Acting school started in 1998

Chapter 344

"Brother, "Subway to Spring" has been completed. There will be a screening party next week. Do you have time to see if you have time..."

"I won't participate if I can't leave here. Just follow the plan. If there are no problems with the review, send it out as soon as possible. Although they have given a deadline, let's not really delay it until the end. It will be more convenient for everyone."

"Got it, brother!"

"Well, thank you for your hard work. I'll just hang up if it doesn't matter."

Li Tang was afraid that Zeng Jia on the other end of the phone would mention the bodyguards hired for Jiang Qinqin to him again, so he hung up the phone in a hurry.

Xiaopang, who had been eavesdropping at the side, asked curiously: "Do you think you can be shortlisted this time?"

"How do I know? It depends on luck... Even if you can't be shortlisted, it would be good to show your face and do some publicity." Li Tang said.

Although with the operation of MK2, it is estimated that the shortlisted screening unit will not be a big problem, but he does not want to talk too much.

"Then this time you have to walk on the red carpet with Xu Jinglei." Xiaopang put her face against his chest and said sourly.

Li Tang smiled and said: "It depends on whether the person is free or not. If not, then I can only go with Zhang Baibai."

"Tch, she couldn't wait for this kind of opportunity. How could she not be free?" Xiaopang snorted.

The red carpets of the three major European film festivals have a fatal attraction for actresses all over the world, not to mention domestic actresses in the Mu Yang era.If you really have this kind of calmness, why would you want to be an actor?

Remember this, everything an actor does is to become famous.

It is now mid-July, and the crew of "Purple Butterfly" is currently filming intensively at Chedun Cinema. However, Lou Ye, who pays attention to realism, still moved part of the scene to the urban area for real-life shooting.

Overall, the filming went smoothly, and the ex-girlfriend scene was wrapped just yesterday.After finishing filming, I hurried back to the capital the same day, reportedly to audition for a Hong Kong comedy movie.

Li Tang also learned about this Hong Kong comedy movie from his ex-girlfriend. It turned out that "My Sassy Girl" from Bangzi Country last year was very popular in Asia.The Hong Kong film industry, which has always been at the forefront of following trends and is very good at learning from and paying homage to, cannot of course give up such a good opportunity, so it timely launched this Chinese costume version of "My Sassy Girl" - "Hedong Lion's Roar" .

As if he had agreed, as soon as his ex-girlfriend left, Fatty came.She had just finished filming "Lee Wei's Official 2" and she hadn't seen her for more than half a month. She missed her so much. She was caught up in it during the day, so she had to study the script.But now she no longer needs Teacher Li's guidance, she can even draw inferences from one example and come up with a variety of tricks.

"By the way, when will you report to the crew?" Li Tang asked, changing the subject.

"NO.20." Xiaopang looked regretful and pouted, "I can't even stay for a few days this time."

"The Condor" has not yet aired, but "Dragon" is already very popular.Not long ago, a large-scale public audition was held, and Beijing TV Station also conducted follow-up reports.

Some up-and-coming talents, such as Yan Danchen, a classmate of Xiao Yanzi, and Su Chang, a former child star, all participated in this open audition to compete for the role of the number one female lead, Wang Yuyan.

Of course, the role has already been decided, so the so-called public audition is destined to be a failure.However, this is most likely a hype created by Zhang Beard and several brokerage companies. After all, for those little flowers who are eager to be famous, being associated with the leading actress in Jin Yong's drama is also a good opportunity to increase their popularity.

Li Tang has a good relationship with Zhang Bearded's right-hand man Zhao Jian, the director and martial arts instructor of "Swordsman", "The Condor", and the upcoming "Dragon", and they often keep in touch in private.

According to Zhao Jian, the overall quality of "The Condor" is not optimistic. On the one hand, it may be due to the constant turmoil during the filming. First, the director was changed, and then there was a drama involving Zhou Xun and Qu Ying competing for their husbands, which caused chaos all over the place. Chicken feathers.In fact, the underlying reason is that the preparation work was not sufficient enough.

So this time, Lao Zhang learned from the pain and no longer had a chief director. He decided early on that his old team Zhou Xiaowen and Yu Min would be the literary drama directors, Ju Jueliang and Zhao Jian were the martial arts directors, and Yuan Bing was once again invited to serve as the martial arts director.And the actors are required to join the set in advance for half a month of martial arts training.

This time, Lao Zhang truly took full control of the situation and copied the training model used before filming "Swordsman".

Hearing that Xiaopang wouldn't be able to stay for a few days, Li Tang secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he did not forget to say: "Take it easy during training and be careful not to get injured. Yuan Bing and Zhao Jian are both good people. I'll say hello to you later."

Hearing that Teacher Li cared about him, Xiaopang felt quite sweet in his heart and said with a smile: "Of course it would be best if you could say hello to me, but don't worry, it's not my first time filming a slap scene, so I know it well."

When an actor joins the cast, unless you are a big star and it is up to you to carry the show, then you will be the boss and won’t say anything.Otherwise, it is necessary to have a good relationship with the behind-the-scenes bosses such as the director, cinematographer, and martial arts instructor.There’s something to be said for adding appropriate drama to important parts, and how to make the filming look better and more brilliant.

Then Xiaopang couldn't hide his sourness and said: "The one named Liu Yifei, I saw it on a TV series two days ago. She was just a chubby little girl..."

At this point, she suddenly remembered and said to Li Tang: "You used to always call me fat. Go and see this person. He is much fatter than I was back then. Don't call me chubby again in the future."

Li Tang thought of the heroic Hua Mulan in his previous life, and couldn't help but smile: "I'm still young after all, and that's called baby fat. You can wait and see after I draw the strip!"

"I think it's just average. He's just a little taller!" Xiaopang muttered unconvincedly.

She had always been very confident about her appearance, but ever since she saw Liu Yifei on TV, she seemed less confident.Although the little girl looks a bit fat, she is indeed beautiful, especially she has a sense of innocence that men are particularly willing to take care of, which she does not possess.

"Okay, get along well with them when you get to the set. Don't forget that they have a backstage." Li Tang stroked her head and said.

Xiaopang shook his head irritably and curled his lips and said, "You don't need to talk about this, I know it!"

"Hey, talk like me again!"

After studying the script once, Teacher Li, who had already recovered, was very unhappy with Xiaopang's attitude and decided to teach her how to behave.

When I was with my ex-girlfriend before, the feeling was chewy, strong and long-lasting.

But being with Xiaopang is more passionate, juicy and tempting, and difficult to control.If this kind of woman had been born in ancient times, she would have been like Daji and Baoyi. From now on, the king would not come to court early.

Probably only when you are with Jiang Qinqin, you will feel particularly warm, the years are quiet, and the water flows slowly.

……

"Mr. Li, morning!"

"morning!"

"morning!"

After a week, Li Tang came to Chedun Cinema again.

Because the crew and Zhang Ziyi only signed a two-month schedule in total, and because they were worried about not being able to make it in time, they had been working day and night to film Xiao Zhang's scenes.But for two nights in a row, during the intense boat scene between Mr. Zhang and Nippon, Mr. Zhang finally collapsed from exhaustion and his fever reached 39 degrees Celsius.

So the director called him again and called him to the scene.

Lou Ye and the executive director were not seen at the scene, so they were probably resting at the moment.

He walked into the dressing room with familiarity, said hello to the makeup and costume teacher, and sat down to put on makeup.

Most of the behind-the-scenes staff of the crew are from Shanghai Film Studio and are no strangers to Li Tang. Many of them have worked together during the filming of "Shanghai Chronicle" and "The Third Man".

As usual, when putting on makeup, Li Tang started to mime with his eyes closed while brewing his emotions.

For the character Situ, the emotional changes in the two paragraphs are obvious. Before Yi Ling was killed, this character was full of sunshine; but after Yi Ling was killed, he was inexplicably involved in the Japanese intelligence agency and the anti-Japanese resistance organization. During the fight, the whole person began to become gloomy.

In fact, he has very few lines in the play, maybe twenty or thirty lines from beginning to end, and he mostly expresses his inner drama.To be honest, this requires an actor's acting skills to be higher, especially when Lou Ye always takes close-ups, the kind of frozen close-ups where the camera is focused on the face.If you're not careful, you won't be able to take this kind of shot.Only Li Tang and Zhang Ziyi can enjoy this kind of treatment.Xie Ming, the leader of the anti-Japanese resistance organization played by Mr. Feng Yuanzheng, is more of a profile shot.As for Nakamura Hiroshi, who has an equally heavy role in the small book, he should have enjoyed such close shots and close-ups. Maybe it was because of his insufficient acting skills or other considerations. Anyway, with him, he mostly used medium shots and long shots. .

Today's scene is a continuation of the scene that was filmed a week ago.It tells the story of Situ who was chased by Japanese spies and anti-Japanese resistance organizations at the same time after escaping from the train station. One side believed that he was a member of the anti-Japanese resistance organization, while the other side believed that he was a traitor because of the sudden change at the train station. In the end, he was captured by Japanese intelligence agencies. Capture it first.

Although he was confused, the information in the briefcase forced upon him by the contact proved his identity.So under severe torture and death threats from the Japanese intelligence agencies, he had to admit it. Then he was instigated by the Japanese intelligence agencies and promised to provide them with information, becoming a shameful traitor.

It was precisely at this time that he figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing.But as an innocent person, he had no way to defend himself and could only accept it.

In the pouring rain, he returned home like a zombie and looked at the two purple butterflies in the bottle on the window sill.Devastated by Yi Ling's death and humiliated as a traitor, he finally decided to end his life with the pistol that the Japanese spy had given him.

What was filmed today was the scene where he changed out of the bloody clothes he was tortured into, put on clean and neat clothes, and sat on the toilet in the bathroom, preparing to commit suicide.

Of course, the suicide was not successful, otherwise the following storyline would not be able to unfold.

Suicide is something that requires courage. When you point the gun at your own heart, you are struggling internally, and this struggle needs to be expressed through extremely subtle expressions in a minute-long frozen close-up.

"Cut!"

Article [-]: Lou Ye had to call stop again through the intercom.

Li Tang also felt embarrassed. He pulled up his pants and stood up from the toilet. He reached out and asked the executive director. He took the walkie-talkie and said to Lou Ye who was hiding in the dark room: "Director, give me 10 minutes to adjust."

"it is good!"

Lou Ye agreed simply.

Only six photos were taken, maybe Li Tang would feel embarrassed, but for Lou Ye, this was just a common occurrence.

Regarding the boat scene last night, Zhang Ziyi had a fever at the beginning, a little over 37 degrees, but she still took more than a dozen shots. In the end, her temperature reached 39 degrees 8, and Xiao Zhang was a little confused.Even though Zhang Ziyi's staff protested, he still refused to let her go because he felt that the actor was in just the right condition at this time.

Sure enough, the last one is perfect. The boat scene is most touching when the actors are in a dazed state.

Li Tang returned the walkie-talkie to the executive director and nodded apologetically to the surrounding staff.I touched my pocket out of habit and found nothing. Only then did I realize that my cigarettes, lighter, and mobile phone were all with my assistant Xiao Zhao.When filming indoor scenes, due to space constraints, the assistant can only wait outside.

Just as he was about to go out, photographer Wang Yu handed him a red coin and helped him light it with a lighter.

"Thank you!"

Li Tang took a deep puff. The Hongwan was stronger than the wide-form International [-] he usually smoked. The mixed tobacco flavor also stimulated his nerves.

"It's okay, take your time." Wang Yu comforted him at the right moment.

As Lou Ye's official photographer, he was used to seeing this kind of scene. Even the actor who was particularly good at acting in inner dramas was tortured to death by Lou Ye.

In fact, their relationship was very good at the time, but later this person became addicted to addiction. Although he came back last year to film a documentary that seemed to be inspirational, how can addiction be easily quit, let alone suffering from severe illness? It has been a long time, and I can only continue to sink.

Thinking of this, Wang Yu felt a little sad.

Li Tang didn't know that the photographer opposite had so many inner dramas. He sat on the toilet and smoked while reflecting.In fact, he was in good condition a week ago, and the results will definitely be good for subsequent filming. Unfortunately, in order to accommodate Xiao Zhang's schedule, he had to give way.

At the same time, Xiaopang happened to come over during the rest period, and the life was so comfortable that the negative emotions that had been accumulated were gone.

This kind of inner drama with a face full of anger cannot be performed well by relying on technical processing alone. It can only be driven by the true inner emotions. Even if you have no expression, the audience can still feel it.So sometimes acting is a bit metaphysical, and it’s no wonder actors can be superstitious sometimes.

"Prepare!"

A beam of white cold light came from the back, illuminating most of Li Tang's face, and then hit the mosaic wall behind.

Wang Yu held the camera firmly with his hand and shot with a handheld lens while standing opposite.

With a "pop" sound, the scorer hit the board.

The executive director shouted softly: "Action!"

Li Tang pulled off his trousers and sat on the toilet. He lowered his head and stared blankly at the pistol in his hand. When he raised his head, his eyes were dull, like a creature with no emotion.

Suddenly there was a "crack" sound, and the pistol was loaded.

After loading the gun, he still sat blankly for about seven or eight seconds, then slowly lowered his head, pointed the muzzle of the gun at the left side of his heart, made two gestures in succession, and after confirming that it was correct, slowly lowered his head. He raised his head until those dim, emotionless eyes looked at the camera.

At this time, Wang Yu also slowly zoomed in on the camera.At the beginning, this is a half-length close-up shot of the central composition, and the camera zooms in extremely slowly.

Li Tang kept looking at the camera like this, staying still. It was not intentional, but he exuded an aura of silence that made people feel goosebumps.

Suddenly his eyes blinked, it was instinct.But Li Tang closed his eyes.

Lou Ye, who was staring at the monitor in the dark room, finally relaxed for the first time today, and his eyes showed approval.It can be seen that Li Tang has found the feeling at this time.

Wang Yu's camera was still slowly zooming in at a speed that was imperceptible to the naked eye, until the face filled the entire frame, frozen and frozen.

A clear cold light shines on that unruffled face. The eyelashes are very long, very long. It makes people feel that if they open their eyes, they must be a pair of big eyes that are particularly smart and talkative.At this time, the long eyelashes were trembling slightly, and the eyelids covering them were also trembling slightly from time to time.

Suicide requires courage. Even with good psychological preparation, Li Tang, who was determined to die, still had the scene when Yi Ling was shot in his mind at the moment when he was about to pull the trigger.

I haven’t avenged Yi Ling yet!
At the same time, he hated the Japanese agent who forced him to become a traitor. Now that he had a gun in his hand, maybe he could use this gun to kill the Japanese agent. Even if he was killed, it would be a worthy death.

It is this mental activity that accompanies the twitching of the eyelids and the trembling of the eyelashes.But then I thought about it, what’s the point?At this time, as long as I pull the trigger, everything will be over. No matter what anti-Japanese resistance organization or Japanese spy, I would rather die than become a traitor...

It was precisely because of this thought that his eyelids no longer trembled, his eyelashes no longer trembled, and he suddenly became strangely calm, and the whole scene was dead silent.

Suddenly there were two "pops".

His eyelids twitched instinctively and he opened his eyes, seeming to be listening intently.

"Clap clap clap..."

There were several more knocks on the door, louder and more urgent.

Li Tang slowly turned his eyes and looked in the direction of the sound.

"Cut! Good, very good!"

(End of this chapter)