Chapter four hundred and ninety-four: teaching drama
The crew of "Operation Ice Breaking" shot very quickly, with three teams shooting at the same time. It was not a problem to shoot more than a dozen scenes in one day.
The most miserable and tiring group was Ren Dahua's group, which traveled all over the world from the mainland to Hong Kong, Macau, and island countries.
Relatively speaking, Fang Jing's group was more relaxed. They had always been in Guangdong Province and had hardly moved around.
Three days later, Wang Chengyang wrapped up filming. He took the phone number given by Fang Jing and set off on the northwest road to the crew of Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky. The title of the play is a bit corny, but it’s not something he can be picky about with a small role like his. Some actors
That’s pretty good.
Moreover, the male lead is Zhang Yi, who has made billions in box office in Operation Red Sea, and the female lead is Yin Tao, who has won three grand slam awards: Feitian, Magnolia, and Golden Eagle Awards.
It's an honor for him to join the team.
"Welcome aboard train k3017 and wish you a pleasant journey!"
Pulling the suitcase, Wang Chengyang entered the carriage and found his seat. There was no soft sleeper, only a hard seat. He also wanted to find a good seat, but he had to save money.
The salary for acting in "Operation Icebreaker" was 30,000 yuan. After cutting out the middleman's kickbacks, he got 18,000 yuan. He kept 5,000 yuan in the card and sent 3,000 yuan home. The remaining 10,000 yuan he still had to treat guests to dinner on the set and cover living expenses.
The crew is a microcosm of society. Why has he reached this point? Humanity and sophistication are key!
There are more people with acting skills in the industry. Graduates from major film and television academies join the army every year, but some still work as special agents after seven or eight years.
"If you work hard and have good acting skills, you will always succeed." This is a saying that Xin Hengpiao often talks about. As someone who has experienced it, he can only say it is naive.
There are many people who can endure hardships, and there are many good actors, so why should it be your turn to come forward? Are you the chosen one? Or are you reborn with the system?
Acting is the main thing, and human nature and sophistication are the supplement. This is the kingly way.
The journey was seven or eight hours long. After sitting down, Wang Chengyang took out a book of Carnegie's Stories from his backpack. This book talks about movie plot design and character creation, including dialogue, emotional conflicts, etc. It is one of the must-read books for screenwriters.
one.
The book was recommended by Wang Jinsong. Well, strictly speaking, it was Wang Jinsong who recommended it to Fang Jing. He secretly made a note of it.
The book is a good book, but after reading Wang Chengyang for a while, I got a headache. I couldn't understand many parts. I read it for half an hour and then closed it. I took out my favorite book "The Self-cultivation of an Actor" and the same model as Star Master.
"Are you an actor?"
He didn't know how long it took, but a voice woke him up from his book. He looked up and saw a girl in her early twenties sitting opposite her. Her hair was short to her shoulders and her white forehead was exposed. She looked like a college student.
It turned out that the passenger sitting across from me got off the bus at some point.
Looking at the book in his hand, Wang Chengyang chuckled, "I'm just a walk-in, not an actor yet, but one day I will become one."
Yes, although he has played roles, he is just a walk-on. He only plays a small role in a few episodes and only gets a box lunch in a few episodes.
Many people think that the supporting actor is a waiter in a shop, a woman in a brothel who can only appear for a few words. In fact, it is not true. Those are special contracts. The supporting actor is a role, second only to the supporting role.
In Hengdian, the supporting actor is the ceiling among hundreds of thousands of people floating around, a figure with the level of a great master.
The girl didn't understand what level a supporting role was, so she asked with a smile: "Have you ever acted in an anti-war drama? One where the machine gun kept clicking?"
"I have acted before. I used to act seven or eight times a day. I have acted in the Little Devils, the National Army, and the Eighth Route Army."
"Is it fun for you on the set?"
"It's not fun, it's very tiring, and it's very hard. The first thing many people think about when they get up is what time they're going to get off work, and pray that they won't get into mud and water today."
"What about you? What are you thinking about?"
"Me?" After thinking for a while, Wang Chengyang scratched his head and said, "What I'm thinking about is whether I can learn something, even if it's just simply walking the camera and saying a line."
The road ahead is long and the time is very long. Perhaps because of fate, Wang Chengyang and the girl have a chance to chat with each other.
He was just bored and wanted to talk to someone, and it didn't matter whether the girl was pretty, had a good figure, or had breasts.
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"Uncle Dong, are you going to have a drink after work?" In the afternoon, during the filming break, Fang Jing found Wang Jinsong and said, "Brother Hua and Teacher Wu are coming, so we can help them."
The crew is used to calling him Uncle Dong. Fang Jing has always called Wang Jinsong Dongshu. Not only him, but also everyone else calls him that. There is no other way. Who can make Lin Yaodong better?
"Okay, remember to call me after get off work. I haven't drank for a long time." Wang Jinsong put down the teapot in his hand, turned around and took a sip of tea: "It's time to shoot your big scene tomorrow, how are you preparing?"
Song Yang was caught as bait, and Li Fei went to save people alone. In the end, Song Yang was shot and Li Fei cried silently. This is Fang Jing's drama tomorrow, and it is very important.
This scene is the turning point of the plot. The gun shot by Song Yang came from Li Fei. Li Fei was chased by Tazhai troops while escaping. His adoptive father Li Weimin, biological father Zhao Jialiang, and his boss Ma Yunbo took action to protect him, and the plot officially unfolded.
Smash it, slap it, Fang Jing brows frivolously: "I have tried several times with Song Yang in private, but I feel something is wrong and I can't explain it."
Crying scenes are a test of an actor's skills. They can cry loudly, sob, choke, or cry heaven and earth. All kinds of crying are different. If the intensity is not enough, the sadness will not be seen, and if the intensity is too much, it will be too fake.
Wang Jinsong pushed up his glasses, looked at his watch and said, "The shooting won't start for a while. You go to the camera to perform tomorrow's scene first, and I'll help you see what's going on."
"Thank you, Uncle Dong!" Fang Jing was overjoyed.
If there is an elder in the family, if there is a treasure, Wang Jinsong has rich experience in acting, and the effect will definitely be much better with his help and guidance.
A cameraman was called in, and Fang Jing asked him to help him shoot a segment. He didn't refuse, and the cameraman came running over.
Just kidding, how dare they not listen to what the big boss says, not to mention calling him, even calling the director would have to sneak over.
Before arriving at the scene, Wang Jinsong went to the director's studio and sat in front of the monitor to watch carefully. It was clearer here and he could clearly see Fang Jing frowning.
The four-minute crying scene didn't have a single line.
Li Fei woke up from a coma. Several penetrating wounds on his body caused him to lose too much blood and his face turned pale. A few meters away lay the corpses of his comrades, with blood dripping from the soles of his feet.
A few days ago, he rushed into Tazhai to arrest people. Within a day, Lin Shengwen died. His boss's background was unclear and he deliberately favored Tazhai to prevent him from interfering. Now, his good brother has been set up and gone.
After crawling to Song Yang's body, Li Fei held him in tears and burst into tears. There was hatred and self-blame in his eyes.
In the end, he was dazzled by the massive blood loss and fell to the ground. Before he fell into coma, he muttered: "There is no good person in Dongshan."
Four minutes passed quickly. Fang Jing shed tears, thanked the camera and walked into the director's studio. Wang Jinsong touched his chin and didn't know what to think.
Without interrupting, Fang Jing let him continue thinking.
"You didn't handle your emotions properly. Lin Shengwen retired from the police station because of a physical illness. The person who signed the case was your boss Cai Yongqiang. He also asked you to ignore the affairs of Tazhai. You suspect that they are a den of snakes and rats."
"Then Lin Shengwen hanged himself that night and was apparently silenced. The murder of his colleague and friend further traumatized you both physically and mentally."
Pushing up his glasses, Wang Jinsong continued: "Isolated and helpless, with enemies on all sides, you can't tell who is the good guy and who is the bad guy in Dongshan. You have no reliance, but you will not let Tazhai go. You have to continue to investigate. Not only that.
, you have gone from grudge to suspicion towards your boss Cai Yongqiang."
"So your emotion should be to hold back your grief, hold it back again and again, and then silently vent your tears later."