When screenwriters create characters, they basically have an imaginary character or character template. If Frank's character template in "Beautiful Destiny" is Jiang Wei, then the template for Wen Jiajia's character is Xue Xiaolu himself.
Xue Xiaolu was not satisfied with Tong Yali's appearance from the beginning. She felt that the girl was not majestic enough and did not fit in with the carefree image of Chinese Wen Jiajia in her mind. But Bai Xue, who is tall and tall, has rounder facial features and is more attractive.
I feel like a silly big girl.
Especially her big mouth, with the corners of her mouth turning up exaggeratedly when she smiles, revealing her big front teeth, she is actually very similar to Xue Xiaolu herself.
But, Tong Yali is very popular. As a commercial comedy, the actor's popularity and audience popularity are important indicators that a director has to consider. In comparison, Bai Xue is much worse in this regard, although she has just starred in
It’s a movie, but it’s a small production, a new director, everything is still unknown.
The rest is all about acting. Before the audition, Xue Xiaolu clearly informed them that the character being auditioned was a pregnant woman, giving them ample preparation time.
The audition was also very simple, just asking them to imitate the walking of a pregnant woman. Tong Yali has been going smoothly in the past few years. She may have thought that this role must be hers. She did not do enough homework and it was just a similar appearance.
But you have to know that Xue Xiaolu has been there before. She knows very well the state of women when they are pregnant. At a glance, you can tell that Tong Yali is acting. Moreover, she is too thin and is not real at all.
Next, Bai Xue's performance made her eyes light up. Her stance and splayed feet when walking made her feel immediately.
I had the feeling of a pregnant woman with a big belly, so I tied a rice bag and a shot put. I didn't take them off for a whole week except for bathing and sleeping.
The so-called performance must first be observed, then experienced, and finally reflected. Tong Yali may have only observed and then superficially imitated, but Bai Xue truly observed, experienced and embodied.
So even though she was not very popular and was far less popular than Tong Yali, Xue Xiaolu still chose her without hesitation.
As a result, He Xin learned about it by phone that day, and he only learned about the audition process when he had a face-to-face communication with Xue Xiaolu later. Speaking of which, he was really surprised. He didn't expect Bai Xue to work so hard.
With the continuous accumulation of experience and his own understanding of performance, He Xin often needs to have in-depth communication with the screenwriter and director before shaping a character. This is completely different from business negotiation. If we talk about business negotiation
It is often a process of compromise between both parties, so artistic creation is a process of collision and argumentation.
And with the improvement of his status and voice, it was only then that he fully understood how to become a drama tyrant?
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The screen dims and the lights come on.
"Hua Hua Hua..."
When the applause started, He Xin looked to his left. Cheng Er was already clapping his hands excitedly like the foreigners in the auditorium who stood up and applauded.
Tong Yali, who was sitting on the other side of him, had a flushed face and looked like she had not yet gotten over the plot of the movie.
Others stood up and applauded, but he couldn't sit still, so he had to stand up and clap his hands twice symbolically. To be honest, he had the patience to watch the whole movie. If the director of this movie was not Lou Ye,
He might have quit midway.
This time, Lao Ma gave him face, and "Border Storm" was shortlisted for the main competition unit. Naturally, He Xin wanted to reciprocate the favor. He led the crew to Venice early and was invited to serve as the director of the film festival's parallel single-lens - "Venice Day" competition unit.
Referrer.
The "Venice Days" competition unit is somewhat similar to Cannes' "Directors' Fortnight" unit, aiming to encourage films that have an innovative spirit, academic research value and independent originality that break through the existing mold. Only 12 films that meet the criteria are selected globally each year.
Standard high-quality films are submitted and screened in the officially designated cinemas of the Venice Film Festival.
The opening film of this year's "Venice Day" section is Lou Ye's new French film "Love and Bruises". The name of this film is the English translation, which is quite elegant. The original French title is very directly called "Bitch", and it is based on
It is adapted from a novel of the same name by a Chinese female writer living in France.
It tells the story of a female teacher at Beijing University who had a Sino-French love affair with a Frenchman in Beijing. Then the Frenchman dumped the female teacher when he returned to China. Then the female teacher was so obsessed that she quit her job as a teacher and went to Paris to look for her boyfriend. The result
She was raped in Paris by a French blue-collar guy who looked like a gangster. The female teacher had Stockholm syndrome and fell in love with the French gangster. But the gangster's friends regarded her as a delinquent woman and wanted to get involved with her.
She. It was over. The female teacher got together with an international student from China. In the end, she couldn't survive anymore and returned to the capital. And in the capital, there was an ex-boyfriend who she fell in love with and abandoned when she fell in love with a Frenchman, who was still waiting for her.
She accepted her.
This is a typical French New Wave film that chronicles the love adventures between a female teacher and different men, conveying the so-called love and freedom that the French have always talked about.
interrogation.
The whole film is filled with a lot of love scenes, which can be said to be even more top-notch than Category III films. From body positions to camera positions, the film uses different methods to show the changes in the course of love and the relationships between different partners in the boat scene.
Emotional relationship. This is the consistent theme of French independent films. He Xin has participated in many film festivals and is familiar with this type of film. Only Tong Yali was obviously not used to it and her face turned red after watching it.
The reason why He Xin was restless and couldn't watch it was that the heroine of this movie was a Chinese, a university teacher from the capital. I had watched such movies starring foreigners before, including "Dog Town" starring Nicole Kidman.
》are all movies of this type, which you will find very exciting, but when you see your compatriots starring in such movies, you will feel uncomfortable all over.
The women in the film are like nymphos, throwing themselves into the arms of one man after another, all in the name of love, which is really unacceptable.
One more thing, the guy who plays the female teacher’s ex-boyfriend in this movie is Zhang Songwen.
The scale of this film is much larger than all Lou Ye's previous films. Perhaps because of its large scale, it was not shortlisted for the main competition unit, but was shortlisted for the "Venice Day" competition unit with a breakthrough model, as a "
The opening film of the "Venice Day" section may also be a full courtesy to this maverick Chinese director.
After the movie ended, He Xin said hello to Lou Ye, but because he was heartbroken, he neither accepted an interview nor stayed any longer.
The opening film of the "Venice Day" competition unit is scheduled to be at noon on August 31, and we return to the hotel where we are staying. Because the evening is the opening red carpet of the film festival, everyone has a simple lunch and prepares for the red carpet in the afternoon.
Especially Tong Yali, now she can be regarded as a first-line flower. This time she came to Venice with her works. Chu Qing personally brought a team of four including photographers and stylists to serve her alone, preparing all kinds of
Gorgeous.
"Boss, tomorrow is the premiere of "Sediq Bale". They sent an invitation in the morning, inviting you and Director Cheng..."
Before Xiao Douding finished speaking, He Xin frowned and waved his hands: "We won't go to the premiere of this film."
"But……"
"There's nothing wrong with it. On such a big issue of right and wrong, our stance must be clear." He Xin said with a serious face.
The film "Sediq Bale" has caused a stir on the island since it was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival. The reason is that the film was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival and its production country is titled "China Bay."
"Dissatisfied. Even the producer Huang Zhiming publicly stated that this is a purely Taiwanese movie and should not have a Chinese name.
On the surface, Wei Desheng, the director of this film, said that he doesn't like to talk about politics and that there are indeed many misunderstandings between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. But in fact, he also made it very clear that he just wanted to present a real Bay Area movie.
He makes no secret of his political leanings.
It's just that the current ruling pony in Wanwan is quite good at cheating. Cross-strait relations are pretty good, and domestic media don't report much negative news on the island. However, Wanwan's media, including Huang Zhisheng, Wei Desheng and others who came to Venice this time, still
In all kinds of troubles, He Xin certainly can't get used to this kind of people's faults.
Cheng Eryi was a little hesitant at first when he heard that He Xin said he wouldn't go. After all, the invitation was not sent to He Xin alone, he also had a share. Not going would be tantamount to offending someone, not to mention that the producer of this film is Wu Yusen
, producer Huang Zhiming is very influential in the Golden Horse Awards. But after hearing He Xin talk about big things, Qi Qi looked at him with a meaningful look, he is a smart man, and immediately stopped saying anything.
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On the contrary, Xiao Douding was still a little hesitant and said: "Then how do we reply to them?"
"No need to reply!"
It can be said that people of different walks of life do not seek to conspire with each other. Everyone knows this kind of thing. I will not go to cheer you up, and I will not be surprised if you come over.
Even though he and Huang Zhiming have had many interactions before at the Golden Horse Awards, including the heroine Xu Ruoxuan, they have to have a clear stand in the face of big things.
"Then what's the schedule next?" He Xin asked again.
"The 2nd is the premiere of "White Snake". They also sent us invitations. Then the afternoon of the 3rd is our premiere press conference. The organizer has arranged three shows for us, two on the evening of the 3rd.
There will be one in the morning on the 4th. The premiere of "Sister Tao" will be on the 5th..."
"White Snake" directed by Cheng Xiaodong and co-starring Li Lianjie, Huang Shengyi, and Lin Feng also came to Venice for screening this time. Originally, the new work "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" was also screened this time. For some unknown reason
In the end, I didn’t come. However, “White Snake” is a direct competitor of “Love Is Not Blind” during this year’s National Day release, so I just went there in advance to see how this movie, which is billed as a magical love action blockbuster, fares.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, He Xin and Cheng Er were already ready to drink tea and chat in the room. In fact, Cheng Er is quite calm at heart. After experiencing the ecstasy after being shortlisted at the beginning, he has now returned to normal. That's it. Generally speaking, the two people's auras match quite well.
At this time, Shen Lin knocked on the door and came in to announce: "Brother, Director Cheng, it's almost time to set off."
"Xiao Tong is back?"
It is said that after Tong Yali finished dressing up in the afternoon, she rushed to the beach to take photos, and then sent them back to China as soon as possible after finishing the photos on today's red carpet. Naturally, there were all kinds of glamour.
"When you come back, just wait downstairs."
"Okay, let's go down quickly. Others have been waiting for a long time." He Xin greeted Cheng Er.
Compared with Berlin and Cannes, the only disadvantage of Venice is that it is very inconvenient to go to the Cinema Palace. Hotel rooms on Lido Island, where the Cinema Palace is located, are extremely expensive during the film festival, and it is difficult to go to Lido Island if you live in the city. If you are traveling by car or boat, you should leave at least an hour in advance.
"elder brother!"
As soon as she arrived downstairs, she saw Tong Yali coming up to her with a smile.
He Xin's eyes immediately lit up. Today, Tong Yali was wearing a pink sequined suspender dress, and she didn't know what was stuffed in it. It looked very stylish. Moreover, this dress was said to be a high-end model from the famous French brand Oscar de la Renta.
The light pink color really suits her. It is white but not too artificial. It is decorated with sequins and has a cute princess style. The matching shoes are also metallic, giving it a Disney princess feel. It can be both sweet and sexy. It's also very elegant.
This time we brought her out, and it was such a big show, mainly because they just missed the role of the female lead in "Beautiful Destiny" not long ago, so it can be regarded as a kind of compensation for her.
"How are you? Are you tired?"
"It's okay, not too tired!"
Although she spent a whole afternoon putting on makeup and taking photos, Tong Yali still looked full of energy and energy.
A rented yacht was already waiting in the river in front of the hotel, and the group got on the boat and headed straight to the Lido Island Movie Palace Pier.
I've been here a few times and I'm familiar with it, but this time the battle is bigger.
This year, a total of five Chinese-language films have been shortlisted for the main competition unit. In addition, "White Snake" and "Trail of the Japanese Pirates" have been shortlisted for the screening unit and the Horizon unit respectively. In addition, Chief Jia is also the chairman of the jury of the Horizon unit, and his wife Zhao Tao stars. The Italian film "I am Li" was also shortlisted for the "Venice Day" competition. It can be said that the Chinese-speaking army is unprecedentedly large, and the media from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places are much more than before.
"Yes, this is our seventh year in Venice. The first time Zhao Tao and I came to Venice was for "Platform" in 2000..."
Section Chief Jia, who was wearing a black dress and a navy blue deep V dress, and Zhao Tao and his wife were being interviewed by a domestic media.
In the middle of speaking, Section Chief Jia suddenly waved forward. The reporter turned around and saw He Xin and his party walking this way.
Although in Venice, as a former winner of the Golden Lion Award and the chairman of the jury of this year's Horizon section, Chief Gia is very popular, but in terms of topicality, it is far less popular than the one who is about to come and the person next to him who is watching today Tong Yali, who looks extraordinarily gorgeous, is taller.
The reporter quickly seized the moment and pointed the microphone at Zhao Tao and asked: "Teacher Zhao Tao, can you talk about your feelings at that time?"
Zhao Tao obviously saw the reporter's thoughts. Although he felt unhappy, he still said with a decent smile: "When I came here for the first time, I knew nothing about movies and film festivals. I didn't even know that there were still ceremonies to go.
So we didn’t even prepare the dress, and the makeup was arranged by the film festival. And there was no Chinese media here at that time, so it was not as lively as it is now..."
As she spoke, she also pointed out: "Not only Europeans and Americans are paying attention to Chinese movies, but we ourselves are also starting to pay attention to ourselves little by little."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard He Xin's voice: "Director Jia! Sister Zhao Tao!"