The two actors went through the entire scene, and what surprised Zhang Zhong was that neither of them forgot their words.
Especially Zhao Xinyue, for such a young actor to be able to memorize such a long line, he is either extremely talented, or he is really impressive, or both.
However, although the two of them finished speaking their lines, there was still a gap in emotion and rhythm, which even a layman like Zhang Zhong could see.
Xi Jin didn't say a word from the beginning to the end and kept letting them go through the motions.
In fact, Xi Jin's camera has never been turned on at all, and it was just scheduled and scheduled as in the past.
Because he knew that with such a long shot, it was impossible to achieve the effect he wanted the first time. Keeping the camera on was undoubtedly a waste of money.
As for the lines, Xi Jin was not as surprised as Zhang Zhong because he knew the two actors better.
Needless to say, Teacher Liu, the two have collaborated many times. Although Teacher Liu is not well-known, his acting skills are very good and his dialogue skills are very strong.
As for Zhao Xinyue, the reason why Xi Jin liked Zhao Xinyue at that time was because her lines were pretty good and she was among the best among actors of her age.
Moreover, Xi Jin has been preparing for this scene for a long time. He started narrating the scene to the two main actors early on, allowing them to understand the meaning and charm of this line as soon as they had time.
In Xi Jin's view, if an actor wants to speak his lines well, he can't just memorize them in his head. He must also understand their meaning, so that he can speak more fluently and have better rhythm and emotion.
After the first pass, Xi Jin stopped, then walked up to the two actors with a notebook and said, "I just summarized your questions. Xinyue, are you a little nervous? Why did you come up?
The state is not right. You have to think carefully about your state of mind in this scene. Yes, we did not shoot according to the order of the script. The last scene affected you, but isn't this kind of thing difficult to solve?
, I have sent you the complete script, take a look at it when you have nothing to do, so that you can connect with the context when filming. Teacher Liu..."
Zhang Zhong watched Xi Jin telling the actors about the scene, and he was still wondering why Xi Jin had to shoot such a long sequence.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Zhong felt that he had some ideas.
The use of long lenses is generally intended to increase the sense of reality and allow the audience to better immerse themselves in the movie scene.
The reason why Xi Jin wanted to shoot this scene into a long shot was also to provide more realism.
But Xi Jin provides a sense of reality here not to create reality, but to break reality.
In such a scene where time and space change, one second the audience is immersed in the sense of reality created by the director, and the next second this sense of reality is instantly broken and they enter another real world. This strong contrast will bring about
An incredible effect.
Thinking about it this way, Zhang Zhong somewhat understood Xi Jin's choice.
But such a choice will undoubtedly make the filming process more difficult and time-consuming.
Just doing this, plus the drama, took more than twenty minutes.
How many twenty minutes are there in a day? Moreover, actors will get tired quickly if they go through a scene like this. After all, such dense lines are very mentally draining.
However, Xi Jin didn't seem to care about this at all. After the play was finished, he gave the two of them less than five minutes to digest it, and then directly shouted to start.
The second time started, and the performance of the two actors here was obviously much better than the first time. Although there were still many flaws, they had found a little rhythm.
But Xi Jin never stopped taking notes.
There was no surprise in the end, and it still didn’t work the second time.
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Then, the third time, the fourth time...
Zhang Zhong watched from the side as Zhao Xinyue and Teacher Liu walked through the play four times in a row.
These four plays took a total of nearly two hours.
Xi Jin never told them to stop and always waited for them to finish the play before explaining the play to them.
Moreover, Xi Jin never loses his temper. Even if the actors still make mistakes when re-acting some of the things he has already said, he only focuses on the two sides and never speaks loudly to the actors.
Zhang Zhong was really surprised by this. Director Xi Jin also has a really good temper.
He has worked with several directors, but none of them has such a good temper as Xi Jin.
Even Shen Jian, a good old man who smiles every day, often gets angry when the director is filming. When he is at his worst, he just throws the speaker.
But if anyone thinks that Xi Jin is easy to deal with, they are wrong. Although he does not curse or get angry, he is even more difficult to deal with.
In one scene, he would not turn on the camera and let the actors perform it a dozen times in a row with a smile.
He always tells you with a smile what you did wrong, what needs improvement, and what you should do.
No matter how tired or sleepy the actor is, he will not let people take a rest easily.
Zhang Zhong could clearly see that Zhao Xinyue and the others were tired, and their performance was getting better and better in the first three times. After the fourth time, they started to get worse.
There's no way, my condition really can't support such a high-intensity rehearsal.
Zhang Zhong feels that Xi Jin's filming is a bit like a drama, and now it's just a rehearsal.
But the difference is that drama rehearsals will also be broken down into parts, starting with small sections and small sections, while Xi Jin's practice is equivalent to starting rehearsals directly.
To be honest, Zhang Zhong felt a little tired just watching.
And he could feel that the atmosphere at the scene was getting more and more depressing, and everyone was under tremendous pressure.
It seems that it's not that Xi Jin doesn't put pressure on the staff, it's just that the way he puts pressure is different from other directors.
Until Zhang Zhong left the crew, the camera was not turned on once, which proves that Zhao Xinyue's performance is still far from Xi Jin's standards.
"Huh, Xi Jin looks harmless, but I didn't expect him to be so evil. Zhao Xinyue and the others tortured him so much that I would have gone crazy." On the way home, Xu Yuhan exhaled and sighed.
"He is not a sinister person, he is just more serious and responsible. In fact, he is not relaxed even when the actors are tired. Have you seen his notebook? The dense notes in it are all the mistakes made by Zhao Xinyue and the others. This is very serious. It takes a lot of effort. Xi Jin’s high demands are not only for others, but also for himself. I believe he can produce good works."
Xu Yuhan nodded and agreed with Zhang Zhong's statement.
Although she thinks Xi Jin is too strict, she has to say that only with such strictness can good works be produced.
"It's not easy being an actor either."
"It's not easy for anyone. Since you choose to be an actor, you can't just focus on the halo and sweat."