlian is best at Changquan.Changquan has strict requirements on physical fitness and basic skills, and there are many movements such as jumping, rolling, falling, and chain high legs.It is precisely because of the good foundation of Changquan that it is easy for Li Lian to perform any martial arts during filming.

The filming of Li Tang and Li Lianlian for a month was not in vain. During this period, he also asked Li Lianlian a lot of questions about martial arts and learned a lot.

Just like this Changquan, in Li Lianlian's words, as long as you practice Changquan well, you can basically handle all fighting scenes.After all, filming is not a martial arts contest, and dangerous moves are strictly prohibited, as long as the fights look good.

Of course, good-looking fights are not just simple tricks, you must have solid basic skills.Although Li Tang has a solid foundation in Sanda and has a quick on-the-spot reaction, sometimes his movements are not good-looking. To put it bluntly, he has not practiced the basic boxing skills well.

Wu Jing watched him practice boxing with great interest while knocking on the melon seeds, and commented from time to time: "Your breath just now was wrong, remember to sink your qi into your dantian and store your qi in your dantian, so as to ensure the coherence of your movements. ..."

"Yes, yes, but you didn't use the right force just now, it was too stiff and rigid, you have to do it smoothly..."

I have to say that with Wu Jing as a good teacher, Li Tang's long fist skills have improved by leaps and bounds during this period.

At the beginning, Li Lianlian only told him his experience in martial arts, and it was impossible to teach him how to practice Changquan, all by himself.

Although Wu Jing said some martial arts terms, there is his scientific basis.For example, if the Qi sinks to the dantian, it is because the Changquan has a complex structure, ups and downs and turns, and is fast and powerful. This characteristic determines that the Changquan has a high exercise intensity and a large demand for oxygen.If you are not good at mastering and using the energy storage method of sinking the qi into the dantian, it will easily lead to hypoxia, which will make the movement unsustainable and break the balance of exercise.

There is also the method of exerting force. To put it bluntly, it is not to use brute force, but to make full use of all parts of the body and concentrate the force on one point.That is to say, make the best use of the situation and follow the trend.

In fact, the reason why Chinese martial arts are called "broad and profound", to a certain extent, contains many truths of life.Moreover, martial arts are often referred to as "martial arts", and the highest state of "martial arts" may be philosophy.

Li Tang practiced martial arts for filming at the beginning, but now he has started to like it after practicing for a long time. Of course, the more important thing is to strengthen his body. Some persistence is also helpful.Among other things, I used to study the script with Xiaopang, and the most critical plot might be ten minutes, but now if the state is good and the performance is good, it can take two to ten minutes, or even half an hour.

In addition, every time he is practicing martial arts, he often designs a plot for himself, and then immerses himself in the plot.He has already summed up an experience, the so-called action scenes must not only look good, but also make every shot full of emotion and determination through subtle changes in movements and eyes.Only in this way can the audience not only feel the shock of the action when watching, but also be deeply touched and moved.

In the final analysis, no matter what kind of performance, there must be emotional investment, so as to make the performance more advanced and move the audience.

According to Wu Jing's instructions, Li Tang practiced it twice again. Despite the cold winter, he was still sweating profusely, and he felt extremely comfortable.

"I'll take a shower first, order two dishes later, and have a drink at noon if I have nothing to do."

"Okay, but let's say it first, at most one bottle per person, you can't drink too much."

"One bottle per person? It's beautiful, just one bottle, half for each person. Not enough, turn left when you go out, there are plenty of Erguotou in the canteen."

When Wu Jing came back this time, except for the first two or three days when he stayed at home honestly, he spent almost all of this time with him.In his words, he hated seeing the old man at home, so he could only come here.

But Li Tang seriously suspected that this product was here to cheat Moutai into drinking.

(End of this chapter)