Xiao He should just play his "true self" and doesn't need to think about so many complicated issues.
Acting skills, in the end, can return to their essence, which is also a special talent and ability.
Xiao He has already completely merged into the character, so he doesn't need so many acting tricks to confine his role.
So just be yourself.
Xiao He was deeply moved by Gao Zhenxia's words and immediately understood his own problem.
He thanked Gao Zhenxia very sincerely: "I think I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Teacher Gao."
Liu Rulan was also extremely grateful to Gao Zhenxia: "Thank you, Teacher Gao. Thanks to Teacher Gao for pointing out the problem, otherwise we would have been in a dead end."
"It doesn't matter."
Gao Zhenxia waved her hand casually, "Who told me to like Xiao He so much? This kind of highly capable method actor is a rare genius who fits the role perfectly. I'm just trying to mentor him if I can."
Although Xiao He is currently holding back the production schedule, he is actually the one who is holding back the least. The other younger actors are really holding back at a snail's pace. If Zhuang Hongyi hadn't checked the progress and reminded Yan Shaohan about the filming time, they would probably still be stuck on the early scenes.
After Gao Zhenxia left, Liu Rulan patted Xiao He on the shoulder with a sigh: "You're really lucky, kid!"
"Professor Zhuo Jianhua must have mentioned me to Teacher Gao before, and I left a good impression on her," Xiao He said. "Once we're done with this, let's visit them at the Peking Opera Academy."
"No problem." Liu Rulan nodded. "And what about Teacher An—"
"Teacher An is actually all bark and no bite; he didn't put too much pressure on me," Xiao He chuckled. "I was just too eager to learn, which made him work so hard preparing lesson plans for me every day. I'll thank him properly when I get back."
"OK."
Seeing that Xiao He understood, Liu Rulan didn't say anything more.
After a short break, the crew resumed filming, and Xiao He walked onto the set to prepare himself emotionally.
This is a long-lens zoom transition shot.
From the moment Yin Qi killed someone to the moment he turned around, the entire camera focused on his face. Simultaneously, the background scenery shifted with the camera's movement; the previously scattered "corpses" immediately rose and left off-camera. When Yin Lan stood before him, only a bright, harmless smile remained on the boy's face. When the camera zoomed out again, the ground behind him was completely clean, devoid of the previous scene of corpses strewn across the ground.
This shot wasn't edited in post-production; it was a single, continuous take. However, judging from the disappearance of the corpses in the foreground and background, the audience knows that the timeline has moved to the later part of the story, and is different from the timeline of Yin Qi's killings.
Such long takes are actually quite rare in TV dramas these days. If there is such a "showy" transition shot in the whole episode, viewers who have watched the show will be amazed and left with a deep impression.
The main problem is that this kind of filming is too exhausting. If Xiao He, who plays Yin Qi, doesn't get the expression right, then the entire transition shot has to be reshot. For a director who loves to shoot close-ups of characters and separate the dialogue between the two characters into separate viewfinders, this is simply a thankless task.
However, for Yan Shaohan, who was just starting out, it was simply a matter of "doing whatever I like." As long as the shots were beautiful, the transitions were reasonable, and the visual language was meaningful.
Despite the staff's painstaking efforts to recreate the scene, everyone had to admit that Yan Shaohan had his own ideas and a certain level of directing ability.
Although he may not be on par with seasoned directors who have been directing films for many years, he is more than qualified to direct this film.
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