Sohu Entertainment News (Sen Yue/Wen Blueprint/Video) "Are you looking for an actor? I can act, I’ll sing one for you. " Extras Xiao Jia said. He is one of the extras gathered at the gate of the Old North Film Factory. Although many of them have no professional performance training, they are naturally sensitive to the camera. At the gate of the old North Film Factory, they squatted on the ground in twos and threes, waiting to be chosen, singing and dancing in a circle, hoping that they could grasp the opportunity when it came. As soon as they see an unidentified person approaching, or someone holding a device with a lens at them, their performance has already begun.
The group of "extras" has been paid attention to again, because the film "I am a passerby" directed by Tung shing Yee, in which the group performers with the background of human flesh are the protagonists. In addition to Hengdian, which is nicknamed "Hollywood in China" by the group performers, there are also such a group of people in Beijing, who sometimes hang out in Huairou’s film and television base and sometimes stay outside the gate of the Old North Film Studio. These people who come from different places, have different goals and are not sure about the future gather at the gate of the old North Film Factory. Among them, apart from the confused young people, the "North Wandering" who have never been to the theater to try their luck, the old Jianghu with many years of group performance experience, and many students who graduated from professional colleges and old artists who really love performance.
There are nobody, corner and wrist, some people come to look for their dreams, and many people just like the atmosphere. Although many people in this industry can’t make ends meet, most of them can do a serious job; Although many of them have no money to watch I am a passerby, they are more hopeful than others, and being an extra actor may not be as "miserable" as people think.
From all corners of the country, I have done various occupations.
Xiao Jia is not tall. He said that he came to squat at five o’clock in the morning to see if there was any work. It was already ten o’clock in the morning, and it was a bit hanging. However, Xiao Jia said that sometimes someone will suddenly come to find someone to use it in the evening, and he will wait and see. In the midsummer of July, under the big sun, extras squatted on the ground waiting for the crew, but Xiao Bing from Sichuan said that there had been no crew to find someone for several days. When I came to Beijing to be an extra, everyone had different experiences. Xiaoding, a native of Shanxi, used to be a cook. He felt bored, so he came to Beijing to see the opportunity. For one thing, he played the Eighth Route Army with a line, and more often he played passers-by and corpses. A monk who used to study in Shaolin but was not forbidden by monks, seems to be more idealistic than others, sleeping in flyovers and parks, and acting in some martial arts plays.
More people have done odd jobs, driven trucks and pulled through Ma Touqin, and they are not planning their careers, just surviving. Doing group performances is just another way to make a living. Xiao Yi, a girl from Jiangsu, used to be a small white-collar worker. She has just been here for two days and has not yet figured out what kind of environment this is. After her work suffered setbacks, doing group performances became the last "life-saving straw" for Xiao Yi. This girl has just been treated unfairly and has no money. She didn’t want to go home and hide. Until this year, her family didn’t know that she was doing group performances. She didn’t think being an actress was her childhood dream. "Because I have no money, I have courage because I have no money. I feel that my situation is similar to that of people around me."
Thirty to one hundred, which is probably the reward for a group performance for one day. It will be more expensive to play the corpse. The group performers jostled each other and teased each other about the experience of playing the corpse. Xiaojia feels that he doesn’t earn much every day in his hometown, but his daily life should be enough. He wears cheap clothes, but his gestures are dramatic, and he pays great attention to adjusting his position with the camera. He said that he often plays the body guard, and more often he plays the Eighth Route Army.
Have an ideal, but not to be Wang Baoqiang.
In fact, many extras just want to "appear on camera". They don’t have a better plan for the future, or they dare not think too far. They can’t think about things beyond tomorrow. In front of the camera, "passers-by A" are scrambling to show their talents, and finally this has almost changed from an interview to a talent show. "I wrote a song myself. Let me sing it for you." A boy who looks like Shawn Dou shyly caught up with the previous request. He sang a song in praise of China, and the lyrics and songs all have some Zhang Mingmin meanings.
"I don’t want to be Wang Baoqiang, I have my own dreams." Xiao Jia said that his ideal is acting, as long as he can keep acting. He hates "who to be". In fact, most of the extras here are no longer fledgling children. Many of them are over twenty-five, and the oldest is over fifty. Most of them have been in at least two plays. Wang Baoqiang’s name is the most popular among them. When one of his peers becomes a lucky "chosen one", others will inevitably feel that they have a bright future.
The extras who have stayed at the gate of the North Film Factory for several years are already familiar with all the processes, and doing group performances is their way of life. Some of them have experienced the group performance life in Hengdian, and as the opportunity drifted to Beijing, the entrance of the North Film Factory became their new "office". They are familiar with each other and enthusiastically recommend each other. They are willing to let their peers receive the play and hope that their partners can also show their faces in front of the camera. There are also many people whose ideals are dead. There is a "passer-by A" who has been waiting here for fifteen years. Xiaojia said that he and Wang Baoqiang are friends, and they have been to the theater together and suffered together. The old man is far away from the lively young people, sitting in the shade drunk, holding a bottle of mineral water in his arms, which is 71 degrees protoplasm. Every day, I was so drunk that I almost forgot my name. He said he couldn’t act anymore and would go home in a few years. Xiao Jia said that he has been saying this for several years.
There are also roles in the group performance, and I meet old artists.
Whether doing group performances is a part of life or a group performance, another group of people just love it from the heart. In the crowd, there was a young man with elegant temperament. It was hot, and he was dressed neatly in a thin coat. The whole body’s wardrobe specially emphasized the sense of the times. Xiao Wu said that he was a graduate of local drama performance major and had a systematic performance training, but the crew was not so easy to find. He came to the gate of Beijing Film Factory to find his luck. I have a good job in my hometown, because I have been to a play by chance, so I want to come back for my passion and wait for another chance to try. Xiao Geng, from Liaoning Province, has been on a big show. He once played a villain in One Step Away, and his scene included Shu Qi and Ge You. He likes what he does very much, and hopes that he can really become a professional actor.
We accidentally met Cui Kefa, an old man, at the gate of the North Film Factory. In recent years, Cui Kefa, who moved Mazar out to play chess and enjoy the cool with the group performers, is a famous actor who was deeply impressed by many previous generations. He has appeared in The Great Turn, The Great War between Nanjing, Shanghai and Hangzhou, and so on. He is also an important role in the upcoming Pancake Man. In the movie, Cui Kefa plays an old man who loves acting wholeheartedly and even challenges Weiya with his old age. There is also an actress with white hair who comes almost every day. She used to be a singer of the Art Troupe and can sing Bel Canto songs in Russian. She is a special actress herself. When she is not on the stage, she is willing to stay with people who love singing and dancing in the North Film Factory to prevent herself from becoming a boring old man. Once someone comes to sing with a speaker, she will dance with the song and fly up her white hair and red silk scarf.
Perhaps it is these people who make the entrance of the old North Film Factory different from Hengdian. No matter how things change, they will not change. The factory has been demolished and the road has been repaired many times, close to the busy North Third Ring Road, but they have turned the roadside into an all-weather mini art troupe. Unlike people who come to wait for jobs, coming here every day is their way to save their dreams.
"No, I haven’t seen" I am a passerby ".I don’t have time and money." A "passerby" said. "I just want to act, life is very difficult, and I still have to stick to it for my dreams."
