Chapter 36 Talking too much is a disease, it needs to be cured.
The first scene was not filmed smoothly. Wu
Baiyi called "cut" four or five times in a row. Every time it got stuck, it was not a big problem. Either the cash register props were broken and could not be closed, or Li Qin and the others were out of the shot, or they forgot the words or laughed.
In fact, these are normal. After all, everyone in the crew, including the three leading actors, is working together for the first time, and they still need to get used to each other.
……
"The girl is not dead."
Yu Yi leaned on the counter and said after looking at the news on the computer screen. Li Qin stood beside him, but he seemed to have not seen it at all.
"What did you say?" Zhang Ruoyun asked.
"The girl is not dead yet. In order to grab the news and set an example, the media wrote her dead first."
……
The first episode of "Pendulum" is the origin of the whole story. It is mainly to let the three protagonists get to know each other.
The general plot is that the male protagonist Xia Dongqing, who is born with yin and yang eyes, works part-time in a "No. 444" convenience store. A girl named Wang Xiaoya came to the store with a child and said that she found it nearby.
When they were chatting, they found a news report about a child being in a car accident and mistakenly thought that the child was a ghost. However, Xia Dongqing quickly pointed out the truth of the matter. The real ghost was actually Wang Xiaoya, who had a car accident to save the child.
Then Zhao Li appeared and said that Wang Xiaoya was not dead and was lying in the hospital. Dongqing rushed to the hospital in time with Xiaoya's soul and finally woke up successfully. When he returned to the store, he found that Zhao Li, who claimed to be a "shop assistant", could actually see Wang Xiaoya's soul. And he also told him that his yin and yang eyes were given to him by himself.
The content of the first scene was roughly the plot when "Zhao Li" just appeared.
The biggest performance difficulty of this plot is actually on Yi.
The "Zhao Li" he played had not yet revealed his identity at this time, so he had to show that he could not see Li Qin on the surface, and also leave some foreshadowing that he was "pretending not to see" to pave the way for the subsequent identity revelation.
"How about this, I add an eye movement line when I push the door in. That is, the eyes first focus on 'Wang Xiaoya', and then naturally slide to Ruoyun." Yu Yi proposed an idea of his own.
Meng Bai and Wu Bai discussed it and both thought that this proposal was feasible. So the crew returned to their positions and filmed this section again.
Many times, filming is like this. The screenwriter's script cannot be comprehensive and write every action and eye change of every character. Many times, how to better show the character depends on the actor's own understanding.
The level of the actor is also reflected through this ability.
Among the three leading actors of "Pendulum", Yu Yi is undoubtedly at the first level. He has his own understanding of the role and will design some details of the action and expression by himself to better show the character.
Zhang Ruoyun is a little worse, mainly because he is young and has too little experience. In addition, he has been filming anti-Japanese war dramas before, and his performance mode has been a bit biased. But he has good talent, and he can see through the problem at a glance, and he has made rapid progress.
In comparison, Li Qin is a bit off the chain.
"Cut! All groups, don't move. Li Qin, come here."
After shooting a shot, Wu Bai called Li Qin to the back of the monitor and pointed out her problems while watching the playback. "You don't have to be so exaggerated in your actions and expressions. React according to your true feelings. Don't imagine a certain character's personality and deliberately act out your reactions."
"That's right, 'rebellious girls' are just different from the general public in terms of thinking logic, but it doesn't mean that they always behave in a spirited manner." Meng Bai said with an "experienced" look on the side.
"..." Wu Bai was silent for a second, ignored it, and continued: "The character's personality and characteristics are shown through a series of plots and lines. In terms of reactions to things, everyone is actually similar."
"Iron Man will vomit when he drinks too much, and he will feel pain when he is beaten."
"...So you just need to think about it according to the thinking of a normal female college student. How would I feel if I suddenly saw a ghost, and how would I feel if I suddenly found myself to be a soul? Just act according to the most natural thoughts."
"Aren't you just a female college student who just graduated? Don't you know what a student looks like?"
"When you are not familiar with the role, you can leave the establishment of the character's personality and image to the director and screenwriter. You only need to consider how to make the role more naturally presented."
"If you can't walk, don't rush to run. Just leave the problem to us professionals..."
"Ah!"
Li Qin was annoyed by Meng Bai's nagging beside her. Finally, she gritted her teeth and glared at him.
Everyone was startled and the surroundings instantly became quiet.
Meng Bai was almost the same. He subconsciously took a half step back and looked at Li Qin with round eyes. He whispered: "Look at this reaction and expression now, it's quite natural."
"Puff——"
A circle of people finally couldn't help laughing and laughed out loud.
Li Qin was also made to laugh and cry by this sentence. She had no choice but to sort out her emotions and nodded to Wu Bai and said: "Director, I roughly understand what you mean. Let's do the previous part again. Sorry for bothering everyone."
After that, she rolled her eyes at Meng Bai with a cold face, and then returned to her position in front of the camera.
"Oh, little girl, you have a bad temper." Meng Bai laughed and complained to Wu Bai: "Isn't this a help in thinking? She's not happy."
Wu Bai sighed, patted Meng Bai on the shoulder and said: "Mr. Meng, I know you want to help me establish the dominant division of labor, but let's really choose a more clever way."
It has been more than a month since the preparation of the crew, and Wu Bai still has a lot of understanding of this young "producer".
Compared with young people of the same age, the biggest difference between Meng Bai is that he always has a purpose and plan for doing something.
Just like just now, it seems that Meng Bai is "flirting" with the little girl, but in fact Wu Bai knows that this is a subtle way for him to establish the dominant position in the filming.
As the creator and producer of the "Pendulum" project, Meng Bai has the highest status and voice in the crew, and many departments and personnel in the crew are also pulled up by him.
For example, Liu Zhi, the executive producer, the production staff of the logistics team, including the leading and supporting actors of all sizes, are basically headed by Meng Bai.
This situation is undoubtedly not a good situation for Wu Bai, because the director's management authority in the crew has been greatly weakened.
In fact, this was not a big deal. In many crews, the producer is more powerful than the director. One is in charge of the crew, and the other is in charge of shooting. They divide the work and have clear responsibilities.
But the problem is that Meng Bai is also the screenwriter of this drama, and he is also the "chief screenwriter" who has the right to decide the plot, which is equivalent to taking away part of the director's functions.
Wu Bai is relieved about Meng Bai, knowing that he is not the kind of person who will interfere at will, but sometimes you can't stand how the people below will understand.
Fortunately, Meng Bai should have thought of this problem.
Just now when I was instructing Li Qin, he chose to stand up and agree with me, which actually represents a silent declaration, indicating that at least in this link of shooting, the director should be the main one.
After all, everyone in the crew knows that Li Qin and Meng Bai have a good relationship. Now even she has to listen to the director's arrangements honestly, let alone others.
Therefore, Wu Bai is still very grateful for Meng Bai's support.
Well, of course, the method is debatable.
Thinking of this, he patted Meng Bai on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Talking too much is a disease, it must be treated."
(End of this chapter)
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