Director: The special effects are too expensive, so I had to make real shots

Chapter 333 When an actor is on the moon, a qualitative change occurs
After all, Ma Yong is just a science fiction writer, not a professional actor.

Although Xu Nuo felt quite satisfied when he originally chose him to play the role of Ma Zhao, but when he was in the same frame as the national first-class actor Zhong Dengwen, the gap in acting skills became particularly obvious. .

"Ugh."

Xu Nuo still felt unsatisfied after filming the filming scene at the lunar ground base again.

"Director Xu, am I not performing well enough?"

Ma Yong seemed to realize something and asked a little guiltily.

"It's not your problem."

Xu Nuo did not mean to blame Ma Yong's acting skills, but after sighing, he continued to think about how to optimize the gap between him and Teacher Zhong Dengwen when they acted in the same scene.

"Teacher Ma, after all, this is your first time working with me. I think your understanding of the character is correct. Director Xu also said that your temperament and image are in line with the character. But when you were filming today, you were with me, Do you feel too much pressure?"

After several times of shooting, Teacher Zhong Dengwen also saw the problem.

I can handle the role of Tu Hengyu very well, but Ma Yong is different. After all, he is not a professional actor.
In fact, Zhong Dengwen thinks that Ma Yong still has some foundation and talent, but just as Xu Nuo thinks, Zhong Dengwen also thinks that Ma Yong and he act together. Due to the gap between their acting skills, there is a gap and fragmentation in the scenes. This kind of If it were a little more obvious, it would give the audience the illusion that Ma Yong's acting skills are really bad.

But in fact Ma Yong's acting skills are not bad.

"To be honest, Teacher Zhong is a national first-class actor. It is impossible to say that there is no pressure when acting with Teacher Zhong."

Ma Yong answered in the same way.

"Pressure is a good thing. Come on, let's discuss your character, your psychological activities, motivations, and the feeling of performing during this scene."

Xu Nuo called Ma Yong over, and also called Teacher Zhong Dengwen over.

Shooting is paused first.

Try to understand the character thoroughly, let Ma Yong understand it, and let him know the character he plays, which is also the motivation of Ma Zhao's lines in this scene.

To put it simply, it is "replay"!
"Uh-huh."

Ma Yong nodded repeatedly, and then said in one breath some of the shortcomings he realized when playing the role: "Aside from these, Director Xu, what else do you think I need to improve on?"

"It's good to be able to recognize a lot of the problems that are exposed when performing. The main problem now is that you are not immersed enough in the role. You see teacher Zhong Dengwen, that is, complete immersion into Tu Heng For the character Yu, every micro-expression, every movement, every look, plus every line, can be said to be perfect."

Xu Nuo first praised Ma Yong for his self-reflection, and then praised Teacher Zhong Dengwen to help Ma Yong understand what to do to make himself and the character one.

"Director Xu was very complimentary. I just brought myself into the role. There is still a lot of room for improvement."

Teacher Zhong Dengwen also said modestly.

Xu Nuo felt that Teacher Zhong Dengwen’s humility was similar to his own. Even though he was already very good, he was still neither arrogant nor impetuous and believed that he still had more room for improvement.

You said you are a national first-class actor, how can you still improve your performance?But it can be said that this kind of humble attitude is not something everyone can achieve.

"When he discovered that Tuyaya was not a video, but a digital life, Ma Zhao would have a sense of shock, but here is the key. Apart from the shock, there would be a hint of joy. Teacher Ma, you can't help but feel this kind of joy. Show it through a smile, but this time you need a kind of hidden joy, that is, through some micro-expressions on your face. It should not be a too obvious smile of joy, but you must let the audience see you through this hidden joy. It’s such a joy to know that Tuyaya is a successful digital being.”

Xu Nuo said a lot in one breath, and it can be said that he pointed out one of the key issues in the filming just now.

"If you can do this, while being shocked, and showing less obvious joy, you can let the audience see your character's position and inner thoughts, thus providing the basis for the subsequent plot and some detachable characters. The character setting sets the stage.”

Xu Nuo continued.

Ma Yongzai listened very carefully, and I have to say that he really tried hard to analyze and understand every word that director Xu Nuo said in his heart.

"This is not easy to act."

Teacher Zhong Dengwen said suddenly.

Because in addition to studying his own characters, Teacher Zhong Dengwen also does some research on his opponent’s characters.
Even he thought that the role of Ma Zhao in this plot was not easy to perform.

We must not only be shocked by the digital life technology, but also show joy. The most important thing is that the joy must be less obvious, but we must also use this less obvious joy to give the audience Very obvious character stance.

To be honest, even if Zhong Dengwen himself plays the role of Ma Zhao, he might not be able to do it well.

If such a performance were put on those popular celebrities in domestic entertainment, it would probably be a poor performance in the first part, that is, the shock of digital life.

If Ma Yong can fall in the third stage, it is already very good.

"One thing that needs to be noted is that the character Ma Zhao has an attitude towards digital life technology. On the surface, he is 'opposed' to it because the law at that time no longer supports it. But in fact, Ma Zhao is still looking forward to digital life technology. , after seeing the success of Tu Yaya, the surprise, joy and joy when thinking that the 550 series quantum computer is the future development prospect of digital life, these do not need to be expressed through too strong facial expressions, even in the lines On this aspect, you can’t say your lines too happily.”

Seeing that Ma Yong was listening and understanding carefully, Xu Nuo began to analyze the character in depth: "Because the character Ma Zhao is like this. No matter what the occasion, he always speaks with a seriousness and coldness, and is very clean and expressive. The meaning is very clear, without too much emotion being revealed.”

"Hmm, Director Xu, do you understand me correctly? Ma Zhao's lines do not reveal much emotion and are relatively cold, but in fact he is a character with a rich heart."

Ma Yong talked about his understanding.

"Yes, yes, you see, Teacher Ma, you can still understand it well."

Xu Nuodang nodded, and then said with a smile: "We have thoroughly understood the role and polished every detail so that you can perform this role immersively,"

"it is good!"

Ma Yong nodded, his eyes full of confidence and determination.

At first, he thought that the role he played was not difficult, but unfortunately that was only based on his understanding after reading the script. Now it seems that there will be more difficulties in actual performance.

This is a bottleneck I encountered while shooting today.

As long as this bottleneck is broken, Ma Yong will be able to handle other plot scenes very well, whether it is with Tu Hengyu played by teacher Zhong Dengwen or other scenes.

"What we have to do now is to ensure that the character you played during filming is not too different from Mr. Zhong Dengwen's Tu Hengyu. We must be as close as possible to Mr. Zhong's sense of drama and bring the two people closer. After the gap between the characters, there will be no obvious sense of separation. In this way, the shooting can be considered a success." Xu Nuo talked about the kind of shooting effect he wanted.

"Then Director Xu, how about I take the initiative to get closer to Teacher Ma?"

At this time, Zhong Dengwen suddenly put forward his own idea.

The meaning is very obvious, that is, if there is a gap between Ma Yong and myself when performing, then I should get closer to Ma Yong. To put it bluntly, I mean to lower my acting skills, and then the difference between me and Ma Yong will not be so obvious. sense of difference.

"no!"

However, Teacher Zhong Dengwen’s proposal was immediately rejected by Xu Nuo, who shook his head.

"Teacher Zhong, you played Tu Hengyu very well, very well. I like Tu Hengyu very much. I can't lower the ceiling just because I encountered difficulties in filming. This is not for compromise, this is for the audience." It’s irresponsible and I won’t do it.”

Xu Nuo's meaning is obvious. He would rather improve Ma Yong's strength than see Teacher Zhong Dengwen lower his strength to match Ma Yong. There is still a big difference between the two.

"Yes, Teacher Zhong, this is my problem. You cannot make compromises because of me."

Ma Yong also realized that this should not be done.

But whether it is Xu Nuo or Ma Yong, they all know that the reason why Teacher Zhong Dengwen said this is for everyone's benefit. After all, Ma Yong's promotion may not happen overnight.

Of course, it is also possible that he will suddenly realize it and gain insight, so that he can solve the current problem.

"Director Xu, please believe me, I will definitely achieve the effect you want. If we come back, we will be troublesome to Director Xu and Teacher Zhong."

After Ma Yong fully understood and digested director Xu Nuo's in-depth analysis of the character Ma Zhao just now, he planned to do it again.

Of course, things obviously weren't going to go that smoothly.

After doing it again, teacher Zhong Dengwen continued to perform this rivalry scene with Ma Yong, but Xu Nuo was still not particularly satisfied.

But Xu Nuo can see that Ma Yong has gone one step further after his guidance this time.

To be precise, it is the performance between Ma Yong and Teacher Zhong Dengwen. The gap has narrowed a bit, but there is still a distance in the middle. Xu Nuo believes that this distance needs to be further shortened before he can shout "Ka" to complete this scene perfectly. .

"Let's come again!"

As a director, Xu Nuo naturally knows how to shoot. He must persevere. If he encounters a problem, he should solve it over and over again and shoot again and again until he finally captures the picture he wants.

This time it's not a problem with the picture, but with the actor's acting skills. Xu Nuo doesn't think Ma Yong's acting skills are bad, but they just haven't improved enough to narrow the gap with teacher Zhong Dengwen.

"Come again!"

Over and over again, in the next three days, Xu Nuo devoted all his energy to this plot scene.

Not only Xu Nuo, but also Teacher Zhong Dengwen had a hard time. After all, his performance was absolutely fine, but in order to cooperate with Ma Yong's progress, he still performed this rivalry scene with Ma Yong over and over again. The purpose was naturally to make Ma Yong better. Ma Yong was able to figure it out and solve the shooting problem faced by director Xu Nuo.

Of course, the most important thing is Ma Yong.

To be honest, he has been under a lot of pressure these days, but he is constantly overcoming this pressure and allowing himself to understand the role of Ma Zhao from all aspects of the details as director Xu Nuo said, so that he can The gap between his performance and teacher Zhong Dengwen is constantly narrowing.

Facts have proved that Ma Yong has worked very hard these days and is improving day by day.

This was all seen by teachers Xu Nuo and Zhong Dengwen.

Finally, on the fourth day, Xu Nuo saw the character Ma Zhao played by Ma Yong after polishing it again and again.

It almost feels like Ma Zhao played by Teacher Ning in the previous life on Earth, but there are differences. This difference is not a shortcoming, but an advantage.

For the fourth time on the fourth day, Xu Nuo finally saw Ma Zhao, played by Ma Yong, and Tu Hengyu, played by teacher Zhong Dengwen. When performing this scene, there was no sense of separation. The whole plot was suddenly It became silky smooth.

"Okay, click!"

Xu Nuo finally shouted stop, and with a smile on his face, he walked towards Ma Yong and Teacher Zhong Dengwen: "Okay, very good, this time, I am very satisfied!"

As an actor, whether it is Ma Yong, a non-professional, or Zhong Dengwen, a national first-class actor, the sentence he likes to hear the most is "I am very satisfied this time", because it means that he has performed the kind of performance the director wanted to make. Effect.

"Director Xu, have you passed?"

Ma Yong seemed to have a sense of dream, and immediately looked at Xu Nuo and asked.

"pass!"

Xu Nuo nodded affirmatively.

I have to say that in a few days, Xu Nuo, Ma Yong and Teacher Zhong Dengwen filmed this not-so-long scene nearly twenty times in total before they were very satisfied with it.

And the actor Ma Yong also experienced a qualitative change in his acting skills during this real-life shooting on the moon.

To be honest, it has been a long time since Xu Nuo felt like he had to shoot a plot or a scene over and over again for twenty times.

There is a feeling that a tough battle has finally been won, which is a great sense of accomplishment.

And just as Xu Nuo was immersed in the joy of this sense of accomplishment, AI Guan Ju came to Xu Nuo: "Sir, Colonel Luo Wei is calling you on the communication channel."

"Connect the communication channel."

Xu Nuo immediately connected to the communication channel: "Lao Luo, this is Lao Xu, what's wrong? Could it be that the exploration team on the back of the moon has returned?"

Luo Weishang was looking for him, and this was the first thing Xu Nuo thought of, because Xu Nuo couldn't wait to study the samples of lunar soil and lunar rock from the craters on the back of the moon.

(End of this chapter)