Chapter 278
The Saint and the Succubus (?)
Today's scene is very difficult.
When Ling Suisui read the script, he thought the difficulty lay in the contrast between reality and illusion, from a performance perspective.
But when she arrived at the scene, the director first told her about a dialogue scene.
The dialogue is simple, with the camera switching back and forth between her and Richard. Ling Suisui thought it was a simultaneous shot with multiple cameras, but the director said that every time the scene cut to her, the position of the camera and the makeup on her face would change.
Ling Suisui probably understood that the director wanted a very natural change that did not rely on special effects to enhance the audience's sense of immersion.
To be more specific, the difference between the lengths of 1m and 2m is very obvious, but 1m is increased by 1cm each time, and there are screen switches in between, so the "lengthening" process will be very smooth and will not feel abrupt to the audience.
The director's idea is good, but it is very difficult to implement.
Let’s talk about the actors first - if emotions have a starting point and an end point, Ling Suisui can act from A1 to An, no matter how big this n is. As a professional actor, she can handle any range of emotions and any complex interweaving of emotions.
But the scene required her to clearly distinguish the emotional ranges of A1, A2, A3... and present similar but slightly different effects in each shooting.
How to describe the sophistication of this performance? If the ordinary actor's ability to handle details is like a piece of wool, Ling Suisui is a strand of hair. Now she is required to break this strand of hair apart and separate it into several strands.
Let's talk about other aspects. The makeup artist was very confused when he heard this request last night. How many times would he have to adjust the makeup? He is confident in his skills, but the question is whether the actors have the patience and the crew has the time?
Moreover, it is not so easy to adjust the camera angle and push the lens forward every time the scene changes. Just adjusting the lighting can drive people crazy. Not to mention that today's shooting is outdoors. The sun may not listen to the director's instructions. If a cloud floats over, all previous arrangements may be wasted.
Ling Sui had worked in Director Pei's crew before, and was receptive to the director's pursuit of perfection.
No matter how difficult or tiring it is, she is willing to try and explore any method that can improve the quality of the film. Even if these few scenes are taken individually, the improvement they make to the work is negligible, but a movie of more than two hours is made up of countless detailed shots.
If you pay attention to everything here and there, the movie will be exquisite in every detail. Anyway, Warner is rich and has invested a lot of money in this film, so this little bit is probably not a big deal for them.
The director and producer have already boasted that Dragon Slayer will achieve great box office success and win numerous trophies.
Ling Suisui's high degree of cooperation put the entire crew at ease. Although this was a rivalry between her and Richard, compared to Richard, whose camera angle remained unchanged and could be filmed almost from beginning to end, the difficulty of the performance fell entirely on her.
The director was beaming with joy and showered Ling Sui with all kinds of praise, saying that she was now the most popular actress in Hollywood.
Those who are more popular than her may not have as good acting skills as her, and those who are better at acting than her may not be more popular than her; even if they meet both conditions of having good acting skills and being more popular than her, their pay is higher than hers, but their cooperation is not as good as hers.
Ling Sui didn’t think that he was praising her. Didn’t this mean that she was “economical and practical”? Ordinary goods are only considered for their cost-effectiveness, while top luxury goods are beyond the reach of most people.
She pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled.
Just wait and see, there will be a time when these big companies will beg her for help in the future.
The director originally wanted to encourage her, but inadvertently aroused Ling Sui's fighting spirit. She had already changed her clothes and was now sitting in front of the makeup mirror, waiting for the makeup artist to come and do the makeup for the first scene.
In the movie, Monica only wears one white dress from beginning to end, but it will be scratched by tree branches on the road, and it will become dirty due to falling and being stained by berry juice. In short, it is in different states at different time points.
The movie could not be shot in chronological order, so the props team prepared dozens of white dresses for Ling Suisui and made them look different. The one she was wearing today was already a bit tattered, and the length of the skirt had gone from almost ankle-length to above the knee.
Well...in the movie, because someone was injured, Monica once tore off her skirt and used it as gauze and bandage. The person she helps is the knight played by Richard, the most righteous and glorious of the male characters.
The knight has always had a crush on Monica, but he chose to keep this love hidden in his heart and just silently protect his sweetheart - of course, this is how he beautified himself in his heart.
The truth is that he felt Monica was of too low a birth. Once he completes the feat of slaying the dragon, he will be qualified to marry the princess. As for the commoner woman Monica, she is not within his consideration.
That's what the Knights thought. He only needed to make ambiguous eye contact with Monica, enjoy her worship and admiration, and take advantage of her. He didn't want to create any trouble before completing the dragon slaying, but... Alas, it was all her fault for seducing him!
"Is this what you were thinking during this period?" After Ling Sui summarized it, he communicated with Richard next to him.
After this dialogue scene was filmed, the knight followed Monica into the cave and had sex with her in broad daylight behind everyone's back. Because the emotions of these two scenes are connected, Ling Suisui wanted to discuss it more with Richard before filming.
Richard: "...It's not me, it's the knight."
"A knight has two sets of personality standards. One is based on social status, which can be understood as a mask, and the other is his true self. Monica in a white dress is pure and innocent. He likes the feeling of a saint, which can satisfy his vanity based on his social status. At the same time, he fantasizes about the saint seducing him. Deep down in his heart, he wants to fall, but he has to find an excuse for himself."
To be honest, Ling Suisui rarely plays such seductive roles. Qiao Xintong barely fits the bill, but she flirts with men like she trains a dog, always being in a superior position, which is definitely not suitable for Monica.
So the performance she will have to deal with later is changing from a saint to a succubus? This process needs to be both effective and silent.
She practiced in front of the mirror for a while, but felt that she was not quite there yet.
It is not very effective to rehearse this kind of play by herself, so she still needs a partner. The other person's performance can give her real-time feedback and help her fine-tune the details.
Ling Suisui extended an invitation to Richard, who readily agreed.
They first looked into each other's eyes, and then gradually made physical contact. Ling Suisui looked at him and ran her fingertips across his palm. The tingling feeling made Richard blush in an instant.
Richard: …
He coughed awkwardly, adjusted his hair, touched his collar, and seemed to be making eight hundred movements in one second.
This shouldn't happen. It's just a touch, why would he react so strongly?
Ling Suisui was not very satisfied. She frowned and said, "This is too pure love. It's not the effect I want. I think the knight's reaction here is desire, the impulse after the dark and wet thoughts are realized. He only has sexual desire for Monica, not the feeling of being in love."
If he were to play the role of an affectionate knight, the tone of the scene would be completely changed. Richard also realized this and said he would adjust his state and cooperate with the performance.
Ling Suisui: "Wait a moment, I'll act it out with you again. I'm the one acting now, you just need to put yourself in the knight's shoes, empty yourself and react, I'm looking for the direction of the performance."
...Well, Richard could only temporarily put aside the idea of "making a comeback with acting skills" and cooperate with Ling Suisui as his tool.
Ling Suisui is an actor who is very particular about propriety and will not do anything beyond the rules in the name of work. Even when rehearsing such a very intimate scene, her physical contact with him was limited to the palms of her hands. When she needed to touch the body, her hands were lightly covered on the clothes and she would not press down.
Before today, Richard's impression of "seduction" was that one party was sticking their whole body to the other party, but Ling Sui's acting skills really refreshed his perception.
In the beginning, she was still groping for the direction, and her eyes were mostly affectionate, and in the latter part it was not just pure teasing, but also a bit of innocent clumsiness.
Ling Suisui's understanding of this scene has reached a higher level. She is not playing a succubus, but a saint in the skin of a succubus. She accurately hit the knights', or most men's psychology of wanting it all - they pride themselves on their noble status and look down on real "succubi", but they also long for the noble saint to do this.
Although Ling Suisui was not very close to him, Richard suddenly moved back with his swivel chair. It was not until he and Ling Suisui had created a distance of four or five meters that he began to gasp, stroking his chest as if he had survived a disaster.
Just now, the moment her eyes changed, it was so scary.
His mind was blank at that moment, and his body leaned forward instinctively - he could smell her perfume, which made him feel a little drunk. It was not until his foot was stepped on that he came to his senses and stepped back.
When Richard recalled Ling Sui's performance, he didn't dare to put himself in the shoes of the knight. As soon as he put himself in her shoes, his face felt like he was slapped, and the following scene emerged in his mind unconsciously: the pure and innocent saint smiled gently, and then mocked him, saying that you are that kind of person.
…That’s horrible. Can we file a work injury claim for him while filming with Lindsay?
Richard paused for a moment, then heard the assistant director calling them to their positions.
He was shocked. What? This scene hasn’t been filmed yet? !
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Richard: She is such a terrible woman QAQ
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