After all the crew members were in place, the scribe holding the clapperboard closed his hands and shouted loudly: "The 217th scene of "Detective", the 46th time begins..."
The content of this set of shots is Shao Fei going to find Siyuan who is hospitalized.
The production crew was very attentive to the layout of props and scenes. In order to help the actors get into the scene better, they even sprinkled some disinfectant in the decorated room to ensure that the actors could feel the "original atmosphere" of the hospital during the performance. Authentic."
Before the photographer started shouting, he used a medium shot to shoot Lu Mengying.
After hearing the sound of the door opening, Lu Mengying put down the book in her hand, raised her head and saw Chen Minhao with a bright smile on her face, and asked, "Aren't you going back to China today?"
The camera on the track moved and gave a close-up of Lu Mengying's face.
Chen Minhao did not respond to Lu Mengying's smile and said expressionlessly: "I want to tell you a story."
Lu Mengying tilted her head, looked at Chen Minhao with an innocent and romantic look, and asked in a cheerful tone: "Why do you love telling stories as much as that uncle?"
Chen Minhao ignored her playful smile and said seriously: "A boy disappeared and his father has been looking for him. He later suspected that his son was dead. More importantly, he suspected that the person who killed his son might be a girl. . The girl found out. She was worried about being exposed, so she wanted to get rid of the father. She knew that her adoptive father had an abnormal love for her, so she made up a diary and deliberately let her adoptive father see it. "
The smile on Lu Mengying's face gradually solidified.
The camera moved to give a close-up of Lu Mengying's face. In this scene, although it was Chen Minhao who spoke, most of the camera was focused on Lu Mengying's face.
"I've been wondering what the torn-out part at the back of this diary would be? What doesn't it want us to see? Maybe it's the method of killing."
Lu Mengying's face suddenly turned gloomy, while Chen Minhao's lips revealed a hint of imperceptible sarcasm.
Hu Defa, who was sitting behind the monitor, was so nervous that he stood up. After all, too many actresses died in this scene. They could only capture the "shape" of Siyuan's character, but they couldn't capture this. The "soul" of the character.
Chen Minhao stared at Lu Mengying with his eyes and said: "That girl didn't expect us to come to her, but she was very smart, so she changed her plan temporarily. She thought she could use us to get rid of his perverted adoptive father."
Hearing this, Lu Mengying's face was expressionless, and her eyes suddenly became a little hollow.
Chen Minhao did not give her any chance to refute. He was very rude and said in a stiff tone: "The timing of the appearance of that diary and the speed of burning were too coincidental, but the girl did not expect that he framed the man who molested her. He's gay."
After saying his guess, Chen Minhao continued to look directly at Lu Mengying, trying to see something from her face.
Lu Mengying looked at Chen Minhao for a few seconds without hesitation, and then she lowered her head. When she raised her head again, a bright smile bloomed on her face again, and she said, "You don't seem to stutter when you speak."
Chen Minhao narrowed his eyes slightly and continued: "Of course these are all my guesses, and there is no way to prove the sexual orientation of a dead person.
The effects of force are reciprocal, and so is performance. Sometimes meeting a strong "opponent" can help actors break through some bottlenecks in acting.
Chen Minhao has played this scene with countless female celebrities in the past two weeks. Chen Minhao is already familiar with how to arrange the scene of this scene, how to position himself, and how to match the camera's shooting angle, but he always feels that he and Shao Fei There is a film in the middle of this character. This film is transparent, but Chen Minhao can clearly detect its existence.
But it may be because Lu Mengying's immersive acting skills stimulated Chen Minhao, which made Chen Minhao feel a little tit-for-tat: I can't be worse than an actor who has never officially appeared in a TV series.
Judging from the script, the character Shao Fei is smart, quick-thinking, a little stuttering, and usually looks a bit silly and cute. However, when Chen Minhao and Lu Mengying acted in this scene, Chen Minhao discovered that one of the characters Shao Fei was not included in the script. Characteristics of the script: Strong desire to win or lose.
This desire to win does not mean that Shao Fei cares about the results and gains after winning, he simply wants to win.
In other words, the character Shao Fei went to Siyuan for a showdown and revealed all his speculations, not for the so-called "sense of justice" and to bring Siyuan to justice.
Shao Fei just wanted Siyuan to know one fact: I, Shao Fei, already knew that you, a seemingly innocent little girl, was the real culprit in this huge case, and you also used your adoptive father's psychology to make a perfect plan. Kill with a borrowed knife. I have seen through it all, so I still win this game.
With such thoughts in mind, Chen Minhao, who looked normal, actually had sparks flying in his heart.
This was the first time he felt like he had entered the role of Shao Fei. Chen Minhao was not sure whether the screenwriter would have considered so much when writing the script, but now that he is asked to play the role of Shao Fei, he will add a strong desire to win to this character.
Chen Minhao suddenly remembered what Xing Xi said: A good actor is not only a pawn of the director, he is a creator.
Hu Defa could see the subtle changes in Chen Minhao's eyes through the monitor. He felt that his decision to find Chen Minhao to play Shao Fei was really right: Chen Minhao not only helped the crew solve the problem of the actress, but also his own filming His condition has been extremely good.
The camera slid and gave Lu Mengying a close-up of her face. She continued to make an innocent expression, but this expression contained a lot of artificiality. She said with a hint of joking: "But I really don't understand what you are saying. What?"
"Pretend I didn't say anything." Chen Minhao turned his head and left.
The girl's face suddenly turned cold. When Chen Minhao walked to the door, he suddenly said: "This book says that individual lives are different, but the total amount of good and evil in the world remains the same. Everyone is destined to play a role from birth. Some of my characters are good and some are evil, what about you?"
Chen Minhao turned around and saw a strange expression on Lu Mengying's face. Although he knew he was acting, Chen Minhao was subconsciously startled by Lu Mengying's expression.
How could a lively and cheerful girl make such an expression
Lu Mengying pinched her throat and asked, "Should evil people laugh like this?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a bright smile immediately appeared on her face, as if innocence, simplicity, smile, and ferocity were not expressions for her, but rather like masks that could be switched at will.
Chen Minhao folded a piece of paper expressionlessly and left.
"Card" Hu Defa held a small speaker, swept away the haze of the past, and shouted loudly and refreshed: "It's passed, very good! This one can be used, just wait and shoot a few more shots."
The studio was suddenly filled with laughter and laughter. Some staff looked at Chen Minhao with admiration in their eyes. They never expected that the producer and director could not find so many well-known actresses. As a result, Chen Minhao randomly found an amateur. That's it. Could this be the legendary saying that birds of a feather flock together
When these staff members thought that they and Chen Minhao were on the same crew, they couldn't help but puff up their chests when walking. After all, in their cognitive world, they considered themselves and Chen Minhao to be "similar".
Chen Minhao and Lu Mengying were called by Director Hu Defa to look at the monitor. After they watched the replay several times, Director Hu Defa said: "To be honest, your performance is much better than I expected, and the chemical reaction between you is also very strong. But there are some details that are not handled properly, so I plan to add some close-ups of eyes.”
Hu Defa's words made many crew members take a breath. Close-ups of eyes require not only acting skills, but also "eye" skills, that is, using the eyes to convey emotions.
The camera often uses close-up shots and extreme close-ups to advance the character's heart and emotions.
As the saying goes, eyes are the windows to the soul. A person's eyes can express many complex emotions. Many well-known movies in the world have many close-ups of eyes. Some masterpieces have become masterpieces precisely because of these eyes. Because in the close-up shot of the actor's eyes, the audience can look at them and understand the character's inner monologue.
However, this requires extremely high "eye" skills of the actor. If an actor's basic skills are not solid, his expression is dull, his eyes are empty, and he can only express surprise by widening his eyes, and the director forcibly arranges "eye close-ups", it will undoubtedly be done by his own hands. Create a car accident scene, and then provide fresh materials to the up owners of station B.
Although Director Hu Defa talked about adding a few scenes, after the shooting officially started, he shouted "No, no, try again!" Although he shouted again and again: "No, no, try again." But his face There is no sign of dejection at all, but on the contrary, he is getting more and more excited!
As a new generation of directors in China, Hu Defa already has several masterpieces to his credit. In his career, he has come into contact with many actors of all kinds, and has worked with many movie kings or movie queens.
But this was his first time contacting actors like Chen Minhao and Lu Mengying who have been improving in a short period of time. Hu Defa felt that as a director in the past, he was a creator - creating a brand new story and core, a recorder - the collision of different actors. The sparks are recorded and delivered to the audience.
Today, Hu Defa feels like an explorer - what is the bottom line of constantly exploring the strengths of Chen Minhao and Lu Mengying
Throughout the afternoon, Hu Defa seemed to have forgotten the original shooting plan. With an inexplicable sense of mission and honor, he asked Chen Minhao and Lu Mengying to do it again and again. He felt that if he could not find the best condition of the two of them, he would be sorry for what God had given him. His good fortune put two extremely talented actors in his hands.
The producer Tian Lin sitting next to him remained silent and allowed Hu Defa to toss the two actors.
The crew of "Detective" changed from the usual leisurely and lazy atmosphere and ended the day's shooting at 10 p.m. Although the crew will not pay overtime, every staff member on the crew is enthusiastic. This state of being busy and having work to do is much better than the state of leisure some time ago.
After finishing work, Chen Minhao returned to the hotel. He hung up his original plan to give up on fitness, took a shower and went to bed directly. An afternoon of high-intensity and repetitive shooting was a huge challenge to the actors' mental and physical strength.
Director Hu Defa, producer Tian Lin and assistant director Wei Ming crowded in front of Hu Defa's computer and watched the playback again and again.
"I think this shot will become a classic." Hu Defa lit a cigarette and said slowly, "I have a hunch that after the filming of "Detective" is completed, my career will reach a new level."
Tian Lin said with a playful smile: "I have never seen someone as shameless as you. You dare to praise yourself as a flower for a movie that has not yet been completed."
Hu Defa took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and lit it for Tian Lin, and said with a smile: "Don't tell me, you don't think so."
Hu Defa and Tian Lin looked at each other in tacit understanding. For some reason, they couldn't control themselves and laughed obscenely: "Hey hey hey hey."
If Hu Defa and Tian Lin were happy and happy, then Wei Ming only felt shocked and bitter now.
This time last year, Chen Minhao was still filming on the set of his "Best Youth". Wei Ming, who was the director at that time, naturally knew Chen Minhao's acting skills very well. His acting skills were good and he could win over many young talents, but he was far from "very good acting" There are still many gaps.
Now, almost a year later, when Wei Ming watched Chen Minhao's performance, he felt that his acting skills had improved several levels. And as far as he knew, Chen Minhao had not acted this year except for a supporting role in "The Founding of the People's Republic of China". I haven’t done any works before, but I just studied at Beijing Film Academy.
Regarding Chen Minhao's growth rate, Wei Ming only wants to say two words: "Monster.
Hu Defa and Tian Lin finally stopped laughing obscenely. Hu Defa suddenly thought of a question and asked: "Have we not signed a contract with the actor Lu Mengying yet?"
Tian Lin said: "Nonsense, you asked her to start over, over, over, all over again in one afternoon. How could I have time to go find her and get the contract finalized? Besides, after filming for an afternoon, the little girl looked exhausted. You She anxiously asked me to watch the replay, so I didn’t go looking for her.”
Hu Defa suddenly became a little concerned about gains and losses, and asked: "Hey, if I had known that I didn't sign the contract, I wouldn't have tormented them like this. What if I frustrate them today and the little girl doesn't sign the contract tomorrow?"
Tian Lin patted Hu Defa on the shoulder and said: "Although I have always disagreed with the practice of throwing money. I feel very low, but sometimes I have to admit that throwing money is indeed an effective method."
(End of chapter)