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Chapter 125 – One Take, NG Crazy
“Cut!”
As soon as the scene was called, the hatred in Zou Ming’s eyes completely dissipated. He hurriedly helped Qiu Jin up and asked worriedly, “Are you okay? You didn’t choke, did you?”
“I’m okay, I just need to catch my breath.”
Qiu Jin took the towel that his assistant handed him and then walked towards Yi Congqing. “How was it? Do you want to reshoot the scene?”
“It’s good.” The two actors in the scene performed very well. It’s been a long time since Yi Congqing has been so happy, and his tone was much lighter, “Keep going like this. Good job.”
Qiu Jin breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn’t dare to make too many movements.
Because there were still underwater details to be shot in this scene, which could only be completed in a professional studio.
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While the actors were still embodying their characters’ emotional states, the crew immediately moved to the large water tank. Professional cameramen would dive underwater to film Ji Yao’s facial expressions.
In order to stimulate the night, the entire studio was pitch black, and inside the pool it was even darker. The only illumination was a bit of pale moonlight shining down on the water.
Behind him, Zou Ming put his hand under his nose, and suddenly smelled a peculiar fragrance.
While the equipment and lighting were being adjusted, Yi Congqing talked to Qiu Jin.
Yi Congqing: “This scene should be a little more dreamy. We need to strike a balance between reality and the beauty of the characters.”
“Understood,” Qiu Jin nodded. “The more beautiful the character, the more unbearable her death, the more indignant the audience will be. They’ll wish for the scumbag’s death.”
“Exactly, exactly, that’s the reasoning.” Yi Congqing nodded in satisfaction at the savvy actor’s understanding. “You want the audience to still feel the beauty despite your pain and struggle. You’re not just expressing your discomfort in this scene. You want to invoke the audience’s compassion and empathy.”
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After the lecture, a professional acting teacher taught him how to perform underwater. It was already half an hour later when the filming started up again.
From behind the monitor, Xiang Xi and Jiang Ming were also paying attention to the scene this entire time. The more they watched, the more frightened they became. They might not be able to perform at this level.
Qiu Jin’s performance this time stunned everyone in the crew.
When they did the script reading, some people were saying that Qiu Jin only understood the script on a theoretical level, and that his acting skills were terrible in actuality. But after today’s performance, no one dared to look down on him anymore.
The next day, it was time to film Xiang Xi’s scenes.
Ji Yao fell into the water and passed away. Seeing that the wedding date was getting closer and closer, but the An Nation was unable to produce a bride, the army of Dongqu was already getting ready to go on the move.
The ruler of the An Nation, Ji Yuan, pondered over the situation and finally decided to bring Ji Yao’s twin brother back as a replacement.
They were twins after all so there was not much difference in their appearance, and not many people have seen Ji Yao’s appearance, so it was entirely possible to fool them.
The eldest, Ji Siyuan, was indecisive and cowardly. He agreed to the proposal without any principle. The third child was a meathead. He couldn’t wait to have Jiang Zhe, who was known as the god of war, as his brother-in-law, so he had no objections.
In the huge palace, no one sincerely mourned for Ji Yao, instead they were preparing to harm another unrelated person.
The kind and idealistic Ji Tongguang lost his temper.
This scene was full of conflict and varied character types, so the requirements for the actors were relatively high.
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Unlike last night’s one take, this time Yi Congqing was not satisfied no matter what was filmed. He called NG four or five times.
Xiang Xi might not be considered a top-class actor, but he was also not just a pretty vase. Among the popular people in the younger generation, he could be regarded as someone who could handle a leading role.
They didn’t expect this scene to be NG so many times, and the actors were all feeling stressed.
The greater the pressure, the stiffer the performance.
Yi Congqing also knew that he was being too emotional, so he waved his hand and told everyone to rest for twenty minutes before resuming.
“I think the last version was pretty good,” the producer glanced at the replay. “You’re shooting a TV series. There’s no need to linger on one scene. We can’t afford to waste time.”
“I know all of this,” Yi Congqing sighed, “The main reason is that the scene shot yesterday was so good, whereas today’s shot is on a completely different level. You can’t compare the two scenes at all.”
Xiang Xi came to ask the director for advice and overheard this sentence by accident. His face turned pale.
Yi Congqing was not the type of director that attacked actors psychologically, so he was a little embarrassed for a while.
Artistic people, to some extent, all have their idiotic moments. In order to make the actors portray bullying well, some directors would really create a bullying environment in the crew, so that the actors could fully immerse themselves into their role.
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But Yi Congqing was not this kind of person. He might not be considered an amiable director, but he would not do such harm to an actor, so his complaint just now was just a private complaint with the assistant director.
Unexpectedly, one of the parties involved heard his comment.
Pretending not to have said anything was a bit unrealistic, so Yi Congqing had no choice but to carry on and try to appease the other party, “Xiang Xi, you are also very talented. Let’s film the scene again, okay?”
Xiang Xi stood there shocked, for a moment he even forgot how to answer.
Yi Congqing: “Don’t feel pressured, just follow your own pace.”
Xiang Xi wanted to say something, but in the end he just bit his lip.
“I understand.”
Not too far away there was Qiu Jin sitting on a little folding stool. He had yet to get into costume. He was only wearing a short-sleeved white T-shirt and a pair of light-colored trousers. He seemed a bit sleepy and looked just like a simple college student.
Such a person, who would have thought that he would radiate such amazing energy under the camera.
Xiang Xi secretly clenched his fists. He must not be inferior to Qiu Jin!
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