"Lighting is in place Photography is in place for extras"...

"Trumen's first first shot in the world!"

"Bang"

The sound of beating the board sounded, the field record quickly evacuated, Duane shouted "Start!", and then the people on the street started to move.

The camera is facing a wall, with a large wall advertisement hanging on it, a very obvious Unilever U-shaped logo. The logo is surrounded by Unilever's corporate slogan: If you have a home, you will have Unilever.

Two extras in front of the camera walked past the right side of the camera, and at the same time, Zhou Xingchi entered the frame from the left side of the camera and walked to the right.

In a gray suit, he had Moss' hair and a briefcase under his armpit, he was dressed as an office white-collar worker. His hair, which had always looked very thick, was cut short at this moment, his top was thinned, his sideburns were cut off, and the hair behind his head was cut off. He looked like he had a spirit that he could not see normally, and his temperament changed drastically.

Duane took a lot of effort to get him to accept this new look, both coercive and tempting. Finally, under the dual offensive of the contract and Huabiao Award, he finally changed his habits for decades and cut such a hair.

When Zhou Xingchi was about to come out of the left, two people walked in from outside the camera on the left and stopped him.

"Good morning, Truman!"

One of them greeted Zhou Xingchi, while the other one took action very simply, grabbed Zhou Xingchi's arm and prevented him from leaving, which made Zhou Xingchi's body tilt.

"Good morning!..."

Zhou Xingchi also said hello in surprise, and the ending sound was even longer. After dragging it for a second or two, the sound ended abruptly.

From the camera, we can see that during this process, his eyes turned around on these two people. In conjunction with his voice, it was obvious that he was thinking about such a question, "Who are these two guys?", and the sudden ending of the ending sound meant that he still didn't remember who these two guys were, so he could only end the greeting with a "good morning".

There is nothing to say about the performance, but this accent is very strange.

In recent years, with the rapid pace of cooperation between Hong Kong and the mainland, the Mandarin level of most Hong Kong stars has improved rapidly, and Zhou Xingchi is one of them, but it still cannot meet Duan's requirements, so they still have to re-duplicate later, and now it is a lip-sync.

The actor who grabbed Zhou Xingchi with his hands just now greeted him after Zhou Xingchi finished speaking, "How is your wife?" As he said that, he got his hands again, pressed Zhou Xingchi's shoulder and completely deflected his body over, pressing it against the wall, leaning against the billboard of Unilever.

The actor was a little anxious, with a large range of movements and a bit rough, and the performance was very heavy.

The total pay for other actors is less than two million. How good can you expect the special actors you find with such a paycheck have? Compared to the best actor? Eon, don't think too much, you get what you pay for. Zhu Qian's money is like and you won't be able to encounter any of them once in a few decades.

But Duane did not stop after seeing this scene from the camera.

Zhou Xingchi, who was pressed to the wall by the special actor, hit the hard border of Unilever's wall billboard, which made him subconsciously frown and glanced at the thing that hit him.

But the director didn't call for a stop, and the performance had to continue.

Zhou Xingchi smiled again and said to the two of them, "She is pretty good." He immediately changed the subject and asked, "How are you?"

“It’s pretty good…”

The two special actors nodded repeatedly, and according to the rules in the script, "the words were exhausted for a while", the actor who had a heavy performance trace after the second was second, said again: "It was really surprising to see you today."

"I'm too."

"We have something to do, so we'll leave first."

"All right."

While the two passed by him, Zhou Xingchi did not forget to turn around and start a business, "Do you want to consider buying an insurance? The twins now have special offers!" There was a formulaic smile on his face.

"stop!"

Duane finally stopped here, "Come on! Get ready for the next game!"

"Oh! Smack and fuck"...

The first scene in the group will be spent at one time, which is exciting and good news.

After all, everyone comes to work, and they still go to such a place. Everyone wants to finish their work as soon as possible and go back to their warm and safe home, so they also hope that the shooting can proceed smoothly. The one-time pass of the first shot undoubtedly indicates that the shooting will be very smooth. They will probably be able to leave here soon, so it is no wonder that many people spontaneously applaud.

Among the crowds who were very happy, there was one person who was not very happy.

After Zhou Xingchi got off the show, he walked towards Du An, walked to him and said to him: "Director Du, I don't think the scene just now is good. That actor's performance was too bad," he pointed to the actor who had just played with him and pressed him against the wall.

"I think I'd better start over, you'd better talk to him about the show."

Duane knew that this would happen.

He had already considered this issue when he wanted to cooperate with Zhou Xingchi, and he signed an additional contract for this, but it still couldn't stop such a thing from happening.

This probably has become Zhou Xingchi's instinct, so he could only say to him with a kind look: "Mr. Zhou, I think there is no problem with the performance just now."

Seeing Zhou Xingchi open his mouth and about to speak, Du An took the lead and said: "Yes, that actor's performance was a bit bad, and the performance traces were very serious, but this is exactly the effect I wanted. Do you understand? He is just a special actor who plays a supporting role, outside the play, and in the play, so his performance perfectly shows the identity of this character."

Duane did not immediately put out the contract and talked about it, but wanted to try first whether he could convince the other party from a technical perspective. If possible, then he would be more confident in the smooth cooperation between the two parties in the subsequent cooperation process.

After hearing Du An's explanation, Zhou Xingchi, who had just opened his mouth and wanted to speak, stopped talking, frowned and stood there and began to think about it. After a while, he nodded, just about to speak and closed his mouth. After thinking about it, he said, "Then if this is the case, it will be fine, but if this is the case, my performance just now has problems. I thought about it, my reaction just now is too simple, and it should be more layered, expressing the kind of emotions that "are you sick?" and then have to smile aggrievedly."

Duane continued to explain: "No, I think your natural response just now is very good, natural and smooth, and the levels are enough. I am very satisfied. I really don't need to do it again."

But Zhou Xingchi was not satisfied and continued, "No, I just thought about it. Actually, my performance just now can be divided into three levels to express it..."

Listening to Zhou Xingchi's words, Du An only thought left in his mind.

Good guy...

He finally experienced what other directors were afraid of when they collaborated with Zhou Xingchi.

What many actors most want to hear when filming is that the director calls "before". Many people even know that their performance can go a step further, but they will not mention it after hearing the director call "before". They call it "before" but are actually afraid of trouble.

But Zhou Xingchi is completely the opposite. He seemed to be afraid that the director would shout "then", and he would have to make some trouble before he could be happy if he had nothing to do.

This work attitude is indeed serious enough... No, this is no longer serious. It has reached the point of being meticulous and almost perverted. No wonder so many directors can't stand it. And one can also see a very obvious feature, that is, he does not believe in the director, he only believes in himself.

Compared with those old men on the set, Zhou Xingchi has reached another extreme.

Is this guy a Virgo?

Duan couldn't help but think like this.

After Zhou Xingchi finally finished speaking, Du An said: "It's really OK. Sometimes the performance is not as rich as possible, the better. You have to know that the audience is not a god. The amount of information they can accept in their minds is limited. If you perform too much, not only will their minds be messed up, but it will also disrupt your own rhythm and make the entire picture look less effective."

This is not Du An's words to evade Zhou Xingchi, but his personal experience.

He also has an actor and has acted in many dramas. He did have such an idea when he first acted. He always felt that the more complicated the performance, the better. Not only did the audience look exciting, but fortunately he is also a director.

Many times after he saw his performance on the camera, some of the ideas he thought were very good at that time seemed to be reflected in the camera but the effect was not as good as he imagined.

Undoubtedly, from a technical perspective, his complex performance is indeed amazing. I think this guy is really awesome, but movies are an overall art, not a personal stage for you to show your acting skills. The actors' acting skills are for the entire movie. Many times, if you change the performance method and be simpler, the overall effect reflected in that moment will be better.

Everyone in the industry says that "a bad movie will be a movie actor". In addition to someone's acting skills, which really surpasses other people in the movie, and seems to be particularly outstanding, the single show of the actor actually drags down the entire film to a certain extent. For example, this shot should clearly show the character B, but the light of the actor A is too dazzling, blooming unscrupulously, completely suppressing the character B. So this shot is meaningless, and it is also the same in the scene just now.

Du An's words did not convince Zhou Xingchi as he did just now. He just smiled and asked, "Then what do you mean is that it's better if I'm a little worse?"

Duane once again experienced Zhou Xingchi's personality.

Zhou Xingchi's words were already a bit provocative, and the smell of gunpowder began to spread. Du An continued to reason with him with a smile: "Of course not, your performance just now was not bad, but our focus was different. I admit that, like you said, your performance just now can indeed be richer, for example, it is divided into three levels according to what you said, but what is the meaning of that?"

Zhou Xingchi continued to ask back: "Why is it meaningless? If I am a supporting role, I know what you are afraid of, and I am afraid that the supporting role will steal the limelight from the protagonist, but I am the protagonist now."

Duane shook his head.

"No, you're not the protagonist."

Zhou Xingchi was stunned: He is not the protagonist?

The script clearly states that he is the protagonist!

Just when Zhou Xingchi began to doubt whether Duan had entered Alzheimer's disease early, Duan said: "From the whole drama, you are the protagonist, but from the scene just now, you are not the protagonist. The real protagonist is the billboard behind you and the special actor who played supporting roles just now. In this scene, your task is not to shine your light and express your characters. You just need to give the audience's focus to them, and they are the protagonists of this scene. You are just a supporting role in this scene. If you perform too much and instead steal the light of the 'protagonist', then this shot will not achieve the effect I want."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Xingchi stopped talking and fell into deep thought.

Seeing him thinking for a long time without saying anything, Du An added: "As the protagonist, it is not enough to take good care of himself. Sometimes he must be able to take good care of the actors around him, and sometimes he has to be willing to be a green leaf, so that the whole drama will be effective. Mr. Zhou, you have also been a director. I believe you should understand this aspect more than other pure actors, right?"

Duane is looking at it from the overall situation of the director. He doesn't know if Zhou Xingchi can understand and accept his ideas.

After pondering for a long time, Zhou Xingchi looked up at Du An and said seriously: "What you said makes sense, but I still think the drama just now should be done again."

In the past, most of the appearance of Zhou Xingchi on the screen was funny and exaggerated, and even twisted his face into strange shapes, which was very funny, so this also made his serious appearance more contrasting and more serious.

The atmosphere is getting more and more serious. If this continues, it may be quarrel or even fight.

Du An wanted to come up with the contract immediately, but after a little change of mind, he gave up this idea and just nodded to Zhou Xingchi, "Okay, if you have to do it again, then do it again." After saying that, he specifically instructed: "You straighten out the performance method you want first." After saying that, he picked up the speaker and shouted to the staff who were busy preparing for the next scene: "All units have paid attention, come back one by one, one by one!"

"Ah? What's the situation? My lights are all set up"...

The staff was confused for a moment, but after seeing the two people here, the experienced people in the circle guessed a rough idea and started to prepare for the scene just now. Those who didn't quite understand the inside story were chasing some staff members with "So that's it" on their faces, whispering to ask what the situation was.

This scene was naturally seen by Duane, who had sharp eyes.

It seems that Zhou Xingchi's work style is really well known in the circle.

After announcing his return, Duane leisurely sat back on his director's chair and waited for the scene he had just made again.

Although talking about the contract can suppress Zhou Xingchi, he doesn't want a protagonist who is orally convinced and dissatisfied. He wants to try to see if he can convince him orally.

Anyway, I am idle in this sea, so let’s play slowly. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!