Chapter 88 I am the ferryman of souls!
When Meng Bai arrived at the crew, he just happened to catch up with the first night scene of the crew.
"Thank you for your hard work, everyone."
Meng Bai greeted along the way and walked to the side of Wang Wei.
"Come on, Lao Wang, have a cup of coffee." Meng Bai handed a cup of iced American coffee to Wang Wei, and asked the assistant Hua Yan to distribute the rest to the staff on the scene in turn.
"Mr. Meng came to give us coffee at this time, and he planned to let us shoot all night."
Wang Wei took the coffee and made a joke, but still took a big sip. The cold taste immediately made people feel much cooler.
At the end of August, Blue Island was in the summer vacation. Although it was night, it was still full of boredom and heat. It was just right to take a sip of cold drinks at this time.
Looking at the shooting area in front of the lens, Li Qin and the others were rehearsing their movements. The bright light of several headlights was evenly scattered around to ensure that the picture in the lens could not only see the expressions of the actors clearly, but also ensure the atmosphere of the night.
"Is this the scene where they escaped from the mental hospital at the end of the second episode?" Although he had just arrived at the crew, Meng Bai, as a producer and screenwriter, was familiar with every scene, so he only took a glance and immediately saw which scene was being filmed.
This night scene happened to be the last and ending shot of the "Red Ling" unit. The male and female protagonists awakened "Zhao Li" with the function of "peach wood to exorcise evil spirits and avoid evil", and with the help of the power of Buddhism, they defeated the soul controlled by the enemy's detention and escaped from the mental hospital.
Of course, the "mental hospital" in the plot could not be filmed in a real hospital. The actual scene was found in an abandoned factory in the suburbs of Landao.
"By the way, it's just right that you are here. I want to tell you about a change in the lines."
Wang Wei called the cameraman over, connected the equipment to the viewfinder and clicked on the one that had just been filmed, pointing to the screen and said: "It's the scene where 'Zhao Li' found that the only means of transportation was bicycles. After filming, Teacher Yu Yi said that it felt a bit flat. He felt that it could be more intense and more in line with the character's personality."
Meng Bai looked at the picture broadcast on the viewfinder -
Zhao Li: What is this?
Xia Dongqing (shooting the bicycle seat): You are really stupid, a bicycle.
Zhao Li: Only four-wheeled vehicles are called bicycles, right? What is this?
Ya: It’s good to have something to sit on, but you are still picky.
…
“Tsk.” Meng Bai sighed. When writing the script, this part of the complaint was just a few words and he didn’t think about adding more emotions. But when it was replaced with real shots, it did feel a little bland.
“Do you have any ideas?” Meng Bai asked.
Wang Wei said, “It’s not our idea, but Teacher Yu Yi said he wanted to play with this emotion. Look, he is designing the lines.”
Looking at the shooting area, he saw Yu Yi muttering to himself and shaking his head from time to time.
“I’ll take a look.”
Meng Bai said, and walked towards Yu Yi.
Li Qin, who was waiting on the side, saw Meng Bai coming out, and his eyes lit up immediately, and waved to him.
Meng Bai also saw it, but it was not convenient to say hello at this time, so he just waved his hand, made a gesture of "Let's talk after the shooting", and came to Yu Yi.
"Brother Yi, are you busy?"
"Hey, you are finally here." Yu Yi was surprised and happy to see Meng Bai. After exchanging a few words, he saw that he already knew the current situation, so he talked to him about some of his own views.
In short, because the main style of "Pendulum" is "horror + comedy" complementing each other, the previous plot is that the trio just escaped, and the latter plot is to say goodbye to the trapped souls such as "Yulan". The former is terrifying, and the latter is touching, so some interesting and funny plots are needed in between to buffer the audience's emotions.
"So, I think it may require more intense and exaggerated performances to achieve the effect." Yu Yi frowned and said, "I just thought about it for a while and had a few ideas, but I always felt that the lines I came up with were not quite right."
Meng Bai took Yu Yi's script, which was indeed marked with a lot of notes and many ideas that were crossed out.
Looking at some of the annotations he wrote, Meng Bai pondered for a while and said to him: "Well, Brother Yi, do you think this is a good way to change your career..."
Seeing Meng Bai and Yu Yi talking and laughing, Wang Wei couldn't help
but breathe a sigh of relief. Although Yu Yi had just told him that "Meng Bai is willing to accept the optimization suggestions for the original script", after all, he had little contact with him before, so he was always worried and was thinking about whether to call him to talk about it.
Don't think it's an exaggeration. Many big-name screenwriters are very stubborn about their script lines, and sometimes they don't allow even a modal particle to be changed.
If Meng Bai knew his concerns, he would definitely say, "Brother, you think too much." In this regard, he doesn't have any obsession that "no one can modify it.
" As long as you don't make random suggestions or make some unnecessary "additions", he will generally listen. If it adds to the level of the plot or lines, he will also gladly accept it.
In Meng Bai's understanding, the screenwriter is responsible for the entire story, so many times it may not be possible to perfectly take into account every detail of each character. At this time, it depends on the actor's own performance.
Whether you have your own unique understanding of the role, whether you can independently design details to perfect the role, this is the difference between a good actor and an ordinary actor.
If you are just a puppet without thinking, then the profession of actor will become a purely technical job, why should it be classified as an art category?
Wang Wei was wondering what the result of the two people's discussion was. On the other side, Zhang Ruoyun, who had just returned from a phone call, saw Meng Bai suddenly appear and asked Li Qin in confusion.
"Just now." Li Qin stared at Meng Bai's back from a distance and said, "Are you discussing the changes to the lines with Brother Yi?"
"I'm worried now that Mr. Meng will have a fixed mindset about the original lines and won't be able to change them." Zhang Ruoyun frowned.
Many content creators will have this problem. At the beginning, they think of a point, and then they are limited to this range. Even if they are asked to modify it again, they will still go back to the original direction in the end.
"No, he always has a lot of ideas and ideas." Li Qin said confidently.
Zhang Ruoyun looked at Li Qin, who was staring at him, and smiled with an expression of an experienced person.
Young people, that's great!
Meng Bai and Yu Yi discussed for nearly 20 minutes, and finally decided on the lines and performance.
When they returned to Wang Wei, the other party couldn't help asking, "How did you decide to adjust it in the end?"
Meng Bai smiled, but didn't say anything, just gestured, "The movement and the route have not changed, no additional adjustments are needed. As for the rest... wait and see."
In fact, he was also quite curious about what Yu Yi's performance would be like?
After preparing for a while, Yu Yi felt that he had figured it out, and gestured to the director team.
Seeing this, Wang Wei immediately arranged for the various groups on the scene to prepare. After everyone said they were ready, he gave the order.
"Action!"
Yu Yi, wearing a hospital gown, stood in the middle, with Zhang Ruoyun and Li Qin half-supporting and half-holding him on the left and right, and the three of them looked at a bicycle parked in front of them.
"Oh my god, what is this?"
"I see you are really sick, a bicycle."
Up to this point, the lines and plot were similar to those in Meng Bai's script. But then, Yu Yi turned his head quietly to look at Zhang Ruoyun, and then began to speak passionately -
"I, Zhao Li! I am the soul ferryman! I am going to take this car back? I am not well yet! I want my dark clothes! I want my gun! I want my big jeep! Do you believe that someone will come to pick me up if I make a phone call? Hey, what, you are busy, get out of here..."
Yu Yi was interrupted by a burst of laughter before he finished his lines.
However, neither Meng Bai nor Wang Wei were angry, because it was not just one person who laughed, but the whole audience, including the staff, who couldn't help laughing.
(End of this chapter)
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