Chapter 306 The Classical Mix and Match Style of Chinese and Western Courts
Literary films are inherently highbrow, and coupled with the sluggish market, even though Bona has tried his best to build momentum and hype, it still has no effect. One week after "Beautiful Grass" was released, the combined box office of several major ticket warehouse cities was
It's only three million.
Speaking of He Xin, it's really sad. It's rare for a movie starring two actors to be released in China, but the box office never crossed the 3 million threshold.
Although the investment cost of "Beauty Grass" is much smaller than that of the large-scale production "Purple Butterfly", director Lu Yue is not as well-known internationally as Lou Ye, nor does he have the blessing of French film producers, so the overseas revenue of this film is pitiful.
The movie undoubtedly lost money.
However, this does not have a big impact on the investor Bona. Film is originally a very risky industry, and a small production with an investment of less than 10 million will suffer losses, which will not affect the future layout of the newly growing Poly Bona.
The only good news is that Bona is actively running several domestic film awards. Although it failed at the box office, it can at least earn a reputation.
For He Xin, after attending the premiere in Shanghai, his mission was completed. However, he did not go to Hengdian to join the crew immediately. Since there were not many scenes, he managed to get half a month's vacation.
Unfortunately, my girlfriend was invited by the French Film Alliance to join Jiang Wen, Jiang Wenli, Lao Xu, etc. as the spokesperson for the "French Film Screening" event, and traveled to major cities across the country to participate in promotional tours.
It is quite strange that a serious TV actor who has never made any movies has become the spokesperson of "French Film Showcase"!
To put it bluntly, it's just for publicity. Who told this girl to be so red and purple in recent times? And my girlfriend can also brush up her coolness.
After all, Jiang Wen is a domestic actor-level figure, Jiang Wenli is a popular star, and although Lao Xu is the last among the four little dandies, she is one of the officially recognized four dandies after all, and there is also a talented woman.
set up.
If my girlfriend can be paired with these people, it can be described as a win-win situation!
No way, he originally planned to take this opportunity to tidy up the new house in Shanghai with his girlfriend, complete the furniture, electrical appliances, furnishings, etc., so that his girlfriend can move in as soon as possible. After all, he lives in a big house in the capital.
My girlfriend is still crowded here in a small apartment, which makes her feel a little uncomfortable.
Now that his plan had failed and he had nothing to do, he still went back to school honestly during this period. His head teacher, Mrs. Chang Li, was quite pleased with his proactive approach and even let him participate in a
Rehearsal for a big play.
In the third year of the Acting Department, the teaching is mainly focused on rehearsing dramas, especially in the second half of the semester, when rehearsals for graduation dramas will begin.
They, Class 01, chose two classic comedies, "Angels Come to Babylon" and "Romulus the Great" by Swiss contemporary playwright Dürrenmatt, added their own whimsical ideas, and co-wrote a comedy
This is a very mixed-style "Angel Romulus".
He Xin once watched Deng Chao's version of "Sauerkraut on Green Flowers" that shocked him, and almost suffered a psychological shadow. Then, because he had rehearsed several comedies when he was in the advanced training class, but they were not very successful, he once
I don’t think I can do comedy.
Later, I slowly realized that it was because I had psychological baggage that I couldn't let go of. The first lesson in acting is to learn to liberate your nature, because shame is the biggest obstacle to acting. Let you pretend to be a cat, a dog, and a monkey.
You can't be deliberate or hesitant, you need your first reaction to pass the test.
He did not learn this lesson well from the beginning. He did not dare to release his true heart and was often worried that some bad things would be released.
Of course, these years in school were not in vain. He gradually realized that his original idea was wrong. Being a person and acting are two different things. If you want to be an excellent actor, you must face your truest heart and learn to use it.
it.
It may be due to his unsuccessful life experience in his previous life that he never had enough self-confidence and often fell into self-doubt. The most intuitive manifestation is his cowardice in front of his girlfriend.
Generally speaking, men who are not confident enough are often Wang Bo and will never be Chen Yingjun. Confident people tend to become stronger when they are strong, but unconfident people often look for their confidence in the weak.
Just like a Chinese Super League player who is not very confident plays in the Chinese League One or even the Chinese League Two. When there is a huge disparity in strength, he will often become more confident the more he plays. But if he is allowed to play in the five major leagues where there are many experts, he will definitely change.
He shrinks back and loses himself.
However, this is not static. Self-confidence also needs to be cultivated. If this unconfident Chinese Super League player is allowed to gain enough confidence in the Chinese League One and Chinese League Two, and suddenly throws him to the stadium of the five major leagues, he will be out of the game.
Due to inertia, he may dare to pass others, dare to play tricks, and dare to shoot. As long as he succeeds once, his self-confidence will be greatly boosted.
The same is true for He Xin. Although half a month is short, rehearsing with this group of classmates who are still very young in acting skills often makes them appear to be at ease and confident. When they are proud, they will even let themselves go. Often there will be a burst of excitement.
Amid the admiration, I felt extremely satisfied and my self-confidence was overwhelming.
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Hengdian, since the last time he came to visit the class, He Xin came to this place that would later be called the Film City for the second time in his life. Of course, this place is still just a prototype of the Film City.
Director Chen played an indispensable role in this movie capital for later generations. When Xie Jin filmed "The War of So-and-so", the war happened here.asxs. Director Chen spent a huge sum of 60 million to build a movie theater here.
The great efforts of the Qin Palace made this place prosperous.
The scene of the magical royal city in "The Promise" is set in the Qin Palace.
This time Director Chen came to Hengdian again, and Hengdian also gave the hero the highest courtesy, that is, the entire Qin Palace was closed during the filming period from Monday to Friday, and would only be open to tourists on weekends. You must know that back then
When the National Master was filming "Hero" here, he only closed some scenes, but they are still open to tourists at ordinary times.
The day He Xin arrived, the crew was filming a major scene in which Wushuang led troops to siege the royal city. As soon as he followed the crew into the Qin Palace, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
Two huge city walls were erected on the square in front of the originally empty Sihai Guiyi Hall, with rose red exterior walls, golden roofs, and large white marble pillars. The surrounding area was dotted with flying dragon-style golden monster sculptures and fan-shaped sculptures.
The door pillars and the unique archery stand are both exquisite and fantastic.
At this time, it happened to be a break in filming. At the city gate, hundreds of guards in silver and black armor under Northern Duke Wu Huan were sitting on the ground in twos and threes. The camera on the huge crane was taking advantage of the break to continuously adjust various angles above their heads.
When he walked over, Director Chen, who was wearing a dark blue long-sleeved T-shirt and light blue jeans, was talking to two actors, a male and a female.
The man wears a black robe, a white satin cloak, riding boots, and a silver-white helmet with eight long white feathers on it. From a distance, the costume is clearly black and white. His appearance is handsome and elegant, but it cannot be called majestic.
No need to ask, this is King Xie Bi, who plays the North Duke Wu Huan. The other actress couldn't see her face clearly because her back was turned, but from the brightly colored and elegant costume on her body, it's not difficult to guess.
It should be Zhang Baizhi, the heroine whom I have never met.
"Xiao He, here we come!"
Just when he was hesitating whether to go over to say hello, he heard someone calling him next to him. When he looked back, he couldn't help but subconsciously let out a "puff".
Then he said hurriedly: "I'm sorry, Teacher Cheng. But your style is indeed, uh... that's a bit."
The person who came was none other than Cheng Qian, the actor who plays the king of drama. At this time, he saw that his bright yellow costume was open, his trousers underneath were rolled up to above his knees, and he was holding a large fan in his hand and fanning continuously.
Windy.
But the funniest thing is his look. He wears a short ear-length hair cover on his head, and has two sparse and long mustaches on his upper lips. He looks very much like the French Emperor Louis XIV in the stage play.
, but there is a high bun on the top of his head, coupled with the Chinese emperor's clothes he is wearing, a strong style of mixing Chinese and Western palace classics blows in his face.
"If you want to laugh, just laugh. Don't hold it in, or you'll hurt yourself. But the director said that my look is classical magic, do you understand?"
In his previous life, he was more familiar with Cheng Qian as a host, but now he knows Cheng Qian as an actor who speaks with humor and is optimistic and open-minded.