Chapter 161 No Acting Skills
After the recording of Happy Camp ended, Gu Wei said goodbye to Yang Mi and Reba and returned to Dongshan Island to continue filming.
"Teacher Gu, is Happy Camp fun?"
Everyone in the crew knew that Gu Wei had taken two days off to record "Happy Camp". After he came back, while eating lunch together, Guan Xiaotong asked curiously.
It has been almost a month since the filming of "Left Ear" started. Gu Wei discovered that among the main actors in the crew, the one with the best personality is the youngest Guan Xiaotong.
This little girl is worthy of being a child star. She has been an extrovert and carefree since she was young. Gu Wei feels that her personality is similar to that of Yang Zi and Zhang Yishan.
Within a few days of filming starting, he became familiar with Gu Wei, and Ma Sichun, too, often went to Gu Wei to chat whenever he had time.
"It's okay. Kuaiben is a recorded variety show. Although there's no fixed script, what you see on TV as dozens of minutes actually takes several hours to record. Overall, it's still a bit tiring."
Gu Wei picked up a mouthful of shredded potatoes and put them in the bowl, speaking while eating.
“I’ve loved watching this kind of cheerful variety show since I was a kid, but unfortunately I never had the chance to do so, especially since I’m still young and not a big star.
When I become famous in the future, I want to appear on variety shows more often."
When Gu Wei heard this, he looked up at Guan Xiaotong and saw that the little girl looked serious.
"Why? Do you think recording a variety show is interesting?"
"Yeah, it's so fun. I can work while playing games, and it doesn't affect my income at the same time. It's perfect."
Guan Xiaotong's face was full of longing. In her understanding, recording a variety show was just like playing games, which was much easier than filming a movie.
“Your wish will surely come true.
You see, there are more and more variety shows on TV now. And you, starting this year, have become more and more famous. Even if you want to become a host like Teacher He in the future, it won't be a problem."
Gu Wei looked at Guan Xiaotong and spoke seriously.
Of course, what he was thinking was, 'In the future, you will meet the former military art school idol, now a greasy middle-aged man, and the fat funny sister, and they will lead you on the road of no return to comedy variety shows.'
No wonder Guan Xiaotong rarely produced any works after she appeared on variety shows, and everyone's impression of her is that she is the host of "Ace vs. Ace".
It turns out that not only do they have no discrimination against appearing on variety shows, they actually yearn for it.
Just like her future boyfriend Lu Han, they both seemed to have lost their career ambitions after they started dating, and seemed determined to continue appearing on comedy variety shows.
"Really? That's my dream life, but I've never learned hosting skills. Will I be able to host it when the time comes?"
After hearing what Gu Wei said, Guan Xiaotong looked as if she took it seriously and started to think about how to be a host.
"Of course, being a host isn't difficult. Look, Happy Camp and Day Day Up both have the same hosting team of five or six people. There'll be a professional hosting, and you can just play games along."
Gu Wei carefully helped her analyze and gave her advice.
"Okay, when I become the host, I will definitely invite Teacher Gu to be a guest."
As the two chatted, it seemed as if this matter was about to be accomplished.
"No problem, I will definitely go and support Sister Xiaotong!"
Gu Wei held the bowl of rice in one hand and patted his chest with the other, as if to say, "You host the show and I'll come over to support you."
Ma Sichun, who was eating and watching their performance nearby, couldn't help but laugh.
"Sister Si Chun, what are you laughing at? When the time comes, I'll invite you, and you have to come. You all are my connections!"
"Okay, okay~ I'll definitely go then."
[Left Ear] was taking photos methodically on the scenic Dongshan Island.
On the first day of filming, Gu Wei shot a basketball scene and a scene opposite Ma Sichun. When everyone thought that day was a good start, no one expected that the first day of filming was almost the climax.
The truth is that the young actors in this movie have no acting skills, especially the heroine Chen Duling.
What she studied had nothing to do with acting. She studied aircraft manufacturing and engineering in college. She was a typical science and engineering girl.
Moreover, he had no acting experience before filming this movie and was a complete newbie.
When the film was just being shot, I couldn’t even find the right camera position, let alone act, and I had no filming experience at all.
There was no other way, Director Su Youpeng could only teach little by little, slowly polishing one shot at a time.
After all, he was the one who found the female lead. In his mind, it didn't matter if Chen Duling had no acting skills, as long as she could play herself. Su Youpeng chose the actress based on the temperament of "Li Er" in the play, and let her just be herself.
Of course, in order to make the filming of the movie smoother, Su Youpeng opened a small acting class in the crew and invited a professional acting teacher from the Shanghai Theatre Academy to teach the young actors in the crew during their spare time.
The main purpose is to train Chen Duling, and also to give lessons to several other actors. Everything is for a better filming of the movie.
Gu Wei was definitely not among the students in the class. After all, he was a student of the Acting Department of the Film Academy. In addition, given his achievements, the director would not ask him to attend class.
Therefore, one of Gu Wei’s greatest pleasures on the set was watching Chen Duling, Guan Xiaotong and others attend classes after filming.
Gu Wei takes acting classes every day at school. It's obvious that this teacher teaches method-based things, which means telling actors how to react and perform in different situations. If you master these routines, you can cope with various acting situations.
This performance method is indeed suitable for newcomers like Chen Duling who have just started acting. It is relatively easy to learn and is sufficient for acting in idol dramas in the future.
Gu Wei ate melon seeds and watched them in class from afar. They were doing things like liberating their nature, acting as a tree, acting as a dog, etc. He didn't think much of it when he did it in school, but now he still feels happy when he sees others doing it.
There was one person in the class who had the same reaction as Gu Wei, and that was Chen Duling. Because she had no acting foundation, she always laughed during the training class. The teacher had no choice but to punish her by making her face the wall, which felt like teaching a primary school student.
Gu Wei also understood why Chen Duling gradually disappeared from the domestic entertainment industry after filming "The Left Ear". This girl really has no acting skills.
Chen Duling started her career as the leading actress in a movie that grossed 480 million yuan at the box office, making her a true goddess in the domestic entertainment industry.
Ma Sichun, Guan Xiaotong, including male actors Yang Yang and Ou Hao, each of them has a higher status and fame than her, and everyone works with her to shoot movies like a star-studded cast.
To be honest, not to mention his distant starting point, the female stars who have a good relationship with Gu Wei, such as Nazha, Reba, and even Tang Yan and Yang Mi, cannot compare to him.
When these people first entered the entertainment industry, they basically debuted as supporting actresses in TV dramas, and gradually became very popular.
That is to say, Zhou Dongyu, who debuted as a "Mou Girl", can compete with her, but the box office of "The Hawthorn Tree" is only 160 million, and according to the data, she cannot beat her.
Looking at her appearance, although Chen Duling is not a bright and beautiful woman, she also has the face of a young first love, and she is much more beautiful than Zhou Dongyu.
However, the subsequent developments of the two were completely different. Many years later, Zhou Dongyu had already won three Golden Horse Awards, while Chen Duling could only play a supporting role in the TV series "The Moon Embers" starring the rising star Bai Lu.
Although it is still beautiful, the resources have deteriorated drastically.
The reason is that she has no acting skills, and her image as a pure beauty makes it difficult for her to hype up scandals. After "Left Ear", almost every drama she filmed failed, and her popularity gradually declined.
Although many young actors nowadays do not have "acting skills" and some do not have much, it is still indispensable if you want to stay in the film and television industry for a long time and move up the ladder.
Just like Zhou Dongyu, although he is not good-looking and his personality is not likable, his acting skills are really good. At a young age, he won the three major awards in the Chinese film industry, namely the Golden Horse, Golden Image and Golden Rooster, so he is naturally invincible.
Zhao Liying and Yang Zi, who later became popular in the TV drama circle, were also loved by the audience because of their good acting skills. If someone else played the same script, the TV series might not have become a hit, but they had the ability, so they naturally became famous in the later stage.
Although Chen Duling doesn't seem to have much talent, the girl is still very hardworking.
When filming on the set, she was so nervous at the beginning that she would blink constantly when the light was strong, and the frequency of her blinking was very fast. In the words of director Su Youpeng, even flies would be instantly pinched to death by her eyelashes.
From then on, whenever she blinked, the director would sit in front of the monitor and yell, "Look how many there are on the ground. Count them yourself."
Later, in order to practice not blinking, Chen Duling would take out a mirror and practice whenever she had free time, and she would practice for several hours. At first, everyone thought she was too obsessed with beauty and looked in the mirror all day long.
Later, the nosy Guan Xiaotong asked her the reason, and Chen Duling said that it was to practice not blinking during filming.
After the news spread, everyone in the crew had a different opinion of her. Although she was still scolded by the director for making NGs, everyone gradually accepted this heroine who had poor acting skills but was willing to work hard.
Chen Duling's efforts also affected other people in the crew, especially Ma Sichun, the second female lead. She was originally the best actress in the crew except for Gu Wei, but now she is gradually feeling the pressure.
After the show that day, Gu Wei saw that Ma Sichun looked uninterested and asked.
"What's wrong, Sichun?
You looked unhappy after the performance these past two days?"
Ma Sichun looked up at Gu Wei and frowned as he said, "I lost over ten pounds to start this film, and I've gained weight again these past few days. I'm sure I'll look terrible on camera."
After hearing this, Gu Wei touched his chin and thought about it.
"Here, I'll teach you a set of exercises. Do them several times every morning and evening. Then eat less or no dinner. You'll be able to maintain your figure."
"Really? Thank you so much, Teacher Gu!"
Ma Sichun's face was full of surprise.
When filming "Come On, My Love", Zhao Liying was worried about gaining weight because she ate too much. Gu Wei started to run with her at night, but later found that the effect was not very good. So he asked someone to learn a set of yoga moves specifically for slimming and body beauty and taught them to Zhao Liying. The effect was much better than simply running.
In the evening, Gu Wei took the time to teach Ma Sichun a complete set of yoga moves. After Guan Xiaotong knew about it, she also came over to learn it happily.
"How old are you? Do you want to lose weight too?"
Gu Wei said as he looked at Guan Xiaotong who placed the yoga mat next to Ma Sichun.
"You don't understand, no matter how old you are or how much you weigh, losing weight is something a girl should do throughout her life."
Seeing this, Gu Wei shook his head and ignored her. He drove one sheep and released two sheep.
In fact, the movements are very simple and not difficult to learn, but it is not so easy to perform a set in a standard way.
In just one night, both of them successfully learned the skills.
But what was different afterwards was that Guan Xiaotong gave up the idea of losing weight after just trying for two days. In her words, she should eat more so that she would have the energy to lose weight. Now is the preparation stage.
Every day before dawn, Ma Sichun takes a yoga mat to a large platform on the 4th floor of the hotel and starts to practice the movements with concentration. She is often sweating all over in less than ten minutes.
After the show in the evening, you can still see her at that location, every day.
(End of this chapter)
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