Chapter 45. Shooting in progress
Sun Yi's first experience of filming of a movie is simply incomparable to the TV series "The Legend of Condor Heroes" he participated in before.
Costume, props, photography equipment, and venues are fully upgraded, and the requirements for actors are also much higher. Although this film is just a TV movie, director Xue Xiaolu made it completely according to the standards of the movie.
A shot of just a few seconds takes at least half an hour to shoot. Director Xue Xiaolu repeatedly adjusts the camera position, determines the composition and lights, in order to achieve the most perfect level in her heart.
New directors are all like this. Many things need to be thought about by themselves. Different camera positions, different compositions, and different lightings all need to be tried repeatedly.
Through repeated attempts, the director finally chose the picture that best suits her thoughts to complete her expression of this plot. This is her lens language. The unique style of each director is slowly formed in such an attempt.
The crew members are all operated by the students and the teacher checked. The students filmed repeatedly like they were injected with chicken blood without complaining at all.
They were happy. They didn’t have so much time to touch the machine in class on weekdays. They were all skilled.
Director Tian Zheng has appointed a supervisor. He is very happy for Xue Xiaolu to try it. Only in some specific methods of using the lens will Tian Zheng give corresponding guidance based on his experience for Xue Xiaolu to choose.
Whenever Sun Yi had time, he ran over and learned, but he didn't have much time, and his first priority was to act his own play.
"Send You a Little Red Flower" has a relatively first-class team, first-class actors and first-class equipment. At present, the only shortcomings lie in young actors, namely Sun Yi and Yang Mi.
Yang Mi is better, her acting experience is much richer than Sun Yi. In addition, Ma Xiaoyuan's character is actually quite similar to Yang Mi's daily life. She is optimistic, cheerful and carefree. She is considered to be a true character and she is quite skillful in acting.
Although Sun Yi has some talent, his acting experience is beyond words. I can only say that he has played a big supporting role in "The Legend of Condor Heroes" and has too little experience.
If you don't have experience, then work hard.
He is the first to come to the set every day to practice walking, communicate and coordinate with the photographer, and ensure that his or her movements with the camera can be accurately coordinated during shooting.
Practice the lines repeatedly to ensure that each dialogue has a corresponding rhythm, strength and emotion.
At the same time, some body language and small movements that match the backs of the characters and the corresponding plot were designed.
Sun Yi's efforts were seen by everyone in the crew, but sometimes it is not enough to rely on hard work alone, especially to perform this thing.
This morning, according to the shooting plan, it was the first group scene in the whole film, divided into three acts.
The first act is that Wei Yihang, played by Sun Yi, celebrates his grandmother's birthday with his relatives. During the meal, the relatives all looked happy on the surface, but only he is always the out of place.
The second act is that he left the seat and took his younger brother to the bathroom. When he returned to the door of the hotel private room, he overheard that his relatives wanted to sell houses and cars in order to raise money to see him. He leaned against the corridor wall, and his heart was extremely touched.
The third act is when he saw his father, who had always been extremely strong in front of outsiders, crying at the dinner table, covered his face with the help of his relatives, and cried.
The first two scenes were filmed smoothly, and the third scene was shot in ten of them...
"Ka, Sun Yi, your pace should be slower and heavier."
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"Ka, Sun Yi, the little movement of pulling the corner of your clothes on your hands is very good. But your emotions, uneasiness alone is not enough. I want your guilt and self-blame."
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"Ka, this one is good, yes... let's have another one... Thank you, yes, can you add a gratitude to my relatives?"
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"Crack, okay, go through."
Xue Xiaolu has high requirements for Sun Yi, and her requirements for the emotions of the actors must be given in full.
Although it was just a few steps into the room and then bowing, Sun Yi was sweating profusely and felt like he was overdrawn.
During the lunch break, Sun Yi was quickly pulling a lunch box into his mouth and finishing it quickly. There was a scene in the afternoon before he had time to practice, so he had to get familiar with it in advance.
Xue Xiaolu came to him and sat down. When she saw Sun Yi having dinner, she was not in a hurry to speak.
Sun Yi quickly put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said:
"Well... Teacher Xue, is there anything wrong? You said, I've finished eating."
Xue Xiaolu sorted out her ideas and said with great attention to the wording:
"Sun Yi, I want to talk to you about your performance. At present, you have done some daily scenes well and you can give me all I want. This is very rare for a new actor."
She hesitated for a moment and said tactfully:
"In fact, the role of Wei Yihang is a bit complicated. It is not enough to be withdrawn or rebellious. He has a change. His transformation is through the rival scenes with his parents, including the emotional conflict scenes with Ma Xiaoyuan, layer by layer, and finally completely exploded."
Maybe she was afraid that Sun Yi would have any ideas, Xue Xiaolu finally explained.
"You know, this is my first work. I hope she is perfect and strives for excellence. So next, I need your emotions to be more rich and fuller."
Sun Yi understood it. He didn't think that Teacher Xue had high requirements, but his acting skills were even stronger.
The next opponent is with big acting celebrities such as Li Chengru, Jiang Wenli and Wang Zhiwen. He didn't ask for his performance as long as he was not exposed to be a scumbag.
But it is obvious that Teacher Xue’s requirements for him are not just ordinary qualified. She hopes that this movie will be outstanding and that she can act better.
Sun Yi had no choice but to find Teacher Cui Xinqin and tell him his current troubles.
After hearing this, Cui Xinqin was very pleased and said with a smile:
"Sun Yi, it seems that you still have a pursuit of yourself. The problem you are talking about is actually the commonality of every actor on the road to advancement. Your current performance is qualified, but Teacher Xue obviously requires you to go further. The fundamental problem is that your sense of belief is not strong enough and is not completely integrated with the role."
When Sun Yi heard this, he understood a little. When he was acting these days, he always felt that there seemed to be a thin film between him and Wei Yihang. Although it was infinitely close, there was still a little gap.
Many times what he shows is just his own thoughts from the perspective of Wei Yihang, rather than the thoughts of the character Wei Yihang himself.
There is a layer between them, and it is almost the same, but the difference is actually big.
Chapter completed!