Actors start from the college entrance examination

Chapter 54 Acting School

For example, is Wang Baoqiang good at speaking?
Seventy is more than enough for his role.

Because he plays a silly image, what he looks like in life is what he looks like in the play.As long as the language is clear and fluent, the audience can accept it.

What if one day he suddenly plays a minister in a historical costume drama?

Ouch!

Do you think Mr. Cheng Daoming's lines are good?
Look at Fang Hongjian in "Fortress Besieged", he can speak with a southern accent, and express the character in a very loose and everyday language.

The emperor's language in "Kangxi Empire" is full of imperial spirit, and people even dub the Jade Emperor in the new version of "Havoc in Heaven"?

Calm and calm without losing majesty.

Is Master Xing's acting skills good?
But the sound is not original!
He himself said frankly that without Shi Banyu's dubbing, the comedy effect would be greatly reduced.

If Su Ze is asked to score now, the lines are basically divided into four stages.The first level is passable, that is, the audience will not always pay attention to your weird voice and frown at your weird lines.

For example, sister Zhiling, the most beautiful woman on the island, said Chibi back then...

Mengmeng, stand up!

At the second level, weeping is not mixed, rage is not dumb, whispering is not dark, can speak and sing.In other words, it is all kinds of special extreme states. The actors perform until their strength is exhausted, but the lines can still be mastered well.

For example, Al Pacino himself is a proper violent actor, but no matter how angry he is, his lines are still clear, and the words are heavy, so you won't be disgusted.

Whether it is Dustin Hoffman or Jack Nixon, the lines in various strange situations still have the ability to convey emotions clearly.Especially in Hollywood, basically every good first-line actor can sing and dance?
How difficult is it to sing the lines?
Third level accents are unpredictable.Meryl Streep is a noble lady in New York, a country girl in Mississippi, a British Prime Minister, a fashion queen in Paris, the future, and the Victorian era...

Some people may say that many actors can speak two or three accents?

But being able to play this in every play like Meryl Streep, with different accents in each play, Su Ze really admires.

In the last four levels, there is no distinction between god and man.If you reach this level, you really can't tell that you are still a person.

For example, James Jones who dubbed Black Jazz in Star Wars, or Orson Welles who played the role of Universe Emperor in the first-generation cartoon movie version of Transformers, and Morgan Freeman who was most often invited to play various majestic characters. The famous Hannibal Anthony Hopkins...

The words spoken are deep and powerful, can shake you from the depths of your soul, can elevate the audience's perception to the outside world, and just listening to the sound can turn the sky upside down.

At the end of the first line class, everyone felt that they were still unsatisfied, and they had a deeper understanding of Chinese opera.

"The teacher of Chinese opera is awesome." Zhao Yuncheng said excitedly: "It's not good to directly criticize the lines of famous stars in class."

"Nonsense, this is a Chinese opera." Zhang Yu said with a smile: "Many celebrities have learned from here."

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow are acting classes. Do you think Mr. Chen Gang will make complaints about certain acting skills on the spot?"

Seeing Hu Lei's face full of gossip, Su Ze laughed and scolded: "You still use Teacher Chen to complain?"

"Acting skills can't be hidden at all!"

The next day, Chen Gang appeared on the stage under the expectant gaze of the students. As a senior acting instructor, he has long been accustomed to this kind of scene. The reason why these children have worked so hard to pass the exam is not to improve their acting skills?

"Today is our first acting lesson. I want to ask you what is acting?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, isn't this a big problem?
"Is it difficult to describe in words?" Chen Gang said with a smile: "That's right, what an actor performs is a state, an emotional scene that can make the audience feel substituted. The so-called acting skills are just a general concept."

"In the first class, I don't plan to teach you any specific skills. I have plenty of time to study in the four years of college. Today I want to share some outstanding works of seniors. There is a saying that doesn't mean..."

"If you want to beat someone, get beaten first?"

"For us actors, does that mean we want to act well?"

"Learn to see how other people act first!"

Su Ze couldn't help laughing. Sure enough, like the lines, it all starts with learning to appreciate excellent works.

It’s right to think about it. After all, it’s a lifetime for an actor to improve his acting skills. The four years of college are just laying a solid foundation. How do you study after graduation and leaving the teacher?
Are you still thinking about research on your own?

"Our jargon is called filming." Chen Gang turned on his laptop and connected it to the big screen and said, "The filming of the acting department is to study acting skills, the filming of the directing department is to learn the camera, the filming of the photography department is to use the lens language, and the filming of the drama is to polish script……"

"Different works have different knowledge in the eyes of different people, and the results of the same work in the eyes of different people are also very different."

"This is the charm of the pull sheet!"

Opened a video and showed: "These are all excellent actors that I personally admire. There are three generations of old, middle-aged and young actors. Of course, there are only a handful of new-generation actors."

Zhang Zifeng continued to be depressed, why does it always feel like the teacher is targeting me?

"There are many excellent domestic actors, today we will only watch one, Zhang Yi."

"This is his performance in the TV series Chicken Feather Flying to the Sky. You may have seen many of them, right?"

"Two trains not far apart, I met my lover after eight years. He went from panic to disbelief, wanted to shout but didn't know how to open his mouth, until he called Luo Yuzhu hoarsely..."

"Where are you going in the last sentence that was condensed into thousands of words?"

Su Ze looked at the big screen. This performance was very classic. He had watched it many times. In his heart, Zhang Yi was one of the top three actors in China.

"Pay attention to the details!" Chen Gang pressed the pause button, and began to analyze one shot after another: "There are basically no lines in this passage. Zhang Yi and his opponent Yin Tao can only communicate through expressions, which is very demanding for actors."

"Look at his hands, from the excitement when he started to slap the car window, to the bewildered rubbing of his hands when he asked, every expression and every movement is a play."

Speaking of this, Chen Gang couldn't help but glance at the serious Su Ze, and continued: "Many people ask me if I have the so-called grade of an actor?"

"I personally think that as long as you can accurately convey emotions to the audience, you can call yourself an actor."

"Further up is the difference in percentage. For example, in the same scene, some people can convey 100% and some can only complete 60.00%. What is the difference?"

"detail!"

Physical details, action details, expression details, emotional details, lines details, voice details, inner details...

As shown in the puzzle piece by piece, the complete character is outlined in the eyes of the audience, and the details determine success or failure.

(End of this chapter)