The Best Actor Insists On Living With Me!

Every time she finished roaring, it seemed like she was expressing herself fully, but in reality, her features were all over the place, looking grim with no control over her expressions at all.

It was always Xia Siyu’s skill in cleverly turning things around that allowed those scenes to be thrown back lightly, and only then could they continue acting.

Her performance like this was really not at her usual level. Not to mention she still wanted to win Wang Ju’s favor and show off her skills to Shang Feifei, just Bo Yan’s standards alone were beyond her reach.

Li Yiru was anxious for quite a while, and over there Bo Yan was frowning for a long time too.

This time he stood up, without even calling for a rehearsal, he directly went to the monitor to check the rehearsal: "I see."

"Director, I will perform well during the official filming." Li Yiru hurriedly admitted her mistake, trying to push the blame of her poor state onto the rehearsal.

Bo Yan didn’t even pay attention to her, merely watching the footage on the camera. The entire scene was shot around Chen Bailu’s parlor. Xia Siyu’s film movements, from walking, sitting to lying down, generally revolved around her bedroom-bathroom-parlor-balcony, all within this room. The play was arranged like this, but after all, a play isn’t a movie. Using the method of a play to shoot a movie always feels somewhat spatially confined. Even if the movie is set in this room, different camera angles can reveal different spatial depths to enrich the characters. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

He wanted to showcase the different mindsets of the two characters, making the confrontation not overly intense. Although Xia Siyu’s character is steady inside, her face can’t show emotions, and movements shouldn’t be too large, yet using the space appropriately is possible. The two shouldn’t stand too close, and the social distance is best kept over three meters apart, demonstrating the inner avoidance of the characters. The lighting also needed adjustment, as Xia Siyu would walk to the balcony where some complex camera moves were required.

Then there was the music.

The impact of music on the entire film is undeniable. But before this, the gramophone in the room was merely a decoration, with music added later. However, since the gramophone was prepared, some shots indeed could be more thoroughly prepared. Even if suitable music hasn’t been found yet, the turning of the gramophone should serve as a metaphor, which must be included.

He first discussed with the cinematographer to add two more camera positions in front of the gramophone. The lighting technician also began implementing the lighting plan for the balcony. Once the setup was complete, he turned to Li Yiru: "Tone it down a bit in your acting."

Li Yiru nodded.

After setting up, they rehearsed once more and quickly proceeded to the official filming. With the earlier tuning, the action design was ready, and the coordination among the cinematography, lighting, and the two actors was exceptionally smooth.

During Xia Siyu’s walk to the balcony, she slightly adjusted the song on the gramophone.

Even though the gramophone made no sound, she paused for a moment, gently spinning the record with her fingers.

This scene of changing the record was something she added herself, it wasn’t in the earlier rehearsal. The cinematographer glanced at Bo Yan, but Bo Yan did not call for a cut, allowing the filming to continue.

She had indeed experienced arguments with good friends before, but she never had a similar experience as breaking up with them.

However, growing distant from good friends or during a certain moment suddenly realizing and seeing through the true facade of someone posing as a "friend"—this she had experienced.

At this moment, her argument with Li Yiru perfectly paralleled her separation process from Zhou Weiwei.

In fact, it wasn’t an ugly quarrel; it just ended in distance.