Changqing Film and Television Base, Republic of China District
The crew of "Underground Traffic" rented a studio and temporarily built several major filming locations such as Dingxiang Building, Xiguan Street, and the Military Police Department.
The filming has just started today, and Zuo Le has no plans to shoot any major scenes. The main thing is for the actors to adapt to the roles. For this reason, Zuo Le decided to shoot the scene of Shopkeeper Sun first.
Bao Xiaoyong is a grand master of drama in Dongshan Province, a national second-level actor, and a first-level actor.
It is no exaggeration to say that Bao Xiaoyong's acting skills can be said to be the first among the actors in the "Underground Traffic Station" cast. It is perfect for him to be the first star.
Zuo Le pulled Bao Xiaoyong, who was wearing a blue gown, and gave a brief talk about the opera, and then specially called Gao Mingliang and his second uncle Yan Changying to watch and learn carefully.
Among the leading actors, these two have the lowest acting skills. Naturally, they must seize every opportunity to learn and hone their skills and improve their own skills.
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"Departments are prepared"
Zuo Le sat behind the monitor, shouted with a loudspeaker in his hand, and then shouted: "3-2-1-Start."
Dingxiang Building
Zhang Quanfu, played by prop Wannian, was sleeping on the counter. Shopkeeper Sun, played by Bao Xiaoyong, held a newspaper and entered the door while reading it, and saw Quanfu sleeping on his stomach.
Shopkeeper Sun put away the newspaper, sighed "Ouch", stepped forward, shook Quan Fu awake, and lectured.
"Why are you sitting here and dozing off again? How unbecoming are you letting the guests see you?"
As he spoke, Shopkeeper Sun walked toward the center of the camera, and the newspaper he had just put away naturally spread out.
Quan Fu rubbed his eyes, followed shopkeeper Sun, and muttered half-complainingly: "Shopkeeper, don't worry, the customers can't see it because there are no customers."
"Okay, passed!"
Zuo Le shouted, stood up and gave a thumbs up to Bao Xiaoyong: "Teacher Bao is very good, just follow this natural life-oriented style. Wannian is not bad. If this one is passed, let's take another one."
The scene just now is the first time Shopkeeper Sun and Quan Fu appear in the play. It mainly introduces the background and characters of the members of Dingxiang Tower, and Cai Shugen's narration will be added later.
It also paved the way for Cai Shuigan to reform the business direction and establish an underground transportation station after joining Dingxiang Tower.
In the next few scenes, Bao Xiaoyong performed very well, almost all of them were one pass, and any mistakes were the fault of his co-stars.
Such an outstanding performance made Zuo Le shout in his heart that he had found the right person.
In "Underground Traffic War", the role of Shopkeeper Sun actually plays a very important role. He is the mainstay of the crowd drama besides the good and bad guys.
As the shopkeeper of Dingxiang Tower, he hated the Japanese traitors in his heart, because in reality he had to pretend to be a grandson, and he was careful on the surface for fear of getting burned, but secretly he cursed him like a little devil and hated him to death.
Whenever the Eighth Route Army wins any battle, he is happier than anyone else and looks forward to the day when victory comes.
When facing guests, he is polite and courteous in every aspect. When dealing with the Japanese and puppets, he can fool them as much as possible. He often beats around the bush, and he is quick and easy to talk without swearing. He is usually stingy, but he sticks to his good nature at critical moments.
Shopkeeper Sun is the most life-like character in the whole drama. His language, personality, behavior and psychology are all very vivid.
In a word, the audience can see their own reflection in him.
Thunder in a silent place!
This kind of role looks inconspicuous, but without enough acting skills, the actor cannot support the character.
Zuo Le was very fortunate that Bao Xiaoyong performed very well, not inferior to the original version at all, and vividly and smoothly performed the "cute profiteer" he wanted in his heart.
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In the afternoon, the play featuring shopkeeper Sun was temporarily suspended. Zuo Le planned to try Gao Mingliang's jinliang.
From the perspective of character attributes, the role of Yang Baolu is much simpler to play than Shopkeeper Sun.
As long as we grasp the two remarkable character characteristics of impulsiveness, recklessness, and honesty, the role of Yang Baolu will be half successful.
Gao Mingliang's own personality is somewhat close to the role. In addition, he has been working hard on character creation during this period. Although this performance is not comparable to Bao Xiaoyong, it can still be regarded as passable.
However, Zuo Le felt that this kid still had potential that could be exploited, so he deliberately did not give Gao Mingliang any good looks and allowed him to practice more in his free time and strive to master the role as soon as possible.
Gao Mingliang has been acting as an extra for many years, and this is the first time he has played such an important role, so he cherishes this opportunity.
Seeing that Zuo Le didn't seem very satisfied with himself, he was so frightened that he hurriedly patted his chest and promised that he would work harder in private and never let Zuo Le down.
After silently beating up Gao Mingliang, who was confused during the group performance, the first day of filming has almost come to an end.
After all, the filming had just started, and Zuo Le didn't want to make everyone nervous, so he omitted the night scenes for the time being, and planned to gradually increase everyone's workload in a few days.
The crew calls it a day after work.
If it's close to home, we drive home. If it's far away, the crew also rents a hotel near the base.
As a director, Zuo Le originally planned to stay directly in the hotel chartered by the crew, but he was in a hurry before coming to the crew and did not bring all the daily necessities.
Seeing that work ended very early today, Zuo Le planned to go home, stay overnight, pack his things, and drive over the next morning.
The second uncle, Yan Changying, didn't know anyone on the set and found it boring to be alone, so he simply followed Zuo Le back home.
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After the roommate left, apart from the landlord and the water and electricity maintenance staff, the second uncle was the first guest to enter Zuo Le's rental house.
Zuo Le was very happy to have a rare distinguished guest. On the way back to the community, he went to a restaurant to pack some hard dishes to entertain his second uncle.
Parking his second-hand Ping Lei downstairs in the community, Zuo Le carried the packed meals and guided his second uncle to climb up to the fifth floor.
After opening the door and changing his shoes, Zuo Le went to the kitchen to wash the dishes and serve the dishes. The second uncle visited his nephew's residence with his hands behind his back. After a while, he came to the sofa and sat down with a disappointed look on his face.
Zuo Le came to the living room with a plate of braised pork and a plate of fried squid in sauce. When he saw his second uncle here shaking his head and sighing, he was a little puzzled: "Uncle, what's wrong with you?"
The second uncle looked at his nephew with a sad look: "Look at the place where you live, don't you think there are any shortcomings?"
Zuo Le was even more confused: "I don't need anything here. I have a refrigerator, a washing machine, a water heater, an air conditioner, a heater, a wireless network, and a computer. This configuration is more complete than my home."
"All shit."
The second uncle sneered and ridiculed Zuo Le: "No matter how many things there are, what's the use? Don't you still live alone?
Before coming to Quancheng, your mother called me specifically to ask me to come to where you live, just to find out if your kid was in love behind your back, but she didn't tell your family.
As a result, when I came to see you today, I realized that your mother had completely overthought it. Not to mention whether there were any women’s belongings, I didn’t even see a hair above 20 centimeters.
No wonder I want to come to your house, and you have no intention of stopping me. The relationship is really just for a bachelor."
Only then did Zuo Le understand why his second uncle had to go home with him today. He came to his residence to check out Comrade Zhuang Cuicui's feelings. He couldn't help but reveal a wry smile on his face.
"Don't you think you two are idle? If I want to fall in love, can I hide it from you? I've told you that I focus on my career now and don't want to find a girlfriend yet."
"Are you not looking for it, or can't you find it?"
The second uncle's sharp triangular eyes were slightly slanted, exposing someone's hypocrisy sharply.
"Mainly I didn't find the right one..."
Zuo Le felt a little guilty, but his second uncle didn't listen to him at all. He took out his mobile phone and made a call.
"Hey, Cuicui, I went to Xiao Le's house to look at it, but I didn't find anything. This guy is indeed single, I didn't lie to you... OK, I'll enlighten him, and help match him if there's anyone suitable, okay.
of………"
Looking at his second uncle who was having a lively chat with Ms. Zhuang Cuicui, Zuo Le couldn't help but start to wonder who had filled his head and asked him to find his second uncle to play Jia Gui...
