Chapter 208 Character Understanding
The actress who plays the heroine Ying Miye, named Liu Jinghe, is not a well-known actor.
The movie "Hell Apartment" is said to be an investment of 20 million yuan, and the big one is all invested on the special effects. The actual shooting cost is about 5 million yuan, and there are many scenes involved. Just shooting is a bit difficult and you can't afford to hire more famous actors at all.
So, the newcomer was simply activated.
Liu Jinghe is affiliated with "Heye Pictures". She is a recommended actor by Fan Zhe when he was in class at Shenghai Drama Academy.
Although she is not very famous, her personal image is indeed more in line with Ying Miye's "rational female" temperament, so Fan Zhe chose her.
In actual shooting, Fan Zhe was not satisfied with her, nor was she dissatisfied. Her professional level was only passed, not very outstanding, and there was still a certain gap compared to the male lead Li Ze. But the key is to be obedient and sensible, which is better.
When she was filming the story of "Youshui Village", she had some problems, but as she got better and better with the crew, those problems gradually appeared less and less.
As for the performance in front of him, Fan Zhe called for a stop, not because of Liu Jinghe, but mainly because of the opinions of his deputy director Zhao Lin.
Zhao Lin said that Li Ze's performance was a bit problematic.
In the shooting monitor, Fan Zhe didn't think it was like that. In his opinion, there was no problem with this performance, and it was Li Ze's usual level.
However, Zhao Lin said that what Li Ze showed was different from the script and the emotions that should be needed in this section.
Out of respect and trust in the other party's professional level, Fan Zhe called to stop.
Zhao Lin walked forward and started to communicate with the male and female protagonists.
This was an opportunity for Fan Zhe to learn, and he also stood by.
"...Li Ze, I need your performance to be more indifferent and cold. Although he is confessing, the protagonist's personality is very cold, which is also the protagonist's character we want to show in front of the audience. Don't put some too hard emotions here."
Zhao Lin explained his understanding of performance in detail, which was explained to actor Li Ze, and also to Fan Zhe.
After all, Fan Zhe is the real director, and he is still the boss who sends money to everyone. No matter what the matter is, he always wants his consent.
After hearing Zhao Lin's words, Li Ze frowned.
While filming the contents of the "Youshui Village", Zhao Lin's acting skills have happened many times. Li Ze still admires this experienced deputy director. Li Ze has absorbed and transformed some of the experiences he mentioned well into his own knowledge.
But on today's matter, he has different opinions from Deputy Director Zhao.
"I don't think so."
As soon as he said this, Zhao Lin was a little stunned.
He has always had the impression of Li Ze that this young man is gentle and handsome, obedient and insightful, and is also very hardworking and serious. He is usually modest and is said to have a very miserable life experience.
In this regard, Zhao Lin is not stingy in his daily work to impart some of his experiences.
Although he is not an actor himself, he is a good actor, and has been struggling in this industry for a long time, and he is still very good at controlling the actor's acting skills. Usually, the actors in the crew, and even Fan Zhe, respect him very much and are willing to accept the many experiences he has shared.
What's wrong today? Why did Li Ze sing the opposite tune?
Zhao Lin is not the kind of person with a bad temper. After hearing Li Ze’s rebuttal, he was not angry. He was just stunned for a moment and asked with a smile: “What do you think, we can communicate with each other.”
"Teacher Zhao, that's it. I think the character Li Yin doesn't really have to be so indifferent and cold. With his personality, he would choose to confess to Ying Miye, who was just a newly-known person. The main reason is that the environment is because of the environment. In this situation where the day is in danger and no one knows whether he will die in the blood-word task next time, the protagonist will confess directly because he has a little like. But despite this, such behavior also breaks through the decision made by the protagonist's own personality. It is unlikely that he can really stay indifferent at this time..."
Li Ze talked about his understanding of the characters.
After listening, Zhao Lin thought about it for a while and continued, "I can understand what you said, but you have to consider it. When we are shooting a movie, one of the selling points of this movie is to be calm and powerful with the protagonist. He can always become the last support when he or his friends are facing a desperate situation. Therefore, we need to constantly strengthen the protagonist's character in the movie."
His meaning is also very obvious. He would rather sacrifice the character's performance than to hold back the character.
Li Ze didn't say anything else. Although he didn't agree with Zhao Lin's statement this time from the bottom of his heart, he was the deputy director in charge of performance.
But Fan Zhe had other ideas.
"I don't think this is conflicting," he said. "The establishment of the main character and the fullness of the characters in the performance are not two opposite things. We don't need to be so dead. I think Li Ze's performance just now is pretty good. We can continue to try this way, and maybe we will get more surprises."
Zhao Lin wanted to speak but stopped talking and stopped talking.
After years of experience on the set, he understood that Fan Zhe was the boss, producer, and director, and his power in the crew was really the same. As long as he decided on something, others would not object to it.
Looking at his deputy, Fan Zhe didn't say anything.
In his opinion, Zhao Lin is very experienced, but in some things, he still lacks spirituality and talent, and is always limited to many rules and regulations.
With the filming over the past few days, Fan Zhe has gradually realized that for Zhao Lin, including Wang Zhicheng, their experiences must be absorbed and learned, but they cannot just listen. According to their ideas, it is true that they can make a movie in a steady manner, but such a movie will be unsurprising and will become mediocre.
If the two of them were really so capable, they would not have been just assistant directors after so many years, and they would not have even lost their masterpieces.
Chapter completed!