The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 525 Life Experience
"Harris, focus on the upper body or the lower body?"

Being summoned, Anson picked up the reflector without saying a word, stood next to the camera and acted as a camera assistant, and skillfully got to the point.

Harris glanced at Anson, and it seemed that the actor also had some knowledge of other work on the crew, but Harris had no time to praise Anson at this time.

"……ceiling."

Harris gave an unexpected answer.

Anson glanced at the ceiling and thought secretly:

Shine light on the ceiling and let the light fall down naturally and softly. The facial expressions will become more vivid, and the transition between light and dark will naturally be more delicate.

However, this is just his own guess. After all, he is not a professional. The specific effect still needs to be confirmed through the screen.

There is no doubt that this is an interesting thing:

If actors can understand the lighting, camera, director's creative intention and working mode, just like when they first entered the "Friends" crew to study dressing, perhaps the actors can convey their emotions to the camera more clearly and accurately.

So, this should be considered expressionism?

That is to say, the performance method that comes from the academy system is different from the method school and the experiential school. It is completely immersed in the role, and the director captures the shining moments of the performance; instead, before entering the performance, he and the crew members develop Interact to build the outline and context of a character?
Sure enough, filming is a fun thing, and there are surprises every time!
Although the brain is running at high speed, the attention remains focused——

Anson carefully observes the interaction between actors and camera.

Harris, who was in charge of the camera, paused for a moment. He could pay attention to the subtle changes in the reflector, which caused the entire sense of space presented by the lens to change subtly. A delicate aura quietly spread in the picture.

Involuntarily, Harris held his breath and devoted all his energy to the camera.

It's different from what I imagined, completely different.

This scene fell into the eyes of the crew - not just Harris, and gently caused ripples.

Alex Frost looked at Anson with surprise, then turned to look at Eric Deulen next to him, trying to evoke some response.

Unfortunately, nothing was found.

Eric's delicate and round baby face was filled with joy and excitement. Even though it was already his second day on the set of "Elephant", he still couldn't believe that all of this was happening——

That's Peter Parker!

Damn God, that's Peter Parker!

It's crazy enough to audition and find out you're going to be in a movie; it turns out, you're also starring alongside Peter Parker!

Just thinking about it, Eric's beating heart almost stopped. He couldn't sleep all night last night, tossing and turning like a pancake. Thinking about it, a smile couldn't help but creep up the corner of his mouth, and the fool Same.

After all, Eric is just an ordinary middle school student living in Portland, slightly shy and introverted. His life has nothing to do with movies, Hollywood, or Vanity Fair, and he has never dreamed of having any connection with Hollywood.

And now?
Not only can you see Peter Parker up close and personal, but you can also watch Peter Parker perform!

Eric had to use all his strength to control his urge to scream.

Alex looked at the dumbfounded Eric and looked around anxiously, but couldn't find anyone to share his joy with, so he could only bump Eric with his shoulder.

finally! Eric reacted, turned to look at Alex, their eyes collided——

crazy! crazy! Still crazy!

Alex: Did you see that? Did you just see him meowing? Anson actually picked up the reflector! The photographer just said a word, and the star of the universe picked up the reflector without hesitation and shouldered the responsibility of the photography assistant. Is this true? And he was so focused on lighting, God, what the hell is going on?

Eric: That's Peter Parker! Ahhh, that's Spider-Man! I'm filming a scene with Peter Parker, pinch me!
Although the two people's eyes conveyed completely different meanings, this did not prevent the two from having a crazy celebration party together.

To be precise, the entire crew is filled with a unique atmosphere. Whether it is Gus or Anson, the action of the film crew entering the school is exciting in itself.

When the crew entered the school, the excited students were slightly disappointed, "That's it?"

A team of more than a dozen people is basically a grassroots team; if Gus wasn't famous and the school had confirmed it, there would be every reason to suspect that it was a fraud group.

But the disappointment was only temporary. When the crew started casting and learned that Anson was playing the leading role, this ordinary middle school went crazy again. To this day, it still can't believe that things are really happening.

All in all, "Elephant" has officially started filming——

Gus did not immediately jump into the work of selecting actors. Instead, he listened to Anson's advice, slowed down, and waited for three days.

In Gus's conception, there is no script or lines. The camera attempts to capture an ordinary daily life in this middle school. What the students usually look like is what they look like when they stand in front of the camera, without modification.

Then, Anson, the outsider, might be highlighted immediately.

Obviously, this is not in line with the original intention.

So Anson thought that he should really experience life in the school for a few days in an experiential way, and integrate into the atmosphere of the school as much as possible, both as an observer and as a participant.

Gus chewed it carefully and hit it off——

Gus also hopes that he can observe the daily life of the campus as an observer. His criterion for selecting actors is to be real and to be as close to the character as possible.

But there is an important point to note here. A pseudo-documentary is not a real documentary. The movie has a story and the characters have tasks. The absence of a script does not mean that there is no plot. Presenting images in a documentary way does not mean that the director has no artistic creation. It doesn't mean that Gus is actually wandering around campus with a camera.

Naturally, Gus had to choose the actors based on the characters he had in mind and construct the plot of the film based on their daily lives.

Movies originate from reality but are higher than reality. The process of shooting is the process of artistic re-creation——

Ninety percent truth, plus ten percent artistic processing and creation, breaks the boundaries between reality and art, and finally completes a unique film.

So, Gus and Anson "lurked" in the school.

Gus was worried that Anson might reveal his whereabouts, but he didn't expect Anson to have dyed blond hair, like Apollo's gorgeous blond hair.

Gus thinks Anson is crazy.

Unexpectedly, it was this eye-catching blond hair that became the best cover. When people saw Anson for the first time, they saw that blond hair. Even if they thought it looked familiar, the visual impact of the blond hair was so strong that they themselves He subconsciously denied that it was Anson's judgment.

Until the end of the casting, there were still people asking,

"Where's Anson?"

(End of this chapter)