Chapter 37 Transformation and Entering the Play
Chapter 37 Transformation and Entering the Play
What is this doing?
In the studio, when the students saw their teacher being locked in a coffin and nailed down, countless question marks popped up in their heads.
However, they could only watch this scene happen, and were driven away by the crew members, leaving only the coffin containing Huang Lei standing alone in the middle of the studio.
"Everyone keep quiet!"
The director Wang Hao let out a low shout, and the staff members all shut their mouths. The shed was quiet, without a sound at all.
After a while, about seven or eight minutes, there was a slight movement in the coffin, as if Huang Lei was turning over inside.
At this time, the students, including the crew members, gradually came to their senses and realized that Wang Hao wanted Huang Lei to experience the emotions of the movie protagonist "Zhang Wei" in a moment of crisis by being actually imprisoned.
In fact, it is not uncommon in the film and television performing arts industry for an actor to truly listen, watch, and feel in order to get into the role.
For example, Zhang Ziyi, who was working at the Central Academy of Drama, went to the countryside to do farm work for several months in order to film a movie directed by Guo Shiqi, and truly experienced the life of a country girl.
Another example is Duan Yihong, who, in order to shoot a movie, personally went deep into a mine a thousand meters deep, just to experience the feeling of depression, danger, and uncertainty.
There is also Heath Ledger. In order to play the Joker in "Batman" and experience the crazy loneliness, he locked himself in a hotel for three months.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Wang Hao locked Huang Lei in a coffin and let him experience firsthand what the protagonist "Zhang Wei" had experienced.
Even after figuring this out, some students in the acting class couldn't help laughing as they looked at the lonely coffin in the distance.
Because locking someone up is very much like a prank. Which naughty child hasn't tried to lock someone up when they were a kid?
But soon, they couldn't laugh anymore.
Bang, bang!
"Hey, is anyone else here? The board is sealed too tightly, can you open it up a little?"
Bang, bang, bang!
"Is anyone there? I'm thirsty, can you get me some water?"
Bang, bang, bang!
"I want to go to the toilet, someone help me open the lid."
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
"Where are the people? Where have they gone? Stop playing!"
Bang, bang, bang, bang!
"Director Wang, Director Wang, how long has it been? This time is different from what we agreed on. Let me out!"
Bang, bang, bang! Bang, bang, bang!
"Let me out, damn it! Wang Hao, what do you want to do? Let me out!"
Bang, bang, bang! Bang, bang, bang! Bang, bang, bang!
……
The knocking sound of the wooden board gradually grew louder, and Huang Lei's shouting gradually became more rude and finally turned into a loud cursing.
However, the entire transformation process, from the time Huang Lei entered until now, only 20 minutes had passed. But for Huang Lei, who was trapped in the box, stuffy and hot, with nothing in front of him, this time was so long and unbearable.
In many film and television stories, there is often a very horrible punishment in prison, which is being locked up in a "small dark room".
Once the prisoners who had committed crimes were locked up in the "small dark room", they would scream and shout in fear. When the door was opened again, they had curled up on the ground, no longer as arrogant as before.
Huang Lei’s current experience is certainly not as horrible as the “small dark room” in the prison. After all, there are still gaps between the wooden boards of the coffin, and some light can vaguely seep in.
But this still couldn't slow down his accumulation of irritability, because the disappearance of external sounds was also a torment for him.
Of course, the most important thing is that he did not forget the purpose of entering the coffin.
In order to better experience the emotions of the protagonist Zhang Wei, Huang Lei kept giving himself psychological hints while experiencing the feeling of being buried alive.
He told himself that the crew had all left and he was locked up here. No one came back to save him. He was the only one in the studio...
The effect of this psychological suggestion is not that strong, but combined with the current situation of being in a cage and losing freedom, it still works.
At least in Huang Lei's heart, emotions such as fear, boredom, suspicion, and anger were growing wildly like weeds, and as time went by, this feeling became more and more intense.
How much time has passed?
Are they still out there?
Is that brat Wang Hao serious about this?
So this is how "Zhang Wei" felt at the time?
No, it's too frustrating, I want to go out...
Inside the studio, the acting students looked at the solitary observer in the distance, listening to the noises that gradually grew into madness. Their original laughter and relaxation disappeared into thin air.
Even though they could not understand what Teacher Huang was feeling right now, they could still sense the repressed emotions contained in the sounds he made.
Is this what they call an actor?
It was at this moment that the young students finally understood what it meant to be "a drama that is bigger than life" and what it truly meant to "if you want to be respected in front of others, you must suffer behind their backs."
They looked at the coffin in the distance with serious faces and listened to Huang Lei's increasingly crazy shouting. No one said a word, and no one opened their mouths to stop him.
They know that their teacher is pouring his heart and soul into a transformation, just like a caterpillar turning into a beautiful butterfly, which is the dream state of every actor aspiring to a career in acting.
Finally, the noise in the coffin gradually weakened, but the captivating appeal increased instead of decreased.
Almost every time, it seemed as if there was really a "Zhang Wei" buried alive inside, shouting to the outside - "Let me out!"
"All right!"
Wang Hao shouted while checking his watch, then was the first to rush forward and pry open the lid of the coffin.
Inside the coffin, Huang Lei was not angry. Instead, he looked at Wang Hao who rescued him. His eyes were empty, but with a bit of joy of surviving a disaster.
He really put himself in the shoes of "Zhang Wei" and regarded Wang Hao as the rescuer who saved him.
"Ms. Huang, are you okay?"
Wang Hao only took a quick glance and discovered that the joints of Huang Lei's fists were already bleeding from hammering the wooden board.
"Someone, help Mr. Huang clean up his wound!"
He quickly shouted to the assistant, and the students who had gathered around heard this and asked with concern, "Ah, is Teacher Huang injured?"
However, Huang Lei, who had recovered from his shock, waved his hand, looked at Wang Hao and said firmly:
"No need, some injuries are to be expected, Director, let's begin!"
(End of this chapter)