Chapter 572

Paul's visit doesn't look like the visit of a famous actor at all. The crew members greet Paul cordially and thank him for his gift. The atmosphere at the scene looks like a tea room at work, coming and going, bustling and chatting, relaxed and comfortable.

Nathan heard Seth Logan mention it when shooting "cancer fighting me" before. When he was recording "Kung Fu Panda", Brad Pitt came to visit Angelina Jolie's class. That's the real "king of heaven style". It's not like a crew, but more like a fan meeting. So much so that their work had to be interrupted for two hours.

Today's Paul is very approachable. After politely greeting the main management of the crew, he stood aside as far as possible to avoid disturbing the work order. Occasionally, some staff members walked over and chatted with Paul, talking about the respect and professionalism of Langley. Both sides felt the same. Paul shared the interesting story of shooting "speed and passion 5" at the beginning, It seems that Paul is more like Langley's agent, who specially visits the crew and enlivens the relationship between his family's actors and staff.

Fifteen minutes later, under the guidance of Jeremy max, Paul found Langley, who was reading the script in the classroom. However, there is no time to say hello, because the next scene is about to start shooting.

Paul found that the way of preparation for making commercial films was quite different from that for making art films.

When he was in the "speed and passion 5" crew, lanli also spent a lot of time reading the script, but comparatively speaking, he spent more time on communication with his opponent actors, martial arts instructors, photographers and directors. He had a very keen sense of the editing and positioning of the lens, which made him feel better after shooting, Can quickly enter the state.

But in today's "detached" set, Langley read the script repeatedly from beginning to end, read it aloud, and even asked Nathan to have a dialogue with him. In addition, he spent a lot of time thinking about every part of the next play. Full devotion, even selflessness.

Paul thought it was a very interesting thing. He didn't understand it because the content of the script was limited. Even if he read it again and again, the font and content would not change. Of course, he also knows that his acting talent is really limited, and his incomprehension is really normal. He couldn't help remembering that when he was taking acting courses in Los Angeles before, his teacher once said that traditional academic performances required very strict script skills——

They not only need to read and recite the script, but also need to understand it. Before preparing a drama performance, just reading the script involves background investigation, data collection, role interpretation and self positioning.

For them, the script is the root of all performances, which is one of the important reasons why British films are always easy to produce excellent scripts. On the contrary, now in Hollywood, excellent scripts are often won by structure and story, but their basic skills in lines are almost gone, or they don't exist at all.

So is Langley an academic?

Thinking about it, Paul saw the slovenly Tony kayer stride out of the teaching building, wave his hand, and then the recording ran to the front of the camera. The voice of the whole crew disappeared in an instant, and everyone concentrated on casting their eyes.

Involuntarily, Paul also held his breath.

Just as the field record was about to hit the board, a figure suddenly pushed open the door of the classroom, poked out a head and broke the ready posture. Many people breathed heavily and made a low startling sound. It was a girl, with hairy yellow hair, nodded to everyone and expressed her apology. Then she ran to Lan Li and exchanged in a low voice.

It was a completely strange face. Paul had never seen it before. He didn't understand what it was. The staff nearby explained, "that's Betty. The next scene is her opponent with Langley." Paul suddenly realized that he was not far away from Tony, but found that the director didn't care at all. He was confirming some details with the drama.

This kind of shooting atmosphere is really... Relaxed and free, but at the last moment before shooting, what's the matter with Betty looking for lenley?

Lanli has the same question, but he is not worried, just smiling at the front of Betty Kaye. Although he and Betty are not friends, they hardly talk with each other outside the filming, we can see from the usual clues that Betty is an introverted and quiet personality, not a matter of necessity. Betty will not even take the initiative to talk to him, let alone break the rhythm and run in before the official shooting.

Betty clenched her lower lip and looked at Lan Li in front of her. She didn't know how to open her mouth.

Betty is not a professional actress. To be exact, she is not interested in acting at all. If her father hadn't driven her to the shelves, she would never have stood in front of the camera. She doesn't think it would be a disaster if someone wanted to see her fat body on the big screen.

Since "detached" was turned on, Betty has gone through almost all the mistakes that novices can make. Even in the simplest scene, without any lines, she can make mistakes, which makes her more and more nervous. The more nervous you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes. The more mistakes you make, the more nervous you are. A vicious circle is formed. The most basic part of a play needs to be shot more than three times.

Even the simple part of the play is like this. Today's play makes Betty even more nervous. Because she is too nervous, she hasn't had a good sleep since five days ago. She reads the script repeatedly. Every time she reads it, she will feel a nausea. She just wants to vomit, but she can't vomit anything.

This scene is the most turbulent, full and release scene of Meredith's emotion in the whole movie. After hesitating for a long time, Meredith decides to ask Henry for help. Like a drowning man, Meredith hugs the last driftwood, but she is rejected, and is peeped at by another teacher, Sarah. The shamed Meredith completely collapsed, ran away, and finally embarked on the road of no return.

In this play, Meredith goes from shyness to sadness, then to urgency, and finally collapses. The ups and downs of her emotions are like the end of the world, becoming the last straw to crush the camel.

Betty's worried that she's going to screw up. No, she knows she's going to screw up, and she's sure she's going to screw up. So, she needs a little help. It's ironic, isn't it? Meredith needs Henry's help, and she needs Langley's help.

"I..." Betty just opened her mouth, and her voice got stuck in her throat. Tony was here just now, and she didn't dare to speak. Now it's just her and Langley, but she doesn't know how to speak.

Emboldened, Betty looked up at lanli, and then saw the dark brown eyes, deep and bright, full of concentration and sincerity. Recalling lanli's guidance of Sammy's performance, she got a little courage, and then took a deep breath, "I don't know how to perform. I don't have a clue. It's really difficult. I don't even know how to start

Blue Li pursed her mouth, her eyes showed a trace of thinking. Without making a fuss, she only asked in a deep voice, "do you know why Meredith came to Henry?"

"..." Betty shrugged, "ask for help."

"If you were going to ask for help, who would you go to? I mean, in real life. " Lenley's question made Betty silent. She closed her mouth tightly, avoided sight and refused to communicate. However, lenley didn't care, and then said, "it's the same with Meredith. It's not easy to ask for help, because we need to admit that we are weak and helpless, and sometimes we need to open our hearts, Show the softest part of yourself. "

Betty slowly raised her eyes, glanced at Lan Li with her spare light, and carefully explored Lan Li's expression.

"Meredith summoned up all her courage, found Henry and asked for help. Not only because she believed in Henry, but also because she saw herself in him Langley went on, and Betty broke in and muttered, "and she's in love with Henry."

With a smile on his face, Lan Li definitely closed his jaw. This is Betty's interpretation of Meredith's role, not Langley's, which is a positive signal that Betty and Meredith have a resonance. When Tony chose these student actors, they all started from their true colors. They didn't need their superb acting skills. They could just be themselves in front of the camera. Obviously, so is Betty..

"But Henry refused." What Langley didn't say was that Henry was in danger——

After what happened to Erica, he has been trying to keep a distance from all the students; Before Meredith came to find him, Henry's grandfather died, and the secret about his mother was completely revealed. He was deeply in the mire of sadness and could not extricate himself. This time, it's not just despair, it's sadness and loneliness. Therefore, he had no way to help Meredith, he was escaping, he was retreating, and he was refusing.

"For Meredith, it's a step of courage, and it's the last straw." Langley whispered that as an actor, he had read the whole play and analyzed each character, so he knew, but Henry didn't.

Looking at those deep eyes, Betty suddenly felt a strong sadness surging up. She directly covered her mouth, forbeared her emotion, and didn't let herself collapse. Then she nodded and tried to say something, but after all, she didn't say anything. She just turned around and left the classroom, and then her voice came out from the corridor, "I'm ready."