Chapter 248: Acting skills that please the audience, performances in the audience’s imagination (5K)
Except for Gu Cheng, this was the first time for the rest of the crew to watch Jinli perform live, and the first time to face Jinli's acting skills directly.
Some people couldn't help but take a breath and murmured in a low voice: "It's so awesome!"
Her acting skills are not as raw as Li Xiu'e's, relying only on a suitable face, and not as skilled as Jian Liting's, relying on a textbook-like template that has been refined over time.
Jinli's acting skills are smart and natural, which is a different way of expression from those of professional actors.
Like a weed growing in the wilderness, although green, it is full of vitality and strives upward, and there is a stubbornness in its eyes that can never be erased.
And this stubbornness is transformed into the lens, which is agility and beauty.
Her eyes are magical and her performance is special.
But everyone can see that Jinli is not acting in person. She has traces of acting, but she is so real.
It was as if there was a real victim crying in front of them, begging everyone to let him go.
In the silence, Yan Jianqiao took a loudspeaker and shouted loudly: "Ka!"
He didn't say whether he wanted to reshoot or pass it, but looked at the scene in the camera over and over again, trying to understand Jinli's performance.
Although the filming of a drama is under the control of the director, it also depends on the performance of the actors.
In the same scene, the actor is also performing crying. To be more specific, he is also performing the same form of crying, such as angry crying.
But everyone experiences anger differently.
It is the different handling of each actor in the camera that makes the film more colorful.
Not only Yan Jianqiao was watching, but Gu Cheng and Jinli also came over and looked at the performance in the camera.
Before the two celebrities could figure out the reason, Yan Jianqiao suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, stretched his eyebrows, and said as if he had realized something: "I understand."
Gu Cheng couldn't help but ask: "What do you understand?"
Jinli also looked over, wanting to know what Yan Jianqiao thought of him.
Yan Jianqiao glanced at Jinli a few times, as if he was observing and considering how to speak.
Jinli immediately said: "Don't worry, Director Yan. If you have any problems, just tell me and I will work hard to correct them."
Yan Jianqiao pondered for a while and said: "You are not from a professional background, so your performance method is not so routine. You often perform actions that are eye-catching and inspiring. This kind of performance will make the audience feel very fresh.
Nowadays, the plots of many movies are formulaic, and even the performances of the actors seem to be carved out of the same mold. ”
At this point, Jinli and Gu Cheng couldn't help but nodded.
Netizens are tired of the word "homogenization".
Novels are homogenized, film and television plots are homogenized, clothes and bags are homogenized... Even entertainment consumption activities cannot avoid homogenization.
Yan Jianqiao continued: "But your acting skills can quickly distinguish you from those mediocre actors. You are both photogenic and photogenic."
Jinli glanced around and thought that Yan Jianqiao was really not an ordinary person, and he was not worried at all about misfortune coming from his mouth.
She has come into contact with three directors, each of whom is somewhat "independent".
Being independent can be seen as the director's hobby, or as the director's way of decompressing, or his unique shooting method, obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc.
Yan Jianqiao seemed to be quite uninhibited in his speech.
Yan Jianqiao: "So your acting skills have one characteristic, that is, they are very dreamy.
But you will do some down-to-earth processing, so that the dream has a sense of reality, not completely vain, so you will make the audience understand and like it. ”
After finishing speaking, Yan Jianqiao also felt that he had said a lot of nonsense, so he changed his words.
"That is to say, your performance may not be very real, but it is very consistent with the reality imagined by the public, and it is also suitable for the aesthetics of the camera.
So people accept your performance and think you performed well because you performed what they imagined. ”
Jinli probably understood, but the rest of the crew still looked confused.
Jinli thought for a while and said, "Director, have you ever learned to draw? It's not about realistic landscape painting, but about comics and animation."
Yan Jianqiao nodded: "I have learned a little bit, but I am not professional."
Jinli: "I think your idea is similar to drawing comics.
In comics, artists will draw characters to be more handsome, or beautiful and eye-catching, so that readers can feel immersed in the characters.
But in fact, the character's human body has been beautified, and some shortcomings of the real human body have been corrected, so that the expression on paper is more in line with people's imagination of comic characters.
This cannot be said to mean that the human body of the cartoon character is fake, because the cartoonist also drew it based on the real human body, but on the premise of keeping the big frame unchanged, some parts were beautified.
Including certain actions made by the characters, compared with the muscles used by people in real life, they will be more beautified and look more handsome. ”
In reality, the postures in which handsome men and beautiful women lower their heads while eating are not very good-looking, but they can be drawn very well in comics.
Not everyone can flatten their belly just by taking a deep breath, but the characters in the comics can do it.
People with slender legs actually don’t cross their legs very much, because they can always reach the ground. However, in comics, their legs are specially drawn to cross their legs, and they are also drawn to be very handsome and attractive.
But in fact, in real life, the body shape that can reflect a person's superiority is always the standing posture, not the sitting posture.
But it is impossible to draw the whole person in comics because the picture is too small, so partial sitting postures are needed to highlight the handsomeness of the characters.
However, cartoonists' treatment of characters is in line with people's imagination of beauty.
The eyes are very good at capturing beauty, and can automatically ignore some shortcomings for the sake of beauty.
In the eyes of Yan Jianqiao, Jinli's performance is a dream with a touch of reality, which is in line with people's imaginative expression of this scene, so the shortcoming of "ungrounded" can be ignored.
Gu Cheng had already understood and asked proactively: "Director Yan, do you need Jinli to change this way of acting and replace it with a more realistic and down-to-earth one?"
Yan Jianqiao sighed softly, "No need.
Her acting skills are flawed, and no matter how hard she tries, she won't be able to reach Jian Liting's level all of a sudden.
If it is just a down-to-earth and real performance in a certain clip, it will not match the shooting style of other clips, so just shoot it in the way she understands. ”
After finishing speaking, Yan Jianqiao realized in hindsight that he had offended someone just now.
Comparing her with another celebrity in front of Jinli sounded a bit incomparable.
Yan Jianqiao was startled, cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he quickly added:
"Jinli, don't take it too seriously. Everyone's acting style is different. I don't necessarily want you to act the same as Jian Liting.
If your ideas are different, the results of the performance will naturally be different. Your performance style is also very good, you can please the audience, more lovable than Jian Liting..."
He said it in a hurry, but he felt that what he said was wrong, and said stammeringly: "Of course, Jian Liting is also very good, and you are also very good. This is what I want to express, don't get me wrong."
Gu Cheng interrupted at the right time: "Director Yan, are you ready to shoot the next scene?"
Yan Jianqiao nodded as if suddenly enlightened, "Yes!"
He quickly turned his head and shouted with a loudspeaker: "The props team and lighting team are in place quickly. This scene is over, let's start shooting the next scene."
Jinli and Gu Cheng took this opportunity to go to the other side to rest.
Gu Cheng took the initiative and said: "Don't take Director Yan's words to heart. He didn't say that your shooting was not good, it just didn't match his imagination of the picture. He also confirmed that your way of handling it was pleasing to the audience, and there was no requirement." Retake.”
Jinli originally wanted to tease Gu Cheng with a stern look on his face.
But seeing that he was more nervous than she was, she said, "Don't worry, I didn't take his words to heart, but his description of my acting skills made me enlightened.
In fact, after filming "No One Survived", I felt that my acting skills had reached a bottleneck, and I needed to get over it before I could reach a new level.
However, Yan Jianqiao's evaluation of my acting skills allowed me to find out where the flaws were, and I could train in this direction. ”
Gu Cheng frowned: "He said that your acting skills are not grounded enough. Do you want to make your performance more grounded?" Gu Cheng wanted to advise her not to change the shooting style easily, otherwise the difference between the expressions before and after would be too big, which would be harmful to her. The overall picture of a drama is fragmented.
Jinli shook his head and said unexpectedly: "No, I want to be more ungrounded. I want to express something more in line with people's fantasies about the character."
Gu Cheng couldn't help but be startled, "I thought you would want to break through yourself."
Jinli smiled: "Gu Cheng, I am not an all-around actor. I can only highlight my characteristics.
I don’t feel that Yan Jianqiao is finding fault with me. Instead, I feel that he is praising me. ”
Gu Cheng's eyes were a little confused.
Jinli explained: "There are basically two outcomes for an actor, one is to be liked by professionals, and the other is to be liked by the audience.
It's a common thing in the film and television industry to get good reviews but not crowds, and to get good crowds but not good reviews. I don't have the ability to break the limits of both, so I might as well go to extremes.
Only by winning over one of them can my film and television career go further. ”
She never felt that her abilities were very good. She knew clearly that she was not a natural actor, let alone a lunatic, and she was willing to devote everything to acting.
In order to portray a certain role, some actors can eat and overeat regardless of their health, gaining 30 pounds in a month, or losing 30 pounds in a month, just like playing.
Or, in order to make oneself act more like a patient, one goes on a diet and makes oneself sick, just to look real enough.
Her physical condition is there.
She might die before she has had enough trouble.
Therefore, she is not as dedicated as everyone thinks, and she also has a strong balance in her heart.
You can try to challenge some characters, but you can never touch some characters even though you know they are excellent.
She is such a common person.
Besides, if one actor can really do it all, then what’s the use of other actors?
Tall, short, fat, thin, old, young, etc., if one actor can cover them all, other actors with special characteristics will not have to eat anymore and wait to change careers.
Jinli said softly: "Gu Cheng, you should also think about how to bring out your characteristics in this drama and leave a memorable point for the audience."
Gu Cheng's eyes flashed slightly, and his dark eyes looked at Jinli intently. Surprise and appreciation surged in his eyes, and there were many emotions that Jinli couldn't see through.
Gu Cheng said: "I originally wanted to comfort you, but you comforted me instead."
Not knowing what he was thinking of, he said seriously: "In the previous filming, I didn't express my thoughts about this character because I was afraid of slowing down the progress of the crew.
After all, I am a newcomer, and I am limited to my identity as a newcomer. I don’t know if my expression is correct. But after listening to what you said, I think I can be more bold in shaping the characters. Jinli. ”
His voice suddenly became very soft: "You gave me the courage to be bold."
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For the crew of "Assassination," the next month was magical.
On the first day of filming, rumors spread among the crew that director Yan was not happy with Jinli's acting skills.
Somehow the news reached Yan Jianqiao's ears, forcing him to convene an emergency crew meeting and emphasize in public that he had no objections to Jinli's acting skills.
"I have sacrificed a lot to make this drama. The crew is like a child to me. If Jinli does not do well, I will not lower the standards and allow her to pass."
Yan Jianqiao was afraid that something would happen again in this drama, causing Jinli to give up her responsibility and cursed in anger:
"Those who spread all kinds of rumors and disrupt the order of the crew, what do you think about it? Is it because "Assassination" cannot be filmed and is completely finished, so that it goes as you want?
If this drama cannot be filmed, you may not be able to make ends meet, so be careful!
Besides, I obviously scolded Gu Cheng more on the set, why didn't you tell me that I hate Gu Cheng? ! ”
At this point, Yan Jianqiao couldn't help scolding Gu Cheng: "He was doing well in shooting before, but this time he suddenly changed his shooting style when he was acting with Jinli.
As a result, all the previous films were overturned and reshot, which increased the workload of other crew members. I didn't even find fault with him!
Moreover, this style can be changed even if it is said to be changeable. Everything looks awkward to me. I might as well go back to the honest Gu Xiude from the previous shoot, with the white moonlight as the backdrop. ”
After Yan Jianqiao finished the meeting, he immediately started shooting.
It's strange to say that when he yelled at Gu Cheng in the crew, everyone thought that the beating was a sign of affection.
But he didn't comment on Jinli's acting skills, but everyone thought he didn't like it.
Yan Jianqiang is in trouble!
Jinli's acting skills have his own personal style, so he can't make any changes at will, because he's afraid that it won't taste good if he changes them.
But Gu Cheng is different. He is a young novice. He may have some impressive cooking skills, but most of them are disastrous and must be trained hard.
Everyone originally thought that Gu Cheng would continue to be scolded by the director. Unexpectedly, after only half a month of scolding, the director stopped scolding him and instead praised him from time to time.
In order not to favor one over the other, he praised both actors.
Not only did he praise me a lot, Director Yan would often punish me once!
The filming progress, which was previously delayed by Gu Cheng's change of style, was quickly picked up with Director Yan's one-time pass.
So just a month later, the crew suddenly discovered that they had unknowingly arrived at the scene that Jian Liting had filmed before.
"Is it going to be too easy?"
"Gu Cheng was often scolded before and always got stuck. I thought it would take a long time to finish filming!"
“The progress in the next half month is so fast, it’s very smooth.”
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Zhang Guang had some announcements and wanted to talk to Gu Cheng alone, so as to learn about his progress on the crew and whether Jinli was adapting to it.
Tianding Entertainment is now keeping a close eye on "Assassination" and will not allow any more surprises in this drama.
He mingled with the crew and listened to the staff's discussion. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and smiled with relief.
Just make progress quickly and go smoothly!
Jinli is here, and the crew has become more capable!
He found Gu Cheng in a flower bed, and Jinli was also there. The two of them were reviewing the script, lowering their heads to discuss the content. They looked both intimate and normal.
Zhang Guang couldn't help coughing heavily.
Gu Cheng looked over and said, "Brother Guang, you're here."
Zhang Guang squeezed in between the two of them, "I came here to see you when I have time today. I want to see how the crew is progressing and tell you something important.
By the way, you have free time in your schedule tomorrow because you need to attend the press conference held by Yu Linling. ”
Gu Cheng's expression moved slightly and he wanted to say something, but Jinli spoke first: "Has March Day finally torn off Yu Linling's endorsement? What kind of endorsement is it?"
Zhang Guang said proudly: "Global spokesperson!"
"Wow!" Jinli made a sound of shock in a dignified manner and clapped: "Amazing, amazing!"
Zhang Guang'en snorted, held his head high and said: "It's just average. The company has predicted this weight before, and now it's announced, it's not surprising."
Jinli said: "When will the announcement be issued, I will help you publicize it and forward it."
Zhang Guang perked up and immediately said: "I will reply with the official announcement tomorrow and I will send you the link on WeChat then."
Jinli gestured "OK" and said, "Okay, I'll go to the other side and you guys can talk first."
Zhang Guang watched Jinli leave with a kind smile.
Gu Cheng's gentle words came to my ears: "Look at your potential."
Zhang Guang said without changing his face: "If you think you are worthless, then don't stick to Jinli all the time. Every time I come to the set, you two stick together and don't pay attention to the impact."
Gu Cheng's answer was righteous: "We are discussing the script, a pure friendship."
Zhang Guang snorted, "You are just a passerby male protagonist, you really think I don't know!"
He changed his words and said, "I'm leaving the set tonight. Take a rest while there's still time. You'll be busy at six in the morning.
In the morning, you will attend the global spokesperson press conference of Yulinling, in the afternoon, you will attend the activities organized by Yulinling, and in the evening, you will attend the fan appreciation meeting of Yulinling. I have fully booked your schedule. This time, don’t think about taking a break from your busy schedule to return to the crew for filming. . ”
Not knowing what he thought of, Zhang Guang said: "Also, the company has made independent plans for the four of you. When will we make an announcement?"
Gu Cheng was silent for a while, "Just wait a moment, Yu Linling's endorsement has just been torn off, so don't be so anxious."
Zhang Guang sighed silently: "Yan Xingdong and the others also have the same idea as you, but you should accept the reality as soon as possible. Sooner or later this will happen. Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. This is my experience as a person who has been there."
Gu Cheng looked at the scene in the distance and was silent.