Chapter 281: Acting Method (7,000-word update!)

Although "Seventeen Layers" only has 12 episodes, the volume of each episode is made according to 40 minutes of content, with a total of 65 days of filming, of which Lu Yan He filmed for 52 days.

According to the filming plan, Lu Yan He joined the group at the end of June and finished filming in late August.

Of course, if the filming of "Seventeen Layers" goes smoothly and there are no moths, Lu Yan He's actual filming days might only take more than 40 days.

"Seventeen Layers" tells the story of a group of young people participating in a treasure hunt game and coming to a building on a deserted island. This building was built 20 years ago. Because the owner died strangely, the building was stopped halfway through decoration, and then it has been abandoned here.

The treasure hunt game is released by the dark web. Those who take the task to come here are all professional treasure hunters. However, when they stepped into this deserted island building, they realized that they had stepped into a chase game that would really kill people. This building was transformed by the mastermind into a large-scale secret room escape and trap-filled game, and it was broadcast live on the dark web.

They must rely on their own wisdom to find a way to escape from this building.

This is also why they had to conduct action training in advance.

Rather than saying that this play has a female lead and a male lead, in fact, this play is a group play, with a total of seven treasure hunters, each with their own ghosts, each with their own skills. However, the story is unfolded from the female lead played by Chen Bige, and the one who finally leads everyone to escape is also the female lead played by Chen Bige, so she is the well-deserved big female lead.

And Lu Yan He's role is indeed the male lead in terms of screen time, second only to Chen Bige. However, if we talk about the emotional line with the female lead, there is actually another male character, and the screen time is also very heavy, but he died in the end.

Seven treasure hunters, seven main characters.

"Teacher Jiang." Chen Ziyan walked up with a smile and turned to greet Lu Yan He, "Little Lu, come quickly and say hello to Teacher Jiang."

In the hot weather, Jiang Jun was still holding a thermos cup in his hand.

Lu Yan He hurriedly followed and honestly shouted Teacher Jiang.

Li Yuefeng is the one who rubbed Lu Yan He's heat not long ago, and Shen Yue is a very popular actress at the moment. And the other three actors are not unknown people, they are all well-known actors.

"Can't talk about pointing out. You have been nominated for the Honghe Award, and I haven't even got a nomination once." Jiang Jun laughed loudly.

"Still in school." Jiang Jun said, looking at Lu Yan He, "Oh my, if Little Lu were my son, how good would it be? Zhenhua, tsk tsk, that rabbit cub finally got into an undergraduate course, and it was me who drew it out with a stick."

Seven actors, just the popular first-tier actors are four.

Li Yuefeng heard the three words Chen Bige and closed his mouth.

Li Yuefeng: "Then they are pestering me one by one, what can I do? If I say a word to each person, I won't have anything to do this day."

Li Yuefeng still looked unconvinced on his face.

Chen Ziyan took Lu Yan He off the car and happened to meet Jiang Jun, who played the retired soldier Fatty Li, at the hotel entrance.

However, who let him have good luck.

"Where is Little Zhuang?"

A young student whose momentum is close to the first line, no agent can give up.

Lu Yan He arrived at the hotel booked by the crew, just at noon.

Chen Bige plays the orphan Li Meng, Lu Yan He plays the genius Lian Cai, Li Yuefeng plays the long-distance runner He Huaijin, Shen Yue plays the liar Liu Mengna, Jiang Jun plays the retired soldier Fatty Li, Yan Zhimeng plays the poison master Wang, and Lin Chan plays Wang Nianping.

The sun at the end of June already had signs of madness, quite a posture of not stopping until everyone was sun-stunned.

"We bought a wave of drafts before and rubbed a wave of Lu Yan He's heat. This cooperation, the other party's attitude may not be good. Don't climb up the pole at that time."

"That's definitely not, whoever wants to be this uncrowned king, hurry up and give me a nomination." Jiang Jun's laughter was very loud.

Jiang Jun: "Still the same, no way, can't be cured, can only be raised."

"Your tail is almost tilted." The agent said directly, "After broadcasting several hit dramas in a row, look at you now, you don't even want to talk to those whose status is not as good as yours."

"It's not a difficult play, why do you want to read the script?" Li Yuefeng complained to his agent, "A play that mostly relies on post-production, which actor here doesn't act in this kind of play casually."

"Where am I floating? Don't talk nonsense." Li Yuefeng said, "I am clearly already very humble."

Agent: "You are a bit floating recently, I have to remind you."

He is a bit strong, and he looks a bit fierce when he doesn't smile, but when he smiles, he is quite kind.

Li Yuefeng cut a sound and said: "I don't know him, and besides, isn't he the second lead of this play? What bad attitude does he have? If the attitude is bad, it should be me."

For an artist like Li Yuefeng who is overly confident and blindly optimistic, the agent also has a headache.

Lu Yan He smiled brightly and said: "Okay, please Teacher Jiang for more advice."

Chen Ziyan laughed twice, "Little Zhuang is smart, looks good, and has a right heart. The development will not be bad in the future. You are really, the requirements are too high. What a good child. If you don't like him in the future, send him to me. I watched him grow up. If you don't like him, I like him."

Li Yuefeng: "I know, of course, do you still need to explain?"

Chen Ziyan laughed again.

The relationship between Chen Ziyan and Jiang Jun looks exceptionally good.

The key is that he seems very open-minded about the fact that he has not been nominated. He says he cares on his mouth, but he doesn't mind joking about this matter at all.

Lu Yan He: "..."

Jiang Jun is an old drama bone, 42 years old this year, and has been acting for almost 20 years. He belongs to the kind of actor whose face is known to the audience, but not many people know his name.

"Anyway, don't hold high and step low." The agent exhorted, "I warn you, if you don't change your personality well, something will happen sooner or later."

Chen Ziyan asked: "How is Sister-in-law's health?"

"Little Lu classmate, we finally met and got to know each other. Let's communicate more in the future!" Jiang Jun could feel it as soon as he spoke. This is a straightforward person, and he patted Lu Yan He on the shoulder.

The agent said: "Chen Bige's request, who would have an opinion?"

Jiang Jun said immediately: "That is, the first day I sent it over, my wife would drive me out of the house."

Being able to gather such a configuration in a 12-episode drama shows the importance Beijing Station attaches to this drama.

Li Yuefeng complained a bit on the way here.

"You know how much help it is for your status to be able to star in this TV series with Chen Bige. After this, the actresses who want to partner with you cannot have a higher status than Chen Bige." The agent explained, "Don't play these tempers in front of her, act honestly."

Chen Ziyan said: "You are the recognized uncrowned king. I think they don't give you a nomination because you wear this hat. The judges feel that not giving you a nomination doesn't affect you."

After Jiang Jun left, Lu Yan He asked Chen Ziyan curiously, "Sister Ziyan, are you very familiar with Teacher Jiang just now?"

"Very familiar, he helped me when I entered the industry, and we have kept in touch ever since." Chen Ziyan said, "He is the real uncrowned king. He used to act in many stage plays, and he has acted in more film and television dramas in recent years. However, they are all some inconspicuous supporting roles, so he hasn't won any heavy awards. It's a pity. With his ability, he should have won higher honors."

"Is this play introduced by you?"

Chen Ziyan nodded, "Yes, I felt this role was suitable for him when I read the script, so I recommended him to the crew."

Lu Yan He: "Then it seems Teacher Jiang is really good."

Chen Ziyan: "If you have a chance in the future, you should also pay attention to good opportunities for him. He is indeed a good actor."

Lu Yan He was surprised and said: "I am a small actor myself, how can I have the qualification to pay attention to good opportunities for Teacher Jiang."

Chen Ziyan rolled her eyes at him and said: "The opportunities you can come into contact with are much more than him. Don't be self-deprecating."

Lu Yan He: "..."

At 2:00 PM, everyone met.

The director of "Seventeen Layers," Lian Bei, is in his early thirties and belongs to a very young existence among directors, but the previously directed "Hundred Years of Spectrum" exploded, allowing him to enter the ranks of first-tier directors directly.

This time "Seventeen Layers" was also designated by Jiang Lan, the deputy director of Beijing Station, who came forward to invite him personally.

Jiang Lan is the producer and general producer of this drama, and she didn't come today.

Hu Siwei, the producer sent by Beijing Station, sat in town.

A large conference room with an oval long table, Lu Yan He held his script and water cup and went in.

He was almost one of the first few to arrive. Before him, only Lin Chan and Yan Zhimeng were there.

Both of them are also in their twenties, acting since they started university, and are quite famous.

Lin Chan was chatting and laughing with Yan Zhimeng. Seeing Lu Yan He come in, both of them stood up.

"Sister Chan, Brother Meng." Lu Yan He accelerated his pace to greet the two, "Hello, I am Lu Yan He."

"Hello, hello." Lin Chan's voice was a bit delicate.

Yan Zhimeng also seems to be a more reserved personality.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Jiang Jun came over.

"What are you three children chatting about?" Jiang Jun came over naturally and joined their topic.

"I met Sister Chan and Brother Meng for the first time, so I introduced myself." Lu Yan He said with a smile.

Jiang Jun slapped Lu Yan He on the shoulder, "You kid is worthy of being brought out by Chen Ziyan, you are enthusiastic."

Lu Yan He smiled.

Yan Zhimeng and Lin Chan obviously already knew Jiang Jun, shouted Teacher Jiang, and their posture was more obedient.

Jiang Jun pointed to Yan Zhimeng and said: "Little Lu classmate, you probably don't know, this person is a master who doesn't show his face."

"Hmm?" Lu Yan He looked at Yan Zhimeng in surprise.

"He is a serious martial arts learner, and he has learned martial arts for more than ten years." Jiang Jun said to Lu Yan He.

Lu Yan He looked at Yan Zhimeng in surprise.

Yan Zhimeng looked very young, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was a handsome young man who looked righteous. Being praised by Jiang Jun, his cheeks seemed to be blushing because of embarrassment.

"Brother Meng is so powerful!"

But Lu Yan He frowned after thinking about it. The role Yan Zhimeng played in "Seventeen Layers" is Wang the Poison Master, a character who wins by wisdom. His hands and feet are not very good, especially in some physical and competitive levels, he is the one who drags his feet.

Why did such a person play the role of Wang the Poison Master instead of the athlete role played by Li Yuefeng.

That role belongs to the second most capable person in the whole play.

The most capable is Li Meng played by Chen Bige.

People arrived one after another. At 2:10, no one was late, and everyone gathered.

Lian Bei introduced himself to everyone, then introduced the play, and finally introduced the main actors present one by one.

Except for Li Yuefeng and Shen Yue, Lu Yan He had greeted other actors in private and knew them.

Shen Yue is a girl who looks a bit arrogant. Lu Yan He hadn't spoken to her yet, but he felt the arrogance from her.

And Li Yuefeng... he gave Lu Yan He a feeling of being inexplicably pretentious.

Every time Lian Bei talked about his expectations for this drama and his requirements for quality, Li Yuefeng would nod seriously to show his approval, his face full of sincerity, and even said: "We are all people who have pursuits for art."

At that moment, Lu Yan He felt inexplicably embarrassed.

He happened to look at Yan Zhimeng at that time.

Yan Zhimeng was sitting directly opposite him.

Yan Zhimeng probably couldn't help it either, and actually raised his hand to cover his mouth.

Lu Yan He saw him like this, almost couldn't help it, and immediately lowered his head.

The two didn't even dare to have eye contact, fearing they would laugh.

It's not the first time filming, and Lu Yan He is not as nervous and worried as before about joining the group to film.

After a round of introductions and getting to know each other, everyone started to walk the script.

Lu Yan He had participated in script reading before, but not like this time, specifically taking a few days before formal filming for everyone to sit together and read the script.

Everyone just went through it line by line from the first episode.

Lian Bei would interrupt them from time to time and put forward some of his own ideas and opinions to them.

Even if it was Chen Bige, Lian Bei would interrupt her and put forward his own opinions.

This made Lu Yan He admire Lian Bei quite a bit. After all, it is Chen Bige. Would an ordinary director dare to do this? Of course, the director must do this. No matter how big the actor is, when you arrive at your crew, you have to be scheduled by the director. Chen Bige obviously also understands this truth very well. She has rebuttals and explanations for Lian Bei's opinions, but there is no unhappiness.

Such a creative atmosphere surprised Lu Yan He quite a bit.

One of the biggest characteristics of the role played by Lu Yan He is the "dull hair." It's not really dull and stupid, but because of his personality, his reaction is not particularly fast.

Lu Yan He was a bit uncertain for a while, worried that he would easily act like a fool.

Lian Bei said: "Yan He, the role of Lian Cai you act, his IQ is very high, he is a genius, he is just confined to his introverted personality, resulting in many reactions that cannot be expressed in the first time. Like you reading lines, he should have his own rhythm. He is very clear about every sentence he wants to say, he just can't express it normally."

Lu Yan He nodded and said: "Director, I know what you mean, but I don't know how to grasp it. I always feel that I read his lines like a fool."

"It really looks like a fool." Lian Bei also said with a smile.

Chen Bige said: "You can go find some film and television dramas about geniuses to see how others act."

Geniuses always have their special places.

In many film and television dramas, there have been many different types of geniuses.

And in this script, Lian Cai is a dull hair with high IQ, gentle and kind personality but defects in expression, and the reason why he is dull hair is because he knows that his expression is not smooth, and often chooses not to express, which becomes dull hair in the eyes of others.

Lu Yan He had done a lot of homework before, including what Chen Bige said, referring to those genius images in other film and television dramas, but so far, he still hasn't found a performance state that makes him completely convinced and entered.

He didn't waste too much time here and continued to walk the script.

Some problems cannot be solved now.

He has to solve it himself.

And such face-to-face script reading can also help actors better understand the script and understand character relationships.

In the evening, Jiang Lan appeared.

She organized a restaurant and took everyone to dinner.

The total investment of "Seventeen Layers" exceeded 200 million, of which more than one-third was used in the construction of various secret room scenes and game production of the building on the seventeenth floor, striving to give a refined and realistic visual effect in the creation of the entire worldview, rather than the cheap feeling of full-screen game special effects.

The actors' pay is not high. After all, there are only 12 episodes. The highest Chen Bige finally only took the price of 2 million per episode, far lower than her market price. Lu Yan He doesn't need to say more, taking 200,000 per episode, lower than Li Yuefeng.

No way, although Lu Yan He is the male lead, Li Yuefeng is a young student with three hit dramas in his hands, with deeper qualifications and more recognition from investors and TV stations.

Of course, this is also the reason why Chen Ziyan doesn't care much about the pay. Otherwise, with Lu Yan He's current fame, if he wants to raise this pay, he can also talk about it. It was just that the contract was signed too early. If it was signed after "Golden Age" was broadcast, it would definitely not be this price.

Like Chen Ziyan, Lu Yan He doesn't care much about this temporary pay.

When he took this drama, he hadn't broadcast a single play yet, and no one knew what the audience's reaction would be when he acted. If it weren't for the big trouble caused by Xu Bantian, in order to extinguish Chen Ziyan's fire, with Lu Yan He's status at that time, he wouldn't have been able to get such an S+ drama with a second male lead.

This kind of dinner party, drinking is indispensable, but Lu Yan He is also very clear now, at most two taels, and he won't drink too much.

He only took a small sip with whoever he drank with.

Fortunately, so far, he hasn't met anyone at the dinner table who has bad drinking quality and forces him to drink.

However, there are people who don't like to drink like Lu Yan He, and naturally there are people who like to drink very much.

Li Yuefeng held a wine glass and made a circle, and then toasted the director from time to time.

The director also looks like someone who loves to drink, and the interest is getting higher and higher.

Jiang Jun is the oldest here.

After drinking a few glasses, he began to pull everyone to say his heart words.

When it came to Lu Yan He, Jiang Jun was even more sincere.

"I, I didn't mix well. At this age, my peers have all mixed out, but me, I am still acting in some small roles. I don't have much ability, but as long as there is a place where I can help you, I will definitely help." Jiang Jun held Lu Yan He's hand, "My son is about the same age as you. Looking at you is like looking at my son."

"Teacher Jiang, Sister Ziyan told me that you are a teacher worthy of my learning. In acting, no matter how big the fame is, it is useless. I am not a professional class, and I haven't received professional learning in acting. Please give me more advice."

Lu Yan He put his posture as a junior in front of Jiang Jun and gave Jiang Jun full respect.

Jiang Jun also naturally felt the respect Lu Yan He had for him.

He was a bit lost at this moment.

The brain that was a bit up also had a moment of clarity.

Whether a person is truly respectful or fake respectful, Jiang Jun has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, of course he can feel it.

And Jiang Jun never thought that he would feel this sincere respect from Lu Yan He.

After all, Jiang Jun has seen many young people who became popular overnight, and they will all experience a period of arrogance.

The politeness or decency shown in this period is just a disguise under social etiquette.

Jiang Jun never expected to feel sincere respect from these people.

He is not a big coffee. In this interest-first entertainment industry, he has nothing worthy of others' respect.

Just like that Li Yuefeng, when Jiang Jun talked to him, he could clearly feel his perfunctory.

Li Yuefeng spent the entire evening focusing on cozying up to Lian Bei and Chen Bige, wanting to build a good relationship; anyone with eyes could see that.

As for others, Li Yuefeng obviously doesn't take it seriously, or rather, they are not in the range he thinks is worth spending time to make friends with.

Lu Yan He chatted with Jiang Jun for a while, mainly about this play.

"I can't find the rhythm. The problems the director told me, I actually realized it myself, but I can't find a way to solve it." Lu Yan He said, "I don't know what way to use to make everyone feel that what I act is not a fool, but a high-IQ genius with expression obstacles."

Jiang Jun said seriously: "Actually, Bige is right. When you don't know how to act, you go find an acting method that you think is closest to this character in your imagination. Imitate first, then do addition and subtraction."

Lu Yan He said: "Won't this make my performance very similar to others?"

Jiang Jun shook his head and said: "There are a thousand Hamlets in the hearts of a thousand readers. The same action done by different actors also has different effects. What's more, of course you won't choose to copy it. You have to integrate your own understanding. You just need to find a way to enter the character first. When you find your own rhythm, the previous one can of course be thrown aside."

Lu Yan He thought about it seriously and said: "I have to try it first. I have no bottom in my heart now."

Jiang Jun nodded, "Trying is right. Yan He, you have to know that no actor has a bottom in his heart before acting, because any character, before you act, no one knows what it will look like. No bottom is normal. Having a bottom means your imagination of the character is just that shallow."

Lu Yan He laughed immediately.

He nodded, "I know."

Chen Bige came to find Lu Yan He, put one hand directly on Lu Yan He's shoulder, and whispered: "How are those two scripts you wrote?"

Lu Yan He said: "The first draft has been written, but I am still modifying it, and it is a bit unpresentable."

Chen Bige nodded: "Don't worry, take your time, I won't urge you."

Lu Yan He couldn't help laughing.

Chen Bige, after contacting more, found that she is actually a bit "nerve-large."

She doesn't have the posture of a movie queen or top star as imagined, even though she actually gives people a feeling that the whole world is at her feet when she is fully open.

Lu Yan He's imagination of Chen Bige is a big woman, but Chen Bige gives him the feeling in private is a big-hearted woman.

However, Lu Yan He also knows that this is because of Chen Ziyan, so Chen Bige treats him as a junior brother, and the appearance she shows in front of him will be much more casual.

Chen Bige said again: "If you have any incomprehension or doubts about acting, you can come to me. Not to mention anything else, the experience is still many years more than you."

Lu Yan He nodded.

"Hmm, thank you Sister Bige."

Chen Bige: "I saw Wang Zhong yesterday. He showed me a clip of you making a cameo in his play. Everyone was there just now, so I didn't say it. You act as this genius with expression obstacles. I think you can refer to the language rhythm you had in 'Sanshan,' like rain, sometimes urgent, sometimes slow. I feel that you are especially wanting to construct a set of psychological psychology that conforms to your judgment of the character from your cognition, but in fact, if you can't change from the appearance first and shape the feeling of this high-IQ genius, it is very difficult to rely on belief to act in this kind of role. It is not an emotional play, it is technology."

Chen Bige's words made Lu Yan He thoughtful.

That night, after Lu Yan He went back, he lay on the bed and seriously recalled these words Jiang Jun and Chen Bige said to him.

In fact, think about it seriously, they all mentioned a common point: you have to shape some characteristics from the appearance first.

This appearance must not be facial features, but things presented externally such as sound, platform, shape, and expression.

"Sanshan"?

Lu Yan He didn't expect that Chen Bige would suggest that he refer to his acting method in "Sanshan."

What he acted in "Sanshan" was originally a fortune teller who was a bit abnormal and difficult to communicate with people normally...

Difficult to communicate with people normally!

Lu Yan He sat up from the bed in a flash.

Right! Lian Cai is not not communicating with others, but difficult to communicate with people normally!

Why did he always assume Lian Cai as a fool who couldn't speak well and didn't dare to look directly at people?

Lu Yan He realized where his problem was in an instant.

He knew rationally that Lian Cai was just a genius with expression obstacles, but emotionally he identified him as a genius with some abnormal, even some childish and mentally retarded manifestations.

As a result, on one side is high IQ, and on the other side is mental retardation, making him contradictory, and he has never been able to handle this balance well.

Lu Yan He suddenly became excited at this moment, turned on the light, took the script, and read it again from the beginning.

Those lines that don't know how to break sentences, those plays that can't clear the rhythm, suddenly all have a hazy method, as if there is a direction to study.

Lu Yan He deleted all the small movements and small details he had added to himself before, cleanly.

He is a normal person, can speak normally, make reactions normally, and get along with people normally.

Lu Yan He decided to make only one treatment: generally speaking, he doesn't open his mouth to speak, and once he opens his mouth to speak, because the speed of speech cannot keep up with the speed of his thinking, his tone of speech will carry a little urgency and annoyance, and his eyes and expression will also change at this moment, becoming urgent and annoyed, as if he is sulking with himself.

After he decided on this treatment, he took it to communicate with Lian Bei.

"Director, what do you think of my acting like this?" Lu Yan He asked.

Lian Bei was surprised to look at him after hearing Lu Yan He finish speaking.

He didn't rush to make a judgment, but said: "Let's see when we rehearse later, how about it?"

Lu Yan He nodded and said okay. ===== CHAPTER 282 =====