"This movie requires one person to play two roles, two clones who look exactly the same and have the same experiences and memories."
"Clone 5, let's call it that, is an ordinary person working on the moon. He has a wife and children waiting for him to return home and reunite on earth. He is a lonely but hopeful ordinary person. However, due to the clone's genes
Defects, coupled with injuries, gradually weakened the body.
"As for Clone No. 6, they also have a wife and children on the earth. Their wives and children are naturally the same person, but this clone has just awakened and is in good health."
"There are obvious differences in the physical conditions of the two people, and they will also need to put on makeup later. In addition, although they were transplanted with the same memory as clones, one has been working on the moon for many years, and the other has just been activated. The personalities of the two
They are completely different, and both parties know each other's identities."
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Li Qian told them the two characters and the general plot, and then gave them some time to figure it out on their own.
Watching Li Qian leave the conference room, the actors did not whisper to each other and focused on the thin piece of paper in front of them.
He is the leading actor in a director's new movie that has a box office of over 100 million yuan. This kind of role is a huge temptation for any actor.
Not to mention reaching the sky in one step, it can at least make anyone take a big step forward.
Even Chen Kun and Liu Ye, who have the biggest celebrity status, have never taken on such an important role since their debut.
Chen Kun has just finished filming "Painted Skin". Although there are many scenes, Donnie Yen is the absolute leading actor. The salary of one person is more than the three of them combined.
According to the official rankings decided by the crew, the biggest star, Donnie Yen, is the number one character, Zhou Xun is the second character, Chen Kun is the third character, and Zhao Wei is the fourth character.
The second male lead in a large-scale production costing 80 million yuan is already the best role Chen Kun has ever taken on.
Although the cost of Li Qian's movie is not yet known, since his last movie exceeded 100 million, it is more important than "Painted Skin".
Liu Ye is also in a period of transformation. He wants to transform from a literary boy to a tough guy on the big screen. To this end, he has played several gang boss roles. As long as he takes on the leading role of a blockbuster movie, then transformation will not be a problem.
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This is true for these two leading figures of the Mesozoic era, let alone others. They are not even first-line actors. As long as they get this role, they will immediately step into the front line.
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After more than an hour, I put on makeup for auditions.
"According to the previous composition, arrange Chen Kun's position, using the center of the conference table in front of me as the benchmark."
Li Qian added a light blocking plate between the lens and the photosensitive film and gave instructions to Su Lun.
"Okay Director Li."
Su Lun quickly went to arrange restrained positions for Chen Kun's two clones.
To see the effect of an actor playing two roles in the same frame, the most intuitive way is of course to directly film and watch it.
These are not clones. The two clones have completely different personalities, temperaments, speaking styles, and intonations. It can be said that except for their appearance and memory, everything is different.
This scene shows Clone No. 6 being a little upset, and then saying, "How could I talk to a clone?"
Then Clone No. 5 was unwilling to admit that he was a clone, and emphasized three times that the other person was a clone.
It's a very simple conversation, and there's no front-to-back view in the movie. It's a front-reverse shot.
The audition is to see the effect of being in the same frame. Two people are shot in the same shot. There is no need to follow the requirements of the script.
There are many ways to shoot this kind of scene where one person plays two roles, so Li Qian shot it directly with a camera.
Add a plate between the lens and the sensitive film. Due to the blocking of the shutter, only part of the film can be sensitive. First let the actor appear on the left side of the screen and play with the air.
The right half will not be sensitive to light due to the shutter. After shooting, rewind the film to its original position, move the shutter to the left, and the actor will move to the right, playing another role and continue shooting. The camera and background will remain in place throughout the process.
move.
It's easy to shoot a scene where two actors are in the same frame but have no physical contact.
There are many methods. Anyway, just use the simplest one for the audition. The film can be developed quickly. When shooting, you can choose different shooting methods according to the situation.
The day's audition passed quickly. Each actor took seven or eight takes. They first put on the makeup of the frail Clone No. 5, then changed their makeup after the performance, and played the role of Clone No. 6 on the other side.
After seeing off the actors in the afternoon, Zhang Zhao took the film to the lab, developed it, and then converted it into digital images.
Early the next morning, the samples were delivered, and Li Qian watched their performances one by one in front of the computer.
In one morning, I watched more than fifty shots carefully.
There is no problem with their acting skills. Most of these actors can win Best Actor if they find suitable roles. There is no need to worry about this aspect.
But no matter how good your acting skills are, you still need a suitable role.
First of all, Duan Yihong was excluded. Even though he has acted in dramas for so many years, his appearance is too fierce and cannot be changed.
Next is Zhu Feng. Zhu Feng’s face matches Clone No. 5 very well. He looks very weak, but Clone No. 6 is much more inconsistent.
Pan Yueming and Li Qian remember a TV series in which he played two roles, but he also couldn't support Clone No. 6.
Although both clones are the protagonists of this movie, No. 5 appears first, and there is more space about him personally, which is actually relatively simple.
When Clone No. 6 appeared, the audience already had some understanding of Clone No. 5, who had the same appearance. When he had fewer roles, fewer lines, and looked exactly like the "protagonist", it was actually more difficult to portray him.
Clone 6 did not experience those three years of life on the moon, and was more rational at first.
I have never experienced that feeling of waiting for three years, only to have my hopes dashed when things are about to happen.
Sometimes the simpler the character, the more difficult it is to create. After all, No. 5’s own experience is easier for the audience to immerse themselves in.
Chen Kun's temperament is not suitable for playing ordinary people.
The same emotions, anger, sorrow, and joy manifest themselves differently in people with different identities.
Clone No. 5 in the movie, apart from being a clone, is just an ordinary employee who is dispatched to a remote area, not an astronaut or the like.
In the background of the movie, technology is so advanced that we can easily land on the moon, otherwise the people sent by the company would not arrive so quickly.
In fact, the most suitable one is Huang Bo, especially clone No. 5. No. 5 is a very pitiful character and is a perfect match.