Each character image of the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" is vivid and vivid, as if coming out of the book, which is related to the casting of director Wang Fulin, and also has the credit of makeup artist Yang Shuyun.
Wang Fulin selected the most suitable actors who resembled the temperament and appearance of the characters in the book from many candidates, and finally decided on the role.
For example, Lin Daiyu's actor, Wang Fulin, from Zhang Lei, Zhang Jinglin, Chen Xiaoxu, Hu Zehong, Shen Lu, Wang Xiaojie and other candidates, selected Chen Xiaoxu, who is most in line with the temperament.
Chen Xiaoxu is most in line with the image of Lin Daiyu in the book, so that the makeup artist can apply makeup to Chen Xiaoxu according to the description in the book.
Although the "Yanmei" in the book made Yang Shuyun rack his brains and go through the data and literature, in the end, he still found out what was "Yanmei", and also painted Chen Xiaoxu with a pair of "Lin Daiyu".
However, some actors, originally favored by Wang Fulin, were selected as role candidates, but for various reasons, the actors could not enter the group, and the crew could only find others.
Time is urgent, can not find the right person, will choose a similar actor, but at this time, the actor's external conditions and role will not be very close, which requires a makeup artist, the actor to the role, the feeling of the role, which is very difficult and challenging.
The old ancestor Jia Mu in the play is played by Li Ting.
Li Ting was in danger.
Originally, Wang Fulin selected Gao Yuqian to play Jia Mu, and when the crew started, Gao Yuqian could not come to the crew because she had no schedule, so the role of Jia Mu was vacant.
At this time, facing the boot, Jia Mu is an indispensable role in the play. The "Jiamu Crisis" has become the top priority of the crew.
Suddenly, where to find the right person? Wang Fulin set his sights on Li Ting, who originally played Jing Huan.
At that time, Li Ting was sixty-one years old, the same age as Jia Mu. The two are only the same age, and the others are all in line.
Li Ting looked black and fat, her eyebrows were triangular eyebrows, and her eyes were pulled down, looking fierce. Before entering the Red Chamber crew, Li Ting just finished filming "Jade Kirin" from Gulangyu Island, in which she played a landlord's wife, bad and yin and powerful, and her skin was dark and rough by the sea breeze.
And Jia Mu? She is a graceful and luxurious, kind-hearted old grandmother, she has experience, identity, upbringing, interest, humor, humor, humor and generosity.
At that time, the crew held two training classes for the actors in the Red Chamber, and in order to help the actors better understand the original work, Li Ting was also responsible for tutoring these actors with no acting experience in their lines and performances.
Director Wang Fulin said to Yang Shuyun, you give Li Ting a try on makeup, use your makeup methods, if you can make her appearance close to Jia Mu, I will use her.
For a sixty-year-old actor, it is a great honor to play Jia Mu in "Dream of the Red Chamber" in his lifetime. Li Ting was very excited and looking forward to it.
This is a great challenge, looking at Wang Fulin's eager gaze, Li Ting's eager eyes, Yang Shuyun secretly determined that li Ting must be transformed into Jia Mu, live up to the director's expectations, and not let Li Ting's hopes fall short.
Poplar Shuyun designed the shape for Jia Mu.
In the original work, there is no specific description of Jia Mu's appearance, only that it is an old grandmother with "sideburns like silver".
Reading through the whole book, it can be seen that the old grandmother is a graceful and luxurious, kind-hearted and kind-hearted old grandmother, with great compassion, good thoughts, aestheticism, jealousy and hatred, heavy love and righteousness, and has a high prestige in Jia Province.
When Yang Shuyun designed the shape for Jia Mu, he paid special attention to the two plots in the book.
The first plot is that Jia Mu is enjoying the gui in lotus champs and talking about her life when she was a child.
Through these words, it can be seen that Jia Mu was a very capable and grand steward, whether it was aesthetic taste, artistic accomplishment, or butler talent, it was higher than Baochao, Daiyu and Fengjie, and was an outstanding talent.
The second plot is Lu Xue'an enjoying the snow, it is Jia Mu who first discovers Baoqin and The Plum Maiden, which constitutes the picture of "White Snow and Red Plum", indicating that Jia Mu has a pair of eyes that are good at finding beauty.
When visiting the Grand View Garden, she put a large red chrysanthemum flower on her head, indicating that Jia Mu herself also loved beauty.
Based on these plots, Yang Shuyun summed up the personality characteristics of Jia Mu and designed a makeup plan for Jia Mu. Used on Li Ting.
Li Ting became Jia Mu.
With the basic design scheme, Yang Shuyun began to make up for Li Ting.
The first step, skin color.
Although Li Ting is close to Jia Mu's age, Jia Mu is well-bred, rich and glorious, and her skin is definitely delicate, not as dark and rough as Li Ting.
At that time, there were not many cosmetics, Yang Shuyun first applied a thin layer of Japanese background color to Li Ting's face, and then gently poured on the Italian powder, and then rubbed with natural rouge, so that li Ting's skin color and texture were changed, making her skin appear white and smooth, with a noble feeling.
Step 2, eyebrows.
Li Ting is a triangular eyebrow, and her eyes are shrugged, which is completely different from Jia Mu, who is kind and kind.
Yang Shuyun used eyebrow tweezers to repair the triangular eyebrows into the "Moon Eyebrows" in the "Ten Eyebrows Chart", and then used silk to paste the drooping eyelids, becoming a happy eye corresponding to the curved eyebrows.
Step 3, face shape and hairstyle.
Yang Shuyun chose a soft and delicate hood for Li Ting, and then in the heavenly court, he opened his forehead to remove his sideburns, and then treated the sides of his face and cheeks with a shadow color, emphasizing the turn of the cheekbones at the corners of the eyes and raising the bridge of the nose.
The fourth step is to pull the hoist.
In this way, Li Ting slowly moved closer to Jia Mu, her sideburns were like silver, her skin color was smooth, and her face was plump.
Yang Shuyun looked left and right, still not ideal, a clever move, came up with a way, that is, to hang, and before to give Deng Jie makeup the same.
He used his forehead and two sideburns of hair, each combed two small braids, and hung them on the top of his head, so that the loose skin tightened, the eyebrows were elongated, and the charm of the ancient noblewoman came out at once.
In this process, many actors in the Red Mansion crew were watching from the sidelines, the whole process was very quiet, everyone held their breath, watching Li Ting under Yang Shuyun's hands, a little change, a little bit from a dark and fierce old woman, into a graceful and luxurious old grandmother.
Two and a half hours later, Yang Shuyun's makeup was finished, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief and applauded happily. Ma Guangrui excitedly hurried to find director Wang Fulin.
After Wang Fulin came, he circled around Li Ting a few times, carefully looked at it, and finally, he actually put on reading glasses, approached Li Ting's hand and face, carefully examined it, and finally said "there is great hope."
This level, after counting, Yang Shuyun is really a wonderful pen and flowers, and Sheng Sheng turned Li Ting into Jia Mu.
The original candidate, Gao Yuqian.
Gao Yuqian was Wang Fulin's originally selected Jia Mu candidate. Gao Yuqian's appearance and temperament are very much in line with the image of the old grandmother in the book.
Gao Yuqian played Grandma Li in the modern Peking Opera "Red Lantern", and her performances include the new Peking Opera "Peach Blossom Fan", "New Butterfly Dream", "Nine Pieces of Clothing", "Phoenix Erqiao", "Cailou Ji", "Human Face Peach Blossom", "Lü Bu and the Mink Cicada", which are deeply loved by the audience.
Unable to play "Jia Mu", Gao Yuqian played the role of Gao Laotai in the 86 version of "Journey to the West", that is, the mother-in-law of the Pig Eight Commandments.
The external image of Gao Yuqian is more suitable for Jia Mu than Li Ting.
The image of the old lady Gao played by Gao Yuqian has majesty, kindness, and nobility. Let's see, at this time, if Gao Yuqian plays Jia Mu, is she very kind and kind-eyed, very graceful and luxurious?
Therefore, the reason why the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber" can become a classic and endure for thirty years is not only the credit of one person, but also the countless efforts of many behind-the-scenes personnel, including Poplar Shuyun.
Yang Shuyun's professional ability is excellent, not only has the characters of Dai Yu, Bao Yu, Bao Chao, and Feng Jie, but also Li Ting, who does not conform to the role, into a "Jia Mu" accepted by the public.
Pay tribute to the 87 version of "Dream of the Red Chamber", pay tribute to director Wang Fulin, and pay tribute to Yang Shuyun makeup artist.