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Chapter 252 Zhang Yimo, you are too slow!

In Chen Shiping's soft bag, he was reading a book, when Li Xiaoran opened the door angrily and came in.

Chen Shiping raised his eyelids to look at her and said, "Don't you know how to knock on the door?"

Li Xiaoran suppressed the words in his mouth, turned around and went out, closed the door, knocked, and then opened the door and came in.

"Did I let you in?"

Li Xiaoran turned around and went out to knock on the door again.

After she knocked seven or eight times, Chen Shiping asked her to come in.

Li Xiaoran sat opposite Chen Shiping and said angrily: "That Yin Xiaotian is so annoying!"

Chen Shiping ignored her while flipping through the book. Yin Xiaotian played her classmate and crush in the movie.

"He always talks to me and says he needs to communicate more."

When Li Xiaoran saw Chen Shiping ignoring him, he couldn't help but said: "He confessed to me!"

Chen Shiping paused while turning the book and said, "Don't slander others casually."

The child Xiaotian was very unlucky in the end. He was stabbed too hard.

That's what happened to Taihong. If Xiaotian falls, then those trash can have a chance to stand out.

Li Xiaoran snorted and couldn't help but mutter: "Who told you to ignore me?"

Chen Shiping closed the book, pointed to the door of the private room and said, "If you have nothing to do, go out and play cards with someone. Don't disturb me while I'm reading."

"Then I won't say anything." Li Xiaoran lay on the table and looked at Chen Shiping, twirling his hair with his fingers in boredom.

Chen Shiping could see the two balls on the table when he turned his head. Finally he put down the book and said, "Go out and play."

Don’t let anyone read the book anymore!

"You have a problem!" Li Xiaoran snorted and went out.

Chen Shiping then picked up the book and continued reading, silently reciting in his heart that his mind would calm down.

The weather in the south is really hot.

It's the end of October now, but it's still unnervingly hot.

When Chen Shiping came out of the train station with the crew, his clothes were soaked with sweat.

I want to go to the beach!

"What are you doing? No need to mention it." Li Xiaoran ran away with the bag in his hand.

Yin Xiaotian: "." If I don't care about you anymore, I'll be like a dog!
Many times, life is like this, your enthusiasm may not be needed by others.

The crew came out of the waiting station and went to the hotel to rest.

After a day of repairs, the hearing girl turned it on directly.

Chen Shiping felt very relaxed about filming this kind of feature film again.

To be precise, it's a bit boring.

Chen Shiping has started to take the shots himself. He has been a producer and director for so long that he has done so many storyboards.

I have already rehearsed the shot in my mind countless times.

Photography of hearing girls is going crazy.

He was originally Zhao Fei's deputy. This time Zhao Fei went to film The Bourne Supremacy, and he thought he would be able to take over.

Who would have thought that Chen Shiping would actually do it himself.

This is too much!

Chen Shiping, wearing a sun hat, waved to him and shouted: "Xiao Yang, give me a light-reduction lens."

"coming!"

Tangtang Photography has now become Chen Shiping’s mechanic.

Alas. Who made him the director of the factory? There is no shame in being a machinist for him!

After Chen Shiping added a light-reducing filter, the picture became much better.

Otherwise, the reflection of the sea surface you shoot will be too heavy, which will seriously damage the picture.

However, the effect of the light-reducing filter was not very good, so Chen Shiping changed to a gradient filter to get better results.

Yang Gang wanted to remind him a long time ago, but he didn't dare to say it.

Otherwise, Chen Shiping would look so unprofessional!
After adjusting the machine, Chen Shiping shouted to the captain: "Sail the boat!"

The deck of the small fishing boat suddenly emptied, leaving only three deaf-mute people wearing fisherman's gelcoats busy on it.

Chen Shiping carried a camera and captured the scene from the side. He had no special guidance for the three deaf-mute people.

None of them have acting experience, so talking to them too much will actually affect their performance.

Real and natural performance is the best.

They all learned how to cast a net for fishing on the boat in advance, and they moved very quickly.

Occasionally they communicate through sign language.

On the empty sea, there are only figures of waves. The three deaf-mute people cannot hear the sound of the sea and concentrate on doing their own things in the silent world.

The fishing nets glowing with silver light spread to the sea, causing a wave of fine waves to slowly sink into the sea.

The salty sea breeze blew the hair of the three people, and there were expectant smiles on their dark faces.

Chen Shiping didn't know what their world was like, but it must be beautiful because they would see more things than normal people.

The scenes of catching fish at sea account for a lot of the movie, and Chen Shiping filmed them all together.

We went to sea for three or four days in a row, and the shooting went smoothly. After Li Xiaoran got on the boat, the speed slowed down.

She behaved very awkwardly and was busy on the deck, not like she was a part of the ship. She seemed to be here to experience life.

Chen Shiping squatted on the deck and looked at Li Xiaoran and shouted: "You should practice being a sailor first."

Li Xiaoran went to work obediently and was quite excited at first.

This is my first time catching fish!

But when I actually lifted the fishing net, I was dumbfounded. It was too heavy!

It can't be lifted. How did they cast the net?

The deaf-mute man who played her brother smiled and walked up to her and signed, then helped her lift it up and throw it into the sea together.

Chen Shiping was sitting in the cabin, frying the freshly caught fish.

One second it was still bouncing around, and the next second it was sizzling.

Sprinkle a little bit of salt particles, the taste is amazing.

Take another sip of cold beer, it tastes delicious.

In such a hot weather, enjoying the sea breeze, eating small fish and drinking beer, it is such a leisurely day.

After Chen Shiping finished eating two small fish, he leaned on the cabin and fell asleep with his eyes squinted.

Li Xiaoran, who was exhausted after working for more than half an hour, deliberately dropped a crab at Chen Shiping's feet, and then went back to practicing sailing as if nothing had happened.

In his sleep, Chen Shiping suddenly felt someone pulling out the hair on his legs.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw a little crab hanging on the hair of my leg, trying to climb up.

Chen Shiping reached out and flicked the little crab's head hard.

The little crab fell to the deck with a few leg hairs.

Chen Shiping bared his teeth and shouted: "Li Xiaoran! Come here!"

"I didn't throw the crab!"

"Did I say crab?! And I said it wasn't you!"

"Ha ha!"

The laughter on the small fishing boat was very cheerful, but these laughter could not be shared with the three deaf-mute people.

However, Li Xiaoran quickly gestured in sign language to share with them. They looked at Chen Shiping and laughed.

This girl Li Xiaoran is a bit crazy. She was such a shy girl when we first met her.

Why are you so annoying when you are only one year older?

It took several more days for Chen Shiping to finish filming the scenes on these fishing boats.

Wang Zhiwen also rushed over from the capital at this time.

Chen Shiping invited him to play the heroine's music teacher.

When it comes to music teachers, the kind of music teachers with eccentric tempers, the first candidate that pops up in Chen Shiping's mind is Wang Zhiwen.

This guy's acting skills are 90% and his lines are 120%!
Chen Shiping really likes his lines, they have their own unique rhythm and they sound very comfortable.

Just like Ge You, acting has his own unique rhythm. Even if he is paired with a beautiful actress, he can coordinate it very well.

Such people have a unique charm.

Cheng Daoming also has this ability. He looks serious and has an aura that suppresses you.

Jiang Wen has a bit of a scoundrel about him, even if he plays a coward, he still feels both cowardly and scoundrel.

The characteristics of these actors are all talents and cannot be learned.

As for people like Li Xiaoran who have no talent, they are far behind.

However, she played the role of the hearing girl pretty well. In the past three months, she really immersed herself in the deaf-mute community.

Being able to understand them, and also being able to understand the contradictions and problems of being a normal person living in a deaf-mute family.

Chen Shiping had very high demands on Li Xiaoran, and the further the film was shot, the greater the pressure on her.

The girl in the movie is also unable to pursue her music dream because of family trivial matters and heavy pressure.

Actors like Li Xiaoran need external stimulation to find the true emotions of their characters.

There is a huge difference compared to talented actors.

When Ge You was filming Farewell My Concubine, he just took the script and pondered it by himself all day long, and read the script by himself without communicating with anyone.

I figure out by myself how the character should be played, and what state he should be in when facing different characters.

He really turned himself into a character. Even if he didn't follow the script, he could step into the role and perform the role well.

It’s not without reason that directors love actors with great aura.

Soon the climax of the entire drama was filmed.

A family of four had a fierce quarrel at home, but there was no sound at all.

The four of them were communicating quickly in sign language, as if they were forming seals.

Chen Shiping always pushes the close-up view, placing the characters' hands on the golden section, making the ever-changing gestures the focus of the painting.

The silent images, quick gestures, and contrast between stillness and movement express emotions and contradictions.

The tension in the picture is very strong, no less than speaking the lines.

Li Xiaoran was gesticulating quickly with a bit of emotional breakdown, and he couldn't help shouting when he was emotional.

Until the end, Li Xiaoran's confidant gave up sign language and shouted emotionally: "You just want me to stay at home and be your translator and mouthpiece! You have never considered me!"

Li Xiaoran ran out after shouting.

The three deaf-mute people in the room looked at each other with confusion and pain in their eyes.

They didn't know what Li Xiaoran said in the end, but the act of giving up sign language before speaking represented a refusal to communicate.

It means that she really broke down emotionally and said something very ugly.

Just because they can't hear it doesn't mean they don't understand.

At this time, the elder brother also angrily gestured to his parents in sign language, accusing them of not asking to keep his sister at home.

She should be supported to pursue her dreams!
The elder brother also turned around and went out, leaving their parents alone in the room looking at each other with helplessness and pain in their eyes.

They were a family and they had no intention of forcing their daughter to stay at home.

This kind of silent conversation and silent images are very difficult to shoot. If there are problems with the shot composition and rhythm, it will become boring and empty.

If Feng Xiaogang were to take the photo, one would probably die in one shot.

Feng Xiaogang's movies rely solely on lines.

Without lines, his movie expression would be much weaker.

This is also caused by the styles of different directors.

Just like Cheng Kaige's movies have beautiful images, Zhang Yimou's color composition is very beautiful.

Chen Shiping also analyzed himself and came to the conclusion that he had no obvious characteristic style.

Just like Doraemon, he always takes out what he needs when he needs it.

It may be that Chen Shiping has not received an academic education and is just a wild man who became a monk halfway.

A pragmatist uses whatever works.

It may not be artistic enough, but it doesn't prevent him from making good movies.

After Chen Shiping finished filming this scene, he felt completely relaxed, and the rest of the scenes were too simple.

It's just that Li Xiaoran's emotions need to be tempered slowly.

Another actor who is also struggling is Cheng Kaige. The last time he worked with Xu Qing on the filming of Fengyue, he was too anxious.

Xu Qing was not photographed very well, but this time he was very patient.

Every scene, even a line, would be broken into pieces and rubbed open to talk to Xu Qing.

Cheng Kaige's narration is indeed very good, and he has a very visual sense. The actors can easily be affected by his words and find the emotions he wants.

When Xu Qing originally knew that Bai Ye Xing was directed by Cheng Kaige, she wanted to go to Chen Shiping to protest.

It was only after this cooperation that she realized that Cheng Kaige was different from before.

In the past, Cheng Kaige looked polite to others on the surface, but in fact he was arrogant and always had a condescending feeling in his heart.

He is very domineering when filming. He doesn't allow others to change his own scenes, and he doesn't listen to other people's opinions.

But this time when they cooperated, Xu Qing found that Cheng Kaige had become very approachable and no longer had the arrogance.

Cheng Kaige sat next to Xu Qing with the script and said patiently: "The heroine is a money-oriented person. You have to give yourself a life goal in your heart, which is to succeed by any means necessary and transcend classes."

"Give yourself a clear belief, see the contradictions in the characters, and see the combination of hypocrisy, like a poisonous scorpion hiding in the dark, ready to explode at any time."

Xu Qing listened carefully, and after a while she said: "But the heroine has been pretending all the time. Should I act according to the disguise, or should I really act as a good person?"

Cheng Kaige said with a smile: "Of course he is a good person. I will assist and hint through the camera. If I deliberately perform it, I won't be able to perform it."

Xu Qing said angrily: "I shouldn't have read the novel, let alone the script. Otherwise, if the heroine was played as a good person, the effect would be much better."

"An actor has to create a character, and you have to have your own understanding and answers."

Xu Qing was silent. Her understanding was very one-sided and far inferior to Cheng Kaige's understanding.

It seems that I can only grind it slowly little by little.

Cheng Kaige and Chen Shiping are making good progress, but the other great director is not going so smoothly.

Because of Chen Shiping's criticism, Zhang Yimo went back and changed the script again.

In the end, he still didn't get rid of the role of Shuisheng.

What Chen Shiping said may not be right!
However, he still listened to Chen Shiping's suggestion and made the script richer.

If you don’t listen to any suggestions, then you can’t be Cheng Kaige!

After finishing the script, Zhang Yimo led the team to Shanghai to prepare for filming.

When Chen Shiping found out, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Zhang Yimo, you are too slow. You may not be able to catch up at this point.

(End of this chapter)