This director needs to apologize

Chapter 113 Nowhere to put your true colors to the end
On Friday, April 4, "16" has been in production for one and a half months, and the production schedule shows that the progress is already over halfway.

The crew set out early in the morning and went to the east slope of Tianma Mountain. After a little preparation, they immediately started rehearsing.

This area has been tidied up by a group of engineers. A few days ago, Lu Ping led the team to do a second "repair". What is now shown in the camera is a bumpy lunar surface.

Since the shooting was in a smoky environment, there was no risk of being photographed, so there was no prison booth set up on site, only a few simple dressing rooms were temporarily erected.

After the preparations were completed, everyone stood in a large circle at a high place, and all eyes were condescendingly focused on Liu Dongjun at the end of the gentle slope.

More than 100 eyes stared at Xiao Liu, making him feel uncomfortable everywhere. He simply had nowhere to put his hands and feet.

For the past month and a half, he had been Duan Yining's inspiration, playing the role of a dull country boy.

The master will take care of his lines, guide him when walking, and point out mistakes when he makes mistakes. He does not need to worry about it.

Today is completely different, because Duan Yining has been given a long vacation and is already at home in the imperial capital with his wife and children.

Lao Duan was definitely worried about his apprentice, but Chen Yiming drove him away without any explanation.

All I want is your absence!
Chen Yiming did not leave the show in person, but chose to stand aside and watch. The two assistant directors Fu Ruixiang and Zhang Weining were on hand to guide Mu Mu's acting.

Because Chen Yiming was not sure how the scene should be presented for a while, when the photography team discussed the camera operation, he gave full power to Paul without saying a word.

If Chen Yiming had any designs for this one-man show during the script creation stage, they basically came from the original film "1917".

One of the duo must die, and the surviving one must have a huge change in thinking, and this change must have an extreme scene.

First from the outside to the inside, and then from the inside to the outside. Isn’t this the so-called intention and expression of movies?
As for why one has to die, can they both live?
Chen Yiming didn't know, or he didn't care at all at that time. He was just a tailor, not a designer, so there was no need to think so much.

Now, after filming for less than half a year, his current thoughts are completely different from those at the beginning of the project. His inner imagination of this scene has gradually turned from clear to chaotic.

Just like the actual shooting, there was a thick green fog with visibility less than 1 meter around the wood.

As Lin Xiao said, after more than half of the progress, "1951" is no longer the imaginary space he planned and designed, but a "real world" built and constructed by everyone on the crew.

Chen Yiming no longer had the confidence he had when creating scripts and storyboards. He believed that he could arrange an appropriate process for the messenger and thus properly explain his transformation and transformation.

In other words, Chen Yiming trusts the combination of actors and photography more than himself. This combination is the real protagonist of "1951", even if the protagonist's external appearance is just that of a 17-year-old minor.

Xiangrui, who was holding a small TV, shouted "ACTION", just like blowing a charge horn during an attack. No matter how reluctant the minors were, they had no choice but to start the performance.

It can be seen that Liu Dongjun has done his homework in advance, and it is also possible that Lao Duan has started a small stove for his apprentice in advance. Every move of the wood on the monitor has its own set of inherent performance logic.

He first hugged his head and huddled behind a ridge on the slope. After a long time, he resumed his actions. He shook his head first, and then slowly stood up.

The opening paragraph does a good job of helping the audience to immerse themselves in the scene where the protagonist encounters a sudden mortar attack.

Then he walked forward step by step, occasionally tripping over craters and shallow trenches beneath his feet, simulating the difficulty of groping through thick fog.

Next, he used actions such as scratching his throat and coughing violently to convey the message that the smoke is poisonous to the audience.

Then he began to struggle to save himself. He first took out the kettle and pointed the spout downward to tell the audience that the kettle had been punctured and all the water had leaked out.

In desperation, he had to pull off the towel tied around his arm, wet it with urine and cover his face to save himself.

Even though he has been covered from the nose and mouth down, covering most of his face, Liu Dongjun can still perform a three-stage performance of blinking, squinting, and closing his eyes, implying that Mu Mu's eyes have been burned by poisonous gas.

During a series of performances, he kept moving and his rhythm remained relatively smooth.

All this shows that Xiao Liu made a lot of preparations for this scene and practiced repeatedly.

Of course, Liu Dongjun's performance is not impeccable.

After the first rehearsal, Xiangrui pointed out that the primary problem with the performance was that the wooden performance was "not wooden enough" and that the performance was too smooth and too smooth.

After all, Xiangrui is a major student at the School of Film and Television at the University of Southern California, and he speaks fluently about acting theory.

"Wooden wood, the emotional substitution must be complete and coherent. You have to substitute not only this scene, but also the previous scene and even the entire film. Imagine that the orderly soldier is suddenly attacked by artillery fire and falls under the ridge. state of mind.

You have just experienced a life-and-death experience and said goodbye to your mentor and brother who have supported you all the way. How should you feel at that time?
You thought you had narrowly escaped death, but you were covered by artillery fire again. How would you show this kind of ups and downs?
At the same time, don’t forget that in the context of the entire film, you are a new soldier. Before this mission, you have only done transportation and dug trenches, and your real battlefield experience is zero.

After adding up several preconditions, do you still think that the deduction you just made is logical? "

Liu Dongjun was speechless by Xiangrui, because everything Xiangrui said made sense.

He himself also knew that it was not "Wooden" who was performing just now, but actually him imitating the old paragraph's teaching video.

If Lao Duan had been present at the scene, he would have poked Mr. Liu on the forehead and exclaimed, "You are such a piece of wood." What he was demonstrating was "Consultant Qin"'s brave march into the poisonous gas zone. How could he copy it exactly as it was?

Turn around and reset, and immediately start the second rehearsal.

This scene is the most "prime" one in and outside the production. There is only one actor, a principal, an assistant, two photographers and a sound engineer throughout the whole process.Because no equipment or props are involved, the rehearsal intervals can be very short.

This means that the time left for Liu Dongjun to think and summarize is also very short. He needs to rely more on his imagination of the characters and plot, as well as his personal instinct.

There is a joke that humans laugh when they think about God, which roughly corresponds to Liu Dongjun’s current inner world.

As a new layman, his thinking is often not only unhelpful but even harmful.

Before Lao Duan left, he gave Chen Yiming advice. Since he chose Liu Dongjun's true character based on his first impression, he should always trust his own intuition and let Xiao Liu's "true color" come true to the end.

They have all performed in their true colors, so stop emphasizing on emotional substitution or inner drive. The only person a novice can play well is himself. The only person Chen Yiming, the director, has to believe in is Liu Dongjun himself.

Instead of relying on logic, follow your instincts.

Chen Yiming was very convinced by Lao Duan's words, so during the rehearsal of this scene, Chen Yiming, who was watching the whole process, only made one request: to continue performing without rest between scenes until Liu Dongjun could no longer perform.

The second rehearsal started soon, and Liu Dongjun slowed down visibly. At least in terms of appearance, it felt like a physical and mental collapse.

However, the core issue was still unresolved, and the arrangement still had a strong implication, which did not fit the impression of a country bumpkin experiencing a poison gas attack for the first time.

This time it was Zhang Weining who gave the lecture. He was on a different path from the academic Xiangrui. Because he was always dealing with extras, Zhang was a hopeless expressionist, and all he taught Xiao Liu were routines.

"You can't curl up there motionless when you're being bombed. You're a new soldier, so you have to shiver! Imagine waking up in the morning in the twelfth lunar month, and your lower half is freezing under the blanket, and you don't want to get out of bed.

You said that you lived in a rural area in Northeast China when you were a child. You should have gone out to relieve yourself after dark, right?Fumbling forward in the smoke is like leaving the house without turning on the lights and entering the hut in the courtyard. You then reminisce and look for feelings.

There is no memory of peeing and mud, so there is always a situation where it can be solved on the spot, right?How were you feeling at that time? Was your body feeling happy and your heart feeling anxious?I can't hold it in physically, I'm afraid of being discovered mentally, I want to end it as soon as possible but I can't help it. Think about it, isn't this the case? "

The third rehearsal began soon.

Liu Dongjun's understanding is still very strong. In a short period of time, he transformed Zhang Weining's indoctrination into specific actions, reflecting subjective changes in his performance.

For example, the trembling under the ridge is very similar to the handsome guy huddled behind the "hedgehog steel frame" in the opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan". Even if his face is not shown, the word "scared" is written all over his body. "Character.

When simulating peeing, the water line falling in the hand did not immediately align with the towel on the ground, but shivered and tilted. It was a very clever little trick.

Sang Ping and Lin Xiao, who were sitting with Chen Yiming, unanimously praised Xiao Liu when they saw this. They felt that Xiao Liu was very spiritual.

Chen Yiming smiled and complained, "You two are really good at talking. This comment is tantamount to praising a certain lady for her temperament. It is an act of praise that cannot be praised."

Lin Xiao immediately retorted, "Don't judge a gentleman with a villain's heart. You should have more confidence in the wood. I think this kid has great potential."

Chen Yiming burst into laughter, "You know, you know, if it's so bad that it's as bad as the center of the earth, then all that's left is potential."

Sang Ping interrupted the crosstalk between the two, "Xiao Chen, what kind of rules do you have for this scene? Are you just going to let Xiao Liu practice it over and over again with his eyes darkened?"

Lin Xiao took this opportunity to make a strong follow-up, "Teacher Sang is right. As a director, Yiming, you have to show your ideas to the actors. What do you want to express through this scene? It's not like you are doing it in such a confused way now." Do you want to play with the silly boy?"

(End of this chapter)