After sitting down, He Xin discovered that there was only a small piece of rice and a portion of fried bean sprouts on Tang Wei's plate. Of course, these days, especially in art schools, there is no problem that students cannot afford to eat.
"Tangtang, are you losing weight?" he said with a smile.
Tang Wei was a little embarrassed and whispered: "They say I'm a little fat."
"You're not fat. Where are you fat?"
He took a closer look at Tang Wei's face. Except for a little baby fat, it looked the same as before.
"I think you're a little thinner than before! Tangtang, don't listen to other people's nonsense, come on, come on, today's braised mutton is good, and this Kung Pao Chicken, this is the small stove I asked Master Li to open, try it
!”
As he said that, he pushed two pots of vegetables in front of her.
Tang Wei looked at the braised lamb with thick oil and red sauce, and the steaming Kung Pao Chicken with a sour and spicy taste. After some ideological struggle, he still couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food and picked up a piece of lamb.
onto your own plate.
"Tangtang, what have you been busy with lately? Why haven't I seen you?"
"We are rehearsing a play recently."
"What drama is your director's department planning?"
"Director Lai Shengchuan selected a few people from our department and arranged a sequence." Tang Wei said.
"Oh, are you talking about Professor Lai from Wanwan?"
He Xin had heard before that a well-known theater director from Wanwan came to the school to give a guest lecture in the directing department.
"Well, what we are arranging is an excerpt from his play "A Dream Like a Dream", which will be performed in the small theater this afternoon."
She truly deserves to be a future goddess of literature and art. As soon as she mentioned the drama, the girl's eyes lit up. She looked at He Xinda and said, "Brother Xin, will you come over and watch this afternoon?"
"Of course I'm here. Tangtang is going to perform, so of course I have to support him." He Xin smiled and asked specifically: "What time is it in the afternoon?"
"Two thirty in the afternoon."
Tang Wei was a little shy and said: "But I only played a supporting role."
"There are no big or small roles on the drama stage, the key is to see who plays the role well!" This guy said righteously.
After Tang Wei left after dinner, Zhang Xinyi kept staring at him with a pulled face.
"What are you looking at me for?" He Xin looked confused.
"You like her?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I have a girlfriend, it's not like you haven't seen her before!" He Xin said hurriedly.
"Hmph, which one of you men doesn't eat from the bowl and stare at the pot?" Zhang Xinyi said disdainfully.
"Nonsense, that person is my friend."
"Then I'm your friend too. Why haven't I seen you being so gentle to me?" the girl choked angrily, "and you still treat someone else's Kung Pao Chicken as a favor."
"you?"
He Xin looked at her, curled up his lips and said, "I've known her for a long time, where are you following her now?"
…
He Xin actually likes to go to the small theater to watch performances, especially before the performance starts, Cheng Hao's silver bell-like voice will always come from the loudspeaker: "This is the Chinese Opera Small Theater, students, the performance has begun."
It is said that this video was recorded when she was a sophomore in college.
After more than a year of training in Chinese opera, he can now at least understand what drama is about. Compared with making movies, drama is undoubtedly more difficult and relies more on the actor's own ability to express the plot and emotions. Especially in dramas.
Many times there are long sections of unaccompanied dialogue or monologues, which especially test the actors' lines and performance abilities.
Film performances, on the other hand, are fragmented, poorly performed, stuck, and repeated. This is the most important reason why drama has always been higher than the artistic existence of film for a long time.
The play "A Dream Like a Dream" written by director Lai Shengchuan from Bay Area is very long, and students from the directing department only performed one segment of it, which lasted almost an hour and a half.
The effect presented, well, to be honest, is not that good, after all, those are students of the directing department. And Tang Wei's role as the wife of patient No. 5, although she does not have many roles, is outstanding among this group of people with immature acting skills.
is the only bright spot.
So everyone's success is not accidental.
…
Lijiang.
This ancient city is located in the northwest of Yunnan Province, at the junction of the three provinces of Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet. It was an important node on the ancient Southern Silk Road and the Ancient Tea Horse Road. It is now a famous tourist city.
What impressed He Xin most about this city was a saying circulating on the Internet, "Let's take a quick trip to Lijiang, meet yourself, forget the past, and have a romantic encounter!"
It sounds very literary, but it always feels like a date.
On November 22, the day before the flight started, He Xin departed from Beijing early in the morning, flew to Kunming to transfer, and then flew to Lijiang. Almost a day passed.
Because he had to go through other visa procedures to go to Taiwan, he should be the last to arrive. The crew and actors had already arrived early.
"Hey, why are you bringing a dog with you?"
The producer Ma Hongyan who came to pick him up saw He Xin actually carrying a dog crate in his hand when he came out.
"This is my dog son. Come on, Chuan Chuan, say hello to your Aunt Ma!"
It was Chuanchuan's first time to fly. He was probably frightened along the way. He was lying in the cage looking depressed. Hearing his owner's call, he just raised his eyes and let out a "hum" before lying down again.
Not moving anymore.
"Look, this kid is still afraid of life. Sister Ma, don't be surprised!" He Xin teased with a smile.
"You brat, you don't have any integrity!" Sister Ma laughed and scolded him, gave him a light slap, and said, "Let's go, the car is waiting at the door, we won't let you stop any longer."
He Xin followed Sister Ma to the airport and asked, "Sister Ma, why are you here in person?"
Sister Ma sighed and said: "The production will start tomorrow. There are a lot of things to do, and I am the only one who can squeeze out some time. I guess Director Ding and the others should be back by the time we get to the hotel."
There was a green Jinbei van parked at the entrance of the airport. The driver saw that it was hired locally. When he saw them coming, he quickly got out of the van, nodded to He Xin with a smile and said hello, and helped load the luggage into the van.
There are many mountains here, and the airport is built in a long and narrow basin surrounded by mountains. After leaving the airport and heading north, Sister Ma pointed to a large mountain in the west and introduced: "The scene is mainly set in Shigu Town on the other side of the mountain.
, right on the edge of the Jinsha River, which is known as the first bay of the Yangtze River. The scenery is very good, and Director Ding placed An Xin’s hometown, Qingmian, there.”
In the script, places like Qingmian, Nande, and Guangping in Yun Province are all fictitious. Ding Xiaohei spent several months and traveled almost all over the border of Yun Province to find places that matched the descriptions in the novel as much as possible.
Several shooting locations were selected, and then for the sake of shooting effect, An Xin’s home, dormitory, teahouse, etc. in the script were all set on location.
I have to say here that even though Ding Xiaohei looks like a pig butcher, he is actually very meticulous in his work. It has been almost half a year since the preparation of "Jade Guanyin" began.
Then the filming period will be as long as half a year. For example, He Xin's scenes are arranged very piecemeal. After the filming starts, he will shoot here for almost two months. After the New Year, there will be a few interior scenes in Beijing, and then he will go to Beijing.
I have to return to Yun Province next April to shoot the final scenes.
Because April happens to be the Water Splashing Festival of the Dai people, he put the scene where Mao Jie and An Xin met twice at the Water Splashing Festival until the end.
Next, there will be half a year of post-production.
Speaking of which, Hairun's boss Liu Yanming really trusts Ding Xiaohei. This TV series took a full year and a half from preparation to final completion. This is like filming the TV series as a movie.
You must know that the longer it takes, the more money it will cost!
In contrast, this time Hai Run and Xin Baoyuan are going to co-produce "What Can I Do to Save You, My Lover"? Hai Yan's script hasn't even been released yet, and Zhao Baogang has already planned to start shooting next spring and finish filming that year.