The Beijing Film Academy training course is scheduled for early January, almost a week or two before the Chinese New Year.
The students we teach are not much different from actors like Lin Yuan and Zhao Liying. They are basically actors who have just debuted and have certain abilities, but most of them are not from majors and have not received systematic training.
It is definitely too late for these actors to take the time to go to the academy for further studies, so the Film Association also holds one or two training courses every year. To put it simply, it is a way for actors who have a background in supporting roles or who have switched careers to become actors.
The "shortcut" path.
During a break from filming, he mentioned this matter to Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang.
Lin Yuan first met Huang Bo at the Beijing Film Academy training class, but at that time he was a student and Huang Bo was the instructor. Now two years later, the two have become good friends in the industry, and Wang Baoqiang
Needless to say, as a grassroots actor, I have long been invited to give two lectures as a tutor in the Beijing Film Academy training class.
It can be said that the two of them are very familiar with the Beijing Film Academy training class.
Therefore, when they heard that Lin Yuan had been invited by teacher Li Xuejian to serve as the assessment instructor for this Beijing Film Academy training class, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang were a little surprised at first, and then congratulated Lin Yuan.
"Sure, Lin Yuan, I quietly chose to be the instructor of this Beijing Film Academy training course."
In addition to congratulations, Huang Bo also reminded Lin Yuan: "This is a good thing. You must remember to prepare in advance."
In fact, there is no need for Huang Bo to remind Lin Yuan that Lin Yuan will definitely prepare as much as possible when the time comes.
But since Huang Bo pointed it out, there was obviously a reason that Lin Yuan didn't know.
Lin Yuan glanced at Huang Bo with interest and asked, "Brother Bo, what do you mean by this?"
"Do you think you are asked to be a mentor just to teach a few newcomers who have just debuted?" Huang Bo smiled intriguingly at Lin Yuan, and then added: "There are dozens of permanent directors of the Film Association, all of whom are
Veteran actors, they don’t have much more experience teaching people than we do. Besides, you have been a member of the Film Association for so long, have you ever seen the Film Association notify you of any meetings?"
Lin Yuan shook his head.
I have not been a member of the Film Association for a long time, but it has been more than half a year.
Except for the consent form that came out after I submitted the application at the beginning, I basically had no contact with the Film Association.
Since I was busy filming, I didn't take this matter to heart. Now it seems that there seems to be some tricks in it.
Huang Bo said meaningfully: "Remember the first time we met, right? If your performance in the training class was not so outstanding, do you think there will be so many opportunities to find you in the future?"
Lin Yuan nodded in agreement.
If his performance at that time had not left a deep impression on several mentors, Huang Bo would have asked him to participate in the recording of "Extreme Challenge"? Would he have thought of inviting him to star in "The Secret of the Dragon"?
The answer is obviously not.
Even though the acting skills he showed on the screen at that time had already been recognized by many audiences, for actors like Huang Bo, only by seeing Lin Yuan's live performance in person can they know the level of his acting skills.
"This Beijing Film Academy training course is nothing more than a pretense."
As Huang Bo finished speaking, Lin Yuan quickly understood why Huang Bo asked him to prepare more.
He wanted to use the Beijing Film Academy training class as an opportunity to expand his network of contacts, but if he didn't show his strength to prove himself, most experienced actors would only know that he was an actor.
However, considering that it was still early, Lin Yuan did not take this matter to heart for the time being. The first priority was to finish filming the scene at hand.
...
In the blink of an eye, the crew of "A Good Show" has been filming in Yakushima for the second month.
The filming progress of the movie has basically entered the final stage.
However, the last few scenes have been late night scenes. After several days in a row, the jet lag of all the crew members has almost reversed.
As night fell, the entire crew suddenly became energetic.
Huang Bo took a walkie-talkie and directed on the filming set: "The lighting team is ready quickly, the actors are putting on makeup, and we will try to finish filming the night scene today!"
After giving instructions for the arrangements, Huang Bo also followed the actors to the makeup studio next to them to put on makeup.
Compared with daytime dramas, night dramas are basically more time-consuming.
Because night scenes are too difficult, not only lighting factors must be taken into consideration, but also the performance of the actors will be affected in the dark environment. The filming lasts from 8 pm to 4 am. If you are lucky, you can get through two scenes.
, if you are unlucky, one scene may be enough for you.
So Huang Bo didn't even miss the time to put on makeup.
While I was putting on makeup, I told the actors about the scene directly in the makeup studio: "Lin Yuan, Bao Qiang, have you all read the script of this scene?"
"Have seen it."
Huang Bo still believes in the acting skills of Wang Baoqiang and Lin Yuan.
But when I thought about filming starting soon, I couldn't help but ask, "Any questions?"
After hearing this, Lin Yuan smiled and joked: "Brother Bo, I was the one who changed this drama. Even if there is a problem, I won't say it. Otherwise, wouldn't it slap me in the face?"
This scene tells the story of Ma Jin, Xiao Yuan, and Xiao Wang who were having a carnival when they suddenly heard a strange sound coming from a distance, so they followed the sound to check the situation, and finally discovered that it was a huge passenger ship.
This scene is also the turning point for Xiao Yuan, played by Lin Yuan, to gradually turn into a dark person.
Most of the scenes that he had deleted before were added to this scene. These days, Lin Yuan spent a lot of time thinking about this scene, and he obviously already knew this scene well.
Seeing that Lin Yuan had said this, Huang Bo felt relieved a lot.
"Okay, let's take one route first and try to cross it directly so that everyone can go to bed early today!"
Huang Bo stood behind the camera and took a look. Although "A Good Show" is a comedy, the story also contains the deep meaning Huang Bo wanted to express, so there were naturally some requirements for the quality of the shots during filming.
This is also more demanding on the acting skills of the actors who appear in the scene. After all, the close-up shots may have to hit their faces. If they fail to catch an expression, the whole scene will have to be repeated.
So there are actually only three starring actors in this scene, Lin Yuan, Huang Bo, and Wang Baoqiang.
Soon, three cameramen stood beside the three people, ready to take a close-up of their facial expressions.
Since the director himself was standing in front of the camera, no one shouted to turn on the camera. Huang Bo gave the recorder an "OK" gesture. As the sound of the clapper fell, tonight's night show officially began!
In front of the camera, all the actors swayed and used their own strange dance postures to express their emotions these days. The comfortable postures of Yu and Teacher Wei dancing to the music also successfully attracted the photographers next to them.
At this moment, a huge sound interrupted everyone's hard-won carnival moment.
Everyone quickly moved closer. In addition to being curious about unknown things, humans only have fear.
However, the actors said they were scared, but there was no trace of fear on their faces. This was not because the actors' acting skills were not up to par, but because the script was deliberately arranged to imply that the huge strange noise did not come from something unknown to humans.
"Don't be afraid, I've heard this sound so many times, I will definitely catch it!" Wang Baoqiang said, running away from the camera.
"It doesn't matter what it is, just do it!"
Huang Bo said immediately, leading Lin Yuan behind him and chasing after him.
Although the set location is not far from here, it still took three or four minutes for the three of them to jog all the way. Huang Bo was already panting from exhaustion. Lin Yuan was better than Wang Baoqiang in terms of physical fitness because he had picked up many physical attributes.
It's a bit more awesome. Although my face didn't turn red when I came here, my heart didn't beat, but in order to present a sense of reality in front of the camera, I still pretended to be tired after exercise.
Huang Bo stopped and gasped for breath while saying his lines: "This is so weird. This thing screams every twelve days."
Lin Yuan quickly took over the line: "Twelve days?"
"Um."
"How do you know?"
"Don't I keep counting the lottery dates?"
"..."
From the beginning, he spent all his energy to redeem the 60 million lottery tickets, and now the lottery tickets have expired. The mentality of Ma Jin, played by Huang Bo, has also quietly undergone a huge change.
Just as the three of them continued to walk forward, Lin Yuan suddenly grabbed Huang Bo's left hand and said, "Brother, let's go back."
Huang Bo almost didn't catch Lin Yuan's sudden addition.
Fortunately, he responded quickly and replied vaguely: "That's not right..."
Then he continued to perform according to the content of the script and walked forward for a certain distance towards the cliff.
Lin Yuan followed behind him and walked out of the dense jungle. The vast sea appeared in his field of vision.
"Hey, brother!"
He pointed his finger into the distance, his eyes full of shock, and the joy of surviving the disaster filled his face. He suddenly turned his head and looked at Huang Bo.
Unlike him, Huang Bo looked at the things on the sea without any joy on his face. Under his frown, his eyes were full of doubts.
The two looked at each other, and the joy on Lin Yuan's face gradually disappeared.
The ship with fireworks on the sea level was the hope of escape that they had been looking forward to day and night, but at this moment it seemed particularly dazzling.
Wang Baoqiang passed between the two of them and said excitedly: "There is a boat... there is a boat!"
With the hope of escaping from the desert island right in front of him, Wang Baoqiang raised his arms and shouted, hoping that his faint cry for help could be heard by the distant ship.
...
Huang Bo turned his head in despair and walked slowly towards the way he came. He didn't take more than two steps, but suddenly stopped.
He picked up the stick in his hand and pointed it at the leaves next to him to vent his anger.
There is hope of going back, but the lottery ticket that won 60 million will never come back.
The fireworks in the distance complemented the two people's loss, and immediately highlighted the impermanence of worldly affairs that Huang Bo wanted to express.
"Pack your things and get ready to go home."
Huang Bo seemed to have accepted his fate. He said these words from his mouth and walked forward without looking back.
However, Lin Yuan stood there and took no action.
Until Huang Bo stopped, Lin Yuan's voice came from behind: "Brother, are we really going back?"
Huang Bo's lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but after hesitating for a long time, he couldn't say it in the end.
The next second, Lin Yuan's bewitching voice sounded: "The ice cream has melted, but it won't freeze."
The two brothers had always been unnoticed among the people living on the deserted island. After the two became independent, their fishing nets were robbed and they were beaten half to death by others. They finally achieved their current status by generating electricity.
Once they return to the outside world, they will become losers with nothing.
Huang Bo knew it in his heart, but he also knew that this was their only chance to escape from the desert island.
Seeing Huang Bo start to hesitate, Lin Yuan continued to seduce: "And Sister Shanshan, after we go back, can you two still be together like now?"
As these words fell, the last line of defense in Huang Bo's heart was broken.
He did not reject Lin Yuan's proposal, but asked: "But what can we do? Xiao Wang also saw it just now."
Lin Yuan did not answer in a hurry. He walked step by step behind Huang Bo and raised his head. His originally kind and cowardly expression became decisive from this moment on: "What if he is crazy?"
Even though Huang Bo knew how good Lin Yuan's acting skills were, when he saw the huge contrast in Lin Yuan's change in demeanor, he couldn't help but swallowed and his eyes evaded for a while.
It took a second or two for him to react and quickly shouted: "Stuck!"
After saying that, he turned around again, looked at Lin Yuan, and said happily: "You guys can do it, just add a scene in the middle, but this expression at the end, tsk tsk, you are going to eat people!"
Lin Yuan's demeanor in portraying these attributes has already reached the level of an actor when he was filming "In the Name of the People".
When I was filming "Kung Fu Yoga" with Jackie Chan, I didn't have the opportunity to show off my acting skills. Now that I finally have the opportunity to compete with Huang Bo in such a demeanor, of course he chose to go all out.
Even Huang Bo didn't expect that when filming "The Secret of the Dragon", he felt that Lin Yuan's acting skills were only about 50-50 equal to his. He even relied on years of filming experience to be able to stabilize Lin Yuan's acting skills in some fields.
One head.
As a result, it was only a short time ago that Lin Yuan's acting skills were so exaggerated. I don't know if Lin Yuan deliberately hid his tricks during the filming of "The Secret of the Dragon".
Lin Yuan waved his hand and said modestly: "Brother Bo, how can you be so exaggerated?"
Huang Bo gave a meaningful smile and without saying a word, he led Lin Yuan straight to the monitor and sat down.
No one knows how well this scene turned out.
In the past, Lin Yuan was in front of the monitor to help keep an eye on the scene. Now Lin Yuan has to film, and director Huang Bo also has to go off to film. We can only wait until the scene is over to see how the filming goes.
The big shot of the extras in the front is pretty good.
Although everyone's dancing postures are a bit eye-catching, the postures of Yu and Teacher Wei dancing to the rhythm of the music are really eye-catching.
The scenes followed by Lin Yuan, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang were also quite satisfactory.
The dialogue section may be a bit difficult for other actors, but for the three of them, this is completely basic skills.
Soon, we came to the scene where Lin Yuan added scenes without permission.
Huang Bo pressed pause and looked sideways at Lin Yuan without saying a word, as if waiting for Lin Yuan to give him an explanation.
He obviously has no objection to Lin Yuan adding more roles. If Lin Yuan himself is willing, the more roles the better, since he won't be paid more for the film anyway.
The most important thing is to understand the function of these added scenes.
Lin Yuan looked at Huang Bo's direct eyes, thought about it in his mind, and asked: "Brother Bo, how do you think people would react when they heard that strange sound in that situation?"
Without thinking, Huang Bo gave his own answer: "Fear"
After telling this answer, he frowned and asked: "You mean you pulled Ma Jin because you were afraid and wanted him to go back?"
Lin Yuan shook his head: "I didn't say that. What I meant was that Xiao Yuan is a car repairman and a repairman who knows ship repair knowledge. Ma Jin and Xiao Wang can't hear the sound of the ship. Could it be that he
Can’t you hear it?”
The implication is simple.
Xiaoyuan knew that it was the whistle of the ship. He was just trying to escape reality and didn't want Ma Jin to see it, so he grabbed Ma Jin and asked Ma Jin to go back.
After hearing Lin Yuan's explanation, Huang Bo's eyes lit up and he fell silent thoughtfully.
Regardless of whether this is Lin Yuan's over-interpretation, in short, this conjecture is tenable. As for whether the audience will think in this direction, it depends on the audience's understanding of the character.
"You have a very flexible mind. Why didn't you think of it when you revised the script?" Huang Bo said angrily.
If he hadn't made enough movies and responded quickly enough, Lin Yuan's sudden extra scene would have caused the whole episode to collapse if it were any other actor.
Lin Yuan showed an honest smile and explained: "When revising the script, how can I be more involved when I act it myself?"
Everything in the script is dead. If you want to perform the play well, you still have to look at the actors' performance on the spot.
"Not bad, not bad."
After Huang Bo saw the results of the entire scene, he nodded repeatedly.
After hearing this, the surrounding crew members couldn't help but look forward to it. After so many days of filming late night scenes, can they finally sleep late today?
However, the next second, Huang Bo's words interrupted their beautiful fantasy: "Every department is ready to secure one more shot, and it will be over after the filming of this shot!"
...
With the completion of several night scenes, the shooting speed of the entire crew suddenly increased a lot.
On the 63rd day of filming in Yakushima, the scenes here were finally completed.
The crew fired more than a dozen cannon salutes at the beach. Firstly, it was to celebrate that everyone could finally return to China to shoot the last scene, and secondly, it was to celebrate the successful completion of filming for many supporting actors.
The actors cheered. The environment here in Yakushima is indeed good, but after staying for a long time, they still miss the city made of steel and concrete.
After returning to China, Huang Bo also gave the crew a three-day holiday for the first time in a long time.
Lin Yuan also went back to the apartment directly. Firstly, after two months of filming, his body was already a little overwhelmed and he needed to take a good rest. Secondly, he needed to use these few days to decide on the type of movie he wanted to make.