How can a director be a gigolo?

Chapter 127 Midsummer

Wang Xiaohao said, "You don't look too well today!"

Let me repeat myself: your gaze needs to go from shock upon seeing the female tree, to a slight daze, and then to confusion.

By doing it one by one, the performance will have a sense of depth.

Then you act bewildered, and I'll cut the camera to the vast sea of ​​people.

He said that not to teach Qi Zhen how to act.

Rather, they genuinely noticed that Qi Zhen wasn't in good condition and might be ill. She seemed to lack energy.

I just can't get into the role!

Wang Xiaohao told her these things as a way to help her adjust her acting skills.

Generally speaking, all talented actors are method actors.

They are able to immerse themselves in their roles and deliver outstanding performances even without much professional acting training.

Amazing!

Qi Zhen is undoubtedly a genius actress.

However, this method acting style often has its problems!

For example, getting too immersed in the role and unable to detach oneself from it.

Another issue is that some scenes involve significant emotional fluctuations. If you get too immersed in them, your own emotions will also fluctuate too much, which is too mentally and physically exhausting.

Another example is today's situation: I'm not feeling well, I'm not in a good mood, and I just can't get into character.

That's why Wang Xiaohao asked Qi Zhen to change her performance style and try using expressionism or method acting techniques.

It is difficult for an actor to use only one style of acting to perform.

They often integrate and try out all sorts of acting techniques.

Qi Zhen said, "Okay! Director! I understand!"

Seeing that Qi Zhen was serious, Wang Xiaohao felt relieved and said, "Okay! All departments, get ready, let's do it again!"

Fortunately, this is no longer a long take like before, otherwise reshooting would have been incredibly frustrating.

With more people, there are more accidents!

In addition, they were all extras, and their quality was poor.

Something always happens here or there.

Wang Xiaohao almost vomited blood when filming the previous long take.

Now, all he needs to do is film Hiroko's gaze as she looks at the female tree, and she will see the female tree's appearance clearly.

Just as the female tree looked towards Hiroko, a surge of people rushed in, obscuring her view. The female tree then disappeared into the crowd!

This time, Qi Zhen performed perfectly.

The moment she saw the female tree clearly, and realized how similar her appearance was to her own, her body began to tremble slightly.

She's figured everything out!

Wang Xiaohao couldn't help but admire Qi Zhen's excellent acting.

Her trembling was clearly a physiological manifestation of inner emotional struggle.

This performance is incredibly convincing!

What a great actor!

Wang Xiaohao immediately signaled to the photographer to give a close-up shot.

Not only close-ups of faces and eyes, but even close-ups of trembling bodies must be filmed immediately.

Just then, Sun Xuyang, the assistant next to Qi Zhen, suddenly grabbed Qi Zhen's shoulder.

Wang Xiaohao quickly called for a stop, and the filming of this scene ended.

He went over to check on Qi Zhen's condition.

Sun Xuyang had already been helped up by Qi Zhen.

Qi Zhen said, "I'm fine! I just need to rest for a while. I used a little too much strength just now, and I feel a bit dizzy!"

Wang Xiaohao nodded. He knew that Qi Zhen's performance just now seemed calm and composed; she didn't shout or yell, but her body trembled slightly.

However, this kind of complete immersion, to the point that the psychological state leads to physical trembling, is extremely energy-consuming. In addition, Qi Zhen hasn't seemed to be feeling well these past two days.

So Wang Xiaohao said, "Alright! Let's rest for an hour first!"

It wasn't that Wang Xiaohao was being unreasonable and forcing Qi Zhen to continue filming.

However, the time allotted for filming on closed streets is very limited and requires approval from the municipal authorities.

Qi Zhen knew this too, and she was also worried about not having enough time, so she said, "No need! No need to rest for so long, half an hour is enough!"

Wang Xiaohao asked, "Is half an hour really okay?"

Qi Zhen cheerfully replied, "No problem! I'll definitely be almost fully recovered in half an hour!"

As she spoke, her assistant came over and brought over the specially made energy drinks.

Since that's the case, Wang Xiaohao decided not to be pretentious anymore.

He told Qi Zhen to continue resting while he began to arrange the filming of the next scene.

The next scene is the same, just from a different angle.

The perspective needs to shift from Hiroko Watanabe to the female tree.

Just now, it was Watanabe Hiroko who clearly saw the appearance of the female tree, but when the female tree turned around and wanted to see Watanabe Hiroko clearly, the crowd surged and cut off her view.

As a result, the female tree did not see Hiroko Watanabe!

The next scene was much easier for Qi Zhen.

The female tree character she plays only needs to look confused!

Finally, all the scenes for this outdoor shoot were filmed before the deadline for applying to close the street.

In the evening, Wang Xiaohao and Sun Xuyang attended a welcome banquet hosted by the city.

This was a banquet held by Haiwei City to welcome the cast and crew of the film "Love Letter".

Regardless, Wang Xiaohao is now a rising young director.

Sun Xuyang and Qi Zhen are both top-tier male and female celebrities.

Given the importance the publicity department places on the film, it's perfectly normal for the city of Haiwei to welcome the film crew!

Although Qi Zhen was unwell and did not attend the banquet.

However, at the banquet, Wang Xiaohao had a very pleasant conversation with several leaders from Haiwei City.

Nowadays, various regions are gradually beginning to pay attention to culture and tourism, and Haiwei has always been a tourist city.

The city leaders were very welcoming to the film crew's visit to Haiwei to shoot movies and promote the city's scenery!

With Hiroko's storyline completed, filming the remaining adult female tree scenes was not difficult.

After about another half month of filming, the scenes featuring the adult female tree were also completed.

Now, all that's left in this movie is the scenes of the boy and girl when they were teenagers!

Wang Xiaohao originally planned to have Qi Zhen play three roles.

However, Qi Zhen fell ill during filming and continued filming while ill.

So after barely finishing filming Hiroko's scenes, she went to the hospital.

Therefore, Wang Xiaohao had to find another actress to play the role of Fujii Itsuki in her youth!

Actually, the production team could have waited until Qi Zhen recovered before filming.

Because the storylines about childhood are mostly set in the spring and summer.

Youth is the perfect time for spring and summer!

Therefore, apart from some indoor scenes, the outdoor scenes during the boyhood period all need to be filmed in the spring and summer.

However, there was another very important reason for the change of actress: Qi Zhen was getting too old.

At thirty years old, it's a bit inappropriate for him to still be playing a middle school student!

Qi Zhen was well aware of this and explained it tactfully.

After careful consideration, Wang Xiaohao also felt that it would be more suitable to find a young actor!