Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

"Your performance is not lifelike and natural enough. This is a common problem for many drama actors who have transitioned to film acting!"

Lin Zhengjun said: "Theatricalization, exaggeration, and stereotyping are necessary for stage performances."

"For example, the theater of the Yanjing People's Art Theater can accommodate 2,000 people and is very large. Drama actors don't have microphones, so to ensure that the audience in the back row can see and hear clearly, they need to exaggerate moderately."

"Movies, on the other hand, rely on cameras and screens to present scenes, and they can shoot close-ups and close-ups, and they also have recording studios to collect subtle sounds. Your dramatic performance, whether it's your lines or your facial expressions and movements, will appear too exaggerated once it enters the camera and is presented on the screen!"

"Speak more softly, don't worry about the audience not being able to hear you, we have a sound engineer here. Also, use less facial expressions and movements."

"Hmm..." Gong Xue seemed to understand something. She glanced at Zhang Ruifang again, then at Xie Tieli, and said softly, "Should I act like this?"

Xie Tieli said: "Zhengjun is right, take some back!"

Zhang Ruifang also said: "What Zhengjun said makes sense!"

The actors took their positions and walked through the scene again.

This time, Gong Xue acted according to Lin Zhengjun's method, and it was indeed much more natural.

Xie Tieli nodded with satisfaction and said, "Not bad, Zhengjun's instructions are on point and hit Gong Xue's weak spot. Just relax a little more naturally and get rid of the theatrical accent completely!"

"Rapid progress! Gong Xue has a good foundation in acting, but she just didn't take the right approach just now!" Lu Zhong also expressed his satisfaction.

Tang Guoqiang, Zhu Lin and others all felt a sense of admiration in their hearts.

In fact, everyone felt that Gong Xue’s performance just now was not good, but no one could find the root cause for a while as to why it was not good or where the problem lay.

Only Lin Zhengjun had a keen eye and found Gong Xue's loophole in an instant.

“Thank you for your encouragement, I will continue to work hard!”

Gong Xue smiled sweetly, looked at Lin Zhengjun gratefully, and said, "Teacher Lin, thank you, thanks to your guidance!"

"Comrade Gong Xue, don't be polite, it's all for work!" Lin Zhengjun smiled faintly.

Others are quite nice!

Gong Xue's liking for Lin Zhengjun increased. He is capable and talented, but he also has a good temper and is warm-hearted. He is really excellent and perfect.

After two more rounds, Gong Xue made rapid progress and met Xie Tieli's requirements, and the actual filming began.

It went very smoothly and the shots were completed very quickly.

Xie Tieli clapped happily and said with a smile: "Haha, today is all thanks to Zhengjun. Zhengjun has the talent to be a director!"

"You praise me. I also came here with the mentality of learning and making progress together with everyone." Lin Zhengjun said politely.

Lin Zhengjun really didn't dare to take credit for it.

Because his film aesthetics comes from the influence of later literary and artistic works, and it is also the advantage of "foresight".

During the special decade, and even the earlier seventeen years, the artistic characteristics of domestic films were typification, allegory, and legend.

During the period of long-term hostility between China and the United States, Hollywood movies were regarded as sugar-coated bullets that promoted decadent capitalist values ​​and outlook on life. They were rejected and people were required to remain highly vigilant.

Domestic films are mainly influenced by Soviet films. Many directors once studied film in the Soviet Union. For example, Cheng Yin, one of the four major directors of Beijing Film Academy mentioned above, once studied at the Moscow Film Academy.

In addition, the filming, production, distribution, and education of films were all copied from the Soviet Union.

Even in the 1960s, when Sino-Soviet relations reached a freezing point, Soviet films did not completely disappear from domestic screens. "Ivan's Childhood" and "The 41st" entered the audience's field of vision in the form of negative teaching materials that promoted bourgeois humanism.

Simply put, domestic films during this period were in the style of Soviet films, with revolutionary romanticism, heroism, and collectivist concepts.

But starting from the new era, film aesthetics began to shift towards "realism".

Pay attention to the living space and circumstances of ordinary people, pay attention to individual destiny, express real life, and reflect the real life of ordinary people.

At the beginning of the new era, domestic film directors began to learn Italian neo-realism, simple images and realistic style.

For example, Director Xie Jin particularly likes "Rome 11:". He watched the movie dozens of times and broke it down to study.

Xie Tieli said: "Let's take the next shot. The third brother is changing Jingqiu's medicine..."

This was a crying scene, but Gong Xue was stuck again and couldn't cry no matter what.

"You should cry, you should be sad! You and the third brother have such a good relationship, and you are in the honeymoon period. If you don't see him for a year or two, won't you be anxious? Won't you be sad?"

"Just think about it, the third brother is so good to you, changing the light bulb for you,

Xie Tieli explained it again and again, but Gong Xue's performance became worse and worse, and she could only rehearse the scene over and over again.

It’s not enough to perform from 4pm to 5:30pm.

This is an interior scene set up in the studio, with "natural light" provided by the lighting technician. If it were a real scene, it would be impossible to shoot once it got dark.

Xie Tieli was confused and wondered if there was something wrong with his explanation ability and that he was not speaking Chinese.

The staff behind the scenes and other actors were all discussing it, and finally Xie Tieli's voice became louder and louder.

The female lead, Gong Xue, is full of pressure.

Xie Tieli discussed it with Li Wenhua, who said, "If it doesn't work, switch the camera and take a close-up to make her cry, then zoom out. She lowers her head, and the audience can't see clearly that she didn't cry. We can edit it in the later stage."

Xie Tieli thought about it for a long time and this was the only option.

The filming started again, but Gong Xue tried facing the camera more than ten times. Perhaps because of too much pressure, she couldn't cry after preparing for it for a long time.

Xie Tieli was completely helpless and lost his good temper. He shouted at Gong Xue, "Gong Xue, show some professionalism. You are the leading actress, how come you can't even act out a crying scene?"

Gong Xue wanted to cry but had no tears. She looked at Xie Tieli with a face full of grievance and her little face turned red.

Encore.

Gong Xue finally burst into tears, and Li Wenhua took a close-up shot for easy editing.

Gong Xue said softly: "Director, is it okay this time?"

Xie Tieli shook his head and said, "It's not quite good yet. Although you cried, there are many kinds of crying. What you are doing is not right..."

"I thought crying would be enough!" Gong Xue pouted in grievance.

Xie Tieli looked at Lin Zhengjun and said, "Zhengjun, do you have any ideas? Give Gong Xue some more guidance."

"Oh, you think I'm the fire captain?" Lin Zhengjun said helplessly: "I was just guessing just now, what if I'm wrong again?"

"It's okay if I said something wrong, you can correct it later!"

Xie Tieli smiled and said, "Besides, I believe you can guess right again!"

"Okay, then I'll show you how to do it!"

Lin Zhengjun looked at Gong Xue and asked with a smile: "Gong Xue, why did you suddenly burst into tears just now?"