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Chapter 540 - Chapter 539: A Small Transformation

"cut."

Filming is over.

But the scene was still silent, and the seal was not released as usual, there was no sound or movement, and time seemed to stay in the light and shadow.

Alicia stood in the corridor, and saw Gus leaving the monitor and coming towards her. She had no thoughts in her mind, and subconsciously nodded politely.

In a trance, the boundary of the studio was broken, and fiction invaded reality--

Anson is still Anson, Gus is like a teacher, Alicia just left, and now the teacher appears, the scene in the movie is still not over, anyway, there is no script or plot, everything happens naturally and reasonably.

The line of sight is still locked on Anson amidst the roar of noisy thoughts.

Gus also noticed this, but he didn't point it out, because this is the effect he pursues, and now it seems that the entire crew has entered the state.

Footsteps finally stopped beside Anson.

Gus looked up at Harris:

Poor Harris, even though his body is like a hippopotamus, he has to imitate a red-crowned crane at this time and stand on tiptoe.

This brought a smile to the corner of Gus's mouth, he nodded slightly at Harris, and signaled with his eyes: the shooting is over.

Harris let out a long breath, leaned against the wall, slid all the way down, finally fell to the ground, closed his knees, put the camera on the ground, and finally began to gasp for breath, taking out his pocket He took out his handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Gus looked at Anson, and he could see the peace in Anson's eyes.

In the camera just now, Anson never looked directly at the camera, either in profile or chin, so that the camera did not capture Anson's eyes, that breathtaking blue.

But now, Gus finally saw clearly the depth under the calmness, just as he imagined, the complicated and delicate thoughts were carefully hidden, and cleverly concealed with a smile.

"Everything is fine."

Gus spoke.

In fact, it is far beyond imagination.

Gus had no way of knowing what happened during the short period of time when Anson left the set just now, but the lonely soul sitting on the swing that he met for the first time reappeared in front of the camera, and everything was perfect, even Gus The picture conceived in my mind is raised to a whole new level.

Anson nodded slightly, but did not respond.

Gus was a little worried, "Is everything okay?"

Although they are two similar sentences, they present completely different effects. The first sentence is in the movie, and the second sentence is in reality.

Anson noticed it, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly, revealing a faint smile.

Last time in "Catch Me If You Can", after being too involved in the drama, it was a kind of tiredness, a deep tiredness, and the mental consumption and overdraft were really indescribable.

But not today.

A burst of peace, a burst of calmness, no catharsis of joy, no release of wantonness, everything is gentle and natural, like a gurgling stream.

He thought, he was learning.

Learn to perform, learn to express, learn to accept your past and scars calmly, learn to vent your emotions through performance and art, learn to integrate your true self into the role, learn to review yourself from the role and find reconciliation.

Embrace the character, also embrace yourself, and slowly start to embrace the truth.

Art is originally a means of expression, and the same is true for painting, music, sculpture, writing, etc. Express your own experiences and emotions mixed in it, and finally become a way to review yourself, complete reconciliation, and move on.

The performance method of the method school/experience school often means losing control in the end. If you are not crazy, you will not survive. It is difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion, and finally escape into madness. Anson cannot be sure where his future will go, whether he can reach such a state , and whether it will go through such a process--

But at least, for now, it's all wonderful.

Anson needs this kind of reconciliation.

Now, he has finally officially stepped into the gate of the performing world, using his true self as the key, and took a small step forward, but ushered in the first important breakthrough.

The boundary between reality and illusion is broken, and I am immersed in it, but I don't feel pain and struggle, but more of a relief and relaxation.

He seems to be starting to fall in love with acting.

Can't help it, Anson recalled the starting point of this brand new life, maybe from the very beginning, the goddess of fate had already hinted that this was the path that belonged to him.

Gus's question made Anson raise his head, a faint light flickered in his eyes, he tried to raise the corners of his mouth to show a smile, but failed very regrettably.

Anson said, "Just need some time."

Slightly fragile.

Gus nodded slightly, he tried to comfort Anson, but he couldn't kiss Anson's cheek like Alicia, he looked a little at a loss.

He raised his right hand, trying to pat Anson on the shoulder, but on second thought, such a move seemed inappropriate, so he put it down again; then he raised his hands slightly, hesitating whether to give Anson a hug , but in the end just showed a smile to Anson, expressing affirmation with his eyes.

Such an action brought a smile to Anson's eyes, and the dull and lost mood slightly opened the clouds and mist, and a ray of golden sunlight fell.

"Director, are you sure everything is okay?" Anson asked back.

Gus was puzzled, "Okay. Of course. Everything is fine. Perfect. What's wrong?"

The words are incoherent, jumping out one after another, like a toy spitting out gold coins, which is really funny.

Anson's state was pulled a little bit towards reality again, "No, I just feel that this scene is not complete."

Gus, "I'd like to hear more about it."

Anson, "The emotional context is incomplete."

"I think, after Alicia's light kiss, the inner depression and confusion temporarily come to an end, and finally force myself to cheer up again. Maybe I should show a smile to cheer myself up and draw a full stop for the entire emotional arc. "

In short, there is a beginning and an end, so that the emotions of this scene are complete, and the function of this scene in the whole movie can be highlighted.

Almost all movies are like this, a plot, a performance, an emotion, run through the arc and finally complete a closed loop.

Gus raised his chin slightly, "But why didn't you do it?"

Anson shrugged, "I don't know, it's an intuition."

Pause.

"I just think maybe the emotions here need to be incomplete."

In general movies, the plot and performance are indeed like this, and a closed loop is needed, just like Lego blocks, one part fits together to form a whole.

Therefore, when the audience watches the movie, even though they don't know what happened or how it happened, they vaguely feel that they cannot be persuaded, or the sense of substitution is not enough, and the incompleteness of the plot or performance is a high probability event——

Both the director and the screenwriter may need to be responsible; similarly, the actors are no exception.

But what about "Elephant"?

Vaguely, Anson thinks that this movie is different, and this is also the experience and lessons brought about by fourteen NGs, an intuition that sounded the alarm.

So, this time, Anson did not continue to perform according to his familiar inertia. 

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