594 Acting Impulse
According to Lance's idea, "Fruit Hard Candy" will still use Hayley as the protagonist and Jeff as the supporting role, presenting a two-person show. However, the focus of the entire movie will be on Jeff's shoulders.
Especially after Jeff's transformation from a hunter identity to a prey, the change in emotions will become a driving force for the main line of the story. From the extreme denial at the beginning, Jeff needs to make the audience feel sympathetic about his situation, make everyone believe in his innocence, and think that Hayley is just a paranoid madman; to the shame, grandeur and anger when the secret is discovered, he demands to push the audience's anger to the extreme. Jeff's reaction even stimulates the audience's emotions. The audience must stand on Hayley's side, and even wishes to execute the punishment himself. This is also the most difficult part. In a short period of time, emotions must be detonated, and Jeff's face will determine success or failure.
Such habitual offenders must be severely punished; on the one hand, they are scared because of Haley's cruelty and blood, and even seem to have some sympathy for Jeff's situation.
After entering the second half of the story, Jeff began to try to escape clamping. He once had the opportunity to end the disaster early. The number of "911" only needs to press the call button, but he chose to kill Haley to cover up the facts, just like he killed Dona. So, he had a physical conflict with Haley.
During this period, the audience's emotions are always shaking. Sometimes they stand on Haley's side, and sometimes they cannot completely reject Jeff. Until the shock of the ending comes, the situation of Haley and Jeff will make the audience reflect on their own, and the thinking has just begun after the movie is over. The positions of prey and hunters have truly completed the change.
It can be said that Jeff needs to be disgusting, sympathetic, repulsive, but also terrifying. Such a character is complicated in itself, and the script leaves the character with limited space for performance. The actor needs to grasp every shot, every turning point, and every detail to bring emotions out, not only the performance foundation, but also the performance aura. Perhaps, just a look is enough to impress the audience.
In "The Silence of the Lambs", Anthony Hopkins dedicated such a performance. In just 21 minutes, he won the Oscar for Best Actor. This is also the winner of the shortest-time actor in the film history.
In this work, Anthony has almost no extra body language. He only relies on his eyes and speaking expression to embody Hannibal, a wise and elegant professor of psychology and cannibal. Even if he doesn't say a word, Anthony's performance is full of charm, which makes the audience feel a complex feeling about him. On the one hand, he hopes that he and the beautiful heroine will have something to do with each other, but on the other hand, he is full of fear of him. You will never guess what he will do next.
This image is also one of the most successful characters in film history.
Of course, Jeff and Hannibal are still different. Hannibal is the one who controls the initiative, and all the audience's emotions are always in his hands; while Jeff is the one who is forced to take the initiative, and he loses his initiative in the movie, and the audience's emotions towards him are very complicated.
But it is undeniable that if Lance could write this character as expected, Jeff would undoubtedly be a character who shines on the big screen.
This made Lance start to think: If he were to play this role, how would he perform?
He raised his eyes slightly, but he tried to touch Haley's gaze, but he lowered his eyes in panic, but then he raised his eyes again, looked at Haley calmly, trying to persuade Haley to loosen himself in an adult's mature tone. But Haley did not intend to give him a chance to defend himself, and forced him step by step, which made him a little panic, "Love/Child/Fetish!" When Haley said this word, his pupils began to shake violently, and the deepest secret in his heart was revealed in a corner. The fear almost made him want to drill into the hole and escape quickly.
No, this performance method is too superficial and too obvious. Most importantly, it does not conform to Jeff's psychological trajectory.
When the secret is about to be revealed, Jeff's first reaction is cowardice. He wants to escape from reality, just as he escapes from Ginell leaving his reality and chooses a minor child as a safe haven. At this moment, his first reaction is also to escape. At this moment, he should be crazy, returning to the typical characteristic of sexual/child/obsessive patients - impulse-type crime. But it is not just madness. After a moment of madness, shame and fear should follow. The minor child was originally his safe haven, but was discovered at this time. That cowardice almost swallowed him, as if he was about to collapse, but had to arm himself. In the end, he denied it subconsciously, as if he refused to admit that Ginell no longer belonged to him, denying reality, but his denial seemed guilty and impetuous, just like walking on a rope at a high altitude.
Therefore, at the beginning, we should not avoid gaze, nor should we have pupil vibrations.
He took a breath of cold air and seemed to have his muscles stiffened. He looked at Haley intently, his eyes lit up suddenly, but before he could express his emotions, he lowered his eyes and bit his teeth tightly. The blue veins slowly emerging on his neck could tell his suppressed emotions, but then he lowered his head and twisted his body uncomfortably, trying to uncover the ropes on his body. His struggle was so powerless, because the shame and cowardice in his eyes were occupying all his mind. He had no intention of getting rid of the constraints, but just wanted to cover up the secret again.
A thin layer of water mist was covered in his eyes. Fear, panic, timidity, escape, shame, and mixed emotions were lingering in the mist. Hailey's words were like a dagger, one after another, and then again, removing his disguise bit by bit, which made him unable to breathe.
Shaking his head, gently and weakly, he tried to adjust his breathing, but found that a ball of cotton was stuffed into his chest, and he had no way to breathe fresh air. "No, no..." He issued meaningless syllables, and his saliva wet his lips, and his lips began to tremble slightly. "Look, look!" He gritted his teeth, stopped Haley's words, blinked, and his eyes covered in mist flashed with innocence, "I'm very lonely lately, okay?" He complained in grievance like an injured child, "So I did a stupid thing, but I'm not a child/child/fetish."
Lance gasped and pulled his emotions out of Jeff's world. The performance just now was more about expressive acting skills, which is what Broadway learned, and can be switched freely in drama and reality. Even so, Lance still felt that it consumed a lot of energy and energy. A short thirty-second performance contained too many emotions.
However, Lance felt that his performance just now was still not accurate. On the one hand, he had too much attention to details, so he either had not enough emotions or was prone to exert too much force; on the other hand, he still did not understand the role enough. In this case, Jeff's reaction should be more complicated, but whether it should be more out of control or more control, it still needs to be further slowly pondered.
At the same time, Lance felt that his expression was still a bit problematic. Jeff's skin was a mature man with a successful career. He was able to hide for so many years and was not discovered, which means that he still had a certain ability to remain calm in the face of changes. The situation is very special now. He is facing underage girls. Generally speaking, he is very good at dealing with relationships with children. This is the most confident part of him, but now Haley is the one who turns his back on the spot and reveals his secret. The conflict is about to break out. Will he collapse at this time?
After the investigation just now, Lance felt that he was a little too greedy, as if he couldn't wait to interpret the complexity of the character, but instead fell into a routine, and the performance was far from being exciting.
This is a very interesting thing. Although Lance will not call himself a "acting master", but his years of experience has been accumulated and has always been in the position of director to examine the overall situation. In addition, his three lives are all enough to allow Lance to maintain a calm enough mentality to look at a brand new character and analyze rationally, just like when he "kills with a knife". However, today Lance seems a little impatient, because of expectations, excitement, and excitement, the performance is a bit out of control, eagerly like... Emma.
This made Lance chuckle. In his previous life, Patrick's performance was indeed wonderful. If Patrick was used again, even if he could not reach the classic level, he could be sure that he would not disappoint. However, Lance now had other ideas: he wanted to play the role of Jeff.
Challenging such a difficult role requires not only courage, but also a lot of work. In addition, during the performance, it will be a torture for the actors' energy and physical strength. Moreover, Lance is likely to continue to stand behind the camera and take charge of the guide, and the difficulty of work will increase exponentially. It is far more difficult than the "killing with a knife" period.
Even so, Lance still wanted to star in the role. This impulse has really been missing for a long time. It seems that the fanaticism and persistence that once boiled in the blood have once again begun to burn.
This reminded Lance of Emma's words that day, "What if you love running?"
Lance laughed in silence.
"Sir, do you know that it is very impolite to suddenly start to get distracted in front of a beauty, and it is such a beauty." The hoarse voice in front of me sounded, and when I looked up, I could see Scarlett's graceful figure curve. She raised her right foot and placed it at the end of the bed, bent down slightly, and fully displayed her proud breast/curve. She grabbed a pair of flesh-colored stockings with both hands, slowly and slowly put it up. The sound of sparks bursting with static electricity could be heard in the air, making people dry their mouths.
Lance couldn't help but retracted his attention and admired the beautiful scenery in front of him.
Chapter completed!