The next day.
After several hours of flight, the three arrived at Zijing Town in Huaijiang Province on time.
Muxiuxing plans to stay here for three days. The first day will be used to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment. At the same time, he will compare the original text of "The Gift of the Magi" to determine the appropriate location for filming. He will try his best to shoot the entire town from multiple angles without affecting the locals.
The next day, you can try to construct the characters of the two main characters based on the information you have.
"By the way, Amu, where did you find this remote place?" Fang Lian said in amazement: "If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known there was such a place in Huaijiang Province."
It is said to be a remote and poor place, but that is not entirely true.
Zijing Town is a small town. It covers a small area, but it has everything you need, including grocery stores, vegetable markets, barber shops... all kinds of stores. However, compared with modern cities with high-rise buildings, Zijing Town, which is full of low-rise houses, looks like a crowded countryside.
Mu Suxing stood in front of the only wooden table in the hotel room, counting the tools needed for collecting materials, and said absentmindedly: "I saw a movie before, and the location where the materials were collected was here. I thought it was suitable, so I came to take a look."
There were no formal hotels in Zijing Town, and the interior decoration of the hotel they were staying in could only be described as shabby. Muxuxing was quite satisfied with this. Looking out the window of their room, he could see the gray and white fence in the backyard at a glance - which happened to match the backyard of the hero and heroine's apartment in the original novel.
With the help of two people, the first day's work progressed quickly.
Facing the high-definition photos on his phone and the static sketches neatly arranged on his desk, Mu Suxing began to try to design the character's appearance, while sighing to the system: "I always thought it was useless before, but now I realize that in the end, this acting skill card is the most practical."
The acting skill card he was referring to was the SSR skill card he had drawn.
In the past, I always thought that this skill card was unnecessary and it would be a waste to give it to animation directors. It was not until he came into contact with topics that involved blind spots in knowledge and experience that Mu Xiuxing discovered the beauty of it.
If it were in the past, he would have to stay in this town for at least a month to thoroughly understand the two main characters. Now that he has actor-level acting skills, he can completely try to get into the role through the information at hand and the environment of Bauhinia Town itself - this way, he can ensure that the animation scenes can stand up to scrutiny and save time to the greatest extent.
On the third day, Mu Xuxing changed into local-style clothes and began to try to "get into the role".
“… This is roughly the situation. It should be easy to understand, right?”
Then Mu Xuxing met two confused faces.
"No, what you meant just now," Fang Lian shook his head, trying to sort out his friend's thoughts: "You plan to play the protagonist in the animation yourself to figure out all the details of the character, and Hangzi and I will be responsible for filming the scene you play into a complete video... Is that what you mean?"
Muxuxing nodded in affirmation: "Yes, that's what I meant."
Wen Feihang was a little confused.
If I must say, Muxuxing's behavior is not incomprehensible.
Generally speaking, what animation directors have to do is to exaggerate the details of real life based on reality. However, the short animation that Mu Suxing is going to make this time is based on a novel that is more realistic, and the overall style is close to realism. It makes sense to use this method to shape and construct the characters.
The problem is…
Fang Lian was confused: "Can you act?" This method is not impossible, but the prerequisite is that Mu Xuxing himself can "act" the correct effect, otherwise the final video will not only be useless, but will lead the entire short animation astray.
Mu Suxing thought about it and didn't say anything too sure. He said vaguely: "Let's just record a short video to see the effect first, and then we'll see if it's suitable."
Fang Lian wanted to say something, but Wen Feihang on the other side made the final decision: "Then let's give it a try first." At the same time, he gave Fang Lian a look.
Probably anyone who is a director will inevitably have some strange and stubborn temper. Once Mu Suxing has made up his mind, no matter how much they try to persuade him, it will be useless. It would be better to follow his heart. If the recorded video is not good, Mu Suxing will give up naturally without them having to say much.
not to mention…
Recalling the time when they were making "The Little Prince" and Mu Xiuxing was responsible for all the roles, a bizarre idea suddenly popped up in his mind -
What if the other party can do it
Fang Lian obviously thought of this and stopped worrying about whether it was feasible or not: "Let's do it this way." After saying that, he took out his mobile phone, switched it to the camera page, and was eager to try it out.
Mu Xuxing touched the gold watch in his pocket that he used as a prop.
In "The Gift of the Magi", the protagonist Jim has a luxurious and high-end gold watch, which is a treasure passed down from three generations in his family. However, because there is no watch chain that can match this gold watch, he can only tie it casually with an old leather belt. As a result, every time Jim looks at the time, he seems to be evasive and only takes a sneak peek occasionally.
Jim is a "quiet and valuable" man.
He has an inferiority complex in his heart - this can be seen from the way he looks at time, but in daily life, this inferiority complex does not occupy too much space. This comes from his own cultivation. This quiet man will not show too many negative emotions on his face.
He should be restrained.
Fang Lian turned on the video mode on his phone and looked towards Muxuxing.
It looked like she was no different from usual. Fang Lian was a little puzzled. The "acting" the other party was talking about couldn't be the expressionless acting style of the popular stars in TV dramas, right
However, the next second, Fang Lian was stunned.
The young man in front of the camera just stood there, his expression dull and serious, but a hint of fatigue naturally revealed between his brows, like the faint numbness of an office worker on his way home. Then he lowered his head slightly and glanced quickly at the gold watch he had half taken out of his pocket.
It seemed as if if I was a second slower, others would see me.
I don’t know what he was thinking about, but that serious face suddenly showed a hint of relaxation.
Fang Lian couldn't help but cursed softly: "...Fuck!"
Wen Feihang touched his arm uncomfortably, only to find that he had goose bumps without realizing it.
"Am I dreaming?" he said to himself.
After all, Mu Xiuxing is old, and his facial features are overly delicate, which means that in terms of appearance, he and Jim are completely different types of people. If an ordinary person played this role, it would definitely make the audience feel seriously distracted.
But Muxuxing did it.
With the body of a young man in his early twenties, he performed the well-concealed hidden fatigue of a thirty-year-old man under the pressure of life, and the perfect tenderness when he recalled his family and wife.
Fang Lian opened his mouth wide, but before he could say anything, a strange middle-aged man suddenly stopped in front of Mu Suxing. His eyes were filled with undisguised excitement, and he asked excitedly, "Young man, are you interested in acting?"
As he spoke, he took out a neat and beautiful business card from his pocket and looked at him eagerly.
—
Ye Changlin has been racking his brains for a whole month over the choice of the male lead for his new movie.
As a well-known art film director in Blue Star, Ye Changlin never has to worry about not having actors willing to star in his films. The reason is simple - although his films rarely become box office hits, they are all recognized as classics in the industry and win many awards at film festivals around the world every year. As a result, over time, the actors have reached a consensus:
Want to win an award? Want to be the best actor/actress? Then go find Ye Changlin!
However, there are only a few people who can meet Ye Changlin’s standards and become the protagonists of his movies.
Not to mention this time, the actor originally scheduled to play the leading role had something urgent to do and his schedule couldn't match up. In desperation, Ye Changlin had to resort to auditions to solve the problem of the leading role. Unfortunately, the auditions for the male lead lasted for two weeks, and he still couldn't find a candidate that satisfied him.
With the mentality of relaxing his boredom, Ye Changlin came to Zijing Town, which he had initially decided as the filming location.
At this time, Ye Changlin had actually given up hope of finding the right actor. It had been two weeks since the auditions, and almost all the actors who were suitable and confident in their acting skills had already auditioned with him. If he continued to wait, it would only be a futile wait.
Ye Changlin became more and more depressed the more he thought about it, so he simply returned to Zijing Town alone without notifying anyone. He thought about which scenes were suitable for filming while relaxing.
Unexpectedly, just when he had given up hope, God sent his Muse to him!
With the contrast of the bunch of ugly guys in front, Ye Changlin felt satisfied no matter how he looked at the young man in front of him.
The movie he is going to make is called "Floating Duckweed", which tells the story of a male protagonist who comes from the bottom of society and struggles to move forward in the past fifty years when the times are developing and changing rapidly.
There were many actors who came to audition, but almost no one could play the leading actor in his mind.
In this situation, Ye Changlin suddenly met a local on the street whose temperament just matched that of the protagonist, and his mind was full of how to persuade the other party to join his crew.
However-
"Sorry, I don't plan to act." Mu Suxing was stunned for a moment by the other party's shocking invitation, but he quickly realized that he hadn't even finished his own graduation project, so where would he get the time and energy to care about other people's movies
The author has something to say: Excessive chapter.
The protagonist will not act.
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