I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 154

Early the next morning, Wan Qingshan and Fan Bayi, led by the staff, went to Hengdian Film and Television City. Zhang Yimou asked the management staff of Hengdian Film and Television City to reconstruct part of the Ming and Qing Palace Gardens in the style of the Tang Dynasty on the original basis!
Today's shooting plan only has roles for Wan Qingshan and Fan Bayi, and the rest of the actors are not here.

However, after Wan Qingshan came out of the dressing room, he found that Zhou Jielun was actually here.

Wan Qingshan looked at it and didn't care, just come.

But just as Wan Qingshan sat down in his exclusive seat in the rest area and picked up the script, Zhou Jielun came over.

"Wan Dao!"

"No, no, don't call me that on the set, otherwise it will sound like there are two directors on the same set."

"Then I'll call you Senior Wan!" Zhou Jielun thought for a long time and finally came up with an outrageous title.

Wan Qingshan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhou Jielun with a strange expression, and murmured in his heart, "You really know how to think, you are older than me!"

"You seem to be three years older than me! You also debuted earlier than me. I can't afford to be called a senior. In this case, you'd better call me by my name!"

After Wan Qingshan said this, Zhou Jielun also felt that the sentence "Senior Wan" just now was a bit embarrassing.

"Uh, uh, then I'll call you Mr. Wan. Although it's a bit polite, this is the only one that's more appropriate."

"Anything is fine. By the way, although you are older than me, I still have to call you Mr. Zhou. After all, there is a Mr. Zhou in the crew who is one generation older than the two of us."

"Mr. Wan, you can call me whatever you want."

After Zhou Jielun finished speaking, he pulled a stool from the side, sat down next to Qingshan, and asked,
"Mr. Wan, can I ask how you learned your acting skills? People in the industry say that if you are ranked in terms of acting skills in China, if you are not the first, you are also the second!"

"Mr. Xiao Zhou, Brother Fa and Ms. Gong Li are not here right now, otherwise your words would offend me!" Wan Qingshan said with a smile.

"Haha, I'm not the first to say this. I think Mr. Zhou and Ms. Gong Li won't be angry if they hear it."

Zhou Jielun really didn't make up these words to praise Wanqingshan.

"In the Heart" is banned, but pirates don't care whether the film is banned or not.

"Heart" slowly spread through pirated copies.

Then, last year, no one in the industry said that in terms of acting ability, Wan Qingshan was not ranked first among the three places across the Taiwan Strait, he was ranked second!
Many people acknowledged this sentence, and then it slowly spread in the circle, and everyone in Wanqingshan also heard about it.

Although this was the rumor in the circle, Wan Qingshan still found it difficult to accept this.So, he turned to Zhou Jielun's previous inquiry.

"My acting skills came from attending classes in the acting department at Nortel. You wanted to learn acting, so you asked me how I learned acting, right?"

Zhou Jielun nodded, "Mr. Wan, I have never studied acting. Before I acted in "Initial D", I just asked a few seniors for advice and then acted directly.

Although "Initial D" won me two Best New Actor awards, I was actually a bit confused. I felt like I didn't act in anything.

I'm really confused about acting, so I want to ask you for some advice on acting. "

Seeing Zhou Jielun's sincere face, even his dangling temperament was gone, Wan Qingshan hesitated for a moment and whispered,
"Since you can put down your airs like a king and ask this, then I will tell you directly.

You won the award for "Initial D" because you were playing yourself.

Your temperament fits the character so well, and it's a facially paralyzed character, so you don't need to act at all.

You can be called acting in your true colors, which is why you feel like you are not acting in anything. "

Zhou Jielun's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Initial D" won him the Golden Statue and the Golden Horse Award for Best New Actor.Because of these two awards, people around him praised his performance.

Every time he said that he actually didn't know how to act, people around him thought he was too modest.

This confused him. Now Wan Qingshan's words made him feel suddenly enlightened.

"Mr. Wan, how do you think I can improve my acting skills?"

"If you want to improve your acting skills, you have to go to an acting school.

Except for a few talented and spiritual actors in the Mainland, the rest all come from acting schools.

I don't know about the Wanwan side, but over on Hong Kong Island, even though Fa Ge and the others have never attended a formal acting school before, they have also gone through Shaw Brothers acting training classes. "

Wan Qingshan knew that if he stopped talking.Zhou Jielun would definitely say that now that he is on the set, if he goes to school, can he learn how to act from him first?

So, Wan Qingshan changed the subject and continued,

"There's one more thing you need to pay attention to!
Fa Ge's group of seniors came out of the same training class, but their performance methods were all different.

Also, if you look at mainland actors, some of them are classmates and taught by the same teacher, but their acting is different.

This is because the school teachers only teach the basics. After learning the basics, everyone will slowly hone their own performance methods.

This kind of performance that belongs to you is only suitable for you and not for others.

Therefore, there are no actors who teach actors how to act.It can only be said that actors can help each other in understanding the role, but there is no way to help each other in how to perform the role.

Director Zhang has already told you about the understanding of the role of Bi Cheng. What you lack now is how to perform.

Now on the set, you can't go to school to study. If you want to improve your acting skills, you can only reverse the order.

Didn't Director Zhang say before that he wanted you to watch Fa Ge and the others acting more?This is to teach you how to improve your acting skills.

What Director Zhang means is that you should watch more of how Fa Ge and Ms. Gong Li perform and learn to imitate them.

Then if you can extract a performance method that suits you, then your acting skills will be considered basic.

After that, you go to acting school to learn basic knowledge and combine your own wild ways. By then you will be a real actor. "

As soon as Wan Qingshan's long speech to deceive Zhou Jielun ended, someone on the side had already walked over and heard more than half of Fan Bayi Yingying said with a smile,
"Haha, Director Wan, you taught Mr. Zhou, shouldn't you also teach me how to improve my acting skills?"

Wan Qingshan said with a fake smile, "Miss Fan, you are joking. I am just giving some advice to Zhou Tianwang who has just entered the entertainment industry. There is no such thing as preaching."

Fan Bayi turned sideways, crossed his legs, looked at Wan Qingshan and asked, "Then Director Wan, please give me some advice."

Wan Qingshan couldn't help but look at it, and then immediately looked away.

The script of "A City Full of Golden Armor" has been changed, but the costumes have not.

After Fan Bayi changed into the costume of the crew, Wan Qingshan did not dare to look at the spring scenery before the murder.

"Uh-huh, Miss Fan, you debuted much earlier than me.

I'm a junior, so I don't have the experience to give you advice. "

After Fan Bayi rolled his eyes, he put down his crossed legs, turned back to his body, waved to the assistant, then took the clothes handed over by the assistant and draped them on his chest!

Then, she glanced sideways at Wanqing Mountain and muttered in her heart, "Bah, no lust, no lust!"

Wan Qingshan just rolled his eyes and immediately turned back, but Fan Bayi saw it.

Seeing that the conversation between Fan Bayi and Wan Qingshan stopped, Zhou Jielun said what he had been waiting for a long time.

"Mr. Wan, thank you for your advice. I will come to watch your performances every day. I hope I won't disturb you."

Seeing Zhou Jielun's determined expression, Wan Qingshan didn't feel guilty for deceiving him.

Just now, it was because he couldn't teach him how to understand characters in dreams, so he deceived Zhou Jielun.

But it's not all a lie. At least he was right in persuading him to go to an acting school and watch Zhou Runfa and others acting.

Unless you're as talented as Zhou Xun, you won't be able to learn acting by just relying on your own thinking and a few words from an actor.

Now Zhou Jielun can only watch Zhou Runfa and others' performances more. If he watches too much, he will naturally have a vague idea of ​​the performance method.

Then go to school and study systematically. As long as his talent is not very poor, he can get started in acting.Next, Zhou Jielun did not disturb Wan Qingshan anymore, because Wan Qingshan and Fan Bayi began to compare lines.

After a while, Zhang Yimou was all ready, and the staff came over and called Wan Qingshan and Fan Bayi to come over and prepare for filming.

Wan Qingshan, Fan Bayi, who took off his coat, and Zhou Jielun, who followed to watch the performance, walked to the shooting location - a small palace!
As soon as Wan Qingshan came in, he didn't know where to look.

Five or six female college students were specially selected from nearby universities to play the roles of palace maids, all wearing semi-ferocious costumes!
On the screen, seeing everything is fierce, you might just sigh and look twice.

But the feeling is completely different when surrounded by evil.

"Qingzi!"

At this time, Yan Dong, who had been studying with Zhao Xiaoding, came over, patted Wan Qingshan on the shoulder, motioned to the palace maid with his eyes, and winked.

When Wan Qingshan saw this, he immediately whispered, "You are here to learn, so you must have a learning attitude and don't act like a pervert."

Yan Dong was stunned for a moment, then replied in a low voice with an embarrassed look on his face, "Well, I didn't do anything!"

Wan Qingshan also knew that Yan Dong was not the kind of person who would act recklessly when he saw a woman.

"You know you don't have anything in mind, but what about Senior Brother Zhao? He doesn't know what kind of person you are. If you look at it a few more times, what will Senior Brother Zhao think?

Remember, you are here to learn, so pay more attention. "

Wan Qingshan's words made Yan Dong realize that Zhao Xiaoding was not Zhao Shufeng and they knew who he was.

"I know, I'll pay attention." Yan Dong replied immediately.

At this time, the crew came over and said, "Mr. Wan, Miss Fan, Director Zhang asked how your preparations are going."

On the side, Fan Bayi, who had heard all the conversation between Wan Qingshan and Yan Dong but pretended not to hear, immediately replied, "Ready."

"No problem!" Wan Qingshan replied.

Hearing that both of them were ready, Zhang Yimou immediately took the loudspeaker and shouted, "The idlers exit, each group prepares!"

The group leader, props team, and costume team temporarily left the room to free up the shooting location.

Then, the voices of "ready" came from the camera team, lighting team, etc. one after another.

Fan Bayi and Wan Qingshan walked to the dining table in the middle of the camera and sat down.

After hearing Zhang Yiyang's "start", the curtain call, and the sound of clapping the board, Fan Bayi and Wan Qingshan picked up the chopsticks on the table, picked up the dishes prepared by the prop team and ate them in a dignified manner!

The two of them ate a few mouthfuls of food in silence, put down their chopsticks, then took the embroidered handkerchief handed over by the palace maid and wiped their mouths gently.

"Husband, there will be a grand gathering of Buddhists held in Chengguang Temple tomorrow. Husband, can you accompany me there? I want to pray for your Majesty and your husband."

Then, Fan Bayi said slightly shyly, "I still want to ask the Bodhisattva to give me the joyful pulse."

Wan Qingshan squeezed the handkerchief tightly with both hands, then stood up and said with gloomy eyes, "Tomorrow, I have to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to handle matters, so I can't accompany you to Chengguang Temple!"

"Stop! No problem, keep one more!" Zhang Yimou shouted with a loudspeaker.

Directors in the industry like to keep one thing in mind when filming a movie - reshoot one, and then choose the better one from the two.

Wan Qingshan never sticks to the rules when filming, because before filming begins, he has experienced it many times in his dreams and knows how to perform each character most appropriately in each shot.

Therefore, as long as the actor's performance meets the requirements in his heart, then he will pass it directly without any guarantee.

This also leads to the fact that Wan Qingshan's speed in directing dramas is recognized as fast in the industry.

Regardless of the pre-production and post-production, in terms of shooting time, it usually takes three or four months for others to shoot a movie, but Wan Qingshan can finish it in two or three months.

After re-shooting, Zhang Yimou looked at the monitor with a surprised expression on his face.

In the two shots, Wan Qingshan's performance is exactly the same, his expression and the degree of gloominess in his eyes are exactly the same.

Even the hand holding the handkerchief has the same bulging veins, almost like a robot.

"How did he practice his acting skills!" Zhang Yimou marveled in his heart and asked someone to prepare the next shot.

The role of Cheng Yue is very simple to play.

Except for Fan Bayi saying the wrong lines several times because he had only received the script a few days ago and had not memorized the lines yet, there were no mistakes in his expressions or movements.

And the same goes for Wan Qingshan and Fan Bayi!
Although the script has been changed, the character of Yuan Xiang's character, heart, and early stage are basically the same as the original script, so Wan Qingshan has only been preparing for a few days, so there is no problem in acting.

But the lines in the new script were different from the original script, which led to him saying the wrong lines several times.

Saying the wrong lines is just a minor problem, as long as the actors can get into the role, that's fine.

Although Wan Qingshan and Fan Bayi had no major problems with their performances, today's shooting plan was still not completed.

At noon, the crew stopped filming. In the afternoon, Wan Qingshan and Fan Bayi were escorted by the crew back to the hotel to rest.

As soon as he entered the hotel, Wan Qingshan saw Zhang Weiping yelling at his mobile phone in the lobby.

"You are no longer responsible for your work in Hengdian, right? We were filming, and tourists and reporters actually came in, so how do you want us to film!"

The filming was going well, but when it was almost noon, many tourists, fans, and reporters appeared outside the crew.

There is no way to film the play, otherwise the plot of the movie will be leaked before the filming is completed.

Zhang Yimou could only call Zhang Weiping, and then asked Wan Qingshan and the others to go back to the hotel.

The return to the hotel was not smooth. Even with the escort of the staff, Wan Qingshan and Fan Bayi still signed autographs for fans, took a few photos together, and said a few words to reporters before walking out of the Ming and Qing Palace.

Well, Wan Qingshan and Fan Bayi were pretty good, but the fans who came were wrong and not that crazy.

Zhou Jielun was in a miserable situation. Many of his fans came, and they were all young people, and they frantically surrounded him.

The crew and staff were unable to escort him out, so he is still signing autographs for fans in Ming Palace Qingyuan.

"No way! Is this what you should say? Because of these tourists and reporters, my crew only filmed for half a day today and couldn't shoot."

Although Zhang Weiping hopes that "A City of Golden Armor" will remain popular, the premise is that it does not affect the filming.

Originally, due to script changes, the shooting was delayed by half a month and cost a lot of money.

Now the show can’t be filmed because of tourists and fans.Every day the crew is down costs money. If this continues, the crew will definitely overspend.

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In the afternoon, Wan Qingshan was reciting lines in his room when there was a knock on the door.

Wan Qingshan opened the door, and Zhang Weiping stood at the door of the room with a sad look on his face.

"Director Wan, I'm really sorry. Reporters and tourists have made it difficult for the crew to shoot. So the shooting time has to be adjusted. In the future, shooting will be arranged at night.

From now on, you will have to reverse day and night. Thank you for your hard work. I hope you can understand. "

"It's okay. Producer Zhang, what are you talking about? As an actor, it's normal to shoot night scenes."

"Director Wan, tonight we are going to shoot the scenes that were not finished during the day. You can rest for a while while you still have time. I won't disturb you. I still have to inform Miss Fan."

"Producer Zhang, walk slowly."

After sending Zhang Weiping away, Wan Qingshan picked up the script and read it for a while, then went to bed to rest.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, just after dinner, Wan Qingshan, Fan Bayi, and Zhou Jielun, who also went to the set late at night for acting skills, went to Hengdian Film and Television City with the staff.

It was late at night, and the tourists had already left. Except for some crews rushing to shoot night scenes, there was no one else in Hengdian Film and Television City.

Arriving at the brightly lit crew, Wan Qingshan and Fan Bayi prepared for a while before being called by the staff to start filming.

(End of this chapter)