You can only cry silently with your eyes open. Once the breath gets worse, you will inevitably close your eyes tightly.
In other words, the main difference between crying and fully crying is the suppression of the mouth. The original intention of suppressing movements when crying with the mouth closed is to suppress vocalization and greatly reduce the volume of crying.
I often see actors covering their mouths with their hands and crying silently in the camera. This is actually an instinctive reaction and a sign of poor acting skills.
At least in Su Ze's opinion, the highest level relies on the eyes, and the eyes alone can accurately convey emotions.
Then there are the micro-expressions. Of course, the less, the better. The more muscles you can control, the better your acting skills are, and the more complex emotions you can express.
The last thing is the coordination of the body, beating one's chest and feet, crying and shouting, jumping up and down, dying or living...
You can tell it's an act at first glance!
In suppressed sadness, the emotion requires opening the mouth to cry, but the subjective consciousness requires closing the lips tightly to silence, which results in very tense lips.
Su Ze obviously felt an inward pressure to resist the upward and outward forces?
The mouth is constantly switching in this state of checks and balances, with the corners of the mouth trembling slightly.
"The degree of brow raising determines the intensity of crying?"
"Does the degree of distortion formed in the 1/3 side of the brow indicate the degree of inner struggle?"
"Do your eyes change when you open them?"
“The lifting of the upper eyelids is inhibited by the depressed brows and a fold forms on the skin?”
"Hey, your eyes look dim and weak?"
"It is an illusion caused by the weakening of black and white contrast and the reduction of the reflective surface of the eyeball!"
More details are discovered, and then practiced and repeated, the body instinct is formed, and the effect of instantly entering the drama is achieved.
Long-term accumulation has made the learning process faster and faster. From the surprise training that took more than two months to the fear of one and a half months, Su Ze's muscle control is getting better and better.
In one thought, thousands of arrows were fired.
The time has come to mid-November before we know it, and a quarter of the sophomore year of Chinese Opera has quietly passed by. The students who have lost their sense of freshness are following the same routine every day. Some work hard, some follow the crowd, and some just wait to die.
This weekend, Kong Xue called on her cell phone to come to the studio. Seeing Su Ze arrive, she took out a thick script and said with a smile: "Look at this."
"This is?" Su Ze took a look at it curiously and said in surprise: "Script?"
"Remy's psychological crime!"
Kong Xue was stunned and asked curiously: "Have you read the novel?"
Su Ze opened it and said while reading: "I really like mystery and suspense novels. Remy's works are pretty good."
Kong Xue suddenly realized, no wonder the role requires a complex heart and high IQ. She turned out to be a reasoning fan?
"Who is the director?" Su Ze habitually opened the list of main creators and frowned: "Five hundred?"
"Well, he's a new director, I guess." Kong Xue sat next to Su Ze and introduced, "Have you heard of the Guguang Alliance?"
Seeing Su Ze shaking his head, he smiled and said: "To put it bluntly, it is a loose group formed by a group of unknown practitioners, including directors, cameras, lighting, martial arts, etc."
"I heard that there are currently eight or nine people, and this five hundred is the initiator."
Su Zefei quickly finished browsing and asked: "Looking at the volume, is it a web drama?"
"That's right, it's an online drama." Kong Xue tried: "Don't like online dramas?"
"No way." Su Ze said with a smile: "Now that online dramas are so popular, who dares to look down on them?"
Kong Xue secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Young master, please don’t just stare at the movie. It’s not okay for a newlywed to hang himself from a tree.
"Wubai is looking for investment. I read the script well, and I also read the original novel, and I think it's okay."
Explained to Su Ze: "The protagonist Fang Mu is a genius in criminal investigation. The theme of suspense dramas has been very popular in the past two years, so..."
Su Ze nodded. Although the script was only superficial, he had read the novel and knew the plot characters. Fang Mu was the Sherlock Holmes written by the writer Remi.
"I have discussed with Mr. Qin that if you are satisfied, Aze, the studio can try to invest." Kong Xue said seriously: "We can negotiate about five million."
"Oh?" Su Ze was stunned for a moment, then relieved. His parents really wanted to develop the entertainment industry, but they couldn't help it after only one year?
"This is Mr. Qin's intention." Kong Xue tried: "Of course it is you who makes the final decision."
"After all, Wubai is just a new director who is just starting out. It's good to get the copyright of the novel. He should also be optimistic about suspense themes and want to try the water."
"The investment in online dramas can be large or small. For an S-level project, tens of millions can be invested, and even hundreds of thousands can be spent to create a so-called crew."
"Shooting is just one aspect, passing the review is another, and finally negotiating with the platform is the key. In short, there are bumps every step of the way, and only a few can become famous."
“Two or three movies a year is pretty good!”
Su Ze listened and started to look at the shots. I have to say that Wubai is very professional. Even the movement of the actors and the movement of the shots are clearly designed?
Don't underestimate the shooting, the director's level lies here.
Kong Xue saw Su Ze's interest. One year after the studio was established, she was actually the most anxious agent. Her boss could get two second male leads in movies based on her connections at school?
A movie king and a famous actor, a little traffic star, what does he want as an agent?
I tried my best to find scripts, but there were no good ones, but they were all inappropriate. Those with high thresholds had small roles, while those with low thresholds couldn't get enough of them. It took me a long time to find a suitable one.
I definitely didn't want the studio to invest in it originally, but after reading the script, Mr. Qin offered to try to invest in it. Can we negotiate for up to five million?
Bringing money into a group is definitely not new to me. I have done it a lot in the past, but very few actors pay for it themselves. It is all money obtained through various scams. Anyway, it is not your own money, so you don’t feel bad about it.
What's more, capital is king now. It doesn't matter whether you are the hero or heroine, whoever spends more money is the boss!
Su Ze understood what his mother was thinking. After reading the script, he invested money in it, mainly because he didn't want his son to be wronged.
To be fair, an investment of five million is nothing. Anyway, it will be planned sooner or later. Why not try the waters with online dramas first?
"What do you think?" Kong Xue asked tentatively: "Don't worry about investing or not. If you like the script and the characters, leave the rest to me!"
"Of course, actors who bring money to join the cast have more say. There is no doubt about this. Especially for new directors like Wu Bai, they will definitely be able to fight for more rights."
"I'll take another look at the script. I think it's pretty good for the time being." Su Ze touched the script and said, "Even if we invest, it's only a small cost. It's about seven or eight million for the full investment, right?"
"If it's a psychological crime film, it should be about the same. Don't worry about the actors' remuneration. You definitely can't afford big names. You can only rely on the plot to attract the audience, right?"
"Finally we have to talk to the platform." Su Ze stared at Kong Xuet and said, "Can the cost be recovered?"
"No one can guarantee this!" Kong Xue said the truth without hesitation: "I can only say that the market for suspense themes has been very good in the past two years. Many platforms are rushing to get it, and the audience stickiness is good."
"If the membership conversion rate of the film is among the best, it will definitely be a high-quality resource recommended by the platform. Of course, the premise is that the plot is attractive!"
Su Ze understood what Kong Xue meant. After all, it was a family business. A Spoon and My Sister did not invest but only filmed. Although the pay was low, it was a business that was sure to make money without losing money.
Being an actor is my dream, but I don’t want my father’s investment to fail because of my eagerness for quick success. That would be too low!