Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 293 This is progress

At 6 a.m., it was pitch black.

From the hotel to the county town, and then to the national highway tens of kilometers from the county town to Laojun Mountain, a few beams of white light illuminated by flashlights shaken by running are like beacons in the eternal night, exploring the way forward.

In the mountains covered in darkness in the distance, a few orange lights lit up sporadically, it should be that the owner of the house has woken up.

The farmland on both sides of the road is not known how many miles, it seems to be endless, there are occasional insects chirping, but they are overwhelmed by the bursts of joyful sounds on the road from time to time.

"Crazy! Come out for a run before dawn? I'm convinced too!"

"Damn Sissy! Woke me up early in the morning!"

The temperature was only 8 degrees, and the wind blowing in front of them was a bit cold due to running. Su Chang and Jiang Xin's complexions were rosy because of this, and they were speechless.

They were sleeping soundly on the bed, but they were woken up by Concubine Liu Yi's knock on the door, and they nicknamed it: "Early to bed and early to rise is good for health."

Originally, they thought they were leaving early to go to the set.

But later, the nanny car stopped on the national highway.

Then, they were inexplicably pulled over for a run.

The nanny car follows behind, this is the rhythm of getting in the car to rest at any time when you are tired from running.

This operation is really fun.

"Exercise." Concubine Liu Yi panted slightly, turned her head and said.

She was jogging side by side with Chu Xuan in the front, and Zhao Liying and Huang Xuan's dangling flashlights in the back were shining under the light of the ground light, and the hair in the shadow of her back was constantly swaying in small arcs as she ran.

"Besides, have you ever run in the morning before dawn? It's fun." She turned her head and said, with a playful smile on her lips.

"It's fun..." Su Chang and Jiang Xin ran at the end, dumbfounded, defeated by Concubine Liu Yi's words.

But not to mention, in the dark night in the field, they still hold a flashlight for lighting. They have never experienced such a way of morning running, and they feel a little bit stimulated by it.

"Take a break, I'm tired." Concubine Liu Yi, who was running in front, stopped slowly, and the group of people followed suit.

The light from the flashlight in their hands was shining on the ground. In the eyes of Su Chang and Jiang Xin, the backs of Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi seemed to be black silhouettes in the astigmatism of the two roads.

The silhouette on the right stretched out his hand, helping the silhouette on the left to stroke the hair sticking to his forehead, and then took a tissue to help wipe off the sweat. The next moment, the silhouette on the left turned his head and covered the face of the silhouette on the right. chapter.

"You two, let's talk about your relationship aside! It's an eyesore!" Su Chang pointed at Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi with a look of displeasure.

"Secondary!" Jiang Xin raised her hand with a playful look.

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying walked in the middle, and when they heard the two people behind them singing together, the corners of their mouths could not help but twitch.

Concubine Liu Yi was walking on the left side of Chu Xuan. After hearing what the two good sisters said, she put her hand on Chu Xuan's left arm, turned her head and blinked: "We are going to fall in love. If you have the ability, go find a boyfriend."

Facing Concubine Liu Yi's naked show off, Su Chang and Jiang Xin were choked, while Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying held back their laughter.

Chu Xuan's footsteps slowed down, and Concubine Liu Yi, who was holding his hand, also slowed down. Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying moved closer.

"Talk about the script." Chu Xuan said, he turned his head and glanced at the two of them.

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying paused for a moment, then walked two steps faster and came to Chu Xuan's side.

"As an actor, while understanding the characters in the script, you must also learn to read the script, know how to read the script, and find the underlying logic of the character's behavior and the chains of the plot structure. frame of the story."

"The complete story frame of a character is the biography of the character."

Biography? ...Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded. They had heard of this thing, but they didn't know how to write it.

"Before I was busy and didn't have time to talk about it. You are beginners. The most important thing is to learn the rules of the set first. Logically speaking, a qualified actor who plays an important role in a play must write a biography before joining the group. , to understand the character's behavioral motives and the emotions that each situation should have, which is of great help to acting."

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying walked slowly with Chu Xuan's rhythm while listening quietly.

"The biography of the characters is written in No.1, which is the basic format, and it is more immersive to read."

"How to write the biography of the character?"

Chu Xuan paused and stroked his thoughts.

"Take Zhang Xiaofan's plot as an example, let me give a brief outline."

"Senior sister and I have been childhood sweethearts since childhood. I like my senior sister. Every time I see her, my heart is very hot. I can't restrain my desire to protect her. However, I can't practice well, and the master ignores me. Senior brother doesn’t hurt, I have low self-esteem, so when I face my senior sister, I’m happy but nervous, every time I pinch my fingers subconsciously, or I don’t dare to look down at her.”

Chu Xuan turned his head to look at the two, and said: "This is the beginning and process of the first plot chain of Zhang Xiaofan's growth line in Qingyunmen, including character events, actions and emotions."

"The character incident is Zhang Xiaofan facing Tian Linger."

"The movement is that the fingers are pinched unconsciously every time, or they are afraid to look down at her."

"Emotions are, like, nervous."

"This is the basic way of writing a character biography. Character events, actions in the face of events, emotions and characters to be expressed by the actions, combined with your script, if there are lines in the plot, add the lines."

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying stroked their train of thought and nodded.

The heat dissipated after running, Concubine Liu Yi suddenly felt a little cold, she simply slipped down the arm holding Chu Xuan, clasped his fingers tightly with Chu Xuan's, stuffed them into Chu Xuan's left purse to keep warm, and put her own Put your left hand into your left purse.

Seeing this scene from behind, Su Chang and Jiang Xin couldn't help but shook their heads and took a breath, as if they both smelled a little sweet.

"Continue with the previous summary, and now I will talk about the details."

"On the eve of the Qimai martial arts meeting, my senior sister behaved abnormally. I was curious, so I followed my senior sister all the way, crossed a rainbow bridge, and hid in a forest."

"However, what did I see? Senior sister is so close to Qi Hao! And they are holding hands!"

"This beautiful woman is the one I like!"

"The breeze is blowing, slightly warm, but like drizzle on a cold day, it splashes on my face, but it chills my heart."

"I clenched my hands tightly and clenched my teeth. The anger and anger in my heart gave me the urge to explode."

"'Hey.' I sighed in my heart and turned my head silently. After all, I am just a person without talent. I can't even cut a single bamboo in the bamboo forest. Brothers and their daily practice, I have to light fire for them Cook."

"As soon as I thought about it, I secretly turned my head and took a look. Under the moonlight, those two people snuggling together are so good for each other."

"'I don't deserve it.' I whispered in my heart, and walked slowly into the depths of the woods, my pace getting faster and faster. I don't know if I am escaping or my inferiority complex is causing trouble."

Chu Xuan's words stopped, and the scene fell into a brief silence.

"Chu Xuan, you are good at telling stories, I have already substituted it in, Zhang Xiaofan is miserable." Jiang Xin was the first to speak out.

"I have everything I see, hear, feel." Su Chang said, "All emotions are expressed through the description in my heart, and the movements of clenching fists, clenching teeth, turning head silently, and turning head secretly are also in line with the character's situation. Very detailed."

"If the biography of the characters is of this quality, as long as someone with basic acting skills takes it, they will know how to act in this scene."

Su Chang took off the white hat, stretched out his hand to stroke his hair, and then put the hat back on.

"Learned, this morning run was not in vain." She said.

"Indeed." Jiang Xin nodded, and cupped her fists at Chu Xuan in front of her jokingly, "Chu Xuan, be taught."

None of them came from professional colleges, and what actors pay most attention to in acting is the details. Often the basic details are expressed in the character biographies. If the character biographies are not well written, it will have a great impact on the form of performance.

Chu Xuan's self-expression to Zhang Xiaofan made them feel something.

The praise of the two made Chu Xuan turn his head and smile at them, then turned around and said: "What I just said is a complete plot. The beginning of this plot: I like Senior Sister; the process: I am nervous to see Senior Sister; embraces me, I feel dejected."

Concubine Liu Yi poked her head forward and raised a finger at Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying: "This is a plot chain, find out all the plot chains of the characters, and analyze and write the characters in depth as Chu Xuan said just now, until the writing By the end of the finale, there will be a biography of the characters."

Chu Xuan added: "With the biography of the characters, I have a clear idea of ​​how to act in each scene."

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded.

"So, we want to write a biography?" Zhao Liying asked.

"What do you think?" Chu Xuan asked back.

Zhao Liying shut up, Chu Xuan's tone told her the answer.

"Get in the car and go to the set." Concubine Liu Yi said, she scratched Chu Xuan's palm with her hand in Chu Xuan's purse.

Chu Xuan stopped, and everyone followed him, and turned sideways.

Seeing this, the driver of the nanny car stepped on the accelerator, accelerated and stopped in front of the group of people.

Everyone got into the car one by one and went to the crew.

……

There is a group of Taoist temples on Laojun Mountain, named Jinding Taoist temple group.

When Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei arrived, the crew had already set up the scene in the house.

At this time, the sky was bright, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei had breakfast, sat down for a while, and then took Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying to an uninhabited area to practice basic posture and learn to read aloud.

As time went by, some actor teachers came one after another.

Even if there is no play, the teachers are still there to learn, which is their habit for many years.

There is a saying in the circle of the older generation of actors: as long as the play of your own character is not completed, you will never leave the crew, because you must maintain the state of the character.

If you leave the crew halfway and go to the city once, then the status of the character will be gone, and you will have to start looking for it again, which will affect the overall shaping of the character, and the connection between the characters before and after the plot will also be interrupted.

"How strange are we mortals!"

Faintly, a burst of reading aloud came over.

Chen Daoming, Wang Jinsong, Liu Yijun, and Huang Lei heard the news, and their sight was blocked by the building.

"Chu Xuan is teaching people." Huang Lei said.

Hearing what he said, everyone laughed.

"Wait for Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying to act, and see how Chu Xuan's teaching level is." Chen Daoming said.

"Then we'll have to wait for the scenes where the two of them have strong emotions. You can't tell much about ordinary scenes." Wang Jinsong said.

Everyone nodded and walked towards the crew.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Yang Tianzhen called.

Under a tree, Chu Xuan stood up from the folding chair, closed the book, and said, "Go, I've said all that needs to be said, go to the set and listen to Mr. Huang and Director Wu Qingyuan tell you about the play, and put some specific actions Remember, just show it in front of the camera, Zhang Xiaofan’s early scenes should not be difficult for you, after all, it’s very similar to your experience.”

Huang Xuan took a deep breath. He had only played a few extras, and it was his first time acting as a leading role. This pressure and tension coexisted.

"Come on." Zhao Liying waved her fist to show her encouragement.

Yang Tianzhen took Huang Xuan to the makeup team, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei took Zhao Liying to the director's team.

After greeting Huang Lei and the others, Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi sat down in front of the monitor, Zhao Liying walked back and sat with Su Chang and the others.

"Hey." Liu Yi picked up the script on a small armchair and handed a copy to Chu Xuan.

This is the director's book, Chu Xuan turned to the page number of today's filming and looked at it.

[Mirror number: 1; Scene type: Panorama; Movement: Fixed; Angle: Frontal and overhead shot 20; Content: In the kitchen, Zhang Xiaofan is sitting on a small stool and burning wood; Sound: The sound of burning wood.

Mirror number: 2; Scene type: Panorama; Movement: Fixed; Angle: 30° from the back; Content: In the kitchen, Zhang Xiaofan is sitting on a small stool and burning wood; the sound of burning wood.

Shot number: 3; Scene type: Middle shot; Movement: Left panning—upward panning; Angle: Horizontal shot from the side; Content: In the kitchen, Zhang Xiaofan is sitting on a small stool and burning wood; the sound of burning wood.

Shot number: 4; Scene type: Panorama; Movement: Pulling the mirror; Angle: Horizontal shot from the side; Content: In the kitchen, Zhang Xiaofan sits on a small stool and burns firewood; Sound: The sound of firewood burning.

Scene special effects: None; Special effect description: None; Scene description: ………]

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi looked at the script, Zhao Jian finished arranging the lighting and then looked away.

"Start filming." Zhao Jianchong said to the two of them, and immediately sat down in his seat.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi straightened their bodies and scanned the multiple monitors. The script was still unfolding on their respective legs.

They had read the split-shot script during the stage of script planning, and understood the nouns in it clearly, but it was the first time to compare it with the live shooting on the monitor.

Here, with a serious look on their faces, they started the learning mode.

In the monitor, it suddenly went dark, and it looked a little weird in broad daylight.

But Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi still knew this, they just needed to block the windows with light-shielding props.

What if you can't see the moonlight outside the window?Just keep the camera out of the window.

In the monitor, there was a sudden light, and the kitchen room was instantly lit up.

"Isn't it too bright?" Concubine Liu Yi whispered.

"This is a sun simulation light. It is used to shoot the light and shadow of objects. It is enough to put on a high-intensity soft box, and the brightness will be greatly reduced." Fumino explained.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi understood, no wonder the light resembled the color of the sun, it turned out to be simulating sunlight.

In their eyes looking at the monitors, the gaffer covered the mock lights with a softbox, a fabric dome that resembles a household electric fan.

With a set of soft boxes, the brightness of the light instantly decreases. Under the adjustment of the lighting engineer, it is only about the brightness of a few candles added together.

Therefore, Huang Xuan's shadow appeared on the wall smoothly, which is the artistic expression of light and shadow.

"Camera No. 1 shoots frontal light and shadow." Chu Xuan said.

Zhao Jian tilted his head and gave a thumbs up.

Chu Xuan sneered: "Don't praise me now, I'm not stupid with all the cameras on the monitor placed like this."

Zhao Jian and the teachers in the director's team looked happy, and Concubine Liu Yi also raised the corners of her mouth.

"What is shot in No. 2 shot?" Chu Xuan asked.

“Contrast on the No. 2 lens, the effect of contrast is to strip light, the higher the contrast, the more obvious the illuminated objects will be, and the darker the unlit areas will be.

"But the higher the contrast, the more fake the scene, the poorer the subject's body texture, and the fewer details and lines, the subject is like a silhouette that blends with darkness."

"In this scene, the effect of the No. 2 shot is to reflect Zhang Xiaofan's sense of loneliness, making everything around him dark, only the light of burning firewood in front of Zhang Xiaofan."

Wen Kino said softly: "Contrast is also one of the parameters in the camera."

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi nodded slowly, and learned another knowledge point.

There is not only one analog light in the room, but also several professional photography lights that are also equipped with soft boxes and emit different white soft lights.

Several lights were placed at different angles. Except for the sun simulation lights, the other lights hit Huang Xuan's surroundings and did not hit Huang Xuan's body.

The flames of firewood burning from the fire pit merge with these light sources. It seems that the orange-red of the fire light covers the white light, but no matter how you look at it, you feel that this scene is very soft and comfortable, but it does not break away from the category of night. The whole scene has a look Just at night.

It's really amazing.

Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi didn't know how Zhao Jian lit the lights, what's the point of view, and how the lights of props and natural fire were combined, but they were deeply attracted by the aesthetics of light and shadow, and felt that this was art.

"This picture is so beautiful, I want to learn it." Concubine Liu Yi whispered, winking at Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan nodded, and muttered: "Stealing the teacher."

Zhao Jian was sitting next to him, and when he heard his muttering, a smile appeared in his eyes.

After a while, under Zhao Jian's call, Huang Xuan's first scene started shooting.

Inside the monitor, the No. 1 and No. 2 mirrors on the front and back are fixed.

Zhao Jian looked at the images transmitted by the camera and considered the texture.

"Mobile No. 3, move."

A videographer is squatting, and the camera in front of him is mounted on a lowered bracket. This bracket can be stretched up, down, left, and right. The cameraman does not move, but just pushes the camera to move slowly to the left, slowly. Slowly adjust the height of the bracket to move the camera up slowly, completing the panning twice.

Panning the mirror twice, first patted Huang Xuan's hand handing firewood, and then patted Huang Xuan's profile from bottom to top.

"No. 3 withdraws, No. 4 moves."

The cameraman of Unit 4 presented a panoramic view of Huang Xuan, and then slowly retreated by pulling the mirror and adjusting the focus at the same time. Huang Xuan gradually became smaller and blurred in the lens.

One of the functions of this mirror lens is to tell the audience that the screen is about to switch, and to give the audience a psychological reminder so that the screen transition of the TV series does not appear abrupt.

"Crack."

"Furthermore, the contrast of No. 2 camera is too high, and the picture is too blurry; No. 3 camera pans to the ground for the first time; No. 4 camera is unstable and shakes; Huang Xuan continues to maintain it, you can just burn firewood, and the expression on his face is normal It's fine."

Listening to Zhao Jian's words, Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi looked at the monitor thoughtfully.

"Just now, the contrast value of No. 2 machine was too high. The contrast between Huang Xuan's black back and the color of the flames was too obvious. Although the picture is beautiful, it is too fake." Chu Xuan whispered.

"The panning camera of the No. 3 camera didn't capture Huang Xuan's feet, because it was a close-up panning camera, which lacked the overall texture of the characters." Liu Yifei analyzed.

"When the No. 4 mirror is pulled back, the camera shakes slightly, and the picture is unstable." Chu Xuan said again.

Concubine Liu Yi nodded and looked at him, the two of them smiled slightly.

They didn't understand half of what the director said before, but now they listen to it, and they understand it instantly, and can form an adjusted picture in their minds for comparison and consideration.

This is progress.

(End of this chapter)