The rocker camera lens rises slowly, climbing all the way from the horizon to the height of three floors. It captures the whole picture into the lens, including Owen and Claire, as well as the remote scene, presenting all the contents to the audience in a panoramic way.
But... Nothing!
Melanie and Chen Zihao can't see anything on the monitor screen. The plain and hills in front of them are empty open spaces. Apart from the grass and trees, there is nothing, even the birds or animals passing by. It's as quiet as death.
So, what's going on? What are Owen and Claire looking at?
The sharp gap between vision and feeling makes Melanie return from fantasy to reality. At this time, she suddenly realizes that everything is just filming. Then through the lines of Owen and Blair, Melanie also understands what the panoramic picture sees: there are all the bodies of wristbands everywhere.
Of course, it is impossible to produce a lot of mountain like Brachiosaurus corpses on the shooting site. All these details need to be produced by computer special effects in the later stage. So, there is such a contrast in the monitor picture. Owen and Claire see a clearing, but they need to make a solemn and unexpected expression.
At this time, looking back on the performances of Langley and Bryce, Melanie can't help but reflect on them. She can't say that she has been 100% involved in them, but she does feel the real feelings through the monitor screen. Those delicate and mixed emotions can wake up the resonance at any time and in any scene, It can even make people ignore the absurdity of the surrounding scenes.
"Do you think that's the truth of stage play?" Melanie suddenly became curious and discussed with Chen Zihao, "standing on the narrow stage, those simple layout and scenes have no sense of reality at all, but the actors can still pass the story and emotion to the audience through their own performances, so that the audience can ignore the absurdity of the whole environment and enter the story?"
With such association, Melanie felt more reasonable. Now when she recalls the performance, the emotion conveyed by lanli's eyes and expression can make her feel the same, and even immerse herself in the sad mourning mood. Later, she also paid close attention to the panoramic picture of the plain, and could not help but stand on tiptoe, To find out what Owen and Claire are seeing.
It's amazing, isn't it?
As we all know, film is a dream making industry. It turns human imagination into reality through various technologies. The dinosaur in front of us is one of the best examples; But more often, people put the credit on the director and special effects, and it is easy to ignore the actors' contribution to "dream making".
If the actor's wonderful performance in art film or plot film awakens the audience's emotional resonance, it is a natural consensus; Then, the vivid performance of actors in commercial movies or popcorn blockbusters, instead of the audience, enters their own imaginary world to experience life, and persuades the audience that what they see now is true and credible, and then enters the virtual world of movies, which is also an irreplaceable "dream making" link.
Strictly speaking, Melanie is not a movie lover. Let alone her works of art, she has not seen many summer commercial popcorn movies. For her, movies are a simple means of entertainment. Some people like them, while others are not so interested.
But at this time, Melanie began to feel interesting, especially the charm of the film given by the performance link, which made the film production process full of chemical reactions. The cooperation between links may evolve into completely different chemical reactions because of the participation of different personnel——
Melanie knew that her perspective and way of thinking were really unique, but she enjoyed it. That's enough.
Wait, why didn't Chen Zihao respond?
"Chen?" Melanie bumped Chen Zihao with her elbow, but her strength was not significant. She let Chen Zihao snort. Melanie couldn't help laughing, "Hey, why don't you react at all? I was just talking to you, didn't you hear me? "
Chen Zihao really didn't hear, "I'm just thinking. The scene just now seems familiar, but I can't remember what's going on for a while. I'm a little distracted. What did you say?" Rubbed his stomach, complained, "do you want to start so hard?"
Melanie laughed again and patted Chen Zihao heavily on the back. "Don't worry, I'm heavy and heavy. I know you can bear it."
Chen Zihao's eyes are about to protrude: is this what you should pay attention to? He felt like he was going to vomit blood now!
"I just said that the performance of actors is really amazing. They can always convey stories and emotions, right?" Melanie simply summed up her thoughts again, "just like just now, I can really feel the sadness of Langley. It seems to be a kind of heaviness after countless lives and deaths. His eyes are really good. I can't say exactly what's going on, but I think it's very good. "
Eyes?
Chen Zihao had a flash in his mind, "I remember!" The Pacific War
"What?" Melanie is full of question marks.
Chen Zihao explained, "lanli's famous work is the Pacific War." in HBO's TV series, I remember whether it was the ninth or the eighth episode? Lanli had a similar scene. He was holding a woman who was about to die. The emotion in his eyes was so delicate and complex that he really interpreted the meaning of life and death, and caused numerous discussions on social networks. "
"Really?" Melanie was unheard of.
Chen Zihao nodded, "but... I always feel a little different, and I can't say it. It's like, er... It's like that at that time, lanli's performance was more elaborate, not that it was bad, but that it was a little too powerful compared with now. But today's performance can't see any trace, so the whole feeling appears. "
With that, Chen Zihao himself began to get depressed, because he was an amateur film enthusiast. He really asked him to analyze the quality and details of the performance, but he could not say why. Even his feelings were not expressed in detail, "ah! I can't say it either. Anyway, I feel that lanli is different. "
On the contrary, Melanie, who always kept watching, saw more clearly, "are you sure it's not because of the commercial film that Langley adjusted her performance method? I'm not an expert, but I also know that the performance of art movies can't be used in commercial movies, otherwise it would be too weird. "
"No, no, No." Chen Zihao repeatedly shook his head, "the Pacific War is not an art movie." But in the middle, Chen Zihao could not help but stop. "... it seems that this is also reasonable."
Melanie shrugged. "I see. It's just that Langley is very good, isn't it?"
Chen Zihao thought seriously, "well, yes."
At least from the perspective of Chen Zihao's perception, lanli's performance is more weightless. There is no trace of the whole performance, even no sign of exertion. However, all emotions are transferred between eyes and expression. It is not that the previous performance is bad, but that lanli's performance has been upgraded again.
But is it because the strength of lanli has improved, or because the performance of commercial films can't be too heavy? Chen Zihao can't say why.
Meanwhile, Colin is also communicating with lenley and Bryce.
"Bryce, the show should be more restrained." Colin said to the intercom.
Bryce didn't quite understand, "what is convergence? My emotional expression just now is very introverted. " It's not argument, it's objective discussion.
Colin scratched his head. "I'm not sure, but I always feel that you put too much emotion out, which makes Claire's performance seem deliberate. I mean, Claire did feel the pain of Owen and the death of the dinosaur, but it was natural, and you just had too many emotions, which made the audience feel like 'you're trying to understand Owen', is that clear
In fact, Colin's feelings are very subtle. Is there anything wrong with Bryce's performance? No, But when Bryce's performance was put in front of lanli, the trace of carving immediately became obvious, which also made Claire's emotion lack a sense of sincerity, and the subtle difference became particularly obvious, even abrupt, in the opponent's play.
But as a director, Colin's understanding of acting is really limited. He can catch the gap from the director's point of view, but he can't say why. At least he can't finish the analysis sharply and clearly, so he is in a dilemma
He knew that something was not right, but he could not point out the problem in detail, and he could not give correct guidance. He could only keep colliding in conversation and trying, looking forward to finding a correct way to perform.
Bryce can vaguely understand Colin's meaning, but she doesn't have any concept of how to operate. When she thinks about it, she's not sure she understands Colin's intention. "You mean, shouldn't she be so sad? Or, shouldn't you cry? That would be hypocritical? "
"No, no, no, not so." Colin repeatedly denied, "er... I have no way to explain specifically, otherwise, you will perform again according to your own understanding, and let's see the effect, OK?"
If the director doesn't know how to direct the performance, then follow the feeling and leave all the work to the actors. This is the best solution.
Bryce chewed it seriously, but she still didn't have a clear idea. She looked up at lanli and hesitated whether she should ask him. But when she thought about her recent relationship, she finally chose to close her mouth and decided to try her own way.