The Greatest Showman (Big Play Bone)

Chapter 2461 Simple and natural

How exactly should Renly’s performance be described accurately?

Objectively speaking, this is a very ordinary scene in the first episode, there are not many highlights and there is no room for it.

In the Hollywood script mode, a conflict scene is often set up for the protagonist to appear on the stage, and the protagonist’s coping style and reaction characteristics are used to present a clear personality profile, which sets the tone for the entire movie; but this scene was filmed today. Not so, but a daily scene after the opening of the “shining debut”, which also means that there is no room for play and no room for performance.

Of course, the same is true of Lan Li’s performance.

It is peaceful, calm, and understatement. The simple performance can not detect any traces. It can be said that it is a stage for the demonstration of basic skills.

This seems to be inconsistent with expectations.

Disappointed? It’s hard to say. After all, the entire crew is also a senior professional in the industry. They know that performance is not magic, and it is impossible to make a flower out of thin air in a brilliant and colorful way, but the expected value is still inevitably falling. After all, the entire film industry is now Boasting Lan Li’s magic, it seems that every gesture can create a stormy sea, comparable to the self-luminous princess in the Disney animated film.

But it turned out…

However, people in the industry have also seen strong winds and waves. Even if they lack surprises, they still taste something: the basic skills are extremely solid.

Judging from the first filming, a short speech is mainly a test of line skills. Even body language and facial expressions are relatively small. The “space for play” is indeed limited, and most actors are familiar with it. There is no particular difficulty in a scene of the game.

Naturally, Lan Li is even more so.

However, the real excellence of Lan Li is that although it is a basic scene, he also meticulously completed the filming. This professional attitude is worthy of recognition; in addition, Lan Li also showed his powerful control.

“control”.

This is the core idea of ​​the first scene. It can be seen from Lan Li’s line control ability. The basic skills have reached the height of perfection. The basic skills of voice intonation, accent tone, speaking rhythm and action details, etc., are quietly absent. The sound is integrated into the performance, and a few strokes outline a profile of the character, which is as vivid and delicate as a “psychological portrait”. This skill is enough to be admirable.

It is because of simplicity, disappointment and lack of surprises, but still able to show depth and skill, Lan Li’s professional attitude is impeccable.

This is the reason for the low comments on the scene-there is no way, the aura of “Len Li-Hall” is really too strong, and every move is attracting attention:

Good, also discuss; not good, also discuss; Ping[]fan, same discussion.

Of course, the staff’s comments are different from those of the actors. Cameron and Hannah couldn’t restrain their excitement, “I really watched the Lan Li performance on the spot, and all this really happened! I simply I can’t believe it, he is there! So close! He is there.”

David Fincher ignored the hustle and bustle of the scene, stood there thinking for a moment, savoring the scene just now, and then bypassed the monitor, walked towards Lan Li, and lifted his chin from a distance. He gestured, “How do you feel?”

Lan Li pursed the corners of his mouth, his expression was a bit ambiguous-the state was still not adjusted to the best, feeling insufficient warm-up, not able to fully open, and the whole investment was lacking for a while, but Lan Li also knew that this was the problem. It is not a lack of inspiration but a lack of enthusiasm. It is difficult to mobilize enthusiasm even after shooting repeatedly. He still needs to focus on the performance itself, and there is no need to force it.

“How is the picture effect?” Lan Li needs to calm down to slowly polish the performance, temporarily putting enthusiasm and positivity aside, and maintaining a professional attitude.

“Impossible.” David said simply and directly.

Such an affirmative answer made Lan Li shook his head with a chuckle, “David, this is not like you at all.” The pursuit of perfection, even to the degree of rigor, is David’s correct style of behavior——

Don’t be fooled by David Fincher’s usual dispensable attitude, the director who almost drove Jesse Eisenberg crazy on the “social network” set.

In the movie, in the scene where Mark Zuckerberg played by Jesse and Rooney Mara’s date “break up” in a bar, Jesse must complete a very long dialogue of 99 lines. And it is done at the bullet speed of the machine gun, and no mistakes are allowed. In this scene, David repeatedly let Jesse film it more than 90 times, and the whole crew was almost driven crazy by David, not to mention Jesse himself.

But now?

Being exposed to a lie, David didn’t mind, “I’m still worried about you running away in breach of contract. After all, that little liquidated damage is nothing to you.”

“Haha.” Lan Li chuckled directly, a smile flowing from the bottom of his eyes.

David constricted his expression a little, and replied seriously, “From the picture, there is really nothing to fault, we can move on to the next shot.”

“But?” Lan Li raised his eyebrows.

“But,” David continued, “it’s up to you.”

Lan Li was a little surprised.

David nodded and expressed affirmation, “From the director’s point of view, I have no opinion. Your lines are still in excellent condition. There is no problem with this shooting; but I am not sure how you feel. From the actor’s point of view, do you need to adjust? Get used to it? Or look for the status?”

Before starting the machine, Lan Li made a special trip to find David and expressed his concerns. Although David didn’t say anything on the surface, he would still be quietly wary.

But I didn’t expect that the shooting of the first scene was so smooth and so easy, Lan Li’s performance was completely above David’s expectations: those praises, he was sincere. Originally, there was not much difficulty in this scene, and Lan Li’s interpretation of the role was indeed impeccable.

Lan Li opened his mouth slightly and thought about it seriously, “No, I’m fine, just follow your pace. I’m wrong about my state now. I need the director’s opinion to guide the direction, so, You said there is no problem, and I have no problem, we can move on to the next game.”

A smile appeared at the corner of David’s mouth, and his head gently agreed, “Then we will move on to the next game.”

After speaking, David turned and left, simply and neatly. This caused Lan Li, who had stayed in place, to pause for a moment, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth also rose.

Passing through the crowd, Lan Li’s eyes fell on Rooney.

Rooney showed a smile at Lan Li, her eyes flashing slightly seemed to cheer on Lan Li, the bright light was enough to explain everything.

Lan Li spread his hands and deliberately made a proud gesture, shrugging his shoulders to express his ease: The performance just now was just a piece of cake.

The smile in Rooney’s eyes followed up.

Retracting his attention, Lan Li began to prepare for the next scene.

Regarding the first scene, Lan Li actually gained a lot.

He really lacks accurate judgments about his state now-when he was shooting “Transcendence” before, he could perceive the delicate difference in every expression, and then repeatedly explore and adjust in the performance, and finally look for it. When I get the right inspiration, I show the right performance; but now the state is not good, the overall view is lacking, and the detail control is lacking. Those judgments and feelings are not necessarily correct, or even wrong.

Therefore, Lanly still needs to complete the performance according to the director’s instructions, just like during the “Pacific War”, in the literal sense.

In fact, in terms of performance alone, Lan Li still kept his focus. The first scene is to test the basic skills, set the character framework in advance, and then extend the whole system of words and deeds based on these settings. The next step is to polish and present the pure basic skills.

The whole state of performance really made Lan Li feel that he had returned to the time he had just started in the industry. He used the most basic and simple things to understand the character and then presented it. The solid basic skills are undoubtedly his best partner. Read carefully. The script is my best homework.

That kind of simple, natural, simple and relaxed performance life is really a long-lost for Lan Li. It has been a long, long time since he has not stripped away those complicated things and immersed in pure basic skills practice, even if he starred in “Les Miserables.” “It never happened before.

This time, it is really back to the starting point.

After the performance, Lan Li once again reviewed the performance of the whole show, the pronunciation, the intonation, the words, and so on.

In fact, from Lan Li’s point of view, such a performance is a bit stiff. It is not facial expressions or line skills, but the character’s soul is not vivid enough. It is more of a step-by-step copying of the script. How to perform the basic skills www. .com lacks its own interpretation of the role.

However, fortunately, the role of Holden Ford is inherently rigid, low-key and restrained, and the mood is more sinking, so the “slightly stiff” performance can give the character another texture. , The invisible fit can also ensure the integrity of the role.

In addition, what David Fincher has always liked is the relatively cool performance: a slightly stiff state, but still able to show delicate emotional changes, which fits exactly with the overall tone of David’s work-Ben Affleck When starring in “The Lost Lover”, his facial paralysis performance unexpectedly fits the style of the work, and he is a real facial paralysis, rather than a faceless facial paralysis, which is also unexpectedly successful.

In such a state of performance, whether it is from David’s perspective or Renly’s own perspective, this is a rare experience, barely a novelty.

Although it is not obvious, it is already very precious to Lan Li in the low state; moreover, he can slowly ponder the basic skills, just like returning to the Royal Academy of Art and Drama in London, and also like… …Holden-Ford was trapped in the base for teaching.

From this perspective, it was a wise decision to take over the filming of “Mind Hunter”: Renly started acting again.