"stop!"
Cheng Er poked his head out from behind the monitor: "Bingbing, don't be too deliberate, try to be as natural as possible."
There is no way, Xiaopang's acting skills are always high and low, erratic. When the performance is good, even Bald Xu is impressed. Once he is out of form, his performance is particularly amateurish.
For example, in the current scene, there is a three plus two L-shaped sofa in the center of the living room. Jiang Qinqin is curled up in a corner of the three-person sofa, flipping through a magazine, while Li Tang, who is wearing casual and loose home clothes, is helping her peel apples. The two look very much like a couple, and the scene is particularly warm. But when Fan Xiaopang came over, sat down on the two-person sofa, and looked at them while chewing an apple, the atmosphere completely changed.
Originally, this scene was about Xiao Ke, played by Fan Xiaopang. When he learned that the frame found in Lin Mo's house that disappeared when his parents were murdered was actually given by He Wei, one of Lin Mo's elementary school classmates, he wanted to test his own. brother-in-law.
Testing, after all, has to be in a relaxed and natural atmosphere, but Fan Xiaopang's performance was very deliberate, and he even showed a stern look in the close-up, which was very exaggerated.
Today's shooting scene is in Li Tang's old apartment on Wuyuan Road. The original old-fashioned Italian leather sofa and the mahogany eight immortals table in the restaurant have been moved to the small room next door, and replaced by a set of Nordic simple-style off-white fabric sofa and long dining table. .
These days, the Nordic minimalist style furniture produced by IKEA is considered a light luxury and modern style in the eyes of the general public. It is both fashionable and reflects the family background of the couple played by Li Tang and Jiang Qinqin, who probably belong to the middle class of the city.
On the decorative shelf next to it is a framed photo of the two of them. The photos are made in advance using PhotoShop software, which is also known as "PS" in the later world.
The crew's production designer Sun Li and the others spent nearly a week remodeling the entire living room just to shoot these two scenes today, and because of Jiang Qinqin's schedule, these two scenes had to be filmed today.
After being stuck twice in a row, Li Tang saw that Xiaopang was not in the right mood today and probably couldn't continue filming, so he put down the half-peeled apple in his hand, turned around and said to Cheng Er: "Director, give me ten minutes to take a break."
"good!"
Today, Baldy Xu is not here, so Li Tang naturally becomes the performance director.
In order to take care of Xiaopang's face, Li Tang specially pulled her into the bedroom next door.
The bedroom also had some simple decorations, because there was a boat scene between Li Tang and Jiang Qinqin. Of course, it was not an intense boat scene, but a quiet one between husband and wife.
"What happened to you today?"
"I don't know, I get angry just looking at her." Xiaopang said with an angry expression.
Especially when she was pulled into the room by Li Tang, she saw Jiang Qinqin glanced at her from the sofa. When a person dislikes another person, she will naturally interpret it as a provocative and mocking look, and she will feel even more uncomfortable.
"Oh, I told you, joking is a joke, filming is a drama, you have to control your emotions, otherwise how can you act?"
"What should we do?"
Xiaopang knew that now was not the time to act petty. There were so many staff waiting outside. But I feel like this thing doesn’t just come at once, it will be hard to find for a while. If you can't find the feeling, it means you can't get into the character, so you can only act awkwardly.
Li Tang thought for a while and said: "In this way, you regard me and Jiang Qinqin as a couple. You must be very uncomfortable, right?"
"You're not talking nonsense!"
"Then, if you don't want to make a big deal out of it, you also have to not let others see it. It means you have something on your mind, but you have to pretend like it's nothing."
"Uh, let me try."
Xiaopang took a deep breath while thinking about Li Tang's words. Then he showed a bright smile and said: "I met a primary school classmate on the street today..."
While Li Tang watched Xiaopang saying his lines, his big eyes first looked at the wedding photo of Li Tang and Jiang Qinqin hanging on the bedside, and then glanced at himself intentionally or unintentionally, but the smile on his face did not waver. , immediately nodded and said: "Yes, that's right."
In fact, this scene is not difficult, but Xiao Ke, played by Xiao Pang, has something on his mind, and this psychological fluctuation can only be expressed through subtle changes in his eyes.
But this kind of psychological activity does not mean that you should pretend to have something on your mind and then desperately try to act it out. It's about letting you really have something on your mind. You don't even have to act, it's OK to express it naturally.
Just like when Li Tang was performing, he sometimes felt itchy on his face or body, so he would scratch it naturally. To others, this seems to be your design, making the characters look more natural and lively. In fact, it is neither, but a subconscious or unconscious action. If your body is itchy, you should scratch it. If you hold it back, it will distort or force your performance.
Acting is something that can be difficult to say, or easy to say, as long as you find the right feeling, especially for experienced actors.
Xiaopang is like this now. Since the last scene she filmed opposite Bald Xu, she seems to have had an idea, or in other words, has mastered the trick. She no longer sticks to the so-called performance, everything comes from her heart, and it becomes more natural. vivid.
This is the same as writing online articles. As a fast food culture, you should not worry too much about the details of how to use words or whether the punctuation is correct. Instead, write how you think in your heart. Not only will the code be very Smooth, readers will have a strong sense of reading.
Of course Xiaopang understood Li Tang's intention at this time. While feeling relieved, he did not forget to warn: "Don't play any tricks!"
"What tricks can I do? Hurry up, it's serious to do the trick well."
When the two came out of the bedroom, everyone looked at them questioningly.
Xiaopang now looked at Cheng Er with a proud look on his face and said, "Director, no problem, we can shoot."
Li Tang returned to the sofa and sat down. Jiang Qinqin, who had not moved her seat, blinked at him and whispered: "Okay, Teacher Li, let's teach on the spot!"
"Stop making trouble, and stop teasing her all the time. She doesn't know how to tease." Li Tang said helplessly.
This reunion after a long absence, to be exact, started from last night's meal. Jiang Qinqin made him feel like a different person. She was quarreling with Xiaopang and deliberately teasing her. She was not at all like the arrogant beauty Jiang used to be. Coquettish acting style.
"What, are you feeling distressed?"
"Oh, it's not like you don't know. Why don't you cause trouble for me?"
"Tch, aren't you pretty good at this? You're not afraid of fooling a little girl."
Jiang Qinqin thought of the scene when the two of them were filming and this guy teased her, and felt her face getting a little hot.
"How can you call this a fool's errand... Okay, just treat me as a helper?" Li Tang bowed his hand to her.
Xiaopang, who was waiting at the door, saw the two of them sitting on the sofa and whispering. He couldn't help curling his lips. Although he was panicking, he tried to keep his expression calm.
What Li Tang said just now is right, everyone wants to save face and cannot let others laugh. Moreover, she secretly comforted herself that the other person was leaving after two days of filming, and she was the one who stayed with Li Tang.
"Okay, everyone, get ready...start!"
There were two cameras on site, one was set up behind the dining table, shooting frontal shots of Li Tang and Jiang Qinqin.
In the picture, Jiang Qinqin was leaning on the corner of the sofa, flipping through a magazine. Li Tang was sitting diagonally in her direction, peeling an apple with a fruit knife in his hand.
Although the two did not interact with each other, the way they sat facing each other and the leisurely expressions on their faces gave them a sense of tranquility, which was enough to reflect the love between the couple.
At this time, Fan Xiaopang walked over and captured the shot of another camera. I saw her picking up an apple from the fruit plate on the coffee table, sitting down on the sofa for two people next to her, taking a bite of the apple, and then said with a smile: "I met an elementary school classmate on the street today. I almost missed it." I can’t even recognize him.”
As he said that, he looked at Jiang Qinqin and said, "What about you, do you still have to remember?"
While speaking, he seemed to glance at Li Tang inadvertently, who was burying his head in an apple.
Jiang Qinqin shook her head and said: "I don't know, it's been too long. It might be okay if it's closer."
Fan Xiaopang was thoughtful and asked Li Tang, "What about you?"
Li Tang raised his head and said blankly: "What?"
"Primary school students."
"Well, I don't remember much. I don't have a deep impression of that period." Li Tang said thoughtfully.
"Then if you were like me and bumped into me on the street by chance, would you recognize me?"
"Who did you meet?"
"Classmate from elementary school!"
The first two times Li Tang looked up when talking to Xiaopang, but this time he lowered his head to peel the apple in his hand and said, "You won't touch it."
Xiaopang was in good condition at this time. Cheng Er, who was staring at the monitor screen, was very satisfied. Suddenly his eyes lit up because he saw that Li Tang's originally thin apple skin suddenly became thicker.
A very obvious change in details to show the character's inner emotional fluctuations.
"Why?"
The little fat man who was leaning on the back of the sofa straightened up and asked, seemingly curious, but his eyes were scrutinizing.
Li Tang said naturally: "I didn't go to elementary school here."
"Where?"
At this time, Li Tang raised his head, looked at Xiaopang, and said sincerely: "In the north, in a small town."
After saying that, he added: "You don't know."
This sentence was not in the script, it was added temporarily by him. In one sentence, intentionally or unintentionally, he did not want Xiaopang to ask further questions.
Maybe it was this improvised line that made Xiaopang pause in his movement of chewing an apple. He paused for a second before looking at Jiang Qinqin, who had been reading a magazine, and asked, "When are you leaving?"
"In a few days."
After getting this answer, Xiaopang took a bite of the apple that had been placed near his mouth, and this bite was bigger than the previous bites.
Why the big bite? It was at this moment that she had made up her mind, or in other words, her suspicions had been confirmed.
"stop!"
As the executive director shouted stop.
Cheng Er stood up from behind the monitor and said excitedly: "Okay! This one is particularly good!"
Just one update today. Maybe it’s because I’ve lost too many subscriptions in the past few days. I suffered from insomnia last night. I tossed and turned and didn’t sleep all night. I barely slept for two hours until about 6 o’clock in the morning. My head was dizzy and my state was extremely bad the whole day. Prepare to drink some wine and try to get a good sleep today. If you are in good condition tomorrow, you will make up for it with three updates.
(End of chapter)
