Lei Yue entered this busy studio through security guards with his temporary electronic work permit.
The bald assistant director noticed that he was talking to Sister Hua just now. When he saw him coming, he waved and shouted:
"Who is that? It's an extra, right? Go over there and sit on that roadside bench and don't move around."
"Oh, okay." Lei Yue responded quickly and walked quickly to his seat.
After passing through the crowd on the set, he sat on a bench and looked at the film crew. What was this scene about?
It's unclear and there's no way to express it. Doing anything more in this state can easily lead to mistakes, such as laughing out loud in a serious scene.
Lei Yue thought to himself, let's play a passerby sitting on the street thinking about something on his mind. This would be more versatile.
While he was brewing, the crew was getting ready one by one. The tracks were ready, the lights were ready, the cameras were ready, the leading actors and extras were all ready...
Not long after, the director shouted "Action!" in the studio.
In just ten seconds, the director shouted "Cut!" and the assistant director then said, "Get ready for the next shot!"
The studio, which had just fallen into silence, suddenly seemed to explode again, with people moving around in all directions.
Uh... Is this the end? Lei Yue has been sitting on the chair, basically doing nothing. It is the first time in his life to play a small role, the first film and television performance...
It's a little different from what I vaguely expected.
Lei Yue looked at the director and several leading actors over there talking about the play, and he sitting in the chair here seemed to be a person in a different world from them, a non-existent person, just air.
Hey, no one said this road would be easy.
You are just a walk-on. Is there anything unexpected? Keep up the good work!
Lei Yue silently encouraged himself and continued to sit on the bench, waiting for the next shot.
Time continued to pass, "Action" and "Cut" sounded again and again, the staff walked back and forth, and the tourists at the studio blockade kept changing, with a group leaving and a new group coming.
Whether he was sitting on a chair or standing on the roadside, Lei Yue acted with all his heart in every scene.
No one was told by the director or assistant director that he made a mistake, and no one said whether the performance was good or bad.
Since he covered his face tightly, no one looked at him strangely.
Everything was calm, and when the crew was dead, Sister Hua immediately took him to another nearby crew.
"Did you get into trouble?" Sister Hua asked quickly on the way.
"No."
"Okay then, what's the first rule of the Hua Jie Long Group?"
"Honestly make money."
"What about the second one? Louder."
“It’s better to make money honestly!”
Lei Yue said this, and when he joined another crew, he had new expectations.
However, after a quick walk-on, the situation is still the same.
Just like Sister Hua said, no one cares about the performance of an extra performer...
"No...no! Stanislavsky once said: 'There are no small roles, only small actors.' This is the wise saying."
Although Sister Hua said not to talk about Stannie and Brooke, Lei Yue still thought of these drama masters from time to time.
Passer-by is also an actor, passer-by is also important, and passer-by is also a detail of a scene.
If the passers-by on the stage look fake, then the leading actors are performing on a bad stage, which is not the same thing as performing on a good stage.
As an actor, you must give your best to every role and every performance.
"Moreover, many big stars started their acting careers as walk-ons. Once they showed their brilliance, they started to get more opportunities."
Lei Yue looked forward to it so much and worked so hard.
However, film and television shooting is different from stage plays. A scene is divided into many shots.
These shots are not shot in sequence, but in terms of the efficiency of camera placement, so the plot is usually reversed during filming.
Therefore, for the extra actors who have not read the script and no one has given them instructions, they are basically in a state of confusion. They don't know what they are doing and they are just at the mercy of the assistant director.
In this situation of being deaf and blind, Lei Yue always had the feeling that he had only 18 martial arts skills but was unable to use them.
When there is a play, he acts, and when there is no play, he stays in the rest area of the extras.
He now knows that the so-called "rest area for extras" is actually the most remote location on the set, either in a small alley or next to a pile of debris.
The extras seemed to be sent to the frontier, squatting or standing. Some smoked, some played with mobile phones, some chatted and nonsense, but no one talked about the performance.
These dream chasers looked very gray, but when it was time for lunch, everyone cheered.
Lei Yue also got a box lunch, avoided the crowd, walked to the end of the sultry alley, took off his mask and ate chicken nuggets on his stomach, not wasting a bit, "It tastes so good..."
After eating and resting for a while, Sister Hua immediately led a group of extras and rushed to the next set.
This time, she looked serious and gave a few more instructions:
"You all should be more alert! Lei Yue, especially you, don't cause trouble."
"Oh." Lei Yue was a little confused as to what was going on.
Soon, when he arrived at a studio in another section of Modern Street, he saw the male director being admired by the stars, and he was suddenly surprised and realized.
The director looked to be in his thirties, short, thin, with short, fluffy hair, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and a deep expression.
...That's Chu Yundong!
Lei Yue couldn't help but be excited. Chu Yundong is a young director who has been very popular in recent years. He is famous for his literary films and has won numerous awards. He has even been nominated for some international awards.
Therefore, Chu Yundong is praised by the outside world as having the potential to become the next generation of great directors.
"Then this drama should be "Moonlight"."
He usually pays attention to film and television news, and also likes Chu Yundong's movies. He knows that Director Chu is producing this new romantic and artistic film this year, and many movie fans are eagerly looking forward to it.
While Lei Yue followed Sister Hua, he looked at the two leading actors chatting with Director Chu. They were a pair of young men and women with quite artistic temperaments.
He didn't know them. None of them were celebrities. Chu Yundong was famous for not liking celebrities.
This is a movie, a literary film, and it will probably be an excellent movie, not a bad movie.
As soon as I came to the film and television city, I had such a rare opportunity to play a small role on the first day. Sister Hua has such a wide network of contacts, and that crow really knows how to lead the way!
The more Lei thought about this, his heart almost jumped out of his chest.
"Be more alert." Sister Hua handed the group of six or seven extras to Assistant Director Zhao, then turned around and left in a hurry.
"In this scene, the hero and heroine are walking and talking on the road, talking about the nature of love."
Assistant director Zhao is a middle-aged man with a Chinese character face. He is more patient than the assistant directors on the crew in the morning and gave them a brief explanation of the play:
"You are just actors, so just walk as you normally would on the street. Don't walk too fast, don't walk too slow, and don't walk right next to the leading actor."
"Well, well..." Lei Yue immediately responded, thinking and cherishing.
The shooting of a good movie is indeed different. The assistant director does not take care of others, and he has to act well this time...
Then, Assistant Director Zhao arranged Lei Yue and other extras to different starting positions, and they all took their places, waiting for the filming to start.
It's almost starting.
Lei Yue saw Chu Yundong and the two leading actors over there walking towards the shooting area, and quickly asked himself to put aside all distracting thoughts and focus on the performance itself.
Assistant Director Zhao probably said that because he assumed that the extras like them had no acting skills.
No, it's not like that. It's not just walking like that on the street.
Lei Yue looked around the street. It was a commercial pedestrian street with many fashionable shops on both sides. People walking here were usually shopping...
Shopping in real life is often just random shopping, which is either boring or contains a lot of redundant information.
A performance that can make the audience praise it as "too real" will never be real life.
Peter Brook emphasized a concept in "The Open Door":
"Actors must go beyond simple imitation, give a play flesh and blood, and create a dramatic life parallel to real life.
"The audience cannot tell the difference. The two are the same but different. The dramatic life is more readable and the essence is more concentrated."
Lei Yue didn't remember the original text, but that's probably what it meant.
So, within the dynamic framework explained by Assistant Director Zhao, within the atmospheric framework of the genre of this movie and scene, and within the framework of Director Chu’s previous camera style,
How to perform this scene of a stranger walking well?
Emotions, movements, movements, and timing all must be accurately grasped for the show to be a good one.
Judging from the distance between this starting position and the camera, I am in the background of the camera. This position has a complementary effect on the starring role. Is love...
Lei Yue looked around, and some pictures gradually emerged in his mind:
I was shopping to buy a birthday gift for my girlfriend. As I was walking, I saw a cute rag doll in the window of a boutique.
Because I am a high school student and have little money, this gift is already very good.
One's own steps and behavior will be filled with a kind of lightness and joy, a sense of youthful expectation...
Lei Yue closed his eyes, and after a while, he opened them again. His eyes had become different, and he was immersed in the emotions of this scene.
At the same time, several other extras around were waiting boredly for the filming to begin. A young woman was yawning, an uncle was scrolling through short videos, and the sound of monkeys laughing came from their mobile phones.
“The world is ready to begin!”
Suddenly, as Assistant Director Zhao clapped his hands vigorously and shouted around, the studio became quieter and everyone became explosive.
Over there, Chu Yundong and the two male and female leading actors came to the shooting area.
Chu Yundong walked in front of the camera. When the actors and departments were all ready, he raised the director's horn and said in a calm voice: "Action!"
Suddenly, the entire set turned into another world, and the camera was filming that world.
When Lei Yue heard this action, he immediately seemed to come out of a frozen state and started to move.
He paid no attention to what the two leading actors in front of him were performing, nor did he pay attention to other passers-by. Instead, he walked alone, paying attention to the shops on the street.
Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he walked towards the window of the boutique shop, pausing slightly and speeding up his steps.
Found it, birthday gift!
Lei Yue walked to the glass showcase and stood in front of it. He looked at the rag doll inside, smiled, took out his cell phone from his pocket and started pressing it.
He couldn't wait to send a message to his girlfriend, but he didn't mention anything about the gift. This was a surprise.
Both he and she were admitted to Dongda University, and the agreement they made before the college entrance examination came true...
This kind of life is really... quite good.
On the other side, behind the camera, Chu Yundong, assistant director Zhao, photographers, recorders and others were all looking at the performance area. The camera moved back as the rail car moved back, and they kept moving back.
Naturally, the focus of their attention was on the two leading actors. As for the human flesh background panels, it was enough as long as they looked like the real thing.
Beforehand, no one asked any of the extras to stop suddenly while walking, nor did they let him look at shop windows.
Neither the director nor the assistant director has ever said this...
But some people did it.
"Huh?" Chu Yundong suddenly raised his eyebrows.
Director Chu frowned and said nothing, which immediately made everyone around him feel anxious.
Although this popular young director's external image is gentle and gentle, Director Chu has always been extremely demanding and meticulous on the set. If he is not a tyrant, he is not far behind in temper.
At this point, Assistant Director Zhao's face changed color slightly. The assistant director is directly responsible for any mistakes made by the extras.
What is that guy doing?
Passers-by are passers-by, just keep walking.
Does that guy think he's awesome? Stopping like this might break the director's original composition. Did the director ask him to do this in the background?
You must know that the situation behind the camera can have hints and can also extend the level of the scene. These are all designed by the director and do not allow any group of actors to express themselves freely on the spot.
Where did Sister Hua find this guy? Does he understand?
It's rare for two leading actors to do a good job, only to be screwed up like this.
However, whatever happens during filming, it is up to the director to decide whether to stop it...
For a moment, assistant director Zhao and the photographer unanimously looked at Chu Yundong.
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