Ji Xiaobing as a special out, played by the heroine's ex-boyfriend Su Ye this role is very small, three scenes together can barely make up enough for ten minutes, the real personal performance time is even less, but it is very worthy of scrutiny, it can be said that no second of the scene is wasted, called less and fine. Although the original work has a large number of blank spaces in the human settings, it is also relatively templated and facial, but the degree of completion is quite high.
Session 1:
As a book fan with a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder, in order to compare the description of the original book, I deliberately adjusted the speed of 0.5 times to see Su Ye's eye play in this paragraph:
Yu Tu opened the door, obviously making Mr. Su a little confused, he first opened his eyes very slightly, blinked, and then squinted slightly, as if looking at Yu Tu, guessing his identity, the camera did not have a detailed table, and turned to Yu Tu from Mr. Su's point of view. Then Mr. Su looked behind Yu Tu, Qiao Jingjing approached with words, Mr. Su turned his gaze to the heroine, and then his chin was slightly closed, and he seriously looked at Qiao Jingjing twice - this is probably the book that looks at the heroine's messy hair and casual house clothes.
Then he turned his head to look at Yu Tu again, and his lips opened slightly, as if he had begun to guess the identity of this strange man again, assessing the situation in front of him--this eye was different from the look he looked at when he first opened the door. The camera follows his gaze to the somewhat embarrassed male protagonist and the female protagonist who feels inexplicable about his appearance. The camera turns back, he opens his lips slightly, pauses, as if through this action, in a very short period of time, at the same time his eyes have been looking at the way, while saying, "When passing by, I saw a light (this sentence turned to the heroine when it was almost over), so..." The heroine tilted her head in confusion. He then turned his gaze from Qiao Jingjing to Yu Tu, paused, looked at Qiao Jingjing with unclear meaning, looked at Qiao Jingjing again, nodded, smiled, politely said "disturbed", then narrowed his smile and looked at Yu Tu again, and finally his eyes swept down to Qiao Jingjing's feet - the barefoot and slippers written in the book, and then, with one hand in his pocket, turned and dragged away.
Mr. Su put away his smile and looked at Yu Tu and swept to Qiao Jingjing's feet with a faint coldness, his eyes were slightly sharper than before, and this hidden coldness could be interpreted differently according to the audience's understanding of the characters and plot:
It can be said that it is the subjugation and contempt from the superior, or it can be said that the suspicion of seeing his own same style is aroused by a faint desire to win or lose, or the indifference from the character's own personality...
This coldness is a space for the audience to imagine, and it is an intriguing aftertaste after the end of the exit.
Qiao Jingjing said that he pretended, it is really a sharp description, this kind of two years ago broke up, feel particularly good about the ex-boyfriend to see the ex-girlfriend and her ambiguous boyfriend scene is undoubtedly a little embarrassing, but also unexpected by Mr. Su, but he silently covered up his embarrassment and emotions are calm and personable, really pretended to the extreme.
Mr. Su's gaze, expression, tone, body language from beginning to end are relatively peaceful, there is no big emotional ups and downs, which is in line with his personality and personality, but careful taste can find many details, the way he looks at people, the demeanor of raising his hands and feet, including the speed of speech, subtle pauses, walking posture... Subtle and delicate, full of measure, and implied tension, especially before leaving with a slight cold and meaningful skim, directly pulling the tension full, the expression and eyes will not appear dull because of slowing down.
Mr. Su's second scene exists only in his later narratives and memories in the original book:
The reason why the original expression is not adopted in the play is that the director and screenwriter are obviously not satisfied with the hot blood stimulation of the game section that only stops at the plot line, and also needs to let Su Ye, the ex-boyfriend, increase the tension of the emotional line, double line parallel, double stimulation, to the audience who has not seen the original work, nor is it familiar with Gu Man's style to add a suspense to the hearts of the audience - what bad water does this goods want to hold, is he going to destroy the feelings of the male and female protagonists?
It seems that in order to highlight this sense of suspense, the director in this plot also handles Mr. Su's appearance with a little mystery:
First let the person in charge of Wang Zhifang lay a sentence for the heroine to entertain Gu Zong's friend, and then choose to insert it after the heroine's stable appearance in the first game, the camera moves all the way from the feet on the stairs, chasing the back of Mr. Su, who is enthusiastically guided by the person in charge, during which the two have two short conversations to explain the identity of the guests.
But has not been willing to give this in the process of the game forced to insert, the need for the person in charge of personally to come forward to receive a positive shot of Gu Zong's friend, so that the audience's curiosity continues to rise, even if they enter the VIP room, it is also to first give the person in charge of the window to pay attention to the game process a close-up, and then turn, this distinguished mysterious guest finally revealed the silhouette and slowly walked out from behind the person in charge - Mr. Su's second official appearance.
The face was revealed late, but the performance began from the first second of the show.
How to act without showing your face?
Look at body language.
Because the game has begun, in order to hurry, but also to reflect the enthusiasm, the person in charge of the guide walked slightly hurriedly, Mr. Su's posture was straight and loose behind him, the pace was not slow, but the posture was very steady, and one hand was still in the pocket. After entering the VIP room, the two actors had a contrasting performance, the person in charge of the concern of the big stride, swooped to the window, and Mr. Su walked calmly from the side to the back of the person in a hurry, stood still, chin slightly raised and slightly closed, looking down - the person set up easily in this section of walking and looking down posture.
Mr. Su, who is "always so condescending" in the female protagonist's mouth, seems to like to look at people or things in this way, and there is a sense of overlooking the arrogance and confidence of the superior, for example, in the first scene, when he seriously looks at Qiao Jingjing's outfit, the same head is slightly raised upwards, and the chin is slightly closed, which is what the audience said, Su Ye always takes down the goods to see people, but it makes people feel proud, dignified, and natural.
The heroine's auxiliary teammate got four consecutive super-extraordinary, the camera pulled back to Mr. Su, and the person in charge could not help but applaud the case. Mr. Su came late, missed the start of the game, and did not listen very seriously to the commentary, so he initially did not know the role of the heroine, so when the person in charge applauded, he was just a courtesy lip corner micro-tick, casually looked at the person in charge to show the praise, but the next moment he immediately realized that the player who was applauded by the audience was the heroine, and he was surprised, and his lips were slightly opened, and he couldn't help but look down slightly. After asking the person in charge for verification, he first fixed his gaze for two seconds and stared at the heroine below. After that, he slowly revealed a somewhat surprised and interesting smile.
The camera pulled away, allowing Mr. Su to look down at the heroine in the lower right of the picture, and said with some surprise, "It's really surprising..."
This exclamation is also a line that pokes at the cute point of an audience member of Station B: even if it is exclamation, Mr. Su's tone is still permeated with a sense of condescension, and the "not dry and impure" at the end of the final voice has a bit of an aftertaste of meaning, which makes people can't help but imagine what Is going on in Mr. Su's heart at this moment.
When the last shot of the second scene cuts to Mr. Su, his body is slightly probing, implying a tendency to actively participate, looking down and smiling, and then when he sees the heroine being supported by the male protagonist, the smile on his face quickly dissipates, the facial line tightens, especially the gaze - compared with the expression on his face, the change in his eyes is actually the largest, his eyes originally had a slight downward curvature, and as the smile dissipated, the curvature also disappeared at a speed, and the gaze changed from a slight smile to a slightly aggressive gaze.
This paragraph corresponds to the original work:
Mr. Su's one-second change of face looks at the male and female protagonists, and the audience who have not seen the original work have raised their hearts, and this is exactly what the director wants, and it is also one of the main tasks of the supporting role - to add more dramatic tension to the emotional line that lacks a little dog blood due to anti-routine.
Mr. Su's last scene, which is also the most dramatic, is longer in the original book, so I will not quote it.
This scene from the heroine is attracted by a burst of laughter, the camera rises from her point of view, seeing Mr. Su standing on the stairs talking and laughing with everyone, Mr. Su also almost at the same time to the heroine's eyes, slowly put away the smile, and Miss Qiao is beautiful and light, indifferently turning her head, this very interesting and tense opponent scene also starts from this one of the two people.
The interesting thing about this rivalry is that in the first half of the game, Mr. Sue takes the offensive and Miss Joe takes the defensive position – too lazy to talk to the guy who has been separated for more than two years. In the second half, Miss Qiao's critical hit output, Mr. Su was beaten the whole time. From Mr. Su's point of view, the highlight of this scene is that the first half is flirtatious, and the second half is intimidated.
In the first half, Mr. Su's performance is in line with his arrogant, narcissistic and noble sullen personality, to be flirtatious and moderate, not too greasy, must grasp the sense of proportion. The undercurrent between the heroine and the heroine is surging to prepare for the attack and defense of the back.
For example, when the heroine mocked Su Ye's mobile phone for not being defensive, Mr. Su was really "a dignified apology": "My mistake, a hundred dense and one loose (raising the chin) was careless (the chin was lowered, the corners of the mouth went up). "It's very annoying.
The heroine "cares" about Mr. Su's ex-girlfriend, and Mr. Su expresses his slightly subtle avoidance of the ex-girlfriend's question with a body leaning back, turning his head, similar to shrugging his shoulders, but does not feel that he is annoying, continues to pry, corrects the heroine, "ex-girlfriend." The voice was low, with a hint of meaning, "I'm single now." And blew a rainbow fart to the heroine, "there seems to be infinite meaning in the eyes": "You are very good, let me be impressed." ”
"Last time you said at the game, you are still single..." Here Mr. Su's chin is still slightly uplifted when speaking, along with the straightening of the body, Mr. Su is really not universal, but really very confident, "Is it true?" ”
"If it's true, then... Miss Qiao was not interested, "Notice the curvature of Mr. Su's eyes, lips and head and neck, the big-tailed wolf finally revealed his true purpose, from the previous sullen poke to the bright commotion. Of course, this MingSao is for himself, and Mr. Su's Mingsao is still a little subtle, "starting a new relationship." "Of course, (raising an eyebrow) is with the old man."
A good-looking opponent's play is not a volleyball game, the pursuit of smashing points, but requiring both sides to come and go, hold each other, let the ball change hands back and forth nervously and excitingly between the two, constantly pull the attention of the audience, and constantly tighten the heartstrings of the audience, in order to create tension. Therefore, from the plot point of view, Mr. Su lost completely, but in terms of performance, he could not collapse for thousands of miles, otherwise the play would not be able to watch. In other words, one side wants to beat people madly, one side has to scream pain, on the one hand, let the tension that has been secretly accumulated in the first half of the period be released explicitly, and on the other hand, use the performance to maintain a sense of balance between the equal opponents, forming a secret confrontation in the performance, only in this way can the audience be happy.
Therefore, Mr. Su's performance in the second half is to collect and put, which does not refer to the appearance of the performance, but to be delicate enough, and the received is wood. But at the same time, Su Ye's very pretentious personality also decided that even if he was embarrassed, he had to hide his embarrassment, even if he was fiercely intimidated, he had to try to hold on to the surface of calm, both to hold on, but also to beat pain, no lines, he could only state and express through eyes, expressions, and subtle body language.
For example, when the heroine says, "How do I think you're a little proud?" The corners of Mr. Su's mouth were still slightly upturned, but looking into his eyes, the smile had completely disappeared.
In the face of the accusation that the heroine was "proud that someone was jealous of you to this point", Mr. Su made a turn to the left, and he began to be a little embarrassed and avoidant.
"Oh, or I can't say I'm proud, but I'm just watching with interest how I cope." Here Mr. Su turned his head to the right, the smile on his face completely disappeared, the chin that was often slightly raised was also lowered, the eyes were drooping, the lips were tightened, here can be compared with his previous flirtatious expression, when he spoke, the position in the lips was slightly upturned, with a little wind, Mr. Su's mouth would speak, Mr. Su's lips would also speak.
The heroine asked, "As for the reason for the breakup, have you forgotten?" ”
Mr. Su obviously did not forget, he blinked, some embarrassed to purse his mouth, lips slightly open, but there was nothing to say.
"Are you really ready to spend your life with me?" blink
"No, you just mentioned it so flippantly." Eyes moving to the upper right, lips lightly opened, chin lightly raised, obviously weak and irrefutable, the proud Mr. Su is trying to maintain his face and self-esteem.
"You didn't put me on an equal footing at all." Mr. Su, whose lips were slightly open, continued to be speechless, and could only blink twice quickly.
"You've always been so condescending." Miss Qiao delivered a fatal blow, Mr. Su, who had been completely hit, blinked his eyes twice, and the mask that had been trying to maintain calm finally showed a little embarrassment, and he twisted his head and neck twice, completely speechless.
"General Manager Su, we have different ways and do not conspire with each other." Miss Qiao completed the final blow and turned to leave, while Mr. Su behind her could only maintain the posture of putting his hands in his pockets to watch the beauty go away, his slightly open lips have not been completely closed, as if there is something to talk about, but there is no way to talk about it again.
In a way, acting is a profession that competes for attention — not outside the play, but in the performance inside the play. A qualified actor should rely on his own understanding of the character and performance to attract the audience's attention to himself, rather than just relying on his face, or asking for lines in order to win attention, adding designs that do not conform to human design, and even adding drama.
You are an actor, you are a supporting role, you can attract the attention of the audience within a reasonable range, but the premise is that you must first serve the role, to set off the protagonist, to complete your own functional service, rather than desperately highlighting yourself.
Taking Mr. Su's first scene as an example, if the actor, as described in the original book, just holds a handsome face, shows a surprised expression, and the eyes simply circle the heroine, say a line, show two seconds of demeanor, and then turn away like an authentic tool person, it will not attract a few strands of eyes. You can't say that this kind of performance is wrong, but obviously this kind of performance only plays a layer of skin, such Mr. Su has no thought, no character, no soul, not to mention what tension is created in the personal ten seconds of performance time.
Ji Xiaobing proves that a qualified actor, without adding words, without adding drama, completely relying on his own understanding and performance of the character, can not only stand his own personality steadily, so that the character has a face, personality, and soul, but also adds an extra tension to this anti-routine ex-meeting scene in addition to the fun. The identity of the ex-boyfriend gives the actor a little room to play, the screenwriter gives the premise, the director gives the opportunity, but whether he can seize this thin and thin gap to win more performance space for himself depends on the actor himself.
When "You Are My Glory" was officially announced, some viewers were worried that so many famous and surnamed guest actors would perform perfunctory because there were too few scenes.
But in fact, "there are no small roles, only small actors", actors are not only a profession, but also an attitude - respect for the role, respect for the audience, respect for themselves and their profession.
Green mountains do not change the green water long stream, we will see you in the next article.
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