Chapter 83
“It turns out he’s the artist who lives across from me.”
In the morning, Ling Suisui and others were filming a group scene.
The six main actors gathered around the dining table to discuss setting up a stall - this was the prelude to Sun Jiayi's pancake stall.
The imported panorama has been taken, and the next thing to take is the close-up.
After Yin Mingcheng arranged the camera positions, he said to them, "We have set up cameras at every angle and adjusted the directions. You don't need to move during this part. It won't be a glitch."
“Everyone should try to perform smoothly in one go, so that there will be more choices during post-editing. Try not to add reaction shots separately, as that would not make the picture smooth enough and would affect the narrative rhythm.”
Everyone nodded in agreement and hurried to read the script.
Shooting from beginning to end can certainly make the actors' emotions more natural and full, but it also means that if one person makes a mistake, everyone will have to start over. Besides, the director had just said that, and it would be really embarrassing if he still kept me to shoot some additional shots separately.
Ling Suisui not only memorized his own lines, but also glanced at others'.
When they had no lines, they all had to eat at the dining table. Fortunately, this meal was breakfast.
The director shouted "start", Ling Suisui picked up a piece of bread and started to spread jam.
Although the steamed buns, siu mai, fried dough sticks and mala cakes on the table all smell delicious...but they are all cold, it would be better to eat bread.
The first part is Han Cheng's lines. The character he plays, Zheng Jun, has been in bad financial condition recently. He is running out of money and decides to set up a stall so that he can continue preparing for the civil service exam.
His stall business is to sell hairpins, hair bands, bracelets, and mobile phone films.
Zheng Jun said that he had already purchased the goods and found a location to set up the stall. He just needed someone to form a partnership with him so that the profits could be discussed.
"It's really inconvenient to set up a stall alone. It's not convenient for me to even go to the toilet. It's better for two people to take care of each other."
The director called for a stop because his line was wrong.
Han Cheng clasped his hands together and apologized to everyone, and everyone else said everything was fine.
Ling Sui put down the toast with jam on it that he had not yet bitten, and Kang Le ate it.
"Eat slowly and share some with your friends." Ling Suisui whispered to her, "I don't think this scene will be easy to pass. There are a lot of these."
Kangle: ...
No wonder Ling Suisui kept spreading jam on it and refused to eat it after spreading it for a long time. It turned out that she had thought of it a long time ago.
Ling Suisui spread the cream on the fourth piece of toast before he finally took a bite.
She ate very slowly, her eyes were dull, and she looked listless.
This fits Sun Jiayi's character status very well - her application for a contract was rejected again yesterday, and now she has no interest in anything.
Everyone else said they were too busy to help recently, so Li Zirui suddenly mentioned her.
"Jiayi, aren't you okay? Stop being a landlady every day and go set up a stall with Zheng Jun."
She was stunned at first, as if she was awakened from standby mode, and then she answered:
"Who said that? Collecting your rent is a side job. I make a living by writing. Just yesterday, I entered the field of children's literature and achieved great success in both profit and reputation. It was well received and popular."
She looked extremely proud, and even won the admiration of several people who didn't know the inside story.
But Sun Jiayi was quickly exposed by Li Zirui: "Just brag, didn't you just help an elementary school student write an essay, and he was very satisfied and said he would come to you next time?"
Everyone lowered their heads and covered their mouths while laughing. Ling Suisui snorted awkwardly and kicked Chen Lin's chair in anger, causing the latter to make a painful expression.
The director cut this scene, saying that Chen Lin's performance was too exaggerated.
Because there was an obvious scene switch when Li Zirui mentioned Sun Jiayi, Yin Mingcheng didn't really ask them to start over from the beginning when he asked her to set up the stall.
Yin Mingcheng reminded: "Qian Tu, pay attention. When Sun Jiayi kicks Li Zirui, you need to pay attention to her movements and show some jealous reaction."
Bian Yuanzhou nodded to indicate that he had taken note of it, while Chen Lin asked his assistant to get a mirror and repeatedly practiced how it would look like to be kicked and feel pain.
He tried several times, but the director was not very satisfied. Now he said that his reaction was not obvious enough.
Yin Mingcheng asked Bian Yuanzhou to demonstrate it to him. Bian Yuanzhou was very familiar with this expression and even broke down the key points of the movements for him.
"Your eyebrows should be wrinkled together, your mouth should be open, but your teeth should be clenched. The hissing sound should come from between your teeth. Do you understand?"
Chen Lin did as he was told. Although it was a little better than before, it still couldn't achieve the effect the director wanted.
Chen Lin frowned: "Sui Sui, how about you really kick me later?"
Ling Suisui: ...
He can't just go for the experience approach for every role. What if he has to play a role of death in the future?
She said: "Even if I really kicked you, the instinctive reaction of pain at that moment would not be enough. This is a comedy, your performance should be higher than reality and more painful than the actual situation, so that the audience can laugh when watching you."
There is a view that the core of comedy is tragedy - in Ling Sui's understanding, this sentence does not mean that comedy must achieve a certain educational effect, but that many comedies make the audience feel superior and thus gain happiness.
This is why many comedians like to make fun of themselves, and in many variety shows, the funniest person is often the one who is "bullied."
Ling Suisui added: "Of course, being too exaggerated is not okay, you have to find the right balance."
According to the plot, Sun Jiayi only kicked his leg, but Chen Lin acted as if he was going to die and was about to vomit blood in the next second. That was definitely an exaggeration.
Ling Suisui thought of a reference standard for him and bumped into the corner of the table when he stood up from his seat.
Most people have experienced this kind of pain. After listening to her description, Chen Lin subconsciously held his waist and felt a little painful.
"You can cover your legs later." Yin Mingcheng said, "It won't affect the plot, and you can add small movements that suit the character setting. You don't have to be too rigid when performing. Life dramas should be more down-to-earth."
This segment was shot twice more and passed successfully. Later, Sun Jiayi said she was going to sell pancakes. Ling Suisui recited the lines in one go. In order to achieve perfection, Yin Mingcheng asked her to record it one more time to save it.
After filming this scene, Ling Suisui and Bian Yuanzhou can leave first.
They were not going to take a rest - the next scene they were going to shoot was Sun Jiayi's drunken scene, so they had to change their clothes and memorize their lines to ensure that there would be no problems when they performed on the spot.
On the way, Bian Yuanzhou and Ling Suisui said, "Why is it that Chen Lin can understand you when you speak, but not me?"
Bian Yuanzhou felt that the details she told him later were similar to what he had said before.
Ling Suisui smiled and said, "Maybe he thinks I'm more approachable?"
Bian Yuanzhou: ...
What do you mean by friendly? Chen Lin is just a face control and thinks Ling Sui is good-looking.
There's nothing we can do about it, since Ling Sui's face is objectively beautiful and meets the aesthetic standards of most people.
Therefore, wherever she goes, she carries an aura of affinity with her.
Bian Yuanzhou separated from her at the door of the dressing room. When he changed his clothes and picked up the script again, he kept repeating in his heart, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous..."
Isn't it just a kissing scene? The other party has experience, and he cannot be underestimated.
On the other side, Ling Suisui, who had finished her new makeup, had already arrived at another suite.
She kept changing her positions on the sofa. At first she was still trying to find the angle to lie down, and later she changed to an inverted position with her head on the ground and her legs hanging on the sofa.
Assistant Director: “Is this action okay?”
"No problem." Ling Suisui replied, "Don't worry, my core strength can hold up."
When she sat back on the sofa to continue reading the script, the assistant director asked if she wanted to pour her a glass of wine to get her feeling better.
Ling Sui hesitated for a moment, then decided to forget it.
Alcohol can certainly stimulate her brain, but if it affects her control over her body, that would be very bad.
Moreover, she has a lot of lines in this part. In order not to forget the lyrics, Ling Suisui decided not to drink.
While waiting, Ling Suisui added a few subtle breath sounds on the spot, and Bian Yuanzhou was also called to fill in the gaps.
Ling Suisui showed him her moves later, and also rehearsed with him how Qian Tu would try to get Sun Jiayi back to her room later.
Bian Yuanzhou said he would help her walk, but Ling Suisui felt that if Sun Jiayi was so drunk that she was about to stand upside down on the sofa, it was unlikely that she could still walk upright.
"You can try to drag it." Ling Suisui said, "Anyway, I fell down after I kissed you, and this is all we can shoot."
Then, Sun Jiayi would lose her memory and completely forget this story...
How could the screenwriter let this couple be together so easily? This is a suspense left for the next season.
Ling Suisui and Bian Yuanzhou not only rehearsed their lines, but also went through the general movements. After Yin Mingcheng transferred here, he was very satisfied with their efficiency and work attitude.
He said: "Well, first of all, I'll give you some feeling. No matter how it goes, I won't stop, you play it from beginning to end, and then we'll see which part needs to be optimized and any close-ups that need to be added."
This is Yin Mingcheng's trust in the two actors - they are the least troublesome in the entire crew.
The machine was in place, Ling Sui hung her legs on the sofa, waiting for Bian Yuanzhou to come to her.
She closed her eyes and merged with the character in the darkness.
In the first few lines of Qian Tu, Ling Suisui doesn't need to speak. She only needs to act like a drunk and demented person and can only give weak feedback to external information.
It was not until Bian Yuanzhou was about to drag her back and her position changed that she realized that there was someone next to her.
Ling Sui opened his eyes, but because of dizziness he couldn't see clearly, so he needed to use his sense of touch to perceive the outside world.
——Specifically, she was groping Bian Yuanzhou’s face and chest, and kept asking “Who are you?”
"Let go, don't...Sun Jiayi, where are you touching?"
He finally held her hand and introduced himself to her reluctantly: "I'm Qian Tu, you don't even recognize me? Qian Tu, the designer who lives across from you."
Ling Suisui said, "Qian Tu, I remember you...you are...you are..."
She thought for a long time, and then an idea flashed in her mind: "It's the artist who lives across from me!"
Bian Yuanzhou gritted his teeth in anger: "You are the artist! I have said it hundreds of times, I am a designer, a graphic designer!"
“Oh, a designer.”
Ling Suisui stood up unsteadily, Bian Yuanzhou supported her waist, and she patted his face.
"Designer...I asked you to make a cover for me, why haven't you given it to me yet?"
Bian Yuanzhou looked hopeless: "I told you, I'm not an artist, you should find someone else to do that."
Ling Sui was very unhappy. She was making a fuss and refused to leave, insisting that Qian Tu give her the cover.
Being entangled, there is no choice but to compromise on money.
Ling Suisui stated her requirements: "My heroine character material... must be a female warrior wearing white clothes..."
"Okay, I'll find it for you."
"Her face should have three parts of coldness, three parts of ridicule, and four parts of indifference..."
Bian Yuanzhou clenched his fists, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
And this is not over yet——
"The cover background... should be in black and white... and should be eye-catching... and colorful..."
"Forget it, forget it. Black and white have bad connotations. I want red! Only then will my novel become popular!"
"By the way, I'm writing a novel in Green River, so remember to put some green on the cover, it's auspicious!"
Bian Yuanzhou's patience was almost at its limit and he couldn't listen to her any longer.
He was just about to refute her when Ling Sui fell on the sofa, grinning at him with her eyes open.
Bian Yuanzhou sighed helplessly, and while trying to pull her up, he couldn't help but talk back to her.
That’s too much. Is the request she just made reasonable? No wonder no artist is willing to take her orders, so she can only come to wow him!
“So noisy…”
Ling Suisui muttered complaints, and when Bian Yuanzhou lowered his head, she grabbed his tie, used it as a fulcrum to stand up, and kissed him.
After the kiss, she lay back on the sofa, still giggling.
"Don't bother me... I want to sleep..."
The cameraman adjusted the camera position and captured Bian Yuanzhou's expression of disbelief and shock.
"You just...what do you mean, you——"
The only things that could respond to him were Ling Suisui's closed eyes and peaceful face.
He stared at her face for a long time, speechless.
The director finally called for a stop: "The first take was very good, everyone come over here, I'll tell you about the review."
Hearing this, Ling Suisui stood up immediately.
She also called Bian Yuanzhou: "Let's go, the director is calling us."
She walked in front, and Bian Yuanzhou looked at her back and was stunned for a moment before catching up.
The warm touch of his lips hasn't even faded yet, and she's fine? Doesn’t she need to take a break when filming emotional scenes?
...It's true that the new generation pushes the old generation forward. Ling Suisui's speed in performing is much faster than his.
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