In the park, the scene where Lei Jiayin trains Xiaodi is still being filmed.
It took more than ten days. One scene took more than ten days to shoot.
I filmed the same scene every morning, went through all kinds of professional training, and even hired a teacher from the music school to guide the group.
Originally, this scene was not very long, about five minutes, and if things went well it could be done in two or three days.
However, Xiao Di's acting skills were poor, and he couldn't master his expressions and eyes well at every stage of practice.
In a five-minute scene, there are almost five or six levels of expression.
It is far from Tang An's requirements, a bit exaggerated, and does not show the original physical state of the character, let alone the mental state.
No matter whether it is superficial movements, expressions, or deeper eyes, they are not in place.
Tang An gave her two days to figure it out on her own. If she couldn't figure it out, he would force her to do it.
In any movie, the director is responsible for the quality of the actors' performances.
If we say that many actors have exaggerated acting skills, why would the director let go of such exaggerated and fake performances?
If the actors have problems, the director is also responsible.
As long as the actor is suitable for the role and the director can cover up the actor's shortcomings, he can force out any shortcomings in acting.
Tang Wei and Ni Ni are typical examples. At the beginning, their acting skills in "Lust, Caution" and "The Thirteen Hairpins" were criticized in various ways. Later, no movie was up to the original standard.
There is no doubt about the importance of the director. Even an actor like Tony Leung needs a good director.
Tang Wei is well packaged as a literary and artistic goddess with a tall image. As for the numerous Best Actress nominations, just take a look.
Her performance in "A Tale of Three Cities" was nominated for Best Actress, and the long monologue in it was really embarrassing. Qin Hairu could buy an egg and beat her in one scene.
"Capital Meets Seattle" and "The Golden Age" are far from comparable to "Lust, Caution".
Have their acting skills deteriorated?
Not necessarily, I just haven't met directors as good at training actors as Zhang Yimou and Li Yin.
Tang Wei's face is wider and not three-dimensional enough. It can't be felt when viewed on a computer, but it is too obvious on a big screen.
In "Lust, Caution", Li Bian concealed Tang Wei's shortcomings through lighting and half of his face.
Exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses is what a director should do.
Most of Jiang Xiaodi's scenes are okay, after all, the characters' emotions are not complicated.
For the slightly more difficult scenes, work on them slowly.
If you can't get that state during voice training and voice training, then practice for real, for several hours every day.
No performance can compare to reality. The sex scenes in "Lust, Caution" are so realistic that people doubt whether they are real soldiers.
Half a month passed, and I kept in touch every morning, and naturally I became like a character in a movie.
To this day, her voice has become hoarse and she does not need dubbing in the later stage.
"stop!"
Tang An looked at the time and asked Xiaodi to take a rest.
Xiao Di also breathed a sigh of relief and drank heavily, enduring the pain deep in his throat.
For half a month, I was completely serious. I was more strict than the students at the conservatory. In order to achieve the effect as quickly as possible, I didn't deliberately protect my voice.
Not only did she practice her voice, she also had to sing, and she sang for half an hour at a time. It felt like she didn't need to act at all, and she even forgot to act, it was just her true nature.
"How about it? If you feel really uncomfortable, just tell me later."
Tang An came to her and asked with concern.
Seeing Tang An coming over, Xiao Di quickly stood up and said, "Director Tang, I'm okay, I can hold on."
Even though she didn't know how many times she had scolded Tang An, she didn't dare to show it at all.
And Xiao Di also knew that it was because of his insufficient acting skills, otherwise he wouldn't have suffered this fate.
That is to say, before every filming, I secretly complain about Tang An, but I still have to be honest during filming.
Tang An nodded and said with a smile, "Take the time to rest and try to finish the last shot today."
"Okay Director Tang!"
We are finally done shooting this scene, and the torture of more than half a month is finally over.
Xiao Di was very excited. Although she had guessed that it would not go well when the filming started, the requirements of the big director must be very high.
When Tang An was filming "Interstellar", Yang Mi suffered from hypothermia after soaking in a lake near a glacier in Iceland for a long time.
In serious cases, it may cause the human body's organs to fail to work properly, or even cause death.
Xiaodi also asked about Yang Mi's specific situation. He was so frightened that he recalled the script. He didn't see any dangerous plot, so he felt relieved.
Although the hoarseness of the throat is not serious and will be fine after a period of rest, it is not pleasant and makes it difficult to speak, drink, and eat.
Now that Tang An told her that she would finish the work today, her throat suddenly felt less uncomfortable, and she even started thinking about eating something good during the Chinese New Year in a few days to compensate for her stomach.
My throat hurts. I have been eating vegetables for more than a week and they are bland.
However, Tang An's next words made her mood instantly fall to the bottom again.
"First rest for ten minutes, and then there will be no rest. Keep practicing until you reach the state where the physical load has been reached. From head to toe, from body language to expressions and eyes, you must feel that you have reached it. The feeling of the critical point will make the audience feel distressed across the big screen."
I just said that I would be able to shoot the last scene this morning, and then I said that I should keep practicing and never stop.
To say it was from heaven to hell is a bit exaggerated.
However, Xiao Di's voice, which had just felt much better, suddenly suddenly felt a bit burning, making it even more uncomfortable than before.
Tang An warned her a few more words and then returned to the monitor.
Xiaodi, on the other hand, sat back on the chair with a bit of sadness, took the snow pear from the assistant, and bit into it gloomily.
It’s scary to think about it if you keep practicing and don’t stop until you meet the requirements.
This ten minutes passed surprisingly quickly, and Xiao Di felt that Tang An was about to continue before he had even sat down for two minutes.
As Tang An said "start", Lei Jiayin quickly entered the state.
During the training, he no longer had a playful smile, but looked more serious, "Start, open your mouth thirty times!"
Opening the mouth, loosening the jaw, I don't know how many times I have practiced these things before, but Xiao Di did it without missing a beat.
"Dogs pant for three minutes!"
Xiao Di did not question it, but he did take a questioning shot before.
Stand upright with your hands on your waist and feel the breath rising and falling.
Open your mouth naturally.
Relax your tongue and jaw.
Start to inhale and exhale, gradually from slow to fast,
The standard movements are done in one go, followed by "Hey, ha" for 30 seconds, hello, night, ha, or 30 seconds.
Count: 12332112345677655677654321 in one breath without taking a breath in the middle.
Counting dates: Go out of the east gate and cross the bridge. There is a jujube tree under the bridge. Take a pole to hit the dates. There are more green ones and fewer red ones. One jujube, two jujubes, three jujubes, four jujubes, five jujubes.
Six dates can't breathe either
These methods take turns, taking a few breaths and drinking water in the middle without taking a break.
Tang An just wanted to capture the extreme physical and psychological feelings, and he didn't stop for more than half an hour.
His voice was already hoarse, and after half an hour of non-stop training, Xiao Di felt that his throat was about to burst into flames. Even if he just drank half a bottle of water, it had no effect.
"Hey, night, ha, or"
"12332112345677655677654321"
Another half hour passed.
"Go out of the east gate and cross the bridge. There is a jujube tree under the bridge. Take the pole to hit the jujubes. There are more green ones and fewer red ones. One jujube, two jujubes, three jujubes, four jujubes, five jujubes, six jujubes.
Dates, seven dates, eight dates, nine dates, ten dates; ten dates, nine dates, eight dates, seven dates, six dates, five dates, four dates, three dates.”
"Three dates, four dates, five, six dates, seven dates"
"Cough cough cough cough cough"
After Xiaodi practiced for more than an hour, he counted dates countless times. After counting 27 dates, he almost lost his breath and coughed violently on the spot while holding his waist.
After more than an hour, my voice was already hoarse. Not to mention the people practicing, it was a torture to the ears of everyone present on the set.
Many people were watching the show, especially the lower-level employees of the production crew.
We are all small people. Watching the heroine in this movie is tortured. Although we don’t say it on the surface, in fact, we feel inexplicably happy in our hearts.
But now I saw that Xiaodi's voice had completely changed, and she couldn't bear to cough like this.
It wasn't until Tang An shouted to stop that there was constant discussion.
"It's so tragic. Her throat started to sound a little hoarse a week ago, and now her throat is probably completely swollen."
"Tsk, it doesn't matter if you get such a huge salary and suffer this little bit, you can just cut me with a knife!"
"Would you like to have a knife down there on you?"
"Go away! I'm afraid your knife is not as strong as old paper!"
"It's so rare and weird. It's normal for students at the conservatory of music to mute their voices. What's wrong with that!"
"Hehe, it's definitely not over yet. Look at Director Tang, she still has to practice for several more hours."
"It would be really unbearable to have another hour. I caught a cold two days ago and had a sore throat. I didn't even want to talk."
"Where are you now? I didn't break my arms or legs."
Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer actors working hard in filming. Many young employees can't bear it, but some old employees have seen much more.
The actors present didn't have many expressions. Qin Hairu was born in a Chinese opera major, and it wasn't easy to get there back then. Actors also have to practice their voices. It's not like they haven't experienced it before.
When Fu Dalong was filming the TV series "I Owe You a Hug", he played a soldier who lost his arms. During the filming, he spent 80% of the time with his arms tied behind his back.
Instead of being tied to both sides of the body, the arms are tied behind the back, from the wrists all the way up, to a little below the shoulders.
At first it was uncomfortable to use a rope, but later I switched to a cloth and it got a little better.
But for several months, it could only be released after the filming was completed.
Although it was not very painful, the psychological impact was more terrifying. Fu Dalong once got used to a life without hands.
Not to mention Qin Hairu and Fu Dalong, Lei Jiayin didn't feel much about the hoarseness of his voice.
They are all in their thirties or forties, and the youngest of them has been filming for ten years, so they are used to this kind of thing, but Xiao Di is only 22 years old.
In this era, at this age, as a girl, it is already very good to persevere.
Tang An, who was in front of the monitor, also nodded secretly and stared at the monitor for a while, but it was still not enough.
Pick up the loudspeaker and shout loudly.
"Don't stop, keep going!"
Didn't let Xiao Di rest or cheer him up.
Xiao Di was still hoping that this would be enough. Hearing this, he almost coughed up again.
However, no one dared to refute Tang An's words, so they could only continue.
Another half hour passed.
"Ha, hey, ho, ho!"
"Ha, hey, ho, ho!"
"12332112345677655677654321"
Xiao Di practiced over and over again. After two consecutive hours of non-stop practice, his voice, which was originally a little hoarse, was now completely like a fire.
Slowly her words became less and less clear, and I couldn't even hear clearly what she was saying.
The voice became smaller and smaller, and people from a distance could only see her mouth opening and closing, and the speed was not slow at all.
If you can't meet the requirements, you can't rest. Xiao Di only thinks about what Tang An said just now.
Even she herself didn't realize that she had lost her voice when speaking, she just repeated it mechanically over and over again.
Everyone at the scene was silent watching this scene. It was admirable for a girl who was so lightened to do this.
Tang An's eyes lit up in front of the monitor, and he carefully observed Xiao Di's expression.
Stubborn and persistent!
Tang An finally saw these two words in her eyes, and they were absolutely real enough, more real than any acting skills.
He calmly gestured to Zhang Li in seat No. 1, who immediately understood.
In a close-up shot, Xiaodi's entire face can be seen more clearly on the monitor. There are no other unnecessary expressions on his face, and he is extremely engaged.
But it's not the limit yet, still a little short of it.
It wasn't until ten minutes later that Xiao Di could no longer make a sound and it was even difficult to even open his mouth. Then Tang An waved his hand and loudly shouted the word that everyone had been waiting for.
"Okay! Pass!"
Finally filming this scene, Tang An breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone at the scene also breathed a sigh of relief, but it took Xiaodi two seconds to react and opened his mouth. Only then did he realize that there was no sound left in his throat, and he couldn't help but reach out and grab his neck.
Not only did the entire throat feel like it was on fire, it seemed as if the surroundings of the throat were tightly closed, and no sound could be heard. Every time I took a breath, the pain in my throat became more intense.
The assistant quickly helped her sit down on a chair and poured a glass of boiling water at just the right temperature.
"Pfft cough cough cough"
However, the water spurted out as soon as she drank it. The assistant turned pale with fright and quickly patted her back.
Tang An didn't go to the movie when he saw this, but came over and looked at her with concern.
The doctor also came and checked. To be on the safe side, I went to the hospital for a checkup.
"Xiao Di, thank you for your hard work. Have a good rest. The Chinese New Year is in a few days and I'll give you an early holiday." Tang An said.
"Thank you, Director Tang."
Xiao Di opened her mouth, but her words were a bit forced, and it was difficult to hear what she said.
"Have a good rest and don't catch a cold. I'll send someone to take you to a nearby hospital.