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Chapter 754: The Dance of the Gods
"I understand." Hua Jin replied.

He knew how important the movie "Joker" was to Li Yu.

Li Yu needs this movie more than he does.

He failed in his bid for the Best Actor Oscar, but he can try again next time. Maybe he will have a chance next year.

Even though he failed to win an Oscar, he still has plenty of movies to make.

Li Yu is different. If this movie fails, then next time Warner will definitely let Li Yu shoot a purely commercial film like "Aquaman 2".

I'm afraid I'll have to wait a long time to get the opportunity to direct a movie like this again.

Hua Jin sincerely hopes that this movie will be a success. Li Yu is a very talented director and he admires Li Yu very much.

He hopes that Li Yu can make more films with higher artistic quality.

After a while, Cao Qing finally came to the United States. He had already finished filming "Mulan".

In the future, he will be very busy as he will need to fly back and forth between the United States and China.

He had to learn from Li Yu, work closely with the Hollywood team, and see how the team here made films.

He had to return to China frequently to oversee the editing and post-production of "Mulan".

His efforts were enormous, and so were his rewards.

If both "Mulan" and "Joker" are successful, his status and resume will be taken to the next level.

He independently directed the excellent commercial film "Mulan" and also contributed to the Hollywood superhero masterpiece "Joker". He served as Li Yu's right-hand man in the crew.

These experiences will rapidly elevate his status.

While experiencing these things, he was able to learn a lot, which will also be of great benefit to his future development as a director.

After Cao Qing came over, another explosive classic scene of the movie "Joker" was about to begin shooting.

He arrived at the perfect time, able to witness the birth of a famous scene worthy of being deified, and to participate in the filming process.

The crew has arrived at the Joker Stairs to shoot.

But now this place is not known as the Clown Stairs.

In order to save time, director Li Yu jumped up and down the stairs himself.

This is a very inflammatory passage.

While dancing, Arthur's suppressed rationality finally came free.

It can also be understood that this is Arthur losing control of his mind and enjoying the release before destruction.

Top directors usually have good acting skills.

Li Yu's acting skills are not bad either. Although there is a big gap between him and directors like Guo Shi who can win the Best Actor Award, he is definitely more than capable of beating ordinary young actors.

The crazy dance steps that Li Yu demonstrated to Hua Jin had already surpassed Arthur's crazy and unbridled state.

But there is still a big gap compared to the Joker in the movie.

After all, Li Yu is not a professional actor, so how can he compare with a great actor like Hua Jin?
He danced a section mainly to set an example for Hua Jin and tell Hua Jin what effect he wanted.

By the way, what’s amazing is that there was no action director for this part in the previous life.

The clown dance steps in Fengshen were improvised by Hua Jin himself.

He really put himself into the role of the Joker. After he was in the Joker's completely evil state, he released himself without restraint and this dance step was improvised.

However, Li Yu already had a ready-made answer in his mind, so he could demonstrate it to Hua Jin first to expand Hua Jin's thinking. There was no harm in doing so anyway.

"Director Li, what kind of dance is this?" Cao Qing found it quite interesting.

This dance really has a crazy feel to it.

He was very curious about where Li Yu studied.

"I just figured it out on my own. This dance doesn't have a name. It's the clown's mental state of completely releasing his dark side." Li Yu replied.

As a screenwriter and one of the people who knows the Joker best, it is reasonable for him to design a set of black dance steps for the Joker, right? This character was written by Li Yu, so why did he add "one of" after "knows the best"?
Because Hua Jin is so crazy, he put a lot of effort into playing this role well, and even studied the effects of psychiatric drugs.

He has completely embodied the role of the Joker.

So he is also the person who knows this character best, perhaps even more deeply than Li Yu.

Hua Jin got a lot of inspiration from watching the dance that Li Yu just performed.

He was still figuring out what moves to use to show the Joker's completely darkened mental state.

Now, Li Yu provided him with a ready-made answer.

He asked Li Yu to dance again, and he stood beside him and learned Li Yu's movements.

After Li Yu finished dancing once, he said to Hua Jin, "You don't have to follow my movements completely. A completely evil person has thrown away all the rationality that has suppressed him for a long time.

He is completely crazy, and a crazy person has no rules when dancing."

Li Yu also didn't want Hua Jin to be a one-to-one replica of himself.

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If we copy him completely, it will appear rigid and lose the sense of madness.

As Hua Jin is a capable person, he can naturally understand what Li Yu means.

Before the official filming began, he danced four or five times, and each time was slightly different.

Gradually, he got rid of Li Yu's shadow and developed his own style.

That's very good.

This is why Li Yu likes to work with veteran actors.

It’s really worry-free, and most of the time I can understand everything at a glance.

Unlike those young handsome guys, if you ask them to imitate a facial expression, they can’t even do it.

After feeling almost ready, Hua Jin once again gathered his emotions and put himself into the role of the clown, imagining what kind of mood and state he would be in if he became a darkened clown.

If you dance this dance in that state, it will taste right.

After everything was ready, the scene officially began filming.

In the picture displayed on the monitor, the Joker played by Arthur moved. He jumped a few steps and his dance became more crazy.

He kicked his feet as he walked down the steps.

Even though he had clown makeup on his face, you could still see his superb acting skills from his face.

At the top of the stairs, there is sunlight, which represents light, but the clown standing in the sunlight is not happy.

He walked down the stairs in a weird and crazy dance. The sunlight gradually disappeared, and the tone became darker the further he went down. However, the clown was laughing happily.

Like a person walking from light to darkness.

The same stairs, the same person, and another similar scene in the movie.

The wronged clown walked up this staircase to go home. At that time, he had not yet turned evil and he was still trying to love this world.

The clown in that shot is walking from the bottom to the top, representing the transition from darkness to light.

These are all details. A good movie will have many intriguing details.

Only when there are more such excellent small details can the audience always feel fresh when watching the film, and have different feelings and understandings every time they watch it.

Joaquin used an experiential approach to get into the role, and the effect was very good.

He completed such a difficult scene in just one take.

Anyway, Li Yu couldn't find any fault with it. If the full score was 100, he would give it 120 points.

Because for a play that is worthy of being called a masterpiece, a perfect score alone is not enough.

(End of this chapter)