The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 43 Live Teaching
As the sun sets, the birds return to the forest.

The first day of filming of "Funny Family" is finally over. Except for Li Mingqi and Li Dafu who performed well, everyone else's performance is not satisfactory.

Li Shengyao did not yell and curse, he gave the actors a lot of patience.

But except for Xue Zhiqian and Yang Shuo, everyone else is an adult, and it is still very face-saving.

The big guys want to perform their tricks well, and they are anxious in the face of such a situation.

During dinner in the afternoon, a group of actors found Li Shengyao and asked him if he had any specific routines.

At this time Li Shengyao was eating, and Sun Li was sitting beside him.

He feels that Sun Li has been a little clingy to him recently, but he is a principled person, and he has no interest in Sun Li, so he won't provoke her.

Hearing what the actors said, Li Shengyao laughed and said, "Ask Mr. Li Mingqi, I won't show off."

"Director, you can't say that. I just figured it out on my own. If you ask me to say it, I can't say it. I still need you to point them out."

Li Mingqi actually wanted to see Li Shengyao's understanding in this regard.

She didn't study acting, what she did was indeed her own pondering and accumulated experience.

When Li Shengyao heard the words, he didn't refuse, and said what he had in mind.

There are two main points. The first is to act as a real person in the absurd world.

The second is to reduce the spirit of the characters as much as possible and make the characters weaker.

Regarding the second point, he explained: "This is actually quite normal. This is human nature. If we see a dog being beaten and the dog shows an aggrieved expression, we will sympathize and find it a little funny."

"But if a dog gets hit and then barks and shows its sharp canine teeth, we get scared."

"It's the same with comedy. You can make your characters sympathetic, but not fearful. Then no one will have joy, only fear, and only distance."

Hearing this, Chen Xun frowned and thought about it.

She originally had other dramas, but they were all costume dramas. She wanted to challenge herself, so she found a relationship and came to this crew.

She knew it was a sitcom, so she did a lot of work in advance, especially after watching a lot of Big Brother movies, she felt that it was completely different from what Lee Sheng Yew said.

The second point Li Shengyao said is completely different, the elder brother's aura is not weak.

"Director, then...then why is the protagonist's aura not weak in the Big Brother movie, but also showing his sharpness?"

After Chen Xun finished speaking, he felt a little regretful.

Contradicting the director face to face, it seems that this will not give Li Shengyao face.

But since she said it, she would not be afraid, and looked at Li Shengyao, hoping to get a correct answer.

Li Shengyao smiled when he heard the words, nodded to Chen Xun, and then said: "This question is very good, here it involves another type of comedy, that is kung fu comedy."

"In most kung fu comedies, the protagonist has a strong momentum and a sharp personality. There is nothing wrong with that."

"However, the selling point of kung fu comedy is different from ordinary comedies. It is like the kung fu comedy of the big brother. There are two main reasons why it can produce jokes. One is the contrast between the character of the protagonist and the event, and the other is the contrast between kung fu and the event."

"The first point is easy to understand. In "Police Story", the protagonist's experience in court, the original recording, turned into an ambiguous sexual joke. joke."

"The second point is even more famous, and that is the most critical factor for Long's comedy to be famous all over the world."

"The contrast between kung fu and incidents. In "Project A", the protagonist is chased by bad guys. In other movies, either the protagonist fights back sharply, or escapes in embarrassment, but the eldest brother is in it, using juggling skills to create a lot of jokes."

""Drunken Master" is more straightforward. When others fight with each move, the protagonist has to drink a jar of wine first. The fight is crooked, and he can't even stand upright. This is the contrast between kung fu and events, and it is also the essence of Long's comedy. charm."

After the words fell, he looked at Chen Xun pitifully.

Doesn't this girl think that anyone can make big brother's kung fu comedies?

In fact, Wu Jing and Zhao Wenzhuo both tried kung fu comedy later, but it was only embarrassing.

You don't study Zhou Xingxing, or Feng Xiaogang's comedies, why study kung fu comedies?
Chen Xun noticed Li Shengyao's eyes and lowered his head in embarrassment.

There was a round of applause, and Guo Xiaodong continued to ask: "Director, we can't act in those big brother's movies. Now this "Funny Family", besides the two points you just mentioned, are there any details that we need to pay attention to?"

"There are two points."

It was still two o'clock, Li Shengyao and others looked over, and then said: "First point, you must keep your expression down."

"Compared with other types of films, comedies will have more facial close-ups. Many people mistakenly think that expressions should be enlarged at this time, which is wrong."

Criticize Deng by name. He has acted in so many comedies, but the response is not good. The biggest problem is that his facial features are flying around. He thinks that winking can produce jokes.

The same is true of the five members of the happy family, with exaggerated expressions.

Such a performance is fake at first glance.

In real life, there are very few people with exaggerated expressions, and it is difficult for the audience to get involved.

"We have to close the show. In fact, even in Zhou Xingxing's movie, he seldom yells, cries and laughs wantonly."

"The second point is to make facial expressions slowly, with procedures, and complete gradually."

"When I hit you, you shouldn't stare at me right away. You will be stunned for a while, and after you react, you will frown and stare at me sideways."

"Because there are a lot of facial close-ups in comedy, small expressions can also be captured, so when the camera is shown to you, there don't have to be many small expressions, but they must be in place."

"You get it right, it's going to be really fun, great."

The Korean version of Li Shuncai has a lot of small expressions, a pair of small eyes are rolling around, curling his lips, frowning, squeezing his nose, and baring his teeth. This little old man contributed more than [-]% of the jokes in this drama.

Li Dafu doesn't have much acting skills, but fortunately his image fits well, and the effect of acting in his true colors is good.

When everyone heard the words, they all digested silently.

Li Mingqi also felt that he had benefited a lot. He figured out things that he didn't understand at first, and gave Li Shengyao a thumbs up, "Director, although you are young, you are really capable, I admire you."

Li Shengyao had no humility, nodded and smiled, "Of course, otherwise I wouldn't be making "Funny Family"."

He is an expert in theory, so if you ask him to act, he can't act, but if you ask him to evaluate, he is absolutely fine.

Hearing this, Chen Xun secretly glanced at Li Shengyao.

It has to be said that this man who is younger than her is indeed expected.

Li Mingqi is a national first-class actor, everyone admires Li Shengyao.

In this regard, I am afraid that none of the students from the directing department of Nortel Chinese Opera can compare.

Huaxia has a vast land and rich resources, and there are a lot of talents. If you want to get ahead, you must work harder.

Immediately [-] words, I will save the manuscript next, and update two chapters a day.

If this book is on the shelves in half a month, I will update fifty chapters on the day it is on the shelves.

If it is released after one month, one hundred chapters will be updated on the day of release.

Happy Labor day.

(End of this chapter)