Chapter 974: I'm Young, But I'm Not Stupid

So Shen Li gestured to the director behind the screen, signaling for this scene to be done again.

"It's okay, Teacher Xie, let's do it again," Shen Li said softly to Xie, without any dissatisfaction due to the NG.

But Xie Tiancheng's eyes lit up, as if he had reacted to something, and he looked at Shen Li: "I know why we bumped lines just now!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Shen Li's brows furrowed subconsciously, and she had a premonition in her heart that the other party was going to cause trouble.

Sure enough!

Only to hear Xie Tiancheng say to himself: "Because my previous line and your following line are connected. After I finish the previous sentence, I subconsciously continue to say the second half. Do you understand what I mean?"

Shen Li looked at Xie talking to himself, and a question mark slowly appeared on her head.

Her face was full of not understanding.

"Sigh, I guess I'm speaking too deeply for you to understand." Xie Tiancheng raised his hand and said arbitrarily again: "Let me say this line too. It was my oversight when changing the lines just now; I should be the one to say this."

Shen Li: "..."

The expression on her face had changed from confusion to disbelief.

She had to speak up: "Teacher Xie, you might not have noticed, but this sentence is a 'main line,' it's a 'main line' exclusive to me!"

Script lines are divided into "main lines," "supporting lines," and "scattered lines."

The least important lines are "scattered lines." Simply put, lines that anyone can say are called "scattered lines," often seen in the lines of extras—that is to say, it's the same no matter who says them, belonging to crowd lines.

"Supporting lines" are the "echoing lines" in scene dialogue. Common supporting lines include "Really," "Of course," "Definitely," etc., which are equivalent to the "supporting role" in crosstalk, inserted into the "main lines" as connecting lines.

And "main lines" are the fixed lines of characters. The core lines of each character are called "main lines," which have absolute irreplaceability.

That is to say, this "main line" belonging to Shen Li's character must be said by her!

And the reason Shen Li accepted Xie Tiancheng's line changes earlier was precisely because the lines he changed and deleted regarding her did not involve the main lines and didn't affect her character's performance in the current scene too much.

But could Xie Tiancheng not know?

Of course he knew this sentence was a main line.

Only to see his eyes freeze, and he said in a deep voice: "Whether it's a 'main line' or not isn't important; what's important is whether the acting is smooth and whether the rhythm is right!"

Then, not forgetting to use the posture of an experienced person, he lectured Shen Li from a high position: "You are still young and don't understand the essence of acting. Like when we filmed in the past, there was no such thing as 'main lines' or not. Many times it was all improvised on the spot; that effect was natural!"

He had thought that after saying this, the little white rabbit-like girl in front of him would definitely not dare to refute anything, after all, no one dared to question him about changing the script just now.

Unexpectedly, Shen Li shook her head seriously and denied his words: "That's not right, Teacher Xie. 'Main lines' are of course important. Every character's 'main line' is the most important; it concerns the character's positioning and emotional intent, as well as the core direction of the whole scene. You can improvise when the acting is deep, but you cannot delete or change 'main lines' at will, and you certainly cannot snatch other people's 'main lines'."

Shen Li's words were blunt, like a ball of fire instantly scorching the lion's tail.

"What did you say?!" Xie Tiancheng was instantly enraged, roaring at Shen Li: "How dare you! How many plays have you acted in? And you dare to lecture me here?"

"What do you mean by snatching? Do I need to snatch your scenes?"

Shen Li looked indifferent and ignored Xie Tiancheng's anger, only saying: "Teacher Xie, I call you 'Teacher' because you are a senior, but you cannot snatch other people's scenes just because you are a senior." ===== CHAPTER 975 =====