The next thing to shoot was the meeting scene. Several mercenary actors on the side were fully dressed and just waiting for filming.
It's still Tao Yaoyao's personal drama at the moment. She needs to get out of the room because she has lost her memory and wants to figure out where she is and what her name is.
Tao Yaoyao looked at the furnishings of the room and the large villa far away from the city. The scenery outside was very beautiful.
She saw an encouraging word on the table. She picked up a pen and started to imitate the words above, but she scratched out just two sentences after writing them because the handwriting was different, which meant that the handwriting was not hers!
"You need to maintain concentration all the time. The confusion and curiosity in your eyes cannot change, but you must also maintain a sense of vigilance, because you have lost your memory and you don't know anything now. You have to look for marks about you in the room.
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"You will be very careful in your movements. The alertness in your eyes cannot disappear. You must maintain the interpretation of two emotions."
After the one-man show clicked, Chen Mubai told Tao Yaoyao that he hoped she could find that state as soon as possible.
In previous performances, Tao Yaoyao not only performed very well in eye scenes, but also often showed only one emotion when looking for information about her identity outside, and the same was true with her eyes.
However, there are two best performances here. Chen Mubai has higher requirements for Tao Yaoyao and hopes that she can give a more exciting performance.
However, it is precisely because of being too involved and the difficulty of acting that Tao Yaoyao always encounters problems during the performance, and it will subconsciously turn into an emotion, and the wariness or confusion in his eyes will always appear.
There is one kind of thing, and it is difficult to have both.
It is understandable that the eye scene is more difficult to perform. It is Tao Yaoyao's first time as a leading actor, so she feels a little nervous. It is normal for problems to arise.
"I know, I will try my best to find that balance."
Every time Tao Yaoyao clicked, he reflected on the problems that arose and how to deal with them.
The scene of walking from the bedroom to the living room was filmed more than ten times before it finally passed and reached the quality required by Chen Mubai.
A long one-man show has passed. After this episode, Tao Yaoyao felt that she had new insights into acting. As long as she digests these insights, her acting skills will definitely improve again.
When Tao Yaoyao put on a red dress, she instantly stunned the audience!
The attention of everyone on the set was stolen by her. She was extremely beautiful and had an outstanding temperament.
And this long dress is a little sexy, exposing her smooth jade shoulders and half of her flawless back like fine porcelain.
Tao Yaoyao challenges this kind of female role for the first time. She is sexy but independent, and has a unique charm, just like a poppy flower, which makes people addicted.
At this moment, she is wearing a bright red dress, which perfectly shows off her beautiful figure. She has a delicate temperament but is dressed sexyly. In addition, red is an alluring color, making it difficult to resist her charm.
There is one word that can describe the feeling Tao Yaoyao gives people now, that is, she is pure and lustful. Two different styles of innocence and charm can be seen in her, which makes people want to stop!
Only then did everyone understand the positioning of the heroine of this movie. She is similar to a very beautiful female killer. This kind of character will be very popular. Who doesn't like to watch beautiful women?
In particular, this is the first time Tao Yaoyao has challenged such a sexy and glamorous female role in this drama, and the background is in an apocalyptic environment, which further highlights the charm of this character.
This is equivalent to putting beauty and beast together. The beast's violent, ugly and other images will set off the beauty's temperament and appearance, which is a strong contrast.
In the context of the apocalypse, unparalleledly beautiful female characters can be more eye-catching, which will amplify this characteristic.
This is how movie themes help characters. Different types of works have a blessing effect on different characters. Just like when you see a sports car, everyone will think of beautiful women and car models.
"Are you ready?"
"Ready!"
"Quickly, clear the place!"
"Lighting team..."
"Props group..."
"action!"
The crew was very noisy just now. After all departments were ready, the clapperboard started, and everything disappeared instantly.
At this time, Tao Yaoyao was standing on a walkway. There were many fallen leaves on the ground. The windows on both sides were open, and strong winds blew in and picked up the fallen leaves on the ground.
Ellie, played by Tao Yaoyao, looked around with a wary expression, then carefully stepped back, instinctively feeling the danger.
"ha!"
Suddenly, beside a door, a pair of hands pulled Ellie closer to the room. Ellie was unprepared and was pulled over, screaming in surprise.
"who are you?"
Although Ellie exclaimed, she was not completely confused, but asked the question in a cautious tone.
This is the only person she has met since waking up. To her, the information this person provided is too dangerous, and she wants to solve the mystery about herself.
"let me go!"
As the two pushed each other, the window inside the house was broken and a flash bomb was thrown in.
Then, a group of people wearing black clothes broke in through the window, looking like agents.
Ellie's eyes were fixed on these people. She didn't know what happened, or why she was here, let alone where this place was, and she didn't know this group of people.
"Report status!"
The leader walked up to Ellie, looked at her and asked.
"What?"
"Report the situation!" he repeated again.
"I want you to report, female soldier!"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Ellie frowned, her eyes thinking.
Judging from this title, he should be someone from the military?
Calling her a female soldier, is she also a soldier?
Before she could think about it, another person on the side said: "Captain, the main defense system of the house has been activated."
"She may still be suffering from side effects."
During the conversation, another man's face appeared in the camera. He was the man who had just pulled Ali closer to the room. He was the character played by Qian Duoduo!
But it was a bit miserable. I was beaten up and handcuffed when I came up...
"Click!"
"Very good, change places and continue with the next act!"
The filming of each scene has begun, and the progress of the plot is advancing day by day.
The research institute has the most scenes, followed by shooting scenes that combine reality and reality.
The virtual scene was shot in an open place, which is full of green cloth. This is also the place where acting skills are most tested.
Because it is not a real scene and there are no physical things, even if you are being chased by people or monsters, you have to rely on your own imagination to imagine it. This kind of performance without physical objects is very difficult.
Outsiders watch foreign stars star in science fiction movies. The special effects are amazing and the acting is very easy.
But in fact, they were very funny when they actually acted. Except for some of the props that may be physical props, the rest entertained themselves, and they even pretended to be chased by monsters to give them an immersive feeling.
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This kind of performance is extremely difficult. Sometimes there is someone to act opposite you, and both parties can help the other person enter the state, including the exaggeration of emotions.
However, most of the performances are performed by oneself, whether it is lines or emotions, it is much more difficult if there is an opponent.
Therefore, for someone who can act extremely well in a science fiction blockbuster, his acting skills are really great and not bad.
Especially when a group of people perform together without physical performance, they are like a group of lunatics...
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"Click!"
"No, you guys take a rest and do it again later."
Chen Mubai shouted loudly.
"Hey, I failed again."
"I'm going to have a drink of water and come back later. I'm really tired. These clothes are really heavy!"
"Yeah, I feel so bored too."
Several actors in this scene were talking, but after being told to stop by Chen Mubai, they were taking a rest.
The clothes were very thick, and the temperature at the filming site was relatively high. The actors wearing these clothes felt airtight. They felt very hot and their bodies were stuffy. Some people raised their heads and kept fanning through their collars with their other hand, thinking
Be cooler.
The rest of the people were drinking ice water to cool down.
They filmed this scene twice and failed.
Chen Mubai said to several people: "You are now employees of the Umbrella Company, but you are also mercenaries."
"You were hired by Umbrella to do this task, so even though this is your "base", you remain vigilant because of your status as mercenaries. This is a long-term experience of licking blood on the edge of a knife, and you will not relax your mind and body."
"Therefore, each of you must be on high alert with your steps, movements, and expressions when walking. You must not relax. This is the impact of professional attributes and cannot be ignored."
"While maintaining alertness, it should also make people feel relaxed and relaxed, because compared to the life of a mercenary, this kind of task is much simpler."
On the one hand, we need to be alert, on the other hand, we need to be relaxed mentally. This is also a contradictory performance state, but it is the mental state that this group of people should have.
This is also the reason why I didn’t get it right even after taking the photo twice.
The composition of this team includes Chinese, European and American people, which fits the position of mercenaries. After all, the mercenaries in the Middle East come from all over the world.
In fact, this is another hint as to why the Umbrella Company wants mercenaries to come here to complete the task. This subtext means that this task is unusual, and it is also a foreshadowing for the subsequent plot.
It's just that it's more difficult for ordinary people to connect this matter, so film critics need to point it out.
"You guys take a break first, adjust your mentality, and drink some ice water to cool down."
After Chen Mubai finished speaking, he gave them time to think.
"Fan, cool them down here and keep them ventilated!"
Soon, several people moved two large fans and placed them here to blow on the actors, allowing them to feel the cool wind.
If you remain in a hot and dry state all the time, it will also make you mentally impatient, which is not conducive to shooting psychology.
When Chen Mubai was talking to them just now, he realized that they were very hot wearing heavy clothes, so he gave them some time to rest in case they were in bad condition, and the same would happen again when filming.
After a while, they rested and started shooting again. They took two shots and passed.
When filming the zombie part, the female mercenary was frightened because of the atmosphere needed to be created, the closed environment and the zombie makeup.
Mainly, the zombie acted very well. The corners of his mouth were full of blood. He also made a sizzling sound and jumped on the actress. As a result, the actor was really frightened.
However, the zombies here are not as realistic as in "The Walking Dead" and are relatively rough. They don't have the kind of flesh and blood that has dried, leaving only half of the body with bones exposed. After all, the zombies here are just appetizers.
Tao Yaoyao's mental state is slowly undergoing changes, so as the scenes she shoots change, her level of interpretation also changes. In addition to supporting roles with smaller roles, Chen Mubai has higher requirements for those with more roles.
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For them, they thought this part of the scene was the most difficult to shoot, but they didn't expect that compared to the later scenes, the first part was much easier.
Because later when everyone came to the Green Cloth to perform, they really realized what the difficulty was, which brought them to the verge of collapse.
Being NGed again and again is a very torturous mentality.
Especially, sometimes I get NG right from the beginning...
At this time, everyone also understood why there were so few science fiction films in China. In addition to large investment and realistic special effects, the post-production time of the film was not counted, and the acting skills of the actors were also very high.
The popular trend in China is for popular actors to star in works, and the best-selling genres are action movies and comedies, but these two types of movies have relatively low requirements for actors' acting skills.
Action movies are all about neat moves or cool kung fu fights. Comedy movies, in addition to the actors' funny demeanor and movements, mostly rely on lines, just like "囧 in Thailand" and "Crazy Stone".
Chen Mubai shot these two movies very well, and the acting skills of the actors in them are also very good, but even if the acting skills are put aside, just some of the lines will still make people laugh.
Therefore, acting skills are not particularly important in this type of movie. This is a problem with the subject matter of the movie.
It was really difficult for them to think about the scene of being chased by a monster in a performance that was all green and had no real objects.
Showing fear is very simple. The key lies in synchronized movements, such as suddenly appearing behind and giving a blow. This requires precise coordination and relies entirely on your own timing and imagination.
Their acting was very painful, all kinds of NG, and a bit like lunatics...
The crew looked at their performance as if they were looking at fools...
Everyone is in pain. The former is suffering from himself, while the latter is suffering from suppressing laughter...
There were always people drinking water and then squirting or getting choked. As a result, few people drank water during the filming process...
Fortunately, the grind has passed, and after going through untold hardships, we are finally done.
There aren't many green cloth scenes in this movie, and only one licker is needed, so although it was difficult, the filming time wasn't too long.
If this were to follow the specifications of those science fiction blockbusters, I'm afraid the shooting time would be greatly extended, especially for a movie like "Monster", where there are really many special effects.