It was not easy for Chu Xiaxing to be in the cast of "Distant Heart of You", because she is now directing and acting, so she has to run in front of the camera and the monitor. She was very reassured about Han Chuning's screenwriting skills, and basically handed over the script to her niece, but the actors' performances were really torturous.
In fact, high-cost production projects don't have such a headache, because the staff are very professional, and they can perform their duties proficiently. However, the low-cost grass-roots team is full of situations, and even the actors are quite unprofessional.
"Stop, stop, you are like a piece of wood now." Chu Xiaxing frowned frequently as she looked at Cao Yangang in the monitor. She had spoken and taught many times, but the other party was completely ignorant. Naturally, she was a little irritable. In fact, she is not suitable to be a teacher. She was invited to be a professor by a certain school in the early years, and finally declined due to her temper.
Chu Xiaxing is not the kind of person who has the patience to teach basic knowledge. At most, she gives lectures and shares to industry insiders, and does not like to talk about common sense over and over again.
Cao Yangang was also quite guilty. He looked at the expressionless Chu Xiaxing and apologized again: "Boss, I'm sorry..."
Chu Xiaxing rubbed her temples with a headache. She said helplessly: "No, don't apologize, just tell me, how long have you been learning acting? Which school did you teach it?"
Chu Xiaxing: I just want to know which teacher taught it. It can also be released for filming!
Cao Yangang said cautiously, "...more than two months."
Chu Xiaxing couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "Are you still a student at a film and television academy?"
Cao Yangang's eyes drifted, and his voice became weaker and weaker: "No, I haven't studied acting before. The company signed me up for an acting class. I studied for two months..."
Chu Xiaxing: "..."
Chu Xiaxing was silent for a moment, and she asked incredulously, "... Then aren't you a zero foundation?"
Cao Yangang: "You can... say so..."
Han Chuning was sitting next to the director's chair. Seeing that Chu Xiaxing's face was not good, she quickly persuaded her secretly: "Auntie, Auntie, it's like this now, many actors are not professionals..."
When Chu Xiaxing was young, all the actors she came into contact with came from film studios or film and television schools. She occasionally met actors who were not in the class, but the other party was either talented and beautiful, or had a strong backstage background. The problem was Cao Yangang Obviously not on this list!
After Chu Xiaxing became famous, the actors she collaborated with became even more powerful. She basically couldn't meet such small actors, and even the traffic actors she chose were skilled in acting.
Cao Yangang found that Chu Xiaxing was silent, he was at a loss, and said weakly: "…Boss, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, I'm fine..." Chu Xiaxing took a deep breath. She felt that she couldn't be angry with the child, and she said patiently, "Okay, let's start from scratch, there's nothing you can do about it."
"Don't act, come here first, and see for yourself what you're doing." Chu Xiaxing asked someone to play back the footage. She played the sound for Cao Yangang, and then muted it for him to play it again, and asked back, " Do you think there is a difference?"
Cao Yangang was confused after watching the two replays. He racked his brains and couldn't come up with an answer, so he whispered: "...It doesn't seem to make any difference?"
Chu Xiaxing said lightly: "You know there's no difference, right? You say your lines with this expression. I feel that it doesn't matter if your performance has a voice or not. Anyway, it's all a blank face."
Cao Yangang blushed suddenly, he touched his face a little embarrassedly, but couldn't refute for a while.
Chu Xiaxing: "You are obviously the kind who are spoiled by voice actors. You don't have to work hard when you act. Your acting skills are all based on voice roars, and the emotions of the whole play are interpreted by voice actors."
Due to various limitations in the filming of TV dramas today, post-dubbing is often done for the episodes. Because the cost of live sound collection is very high, dubbing in the later stage can save money, but I don’t know when to start, the actors’ acting skills are all based on dubbing, and everyone is simply out of emotions.
"The tone of the lines can really convey emotions, happy, low, sad, angry... But if the lines don't stick to your face, it will look very fake. In the past, the dubbing catered to the actor's demeanor. To save the trouble of dubbing, let them do whatever they want with no expression?" Chu Xiaxing looked at Cao Yangang with a half-smile, and seeing that he was quite embarrassed, he didn't say anything more.
Chu Xiaxing finished playing the replay for Cao Yangang, then went straight to the camera and said, "Okay, you can watch me play it again in front of the monitor, and then play it as it is. Now the time is tight and the task is heavy, I can only force you to feed it. meal."
Acting is a step-by-step process. Normally, there is a lot of basic training. However, every day the filming crew burns money, it is impossible for Chu Xiaxing to stop the progress for Cao Yangang. Now she can only teach in a surprise manner, let him complete the shooting in the test, and get a passing score first.
Because Cao Yangang was rather clumsy, awkward and lame, Chu Xiaxing occasionally couldn't hold back his anger, and yelled at the child angrily, scaring the crew to a complete silence, and everyone didn't dare to let out the air.
Cao Yangang was almost scolded to the point of being autistic for several days in a row, but fortunately, he was still able to withstand pressure and let the scolding be tempered, and finally made some progress.
After a while, Han Chuning couldn't stand it anymore. She spoke on behalf of Cao Yangang in private and persuaded him, "Auntie, he's actually pretty good. He's better than many idol drama actors, so don't call him so fierce..."
Chu Xiaxing nodded in response: "Well, as long as the bottom line is set low enough, it will naturally be fine."
Han Chuning: "...I mean, he has improved."
Hearing this, Chu Xiaxing raised her head, she looked at Han Chuning seriously, and said earnestly: "Ningning, he is different from you, he has no talent and no connections, if he wants to make a name for himself in the industry, he needs to There is a bloody hard work, otherwise he shouldn't come to eat this bowl of rice... "
"Progress alone is not enough, there must be even greater progress, continuous improvement. Because I have never come here, so I am very aware of this, either force myself, or simply choose to give up , no vague options."
Chu Xiaxing has never been a naive person. This industry is so cruel and realistic. If he can't bear the pressure, he might as well change his career and give up.
Han Chuning seemed to understand what she said, but she couldn't persuade her any more. She had been under Chu Xiaxing's wings since she was born, and her career development was basically smooth, so naturally she couldn't understand its deep meaning.
Because most of the script of "Distant Heart of You" has been redone, and countless new pages are written every day, it is also a big test for the overall planning of the crew. The coordinator needs to formulate the shooting content for the next few days, collect the repeated scenes and shoot them out, and regularly report the future notices to Chu Xiaxing.
The coordinator handed the new notice to Chu Xiaxing, and added: "By the way, Cao Yangang is still in charge of the future notice that I want to go, saying that I want to prepare it in advance."
Chu Xiaxing said in surprise: "Now that I write Feiye every day, how can he prepare in advance? This drama will change at any time."
Flying pages is the storyline written by the crew when they were filming. The crew couldn't stop after the film was turned on. Now they can only write while filming, and the announcement list will change at any time.
Coordinator: "I said the same thing, but he still cares what I want, so I can only give it to him."
In the dressing room, Cao Yanggang was reading the script while picking up the rice. He was about to reach out to mark the script when he heard a calm female voice behind him: "Don't watch it, I won't be filming this tomorrow, the announcement sheet has just been changed. "
When Cao Yangang heard Chu Xiaxing's voice, he was so frightened that he almost choked and coughed violently: "Cough cough... Boss, you startled me!"
Chu Xiaxing glanced at his dense script, and said helplessly: "The notice list will change at any time according to various factors. The scenes you prepared in advance may not be used often, especially when shooting Feiye."
Cao Yan just touched his head, he showed a silly smile again, and said with a good temper: "It doesn't matter, I should preview it in advance, mainly because I am not talented, and I don't want to delay everyone on the set for too long..."
Cao Yangang's preparation on the set was a waste of other people's time. He felt embarrassed over time and simply practiced in advance. He felt that pre-preparing first and spending more time in private might be better, which was considered a stupid method.
Chu Xiaxing pondered for a few seconds before confessing, "Actually, I'm not very talented."
Cao Yangang said in shock: "Nonsense! You acted much better than me!"
Chu Xiaxing lowered his eyes and said, "Really, that's just because outsiders misunderstood me. In fact, when I came to Beijing to go to school, I wasn't even an official student, I was just an auditor in the class..."
Chu Xiaxing belongs to a young and famous director. Others think she is talented, and few people know what happened when she was in school. She was the last student in the directing class when she entered the school. The parents of other classmates were either famous directors or engaged in art-related work. After graduation, most of them stayed in Beijing, but she was assigned to other places.
Han Chuning had enjoyed the aura of Director Chu when he was born, but Chu Xiaxing had no relatives of the director when he went to school. She was a stunned youth with nothing at that time, but she fought all the way in Vanity Fair to the end.
Cao Yangang was stunned for a moment, then whispered: "But I think you are already very powerful."
Chu Xiaxing wiped away the youthful memories in her mind. She took the script on the table, sketched the key points with a pen, and handed it to Cao Yanggang: "Focus on these few scenes, as long as you have a few scenes, the audience will be outstanding. I can remember you."
Cao Yan just took over the script and hurriedly thanked: "Okay, thank you boss!"
Chu Xiaxing looked at the garish highlighter marks on the script, she showed a nostalgic look, and said in a calm tone, "Keep it up, you won't regret it in the future."
She always feels that her young body reminds herself of many things, at least she doesn't regret it now, she is still filming.
Cao Yangang watched Chu Xiaxing leave thoughtfully, and he looked at the key points circled in the script, and suddenly summoned up his courage, feeling that he had regained his strength. He was determined to work hard and not live up to the director's expectations for him!
Cao Yangang: I feel that I can do it again, I am a rising star who works hard!
However, the ambitious Cao Yangang was scolded again in the afternoon and became dizzy. Now he is buzzing on the set every day, and he always feels that he is not clear-headed under Chu Xiaxing's whipping.
Chu Xiaxing wanted to push Cao Yangang, and she naturally hated that iron was not steel, and her attitude was particularly severe, and said angrily: "Look at your acting! I have taught you how many times, and I can find a monkey who can act better than you. Great! Do you really think of yourself as a stone monkey and plan to play the Monkey King!? Just like a stone, with no expression at all!"
Cao Yangang was still full of energy at first, but now he has been trained to hug his head and run away, and he just knelt down to the director to beg for mercy, and banged his head a few times.
Cao Yangang: ... Don't scold, don't scold, I don't think I can anymore.
It was impossible for Chu Xiaxing to teach Cao Yangang for a lifetime. Of course, she had to take advantage of the crazy special training during the filming period so that he could learn a little bit. Naturally, it was a strict teacher-style teaching without showing any mercy. Fortunately, Cao Yangang is gradually improving, and he is being scolded less and less often. It seems that he has learned to use his brain and find tricks, and is no longer a fool to imitate.
The progress of the crew continued to advance, and the filming work was smooth. However, after Chu Xiaxing and Han Chuning finished most of the flying pages, they found problems left over from history when checking the materials, and encountered new troubles.
Chu Xiaxing looked at the material in the early stage, she couldn't help but burst into a daze, and she was extremely speechless: "What is this? It really can't be used at all!"
The director of "Distant In Your Heart" changed directors in the middle. The former was Director Wang, and the latter was Director Chu. Naturally, there were also materials shot by Director Wang. Chu Xiaxing is only useful when the other side takes a lot of shots. I didn't expect Director Wang to make mistakes during his work, and there are a lot of key scenes that can't be used.
Embarrassed with the editor: "Actually, I mentioned it to Director Wang at the time, but he told me it was okay, so I just..."
This is the terrible thing about the unprofessional director. As long as the director has passed the decision, who will bother to study it carefully
Han Chuning looked at the material in question, she blinked and said in a low voice, "Then we can only make up shots now."
Chu Xiaxing: "If you need to spend money on reshoots, you have to move other parts." She didn't expect that the part of Director Wang's filming would still be overturned, which was an unexpected shooting expense.
Han Chuning said honestly: "You can move the screenwriter fee, I think it should be enough."
The production cost of "Distant In Your Heart" is very low. Han Chuning's coffee position is there, and her screenwriting fee is quite high compared to other departments.
Chu Xiaxing categorically refused: "Nonsense, I have never owed money to children, how can I ask the people below to make up the money?"
Han Chuning's script is clearly worth the price, how could it be bargained because of their relatives!
Chu Xiaxing suddenly had a bright light, and smiled with great interest: "Oh, what kind of big deal is this? If you are short of money, go to a professional to ask for it. Isn't that what a producer should do!"
"Let's hurry up and prepare, and warmly invite President Song and President Xia to visit the class and check the work progress of the crew!"