Chapter 606: Prescribing the right medicine
“Oh.”
“We are all a little at a loss now, so one or two of us are hiding in the trailer, secretly observing the situation outside, like Eskimos.”< br>
After all, Chris couldn't hold it back. As he spoke, the words in his mind blurted out. After finishing speaking, he took a moment to react and turned his head to look back, making sure that there was no trace of Brian in his sight. , looked up at the sky and breathed a long sigh of relief.
Alas.
Anson looked at Chris and laughed dumbly, "You just sighed again."
Chris was stunned.
Anson understood immediately, "It seems that things are worse than imagined."
Chris sighed again subconsciously. This time Chris realized it and was slightly startled. He shook his head helplessly, showing his helplessness.
“I’m not sure if ‘terrible’ is the right word, but we’re stuck. I’m not sure what I’m doing and what I’m supposed to do.”
"Director..."
Chris thought about it seriously.
“He seems to have a lot of ideas, but also doesn’t seem to have any ideas. I’m not sure whether he has any ideas.”
“During the filming process, he always felt that this was wrong. That’s not right, but he has no idea how to adjust it specifically.”
“Every time we ask, no one can get a definite answer.”
"The result is that neither of us is sure what to do. Standing in front of the camera, I feel as if I have never acted before."
As he spoke, Chris showed an apologetic smile. .
"I'm sorry, I don't know what I'm talking about. None of this makes sense."
The corners of Anson's mouth raised slightly, "No, no, no, I understand."
Chris was surprised and looked like he didn’t believe it.
Anson burst into laughter——
He had just watched the scene where Brian guided the extras down the stairs, and he felt something in his heart.
Anson believed that Brian should have a rough outline of the story and characters, but this outline was very vague and abstract, without a clear picture, so that Brian needed to constantly explore and research.
Otherwise.
It's just a scene of going downstairs and an extra scene. Can the director still shoot a flower? This is not an art film. There is nothing special about the lens, lighting, composition, etc. No matter how special the appearance of the extras is, it is difficult to see the difference. The director's outburst is really hard to understand.
It’s not that Anson looks down on Bryan, but Bryan is not Martin Scorsese or Bela Tarr. His pursuit of the camera is basically zero, and all those entanglements and carvings are just excuses.
Now, combined with Chris’s words, the scene just now is not so difficult to understand.
Situations like this are not uncommon. Not all directors can have a 100% detailed understanding of the movies they shoot like Steven Spielberg. Every scene is in their mind——
To be precise, Steven is in the minority.
Directors like Brian often do not have their own lens language. There is no inevitable connection between lens language such as composition, lighting, advancement, connection, etc. and the plot, characters, etc. They rely more on Because of the story of the script, their collisions with actors often have nothing to do with professionalism, but more of an exploration and pondering.
Moreover, similar situations also have different expressions. Some directors can confirm the images in their minds bit by bit during the process of running in. Some directors are tossing and thinking while waiting for a sudden burst of inspiration. Some directors simply prove their skills through this method. authority. Therefore, actors naturally have different ways and possibilities to deal with and respond to situations.
Anson met Chris's gaze, "Maybe, you should stick to your own understanding."
Chris:? ? ? "What do you mean?"
Anson, "You can act however you want."
Chris shook his head with an expression that said, "Sure enough, you still don't understand." "In the beginning, of course I acted according to my own understanding, but the director said no."
Anson shrugged , "But the director didn't say how to make it work."
Subconsciously, Chris wanted to explain, but when the words came to his mouth, he was stunned. He tilted his head and thought seriously: Why do I feel like this? Something's wrong?
Anson tried to throw out a possible point of view, "Sometimes the director is not sure what he wants. Rather than focusing on the details of the performance, it is better to find the feeling of a scene and constantly refine it through repeated shooting. ."
"So."
"There is no need for you to worry about how to adjust your performance for each shooting. It is better to trust your intuition and follow your own ideas."
Chris:...
Consider Anson's words carefully. , "Wait, do you mean to ignore the director's opinion?" Chris's eyes widened, his mouth opened and he stood there in a daze, because he was so unexpected and shocked that he didn't know how to react, and his brain had a reaction malfunction.
You can tell at a glance that this kid is still too young and has not been tainted by Hollywood for the time being. He habitually regards the director's words as golden rules.
A smile flashed in Anson's eyes, but it was not shown on the surface. Instead, he said in a different way, "We should understand it from another angle. Directors and actors complete artistic creations according to their own ideas. Take a look. Finally, there will be sparks.”
"It is precisely because of this that the director did not give a framework or boundaries, but just tried again and again, so you should also think independently."
"If you think your performance is correct, then stick to it No matter how many times it goes on, I don’t think the director can see the difference.”
Chris blinked and swallowed without realizing it: How can it still be like this?
Obviously, this is not a good idea.
The director is the commander-in-chief on the set, and everyone, including the actors, needs to obey the command; if the actors act independently and follow their own will, it may be a disaster.
Especially for a powerless little actor like Chris, the result of a conflict with the director is very likely to ruin his career with his own hands.
But when faced with a director like Brian, this is a way to do it -
Prescribe the right medicine.
Although Anson himself has not experienced many directors, Anson has read countless people and has a maturity and wisdom that belies his age in terms of human sophistication.
A type like Brian, with his sharp edge, cooperation on the surface but reservation of opinions, can often turn big things into small things and make things simple.
The key to everything is that Brian cannot give truly effective opinions at the "professional" level. What he needs is a kind of catering and satisfaction at the social level; simply put, as long as it can satisfy Brian's desire to control the overall situation as a director , actors can get more space to work on a professional level, and even perform completely according to their own ideas, the director will not refuse.
Then Anson added another sentence.
“Of course, if you think your performance is wrong, then you can think about it yourself, discuss it with your opponent’s actors, and find a balance in the cooperation. This can also be regarded as an opportunity.”
“You know , there are actually not that many opportunities to explore performance methods by yourself and the opposite actors.”
(End of this chapter)