MTL - Best Actor-v3 Chapter 198 tap dance

They look so agile and rhythmic, you can't help but want to rock with them.

Finally, the two finished the dance, and the applause broke out. Then the man took a breath and came to another man in the audience: "This is the whole dance, Mr. Tang."

"Thank you for your performance, Mr. Dacas, it's very exciting, you make me more confident." Sean shook hands with him, although his face was full of smiles, but his heart was secretly crying .

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"I plan to prepare a long shot here, the hero and heroine will jump from the beginning to the end, and not stop for a moment, so as to not only show the professional quality of the actors, but also keep the tension of the picture until the end, After all, 90% of the time, this is a silent movie.” French director Michael Hazanavicius, who was recruited by Harvey Weinstein, said this when he communicated with Sean.

Indeed, because it is a silent film, most of the time it can only rely on the soundtrack and the physical movements of the actors to attract the audience. , began to watch those classic silent movies.

"These movies can still amuse people even now. The rich body language full of comedy can't be imitated by imitation.

Back to "The Artist", the biggest attraction of silent films is the actor's body language. A compulsory course for actors in that silent age.

So, although the original purpose of preparing "The Artist" was to write a love letter to the Oscars, but now, Sean really has the idea to challenge, for an actor, especially Or a highly praised actor, is there anything more worth trying than challenging a new way of acting?

Now he not only has to prove that he can play not only any kind of movie image, but also silent movie roles.

Therefore, how to express the feeling of the golden age of Hollywood through body language in this film has become the most important thing, especially the last dance scene, which is the climax of the whole show . Shooting piecemeal and then editing with montage is not a problem, but then the tension of the picture will be reduced.

If it is another movie, there are dialogues before and after, which can more easily mobilize the audience's emotions, and fast-paced montage editing can make them more enjoyable to watch. But if the silent film is like this, one is not well-controlled and the editing is not in place, the audience is more likely to be disgusted.

After all, most of the movie has no lines, even a sound movie, if the audience's accumulated emotions are not well released before this, it may screw up, let alone a silent movie .

Besides, this can also create some topics, such as the hero and heroine training for several months for this scene to be filmed in one go.

In fact, in the final analysis, you still need a director who is excellent enough to control the overall situation and turn the script into a picture.

And Michael Hazanavicius is a good candidate, this French man with black-rimmed glasses like Scorsese, although only in his early 40s, he does not have many works , the only well-known work is "French Agent 117" two years ago, and it is also a comedy.

, so when Weinstein was looking for a suitable French director, he recommended himself, and Weinstein recommended it to Sean after talking to him.

Although he is younger than many well-known French directors, he does have a lot of ideas, not to mention the long tap dance at the end, Hazanavicius also gave two important proposal.

The first is to create such a scene when the sound film comes, the actor puts a tool on the table when he is doing things, so the tool makes a thud sound, which heralds the arrival of sound movies. Then the male protagonist was startled, and when he stepped back, he encountered something and made a louder sound, so the male protagonist hurriedly left here, which indicates his incompatibility with sound movies.

The whole movie, also here and at the end of the dance, and after the dance, people's praise has a sound, very eye-catching effect.

Secondly, he suggested adding a pet character, such as a puppy or something, to increase the movie's attention. "The Artist" is not a comedy after all, and it is impossible for Sean to learn from Chaplin and show body language in an exaggerated way.

So, if there is a smart, considerate pet in the movie, even when the male protagonist is alone, he will still be there, just like Snow White in "The Adventures of Tintin", In addition to making the whole movie more tender, it can also add a lot of highlights to attract the audience's attention.

From this, it can be seen that Hazanavicius has really studied the production of silent films, so Sean also asked him to direct, and naturally agreed to tap dance training, Then-

"Remember my rhythm? You have to keep up."

"Okay Sean, we're just doing the simplest training right now."

Pretty, but jokes like the posturing above abound.

Although Naomi always shows a sincere appearance, it is all an illusion, and it is quite enthusiastic when they get along in private. Over time, although she is still very dependent on Sean, she is also very independent, and her feelings will inevitably fade.

This does not mean that Naomi wants to leave him, but she is used to the current life, alone or with the independence of the child, and pours more feelings into the child .

In addition, Sean has other women to deal with, so there won't be too many feelings for Sean. hooked up.

, which proves that Sean still has a big place in Naomi's heart.

Of course, Naomi denies this.

"You really think you're attractive? If you weren't Avery's father, you'd have been kicked out." She said after a little hint from Sean.

This is really rare. You must know that Naomi has always been low-key and humble in both work and life. When has she ever had such a proud image. Although it was also related to when she said this, she had just finished strenuous exercise and won a game, and was crawling naked on Sean with sweat and grabbing his things, but it was enough to prove that she and his Emotions never change.

Of course, Sean then pulled back, not only lowered his posture and coaxed Naomi to blow, but also threw it in her mouth.

Not much to say about this, in short, it is a good idea to have Naomi as the heroine, as for the height issue, that is not a problem, although this problem has caused Sean and director Hazanaveshiu first conflict. Well, not to the point of conflict, it is more appropriate to describe it as a dispute, Hazanavicius thinks Naomi is too short, she is only 5 feet 4 inches tall, although this is the standard body of a woman, but Sean was almost 6 feet tall and the contrast was a little bigger when he was standing together, so he wanted a different actress.

Of course Sean refused, what a joke, the reason why he invited Naomi, in addition to cooperating with his lover, was to give her a little bit of support, how could it be possible to change someone? However, Hazanavicius was working with Hollywood for the first time, and he didn't know much about Sean, so he immediately fought for it after he refused.

This is a bad thing, Sean can't say, she's my lover, so I'm going to use her, it's so unprofessional, even if similar things abound in Hollywood and the entertainment industry , but like some things, it can be done and cannot be said.

So he can only emphasize that Naomi is very good as an actor, and her experience is also very suitable for the role, and he specially asked her to come over and try a mirror. It is a pity that Hazanavicius is still stubborn to care because of preconceived ideas, which makes Sean quite annoyed, because he estimates that the reason for this is that he probably wants to use a French actress.

After all, in order to make this film better to please the film school, Weinstein also pulled in a French film company, and it became a co-production between Americans and French— The Film Academy must have been delighted to see the full surrender of the French, albeit an illusory sensation on the big screen - so it's no surprise that Hazanavicius would think so.

But Sean will definitely not let go, so they were a little stiff during that time, until Weinstein came out to mediate.

Then everything went smoothly, very simply, Weinstein hinted to Hazanavicius. This implies not only the reason for Sean's use of Naomi, but also Sean's current status in Hollywood, as Michael Hazanavicius, a man in the entertainment industry who is also French, quickly understood that Shaw En's persistence, and at the same time understand that Sean tolerates him because he really has a lot of ideas for this silent film.

Therefore, the Frenchman who insisted on calling Naomi inappropriate before decided not to mention it again.