The first domestic director casting reality show "actors in place" will shock the online in the near future. Following the release of the posters of the four ace directors Chen Kaige, Li Shaohong, Zhao Wei and Guo Jingming, on September 24, the program team took the lead in releasing Guo Jingming's director's stylized promotional film. In the promotional film, Guo Jingming and Sha Yi cooperated for the first time. There was a 'conflict of opinions' due to differences in interpretation of roles. After some good offices, the two reached a consensus. Sha Yi's acting skills are online, showing a 'middle-aged marriage crisis', and Guo Jingming's angry performance provoked tears. Guo Jingming talked freely about the relationship between directors and actors, and said frankly from the perspective of directors: 'I am also a new director. As long as you have love and sincerity for performance and are willing to pay time and energy for it, I am willing to make progress with you, wrestle together, stand up together and stand higher together'.
Guo Jingming and Sha Yi's first cooperation differences highlight how to deal with the relationship between directors and actors
Guo Jingming, who was born as a writer, successfully won the "best new director" award for Chinese new film at the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival in 2013 with his self-made and directed film of the same name "small age", and his director identity was professionally recognized. The release of the director's stylized promotional film objectively presents the shooting process of the directors through documentary methods, and reveals the story behind the film for the audience. At the beginning of the promotional film, Sha Yi released a 3-hour limited short film shooting task to Chen Kaige, Li Shaohong, Zhao Wei and Guo Jingming with the theme of "what is an actor". Although time is pressing, Guo Jingming has a precise rhythm and orderly regulation of the scene. Carefully arrange the seats, lights and actors' positions, and do everything personally.
In addition, during the shooting process, Guo Jingming and Sha Yi, who cooperated for the first time, disagreed and expressed their views due to different interpretations of the characters' psychology. Guo Jingming said: 'if you want to look good, I hope you can push forward one point and push it to the end.' But Sha Yi said: 'if we are particularly popular, it is to show the audience that our husband and wife proposed divorce for the first time'. The atmosphere was tense at one time, but in the end, the two reached an agreement and successfully completed the shooting. In the subsequent interview, Guo Jingming said bluntly: 'I like this argument very much because it really makes you hear what an actor is thinking'. At the same time, he said that the process of persuading actors will bring inspiration to themselves, spark after collision, and both sides will reach a balance point to present better works to the audience.
Sha Yi falls into a 'middle-aged marriage crisis' after "little joy", and Guo Jingming cries because of her superb acting skills
Actor Sha Yi recently sparked netizens' discussion because of the role of 'Qiao Weidong' in the TV series "little joy". Coincidentally, in this promotional film, Sha Yi's role has one thing in common with 'Qiao Weidong', that is, the middle-aged marriage crisis. However, different from the previous performance style, Sha Yi needs to deduce a more restrained and forbearing state, so as to truly depict the inner activities of middle-aged men and endow the role with fireworks. Sha Yi's control of the characters was just right. He portrayed the characters thoroughly and showed his strong acting skills, which attracted Guo Jingming's praise and tears. Director Guo Jingming said: 'in fact, when the director watches the monitor, he will be moved by instinct. In fact, he follows the actors to experience the joys and sorrows'.
Through the short film, it is not difficult to find that when director Guo Jingming shoots his works, he will do it himself, ranging from the setting position to the water cup position. When analyzing the script, it is also more inclined to deconstruct the characters' psychological stratification. In addition, the high empathy for the actors has also become one of its major directing styles.
At the same time, it can be seen that "actors in place" not only shows the audience the acting skills of the actors, but also makes the audience feel the focus and professionalism of the director and actors in polishing the works. The program allows the audience to see the story behind the film and television works from more aspects and understand the relationship between the director and the actor from another angle through the documentary method of the set. It is reported that the stylized promotional films of Zhao Wei, Li Shaohong and Chen Kaige will be released one by one. We look forward to seeing the respective understanding and presentation of 'what is an actor' by the three directors of different styles through the lens of "please take your place".