Qi Jingyan has never been a dull person—or, in terms of acting, he is so sharp that people are enviable.

Just a vague sentence from Mo Yixiao when he was in the play, and director Albert's suggestion, let him know where the problem is.

He played Alexander, a well-mannered, perfect-looking gentleman, but with a dark heart hidden.

He acted this way based on his understanding of the script.

——It seems that in order to cope with the almost lengthy time of pondering and polishing, the script that Director Albert gave them was pitifully short.There are only characters, lines, actions without modifiers, no emotional words, no descriptions, and no detailed descriptions.Too much white space complicates understanding the story.

For actors, if the script clearly presents the requirements, then things will be easier to handle, but if you don’t tell you the character’s emotions and expressions when doing this thing or saying this sentence, what other people will do? What the reaction is, then the uncertainty is too great.

Qi Jingyan could only guess what Alexander looked like with a few words.It is described in the script that Alexander is wearing a neatly fitted retro suit and owns a large piece of land... Think about him hosting the entire "Oasis" base alone, think about his high prestige among the surviving spiritual power users in the base, a The appearance is delicate and proper, but the perverted image of sexual abuse and pedophilia behind it seems to be vivid on the paper.

Qi Jingyan acted like this, but the director's words made him suddenly understand that he had made a mistake.

Alexander owns a vast land, but you must know that in the era when human beings just escaped from the earth and constantly developed new lands, land was the least valuable.Although he owns a large piece of land for spiritual power users to live in, he does not have enough access to bring in technological resources, which makes the base strangely present a combination of barren villages in the earth age and technology in the interstellar age.He has some money, but not the upper class.His etiquette and posture should not have been so decent.

Alexander has never really entered the upper class. He is not a pervert with "perfect appearance and unfathomable inside" at all-or, he is indeed a pervert, but the disguise is not so perfect.

In various movies and series, there are many high-IQ crimes in perfect disguise.They are often professors, scientists, and entrepreneurs with high social status...and they are often handsome, friendly, and personable, making it impossible for anyone to imagine that this is a criminal.

This has simply become a routine.The more perfect it is, the more it is the villain who hides the deepest.

Even Qi Jingyan fell into a rut by accident.

He analyzed an Alexander from the script.The script mentioned his exquisite three-piece suit, mentioned his reserved aristocratic voice, mentioned that he carefully wiped the dust from the hem of his clothes with a handkerchief...but Qi Jingyan mentioned something about Mo Yixiao, but he ignored it up.

Qi Jingyan was silent for a while, and said apologetically to Director Albert, "I'm sorry, this is my problem."

It's not a problem of ability, nor is it a problem of comprehension. It's just that he was rushing to film "Dragon Castle 2" to understand and experience the script of "The Last Oasis". For a long time, the whole person was immersed in a blank and real world and completely sank into this character.Perhaps his intentions are more than enough for other works, but this is the work directed by Albert.A lot of things are outside the script.

Such as those specious descriptions.

Alexander wasn't really an "oldmoney" with upbringing and etiquette in his bones, but -- he aspired to appear that way.

This is a man who aspires to high society, demanding of himself with those affectated accents and manners which are not of his own class, but which he craves so much!Appears pedantic, tone-deaf, and just seems pedantic.

Such a person is less suspicious than a real gentleman who is so sophisticated that he appears to be sophisticated.If an old-fashioned savvy Mr. Perfect might be a high-IQ criminal, what about someone who tries to be Mr. Perfect but still shows his feet and looks clumsy in places?

The audience will laugh at him and despise him, but they will not fear him until he shows his fangs.

Director Albert didn't say anything to Qi Jingyan.Actors at this level are not stupid who have to whip a whip to take a step.

He adjusted himself very quickly.

He also got into the show very quickly, Mo Yixiao, as a person who had been tossing around for two weeks before getting started, could only sigh while watching.

"Get used to your fork, my boy."

Alexander said in a reserved voice, but the embarrassment of excessive force seemed to be absent.

"Yes, sir."

The young man opposite him had a pair of eyes like clear springs, and his voice was clearly pleasant but gave people a vague illusion.He does not seem to be a three-dimensional existence, but flat and thin.

Albert watched the interaction between the two people and nodded slightly, but he still didn't say anything like ready to start filming.

Qi Jingyan knew that this was not enough—and Mo Yixiao, Mo Yixiao didn't realize this at all, and didn't have the heart to think about it.

After two weeks of polishing that seemed aimless to him, he is now in a state of emptiness, thinking about nothing, and having everything.

The wonderful and gorgeous things that belonged to Mo Yixiao disappeared, or in other words, they were hidden.What remains is a blank slate boy who is suitable and convenient for everyone to substitute.

Holding a fork, he rolled up his cuffs awkwardly and carefully, and inserted a soft-boiled egg into his mouth.That movement... It was neither the reckless and spicy look that a vigorous young man should have, nor the elegance that had been repeatedly trained by a well-born family, but a feeling of restraint even in his movements.

Especially his wrist is very slender, with blue veins protruding out.

There is a sense of eerie fragility that makes people want to destroy is conveyed.

Qi Jingyan noticed that Director Albert nodded slightly - obviously not to the man himself, but to Mo Yixiao.

There was a pressure that seemed to come to him suddenly.Just like during the audition, he was once again very sure of how much pressure and motivation this young man could give him.When he comes into play—even with such a seemingly lackluster personality—there's something intriguing about it.

Qi Jingyan carefully looked at the young man's face.At this time, it looks a little naive, as if it can be seen through at a glance, and there are some traces of shadows, as if it carries an unspeakable past.

This is a very relaxed interpretation, so relaxed that there is no trace of performance.

The man sighed inwardly, then smiled.The person in front of him always has a way to make himself feel novel, and every day he will like him a little more than before.The accumulation of those deep and shallow feelings together becomes a warm and sincere love.

The official shooting started three days later.

In order to have a good omen, as usual, the first act is very simple.

The boy in loose clothes that were a bit too bulky for him, followed the well-meaning man to this strange base—the last oasis of the spiritual power users.

In a long shot, Alexander and Anmeier got off the old aircraft and walked towards the base one after the other.

Director Albert used shots from many perspectives.One shoots the facial expressions and details of the two, one is on the side, and the other takes a long-distance picture...

In the sight of the extras, two people came, walked, climbed the undulating hillside, followed the path, passed through the woods and bushes, and arrived at the gate of the "oasis".

This is just a picture of walking, without any other actions or content. The group performers just need to stay in the base and watch helplessly, and the video camera will take good pictures of their walking process from all angles.

——But Director Albert called "Stop".

"Go again."

He didn't even say why.

After being stunned for a moment, Mo Yixiao subconsciously began to think about why, and then stopped abruptly.He couldn't reason with logic, he just couldn't.

Although the youth thinks he is more inclined to be an expressionist actor, but for this literary film, it is not enough, not enough.The director's slow training process is eager to turn him into an experiential style in this play, or, at least, to express it in a more immersive way.

He tried to forget his thoughts just now, instead of thinking about "why he got stuck", he tried to think about "ah, are you going to be taken to that base today? What will be waiting for me?".As he thought about it, his expression changed slightly, and he walked away again.

Still stuck.

There was a slight commotion in the group performances.

What was before him seemed difficult to comprehend.The two most outstanding actors were repeatedly NG because of the simplest scene.

If Director Albert wasn't directing, there must have been anxious protests and clamor.

Once, again.

This is a great test for an actor, who has to enter the play over and over again and then withdraw, and then enter the play again.

Fortunately, Mo Yixiao has gotten used to being An Maier for a while.

He emptied "Mo Yixiao" like emptying a bottle, and then he didn't hold any complicated things, but just filled it with the sky, clouds, water sounds and endless forests of this base.

He is the part that the audience substitutes, and the blank is thin, but he is a character after all.He is timid, fearful, and bewildered, but these emotions are lighter than ordinary people, as if they are the reflection of flowing clouds passing by Bo Xin.

Albert switched the window to show the video taken by the video camera, and the flying insect video camera that featured the young man was just shooting his silhouette.Eyelashes flickering too fast because of anxiety, and pupils like glass beads under the eyelashes.

The director smiles and cuts to another shot.

Alexander walked in front of Anmeier, with his back straight, obviously wearing a well-tailored suit, and his steps were very dignified, but for some reason, it gave people a feeling that the quail was full of body and wanted to look mighty .

His steps are a little big and a little hasty, which seems to be the only flaw, revealing the gap between his nature and his deliberate posture now.But when the camera cuts, the faces of the group performers—the "spiritual powers" who have been looking forward to it—are glowing with enthusiasm.

This is a set of contrasts, faintly conveying a hint of paradox.

"Okay, stop. It's over." This time, Director Albert's voice sounded satisfied, "Let's take a look at these two items."

Qi Jingyan and Mo Yixiao both walked to his side after hearing the words, and looked at the replay of the video just now.

Article one.The two walked in tandem.The director called out a close-up shot, which landed on Qi Jingyan's face, followed by Mo Yixiao.The man in front showed a little tiredness on his face, but his steps still carried a deliberate standard. He was smiling, but it could be seen that he was not sincere.And the young boy behind him has a pair of deer-like clear eyes, but the sudden change of a little fear on his face makes people aware of his inner anxiety and cowardice.

"That's the beginning, right?"

Mo Yixiao asked aloud, and the director nodded affirmatively.

"Can you see your question?"

"...The reason is that we are performing?" Mo Yixiao recalled the situation at that time, and asked tentatively.

"Yes, you are acting, very good actors, but this is bad." Director Albert even used "bad".

"Actors even have stylized expressions when expressing specific emotions, as if they are specific content stored in a specific grid, and they are used when the required emotions appear. This is very convenient, but it is too bad Yes. You are better than this kind of bad, know how to combine characters, know how to analyze the hearts of characters... But, it’s still a performance, excellent, standardized, and bad performance.”

"Look at this again."

The old director released another video.

Although the man walking in front was still maintaining his demeanor and pace, the expression on his face was more casual, and he even undisguisedly showed fatigue, frowning and extremely slight emptiness halfway through.There was no timid expression on the face of the young man walking behind, but there was always something wrong in the blinking eyelashes.

"This is the version I'm happy with."

The director's wrinkled fingers drew the eyebrows of the two across the screen.

"After repeated shooting without clear instructions many times, look at you, although you are still in the state because of professionalism, but unconscious drift has appeared. However, this is exactly what I want. But it is not what you do, but I use It took so long and four repetitions in exchange for shooting."

His finger then pointed back to the two people.

"Qi Jingyan, your acting skills are better than Mo Yixiao's."

"So... so far, you are not as good as your little boyfriend."

The author has something to say: I hope I have written clearly what I want to express (ノへ ̄,)...

Both of them are actually very good actors, but the director hopes to wear off their acting skills.However, for the more methodical, it is not easy.

——In fact, there is no difference between the method school and the experience school, and most of the actors have both ways.But for those who are more experiential, many spirits are prone to problems-the so-called "too deep into the drama".I feel that my brother (Leslie Cheung) is more inclined to this side, and Aunt Mei should be a methodist.

However, directors of literary and artistic films often pay more attention to that feeling, which is why this chapter has tossed ╮(╯▽╰)╭

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