You've passed the college entrance examination, but can't you make it in the entertainment

Chapter 144 Feeding the audience knives

Before Le Yan officially joined the crew for filming, he made an appointment with director Kong Chao.

The two people need to do some preliminary communication about this character.

On this day, Leyan took his nanny car to the filming location.

All functional departments work here before the official start of filming.

As soon as he arrived, Leyan was pulled to the dressing room and forced to sit down:

"Director Kong said that he wants to change your appearance."

Le Yan did not object to this, but asked curiously:

"What do you want me to change it to?"

The makeup teacher explained to Leyan while putting the scarf on:

"The character you want to play is a troubled boy, but you are too good now. You need to change him to be more rebellious."

"Rebellious?" Le Yan's eyes widened.

"Style is also a very important part of character creation. You have already performed well, but if you add a style that suits the character, it will be different immediately."

Le Yan nodded and stopped talking.

As expected, the things you can learn by joining a film crew cannot be learned in school.

Although he was well prepared, Le Yan was still startled when the styling teacher cut her hair.

This is basically cut close to the scalp.

So short?

The styling teacher was very neat, even cutting and pushing, and it was done in less than ten minutes.

Le Yan looked at his unfamiliar self in the mirror and felt that the makeup was really magical.

The styling teacher gave him a hair-cut haircut, but it was different from the hair-cut haircut.

The hair on the sides is very short, and the hair on the top of the head is slightly longer, but it is long enough to still stand upright.

Just by changing her hairstyle, Leyan's temperament is completely different.

He touched the stranger's hair:

"It's really a lot of rebellion."

From the looks of it, he looks like the kind of person who is not easy to mess with.

After that, the teacher refined the details and tried several eyebrow shapes for him.

Before the character's makeup is finalized, it must be adjusted many times until it is changed to the appearance that best suits the character.

Leyan only changed his hairstyle and eyebrows, and some actors had to lose weight and gain weight. It can only be said that being an actor is not as simple as everyone thinks.

The teacher tried several eyebrow shapes and ended up painting them all off. No matter how I painted them, they were not as good-looking as Leyan's own eyebrows.

"The foundation is really good." The styling teacher praised from the bottom of his heart.

This little nose, these little eyes, these little eyebrows, this little mouth, this little skin, how come this kid looks so good!

After changing her hairstyle, Leyan went to the costume teacher to try on clothes.

"It's mainly school uniforms, but you're a character who doesn't really listen to the teacher, so I'll give you some more pairs of pants."

The costume teacher threw the school uniform and pants over. Seeing that there were no changing rooms around, Le Yan asked hesitantly:

"Teacher, where can I change clothes?"

Ni Zhen pulled him to the corner, stood in front of him and said:

"Actors don't have that many things to do, so let's change them here."

Leyan winked at him.

you sure?

That costume teacher is a woman!

Ni Zhen smiled and said:

"In some special circumstances, the male and female protagonists change clothes in the same room. Please change quickly."

Leyan immediately took off his pants.

Is there such a good thing?

Then I won't be polite

Wearing a school uniform and a new hairstyle, he looks like a troubled boy in school!

Even Ni Zhen was stunned, wondering if Li Yiran would still recognize Leyan when he returned home like this?

Le Yan made some silly moves in front of the mirror, making the whole audience go crazy.

"This is what Hu Xingman should be like!"

After putting on makeup and clothes, Leyan went to meet the director.

Kong Chao looked at Leyan twice after seeing it, and nodded with satisfaction:

"This is the makeup, it's decided!"

After the director made the decision, Le Yan's character style was completely finalized.

After he was taken to take some makeup photos, he came back to meet Kong Chao again.

There were not as many people as Wuyang Wuyang in the room this time. Counting Le Yan and Ni Zhen, there were only five people in the room.

"I don't need to introduce you, right? We met at the last audition." Kong Chao pointed to the two people around him and said, "Screenwriter Ba Liang and producer Xiaomi."

Leyan stood up and greeted the two teachers.

"Have you read the script?" Kong Chao started to get to the point.

Leyan answered simply and neatly:

"I've watched it five times, and I'll watch it for the sixth time soon."

"Any ideas?"

"I don't have any problem with the background of the character, but I think it's a bit abrupt when Hu Xingman changes from a troubled boy to studying hard." Le Yan said hard, "Looking at his troubled boy part alone, he is very complete, and his hard work after changing his state of mind is also very It’s complete, but these two parts seem to have been forced on.”

Leyan has been studying the script recently.

On the basis of the two-layered character of Hu Xingman, the screenwriter added a twist to him. In order to enter the same university as the girl he likes, he studied hard and worked hard in the last few months, and worked hard to become stronger. Later, Hu Xingman changed into two other personality colors.

It is equivalent to saying that Le Yan will portray Hu Xingman's two states and a total of four contradictory characters in this TV series.

Le Yan was very interested in this kind of three-dimensional character creation and was willing to try it, but the twist in the script was too abrupt.

Do you change that much just to get into the same university with a girl?

The reason for being a love brain is indeed valid, but it is not good enough or deep enough. This part of the plot should be explained in more detail.

After raising this question, the screenwriter kept rubbing his hands in embarrassment.

The plot after Hu Xingman's twist was all written by him to the limit within a week.

Due to limited time, that part was indeed not explained beautifully enough.

But it’s the director’s fault!

It was he who asked me to give you crazy extra scenes and crazy heighten the arc of your character! !

Of course, the director also knew the cause of this problem, but he couldn't say anything about it even to death, so he smiled and asked:

"What do you recommend?"

"I don't have any good ideas at the moment." Le Yan has been thinking about how to solve this problem for the past two days, but he still has no good ideas. "If you agree with what I said, everyone will think about it in the days before the filming starts. How do you want to change it?”

"No problem, we will definitely adjust this to make the plot more complete." Kong Chao and the producer looked at the screenwriter and said.

"I will improve this part of the plot and come up with another plan for everyone before filming starts." The editor accepted this task.

"Do you have any other questions?" Kong Chao continued to ask.

Leyan shook his head:

"There is nothing else."

Seeing that Leyan had finished speaking, Kong Chao began to speak:

"Then let me talk about our expectations for this character."

Le Yan nodded and listened carefully to what the director said next.

"Although Hu Xingman's character is the second male lead, the only difference between him and the first male lead is that the female protagonist finally got together with the first male lead. Even after this character was created, many of us liked him more."

The producer next to him nodded silently.

If it is a character from the first edition, then Hu Xingman may be a special and slightly memorable character in his heart, and he will not be touched by it.

But now this character has been enlarged and fleshed out, and he likes the second male lead more than the male lead.

"Do you know why this is?" Kong Chao continued to ask. Le Yan thought for a while and said:

"I roughly know that the male protagonist's character has been perfect from the beginning. He has a good family background, studies well, has been admitted to a good university, and married the best woman in the show. But Hu Xingman came from the bottom, and his family background is not good. , was not good at studying, and was still a troubled boy. Through his own efforts, he finally reached a level where he could compete with the male protagonist. Although the female protagonist did not choose him in the end, the growth history from low to high will make the audience feel more involved. Stronger, more empathetic.”

"That's right!" the screenwriter said excitedly.

Bosom friend!

It was so well said and it all came from my heart.

Kong Chao nodded appreciatively.

Not only does Leyan perform well, but she also communicates very smoothly.

When I communicated with many cast members before the filming started, they couldn't understand a simple sentence. They tried their best to tell them that they understood, but when asked again, they still didn't know where they were.

It can only be said that the profession of actor is very diverse, and Leyan is the highest among them.

He was even more fortunate to be able to work with Leyan and give him extra scenes. This kind of actor should give him more stages!

Now that Le Yan knew this character very clearly, Kong Chao no longer bothered to explain the character. He continued:

"Just because Hu Xingman is more empathetic to the audience, we have higher requirements for this character."

"Say." Le Yan listened carefully.

"We hope that after the work is released, the first thing that the audience will think of when they mention 'The Wind Rises' is the character Hu Xingman. You must completely capture the audience's hearts. I have seen the MV for "The Wind Rises" that you acted in. You are very good at interpreting heart-wrenching plots and characters.”

At that time, when the screenwriter was asked to add scenes to Hu Xingman, there were many options to choose from.

For example, he plays naughty to the extreme, plays love brain to the extreme, etc. However, after watching the music video of "The Wind Rises" performed by Le Yan, Kong Chao decided to make Hu Xingman's character stand out.

In the sadomasochistic triangle, three actors are tortured in the play.

The people being abused outside the show are tens of millions of viewers.

And this abuse is mainly reflected in Hu Xingman, the outcast. He must make the audience like him, fall in love with him, and cry with him.

Leyan nodded knowingly:

"You are referring to the second half, right? After Hu Xingman worked hard and changed for the heroine?"

In Le Yan's understanding, Hu Xingman's first half of the plot should be about a bold and free-spirited character, and there should be no hidden knives in it.

Who would have guessed that Kong Chao shook his head:

"The most deadly thing is hiding a knife in a smile. I hope you will focus on this theme throughout the process of character creation."

Le Yan frowned and sighed.

This was different from what he had imagined after reading the script.

He knew that Hu Xingman was the legendary second male lead who was hard to live with, but Kong Chao's requirements were much higher than he expected.

Can I do it?

Seeing Leyan looking like he was facing a formidable enemy, Kong Chao comforted him with a smile:

"There are still a few days, don't worry and think slowly. If you have anything to communicate or ask, you can always come to me."

Le Yan is already very good, but Kong Chao firmly believes that he will be better

On the way home after leaving the crew, Le Yan's thoughts were always on the character of Hu Xingman.

Hu Xingman has a long growth line in the play.

In the first half of the plot, he has an out-of-character personality and is bold and direct in his actions. He is curious about everything in the world but does not like to study. When performing this part of the plot, it is difficult to make the audience fall in love with him. How can we catch him? To win the hearts of the audience?

The teacher said in class that it is easy to make the audience empathize, but it takes a long time to make the audience shed tears for the characters.

You must first make the audience not hate the character, and then let the audience understand the story behind the character. With these two foreshadowings, they will cry because of the character.

It is often said that in many dramas, the villain can make the audience cry when he dies. That is because the villain has something that can impress the audience in the previous plot. A purely evil villain cannot make the audience cry for his death. sad.

Therefore, in advanced scripts, the villain must be complex and multi-faceted. If he has a bad side, he must also have a good side.

So you will see that many bad guys have the same experience. Their wives and children are framed, they are forced by society to become evil, etc. This is all to allow the audience to find emotional foreshadowing in the villain.

Talking about the character Hu Xingman, if the audience is made to feel sad for him in the second half of the plot, Le Yan thinks this is easy to achieve because there is enough foreshadowing.

But Kong Chao asked him to stuff knives throughout the whole process. Can this really be done when a character has not yet been recognized?

Leyan has been involved in acting for nearly four months, and this is the biggest problem he has encountered in these four months.

How on earth am I going to interpret the character Hu Xingman?

Just thinking about it randomly, the car parked in the underground parking lot of Leyanjia Community.

Maybe he was thinking too seriously and was too obsessed. After entering the elevator, Leyan pressed the 10th floor. After getting off the elevator, he didn't realize that he had gone to the wrong house. When he opened the door with the key at Li Yiran's house, the predictable result was that he couldn't open the door. open.

While he was studying why the door couldn't be opened, he suddenly received a call from Li Yiran.

"Le said there is a bad guy at my door!"

"Huh?" Le Yan stood up straight, "Bad guy?"

"Someone opened the door with a key and made a lot of noise. What should I do? Call the police??"

Leyan comforted her while walking towards the stairwell:

"Don't be afraid, I'll go down and take a look."

Can there be bad people in broad daylight?

But when he walked to the door of the stairwell, he paused, and a huge number 10 appeared on the wall.

Am I on the 10th floor?

Am I the bad guy Li Yiran was talking about?

Leyan went back and knocked on the door:

"It's me, it's me, open the door."

Li Yiran didn't respond, but she sent a WeChat message to Leyan.

Li Yiran: "That person is knocking on the door! I'm going to call the police!!"

Leyan knocked louder:

"It's me! Look carefully, it's me!!"

Seeing that Li Yiran still didn't open the door, Leyan called back again:

"I am the person at your door, please open the door."

The call was immediately hung up.

Leyan heard Li Yiran scream from behind the door:

"It's over! Leyan has been kidnapped!!"

Le Yan laughed angrily. Knowing that Li Yiran was at the door, he pressed against the door and said:

"Teacher Li, if you don't open the door, I won't attend today's class. I just applied for a week's rest but you didn't agree. Don't regret it later."

Li Yiran's voice came from inside:

"What did you talk about yesterday?"

"Control of the high notes. You said that my high notes sounded as weak as if I hadn't eaten, and you forced me to eat half of the cantaloupe you ate."

The door opened a small crack, and Li Yiran revealed one eye to look at the strange man outside.

A few seconds later, the door was kicked open by Li Yiran.

She grabbed the hair on the top of Le Yan's head and said angrily:

"Why did you get such a haircut like that of a social idler? Do you look like a good person now??"

"It hurts, it hurts! Listen to my explanation."

ten minutes later.

Li Yiran's home.

Li Yiran couldn't put it down and touched Leyan's new hairstyle:

"This feels so good. I'll touch it in class from now on."

(End of this chapter)