In the dressing room, Zhang Yuan got the script for the afternoon part.
According to the original plan, today he and Liu Qianqian will both perform the roles of Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu in the ancient tomb.
Of course, this temporarily adjusted version also includes the scenes in the ancient tomb.
It's actually quite common for a film crew to temporarily adjust the shooting plan.
Actor illness, accidents, machine failures, scene destruction, prop loss...all of these may cause changes to the shooting plan.
But when it came to today's incident, Zhang Yuan knew at a glance that Director Yu Min had done it on purpose.
Because the scene is the same scene, the people are the same people, but the problem is, the time is not the same time!
In the morning scene, Yang Guo had not yet left the ancient tomb and should be around 16 years old.
The afternoon scenes show Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu leaving the Unrequited Valley. Xiaolongnu chases Zhen Zhibing to the Quanzhen Sect and is eventually seriously injured. She thinks she will not live long.
Yang Guo's arm had already been broken at this time. In order to officially become his aunt's husband before she died, he returned to the ancient tomb and helped her put on the phoenix coronet and bridal robe of his ancestor Lin Chaoying, and waited together for the end of her life.
Speaking of which, Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying missed each other's lives in the end due to various reasons including their arrogant personalities and worldly concepts.
On the contrary, the two descendants, Yang Guo who worshipped Quanzhen Sect, and Xiaolongnu who came from the ancient tomb, were equally arrogant, but they were able to express their feelings to each other without hesitation, and the level of corny conversation was the most disgusting in the martial arts world.
You know, in the book "The Return of the Condor Heroes", Yang Guo is full of dirty talk and can flirt with any girl he meets.
To Lu Wushuang.
"If you beat me often, even a fool will become smart."
As for Cheng Ying, seeing that she always wore a mask, the other party said that she was ugly.
"How could that be, girl? I hear you have a nice voice, and I believe you must be very beautiful."
To Wanyan Ping.
"Your eyes are like my aunt's. I don't mean anything else. I just want to kiss your eyes."
To Gongsun Lu'e.
"I think this place should not be called the Heartless Valley, it should be called the Blind Valley."
"No one in the valley can see a girl as beautiful as you. Do you think they are blind?"
Guo Fu asked him which one was better, the big Wu or the small Wu.
"Neither of them is good, because if I say they are good, then I would be hopeless."
Even Li Mochou and Hong Lingbo were flirted with!
"Tsk tsk, the big beauty is so beautiful, and the little beauty is also very delicate. Are you two girls here to see me? The Yang family doesn't have such beautiful friends."
After Li Mochou rebuked him coldly, he said, "Then you are indeed a great beauty!"
When it comes to dirty talk, Yang Guo is invincible... except for Xiaolongnu.
Because sincerity is the ultimate skill, Xiaolongnu always likes to use the most sincere attitude and say words that are hard to resist.
Yang Guo and his aunt happened to see Wu Xiao and Wu Da confessing their love to Guo Fu in the garden. Yang Guo asked his aunt, who would you marry if it were you?
Xiao Long Nu tilted her head and thought for a while: "Marry you."
Yang Guo smiled and said that it didn't count. After thinking for a long time, Xiao Longnu replied, "I still want to marry you."
With just two words from the aunt, Yang Guo, who was a troublemaker in the martial arts world, broke down.
Otherwise, they are a good match, and each of them speaks in a very corny way.
But if Wang Chongyang and Lin Chaoying saw that their descendants did not repeat their mistakes and got together instead of them, they would probably feel relieved.
But no matter in terms of age, mentality, emotions, experience, or the scenes in the morning and afternoon, the two characters are the same person, but they are no longer the same person.
Before an actor starts performing, he needs to get into the role.
Getting into the role requires psychological preparation and understanding the character's current state. It also requires costumes and props to be fully prepared.
Xixi is better, but Xiaolongnu never changes her clothes... I don't know whether she takes a bath or is clean.
Even when she was getting ready to get married in Jueqing Valley, she wore a red dress over her white clothes, and the dress seemed to be native to her body.
Moreover, Xiaolongnu’s personality hasn’t changed that much, as she is a person of very high “purity”.
What needs to be adjusted is mainly emotions.
But Yang Guo was in trouble. Not only did his clothes and hairstyle change, but his personality, thoughts, and even his body also underwent tremendous changes during the years he had been wandering in the martial arts world.
It is quite difficult to interpret the same character with such a huge contrast in just one or two hours.
Not to mention the characters, just memorizing the lines is already very difficult.
"Huh, I was wondering why Yu Min was so calm today. She seemed to be sitting on the mountain with such composure."
"I thought he really looked like a great director."
"It turns out that this old guy is up to no good."
Zhang Yuan thought, how could a person who was depressed by Deng Chao and had a miserable life on the set be a good person?
But the director is the master of the play after all, and the actors have to listen to him in their work.
If someone asks you to change the shooting plan, you have to follow them.
When the break time came, Zhang Yuan returned to the ancient tomb scene.
At this time, he had changed into a light blue knight's suit, with a silver-gray cotton shirt underneath, and a wide belt of the same color as the coat tied around his waist.
At the same time, his right arm had been tied to his body and he could not move at all, leaving only his left arm. The sleeve of his right hand would flutter gently in the wind when he walked.
At this moment, Liu Qianqian was still wearing the same clothes she had worn in the morning, except that she had a wide apron tied in front of her.
There are quite a few brown spots on the apron.
"Oh, you're here." Xixi looked up at him and sized him up with twinkling eyes: "Well, this one seems to be better looking."
"Your costume is still better looking." Zhang Yuan was not complimenting. This version of Xiaolongnu was very successful from makeup to clothing, and of course, the most important thing was her face.
"Yes, I think it looks good too." She said, fiddling with her wide cuffs a few times, like a butterfly spreading its wings.
"Then what is this of yours..." Zhang Yuan pointed at the apron on her chest.
Liu Qianqian looked down and said, "Oh, I forgot."
"My mother is afraid that I will get my clothes dirty when I eat."
Zhang Yuan glanced at the stains on it and thought that no one knows a girl better than her mother.
She is not sloppy, she is just careless and not so particular sometimes.
It is common to have rice grains on the corners of your mouth and hair ends falling into the soup.
He has a different face and always does down-to-earth things.
"Zhang Yuan, um...the new lines, have you memorized them?" Xixi said with a worried look on her face.
She was so worried that she wanted to scratch her head, but she remembered that her wig was precious and was afraid of messing it up, so she could only touch her cheek.
She was not fast at memorizing things. Things that Shu Chang could remember after reading them once, she had to read and memorize at the same time, and she had to write and draw on her notebook several times before she could remember them.
The shooting plan was changed at the last minute, which made her even more anxious.
"I'm doing fine with my back."
"Hey, why do you have to change the plan at the last minute? I spent a long time memorizing my lines last night." Liu Qianqian held her chin with one hand, puzzled.
Zhang Yuan sat next to her and whispered.
"In this case, you may have to blame me."
"you?"
"Sissi, wherever there are people, there is a world of martial arts."
"And where there is a world of martial arts, there is fame, fortune, honor and disgrace."
"For many people, the world is a zero-sum game, where you either die or I win."
Liu Qianqian shook her head, not understanding what he meant.
Zhang Yuan spoke again.
"My skin color has become darker since I came back from the island country. Did you notice?"
"I can see that. I think this is good. It makes me look more sunny." "But Yu Min thinks the skin color is not dark enough. And I think if the skin color is darker, it will affect the image of me and the character."
“So we had a disagreement on this matter.”
"In my mind, it was just a question of character image, but in his mind, it was a question of power and class."
The reason why Yu Min adjusted her role was simple.
He has every right to do so.
Secondly, the male and female protagonists are relatively young, and faced with this situation, there is a high probability that their shortcomings in acting will be exposed.
If the two performed poorly, he would come up and scold and teach them as a director, and then require them to follow his own standards and act accordingly.
This is just like when a new bride comes home and the mother-in-law throws a big basin of clothes at her early the next morning and asks her to wash them by hand with cold water.
He simply wanted to establish a strict hierarchy from the very beginning so that he could call the shots in the future.
Zhang Yuan said that this was all his fault, but that's not entirely true.
But seeing that Liu Qianqian was already very nervous, he took the responsibility on himself.
In fact, Yu Min's move was 70% directed at herself and 30% at Liu Qianqian.
After all, Xixi is also a person with great connections.
And Zhang Yuan also has a relationship with Ma Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei.
On the first day of filming, he set a trap to catch the two off guard, and then he appeared as a "savior". This tactic was actually quite clever.
But, I am not Deng Chao, I will not be depressed.
As long as I am not depressed, it is others who are depressed.
"Xixi, do you still remember the scene we had on the set of The Legend of Sword and Fairy?"
"It was the scene before you died."
Liu Qianqian recalled the past and a look of both sweetness and pain appeared on her face.
She remembered that Zhang Yuan held her and took pictures for several hours in a sea of flowers.
That scene, that feeling is beautiful.
But the plot was really too tragic.
"I remember."
"Get back to the feeling at that time, and then get into Xiaolongnu's emotions in this plot." Zhang Yuan gave her a method to quickly find the character.
Before her death, Ling'er held on with all her might and appeared in the image that Xiaoyao liked best, in order to let Li Xiaoyao see her for the last time.
At this time, Xiaolongnu also knew that she was going to die, but she wanted to marry her own son Guoer before she died. The two had many similarities in their mentality.
"Come on, all departments get ready!"
Soon, it was time to officially start filming.
In addition to director Yu Min, Big Beard was also present.
Chen Zihan, Zhao Hongfei, Wang Jia and other people who are familiar with them were also watching in front of the camera.
The bearded man glanced at the script, then looked at Yu Min. How could he not know what his "little brother" was thinking?
But he did not say anything to stop it, just watched quietly.
He actually wanted to suppress Zhang Yuan's limelight because he had discovered that this kid was no longer as "obedient" as he was in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".
"ACTION!" Yu Min gave an order and the camera started working.
At this time, Liu Qianqian was lying on her side on a stone platform covered with fake leaves and flowers, and was also surrounded by various exotic flowers.
Just now, Zhang Yuan asked her to recall Zhao Linger, and she was still a little confused.
Now seeing a similar scene to that time, and thinking about the Dragon Girl's current mood, he suddenly understood.
“He’s still so awesome.”
Zhang Yuan came to the other person holding a lit candle.
"Aunt, this is our wedding night."
Oh!
As soon as Zhang Yuan opened his mouth, Wang Jia, who was the least familiar with him but the most familiar with Xixi among the actors watching the play and was also a student of the Beijing Film Academy, immediately noticed the difference.
"Compared to this morning, the tone and intonation are different."
"One is upward and playful, and the other is downward and steady."
"He is so good at distinguishing people by just listening to their voices." Wang Jia thought to himself. No wonder "Princess Sissi" would occasionally reveal admiration in her tone when talking about him.
At this moment in the camera, Zhang Yuan had a smile on his lips, but there was worry between his brows.
He slowly squatted down and looked at the lying Sissi at eye level.
"I don't look like a bride at all." Liu Qianqian spoke weakly, breathing lightly.
Those words really sounded like they came from the mouth of a person who was seriously injured.
But as she spoke, a happy and sweet smile appeared on her face.
But this smile was just to suppress the pain of separation from his lover in his heart.
"Guo'er, there is a box in my room. Can you bring it over here?"
"Don't be so polite when talking to your husband."
The two looked at each other, the candlelight illuminating their loving gazes.
"Director, it's time to call cut..."
It was only after the assistant director reminded her that Yu Min finally reacted.
"Card!"
Yu Min's eyes were full of confusion and shock was evident in her words.
"This is wrong!"
According to his idea, before his "guidance", ordinary actors would easily treat this scene as a great tragedy.
After all, Xiaolongnu is about to die.
It is normal for the two of them to speak while crying, with painful expressions on their faces.
But they actually performed it with a smile!
And this is what makes Yu Min most uncomfortable.
His understanding of this part is to act with a smile!
He originally changed the shooting plan so that the two would not have time to think and could act according to the conventional method.
When it's the actor's turn, he'll go up and act a little bit and express his thoughts.
After the filming, when they compared the two main actors, not only the two leading actors, but also the other actors had to admit defeat.
In this way, my words will be final, and my image as a high-level director will be established.
Now that we have dealt with the troublemaker Zhang Yuan, are there any other actors who would still be dissatisfied?
From now on, no matter what work I want to do, I can get twice the result with half the effort.
But you two are now... oh my god!
"Director?" At this time, Zhang Yuan trotted to Yu Min with a smile on his face.
"Did you perform well just now?"
"I prepared it temporarily. Is there anything I need to adjust?"
"I..." Yu Min's face turned pale and he couldn't utter a word for a long time.
I'm talking about nothing.
Zhang Yuan sneered in his heart.
Let me tell you.
I won't be depressed.
As for who is depressed, I have no right to control it! (End of this chapter)