At 6 o'clock in the morning, the sky was as dark as ink.
From the hotel out of the county town, to the dozens of kilometers of national highway from the county town to Laojun Mountain, the few beams of bright white light illuminated by the flashlight shaking due to running were like beacons in the eternal night, exploring the way forward.
In the mountains in the distance, shrouded in darkness, a few orange lights shone sporadically, indicating that the owner of the house had woken up.
The farmland on both sides of the road stretches for countless miles, seemingly endless, with the occasional chirping of insects, but they are drowned out by bursts of joy coming from the road from time to time.
"You're crazy! Are you out running even before dawn? I'm convinced too!"
"Damn Sissi! You woke me up so early in the morning!"
The temperature was only 8 degrees, and the wind blowing in their faces was a bit cold due to running. This made Su Chang and Jiang Xin look rosy and speechless.
They were sleeping soundly in bed when they were woken up by Liu Yifei knocking on the door, saying: "Go to bed early and get up early for good health."
Originally, they thought they were leaving early for the set.
But then, the nanny car stopped on the national highway.
Then, they were inexplicably pulled over to run.
The nanny car follows behind. This is the rhythm that you can get in the car and rest at any time when you are tired from running.
This operation is really good.
"Exercise your body." Liu Yifei panted slightly, turned her head and said.
She was jogging side by side with Chu Xuan in the front. Behind her, the flashlights shaking in the hands of Zhao Liying and Huang Xuan hit the ground and spread the light. The hair in the shadow of her back swayed in small arcs as she ran.
"Besides, have you ever experienced running in the morning before dawn? It's so fun." She turned around and said, with an interesting smile on her lips.
"It's so fun..." Su Chang and Jiang Xin ran at the end and couldn't laugh or cry, and were defeated by Liu Yifei's words.
But let alone, in the dark night in the fields, and holding a flashlight for lighting, they had never experienced this kind of morning jogging, and they felt a little excited about it.
"Take a rest, I'm tired." Liu Yifei in front was running and slowly stopped, and the group of people stopped and walked around.
The flashlight in their hands shone on the ground. In the eyes of Su Chang and Jiang Xin, the backs of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei seemed to be silhouettes in darkness with only their outlines visible in the astigmatism of the two roads.
The silhouette on the right stretched out his hand and seemed to smooth the hair stuck to the forehead of the silhouette on the left. Then he took a tissue and wiped the sweat. The next moment, the silhouette on the left tilted his head and covered the face of the silhouette on the right.
chapter.
"You two are just talking about love! It's an eyesore!" Su Chang pointed at Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei with an angry look on his face.
"Second the proposal!" Jiang Xin raised her hand with a joking look in her eyes.
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying were walking in the middle. When they heard the singing of the two people behind them, the corners of their mouths couldn't help but curl up.
Liu Yifei was walking on the left side of Chu Xuan. After hearing the words of the two good sisters, she reached out and took Chu Xuan's left arm, turned her head and winked: "We are about to fall in love. If you have the ability, just find a boyfriend."
Facing Liu Yifei's naked show off, Su Chang and Jiang Xin choked, while Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying suppressed laughter.
Chu Xuan's pace slowed down, Liu Yifei, who was holding his hand, also slowed down, and Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying came closer.
"Tell me the script." Chu Xuan said, turning his head to look at the two of them.
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying paused for a moment, then quickly took two steps to come to Chu Xuan's side.
"As an actor, while understanding the characters in the script, you must also learn to read the script, know how to read the script, and find the underlying logic of the character's behavior and the plot structure chains, and then use these plot structure chains to write a complete character
story frame."
"The complete story frame of a character is the character's biography."
Biography of a character?... Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded. They had heard of this thing, but they didn't know how to write it.
"I was so busy that I didn't have time to say it. You guys are beginners, so it's most important to learn the rules of the set first. Logically speaking, a qualified actor who plays an important role in a drama must write a biography before joining the cast.
, to understand the character’s behavioral motivations and the emotions that should be felt in each situation, which is of great help when acting.”
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying followed Chu Xuan's rhythm while walking slowly and listening attentively.
"The biographies of characters are written in the first person. This is the basic format and makes the reading more immersive."
"How to write a character biography specifically?"
Chu Xuan paused and collected his thoughts.
"Take Zhang Xiaofan's plot as an example. Let me briefly outline it."
"My senior sister and I have been childhood sweethearts since childhood. I like my senior sister. Every time I see her, my heart becomes very hot, and I can't restrain my desire to protect her. However, my cultivation is not good, and Master ignores me.
Senior brother doesn't care, I have low self-esteem, so when I faced senior sister, I was happy but very nervous, and my fingers would unconsciously move every time, or I would lower my head and dare not look at her."
Chu Xuan turned his head to look at the two people and said: "This is the beginning and process of the first plot chain of Zhang Xiaofan's growth line in Qingyun Sect, including character events, actions and emotions."
"The character event is, Zhang Xiaofan faces Tian Linger."
"The action is that every time my fingers pinch unconsciously, or I lower my head and dare not look at her."
"The mood is, like, nervous."
"This is the basic way of writing character biographies. Character events, actions to face the events, the emotions and characters to be expressed by the actions, combined with your script, if the plot has lines, add the lines."
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying pondered their thoughts and nodded.
The heat after running dissipated, and Liu Yifei suddenly felt a little cold. She simply slid down the arm holding Chu Xuan's hand, intertwined with Chu Xuan's hand, and stuffed them both into Chu Xuan's left purse to keep warm, and then put her own
Put your left hand into your left purse.
When Su Chang and Jiang Xin saw this scene from behind, they couldn't help but shook their heads and took a breath, which seemed to be a little sweet.
"Continuing with the general outline, I will go into details now."
"On the eve of the Qimai Martial Arts Competition, my senior sister behaved strangely. I became curious and followed my senior sister all the way through a rainbow bridge and hid in a forest."
"However, what did I see? Senior sister and Qi Hao were so close! And the two of them even held hands!"
"This beautiful woman is the one I like!"
"The breeze blows on my face, a little warm, but like the drizzle on a cold day, it falls on my face and chills my heart."
"I clenched my fists with both hands and gritted my teeth. The anger and anger in my heart made me have the urge to explode."
"'Hey.' I sighed in my heart and turned my head silently. After all, I am just a person without talent. I can't even cut down a bamboo in the bamboo forest. Senior brothers and the others practice every day, and I have to light a fire for them.
Cook."
"As soon as I thought about this, I secretly turned my head and took a look. Under the moonlight, those two people cuddling together looked so well matched."
"'I'm not worthy.' I whispered in my heart and slowly walked deeper into the woods, my steps getting faster and faster. I don't know if this was escaping or my inferiority complex."
Chu Xuan's words stopped, and the scene fell into a brief silence.
"Chu Xuan, you are so good at telling stories. I have been involved in it. Zhang Xiaofan is so miserable." Jiang Xin was the first to speak out.
“Everything I saw, heard, and felt is all there,” Su Chang said. “All the emotions are expressed through mental descriptions. The clenched fists, clenched teeth, turning heads silently, and secretly turning heads are also in line with the character’s situation.
Very detailed.”
"If biographies are of this quality, anyone with basic acting skills will know how to perform the scene."
Su Chang took off the white hat, stroked his hair and put the hat back on.
"I've learned that this morning run was not in vain," she said.
"Indeed." Jiang Xin nodded and clasped his fists playfully at Chu Xuan, who was in front of him, "Chu Xuan, learn from me."
None of them came from professional schools, and actors pay most attention to details in acting. Often the basic details are reflected in the character's biography. Whether the character's biography is written well will have a great impact on the form of the performance.
Chu Xuan's self-expression to Zhang Xiaofan allowed them to explore something.
The two people's praise made Chu Xuan turn his head and smile at them, and then turned back and said: "What I just said is a complete plot. The beginning of this plot: I like senior sister; the process: I am very nervous when I see senior sister; the ending: senior sister invests in others
In his arms, I felt dejected."
Liu Yifei leaned her head forward and raised a finger at Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying: "This is a plot chain. Find all the plot chains of the characters, and like Chu Xuan just said, analyze the characters in depth and write them out until you write them.
By the finale, there will be biographies of the characters."
Chu Xuan added: "With the biographies of the characters, I have an idea of how to act in each scene."
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded.
"So, we want to write biographies of characters?" Zhao Liying asked.
"What do you think?" Chu Xuan asked.
Zhao Liying shut up, Chu Xuan's tone told her the answer.
"Get in the car and go to the set." Liu Yifei said, stretching out the hand in Chu Xuan's purse and scratching Chu Xuan's palm.
Chu Xuan stopped, and everyone stopped and turned sideways.
Seeing this, the driver of the nanny car stepped on the accelerator, sped up and stopped in front of a group of people.
Everyone got in the car one by one and headed to the set.
…
There is a group of Taoist temples on Laojun Mountain, called the Jinding Taoist Temple Group.
When Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei arrived, the crew had already set up scenes in the house.
The sky was already bright at this time. Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei had breakfast, sat down and rested for a while, then took Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying to an uninhabited area to practice basic body shapes and learn recitation.
As time went by, some actor teachers came one after another.
Even if there is no drama, the teachers are still there to study. This has been their habit for many years.
There is a saying among the older generation of actors: As long as the play of your character is not finished, you will never leave the crew because you have to maintain your character status.
If you leave the crew halfway and go to the city once, the character's status will be lost and you have to start looking again, which will affect the overall shaping of the character and the connection between the character and the plot will be interrupted.
"How strange are we mortals!"
Faintly, a sound of reading came over.
Chen Daoming, Wang Jinsong, Liu Yijun and Huang Lei heard the sound and looked around, but their sight was blocked by the building.
"Chu Xuan is teaching people." Huang Lei said.
Hearing what he said, everyone laughed.
"Wait for Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying to act and see how Chu Xuan's teaching level is." Chen Daoming said.
"Then we have to wait for a scene with strong emotions between the two of them. You won't see much in ordinary scenes." Wang Jinsong said.
Everyone nodded and walked towards the set.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, Yang Tianzhen came to call.
Under a tree, Chu Xuan stood up from the folding chair, closed the book, and said: "Go, I have said everything that needs to be said. Go to the set and listen to Teacher Huang and Director Wu Qingyuan explain the play to you, and make some specific movements
Just remember, and then just show it off in front of the camera. Zhang Xiaofan's early scenes shouldn't be difficult for you, after all, they are very similar to your experience."
Huang Xuan took a deep breath. He had only played a small part a few times, and it was his first time to act as a protagonist. This was a combination of pressure and nervousness.
"Come on." Zhao Liying waved her fist to show encouragement.
Yang Tianzhen took Huang Xuan to the makeup team, while Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei took Zhao Liying to the director team.
After saying hello to Huang Lei and the others, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei sat down in front of the monitor. Zhao Liying walked back and sat with Su Chang and the others.
"Hey." Liu Yi picked up the script from a small armchair and handed one to Chu Xuan.
This is the director's book. Chu Xuan turned to the page where he was going to shoot today and looked at it.
[Screen number: 1; Scenery: Panoramic; Movement: Fixed; Angle: Frontal overhead shot 20; Content: In the kitchen, Zhang Xiaofan is sitting on a small stool burning firewood; Sound: the sound of burning firewood.
Lens number: 2; Scenery: Panoramic; Movement: Fixed; Angle: Backward shot 30; Content: In the kitchen, Zhang Xiaofan is sitting on a small stool burning firewood; the sound of burning firewood.
Shot number: 3; scene type: medium shot; movement: left panning - up panning; angle: side flat shot; content: Zhang Xiaofan is sitting on a small stool burning firewood in the kitchen; the sound of burning firewood.
Lens number: 4; Scenery: Panorama; Movement: Zoom; Angle: Side flat shot; Content: In the kitchen, Zhang Xiaofan is sitting on a small stool burning firewood; Sound: the sound of burning firewood.
Scene special effects: None; Special effects description: None; Scene description:…………]
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at the script, and they looked away after Zhao Jian finished arranging the lighting arrangements.
"Start filming." Zhao Jian rushed to the two of them and immediately sat down.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei straightened up and glanced at the multiple monitors. The scripts were still spread out on their respective legs.
They had read the split-shot script during the script planning stage and knew the terms in it very clearly, but this was the first time they had seen it compared to the live shooting on the monitor.
At this point, they looked serious and started learning mode.
The monitor suddenly went dark, which seemed a bit strange in this broad daylight.
But Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei still knew this, and just used light-blocking props to block the windows.
As for what to do if you can’t see the moonlight outside the window? Just don’t let the camera take pictures outside the window.
There was a sudden light on the monitor, and the whole kitchen room was suddenly bright.
"Isn't this too bright?" Liu Yifei whispered.
"This is a sun simulation lamp, used to shoot the light and shadow of objects. Just put a high-intensity soft box on it, and the brightness will be greatly reduced." Fumino explained.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei understood. No wonder the light looked like the color of the sun. It turned out to be simulated sunlight.
As they looked at the monitor, the lighting engineer put a soft box on the simulated light, which resembled the round cloth cover of a household electric fan.
With a set of soft light boxes, the brightness of the light is instantly reduced. Under the lighting engineer's adjustment, it is only about the brightness of a few candles combined.
As a result, Huang Xuan's shadow appeared on the wall smoothly. This is the artistic expression of light and shadow.
"Lens No. 1 captures the front light and shadow." Chu Xuan said.
Zhao Jian tilted his head and gave a thumbs up.
Chu Xuan said suddenly: "Don't praise me now, the camera in the monitor is arranged like this, I'm not stupid."
Zhao Jian and the teachers on the directing team looked happy, and Liu Yifei also raised her lips.
"What is shot in lens 2?" Chu Xuan asked.
"The contrast on lens No. 2 is used to strip light. The higher the contrast, the more obvious the illuminated objects will be, and the darker the unilluminated areas will be.
"But the higher the contrast, the falser the scene, the worse the texture of the subject, the fewer details and textures, and the subject will look like an outline blended with the darkness."
"In this scene, the effect of shot No. 2 is to reflect Zhang Xiaofan's loneliness, making everything around him dark, and only the light of the firewood is in front of Zhang Xiaofan."
Fumino said softly: "Contrast is also one of the parameters in the camera."
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei nodded slowly, learning another knowledge point.
There is more than one analog light in the room, and there are several professional photography lights that are also equipped with soft boxes and emit different white soft lights.
Several lights were placed at different angles. Except for the sun simulation light, the other lights hit Huang Xuan's surroundings but not on Huang Xuan's body.
The firelight coming from the fire pit merges with these light sources. It seems that the orange-red light of the fire covers the white light. However, no matter how you look at it, you feel that this scene is very soft and comfortable, but it does not break away from the category of night. At a glance, the whole scene
Just at night.
This is really amazing.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei didn't know how Zhao Jian lit the scene, what the angles were, and how he combined prop lighting and natural firelight. However, they were deeply attracted by the aesthetics of light and shadow, and they felt that this was art.
"This picture is very beautiful, I want to learn it." Liu Yifei whispered, winking at Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan nodded and muttered: "Stealing a master."
Zhao Jian was sitting next to him, and when he heard his muttering, a smile appeared in his eyes.
After a while, under Zhao Jian's call, filming of Huang Xuan's first scene started.
Inside the monitor, the No. 1 and No. 2 mirrors on the front and back are fixed.
Zhao Jian looked at the images transmitted back by the camera and considered the quality.
"Unit 3, move."
A cameraman was squatting. The camera in front of him was mounted on a lowered stand. The stand could be extended up, down, left, and right. The cameraman didn't move. He just pushed the camera slowly to the left, then slowly.
Slowly raise the bracket to slowly move the camera upward, completing two panning shots.
The camera panned twice, first to capture Huang Xuan's hand handing the firewood, and then from bottom to top to capture Huang Xuan's side face.
"Withdraw on the 3rd, move on the 4th."
The cameraman of Unit 4 presented a panoramic view of Huang Xuan, and then slowly pulled back by pulling the lens while adjusting the focus. Huang Xuan slowly became smaller and blurred in the lens.
One of the functions of this zoom lens is to tell the audience that the screen is about to switch, giving the audience a psychological reminder so that the screen transition in the TV series does not appear abrupt.
"Click."
"Again, the contrast of camera No. 2 is too high and the picture is too blurry; camera No. 3 pans to the ground for the first time; camera No. 4 is unstable and shakes; Huang Xuan continues, just burn firewood, and the expression on his face is normal
Just melt it."
Listening to Zhao Jian's words, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at the monitor with thoughtful eyes.
"The contrast value of Unit 2 was too high just now. The contrast between Huang Xuan's black back and the color of the fire was too obvious. Although the picture is beautiful, it is too false." Chu Xuan whispered.
"The panning camera of Unit 3 did not capture Huang Xuan's feet, because it was a close-up panning, which lacked some of the overall texture of the character." Liu Yifei analyzed.
"When the No. 4 mirror was pulled back, the lens shook slightly and the picture was unstable." Chu Xuan added.
Liu Yifei nodded, looked at him, and the two of them smiled slightly.
When I heard the director say this before, they didn't understand half of it. But now that I heard it again, I instantly understood and could form an adjusted picture in my mind for comparison and consideration.