Chapter 45： Expressionism or experienceism? (1/2)

”Cut!” Wang Yang frowned tightly, shouting: ”Jessica, don't you just smile, okay, have some feelings, me-on! Come again!”

The roof garden of the Eastern High School, where you can see the far-reaching Vasach Mountains, the endless mountain view with the blue sky, and the scenery is very beautiful. Women's winter coat m. This is the secret base of ”Troy Burton”. In this scene, he came here with the heroine ”Gabriela” and then the two talked together and told some heartfelt words. In the movie, this A scene is very romantic and beautiful.

However, when shooting, the atmosphere was not so good, the whole crew was crowded here, including the film crew, field service, etc., it can be said that it was ”big scene”. But is this the reason why Jessica is not playing well?

Jessica and Tom Willing sat on the chair and played this set of shots, but they didn't finish the two lines, they heard ”cut” again!

Everyone in the crew stopped, and Vary Fister changed the camera to his shoulder. Looking at Jessica in front, Wang Yang spread his hands and walked up, some helplessly said: ”It's exactly the same as before! I don't just want to smile, Jessica, give me a warm and heartfelt feeling! Do you know?”

”Yang, I'm so sorry.” Jessica listened to Wang Yang's reprimands, her eyebrows flicked, and she was even more anxious. She had tried several acting methods, but whether it was a smile or a grin. , Can't pass this lens.

Wang Yang suppressed his dissatisfaction and gave her a smile of encouragement, saying: ”Nothing, this performance is better!” He said, he clapped his hands to everyone and returned to the back of the camera, saying: ” Again.”

Vale-Fister straightened the camera, the lighter was holding the soft board and lighting, and the sound engineer also held a long microphone to Jessica and Tom Willing's side; Shouted loudly: ”The rooftop garden scene, the fifth set of shots, the 22nd time, start!”

Yes, this set of shots has been taken twenty-one times and still needs to be retaken. In this scene, the other groups of shots went smoothly; but the rest of the scenes, that is, the scene of the male and female protagonists sitting on the chair and talking, Tom Willing ’s performance is OK, but Jessica seems to Absent state, Wang Yang told her to play, analyze, and even insist on how to act, she could not perform well.

More than half a month has passed since the start of ”High School Musical”, and the majority of the non-high school music scenes have been shot, which is almost complete. The filming work for more than half a month has been smooth, and it is faster than expected. First, the performances of the main actors were not bad; second, the complete split-screen script was prepared early, and I did not encounter the kind of What should I do next? ”, And Vale-Fister is very enthusiastic. He helped Wang Yang to correct many wrong lens designs and solved many photography problems.

Wang Yang naturally gained a lot of very valuable experience, and learned a lot from Vale-Fister, such as mastering the lens, when to be fast, when to be slow, and so on; there is also a lot of practical director experience , I ca n’t understand how to read a book, how to let the actors move, how to express their needs, and how to deal with the chores of the entire crew, to maintain the operation of the crew, everything has to come in person, he has made rapid progress and understands The difficulty of producer and director.

This is different from ”Ghost Record”, holding a dv at home every day and working with Rachel and Zachari talking and laughing; now there are dozens of employees in the crew, if you include more actors, it seems that Everyone in the crew needs his work. The set designer said that the classroom used for shooting is a bit old and needs to be repainted. Then paint it. The film crew asks him what shot he wants to take tomorrow and prepare in advance; Tom- The protagonist Willing and other asked him questions about the script; fieldwork even asked him if he wanted to buy Harry three hamburgers ...

But these are okay, these are in the normal work area, and some things are very annoying.

The set designer and the prop designer quarreled. The set designer complained that the prop designer did not complete the task, but the prop designer said he never knew the ”task”; the art director and the makeup artist almost fought, and they insisted that their costume design was ” ”Young Sunshine”, Wang Yang wants to mediate, choose, and appease; there is also a chore in the bar outside at night to get drunk, argue with others, and get into the police station. To solve this matter, and then kicked the guy out of the crew.

Although that guy is a small chore, if this matter is exposed by the media, the image of ”High School Musical” will be greatly affected. Under the chain reaction, it may even take out many films produced by Vale-Fest. It is said that this will ruin the effect of the early publicity.

These messy things are almost every day, it can almost exhaust people. Although Wang Yang is young and strong, and although he is full of enthusiasm for making movies, he will sometimes feel very tired these days.

Wang Yang now understands why the teacher who teaches photography will say that the directors are ”gunpowder barrels” and ”terrorists”. Don't provoke them, otherwise you will definitely be scolded badly. He thought that if a producer suddenly appeared next to him and said, ”Man, don't shoot like that!”, ”Budget is not enough!”, He would definitely get angry and call the producers abusive. .

Fortunately, as the time approaches Christmas at the end of the month, the Eastern High School has already begun to take a holiday, and the shooting work is much more convenient. Wang Yang does not have to deal with the ”enthusiastic” harassment of the girls every day and saves a lot of energy.

In the filming process, guiding the actors how to perform is naturally one of Wang Yang's most thoughtful tasks. This is exactly what the director is doing. Several of the leading roles in ”High School Musical” are inexperienced newcomers. Their performances are very immature, like Tom Willing, he is always too restrained and has no expression on his face. Wang Yang reminded this lens that he should laugh. He would laugh; the most worrying thing is Rachel, she played very well, her shots are basically one pass, and it ca n’t pass because other people messed up, she saved Wang Yang a lot Film.

And Jessica ’s performance can be said to be very bad, even to Tom Willing. The problem is not her position, lens sense, and lines. In these aspects, she does better than others; but However, her facial expression often has big problems. Wang Yang wants to give her a slow show and shoot repeatedly, so that she can meet the requirements. It can be said that most of the shooting process was slowed down by her, otherwise it could be faster.

But this scene, she did not pass 21 times. The heroine here, ”Gabriella”, must have that kind of warm, affectionate feeling; Jessica just reads the lines with a smile on her face, which is far from the desired effect. This is her old problem. It ’s not that she is not serious enough. On the contrary, she plays very hard, but she feels like “she is acting”, she does n’t invest in feelings, and is outside the story. Her efforts are just a kind of It's hard to please.

”It's that feeling to sing with you ...” Jessica looked at Tom Willing and said with a smile, her voice was unnatural, because she was very nervous, afraid to hear that early ”cut” again ”.

But it still appeared.

”Cut! Cut! Cut!” Seeing Jessica's performance worse, Wang Yang couldn't help shouting three times in a row, and the pressure accumulated over the past days made his anger suddenly come up, but he immediately reacted and covered He took a breath on his forehead and shook his head: ”Let's take a break first.”

Following his words, Vale-Fest put the camera off his shoulder, and next to Harry George took it cautiously, put the camera back on the tripod; the lighting engineer Steve Taylor also put his hands down , Tom Willing stood up from his chair, said ”Just relax” to Jessica, and walked aside to look at the mountain view in the distance.

Jessica sat on her chair with her eyebrows clenched, her fists clenched, and sighed secretly: ”I'm like an idiot!” She was afraid of remakes, especially because the problem was with her. I played it and tried all the performances, but it still didn't work.

For more than half a month, Jessica encountered this situation almost every day. She repeatedly shot and listened to Wang Yang ’s instructions, but the more patient Wang Yang was, the more anxious she was; now 22 times in a row, she kept refreshing her Her new record, she felt a little breathless.

22 consecutive times, but also the highest record since shooting, Wang Yang is also helpless, he has done his best to explain the elements of this set of lenses to Jessica, he said his own ideas. If this is the original TV movie, in fact, Jessica ’s performance has also met the requirements. Putting her up, the audience may only pay attention to her appearance and will not think about whether her performance is vivid; but this set comes to him. If it does n’t work, the movie needs to be taken seriously. If everything is “almost on the line” attitude, it will definitely be a bad movie.

The heroine of his film can never be just a beautiful vase, he wants an excellent actor, a ”Gabriella”!

”Jessica.” Wang Yang frowned and walked over the night, sitting on the bench, looking at the Jessica next to him, and wonderingly asked: ”What's wrong with you? You have played well before, What is going on now? ”