Unscientific Movie King

Chapter 19 Director Yu, I heard you don’t have any children, I want to take care of you in your old age

"Stop for a while and rest for fifteen minutes."

Yu Ming called a halt to the show.

He is also an experienced director. He knows the characteristics of actors. Some actors perform better the more they push him.

On the contrary, some actors become more and more frustrated the more they do NGs, and their performances become worse and worse.

It's the latter right now.

Let's pause for a moment, talk about the play, and give some encouragement. Perhaps there will be some hope for a turnaround.

The filming here stopped, and Qin Chuan next to him became a street wanderer again, strolling around, looking here and there, like a curious baby.

I called Huang Bo a few days ago, and Huang Bo told him that it’s good not just to perform on the set, but to learn more.

Knowing a little about camera position, sound, videography, lighting, art, and lenses will improve your performance.

He also gave an example that a good actor can judge the depth of field and the size of the spatial picture based on the focal length of the camera lens.

Without the camera director's reminder, I know which position is the best shooting point and where I am in the camera, and I have it exactly right.

"Your emotion is not right. It's not humble enough."

"The humility I'm talking about is not this kind of humility. Don't think too highly of You Tanzhi. Although his kung fu is high, his personality is still a waste."

"His feelings for A Zi are not just pure admiration. A Zi is a ray of light in his dark life and his spiritual support."

"do you understand?"

"Well, Director, let me think about it carefully."

"What are you thinking about? I asked you if you understand. If you understand, then you understand. If you don't understand, then you don't understand."

"not understand."

"Then think about it!"

On the set, Yu Ming explained the play to Ma Yuke, and became more and more angry as he talked.

This young man really has no talent for acting.

His comprehension ability is too poor. He cannot understand the character's inner world at all, has no empathy, and always lingers outside the door.

Next to him, Qin Chuan, who was chatting with the cameraman, noticed the situation here and pricked up his ears to watch the show.

While it was funny, I finally understood what Huang Bo meant by comprehension ability.

For an actor, the ability to understand is really important.

For an actor, the most important thing is the word "acting". If you want to play a certain role, you not only have to know him, but also understand him.

Only by understanding what the character says and does can you enter his inner world and become one with the character.

The highest level is to return to nature. After becoming one with the character, your every word and action is the character itself.

You don't even have to stick to the lines. In that state, no matter what you say, it is in line with the character's cognition and personality.

Yu Ming, who was angry, ran to the side to smoke. Zhao Jian comforted him, "Take your time. Don't rush."

Yu Ming rolled his eyes: "You are filming a martial arts scene, you are not in a hurry."

The fastest progress in the crew's martial arts scenes is after all, they use professional martial arts personnel as stand-ins, so the progress is super fast.

Zhao Jian didn't tease this old friend and said seriously: "Don't take it too seriously, it's almost enough."

Yu Ming collapsed: "I want to, too, but the problem is that he can't even come close."

These days, Ma Yuke has had several passing records. She was smiling happily at the time, feeling that her acting skills were recognized.

Yu Ming didn't feel like attacking him.

Sometimes the director lets you pass in one take, not because he recognizes your acting skills, but because he knows your limitations and knows that you can only act to this level and you can’t improve any further, so he lets you pass.

But today's scene is very important, and he really can't make do with it.

If the full score for the performance was 100, Ma Yu would let him pass as long as he scored 60 points.

"Oh!" Zhao Jian sighed.

It's their bad luck that they have to deal with this.

Almost every crew has this kind of people, either brought in by the main actors or stuffed in by the investors. They turn a blind eye to minor roles and mediocre acting.

Such frequent NGs are rare.

"If it doesn't work, let's change actors." Zhao Jian was silent for a few seconds and then said, "It's not too late to change actors now since You Tanzhi doesn't have many scenes to shoot. Otherwise, it will be a disaster later."

Yu Ming took a deep puff of his cigarette and said in a deep voice, "It's already this late, who should we switch to?"

"Newcomers have to learn their lines again, get acquainted with their co-stars, get familiar with the crew, and practice martial arts, which all takes time."

Being a stunt double is a treatment only for big names, while ordinary actors have to perform on stage themselves, unless it is some dangerous action.

In this play, Ma Yu is an exception.

Logically, he doesn't have a stunt double because he's not big enough or his level is not high enough.

But because he got in through connections, they found him a stunt double.

This means that Ma Yuke only played half of the role of You Tanzhi, and the other half of the fighting scenes were all performed by a stunt double.

As a result, he couldn't even perform this half of the play well.

"Director, how about letting me try?"

Qin Chuan's faint voice came from behind, which scared Yu Ming.

Yu Ming turned around, and Qin Chuan said with a fiery look in his eyes: "Director, let me give it a try. I am familiar with martial arts, I am familiar with the lines, and I am even more familiar with the crew. I know the cameraman, art director, makeup artist, group leader, and assistant director."

Seeing Yu Ming's hesitation, Qin Chuan was worried that he would refuse, so he continued: "Although I didn't graduate from a professional acting school, I have two and a half years of acting experience, and I read books every day."

"This is the note I usually take. If you don't believe me, take a look."

Qin Chuan took out the notebook he always carried with him for writing his biography.

"This is not a matter of belief or not." Yu Ming frowned.

If they really need to replace the roles, the crew will definitely give priority to actors who are famous and have good acting skills.

What the entertainment industry lacks the least is actors.

There is no need to find a first-tier male star to play a role like You Tanzhi; there are plenty of third- and fourth-tier actors who can do the role.

Why would you look for someone as unknown as Qin Chuan?

Just because he is familiar with the crew and knows martial arts? These are indeed advantages, but not enough.

"Director Yu, give me a chance to try out the play. If you are not satisfied, I will never mention it again." The notebook Qin Chuan handed out was still suspended in the air, and he did not take it back because the other party did not take it.

Yu Ming hesitated.

Zhao Jian beside him encouraged: "Xiao Qin's martial arts moves are beyond my ability. He is hardworking and can endure hardships. He is talented and learns things quickly."

Yu Ming didn't respond. He took the notebook and flipped through it. It was filled with dozens of pages of biographies.

Each page has a date, and it looks like it is written every day.

He didn't write it perfunctorily; he wrote it very seriously.

The characters are varied, including the waiter, Qiao Feng, the innkeeper, the brothel scholar, the Peking Opera martial artist, the street vendor, and You Tanzhi.

There are annotations below some of the biographies, clearly stating what to pay attention to and what to look out for. The notes are so detailed that they can be used as teaching materials for the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy.

This annotation is like personally experiencing the character's life. All the key points are marked and every sentence hits the mark.

"Did you write this?" Yu Ming stopped at the page about You Tanzhi and couldn't help but look up and asked.

The above comments are so accurate. In terms of comprehension ability, Qin Chuan is far better than Ma Yuke.

"Yes, I wrote it." Qin Chuan raised his head and chest, and said calmly: "Most of the characters above are played by me, and some are interesting characters and people I met on the set."

"It's You Tanzhi versus Ding Chunqiu. Show me a segment!"

"thump!"

Qin Chuan knelt down immediately.

Director Yu, I heard that you don’t have any children, so I want to provide for you in your old age.

When the words came to his lips, Qin Chuan swallowed them and blurted out You Tanzhi's lines instead.

(End of this chapter)