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1117 Self-torture

Rooney in front of her had a neat short hair, her neat facial features outlined a touch of distantness and coldness. The messy hair was sticky to her temples because of sweat, and a hint of weakness vaguely revealed in a hint of embarrassment, but the deep eyes were filled with gentle light like stars, flashing gently.

Lan Li stared at Rooney quietly, watching the images deep in her eyes fading away their luster and colors little by little, the illusory world of light and shadow disappeared, and the real weight from gravity suddenly made her feet step on the ground. The down-to-earth feeling made Rooney's face clearer, and she could also capture the warm concern in her eyes.

"I'm fine." Lan Li's eyes remained between the eyebrows. Finally, the smile on the corner of her mouth gently raised, she withdrew her gaze, shook her head and expressed her denial, "I'm serious, I'm fine. It's just... I'm just a little exhausted. I need to replenish water now. Before going to the bathroom, I need to store some moisture first."

This is a little humor between the two actors, and only the two people who are trapped in the light box for a long time can understand it.

Rooney laughed silently, "Jesus Christ, are you sure you didn't snatch Alex's line?"

The last second, Ryan Stone, who was still as motionless as a mountain, started to joke humorously the next second. Such a sharp change was too rapid, which proved from the side that Lan Li had now completely awakened from the character.

With his eyelids lowered, Lanli saw Rooney who was trying her best to support him. She barely held his left arm and became the most important support point. The seemingly petite body burst out with powerful energy, and the perseverance between her eyebrows burst out with a cool and heroic posture.

Lan Li's smile rose a little again, "This is the second time."

The first time was on the first day of joining the crew.

According to the staff, Lan Li was exhausted and unconscious at that time. Even his strength was completely cleared and he fell to the ground like a mountain.

If it weren't for Rooney, the injury was a high probability event. Putting aside the possibility of potential facial friction and injury, the weight of the entire body collapsed to the ground, and important parts such as shoulders and joints may be sprained or even fractured.

The consequences are unimaginable.

This is the second time today.

Lanli's words were speechless, and Rooney didn't react at once. Then she noticed Lanli's gaze, then she reacted, laughed loudly, and raised her eyebrows calmly, "So, does this conform to the rules twice?"

Two-day rules, two-time rules. These are two things, but they are also the same.

Rooney's thinking was beating too fast. Lan Li was stunned for a moment, then she realized that a smile appeared in her eyes, but she still nodded seriously on the surface, "Yes, I am extremely strict with the rules of the two times. I still refuse to date the same partner more than twice. So, I think we should still know clearly."

"Huh, thank you." Rooney patted her chest and let out a long breath.

Upon raising his gaze, Lanli and Rooney could see Nathan, who was at a loss and cautiously standing beside him, trying to come up to help, but were worried that it would affect the conversation between the two. His hesitant appearance once again made the two laugh at the same time.

Lanley nodded to Nathan and expressed her affirmation. Then, with Nathan's help, she sat down next to her. Her muscles that were extremely tight could finally relax slightly. In fact, there was no problem with physical strength, but her knees were a little weak and dehydrated.

After taking the water cup with the straw in it, Renli slowly replenished the moisture. Alfonso and Emmanuel both walked forward. Renli looked inquiring, "How is the shooting effect?"

"Beautiful! It's so beautiful to finish!" Alfonso snapped his fingers, his face filled with an excited expression, and he couldn't help rubbing his hands. The completion of each key scene means that they took a step towards the perfect finished product, and it's exciting just to imagine in his mind.

Lanley's eyes glanced back and forth on Alfonso and Emmanuel, "But?" He knew that there must be a turning point behind it, otherwise the two of them would not have come together.

"But..." Sure enough, Alfonso hesitated for a moment, still spoke out, looking at Emmanuel.

Emmanuel simply took over the topic, "In the camera just now, we used more medium shots to capture the relationship between Ryan and Alex, and used the position of the cabin space to present the communication between characters; but during the shooting, I noticed the eye contact between the two of you. I don't know how to perform, but I can read the spark..."

"So I think," Emmanuel paused for a moment and sorted out his thoughts, "maybe we can take the scene's lens language a step further, with the positional changes between close-ups and close-ups, highlight your performance, weaken the influence of the space environment, enhance telepathy between the two characters, and complete the sublimation of the core of the entire story."

According to Emmanuel, it is to reconceive the camera language and performance content of the entire scene, so the entire scene must be re-shooted, and then the appropriate shots must be selected through post-production.

It is possible that all the previous shots were cut off and none of them remained; it is also possible that the shots that were shot again later found that the effect was not as expected, so they gave up and still used the previous version.

No matter which one is possible, simply put, the actors must work hard again, and some efforts and sweat may be in vain.

Alfonso and Emmanuel both knew what this meant, so as soon as Emmanuel finished speaking, Alfonso added, "Personally, the first version has completely met expectations, and it is exactly the picture I imagined when I was conceiving the script. But, however, Emmanuel is correct, and the chemistry between you is really very popular."

Alfonso's eyes moved back and forth between Lanley and Rooney, without saying anything, but an ambiguous look was enough, "Are you sure... nothing can develop between Ryan and Alex?"

"director."

"Alfonso."

Lanli and Rooney said in unison. The two quickly exchanged glances and both chuckled. Finally, Lanli said, "We have already talked about this topic."

Alfonso raised his hand to surrender, "Okay, okay, I get it."

Rooney added, "Maybe, it's a good idea to leave more blanks and let the audience fill in the blanks. We don't want to blur the focus of the story, survival and life are the key points; but, outside of this, it's a good thing to leave the audience with more aftertaste and chew."

Alfonso nodded in agreement, "But I agree with Emmanuel's idea. In this scene, the communication between Ryan and Alex was actually a bit stiff through the lines. You two are very excellent actors, and they filled the gaps through their eyes. I thought, when Alex chose to give up on himself and fulfill Ryan, we captured a set of close-up shots of eyes. Now can we make an echo?"

"As Rooney said, an intertextualization is formed on the camera language, not through scripts, but through performances, and naturally presents it to the audience, presenting the two characters' understanding of life, and then making the whole scene more soft and natural turn."

Alfonso said his thoughts in one breath, but after he finished speaking, he frowned and expressed his concern and apologies.

He knew how difficult the filming of the scene was just now, and both Renly and Rooney tried their best; and the presentation was so outstanding, it was precisely because of this outstanding that the chemical reactions burst out from the eye contact between the actors made him and Emmanuel unable to hold on.

But now, he asked Renly and Rooney to do it again, which was definitely a torture.

"Lanli, sorry, I..." Alfonso tried to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

Lanli shook her head with a smile and stopped Alfonso, "Let's do it again and make a new attempt." Then Lanli looked up at Rooney and cast her inquiring eyes.

Rooney shrugged eagerly, "Then are we still wasting time here? Let's start immediately."

"Are you sure?" Alfonso confirmed again.

"Yes, I'm sure." Lan Li laughed in silence.

In fact, the re-shooting of this scene was a torture for Renly, from the depths of his soul.

The shooting process of "gravity" gave Lan Li a lot of inspiration. He originated from the method school and combined with his own experience to extract a brand new character; then, he presented it through the expression school through his own experience and feelings, wandering back and forth between the boundary between out-of-control and control, injecting a deeper and more special performance texture into the character.

It may be just a flash and shift of eyes, but it is like the finishing touch, lighting up the soul of the performance.

In terms of performance techniques and experience, this is an improvement; the problem is that this experience completely broke all the dimensional walls, about Chu Jiashu, about Lanli, about Heather, about Ryan, and all the fragments of the story are mixed together, false, true, true, false, and false, forcing Lanli to experience the pain again and again.

Especially Heather.

A performance is like a process of slowly indulging in the depths of the ocean. The problem is not the difference between reality and illusion, but the struggle and pain of Renly's own. Such torture is like tearing apart the soul.

But Lan Li still did not refuse the proposal to reshoot, because he knew that this was the case during the performance. The creation and collision of art, countless sparks sprouted, and tried again and again, trying to find the most perfect way to express his thoughts.

This was the case when shooting "transcendence", and now it is the case when shooting "gravity".

On the contrary, Renli admired Emmanuel's understanding of the camera and performance, and he was willing to try it out with his arms open.
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