The Best Director

"Cut!" Wang Yang frowned tightly, and shouted: "Jessica, don't just smile, please, show some affection, me-on! Come again!"

The roof garden of Eastern High School, standing here, you can see the Vasach Mountains in the distance, the endless mountain scenery with the blue sky, the scenery is very beautiful Taobao Women's Clothing Tmall Taobao Mall Taobao Women's Winter Coat m. This is the secret base of "Troy Burton". In this scene, he brought the heroine "Gabriella" here, and then the two talked and told some things from the bottom of their hearts. In the movie, this A scene is very romantic and beautiful.

However, during filming, the atmosphere was not so good. The entire crew was crowded here, including the film crew, field managers and others, which can be said to be a "big spoiler". But is this the reason for Jessica's poor performance?

Jessica and Tom Welling were sitting on chairs, acting out this set of shots, but before they finished the two lines, they heard "cut" again!

Everyone in the crew stopped, and Walley Pfister also switched the camera to one shoulder. Looking at Jessica in front, Wang Yang spread his hands and walked up, a little helplessly said: "It's exactly the same as before! I don't just want to smile, Jessica, give me a warm and heart-warming feeling! Do you understand?"

"Yang, I'm sorry." Jessica listened to Wang Yang's reprimand, frowning her eyebrows, and her heart suddenly became more anxious. She had tried several ways of acting, but no matter whether it was a smile or a toothy grin, , cannot pass through this lens.

Wang Yang suppressed his dissatisfaction, gave her an encouraging smile, and said: "It's nothing, just perform better this time!" He clapped his hands for everyone, stepped back behind the camera, and said: " Again."

Walley Pfister straightened the camera, the lighting engineer held the soft board to light the lights, and the sound engineer held up a long microphone to lean towards Jessica and Tom Welling; Shouted loudly: "Roof garden scene, fifth shot, twenty-second shot, start!"

Yes, this group of shots has been shot 21 times, and it still needs to be re-shot. In this scene, the other several sequences were filmed quite smoothly; but in the remaining sequence, that is, the scene where the hero and heroine are sitting in a chair and talking, Tom Welling's performance is OK, but Jessica seems to be When she was not in the mood, Wang Yang gave her lectures, analysis, and even insisted on how to act, but she couldn't act well.

It has been more than half a month since the shooting of "High School Musical", and more than half of the non-singing and dancing parts have been shot, and it is almost completed. The filming work in the past half a month has been going smoothly, faster than expected. First, the performances of the leading actors are not bad; What should I do when I get down?", and Walley Pfister was very enthusiastic, he helped Wang Yang correct many wrong lens designs, and also solved many photography problems.

Wang Yang naturally gained a lot of very valuable experience,

I learned a lot from Valeri Pfister, such as the mastery of the camera, when to be fast and when to be slow, and so on; there is also a lot of practical director experience, which can’t be comprehended by reading books. Actors move, how to express their needs, and handling chores for the entire crew, maintaining the operation of the crew, everything has to come in person. He made rapid progress and understood the difficulties of being a producer and a director.

This is different from "Ghost Story", holding a dv at home every day, talking and laughing with Rachel and Zachary at work; now there are dozens of employees in the crew, if the actors are counted, there will be more, it seems Everyone in the crew needs to ask him about their work. The set designer said that the classroom used for filming is a bit old and needs to be repainted, so let’s paint it; Welling and other leading actors asked him about the script; the scene manager even asked him if he wanted to buy three hamburgers for Harry...

But these are ok, these are in the normal working range, and there are some things that are very annoying.

The set designer and the prop artist quarreled, the set engineer complained that the prop artist didn't complete the task, but the prop man said he never knew about the "mission"; "Youth Sunshine", Wang Yang had to mediate, choose, and appease; there was also a chore who got drunk in an outside bar at night, argued with others, and made trouble at the police station. Settle the matter in a rage and kick the guy off the set.

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, even Vale Pfister has shot many pornographic films. Take it out, this will ruin the previous publicity effect.

These messy things happen almost every day, and it can be exhausting. Although Wang Yang is young and strong, and although he is full of enthusiasm for everything about making movies, he sometimes feels very tired these days.

Now Wang Yang began to understand why the photography teacher would say that directors are "powder kegs" 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 something like "Dude, don't shoot like that!", "The budget is not enough!", he would definitely get angry and curse the producer. .

Fortunately, as Christmas approached the end of the month, Dongfang High School had already started a holiday, so the filming work was much more convenient, and Wang Yang didn't have to deal with the girls' "enthusiastic" harassment every day, saving a lot of energy.

During the filming process, instructing the actors how to perform is naturally the one thing Wang Yang spends most of his time on, which is exactly the job of the director. The leading actors in "High School Musical" are all inexperienced newcomers. Their performances are immature, just like Tom Welling. He can only laugh; the most reassuring thing is Rachel, she played very well, her shots are basically passed in one shot, and the reason why she can't pass is because other people screwed up, she saved Wang Yang a lot film.

And Jessica's performance can be said to be terrible, even worse than Tom Welling. The problem is not because of her positioning, camera sense and lines. In these aspects, she is better than others; but However, her facial expressions often have major problems. Wang Yang has to tell her the play slowly and shoot many times before she can meet the requirements. It can be said that most of the shooting process was slowed down by her, otherwise it could have been faster.

But for this scene, she failed 21 times. The heroine "Gabriela" here must have that kind of tender and affectionate feeling; but 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’s not serious enough. On the contrary, she’s working hard, but she gives people the feeling that “she’s acting”, she’s not emotionally involved, and she’s out of the story. Her efforts are just a kind of Thankless.

"Singing with you is that kind of feeling..." Jessica looked at Tom Welling and said with a smile, her voice was unnatural, because she was very nervous, afraid of hearing that early "cut" again. ".

But it still shows up.

"Cut! Cut! Cut!" Seeing Jessica's performance getting worse, Wang Yang couldn't help but yelled three times in a row. The pressure he had accumulated over the past few days suddenly made him angry, but he reacted immediately, covering her mouth. He breathed out on his forehead, shook his head and said, "Everyone, let's rest for a while."

Following his words, Wally Pfister put the camera down from his shoulder, and Harry George next to him took it carefully and put the camera back on the tripod; lighting engineer Steve Taylor also put down his hands Tom Welling stood up from the chair, said "relax" to Jessica, and walked aside to look at the distant mountain scenery.

Sitting on the chair, Jessica frowned, clenched her fists, and sighed secretly: "I'm such an idiot!" She was very afraid of reshoots, especially when the problem was with her, and she had worked very hard I played it all the time, and I tried all the acting methods, but it still didn't work.

For more than half a month, Jessica encountered such a situation almost every day, repeatedly filming, listening to Wang Yang's guidance, but the more patient Wang Yang became, the more anxious she became; now 22 times in a row, she kept refreshing her A new personal record, she felt a little out of breath.

22 times in a row, which is also the highest record since shooting, Wang Yang is also very helpless, he has tried his best to explain the elements of this set of shots to Jessica, and he has expressed his ideas. If this is the original TV movie, Jessica's performance has actually met the requirements. Put her on it, the audience may only pay attention to her appearance, and will not think about whether her performance is vivid; but this set is for him. Say no, the movie needs to be taken seriously, if everything has an "almost enough" attitude, it will definitely be a bad movie.

His movie heroine must not be just a beautiful vase, what he wants is an excellent actor, a "Gabriela"!

"Jessica." Wang Yang frowned and walked over to Jiang Ye, sat on the bench, looked at Jessica next to him, and asked suspiciously: "What's wrong with you? You acted very well before, What the hell is going on now?"

Jessica glanced at him and said sorry: "Jan, I'm sorry, I..." She hesitated for a while, then gritted her teeth, shook her head slightly and said, "Yan, I don't know what to do."

"Get emotional!" Wang Yang said without hesitation. In fact, no matter now or in the future, this is Jessica's biggest weakness in acting. Those movies of hers in his mind are good for any role. Shen Yun is always the same, like a beautiful vase; there are also a few bad comedies, her performances are very exaggerated, it can be said that she is not suitable for funny body language at all, she has no sense of joy in this aspect.

But compared to other reasons, emotional investment is her biggest problem. Wang Yang organized it, and then said to her: "Think about the content of this scene in the script, you have to feel the martial arts, the holy king of the universe, the holy king, the king, the night, the killing of the gods, the seal of the gods, the throne, the demon, the world, the ninth heaven, the strongest abandoned young man Zhou royal family will kill the gods and seal the throne in the night, seek the devil, proud of the world, the strongest abandoned young master Zhou royal family, martial arts, Qiankun will kill the gods and seal the throne at night, seek the magic, proud of the world, the strongest abandoned young man, the god-making general of the Zhou royal family, kill the gods in the night The current mood of 'Gabriela', the most abandoned young man of the Great Zhou Royal Family, who is seeking the demons and proud of the world." He shrugged and analyzed: "She is very happy in her heart, a little shy, and a little moved. Confiding your heart is a bit like confessing, understand?"

Jessica nodded silently, and when Wang Yang finished speaking, she suddenly said directly: "I understand this, but I can't act it out."

"You can do it!" Wang Yang said without doubt, patted the back of her hand, and said encouragingly: "Me-on, don't say no to yourself, I know you can do it, you acted very well during the audition Okay, isn't it?" Jessica looked at him, hesitant to speak, and said softly, "Yang, I can't."

Hearing that she kept saying that she couldn't do it, Wang Yang suddenly became a little angry. He spread his hands and said, "What's wrong with you? You tell me you can't do it now, tell me you can't act!? Please, Jessica, do you want to Let me finish this scene for you?!" His voice was a bit loud, which immediately attracted the attention of other people, but they immediately looked away with interest and walked away a little.

Jessica's cheeks turned red, a little embarrassed; Wang Yang realized that the tone just now was too loud, held her hand, and sincerely apologized: "I'm sorry. Jessica, I'm just a little angry, not because of your acting. It’s not good because you don’t have confidence.” He squeezed Jessica’s hand and said with a smile: “You can’t be without confidence at any time, you know, you must have confidence!”

"I should say I'm sorry, I'm not professional enough." Jessica smiled at him, expressing that she didn't blame him. She looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so she leaned closer to Wang Yang's ear and said in a low voice, "Yang, I know I need to be emotionally invested, but when I was performing, I looked into Tom's eyes..." She looked at Wang Yang's face, no longer hiding her thoughts, and said: "It's light green, not your black, and there is a voice in my heart reminding me 'he is Tom'... Yang, at the audition When I was watching you, I was able to act."

Is that so? Wang Yang was a little bit dumbfounded, but also a little moved, and wanted to kiss her. He knows that this sweet girl is sometimes strong and face-saving, but now she speaks her heart without reservation. Isn't this a trust in him? He thought for a while, tried to untangle her knot, and said: "Jessica, this is a performance, don't think about so many messy things! If I call n, you will become Gabriela; if I call cut, you Changed back to Jessica... No." He suddenly asked: "Are you an expressionist or an experientialist?"

Jessica shook her head and said, "I haven't thought about it." She thought about her way of acting, and said, "When performing, I would think about what the character should be like now, and then Try to tell yourself that I am her, and let yourself act her out."

That's experience. Wang Yang looked at her and thought of her future movies. Obviously, her experience school failed. He suggested: "If you still can't get rid of the voice in your heart, expressionism is more suitable for you. The psychology of that character has nothing to do with you, you are just imitating it! Jessica, don't have any psychological burden on it." , It’s not just the experiential school that is called acting and acting skills, you should know this.”

Jessica nodded thoughtfully. Young made sense. On the one hand, she wanted to blend into the role, but on the other hand, she was sober, which caused a lot of psychological burden. Should she act like an expressionist?

Wang Yang patted her on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Also, when you are performing, you don't have to really look into Tom's eyes, your eyes can pass through his shoulders and see the night far away. It would be much better to perform against the mountain scenery behind you." He shrugged and said with a smile: "Anyway, in front of the camera, your eyes are always in the same direction."

Seeing Walley Pfister walking this way, Wang Yang stood up, and Wally looked at him and Jessica, and said, "Yang, I have an idea, you sit on the chair and talk to Jessica." It’s a game against the card.” Both Jessica and Wang Yang were stunned, and Wang Yang said with a smile: “What, I’m here?” Waley nodded with a smile, and said: “Anyway, what we need now is just a close-up shot of her. I couldn't get a picture of who she was talking to."

This is a good idea. When editing later, just connect Tom's part of the shot. Wang Yang looked puzzled and said: "But, why am I here?" Vale Pfister spread his hands with a smile, and said, "Everyone knows." Wang Yang looked at Jessica, laughed and said: "Oh, so everyone knows about it?" Although they didn't deliberately conceal their relationship, they didn't publicize it everywhere.

Looking at the shy Jessica who pursed her lips and smiled, Wang Yang couldn't help rolling his eyes. This expression is very good now! He nodded and said, "Okay, let's play against each other first and see the effect." After that, he sat down in the chair and said with a smile, "Let's get started, Gabriela."

Being able to play against Wang Yang brought a lot of freshness to Jessica. She looked excited, started to perform with a smile, and said the lines: "I still remember when we were in kindergarten, once we met a new Friends, after ten seconds, you can talk about everything, because you don't need to hide yourself at all..." Her eyes were bright, and she said with a playful smile: "Singing with you, that's the feeling..."

Wang Yang smiled and said, "Well, I just know that I never thought of singing, really, until you appeared." The throne seeks the devil, proud of the world, the strongest abandonment of the ninth heaven, the king of the Zhou royal family will kill the gods and gods at night The young Zhou royal family made gods, killed the gods at night, and sealed the throne, begging the demons, proud of the world, and the strongest abandonment of the nine heavens. The young Zhou royal family looked at Gabriela's mood, lowered their heads a little shyly, then raised their heads and smiled: "Do you really want to?" Participate in the second round of audition?" Wang Yang shrugged casually and said, "Hey, call me audition weird boy."

Jessica smiled sweetly, "You're so cool, Jan." She thought of Jan being surrounded by girls, and how he was playing with Danny, like a kid; and when he was filming, With incomparable seriousness and focus, she couldn't help but say the next line from the bottom of her heart: "But it's not because you're a man of the hour, you're just cool. Thank you for bringing me to your secret base." She thought about when she was in elementary school The beauty, and now, the face is full of happiness and warmth, said: "It seems to be back in kindergarten."

"Wow, perfect performance..." Wang Yang murmured. Jessica was immediately in high spirits when she heard this. Seeing Wali gave a thumbs up with a smile, Wang Yang shook his head and said with a smile: "OK, there is no other way, let's use this method. But Jessica, if you want to say Troy, not Yang." He clapped vigorously Started, shouting: "Everyone in their places!"

Soon, everything was ready again, Wang Yang did not stand behind the camera, but continued to sit on the chair, and the director shouted "The twenty-third time, n!" Jessica repeated her previous mood, looking at the Wang Yang acted in his true colors.

When she finished her performance, Wang Yang couldn't wait to shout: "cut, perfect!" Vale Pfister laughed and said: "It's filmed." Jessica relaxed all over, and Wang Yang also exhaled , the shots of this scene were finally finished, he stood up and said with a smile: "It's over, let's call it a day!"

The crowd immediately cheered and began to pack up the photographic equipment. Wang Yang commanded for a while, then walked back to Jessica behind, and said with a smile: "Jessica, this time it's settled, but it can't always be like this. , you need to overcome this problem." Jessica nodded and said: "Yang, I will work hard to learn expressionistic acting methods." Wang Yang said good, and whispered in her ear: "Let's not talk about these , let's go to the restaurant for dinner, and then go to the movies!" Jessica's eyes lit up, and she said in surprise, "Really?"

"Of course!" Wang Yang smiled and nodded. He and Jessica haven't dated since they had a day off a long time ago. He's not a rookie. He knows that being in love is like planting flowers. They need to be watered and basked in the sun so that the flowers won't wither. Especially at work recently, both he and Jessica have been under a lot of pressure, and it's time to release it.

Jessica smiled happily and expectantly: "Then which movie should we watch?" Wang Yang put his arms around her and said with a smile: "You make up your mind."

After dinner at a western restaurant, the two went to the cinema to watch the recently released "Electronic Love Letter" and had a sweet date.

After the date, the two returned to a hotel near East High School, where the entire cast was staying. Wang Yang took a shower and didn't go to sleep. He sat at his desk and looked at a shot script and shooting plan in hand. The remaining non-singing and dancing scenes of "High School Musical" will take about two days to solve. Well, those are all off-campus scenes, such as Troy Burton's home, Gabriela's home, etc., and the crew has rented out the scenes for filming.

Then, the next step is to shoot the singing and dancing part of the shot. There are several scenes for singing and dancing scenes, such as school corridors, basketball halls, cafeterias, auditoriums, etc. Wang Yang is going to finish the shots of the eastern high school cafeteria, corridors and other places first, and it will be Christmas by then, everyone will have a holiday, and then continue shooting after the festival Part of the content of the basketball hall, auditorium, etc.

The specially hired choreographer has also come to Salt Lake City and is ready to work; but the problem now is that the song for "High School Musical" has not been selected yet!

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