A great director who grew up happily

Chapter 361 Experienced Actor

Zhou Xun rushed into the dressing room and started swearing. The others quickly closed the door and stood quietly by, as frightened as a mouse, not daring to make the slightest noise for fear of attracting trouble.

After venting her anger again, she questioned everyone present.

"Why is he still on the set? Did you convey my message?"

The assistant replied quietly, "We contacted them last night, but they just said they were still communicating."

Phrases like "communicating", "asking for instructions", "reporting", and "coordinating" are all excuses. As a shrewd person who has been in the entertainment industry for many years, Zhou Xun naturally knows what they mean.

The producers were not going to accommodate her on the issue of changing the director.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xun sat angrily on the makeup chair and closed her eyes to rest.

Apart from this dressing room, the entire crew was busy with recording, lighting, camera work, props, extras... the noise was as noisy as a vegetable market.

Because Chen Jinnian just announced a piece of news that today's shooting task has been fixed. If we can finish shooting ahead of schedule, we can finish work ahead of schedule and the full remuneration will be paid.

The crew didn't even leave Hengdian for the Chinese New Year, and they were still working on the first day of the Lunar New Year. You can imagine how attractive Chen Jinnian's words were. If they could really finish work two or three hours earlier, they would have really experienced the joy of the Chinese New Year.

Wang Jun popped up out of nowhere and reminded him, "Are you sure you can finish filming ahead of schedule? Filming a TV series and filming a movie are not the same schedule. For a movie, you only need to film half a page of the script every day, but for a TV series, you have to film several pages."

"I know." Chen Jinnian glanced at the elusive Wang Jun. When this director got into trouble, he ran faster than a rabbit.

"It's not like I've ever filmed a TV series. Besides, look at the actors in the crew. Which one of them is a fake? Once the camera starts, they can finish the scene on their own. There's no need to worry about the progress."

If some crews cook a bunch of precious ingredients in water and serve them to the audience, they will also ask the audience to praise their cooking skills.

This crew simply added a bunch of delicacies from land and sea to leftovers, packaged it as a state banquet and served it up, with the main purpose of making a big effort and asking for criticism.

Wang Jun glanced at the actors who were reciting their lines and agreed with Chen Jinnian's statement. Except for a few actors who had connections with the production company, all the other actors were decided by him and the director team after multiple rounds of interviews.

The workload was so huge that almost all the famous actors in Beijing were auditioned. It was not much easier to finally join the crew than to pass the art exam to enter the Central Academy of Drama.

"Besides, what you should be worrying about most isn't me, but how you're going to wrap things up next month. I never expected you to film it backwards. You've already finished the finale, but you haven't figured out how to film the beginning yet."

"Shit, is that what I want to shoot backwards?"

Wang Jun gets angry whenever he mentions these things, because the characters have been adjusted and the first and second halves of the story are completely separated. Countless plans have been discussed in the middle, and he still hasn't reached a consensus with the leading actor.

"Do you need me to squeeze out some time for you? Let the actors rest for two days, then go back to film your opening scene." Chen Jinnian said, and then signaled with his eyes, "Look at how exhausted these actors are. If they go back and re-enact the opening scene, portraying their lively and youthful selves, will they still be able to breathe?"

"I can't act in my current state," Wang Jun admitted generously. "So Lao Cheng has gone to film the scenes with the child actors. Our director team's idea is to use two groups of actors. The child actors will be used as a transition in the early stage to explain Lan Yin's role as Lan Yin Xu Guo clearly first."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jinnian felt that there was nothing wrong with the director team's plan. Many TV dramas were shot in this way. When the Bearded Man filmed The Legend of the Condor Heroes, he also used two Yang Guos.

"I feel pretty good."

"What's the point of you thinking it's good?" Wang Jun rolled his eyes. "It all depends on what the actors think. Zhou Xun insists on acting in the whole thing, and I'm not sure I can convince her."

Zhou Xun is indeed dedicated to his work. He has only rested for two or three days since the start of work, but Wang Jun is not happy at all. He would rather the other party be a little lazy, even if he has a cold or fever and takes a few days off, he can still take care of the filming of the young actor.

Seeing Wang Jun looking as aggrieved as a little wife, Chen Jinnian couldn't help laughing.

"Director Wang, take your time to think about it. The Buddhist teacher is going to act out the palace fighting scenes. I have to go to work with everyone else."

He picked up the intercom and shouted, "Hurry up and clear the scene. The shooting will start in two minutes."

So after a period of intense preparation, the first scene of the day officially began filming.

Chen Jinnian stood next to the crew's director of photography and watched everyone's performance. He felt very awkward, very awkward, but as a director, he couldn't just leave, so he could only hypnotize himself.

This is a good show, this is a good show, this is a good show.

The performance was too abstract, and the main problem was with Zhou Xun, a typical experiential actor, very talented and loved by the sixth generation of directors. He participated in many high-quality art films, winning him numerous awards at international film festivals.

For example, in "Li Mi's Conjecture", in order to play the role of a taxi driver well, he had to become a taxi driver to experience life.

Like the recognized powerful actor Fu Dalong, Fu Dalong also went to the countryside for several months in order to play the role of "Purple Sun" well, making himself dark and thin, just to perfectly present the role in the movie.

From this point of view, this is definitely what a good actor does.

But if it were to be put in this drama, the problem would be huge.

Zhou Xun is very busy and her career is going too smoothly. She is no different from 20 years ago in acting. She still relies entirely on talent and experience. She has no experience in the role of Ruyi. In addition, she is the boss of the crew. No one dares to direct her, including the director and acting instructor.

As a result, when her understanding of the role deviated, she was not only unable to correct it, but also hindered the roles of others, making the problem more complicated.

Fortunately, the script was not changed today, which made Huo Jianhua, who played the opposite role, feel relieved, and the crew members were also relieved.

It’s not easy, but I can finally rest early.

After Chen Jinnian finished, he immediately opened the thermos and drank a sip of water soaked with ginseng slices. He was originally wondering why Wang Jun gave him this, but now he knew it was to prolong his life.

From these two days of filming, he understood a profound truth: when capital hires actors, the bigger the better, but when the crew hires actors, it is best to do so within their means.

Once the actor's performance is beyond the director's control, the final effect can only be controlled by the actor himself.

For example, Jiang Wen and "Looking for the Gun", and now Zhou Xun and "Ruyi's Palace", it doesn't matter who the director is in the two dramas.

After Huo Jianhua finished removing his makeup, he came out of the dressing room and happened to run into Chen Jinnian who was in a daze. He smiled and said hello: "Director Chen, are you free? I have an appointment with Junjun. Let's go out for dinner together."

"Junjun?" Chen Jinnian raised his brows slightly, not remembering who the other person was.