Bright Star Road [Entertainment]

The next scene requires Li Wei to change into the servant's clothes. Although this is a court comedy, Liu Wei's requirements for costumes are still very strict.Except for underwear, the rest of the actors have to change into costumes to avoid out-of-package shots such as jeans and sneakers under the robes.With the help of the costumer, Li Wei changed the servant's clothes, and then changed the headgear.Putting on and taking off the headgear is very painful, because it needs to be glued with bio-glue.The makeup artist first melted the biological glue of the original headgear with a solvent, then took it off, and replaced it with a new headgear.After more than half an hour of makeup, a waiter with beautiful features but melancholy eyes appeared in front of everyone.

After Li Wei left, several make-up artists still sighed in the background: "This face is absolutely perfect for a costume drama. The sword eyebrows, star eyes, and jade-like face are talking about him!"

As an unknown guest actor, Li Wei was naturally one of the first actors to show up.This is the rule of the film and television industry, the smaller the coffee position, the earlier the attendance.This scene uses a lens to the end, except for simple push-pull panning, there will be no change in camera position.This puts high demands on the actors, because if the camera moves, the actors must ensure that their expressions are captured by the camera at all times when they are acting, otherwise the shots will be very weird.Fortunately, Liu Wei has enough prestige in the crew, and the leading actors don't dare to play too big.After Li Wei arrived, other actors also arrived one after another within ten minutes.

After arriving at the scene, the assistant director began to check whether everyone was present, and then whether there were any problems with the costumes and makeup.After the assistant directors confirmed with the assistant director, the assistant director began to explain how to move on the shooting scene.Because the movement of the camera is a fixed trajectory, the movements of the actors can also be pre-arranged.

The main conflict in this scene is the internal servant Jixiang, the prince and the head of the bodyguard. The first half is the conflict between the head of the bodyguard and the prince, and the second half is the conflict between Jixiang and the head of the bodyguard. The transition is to rely on the prince.The actor who plays the prince belongs to the top second-tier actors in China. Li Wei feels that the reason why he didn't become a first-tier actor is because he is a comedian.I have to say that whether it is the TV circle or the film circle, practitioners have a kind of contempt for comedians and practitioners, thinking that comedy is too low compared to drama.However, Li Wei feels that the threshold for comedy may be lower than that of drama, but the top actors of comedy must not be lower than male actors of drama, but this kind of contempt is there.The actor playing the head of the bodyguard is also a newcomer. With his handsome appearance and Director Liu's appreciation, he can barely be regarded as a third-tier actor.

After the assistant director finished speaking, all the actors began to take their seats.The rehearsal does not require actors to perform, it means that actors need to know where they are performing which plot.At first, several actors were worried that Li Wei, a rookie, would have problems, but they didn't expect Li Wei to have no problems at all.Liu Wei naturally saw the expressions of several actors outside the stage, and he secretly sneered in his heart.Although these actors are all Liu Wei's confidantes, but because of this, they have to sharpen themselves even more!

"This group of people don't care about Li Wei's background! No matter how bad he is, he is a doctoral student in the performance department of the Juilliard School, although the Juilliard School is not as good as New York University, the New York Film Academy, and the American Academy of Music and Drama in the film and television industry. Famous, but his acting major is also ranked high in the world!"

In particular, what director Liu Wei values ​​most is that Li Wei has the experience of performing in Broadway and Hollywood. Applying what you have learned is very important for any major.Why are the performance skills of foreign young actors directly second to domestic actors?You need to know that foreign young actors have performed on stage since they were children. The United States not only has a mature child star training system, but also has interest clubs such as drama clubs since elementary school, and schools and communities are willing to provide for children. acting opportunities.As long as it's not true that you're not the patriarch and don't enjoy the food, after more than ten years of acting experience, how far should your acting skills go?Liu Wei knew that his confidants would definitely regard Li Wei as a rookie, but in fact Li Wei was probably the person with the most experience in acting.

Liu Wei didn't say much, but after seeing that there was no problem with everyone's positioning, he ordered: "If everyone is okay? We will officially start shooting now, and now we are going to shoot for the first time. Records, get ready, start shooting!"

After the field record was played in front of the camera, the shooting officially began.The chief guard rushed into the prince's bedroom with the imperial decree and the guards, and the prince's servants and maids fled in all directions.This shot was taken in mid-air with a crane, and then the photographer entered the prince's bedroom following the walking route of the chief guard, and fixed it on the right side of the door.The chief guard announced the imperial decree, and then there was a one-man show for the prince.When the chief guard took out the white silk, poisonous wine and dagger for the prince to choose, the prince collapsed.

At this time Li Wei rushed into the camera, he first comforted the prince, and then begged the chief guard.Under the sarcasm of the chief guard, it was the most important part of the scene, a one-man show of Li Wei that lasted for more than ten minutes.Because it is Li Wei's one-man show, the camera is almost all focused on him. Li Wei must make this episode full, otherwise it will easily make the audience feel bored.When Li Wei played with the head of the guard and the prince, he still controlled his aura, while in the one-man show, Li Wei completely opened up his aura.

When Li Wei performed with all his strength, not only the head of the bodyguard Xiaoxianrou felt the pressure, but even His Royal Highness the old opera bone prince felt a little out of breath.They knew that Li Wei was not "pressing the show". If Li Wei had this intention, he would have done it when he was just acting in the opposite role.But he has only fully opened up his aura until now, which means that in order to take care of his acting skills, he has to act.

However, Li Wei had only acted for a few minutes before being called "blocked" by the director.

"Li Wei, come here." Liu Wei waved his hand, "Look at your performance just now, did you find any problems? Think about it carefully, and then we will shoot again."

Li Wei watched his performance on the monitor, and after watching one side, Li Wei nodded, "I understand, Director Liu. When I perform again, I won't have this problem."

Li Wei found that he acted too well in the one-man show, which led to two levels of performance in the whole scene.In this way, if it is broadcast, it does not mean that the director will not control the scene, and it will put other actors in an embarrassing situation.Excellent actors not only perform well by themselves, but also lead everyone to perform well together.Li Wei is not considered an excellent actor, at most he performed well, that is, he can act well, but he can't motivate everyone.Now what the director means is that Li Wei's acting is too good, and he must restrain himself a little bit so that his acting skills meet the needs of the whole scene.

Liu Wei nodded and ordered: "Attention all departments, let's do this scene again. Scene notes, get ready, start shooting!"

With the director's instructions, Li Wei's second performance controlled the heat very well, and he was properly integrated into the entire performance team.Although Li Wei didn't show his full aura this time, the expressions of the old actors were even more weird.It's not that simple to zoom in and out of acting skills, it's the ability of movie king Shidi.In addition to Li Wei's acting skills, Li Wei's line skills made Liu Wei nod.

Nowadays, simultaneous sound is rarely used in filming and TV dramas, and even top Chinese directors such as Zhang Mouyi and Chen Gekai have given up simultaneous sound shooting.The reason is too simple, the actor's line skills of Huaxia country have regressed too much!Not to mention that you have learned the dialect well, at least when you are performing, you have to be full of energy and speak correctly, right?As a result, most of the actors, if you ask him to speak dialect, he can't; if you ask him to speak Mandarin, it's not standard.And when I read the lines, the voice was vague and weak, and the voice recorded by the announcer on the spot could not be used at all.In the end, the directors gave up one after another, and simply did the post-production sound after shooting.The better actors can at least dub themselves in the studio, and some actors (especially Xiao Xianrou and Xiao Hua Dan) completely hire professional voice actors to dub them.Fortunately, the domestic voice actors are not strong enough, otherwise, if the producer is directly asked to label the names of the voice actors, it is estimated that many actors will be humiliated to death by the audience!

Liu Wei said to the assistant director: "Tsk tsk, what a waste of his line skills. Look at his breath, he can't even breathe after a line; look at his intonation and sound, it can be delivered to the whole room, even if There is no need to do post-production by directly recording the sound of the same period. I am afraid that only the first-class actors in the National Repertory Theater and the Royal Art Theater can do this line skill. Alas, the actors of the National Opera and the Royal Art Theater have also regressed a lot. Even second-tier actors have to use headsets on stage."

Li Wei's second filming passed smoothly, and all of Li Wei's cameo scenes were filmed.Liu Wei made an exception to send Li Wei away. He first stuffed a red envelope into Li Wei's hand, and then said: "I'm here to introduce you to meet someone. Remember to visit him after you return to Donghai, he is the old school of Donghai Drama Academy President. Although he is retired now, he is still willing to guide those talented juniors. Anyway, I introduced you, and whether you can impress the old dean depends on your ability!" After finishing speaking, Liu Wei patted Li Wei's shoulder, "I have a costume drama next year, and I will arrange an important supporting role for you, don't let me down!"

After saying goodbye to Liu Wei, Li Wei handed the red envelope to Su Li, and then said what Liu Wei had ordered. "You are really a lucky star, you can let Director Liu reserve a role for you!" Su Li said with a smile, then opened the red envelope and nodded, "Hey, Director Liu really wants to recruit you. You are such a famous person If you go to guest star for a day, you can give me a red envelope of 10000 yuan at most. Guess how much director Liu gave you? A total of 5 yuan! It’s even more than a second-tier top actor’s salary for one episode!"

"People are also casting nets all over the sky, hoping to get their own team."

Li Wei is not stupid, of course he understands director Liu Wei's thoughts.If you want to become a great director, you must have your own team.If you look at Wong Kar Wai, he would look for Tony Leung as the leading actor; if you look at Feng Xiaogang, how many times has the leading actor not been Ge You in the films he has made for so many years?Look at Taiwanese art director Tsai Ming-liang, how diligently the female lead is changed, but the male lead is basically Li □□.These directors have created these actors, but these actors have in turn made these directors.

Li Wei knows that Liu Wei's ambition is not just costume comedy, he will definitely get involved in costume martial arts dramas and costume epic dramas in the future.Especially the costume epic drama, which is recognized domestically as the subject of awards.Similar to film awards, TV awards also favor those that explore human nature and analyze social conflicts; followed by epic themes; and finally biographies.So, a director who doesn't want to make epic costume dramas is not a good director!

To be continued...