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Chapter 98: Training Miss Liu’s acting skills (please subscribe!)
  Although it is only 2006, the film industrialization system in the United States is already quite complete, not even inferior to that of China before Chen Dong was reborn.

What is film industrialization?

Simplified into one word, that is fast!
  What is fast?
  Take "Inception" as an example.

If it were shot according to the traditional model, then this movie would not have ten months of shooting time to complete.

But by adopting the American film industry model, the time can be shortened by half.

In other words, if everything goes well, the film can be shot in five months.

Ms. Liu's acting skills are enough for a movie like "Xiu Chun Knife" where the heroine does not need much acting skills.

But for a top-notch production like "Inception" with an investment of up to 1.5 million US dollars, it is a bit weak.

Moreover, she is playing opposite an actor like Xiao Li Zi, whose acting skills have reached the peak. If there are any flaws, the effect will be unsatisfactory.

Chen Dong made a small trick for her, that is, to move her role back and let her observe the performances of other actors in the same crew first, so that she can integrate into this environment and find more state.

Of course, Chen Dong would usually help train her acting skills.

A week after the filming started, Ms. Liu finally had her first scene.

"Every unit prepares, 3, 2, 1, action."

As Chen Dong's words fell, the crew quickly made arrangements, and the crew meeting place with hundreds of people suddenly became quiet.

"Crack!"

Three minutes later, Chen Dong shouted.

But he had no follow-up.

Instead, he stared at the camera several times, exchanged a few words with Director Nolan in a low voice, and then picked up the loudspeaker again and shouted:

"The guarantee just now, the actor is trying to find his condition, and we will continue in one minute."

The so-called guarantee is that the shot just now is actually usable, but it is not good enough, or it does not meet the director's expectations.

tick tock...

One minute passed quickly, Chen Dong picked up the loudspeaker again and said: "Get ready, 3, 2, 1, action."

"Come on! The actors take a break and we'll shoot the next scene in five minutes."

Liu Yifei was able to pass her first scene in two takes, not because her acting skills were already mastered, nor because she understood the role thoroughly, but because she had rehearsed it countless times before filming this scene.

Soon, as she played more and more roles, the flaws in her acting skills became apparent.

"Ka, the actress's expression is wrong."

"Kaa, don't let the clear stupidity appear in the actress's eyes."

"Click."

"Click."

"Click."

"..."

I don’t know from which day, every scene of Ms. Liu will be blocked several times.

I don’t know from which day, the number of times she was slapped in each scene became less and less.

In Leonardo's words, Crystal's acting skills are visibly improving.

It’s just that Chen Dong suffered a lot.

Not only do I have to be a director during the day, but I also have to be squeezed out of my rest time by young ladies at night.

Although it is not free, you can receive salary during the day and benefits at night.

But this benefit cannot unlock the last level, which is actually a kind of torture.

As for why the last layer cannot be unlocked, ahem, it’s because the mother-in-law-to-be has already arrived on the set.

Liu Xiaoli also brought a piece of news.

After director Li Yu filmed "Brokeback Mountain", he started preparing for his new play.

And there are rumors circulating that the new drama will still be an art film.

"It's time for the "Lust, Caution" movie."

Chen Dong found it from the memory bank.

But Liu Yifei and her daughter didn't know. They only thought that Chen Dong had better information channels.

"'Lust, Caution', is that short story by Eileen Chang?"

"Sissi has a wide range of interests... Yes, as far as I know, the new film directed by Li Yu is indeed adapted from this novel."

"Reading is one of my hobbies. "Lust, Caution" is so famous, so it is naturally on my reading list, and its story is really exciting and often thought-provoking. I read it many times before I could understand it. .”

After listening to her daughter's words, Mother Liu thought for a moment and said, "I'll help you find out about the role later..."

"Auntie, don't bother." Chen Dong stopped him in time.

"Uh...have the roles already been decided?"

Not only Liu Xiaoli, but also Miss Liu also looked at Chen Dong in confusion at this time.

"I don't know if the role has been decided, but I heard that director Li Eu made the film very open-ended."

After hearing Chen Dong's explanation, both mother and daughter immediately gave up the idea.

In April, while Chen Dong and the others were still filming "Inception", the 4th Hong Kong Film Awards was announced in China.

The biggest 'dark horse' at this year's Academy Awards is "Underworld", which won the Best Film Award. Director Johnnie To won the Best Director award for it, and starring Tony Leung Ka-fai won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the third time because of this film.

It is worth mentioning that its Best Actress Award was taken away by Chirping News.

It is based on "If Love" directed by Chen Kexin.

"If Love" is a song and dance movie. It mainly tells the story of Sun Na, an actress who was born in poverty. When she was trying to forget everything in the past, two important men in her life appeared at the same time. Sun Na was faced with emotional choices. story.

Refining the key words is love triangle!
  It's very bloody and entangled, but it's something we often encounter in our lives.

It exposes reality.

This movie, no, it should be said that this type of movie is often a favorite of film festivals.

If Chen Dong was in China and saw the news, he would probably remember that with this movie, Chi Xun not only won the Golden Horse Best Actress, but would also win a Golden Horse Best Actress in the second half of the year.

……

Chen Dong did promise Yang Mi at the company's annual meeting, saying that he would give her a chance to appear in "Inception".

Did he forget?

not at all.

But her role is at the end.

In the blink of an eye, "Inception" has been filming for three months.

The filming progress is over three-fifths of the way.

But a transition is also needed.

Next stop is France.

Before the entire crew set off, Chen Dong and Liu Yifei's flight was headed to China.

It’s not that they bought the wrong route.

It's July and they have to come back for the defense of their graduation thesis.

The title of Miss Liu's thesis is "A Brief Discussion on the Creativity of Actors", and Chen Dong helped her improve many of the contents.

As for his own thesis, it was about the dialectical relationship between actor, director and script.

In recent years, with the emergence of medical aesthetics, many actors have chosen plastic surgery in order to become more beautiful and appear on camera... Chen Dong's paper not only mentioned this phenomenon, but also from the perspective of a 'director', he had an opinion on this type of surgery. Dialectical views and advice from 'actors'.

Speaking of which, Chen Dong’s paper is actually a bit off topic.

Because he majored in acting.

However, his thesis was mixed with a lot of the director's personal stuff.

He didn't know whether the school would give it to him in the end.

It would be embarrassing if he was beaten back.

However, the probability of this happening is extremely low...

Just when Chen Dong and Liu Yifei returned to China, director Li Eu also took a plane from the United States to China.

(End of this chapter)