"I started memorizing lines and studying the script many days in advance. I will definitely not hold you back this time!" Qian Duoduo said with a smile.
Qian Duoduo is no longer a newcomer to the film and television industry. After several years of polishing, his acting skills have improved greatly compared to before.
Although I can’t say that I can play any role easily, but I can still do it if I am willing to spend a long time polishing a role.
As long as it's not a particularly difficult role to play, it doesn't matter.
"Director Chen, don't worry, since we received your invitation, we have regarded this matter as the most important thing, and we have thoroughly mastered the script!"
The speaker is a star from Jiaxing Economics. He himself is a low-level star, and he is very happy to be able to star in Chen Mubai's movie.
Moreover, this drama has received a lot of attention, is very popular, and has a great impact.
This drama may become his representative work and even compete for some awards.
He has great faith in Chen Mubai's talent and does not think this will be a bad drama at all.
Regardless of the box office performance, at least it will be a work that can win awards, he firmly believes.
He has also seen outside comments about this movie. It doesn't matter whether it is a commercial movie or a literary movie, the most important thing is that the actors can get benefits.
If the movie explodes at the box office and has a big impact, he will be very excited to be a part of it.
If the movie doesn't do well at the box office, but it's a literary film, then it's good to win awards.
If the quality and ratings of the movie are high, he will be worthy of being an actor in this drama!
Being able to play a role in an award-winning work also improves the actor, and it can also be a representative work.
You know, how many actors may not have a representative work in their career, let alone an award-winning work!
Awards are hard to say and easy to say, but no actor doesn't want his work to fail to win an award. This is something with gold content.
"Okay, seeing that you are confident, I feel even more confident." Chen Mubai saw the bright smiles on everyone's faces and smiled.
"You also know that this movie has received a lot of attention. In fact, this movie is very important and I value it very much. Its core literary and artistic content is a topic of public opinion, but I did not want to make it into a literary movie.
It’s a commercial movie.”
"The box office is what I chase, but I will be very strict with the quality requirements. The higher the quality, the more guaranteed the box office will be. Next, I will use a harsh attitude towards you. If my words hurt you unintentionally,
Please don't pay attention."
"We are all gathered here to better contribute to the wonderful movie. I am very confident in this movie, so I will use the most demanding attitude to ask you to give the most wonderful performance!"
Chen Mubai talked very sincerely with the actors and explained the importance of this movie and how much he valued it.
The actors in this film are no longer solely actors from Mubai Entertainment. In order to achieve better performance, he used artists from Jiaxing Economics, as well as foreigners.
Therefore, he made his attitude clear in advance, treating everyone equally and not being able to find fault during the filming process.
For the director, even though he is the person in charge of the crew, everyone must listen to his words. Even if he scolds someone, that person can only hold it in no matter how unhappy he is.
Chen Mubai hopes to take care of the actors' emotions as much as possible, which will also benefit the filming progress.
Sometimes actors are too emotionally depressed and uncomfortable... leading to abnormal performance, which will affect the progress of filming.
"knew!"
"no problem."
All the actors answered excitedly.
Chen Mubai's words revealed his own attitude and also painted a big picture for them.
He is very optimistic about this movie, which shows that he is very dedicated to the movie, which means that the script of the movie is very good, and he is confident that the story will be filmed well, so that the audience will pay for it, and even compete for awards.
In this case, the mobilized actors were as if they had been given a shot of chicken blood, as if they had already seen the success of the movie!
"The prop team is ready!"
"The lighting crew is ready!"
"Camera crew..."
The first scene is a scene between Chen Mubai and an experienced actor.
Cheng Yong, played by Chen Mubai, was dressed up to look like a down-and-out middle-aged man, and his appearance was directly depicted with superb makeup techniques.
Her long, messy black hair looked like it hadn't been washed for many days, was greasy, and was knotted.
His face was sallow, with dirty marks on his face, his beard was as unkempt as weeds, his beard was mottled, and his clothes looked like they hadn't been washed for a long time, dirty and earthy. The image of a greasy middle-aged man emerged.
Chen Mubai himself is a handsome young man. After applying makeup, he directly became a greasy middle-aged man without any sense of disobedience. It must be said that his makeup skills are very good.
Chen Mubai was sitting on a chair, with his legs resting on the table, waiting for filming.
"The first scene, the first shot, the first action!"
After the clapperboard started, the old actor began to perform.
The cameras also started working, and everyone's eyes were on the veteran actor.
The old actor walked out of a hotel. Judging from the brand name, it was a very cheap hotel. The surrounding environment was like this.
He walked into a store called Men's Products next door.
The old man seemed quite energetic. After he opened the door, a "Welcome" voice sounded at the door.
Cheng Yong glanced at the door, and the old man's voice came over.
"The landlord called me again."
The old man said: "I said you didn't open the door."
"Thanks."
Cheng Yong took a puff of cigarette, put his hands above his head and thanked the old man.
Everyone was quite surprised to see Chen Mubai's performance, especially those powerful actors.
Chen Mubai himself is a young man, and this time he will play the role of a middle-aged and down-and-out man.
The appearance is very easy to deal with. His current appearance makes it impossible to tell that he was originally a young man. It is not difficult to deliberately apply old makeup.
The most difficult thing is to perform the demeanor and movements of a middle-aged man.
There is a big difference between young people and middle-aged people. It is just as difficult for a middle-aged person to play the role of an old man because the old man's aging appearance, various movements, walking pace and other living habits are very different.
Actors have never experienced or empathized with them, so it is difficult to find that feeling. They can only spend time studying and observing the actions and lives of the elderly, and then try to imitate them.
The easiest role to play is a role that suits your age. Once you are not a resonant role like this, it will be very difficult to perform because the span is too big.
It's like asking a forty-year-old aunt to play a young girl. It's difficult to interpret that girl's mentality and demeanor.
Even if a middle-aged woman can imitate the various movements and bright smiles of a young girl, she cannot portray that youthful temperament. This is the fundamental limitation and the soul of the character.
In the same way, the same is true for young people playing middle-aged people. The most difficult thing to play is the "decadent" energy of middle-aged people who are frustrated.
Young people are high-spirited and their eyes are full of light. When people reach middle age, they have experienced the hardships of life and their edges have been smoothed. Their eyes do not have that kind of brilliance, but are dead, dull and appointed with fatigue.
It is harder to paint skin than bones, and the most difficult thing is to interpret the expression.
The look in Chen Mubai's eyes when he looked at the old actor just now shocked everyone.
Those eyes had no luster, no fluctuations, just like a dead pool of water, an ancient well without ripples. They were not the eyes of a young man at all, they were like the eyes of a person who had been ravaged by life!
"Awesome!"
"This look is amazing!"
Several onlookers discussed in low voices, but their words were full of admiration.
"It's really amazing. If you just look at this performance and his eyes, you can't tell that Chen Mubai is a young man at all!"
"Before I got the script, I thought it was a bit difficult to film this drama, mainly because Chen Mubai was too young. It was very difficult to act like a failed middle-aged man because he didn't have that much life experience.
To support his performance, I can only rely on my own understanding to interpret the state he thinks he is in."
"Although it is the look of a middle-aged man, there are several types of looks in the eyes of a middle-aged man. If I were to act, I might not be able to do it as well as him."
A middle-aged powerful actor said with emotion: "Chen Mubai not only showed the demeanor of a middle-aged man, but also had a strong sense of decadence and avoidance."
"Those of us who have read the script all know Cheng Yong's current situation. It can be said that he is at a low point in his life. His wife is divorced, he cannot get custody of his children, and he even has no money to pay for his father's hospitalization. People in this situation are very helpless.
Especially for a middle-aged man, a person who has family responsibilities, he will often feel helpless or even run away from such a big thing."
"I'm trying to anesthetize myself so that I don't think so much. Chen Mubai's eyes just made me feel this way. His various expressions all illustrate his situation."
The words of the middle-aged actor were recognized by the people around him. At the same time, the younger actors listened to the words of the seniors and realized how powerful Chen Mubai's performance was in just a few seconds!
There are a lot of things they need to learn, and they may not be able to feel many things, but only after others tell them, they will have some understanding, at least they will know why they act like this and what the reasons are.
Although they cannot fully understand it now, knowing the principles will give them a deeper understanding of performance, which will help them shape their own characters in the future.
But they didn't know that Chen Mubai was a person who had experienced this kind of experience, and he knew both his age and his temperament.
If he were asked to play an elderly person, it might not be interesting, but if he plays a middle-aged person, it can't be said that he looks like him. It can be said that he is acting in his true colors!
"It's really awesome!"
Several people were chatting and looking at the situation on the field. Chen Mubai hadn't finished the scene yet.
...
The old man said in a helpless tone: "Pay the rent quickly."
Chen Mubai's voice was a little hoarse and his expression did not change, but what he said was a bit shameless.
"I can't hand it over, I have no money!"
It is natural to rent a house and pay the rent. Even if you have no money, you should still communicate with the landlord instead of avoiding the landlord's phone calls.
From here we can see that Cheng Yong is escaping from life just as the actor said just now.
The reason why he was able to say frankly that he had no money was because Cheng Yong gave up on himself.
Look at Cheng Yong's current appearance, with greasy and knotted hair, dirty and sloppy clothes, and dust on his face, all indicating his poverty.
If you don’t have money to pay the rent, you won’t be able to go back home, so you won’t be able to take a shower, and your image will be sloppy.