What is acting? To put it bluntly, it's a form of deception! "
Ye Lingchen leaned back in his chair and said calmly, "Acting pitiful, acting pitiful, and faking your tears are all acting skills! Don't care about the situation or the genre. As long as you can deceive others and make the audience feel the same way, then the performance will be a success.
"The most important thing is that acting skills cannot be discussed on its own. It needs to be determined according to the scene. If you cry where you should laugh, no matter how good your acting skills are, others won't feel anything. Acting skills should be placed within the plot. Whether it's actors or acting skills, they are all serving the plot. You must grasp the direction of the plot. If you go against it, it'll be useless."
Ye Lingchen looked at Lu Xiaobu and Lin Wanyu's thoughtful expression and said calmly, "You guys go to Team Two and redo this scene."
Compared to the previous time, their filming had clearly improved.
Following that, Ye Lingchen called Chen Chichi and Hu Yifei over one after another. He analyzed and explained to them bit by bit, allowing them to redo the filming.
In the eyes of the audience, filming might be relatively simple. All they had to do was follow the script.
However, in reality, filming was not easy. Apart from some specific dangerous scenes, it was fine if they were lucky enough to get through it in one or two takes. However, if they were stuck on a single scene and could not get the feeling, that would be a real torment.
Repeating the same scene and the same lines all the time, one could imagine how boring it would be. It could very well drive someone crazy.
That day's filming was generally considered smooth. The progress was under Ye Lingchen's control and the task was completed very quickly. Everyone's acting skills had improved under Ye Lingchen's guidance.
However, there was an accident at the final stage of the filming.
That accident was stuck in a scene. It was a rare scene where everyone from iPartment gathered together. Everyone gathered in the bar downstairs of the apartment building, chatting around the sofa and gossiping.
That scene was not complicated. It was from the previous episodes and had already been done. However, Ye Lingchen dug it out and re-recorded it. That caused the filming to be delayed.
This time, Ye Lingchen did not point out their problem. He merely shouted for them to stop again and again, then made them repeat it.
A scene of chatting was forcefully repeated 20 times. Hu Yifei and the others' mouths were already dry from talking, but it was still not over.
No matter what it was, repeating it more than 20 times was definitely a kind of torture. Moreover, acting was not something that could make people happy. Everyone's faces began to show signs of exhaustion.
Only then did Ye Lingchen stand up and walk into the scene.
"Young Master Ye, you're finally here." Wanyu looked at Ye Lingchen weakly, like a child who had done something wrong and was at a loss.
Hu Yifei stuck out her tongue, not daring to speak.
"You guys can feel it too, right? Don't you think this kind of small talk is very awkward? You don't even know how to fake a smile," Ye Lingchen said calmly.
"Uh … a little bit." Hu Yifei nodded. She needed to hear a secret from Meijia, but since she knew the plot, she knew exactly what the secret was. It was hard for her to make a corresponding expression.
"Young Master Ye, my face is stiff from smiling," Lu Xiaobu said as he rubbed his face hard.
"Do you have any enlightenment?"
Lu Xiaobu pondered for a moment. "Does tiredness count?"
Shaking his head, Ye Lingchen said calmly, "In that scene just now, each of you had to show a total of six smiles."
"Six types of smiles?" Everyone was dumbfounded. Were there so many types of smiles?
"That's right, but all of you only had one smile from beginning to end. That made the entire scene look very stiff and uncoordinated." After a pause, Ye Lingchen continued, "For example, when Meijia and Yifei are talking about secret gossip, the one who's talking should have that mysterious smile, while the one who's listening should have that expectant smile, and after listening, it should be that surprised smile."
With that example, everyone nodded in understanding, but their brows were slightly furrowed.
That was too difficult!
It was not difficult to understand, but it was too difficult to do it.
"Look at me." As soon as Ye Lingchen said that, his entire temperament changed. His eyes turned cold and the corners of his mouth curled up. "Tell me, what kind of smile is that?"
"It's a wicked cold smile." Wanyu shrunk her neck and said. At that moment, her heart skipped a beat, feeling that Ye Lingchen was about to do something bad to her.
"Now come closer. I'll tell you something interesting." Ye Lingchen's smile changed, then raised his hand and hooked it at Lin Wanyu.
The next moment, Lin Wanyu could not help but lean closer to listen.
"That's a mysterious smile," Meijia could not help but say. "Wow, that's amazing."
"What about now?"
"It's an awkward smile."
"What about this?"
"A sad, bitter smile."
…
Ye Lingchen's smile changed again and again. At first, everyone was surprised, but gradually, they were truly shocked.
That was too crazy. It was clearly the same person with the same face, but how could his smile have completely different effects? How did he do it? That was too much.
"Lingchen, you're too amazing." Xiao Feifei could not help but cover her mouth, looking at Ye Lingchen in disbelief. If every actor had Ye Lingchen's acting skills, they would be able to film a good movie no matter how bad it was. Their acting skills would be on par with each other.
Not to mention the actors, even the other staff members had their mouths wide open. They were dumbfounded. The speed at which his expression changed was too fast.
"After seeing so much, do you see the crux of the problem?" Ye Lingchen suddenly asked.
Everyone was stunned. After a moment of silence, Hu Yifei said, "It's the eyes. The gaze is different!"
Ye Lingchen shook his head. "Not just the eyes, but the soul as well."
"I understand now. The eyes are the windows to the soul. What Lingchen means is to use your heart to feel it. First, immerse yourself in the situation, then express it through the eyes. As long as the emotions are in place, whether it's crying or laughing, it will produce a different feeling." Xiao Feifei had a good foundation after all, so it was easy for her to understand.
"That's right. This is the so-called inner play." Ye Lingchen nodded. "There's no need for any extra lines or actions. Just through the eyes, the audience can understand what you mean and feel what you're feeling, making it easier for the audience to immerse themselves in the scene. However, to do that, you must first get into character! Other than that, there are some small tricks. For example, adjusting the muscles around the eyes and mouth can also change your gaze and smile. "
Ye Lingchen explained bit by bit. After the initial explanation, the content was now somewhat profound. The skills he explained made everyone exclaim in satisfaction, benefiting them greatly. They could not wait to try it out on the spot. The fatigue from before was instantly swept away …
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