The movie was shot two years ago and released the following year.
Although more than 700 days have passed, Shen Tingyan still clearly remembers that the director discussed with them for a long time about the shooting of these last few scenes.
In these last few minutes, how can they lead the audience to the final door step by step with perfect rhythm
So this metaphorical mirror appeared first.
In the cinema back then, what the audience saw in this sweeping shot was the annoyed police officer, the silent Li Xueming, and the man in the corner with his hands in the pockets of his windbreaker, a relaxed and flamboyant posture.
This picture made them feel a little weird, but before they had time to figure out what the problem was, the camera continued to move down.
At this moment, in the small theater studio of "Superstar", what one thousand viewers, 47 students, and four instructors saw on the big screen was still the annoyed police officer, silent. Li Xueming, and...
His hands dropped to his sides, his mouth slightly open.
It’s different from the gesture of publicizing this moment in the original work.
But it also made all viewers feel a little weird.
Because he doesn't have much time left, he must get the answer before he dies.
In the entire last episode, Zhang Yang almost never showed his face. Here, he only let out a vague smile, and the figures of Li Xueming and his subordinates had already appeared on the stairs.
"It's your father, isn't it?" Chen Tao finally retreated to the end. He stopped, panted heavily, and leaned into Zhang Yang's ear, whispering, "He is always chasing after various murder cases in pursuit of the truth. "Reporter Zhang?"
Li Xueming gritted his teeth and slowly closed his eyes.
Xue Xiao is not like Zhao Dong, and he doesn't make that extremely terrifying expression, but just by looking at you with his big eyes open, you will get goosebumps all over your body!
At this moment, no one will doubt that this is a perverted murderer, a copycat who hides deeper than Chen Tao and has a darker heart than anyone else!
Zhang Yang and Chen Tao had already crossed paths ten years ago!
Ten years ago, Chen Tao lived above the fourth victim of the bloody murder case. Drawn by his inner desire to kill, he instinctively searched for all the information about that serial murder case in every possible way.
In the original work, how was it performed here
In the camera, Zhang Yang never showed his face.
The audience gasped again.
Shen Tingyan watched quietly.
"Of course, the police still went to investigate, but in the end they found no clues. Guess how I knew? I lived above the fourth victim. Ah, by the way, the person who followed and reported this case back then Reporter, my name is Zhang Longhua.”
Shen Tingyan raised his right arm, slightly bent his index finger, and placed it against his lower lip, looking thoughtfully.
"The fifth murder case, the modus operandi is exactly the same as the first four, but the crime scene is different. There is not a lot of blood splattered around, but it is cleaned up very clean. Or, the murderer himself did not let go this time. Blood splattered?"
When he rushed to the third floor with the police officer, he seemed to see the two people talking, but he was not sure if he was wrong.
Why didn't he tell Li Xueming the truth
"The exact same situation happened in the bloody serial murder case ten years ago. The fourth case was exactly the same as the first three, but the crime scene was slightly different. After the suspect was arrested and brought to justice, he kept saying that the fourth person was not a homicide. Yes, but the characteristics of the victim are exactly the same, the methods are exactly the same, and he didn’t even have an alibi that day. If it wasn’t him, who could it be?”
He continued speaking rapidly.
As for Zhang Yang, his father was a reporter who followed the case at that time. He secretly collected clues through his father, and he used other people's hands to kill someone!
He is a more terrifying criminal than Chen Tao!
He hides deeper than anyone else and is more thoughtful than anyone else. He pretends to be a reporter who is obsessed with pursuing the truth of various murder cases. His real purpose is to watch those bloody killings up close to satisfy his inner desires!
Why did Chen Tao kidnap Zhang Yang upstairs
"Hi, we finally meet." At this moment, the sunny and righteous reporter was shattered on the spot, and the man inside was revealed to be a demon with an angelic face, a skeleton that was presumptuous and evil to the point of purity. Distortion, excitement and arrogance were clearly visible in his swirling eyes.
A force filled with the smell of blood hit the camera and burst out in front of all the audience, making an explosion-like sound that was deafening.
This was a few minutes ago when Chen Tao took Zhang Yang hostage and climbed to the third floor.
At this moment, what everyone saw was Chen Tao's perspective. He was holding Zhang Yang hostage, breathing heavily, and stepped back step by step.
Guan Ruoying and Su Shijin also leaned back on their chairs again—
The camera then panned to Zhang Yang's half-silhouette, lingering meaningfully for a second before going dark.
Zhang Yang held tightly to the arm that was restraining him and struggled hard, but there was no other reaction.
By the way, it seems that Zhang Yang tilted his head.
Because he doesn't dislike Zhang Yang, he even thinks Zhang Yang is a very interesting person!
In his memory, he restrained the waist and arm of the teacher who played Zhang Yang with one hand, put the knife in front of the other person's neck with the other hand, and dragged him quickly back towards the end of the corridor step by step. The camera was always from his perspective. Come and shoot.
"You're wrong."
While retreating, he spoke lines that countless viewers have remembered.
And before they could figure out where the blame was, the camera continued to move down.
Unexpectedly, his entire head suddenly twisted upwards, like a snake standing up, showing its aggressive side.
Chen Tao smiled and didn't care, as if he didn't want Zhang Yang's answer in the first place.
Everyone's hearts were tightened, and the atmosphere was so tense that their thoughts were drained. They could only wait stiffly...
When the screen lights up again, the plot has reached the final memory kill.
Xue Xiao's breathing stopped.
At this moment, the entire studio was silent.
He was half-hidden behind Li Xueming's subordinates, and only an inaudible reply came out: "He didn't talk to me, Captain Li."
Those big, graceful eyes looked directly at the camera. Their pupils were pure black, so black that you couldn't see the bottom. They were like a deep vortex that sucked you in.
On the big screen at this moment, when Zhao Dong's lines landed, there was a pause of about half a second—
Li Xueming suddenly raised his head and asked Zhang Yang: "What was Chen Tao talking to you just now?"
The corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, showing an almost innocent lust and joy. It was as if he was silently greeting Chen Tao and the audience for the first and last time.
And what about Zhang Yang
He turned his back to Chen Tao and handed the cigarette to Li Xueming, just like Chen Tao handed the cigarette to Li Xueming's master, all to remind him.
All the chess pieces started moving together, heading towards the route he had already preset.
He knew what Chen Tao wanted in the end, he cooperated, he was satisfied, and Chen Tao died, just as he expected, without saying anything.
How perfect it all is.
When the annoyed police officer and the silent Li Xueming appeared in the camera, what was Zhang Yang doing with his hands hanging down in the corner and his mouth slightly open
The corners of his mouth were slightly raised, and it was a smile that he tried hard to hold back, but couldn't hold back in the end, and secretly leaked out.
The show is finally over.
The big screen rose, but the audience never recovered.
The movie "Mantis" was very controversial at the time. First of all, the ending was obviously dark, and the abrupt ending caught the audience off guard.
Secondly, this movie does not describe at all what kind of hardships the murderer has experienced in the past. It is due to various external factors that led him to this path. The murderer in this movie is a simple pervert, cold and straightforward to the extreme.
The impact on the audience was huge, and many of the foreshadowings buried in the movie caused netizens to discuss it for three months.
If I were to take out a certain segment of this movie and perform it separately, no matter how I thought about it, the effect would be much worse than the original movie, but Xue Xiao, Zhao Dong, and Jin Xiaochen actually did it!
The performance they finally presented actually perfectly brought the audience to re-experience the impact of the year!
It wasn't until the three of them were led to the stage by Jiang Quan that the audience responded with thunderous applause.
Su Shijin couldn't wait to ask: "Did you change this last paragraph yourself, or did the acting teacher help you change it?"
Xue Xiao and the others had just finished their hearty performance, and were still a little dazed at the moment.
The three of them looked at each other and Jin Xiaochen said: "The characters were modified with the help of the teacher..."
Zhao Dong said: "So we just changed the acting method in the last part to follow the changes in the characters. Well, actually it was all thanks to the acting teacher..."
That means they changed the last paragraph themselves!
"No, no, no," Su Shijin interrupted, "What are characters? Characters are the key elements throughout the entire story! If a character's setting changes, then his reaction to various events should also change, otherwise it won't work. Is this purely an invalid change? You have done a good job in changing it yourself. If you don’t change this last paragraph, I am actually going to ask you why you have to change the characters, especially Xue Xiao, your acting skills are very good, let you follow You can definitely play Zhang Yang in the original movie!"
This compliment made Xue Xiao and the others even more confused.
Guan Ruoying agreed: "Teacher Su is right. Of course, after changing the ending, your current version must be better. After all, Xue Xiao is only twenty-four years old. No matter how mature his acting is, It’s hard to imagine that he is thirty-three with this baby face.”
Immediately, the audience laughed.
Feng Wei was enjoying watching it just now.
He touched his chin and analyzed it at length for the first time.
"The original version of Zhang Yang is an older and more profound fox. The director did not let Zhang Yang show his true face in the whole process, precisely because Zhang Yang is actually not that 'flashy' anymore. He will not hesitate to kill, but he will definitely kill someone. He hid it well, so when Chen Tao exposed him, his performance was just a slight tilt of the head and a chuckle. "
"Chen Tao must have been satisfied when he got the answer before he died, but he must have been itchy because he couldn't see Zhang Yang's face. This is the magic of Zhang Yang. In the end of this movie, Zhang Yang actually controlled everyone. In hand."
"As for the Zhang Yang you played, Xue Xiao, he was only 24 or 5 years old like you at most, right? Then extrapolating forward, Xue Xiao's version of Zhang Yang was only 14 or 15 years old at the time of the bloody murder case ten years ago. . To dare to kill people at such a young age, he must be more reckless and terrifying than Zhang Yang in the original work.”
"So in this period, Zhang Yang, who is only twenty-four or five years old and has not yet been able to completely restrain his murderous aura, would choose to face Chen Tao with a straight face and let the other party clearly see his true face. How normal is that? But the reaction.”
Su Shijin nodded: "You are actually a bit condescending, right, Xue Xiao?"
Xue Xiao came back to his senses, thought for a moment, and replied: "Yes, because as Director Feng said, Zhang Yang actually had everyone else in his hands in this game. He is the chess player, and the others People are just pawns in his hands, and they will cooperate with Chen Tao in the end. In fact, it is just a charity mentality. "
"He is arrogant at heart, and I think it would not be surprising if he were younger and would accidentally show this arrogance."
Of course, Xue Xiao struggled with this before making this change.
The expression technique in the original work is very restrained. He wants to change "turning head slightly and smiling softly" to "turning head and looking directly at the camera", which will definitely break the hazy feeling. The audience may think that the change is too straightforward. good.
But if I don’t change it, Xue Xiao always feels that something is wrong.
Fortunately, Zhao Dong and Jin Xiaochen supported him in insisting on his own idea. The three of them went over and over the last part several times in private, and Xue Xiao finally found the best performance method.
Su Shijin clapped again: "Very good, I'm actually quite surprised. Before your performance, many viewers might be like me and felt that the other group's live rehearsal for two and a half hours was not enough. Your group's rehearsal time was even It’s shorter than them, can you act well?”
Suddenly being cueed, Fan Xue, Wang Minghai and Hu Lang in the audience finally recovered from the shock caused by Xue Xiao and the others. They were slightly shocked, and the faces of the three people became distorted and embarrassed.
Su Shijin was really ruthless and cold-hearted. She continued: "What's more, the three of you don't have as much acting experience as the other group. Zhao Dong has been in the industry for three years, but he has been doing group acting. He can't even say a single line on the set." You haven’t read it, right? But your lines are very good, you must have worked hard in private, right?”
Zhao Dong smiled sheepishly: "I usually enjoy acting by myself in private, but I might get the lines one day, so wouldn't this skill be put to use?"
The audience laughed.
"Jin Xiaochen is an amateur, but you definitely have acting talent, but you just don't feel confident."
After being affirmed by Su Shijin herself, Jin Xiaochen said stupidly: "Teacher, I seem to be very confident now."
Su Shijin was stunned for a moment, then laughed, and the audience also laughed.
"Then there's Xue Xiao..." Su Shijin paused and suddenly laughed meaningfully, "Hey, I'm suddenly very curious, Teacher Shen, did you identify your little fan when you cue this group so simply and crudely just now? I will definitely prepare this show well and won’t let you down?”
The entire audience finally focused on Shen Tingyan at the instructor's seat again.
Shen Tingyan didn't speak just now. It wasn't until Su Shijin came over that he moved.
Xue Xiao held his breath.
He finally became nervous after realizing it.
He wasn't nervous before the performance, nor was he nervous during the performance, but in the moment of waiting for Shen Tingyan's evaluation, Xue Xiao was still nervous after all.
My heart was beating wildly, and my ears could no longer hear any other sounds.
How would this man evaluate his performance just now? Will you be satisfied? still…
The first words Shen Tingyan spoke were:
"It's not that he will prepare this play well, but the three of them are eager to act at first glance," the man said with a lazy smile, "People who are eager to act will not let down any script." As soon as the words came out, everyone was slightly stunned.
Many students among the students suddenly felt an indescribable feeling in their hearts. Zhao Dong lowered his head directly on the stage, his eyes slightly red.
After all, for actors like them, every script and every role is hard-earned.
Even if there is only one line, it must be smacked and tasted in your mouth repeatedly before you can pronounce it.
Maybe my performance is not good enough, but I will definitely give it my best.
They thought it was nothing, and they could have laughed it off when Su Shijin mentioned it just now, but when they heard Shen Tingyan say this, they couldn't help but feel sad.
Some people look at them, and some people understand them.
Putting aside this sentence, Shen Tingyan's words were directed at Xue Xiao.
"Xue Xiao."
This was the first time he called Xue Xiao's name.
These two words came out from between his lips and teeth in his slightly cold voice, bringing about a strange feeling and making goosebumps appear on Xue Xiao's back.
His Adam's apple rolled, and his hands subconsciously clasped in front of him, waiting for the next step.
Shen Tingyan stopped.
For these two or three seconds, he seemed to be thinking with his eyes lowered.
The audience was a little surprised.
Um? It seemed like this was the first time I saw Shen Tingyan thinking before commenting on a student!
Before, he had either been sarcastic without hesitation, or made a simple two- or three-word comment with obvious lack of interest. When had they ever seen him think about it
What was he thinking about? How do you praise Xue Xiao
After about two or three seconds, Shen Tingyan opened his lips again.
The man raised his eyes, looked at Xue Xiao, and said lightly: "There is no problem with the changes to Zhang Yang's character. The changes in some small actions in the early stage are in line with the age you have re-set for this character. But -"
"The entire performance in the previous section was still too boring."
The whole audience was shocked.
Not only was Shen Tingyan still not satisfied with such a wonderful performance, but also because—
He was actually commenting and commenting in detail!
This man actually commented in such detail!
The word "boring" made many actors feel their hearts tighten.
When this man is eccentric, the person who is eccentric will feel extremely embarrassed and ashamed.
But when he stood in the perspective of a dramatic performance and said the word "boring" seriously and objectively, the heartbreaking feeling was completely different... But any actor who takes acting seriously should be instantly stunned when he hears such a comment. Feeling miserable and depressed until death.
What's more, such comments come from my idol...
Everyone carefully looked at Xue Xiao on the stage.
Zhao Dong and Jin Xiaochen beside him also turned their heads worriedly.
But there was no look of sadness, depression or shock on Xue Xiao's face.
He was stunned, as if he didn't expect that his performance would give people this feeling.
But after being stunned for a moment, his expression became focused.
He listened carefully to every word Shen Tingyan said, like a sponge. No matter whether the water rushing towards him was salty or light, sweet or astringent, he was ready to welcome it all.
Seeing Xue Xiao's behavior, Shen Tingyan paused again.
There were so many students in front of me who looked frightened just by seeing him. Even if he said "it's okay", his expression would be as if he was mourning. If he had said a few more words, they would probably burst into tears and break the domestic variety show. Record of the number of times a player cried.
It's true that he said he was very ruthless a few times before, but which of those performances was not ridiculous
If it is because he is not as good as the other three, and he has never purely praised any student from beginning to end, but so far, how many students are worthy of complete exaggeration
Careful education is not Shen Tingyan's style, so he has never considered appearing on such programs and becoming someone else's teacher in the past, although Lao Gao always thought he could do it.
Lao Gao repeatedly emphasized that as long as he is a little gentle, it will be fine, just a little!
But Shen Tingyan feels that he is gentle enough when he is not sarcastic. If he continues to be gentle, will he be a teacher or someone else's father
The fragile, vulnerable, and trembling faces made him bored.
Xue Xiao's reaction brought him a whole new experience.
Then Shen Tingyan smiled.
"Once the performance is boring, the audience's attention will be diverted from you, and the main characters will be played as passers-by. Fortunately, you know very well where the dramatic conflict points in Zhang Yang are, and you have exploded at several key points that should explode. It came out without letting the character get lost.”
"But the reason why your method worked today is because you only performed for eight minutes today, which is a very short segment in the entire movie. But if your method of acting was applied to the entire movie, How about going in one hundred and fifty minutes?”
Xue Xiao didn't have stage fright. He followed Shen Tingyan's train of thought, opened his mouth, and replied: "... The front will look very cumbersome, and the back will look very abrupt."
"Yes. Do you know where you are lacking?" Shen Tingyan asked him.
Xue Xiao pursed her lips and thought.
Seeing that he couldn't think clearly, Shen Tingyan directly told him the answer: "You only became Zhang Yang at the critical moment, but you did not become Zhang Yang throughout the whole process."
"Maybe you think you have done it, and you have even caught every action and expression, but if you think about it carefully, except for the first action of passing the cigarette and the last part, have you completely immersed yourself in the role of Zhang Yang at other moments? , or are you just rigorously presenting each of your designs?”
Xue Xiao was stunned.
Guan Ruoying, Su Shijin and Feng Wei did not expect that Shen Tingyan would directly point out this deeper issue.
—No way, many of the previous performances today were so basic that they couldn’t discuss these performance skills in more depth.
Guan Ruoying thought for a while, took over what Shen Tingyan said, and said: "Actually, this is not your problem alone. Although your performance today is wonderful, Zhao Dong and Jin Xiaochen have the same problem. some."
"Your performance is generally in line with the role, and the key points are exploded. However, there are still many times when your performance is not 'living' enough. How to solve this problem? First of all, you need to further understand this character - It’s not just about reading the script, writing a biography of the character, and imagining what he would look like, but you also have to try to put on the shell of this character to live and communicate outside of the script.”
"Every one of the living people is interesting. When you deeply feel that you are one step closer to this character, you don't even need to design many details, they will appear naturally, and every detail will be like this." 'Live."
Xue Xiao listened to their words carefully. Zhao Dong, Jin Xiaochen, and many actors in the audience were listening and thinking.
This issue cannot be explained clearly on stage today, so Guan Ruoying gave simple instructions.
But Xue Xiao probably understood.
He bowed deeply and said, "Okay, I understand, thank you, teacher."
When he straightened up, Shen Tingyan, who thought he had finished speaking, suddenly said, "However, that expression at the end of the day was indeed quite scary."
Xue Xiao: "!"
He looked up and saw Shen Tingyan smiling jokingly.
Xue Xiao was stunned for a moment, then he also laughed.
The corners of his lips were raised high, his cheeks were flushed, and his almond-shaped eyes seemed to be filled with honey, and there was a sweetness in the curves of his lips.
"Thank you, Teacher Shen!"
He bowed again, and his voice seemed sweet when he shouted.
Shen Tingyan: "..."
She has a pretty loud voice, is silly and cute.
How did this little light bulb act so crazy just now
He smacked lightly.
The atmosphere in the studio was pleasant and peaceful for a while, with a spring breeze.
Su Shijin and Guan Ruoying praised the three people on the stage. The audience was discussing in a rustling manner. Actors Chang Yun and Jiang Lianlian repeatedly sighed about Bullfrog and Bullfrog.
At this moment, a certain man transformed into a demon again and said lightly: "By the way, I almost forgot that the previous group's comments were not over yet."
Fan Xue, Wang Minghai and Hu Lang in the audience: "..."
Just forget them TAT
When they went on stage again, the heads of these three people almost dropped to their stomachs, and they were too embarrassed to see anyone.
Demon Shen continued the cue: "Director Feng didn't seem to have commented on this group just now. How about you come first?"
Fengwei: "..."
Which pot is not opened and lifted
On the stage, Fan Xue quietly raised his head and looked at Feng Wei nervously.
He was secretly looking forward to it, maybe...
Fengwei sighed, was silent for a moment, and said, "I really want to praise you."
Fan Xue's heart skipped a beat.
"You three are all artists with a lot of fans. There should be a lot of fans here today," Fengwei knocked on the instructor's table and said, "I really want to praise you, so that you will be happy and the fans will be happy. We I’m happy too. But I really can’t praise it.”
"Teacher Shen asked me to comment, but I don't know what to comment on." Feng Wei retracted his hand, "I won't comment. Again, we won't eliminate people in the first round. There will be opportunities later, so just be sincere. Let’s study hard.”
After saying that, Fengwei lowered his eyes and said he would not speak anymore.
Fan Xue also lowered his head, feeling cold in his heart.
The host Jiang Quan probed: "Teacher Shen, do you have anything else to say to this group?"
Shen Ting said: "Director Feng said it quite tactfully, so let me be more direct. Is two and a half hours of rehearsal time enough?"
Fan, Wang, Hu: "Enough...enough..."
Shen Tingyan: "Do you know what you are doing?"
Fan, Wang, Hu: "I know... I'm sorry..."
Shen Tingyan: "So, are you satisfied with how bad it is?"
Wang Minghai and Hu Lang almost blurted out "Satisfied, satisfied", but just as the answer was about to roll out of their throats, their minds suddenly came to their senses.
What does "Are you satisfied with this difference" mean
Who are you talking about
They raised their heads in confusion, then followed Shen Tingyan's gaze and realized something, and looked at Fan Xue standing in the middle in astonishment.
Fan Xue was stiff and at a loss.
He looked at Shen Tingyan blankly, his face turned pale.
"What, you think no one can see it?" Shen Tingyan sneered, "Since the second time you almost fell down on the stairs, you have been falling all over the place, right?"
The whole audience was shocked.
"After that, every wrong performance was intentional on your part. You fell down on purpose, staggered on purpose, and yelled your lines in an exaggerated way on purpose. You felt that you couldn't perform well anyway. As long as you performed badly enough in this scene, you would be fine in the next one. As long as you perform a little better in one game, the audience will change their view of you, right?”
At this moment, not only Fan Xuehua turned into a stone sculpture, but Director Zhang who was backstage of the program also froze.
Shen Tingyan looked at Fan Xue and said with a faint smile: "But you are so sure, can you turn around later?"
(End of chapter)