China Entertainment Begins with Fairy Sword Chapter 333: Fake drama, true love, Mengyan’s growth!

During the more than a month on the set of "Hawthorn Tree Love", Bai Mengyan sometimes felt at a loss, unable to distinguish the boundary between reality and movies.

Because Bai Mengyan and Cao Jun spent the most time together and were the most intimate, both on and off the screen.

It was Bai Mengyan's first time acting, and she was acting in a love drama.

For Bai Mengyan, who has never been in love, in order to play the role well, she only has one way, which is to put her own emotions into the role.

Of course, because Bai Mengyan has never been in love, her behavior in front of the camera seems very shy and young.

This is what Zhang Yimou wants.

This is why Zhang Yimou gave up so many female stars and so many female art school students, and chose a female student without any acting experience.

In Zhang Yimou's view, it is no less difficult for female stars to use their acting skills that have been polished too many times to play the most primitive innocence, which is no less difficult than asking them to learn acting again.

Although Bai Mengyan didn't understand acting or filming at all, Lao Mouzi took a fancy to her youthfulness, aura, and unique temperament.

The "Jingqiu" Zhang Yimou is looking for is not only beautiful, but also must be young. Green refers to the feeling. Green is unpolished, without the instinct of self-consciousness being revealed. This is called green.

Therefore, Zhang Yimou chose the young and shy Bai Mengyan among thousands of girls to play the role of Jingqiu in "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree".

When filming officially starts, Bai Mengyan's "agility" will depend on accidental discovery. For example, if a scene takes three minutes to shoot, you can select three seconds, and those three seconds will be very agile.

Zhang Yimou asked Bai Mengyan to perform a large part of the performance, and even shot one scene a hundred times. It took three days, more than 30 times in one day, and it was shot a hundred times.

But after cutting it out, Zhang Yimou will feel very satisfied, because Bai Mengyan has something instant, very agile, and has a flavor that cannot be replaced by others.

Zhang Yimou is also very good at promoting her "real" performance, such as the kiss scene in the water, Bai Mengyan's shyness, heartbeat and panic were perfectly displayed.

And this is just an expression of Bai Mengyan's original emotions. It is worth mentioning that the kiss scene with Cao Jun was the first time she kissed a boy in her life.

Before filming this scene, the ignorant Bai Mengyan saw the kiss scene and was so frightened that she froze.

It is true that Bai Mengyan admired Cao Jun very much in her heart, but she was not mentally prepared at all to kiss or film a kissing scene, especially in front of so many people. Due to the reserve and shyness of a girl,

It is natural to want to escape and resist.

Of course, if there was no one else around and it was just her and Cao Jun, maybe she would look forward to and yearn for it.

"The Sword Comes"

In front of the camera, when the male protagonist Cao Jun entered the state and wanted to hug Bai Mengyan, Bai Mengyan put two fingers between them.

Interestingly, the "Jingqiu" in the book "Hawthorn Tree Love" is young and naive. She naively believes that two people lying together are husband and wife. Therefore, when faced with the opposite sex's advances, she will take the initiative to back away.

Mengyan is indeed a very suitable actor for "Jingqiu".

It’s just that if you want to be an actor, emotional scenes are a hurdle that you must overcome, especially the kiss scene. Bai Mengyan kept screwing with Cao Jun, which was not an option, so Zhang Yimou and Bai Mengyan chatted for a long time and made

A long period of psychological counseling.

"Mengyan, don't be nervous. Everyone is watching. It's safe. We are filming now, not for real. This is a process that you must go through as an actor..."

Cao Jun also advised: "Yes, Mengyan, the director is right, we as actors must cross this hurdle. There is no way to escape. Each of us believes in you..."

Originally, this scene was designed so that the third child, played by Cao Jun, drowned on purpose. Bai Mengyan, played by Jingqiu, thought it was a joke at first, but later jumped into the water to save him, and the third child acted mischievously.

He grabbed Jingqiu and kissed her.

Bai Mengyan was so shy that she couldn't let go. Zhang Yimou cleared the scene and hid the camera, letting the two of them get a feel for it first.

After Zhang Yimou and Cao Jun's patient guidance, Cao Jun gently kissed Bai Mengyan's side face and temples behind the cart.

At this moment, Bai Mengyan felt her heartbeat speed up, her cheeks flushed, her heart was nervous and curious, and her mind went blank, as if there was an electric current flowing through her body.

After Cao Jun and Bai Mengyan kissed, Zhang Yimou did not stop the camera as scheduled in the script, but kept the camera rolling.

Bai Mengyan, who had just finished filming the kiss scene, didn't hear the stop command and didn't know how to end it. She could only avoid eye contact with Cao Jun at a loss and didn't dare to look into Cao Jun's eyes at all.

Zhang Yimou still didn't shout about it, but let this real embarrassment continue, which is exactly in line with the character's psychology.

Another time, it was a bed scene between Cao Jun and Bai Mengyan.

As soon as Cao Jun touched Bai Mengyan, Bai Mengyan was so frightened that she stepped back and cried. She refused to take pictures, which made Cao Jun particularly embarrassed.

Bai Mengyan didn't think too much about it. She felt as if she was not joining a serious crew, but a crew from an island country.

Fortunately, director Zhang Yimou thought of a way, and the film "Love at the Hawthorn Tree" was able to continue filming.

It turns out that in the play, the male protagonist Lao San missed the female protagonist "Jingqiu" so much that he couldn't help but touch "Jingqiu"'s body after not seeing her for a long time.

But when the filming started, the young and ignorant Bai Mengyan was very uneasy. As soon as Cao Jun climbed onto the bed, she kept moving back and was frightened to tears.

Later, director Zhang Yimou saw that Bai Mengyan's eyes were swollen from crying, so he caught a butterfly from outside to tease her, and also said kind words to coax her: "Mengyan, be good, don't cry, everyone has great hopes for you."

Yes, you have to work hard to overcome yourself."

Fortunately, Zhang Yimou's words made Bai Mengyan stop crying and the filming of this clip was successfully completed.

After the scene was over, Cao Jun asked Bai Mengyan in private: "Mengyan, tell Brother Jun what's on your mind. Do you hate me particularly?"

Bai Mengyan hurriedly denied: "No, no, I don't hate you."

Cao Jun then asked: "Then why are you so resistant to filming an intimate scene with me?"

Bai Mengyan hurriedly explained: "Brother Jun, you have misunderstood me. I am not resisting filming this kind of scene with you, I am resisting filming this kind of scene with anyone."

Cao Jun continued to ask: "Is this really the case? Why do I feel that you are so nervous?"

Bai Mengyan could only explain to Cao Jun, and described the clip just now as her "acting in her true colors," and added: "I come from a traditional family and have never been in love. How could I not be nervous when I suddenly have to film such a scene?"

Cao Jun thought about it, and it seemed that it was the case. At first, he thought that Bai Mengyan was deliberately trying to prevent him from getting off the stage. It seemed that he was overthinking.

Eventually, Bai Mengyan opened up, and her tacit understanding with Cao Jun became better and better. Zhang Yimou sat behind the monitor and watched their acting, and would often laugh unconsciously.

"Jingqiu" lived in an era where the relationship between men and women was passionate but forbearing.

At that time, young lovers did not even dare to hold hands. They only dared to sit side by side on the hillside or on a park bench, reading, exchanging ideas, sharing excerpts, or sending each other poems written by themselves.

When it was time to say goodbye, the young lovers shook hands and said goodbye, smiling and promising to see each other again next time.

Zhang Yimou experienced that era and witnessed that era.
Chapter completed!