Chapter 805: Entering the character
"Nuan Nuan contains light" is officially launched.
However, on only the fourth day, the crew encountered the first threshold.
The scene being filmed today is not complicated, but it is far from as simple as it seems -
This is the third encounter between Clementine and Joel.
When Joel got up early in the morning, he had a series of bizarre dreams. The details were blurred. He only remembered a voice in his head telling him to go to Montauk.
That's the opposite direction to Manhattan, which obviously doesn't fit in with his regular life day after day.
But at the last moment, Joel seized the impulse and got on the train to Montauk, even though he didn't know what he was doing.
Then, he met a girl in Montauk and fell in love at first sight. However, he was too shy to talk to her and even ran away.
I didn’t expect that this was not the end.
They met again on the return train. After a roller-coaster conversation, Joel was embarrassed by the enthusiasm and boldness of the girl named Clementine. He panicked and retreated into his turtle shell, carefully pulling away. distance.
But when Joel left the train station, he saw the girl wrapped in a coat on the snowy street. After all, he mustered up the courage to take a step, invite the girl to get on the bus, and escort her home.
After arriving at the destination, Clementine invited Joel to sit in her apartment.
Joel was a little hesitant, but finally agreed.
Next, is the scene being filmed——
The two people who had just met today were alone in a room together in the dead of night in winter. Clementine's positivity and boldness made Joel retreat.
Obviously, Joel is not used to Clementine's rhythm.
The point is exactly here, and Joel can't refuse.
Judging from the timeline, this is a re-encounter between two people after they both deleted their memories. Originally, they were strangers who had completely forgotten each other, but they still felt the hopeless attraction and fell in love again. love river.
A feeling of déjà vu is irresistible.
In the end, they fell in love with each other again.
In other words, this is the beginning of the movie, and it is also the ending of the movie.
A ring.
So, the point is -
How to leave narrative clues while avoiding spoilers as much as possible?
How do you give a character a more sensitive and nuanced performance level when the actor knows the truth, rather than falling in love as a matter of course?
This is just a feeling, a very subtle and delicate but real feeling. It is difficult to describe in words and can only be experienced with the heart.
From Joel's point of view, he has been trying to resist. The slightest flutter of his heart would make him retreat again because of this strange but strong feeling, but in the end he was still unable to resist and fell into addiction bit by bit.
From Clementine's point of view, she seems overly enthusiastic. She always acts according to her heart and does not care about other people's opinions. At this time, she feels the pure and hot emotion, and her performance is slightly less. Seems excessive.
The key point is that the performance of both people needs to be slightly uncomfortable, at least for the audience. Both people are a little inexplicable and even incomprehensible; this is equivalent to leaving a suspense and burying Next Seed allows the audience to follow the progression of the story to find the answer.
However.
Neither Anson nor Kate could grasp this feeling.
The whole performance was a little stiff. Not only did it fail to convey the slightly overdone feeling of embarrassment, but it also seemed inadequate and jerky -
To put it simply, it just felt wrong.
So.
NG, NG, still NG. For his part, Anson knew why: not getting into the zone.
It can be said to be the performance state or the character state.
In the final analysis, the real key is that Anson failed to distinguish between Kate and Clementine. When entering the performance, he still could not get rid of the image of "Kate Winslet", and naturally he was unable to enter the role.
There are many reasons for this, but the main reason is Anson's own problem.
Watching Kate Winslet close to him, seducing him, and sitting on his lap at close range, Anson, who had always taken the initiative in the performance so far, fell into passivity for the first time, which really made him panic.
This is not the first time that Anson has worked with a superstar from his previous life on the screen, but the situation is completely different.
During the "cat-and-mouse game", first of all, Tom Hanks is a man, and secondly, the two characters of Frank Jr. and Carl are already evenly matched.
When filming "The Princess Diaries", I filmed an innocent story about middle school campus with Anne Hathaway.
In "Spider-Man", the barb kissing scene in the rain with Kristen Dunst was more of a disaster than an ambiguity.
In "Butterfly Game", Anson still took the initiative in the scenes with Rachel McAdams, and Rachel is still just starting out.
Until now——
Various factors collided together, making this scene extremely difficult.
From role to actor, from inside and outside the play, Anson has fallen completely passive, in a state where the space for movement is getting narrower and narrower, and he is at a loss. Anson's own situation affects Joel and, in turn, Joel's character psychology affects Anson again, so that the performance is never on frequency.
Details and feeling, wrong. The so-called chemical reaction is out of the question.
This should be the first time Anson encountered a situation where he couldn't be 100% in the play. He was not professional enough and not competent enough. There were so many NGs, and he needs to bear half of the responsibility.
While Anson felt a little sense of frustration and guilt, he also rediscovered his humility -
As expected, in the world of acting, he is only a beginner.
However, the solution is not difficult.
Cowardly charm.
Once the aura of "Kate Winslet" fades away, and she no longer looks at her as a childhood idol, but as an actor, an ordinary person, and a partner who can cooperate with him on an equal footing, things will be solved. Put the focus on the character, not Kate.
Of course, it sounds simple, but the actual operation is not that simple.
After all, the brain is not a computer. You can get a response after inputting instructions.
So, what should we do?
Anson was considering going outside to get some air in the air to calm down his head; but out of the corner of his eye he saw the figure standing in front of the window and couldn't help but stop -
The problem is not just Anson's, Kate is also facing a dilemma.
Tonight, Kate has been looking unfocused, at least not 100% focused.
Although Anson has no way of knowing the reason, it is certainly not because Kate was too excited and excited to calm down when working with Anson; but this scene did leave some ripples in Kate's heart, or awaken some memories. , so that her performance is always a bit trance-like.
A sense of separation.
Obviously, Kate herself realized this and was very upset and frustrated.
Maybe, Anson and Kate should talk and help each other find the crux and solve the problem?
Or should we say that Kate has been in the industry for nearly ten years and can face problems and solve them on her own, so there is no need for Anson, a fledgling rookie, to point fingers in a self-righteous way?
Anson, hesitant.
(End of this chapter)