I’m a Director, I’m Not Bad

Chapter 454 452. Who said that good acting skills can avoid being tortured? (33)

Because of the angle, when Wang Qingxiang performed just now, there was only the scenery behind him, without any members of the crew.

So everyone can only simply see his performance, from the changes in his eyes to the kind in his lines... It sounds ordinary at first, but in fact every emotion is progressively felt in the sixties. A year of life turned into the most unpretentious performance.

Maybe it's not amazing.

But when you see him, you can never think of anyone else.

I forget that his name is Wang Qingxiang, and I also forget that he is actually an old artist who participated in the naval battle in the 1980s, won three individual third-class merits, and is now the leader of the Hai Zongzheng Actor Troupe with a master-level title. .

The profession of actor...how should I put it?

A genius may reach a very high level, but even if the talent is mediocre, as long as you work hard, you can reach a certain level... It may not be as good as a genius who appears out of nowhere and is so dazzling that he is famous in movies and TV shows, but it is definitely not too bad. situation.

The great road leads to simplicity, and different paths lead to the same destination.

The so-called performance, the most simple kind of return, actually lies in... making everyone forget everything about you, that's all.

This is the case with Wang Qingxiang.

Unless he makes a mistake himself, or some of his performance concepts are contrary to the director's.

Otherwise, the role he interprets at his current age, in the most common sentence, is:

"Whatever you play is what you do."

So there really isn't anything wrong with his play.

But this also made everyone more curious.

I want to see Yang Mi's performance.

Soon, the camera was set up.

The angle she found happened to be Yang Mi's face as seen from the side.

Because she was not in a performing state, her expression was very dull at the moment.

It's like being on "standby".

And Wang Qingxiang actually had some expectations in his heart.

This girl...

Very spiritual.

Regardless of whether she won an award or not, although Wang Qingxiang knew that she had been very popular in the past two years,... it was quite straightforward. After that "Little Yuan'er" back then, everything about this girl was foreign to him.

I haven’t seen the work, and I don’t usually pay attention to it.

But through the conversation just before filming, he could feel it. This girl is different from the other children I met in the crew whose performances were superficial.

It is rare to find a good actor with such a pretty face who is also willing to study hard and has talent.

As for why he could make this conclusion.

The reason is also very simple.

In the scene between the two of them just now, when I was performing, although the girl only had one line, she was able to express the emotions they discussed through her lines without showing any expression on her face.

Just for this reason, he was pleasantly surprised.

He has seen too many actors who treat the so-called lines purely as a kind of... speaking, or in other words, pretending to speak.

But in fact, how to pronounce and pronounce lines is a basic skill that is very important to an actor's level.

Talking is easy.

It's very rare to express emotions through words, and it's still the kind of emotions that progress layer by layer.

After feeling the girl's line skills, Wang Qingxiang also wanted to see how her acting skills were.

Soon, the aircraft positions were arranged.

Although Wang Jiawei's voice could not be heard, Yang Mi heard the words of the recorder:

"Are the actors ready?"

After she gave a thumbs up to indicate OK, she didn't even specify the number of the act. The scene recorder just dressed up:

"Second game, 3, 2, 1, ACTION!"

This time it was Wang Qingxiang's turn not to make any expressions.

However, in order to play for Yang Mi, he still used his expressions and lines as he did when the two of them were talking, and said:

"The game at night will follow the rules of the north..."

While talking, he was observing Yang Mi's expression.

Grit your teeth.

But not forcefully.

He just made his temples bulge.

At the same time, her cheeks are wider than usual because her masseter muscles are exerting force, making her face look angular.

But she controlled the muscles around her eyes and focused on her face with eyes that were not squinting but could express concern and care.

"The winner is treated to a treat."

As soon as she finished speaking, Yang Mi's ears suddenly moved.

This movement was caused by the muscles in the corners of his eyes controlling the trembling of his ears.

There is only a trace... If you don't pay attention, you will even think it is an illusion.

After returning to normal, Wang Qingxiang noticed that the little girl's caring eyes disappeared almost in the blink of an eye as her muscles relaxed.

Her concern for her father "fell" like the surging tide.

Instead there was anger.

Without the soft eyes, the expression of clenching her teeth and bulging her temples and biting muscles made her face appear square.

It was obviously a woman's body, but the sharp edges on her face seemed to be that of an angry man.

Wang Qingxiang didn’t think much about it.

Even though he was filled with surprise at the other party's acting skills, at this moment in the performance, he would not allow his "daughter's" acting skills to be wasted because of his own mistakes.

So he continued:

"Ip Man won't be there, and neither will I. You will go on my behalf."

He didn't pause this time, and after finishing speaking, the purpose of the half "beat" that Yang Mi deliberately paused was revealed when she read the lines for the first time.

The moment I heard "You represent me".

The nostrils that were dilated due to anger began to shrink.

After relaxing the masseter muscles, the lines of the temples and cheekbones instantly regained their softness.

At the same time, the gentle voice of the boudoir girl sounded:

"do not worry."

Faced with his father's order, the submissive Gong Er chose the most obedient promise.

But after saying this, along with natural breathing, she straightened her chest and raised her head slightly.

Not aggressive, not arrogant.

There is only confidence and certainty illuminated by the glory that belongs to the Gong family.

She smiled.

But it's not a laugh, nor a slight smile, but a smile in the eyes, and the determination in this smile:

"The Gong family never loses anyone when doing things."

How about losing?

So what if I win?

The Gong family is still the same Gong family.

A mere Ye Wen couldn't bend the back of her Gong family!

"……Walk."

Get in the car and transfer.

Finish.

"..."

"..."

"..."

There was silence.

Yang Mi, who had finished her performance, and Wang Qingxiang, who was sitting on the rickshaw, were both waiting for the director to shout "OK" or "Passed."

Even Xu Haofeng and Zhou Jingzhi, standing behind Wang Jiawei, were also nodding slightly.

Um.

good.

The one with no faults at all is the best.

Wang Qingxiang has the demeanor of a master, and he perfectly grasps the temperament of Gong Yutian's character, who has been in the world of martial arts for a lifetime, and looks down on all odds after retirement.

Not to mention Yang Mi.

Wang Qingxiang has lines.

He has many lines.

Each sentence or two progresses through the emotions, allowing people to feel this transition and the father's earnest desire to teach his daughter.

But Yang Mi's performance was more difficult than Wang Qingxiang's.

Because she only has one line here.

With one line, she elicited her daughter's concern for her father.

It brought out the annoyance towards the young boy who made his father willingly give his reputation to him.

And through her body language of pausing and raising her chest and raising her head, she showed that as a member of the Gong family, she was majestic and proud of how she handled the affairs of the Gong family and was definitely not a derogatory term!

Everything is in this line and the performance before and after.

Tsk…

Xu Haofeng secretly smashed his mouth.

How outrageous.

Is this what the Double Golden Movie Queen is capable of?

Among young girls in their early 20s... when others are still imitating them badly, practicing their acting skills like toddlers, or trying their best to cover up their acting weaknesses with the advantage of their appearance...

The girl in front of her can already perform with great fanfare on the same stage as an old actor and people's artist who has been immersed in acting all her life... and even be more devastated.

What a monster.

How does she compare to her contemporaries?

How to compare with her?

Genius is not terrible.

The scary thing is that geniuses work harder than anyone else to improve themselves every moment.

Tsk…

Oh yes.

The key is……

He can also fight!

Just what she has shown in the past few days...

If she faced any danger, her only worry would probably be whether the court would rule her as having excessive self-defense, right?

Tsk tsk tsk...

While he was thinking about it, Wang Jiawei's voice rang out:

"Yeah, okay, good."

He pushed up his sunglasses.

When Yang Mi heard what he said and thought the drama was over and breathed a sigh of relief...

Suddenly another sentence came:

"Let's do it again. This time, you change the acting method, and the emotional collision is more direct. Don't hide it, show it directly."

"...???"

Yang Mi was stunned.

What...what?

Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Wang Jiawei pointing at himself and Wang Qingxiang with two fingers:

"Both of them are showing their emotions intuitively, and here's another one. Then for the lighting, this time we want a fading light... and bring two umbrellas over to see how this scene goes in a rainy environment. Sprinkler team ready!"

"..."

"..."

Wang Qingxiang was speechless.

Yang Mi was speechless.

Although Xu Haofeng was speechless, he was not surprised.

Maybe others didn't know it, but he knew it. Whether it's casting, script conception, or filming, people say Director Wang is slow in filming, but they don't understand why.

But the actual situation is that this is Wang Jiawei's own fault.

He is a...how to say. To put it nicely, it’s called difficulty in choosing. To put it bluntly, it was a problem that he should have gone to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

Why does he only use slips of paper when filming?

Don't listen to him bragging about "I am the script". In fact, he doesn't have to prepare so many things at all.

Because there simply aren’t enough hours in the day.

Just like now.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see this scene, and the two actors performed impeccably.

But, sorry, no.

As a person with severe difficulty in making choices, what Wang Jiawei likes to do most is to shoot every scene in his movie exactly as he envisioned it in his mind.

Then go and look for the "most perfect" among these "perfections".

People who don't know think he is striving for excellence.

But not to mention anything else, as far as this scene is concerned, Xu Haofeng really felt that Director Wang was taking off his pants and farting.

But what can be done.

This is people's habit.

In the crew, it doesn't matter whether the director is good or bad. As long as it's not really impossible, everyone has to follow the director's ideas.

It doesn’t matter if he says it once or a hundred times...

Just shoot.

There were no surprises among the crew who had followed him for many years, including Tony Leung.

Only Yang Mi...

Completely confused.

Does it have to be so outrageous?

Then……

She and Wang Qingxiang followed the director's instructions and launched the emotional version of "Erkang.BETA02".

After the performance, no one else needed to watch it, Wang Jiawei himself knew it was not good.

So, I designed another scene where the two of them acted according to the first version, and then the surrounding background was depicted with rain...

Play it out again.

He thought for a while and played the "Erkang.BETA04" version again, which showed his emotions but didn't rain or break up.

All four editions were shot.

When Yang Mi felt like she was going numb, she finally heard Wang Jiawei's words:

"Well, okay, I've passed this... the first version is indeed better."

Someone come!

Bring me my knife!

I'm going to kill him! ! ! !

…

"Have you been shooting for a day?"

"Yes... I'm really numb, you know? I finally understand why his play is so slow... I regret it, really, brother, you said I will discuss with Aunt Zhao and let Zhang Ziyi Is it okay to come and act? I’m afraid if I keep doing this, I won’t be able to help but kill him!!!!”

"..."

At almost 9 o'clock in the evening, Xu Xin, who was studying tomorrow's shots with his old man, received a call from his wife.

And listening to the crazy noise on her phone, Xu Xin couldn't help but look at Zhang Yimou.

He has never worked with Wang Jiawei, so he doesn't know exactly how tormenting this person is.

But... he tortured his wife like this on the first day of filming?

As for what?

Zhang Yimou was speechless listening to the coquettish sounds on the phone.

Moreover, Yang Mi continued:

"Do you know how outrageous it is? In the morning, we only filmed two scenes. One was my scene, and the other was Liang Chaowei's scene playing against the wooden mannequin. Forget about mine, his scene... You couldn't even see the person's face, it was the light coming in from the window and hitting his shadow. He was doing Wing Chun against the wooden dummy!

Liang Chaowei typed it five times. The light changed every time. What did the poem say? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple, who is practicing dancing in the air with the colors...right? One light after another, and then he said it felt wrong. Liang Chaowei fought four more times! I just watched Liang Chaowei’s arms start to tremble at the end..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

Xu Xin, Zhang Yimou and Zhang Mo were silent.

The corners of his mouth twitched.

"Then, do you know what's even more outrageous? We finished shooting the two scenes in the morning, and it was noon. Everyone had dinner. After dinner, they went directly to the studio. We saw in the script during the filming, Ip Man said at the opening The group attack scene where the kung fu moves horizontally and vertically, and the wrong person is lying down.

First, the scene was a heavy rain, and then Liang Chaowei fought more than a dozen people by himself... He fought all afternoon. I really... my calves trembled just looking at it. He was so tired that he vomited sour water... But he couldn't... It was dinner time, and Wang Jiawei told us: It's time to get off work.

The piece of paper he brought contained five or six items, and as a result, he completed two of our items in the morning today. The third item is Liang Chaowei's fighting scenes.

Continue tomorrow.

Let me tell you, after filming this scene with Tony Leung, if he doesn't get athlete's foot, I will take your last name! After soaking in the water for a few hours, the weather here in Guangdong is still humid... Oops, people say Xiangjiang foot, is this how it got spread? What's the smell of these feet...don't they all feel like swishing? Moreover, Liang Chaowei's calf cramped several times..."

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"..."

"..."

Either that or her lines are good.

Xu Xin's narration of her first day's experience vividly and vividly made Xu Xin feel like she was there in person.

Obviously, this was only the first day, and even if the person he was torturing was not him yet...or maybe only a small part of him was being tormented, his wife had already had her eyes opened.

Seeing this, he smiled and said:

"Okay, each director has his own style, just get used to it slowly. Okay... I'm still talking to Director Zhang about tomorrow's scene. You can take the kids and rest quickly."

"Well, okay... Anyway, I just want to tell you. I swear, this is my first and last Wang Jiawei movie... I will never be in his movie again. It's really scary... Hiss~~~~"

Amid complaints, Xu Xin hung up the phone.

Subconsciously he asked the old man:

"Are you familiar with Wang Jiawei?"

"good."

Zhang Yimou responded, but immediately shook his head as if to distance himself:

"But I have only heard that his scenes are very torturous, but I have never experienced them myself."

After hearing his father's words, Zhang Mo muttered:

"Just listening to Mimi's words makes me feel dizzy... By the way, you still have investment in this show, right? You don't care about it?"

"What do I care about? This is the director's creative freedom."

Xu Xinyi shrugged:

"It's not that there are no producers on set. But as a director, it would be quite sad if even the freedom of creation is interfered with... No matter, and I think it would be good to rub her off. Don't you think so?"

"Um."

Under Zhang Mo's speechless gaze, the old man and Xu Xin stood on a united front:

"Actors are also afraid of being impetuous. Mimi has been going too smoothly in the past two years, and she really needs a process of settling down and finding her original intention. It is actually a good thing for her impatient person to meet such a director who works slowly and carefully. The more you polish the knife, the sharper it becomes."

"That's right."

"..."

Zhang Mo was speechless.

He looked at his father and "stranger" whose thoughts were completely different from his own.

Completely speechless.

She didn't know whether the so-called love would disappear.

But at this moment she knew very well...

Together, these two people seemed to be superfluous.

Superfluous to very superfluous.

The third update will be sent.

Then let me tell you... tomorrow is the second day of the Lunar New Year, married people will understand. I have to drive a long distance back to my wife's house early tomorrow morning to visit relatives.

I don’t know what time I’ll be back.

I try to conserve my energy so that I can continue updating when I get home, at least 4,000 words. But if you really come back late or are exhausted, there may not be an update tomorrow.

I'll try my best to keep it updated.

The Spring Festival show will be tested tomorrow, which is a busy day on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and then there will be a friends gathering on the fifth and sixth day of the Lunar New Year. There may be fewer updates then, but everything else should be normal.