"Infinite Beyond Class" Seeing now, I feel more and more that the distance between a good actor and a good director is really too big. Hao Lei is a typical example.
Especially most of the actors who come to participate in variety shows have shortcomings in acting skills; in order to gain popularity, the scripts are all classic works, without considering the suitability of actors and roles at all, and the director's ability is even more demanding. Taller.
I have watched several variety shows in which Hao Lei served as a tutor, and my impression of her has always been that she is bold in speaking, can teach, and is a very good acting and acting teacher.
But after watching several short films she produced and directed in "Infinite Transcendence Class", I discovered that there is a wide gap between commentating, teaching and directing.
Although her comments on other people's works are very accurate and sharp, in fact, the several works she directed were not only of average quality, but also did not improve the actors' performances much.
said before when evaluating "The Long Season: Forget-Me-Not" directed by Ye Tong that the director's understanding of the script and characters is very important.
Once the director's understanding of the script and characters deviates, the more he directs and details, the more the final presentation will be completely different.
After the airing of "Friends and Friends" adapted from "A Tale of Two Cities", it received almost no praise.
Eric Tsang said at the beginning that he wanted to study the acting of Zhang Rui and Zhao Yihuan, and focused on Zhang Rui's handling of two key scenes, implicitly expressing his dissatisfaction.
The producer even said without mercy that the male and female protagonists in this short film gave people the feeling of "having an affair."
This is actually related to Hao Lei’s understanding and adaptation of this work.
Before filming started, Hao Lei asked Zhang Rui how he was going to act.
Zhang Rui said: A harmless person, no matter whether he is happy or not, will definitely give her happiness. He will always be happy in front of her. I am her angel to resolve all her unhappiness. I don’t care.
Actually, his understanding is correct and very close to the original work.
But Hao Lei rejected Zhang Rui's idea, thinking it was too righteous.
She guided Zhang Rui: That is a matter between the couple. Why do you want to come over for your birthday?
Zhang Rui said: I know he (the heroine’s boyfriend) will not come to accompany her.
Hao Lei said: You know he won’t come to accompany her, so you shouldn’t come.
Zhang Rui said: I am here to fight for it.
Hao Lei spread her hands and expressed satisfaction with the answer.
Zhang Rui showed a look of realization and said: In fact, I am also fighting for it, and my kiss is also fighting for it.
As everyone knows, this understanding not only completely deviates from the original work, but also makes the whole story vulgar. This is where the so-called "stealing of emotions" comes from.
When the producer criticized the short film for not focusing on the relationship between two men and one woman, causing the emotional relationship of the film to go astray and giving people the impression of stealing emotions, Hao Lei asked the other party if he had seen the original film.
Then let’s take a look at the story of director Peter Chan’s original work.
Zhiwei and Allen are good friends who have known each other since childhood. As adults, Zhiwei met Olive, played by Maggie Cheung, by chance and fell in love with her.
But unexpectedly, olive and Allen looked at each other. Zhiwei knew that he and Olive were not a good match, so he chose to help them.
Allen is a singer. After becoming famous, he became very busy and gradually had no time to accompany Olive. Zhiwei, who loves going to sea, will accompany Olive every time he comes back.
On Christmas Eve, Allen has to promote his first concert and cannot spend it with Olive. Zhiwei came to her house and tried her best to make him happy.
After being drunk, the sad Olive said: It would be great if the two of you could become one person.
Zhiwei sighed: Wouldn’t it be better if you had never met Allen?
Then there was a kiss between them.
After this kiss, both Zhiwei and Olive disappeared from Allen's life.
It wasn't until 10 years later that they reunited abroad and Zhiwei was already terminally ill.
After accompanying Zhiwei through the last period of his life, Allen and olive finally saw their hearts clearly and came together again.
The reason why this story is touching is that it depicts friendship and love just right.
Zhiwei loves Olive, but he also cherishes his friendship with Allen.
He is not possessive of olive, at least he will not show possessiveness.
His love for Olive and friendship with Allen are very pure. He went to spend Christmas with Olive just because he wanted to make her happy, not to win over her at all.
If Zhiwei left to win Olive's love, it would be equivalent to betraying his good friend Allen.
You might as well think about it, your good friend is busy at work and neglecting his girlfriend. At this time, you come to the door to pry into the corner. Who is this person?
If Chi Wai is such a bad person, how could Eric Tsang win the Academy Award for Best Actor through such a role?
The heroine played by Maggie Cheung is also very important.
olive is a very simple girl, a little bit ignorant of the world.
It is precisely because of her simplicity that she treats Zhiwei with pure friendship.
Her relationship with Zhiwei is frank. Even if they are intimate, it will not make people feel "tea", let alone that she is seducing Zhiwei. When
Hao Lei directed this clip, she did not take into account the subtle, complex and strong relationship between the three people, which resulted in the collapse of the two important characters.
Hao Lei herself is actually very clear about the problem.
She said that because the two actors were not suitable for the original roles, adjustments were made to the characters' personalities, but the story remained the same.
But she should know very well that changes in the character's personality will directly lead to changes in the story.
So, we saw a male protagonist who came to seduce his sister-in-law while his friend was not at home.
A charming female protagonist who seduces her boyfriend's best friend.
Although Hao Lei emphasized that Zhao Yihuan should not feel dusty when directing the performance, the actual feeling in the filming was a bit "dusty".
This is of course related to the actor's own performance skills, but also to Hao Lei's change of character.
’s lines have also been changed outrageously. In the original work of
, the male protagonist said how nice it would be if you had never met Allen.
But when it came to the remake, it turned out that it would be great if Ajie (Aaron) did not appear.
Although there is only a few words difference, the meanings expressed are completely different.
The former is Zhiwei's regret. If I didn't take you to meet him, would we have a chance?
The latter seems to have hindered their relationship and hopes that he will disappear from this world.
Combined with Zhang Rui's thoughtful expression, it feels like the two of them will conspire to "poison and kill Da Lang".
and the most crucial kiss.
In the original kiss, Zhiwei was hesitant before the kiss.
It was a confused, short kiss.
It's like the brain suddenly short-circuited and woke up immediately.
But the kiss in the remake was unhesitating, intense, lingering, and full of desire.
Looking at it this way, it looks more like Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian.
Finally, let’s talk about the performances of the two people.
Zhao Yihuan's performance is very stereotyped. The whole person's state seems very tight, lacking a sense of relaxation, and lacks control of the body and emotions.
Therefore, it will make people feel that there are heavy traces of performance.
Zhang Rui is better than Zhao Yihuan, but you can also see that he is acting.
Especially the shot of him lying on the table after the kiss, his eyes rolling back and forth, this is the kind of acting thinking that Hao Lei said she hates the most.
In short, regardless of whether it is compared with the original film or not, this short film is indeed not good-looking as Ning Jing said.
And this is "unsightly", Hao Lei has to take the blame.
Actually, Hao Lei had the same problem when she was remaking the season of "The Long Season".
The characters of Fu Weijun, Shen Mo and Yin Hong have been changed beyond recognition.
Fu Weijun lost his sexual tension, Shen Mo became a fragile little white flower, and Yin Hong became a vixen full of promiscuous taste.
Of course, each director can have his or her own new understanding of the character, and the actors can also perform interpretations based on their own characteristics.
But if each character loses its original charm after being changed, it can be said to be a failure.
It can be seen that not everyone who can act can be a director.
Directors need to have a higher level of understanding and control of scripts and characters, which is also a kind of talent.
Otherwise, how could Chen Kexin be able to make "A Tale of Two Cities" in his debut film, while Hao Lei only made "Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian" on the shoulders of his previous film.
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