Chapter 055: Audition
The scene when an actor turns evil during the audition can best showcase his acting skills. The first actor to go on stage will choose this scene as his first scene. But her acting skills were not very good. She did not perform the momentary darkening well, and her face looked a little hideous.
The screenwriter and director frowned. They were obviously not satisfied with her performance, but they did not interrupt her and let her finish the performance.
The scene she chose for the second act was the one where Sang Zhu died.
The scenes chosen were the most difficult to perform, and the results were not satisfactory.
"Okay, next one."
The actress left the stage crying. She must have known that her acting was lacking.
The first person had such a bad experience, which made the others even more nervous.
Several more people came up one after another, and except for one person who performed reasonably well, the others did not perform very well. The one who performed fairly well was one of the people that Qi Luo had just noticed was well prepared.
Next one, He Xin.
The two clips selected by He Xin are the early and late scenes of Sangzhu.
In the early stage, Sang Zhu was innocent and naive. He Xin has always been good at playing this kind of role and performed well. The director, producer and investors all nodded with satisfaction, but the screenwriter had no expression. In the later part, Sang Zhu turned evil and killed people indiscriminately. He Xin performed Sang Zhu's cruelty after he turned evil, which was not bad.
"That's right." Wanqi Huan clapped his hands and called out first.
This is the best performance so far.
I have to say that He Xin does have some strength.
Since the investor Wanqi Huan applauded, the director and producer couldn't stand idly by and also applauded and praised the film. Only the screenwriter Lou Zhi said nothing.
"Lou...Lou Zhi, you haven't said a word during the audition so far. Do you want to say something? Sang Zhu is a character you created. How do you think He Xin performed? Are you satisfied?"
Lou Zhi glanced at him and said without emotion: "It's okay."
Then he said to He Xin on the stage: "Please act out the scene when Sang Zhu turns evil."
He Xin was startled. She knew clearly what she was good at and what she was not good at. Acting out this scene might not necessarily be a plus for her. However, she was the first person to be named by the original author to be given an extra chance to take the test, and she couldn't help feeling a little proud.
She was the first one to be called for the extra test, so of course she couldn't refuse. If she did, the opportunity that was given to her might be gone.
"Okay, thank you Mr. Lou Zhi for giving me this opportunity."
There is no dialogue before the real dark part. It is Sang Zhu staring at her brother Sang Ling with eyes that change little by little, with anger, hatred, unwillingness, and a trace of barely perceptible sadness. When she leaves, she looks at her brother Sang Ling and leaves a sentence: "Sang Ling, from this moment on, I will treat you as dead."
There was no hysteria, just a very calm sentence, but the strong male protagonist Sang Ling could not help but shed tears. He reached out his hand to keep the person, but the person had already disappeared from his sight.
He Xin adjusted her mood, and her eyes changed little by little. There was hatred, resentment, and unwillingness, but she did not show that trace of sadness.
Of course, it is also possible that He Xin did not understand this level, and the script did not describe Sang Zhu's emotions in this scene in detail, leaving space for the actors to understand it themselves. Even if you have read the original novel, you may not be able to understand this level, let alone He Xin has not read the original novel.
After He Xin finished his performance, no one spoke for a long time.
It’s not that I was shocked by her acting skills, but... everyone could see that she didn’t bring out the essence of this scene, but few people could tell where she didn’t perform well.
Lou Zhi did not comment, but only said: "Thank you for your performance, go down and have a rest, next one."
He Xin thought that everyone was silent because they were shocked by her acting skills, until she saw Wanqi Huan frowning and looking unhappy, she realized that she had misunderstood.
My heart sank heavily.
I don't even know how I ended up like this.
The people before her didn’t perform as well as she did, so she is now hoping that the people after her won’t perform as well as she wished, so that the role will still be hers!
This kind of "truly open" audition can indeed better reflect fairness, but it also has disadvantages. People with a bad mentality are easily affected. People who have strong imitation skills and lack self-confidence are also easily influenced by others, which leads to their inability to demonstrate their true level.
But no one brought it up, which shows that everyone cares more about getting "fairness" than being affected.
Unfortunately, the next one is Yu Man.
Yu Man’s clip is the same as the first person to go on stage, which is the scene of Sang Zhu’s evil transformation and death. She is not here to compete for a role, she is here to show her acting skills and tell the director and producer that she has acting skills so that they can hire her next time there is an opportunity.
Yu Man's performance was not bad, at least in the scene where she turned evil, she performed better than He Xin. He Xin's face turned darker little by little, and everyone's expressions were subtle. In the scene where Sang Zhu died, Yu Man's performance was also very good, and several emotional actors on the scene were moved to tears.
"Not bad." This was the first time Lou Zhi praised someone today.
Even though he just said "not bad" very calmly.
Being praised by her idol, Yu Man's eyes lit up, and she was filled with joy from head to toe. She bowed repeatedly and said, "Thank you, Mr. Lou Zhi! Thank you!"
He thanked the other judges again and then left the stage.
Qi Luo’s number plate was the fifth from the last, so she had to wait a little further back.
During this time, she has been watching other people's performances.
I don’t know if this role is really difficult to play, or if everyone’s acting skills are not very good. Qi Luo has seen that up to now, including Yu Man and He Xin, only four people’s performances are barely acceptable.
"Next, Su Qiluo."
Qi Luo attracted a lot of attention, and as soon as her name was called, almost everyone present turned their eyes to her.
He stood up and walked straight to the stage. She was not like the others who got more nervous as the time went on. There was no sign of nervousness on her face and she looked very calm.
Qi Luo did not choose to take a radical approach, but chose the two scenes that appear most frequently, darkness and death. This is a clip where Chun Chun shows her true ability. There is no need for her to do anything fancy. Just finish her performance and that's it.
It wasn't in vain that she spent the whole day reading the original novel at home yesterday. She didn't dare say that she was the one who understood Sang Zhu most thoroughly, after all, the original author, director and producer were also present. But she did put a lot of thought into figuring out this character, and she is confident that she can play it well.
"Begin your show."
After Lou Zhi finished speaking, Qi Luo closed his eyes and opened them again, and he seemed like a different person.
Even without the help of makeup and hair, she gives people the feeling that she is not Su Qiluo, but Sang Zhu. Everyone who suddenly had this feeling felt very confused.
Qi Luo stared in a certain direction, as if Sang Ling was standing there. She stared at Sang Ling expressionlessly, relying entirely on the changes in her eyes. There was anger and resentment in his eyes at first, then sneer. For a moment, the sneer seemed to turn into a wry smile, and then it returned to anger and resentment. With reluctance and a hint of sadness, he recited the lines: "Sang Ling, from this moment on, I will treat you as dead."
It was the same lines, but the feeling she made when she read it was very different from the feeling He Xin made when he read it just now. Her tone was light but resolute, and like a low whisper, she was bidding farewell to her past self with endless sorrow and grief, rather than to her brother Sang Ling.
After a segment was performed, the scene was silent.
Before they could react, Qi Luo closed his eyes and opened them again, completely controlling his emotions. He walked over and sat on the ground, half leaning against a chair prop on the stage, as if he was leaning in someone's arms.
The next scene has already started!
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