Except for the director team, no one knew the content of Yan Jingdan's audition at the beginning.
But at the end of the performance, everyone was given one "complete" scene after another——
The content of her performance should be a scene from the science fiction blockbuster "Inception" released last year.
Adrian, the "Dream Builder", learned about the "Dream Builder Space" for the first time. In the Dream Builder Space, he clearly felt the fragmentation of the "Dream World", woke up at the last moment, and then met Dom Ko, the "Dream Stealer".
Under Bu's guidance, he entered it again——
In fact, this scene is not difficult, but it is a bit simple, but it is presented in the movie and has been edited in many aspects. But it is put into the audition. It is particularly challenging to connect these scenes together in just a few minutes.
The actor's acting skills and psychological quality.
Because these scenes require the actors to switch between several completely different emotions and states in a very short period of time——
What's more, under the green screen, there was no real object except a chair, and Gu Zhao also made it more difficult for the actors to play against each other. There were several lines in these scenes, but Gu Zhao deliberately used a way to make people laugh.
The tone says the lines——
And these lines are all in "English". As we all know, Yan Jingdan's English level is not good, and in this regard, language is indeed a barrier for her, but what is beyond everyone's expectation is that her "fifty cents" English level lines
, it didn’t make anyone feel like she was being staged at all! In addition, she handled the plot mosaic of several scenes almost perfectly, and everyone was shocked by her performance that she almost blended into it.
Her performance has a little bit of the original movie, but the details are completely her own "ingenuity".
No one knows whether Yan Jingdan had thought about it before when watching this movie, or whether it was just through these half an hour that she reached this level - she is really amazing.
The entire performance, which lasted about five minutes, was completed in one go. When she finished, bowed to salute and walked off the green screen stage, everyone woke up from their trance. Feng Miao and Tong Yuyan looked at Yan Jingdan with the same vigilance as before.
, but "get used to it".
Although Yan Jingdan's works have not won any international awards, and the few films she has shot with Zhuang He are not films that have entered the international market; but among the four major actresses, she is definitely a well-deserved dark horse!
Fu Yijun and Jia Shasha's eyes were full of fear, and their small movements expressed their uneasiness and nervousness at the moment!
Xia Yu and Cheng Yun raised their hands and applauded, and suddenly the studio was filled with thunderous applause.
"Pah, pah, pah—"
After Yan Jingdan returned to the rest area, Xia Yu also gave her a friendly thumbs up and praised:
"Senior Jingdan is so awesome, show her acting skills!"
However, maybe because I have experienced two courses, I am definitely impressed by Yan Jingdan's performance, but it cannot be said to be impeccable. Moreover, it has a fatal flaw - it is too solid, and every performance seems to have been planned in advance.
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You must know that science fiction movies are not the usual dramas or literary films. They show many uncertain factors, and may be engraved in the bones of Chinese culture, as well as dramas, mythological films, and literary films that have been immersed in for a long time——
Yan Jingdan presented more of a "civilized science fiction picture". She handled the personal details extremely well, but she did not take care of the "non-personal" aspects. She acted very well, but it was more like a one-man show.
Xia Yu glanced at Gu Zhao calmly. There was approval in Gu Zhao's eyes, probably because he was dormant by her acting skills, but what he meant was - full of acting skills, a sense of science fiction, almost nothing.
Maybe Xia Yu's gaze was too "dazzling", so Gu Zhao looked sideways for a moment and actually met Xia Yu's eyes.
Gu Zhao smiled at her, and Xia Yu nodded slightly - turning around to the next person's performance.
The goddess of literature and art Fu Yijun.
It has to be said that Fu Yijun's acting skills are absolutely perfect for being nominated for Best Actress multiple times. She came to the audition this time probably to break the shackles of being a "goddess of literature and art" and the shackles of literary films. After all, she makes literary films.
It’s true that it’s all about making money, and you can’t get much money, and it’s hard for the film to sell well at the box office. It’s good if you can win awards, but if you can’t, then it’s really a loss-making business.
But it's a pity that the content she shot, according to Xia Yu's observation, should be a clip from a certain science fiction blockbuster, a fighting scene. But it is a pity that the director wanted a "violent aesthetics" sci-fi blockbuster to have a sense of déjà vu.
She was filmed as a "victim" who was bullied at school or in the workplace and resisted desperately in the sci-fi blockbuster.
Xia Yu couldn't stand it until halfway through, but he still insisted on finishing it.
How should I put it? It’s not that I don’t have acting skills, but there are some things that really matter whether they are suitable or not——
The most important thing is that she can't let go of her "goddess of literature and art" figure, and the whole performance seems very "stingy", which is a bit too much, a bit pretentious! It's not like Xia Yu is deliberately judging her maliciously in his heart.
Yan Jingdan was not suitable either, but she let go and showed herself to her limit as much as possible. Therefore, if Xia Yu hadn't taken two classes, she wouldn't have been able to see her shortcomings. And Yan Jingdan's was not a big shortcoming, mainly because of
I lack experience in shooting science fiction films. If you give people a period of time to adapt and adjust, it will definitely be several levels higher than what it is now!
Xia Yu endured it and finished watching it. He glanced at Gu Zhao secretly and found that Director Gu only opened his eyes after the performance.
It suddenly became clear that Fu Yijun had no chance.
There was still a round of applause after Fu Yijun stepped down from the stage, but compared to the wave of applause for Yan Jingdan, the applause this time seemed sparse.
This time, the difference was too obvious. Even though Fu Yijun still insisted on smiling, it was obviously mixed with bitterness——
She knew that she probably had no chance, but she didn't leave immediately, and no one announced it. If you leave, are you asking for it? In addition, she gritted her teeth, stared at her inner self-esteem, and wanted to see, except for Yan Jingdan, the others.
Performance.
The third person to come on stage was Feng Miao, with Zhu Yu in front and rubble as a warning.
Feng Miao finally summarized Yan Jingdan's advantages, stepped on Fu Yijun's head, and brilliantly interpreted this part of her performance.
Her performance is not as delicate as Yan Jingdan's, but it is not weak at all. In addition, she is more open-minded, and her whole expression and movements are wide open and closed. She should be free and easy, and should be restrained and restrained. She is probably not relaxed during this period.
I have watched a lot of sci-fi blockbusters, and the performance shown is definitely up to the standard of heroines in general "sci-fi movies", and compared to Yan Jingdan, it is narrowly ahead!
At the end of the performance, there was a wave of applause.
At this moment, Fu Yijun couldn't sit still anymore. His teeth were in his lips, and he could no longer control his expression!
The fourth one is Cheng Yun.
This time, it was like poking a hornet's nest.
If Xia Yu's debut is used as a criterion - the four great actresses were the four with the highest commercial value among the best actresses in the decade before her, then after Xia Yu's debut, there is no doubt that Cheng Yun is not one of the four
, is by far the most commercially valuable actress!
Xia Yu originally had the capital to compete with her, but of the two opportunities, one was missed during the ban, and the other gave up on her own initiative after she accepted the role of the movie "Jinling Festival".
Cheng Yun, on the other hand, was suppressed for more than a year after Xia Yu's "Drawing Ground", and then made a comeback with "The Swordsman", stunning both inside and outside the industry, and becoming the first Chinese actress to hold three top luxury global endorsements!
Yan Jingdan and other four top actresses have declined slightly in recent years, especially Tong Yuyan, who starred in several bad movies and was exposed as a "box office poison". And Yan Jingdan has gradually been unable to resist the pressure at the box office. The term "four top actresses" has become
It no longer has such a high influence.
"Director Gu, may I ask, do we have any other auxiliary props for this audition?"
Cheng Yun suddenly spoke up.
Gu Zhao finally smiled for the second time after Yan Jingdan's "exemplary performance"——
"What props do you need?" he asked.
Almost everyone was stunned. Except for the director team, even Xia Yu and Tao Tang looked at each other. Cheng Yun, under Gu Zhao's gesture to ask, calmly said: "I need a pack of plasma, it doesn't need to be so viscous."
, can express the state of blood!"
"Props, get a pack for Ms. Chengyun!"
He smiled and asked her, "Is one hundred enough?"
"Thank you, that's enough."
At this time, most people who didn't know the inside story suddenly realized that this was probably a part of the audition!
After getting the plasma, she did not open it immediately, but went straight to the green screen stage.
The clips of Cheng Yun's performance are very easy to identify. It doesn't mean which movie, but the plot she is going to perform!
Probably a woman was attacked by zombies after the end of the world, but the zombies broke into her house. After she realized the crisis, she banged on the glass desperately, trying to escape through the "only" exit, but she failed.
Thinking about it, it accelerated the chance of discovery. Before the glass was broken, the zombies suddenly broke through the door blocked by heavy objects, rushed into the room (the prop team helped with the cooperation), and ate it in one bite. Just before she
She planned to escape from the room with the help of obstacles in the room, but another zombie broke in. She had no choice but to fight to the death and finally broke the glass with her hands. Here is a detail - after she broke the double-layered glass,
Knowing how to deal with it, his hands began to bleed, and his expression, because of fear, although he had ignored the pain, his brows and corners of his eyes were slightly wrinkled, and his eyes glanced at the wound many times - because of this, he fled out of the house through the window.
Before, she was too panicked and was scratched by a zombie!
This scene probably ends here. As for why it can be clearly seen, it is the equipment around the green screen and the four screens hanging on the left wall that captured the details of the actors' performances under the green screen at close range.
This is a truly open audition performance - and the biggest source of stress for everyone.
Back to topic.
In the next scene, Cheng Yun was lying on the ground. Before lying on the ground, he took the remaining plasma into his mouth.
The moment she closed her eyes, she began to continue performing. The first thing was the changes in her body after being infected. She was in the first stage of mutation at the moment. Most of her body did not move, but small parts such as legs and feet,
There are subtle twitches in her hands, and the most obvious one is her expression. The amplitude is not particularly large, but you can "really feel" that she is fighting the virus with all her strength!
Immediately, she opened her eyes with a "swish". At this moment, the "drama" in her eyes was truly amazing - a good actor can make people see the drama in addition to her lines and body language.
In addition to "play", the play in the eyes cannot be ignored either!
Among the seven first-line actresses present, among the four major actresses, Yan Jingdan has the best "eye skills", which is also the basis for her ability to win many mainstream awards! The rest, Feng Miao, is an academic and method actor, and more
Paying attention to the 'skills' of acting, as for "Tong Yuyan, Fu Yijun, Jia Shasha", they are between the method school and the experience school, occasionally, but it all depends on the situation!
It can be said that among the rest, the best "eye skills" are those of Xia Yu from the immersive experience school, followed by Cheng Yun. She is an actor who has successfully integrated the academic school and the experience school and can switch freely!
Therefore, in just a few seconds of footage, everyone can feel the struggle in her eyes——
Then, the light of "humanity" in it was extinguished little by little, and it was gradually driven and banned by "animal nature"!
She suddenly struggled to get up, her head and neck showing a slightly stiff state, similar to the zombies in science fiction movies that are about to be infected by a virus and are about to awaken. "She" struggled and bit her own arm - which she had just deliberately put on
She bought a long-sleeved white shirt, which was already stained by the "blood" that had just flowed out. She found a relatively white spot and bit it off——
"Hiss!" Her state seemed a bit possessed, and when the blood seeped out of her white shirt in the form of teeth marks, most people couldn't help but feel their scalps numb!
When Cheng Yun's performance ended, there was silence at first, and then applause——
Needless to say, this applause is definitely more intense than anyone before!
Gu Zhao's face finally filled with a satisfied smile. There is no doubt that among the four, Cheng Yun's performance crushed the three in front.
It’s not about her acting skills, but her ability to adapt to changing circumstances, coupled with the assistance of the “plasma pack”, undoubtedly made her performance an icing on the cake——
Yan Jingdan was standing next to Xia Yu and sighed sincerely,
"I'm only thirty-five, not much older than your senior sister. Why do I feel like I'm old? I'm really at a disadvantage!"
It’s not that her acting skills are not good and her performances are delicate. In terms of performance, Yan Jingdan’s performance is undoubtedly richer and fuller than Cheng Yun’s!
Cheng Yun's success lies in the word "smart" and ingenuity.
But no matter how you say it, if you win, you win.
After Cheng Yun stepped off the stage, she took off the blood-stained white shirt. As for the sports T-shirt she was wearing inside, she just wiped her hands with an alcohol-based wipe and then remade it.
seat--
After Cheng Yun's audition ended, Fu Yijun finally couldn't hold it anymore. She probably knew that there was no hope of cooperating with Gu Zhao, so she directly greeted Gu Zhao and prepared to leave. She couldn't hold back the disappointment on her face. Fortunately, she could still bear it.
With her last bit of self-respect, she didn't throw away and left. Instead, she asked her manager to say goodbye. But she didn't know that just after she left - Gu Zhao asked his assistant to cross out Fu Yi from the list of co-actors.
Jun's name! As for whether she goes to say goodbye or the agent, it doesn't mean much, the result is the same.