Actors start from the college entrance examination

Chapter 68 The dream shines into reality
"No way?" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to believe the result.

"A top drama actor in the industry is lucky enough to perform 200 performances a year, and the ceiling is 100 million." Wang Pingfei sighed: "And such actors are very few in China."

Su Ze already knew this result from Liu Tianyi, because 90% of the country's market-oriented theater troupes are stationed in the capital and Shanghai.According to the cost of living in the capital, even senior actors who have established themselves can only eat enough, and it is absolutely impossible to make a lot of money from dramas.

"Now I understand that this group of people will cry poor at the beginning of the show?" Wang Pingfei said: "It is an objective fact, I guess the director also hopes that the dramatists will try their best to do the show in a simple way."

"This is a good thing, and it is closer to some of the essence of modern drama. There are two types of conventional drama rehearsals: one is when the script is basically finalized, and then the crew starts with the script reading, which is also called sitting and arranging."

"Everyone analyzes the characters together, familiarizes themselves with the script, and then goes to the ground to rehearse, and finally adjusts over and over again. There is also a kind of workshop-style rehearsal."

"This kind of rehearsal often only has an outline or concept for the script. The actors and directors create characters and improvise within the framework, and gradually extract the essence to form the final version."

"For example, conflicts in everyone's understanding of roles, such as the overturning of certain plots, and even the emotional breakdown of actors during rehearsals, are very common real situations."

Wang Pingfei continued to play the program, and introduced: "The reason why I recommend you to watch this variety show is because the rehearsal part is very realistic. When rehearsing, including me, it is really in this state."

Next, Wang Pingfei explained that the normal rehearsal period for a new play with a complete length of two hours is basically 30 days to [-] days. After the rehearsal is completed, the crew will enter the work before the performance is called theater synthesis, which means entering the theater from the rehearsal hall and walking on the stage to adjust the lighting and sound effects. Wait for the technical department to rehearse and prepare for the official performance.

For example, "The Story of the Chicken Farm" in the first episode of the program, although there is a story framework, it is basically equivalent to starting from the screenwriting workshop.

A 20-minute play is counted as one-fifth of a play, and the normal work cycle is 7-10 days. These seven people only need 48 hours to get it done?
The most amazing thing is that the official performance version looks very different from the version that did not pass the preview, and everything was completed overnight. Indeed, only top theater talents can do it.

"You should have heard of the Wuzhen Theater Festival, right?" Wang Pingfei walked off the podium and came to the students and said, "Initiated by Huang Lei, Lai Shengchuan, and Meng Jinghui in 13, it will be held in Wuzhen every November for two weeks."

"I have participated in the drama festival as a guest every year since 16, and I can live a dreamlike life for more than ten days every year. It can be said that many familiar scenes in the show bring back a lot of memories."

Knowing something about the drama festival Su Ze, three key words are released every year to allow young theater people to create with key words.Every year, 18 groups of elites enter the finals, and finally determine the winning team.

In particular, youth competitions have many requirements for the stage, such as not being allowed to bring redundant props, try to use one table and two chairs provided by the organizer to complete the performance, and limit the number of people to less than five, etc.

"What level of drama do you think "The Story of the Chicken Farm" belongs to?"

Wang Pingfei signaled the students to speak freely, Liu Guanjie was the first to raise his hand and finished his brief statement, Zhao Yuran was the second to finish talking, and finally asked Su Ze: "What do you think?"

"If you don't consider the creation time, I think it is at least an excellent level in the industry. If you consider such a short creation cycle..."

Su Ze said seriously: "That's an incredible level!"

"I think what Wu Bi said in the show is very good. For audiences who don't know drama, we are all amateurs in variety shows."

"If there are no more good works to appear, who cares what kind of life you live?"

"Liu Tianqi's story, Ding Yiteng's music and screenwriting, Liu Xiaoye's stage style, Liu Xiaoyi's prop production, Wu Bi and Zhao Xiaosu's performance level, and even Xiu Rui are well integrated into the stage."

"This is a full-fledged production that can be toured!"

Su Ze nodded in approval. The banter and absurdity in the first half of the story set a good structure for the narrative style. In such a situation, the audience will not be entangled in such questions as why chickens can talk or why there are TVs in the sea.

Instead, I gradually accepted and paid attention to the story of a little hen as the protagonist, and followed the plot step by step with all my heart.

The second half of the story is also a familiar strong emotional rendering method. The actors have accurately analyzed the mapping between "sea" and "dream" when analyzing the story.

At the end, the actor's personal emotional expression on this topic is even brought in. The abundant energy is very moving. This is a standard drama structure that laughs first and then tears. There are conflicts, characters, and the finishing touch on details.

As an excellent children's drama, it is not preachy, not naive, and has a strong allegorical effect, isn't it enough?

"I appreciate Teacher Huang Lei's approach very much." Wang Pingfei returned to the podium and said sincerely: "The protagonists on the stage are only dramatists, and there are no celebrities who act in cameos. It's good for the audience to watch the show, stand on the stage, and applaud if they like it."

"Look at what's going on in variety shows these days. It's the trend of the show not to be torn apart? The vicious tongue and sharp comments are emerging one after another? Are the performances of the actors compared and analyzed?"

"Could it be that only those who can cry and shout can be called acting skills?"

"No shit!"

Wang Pingfei said more and more angrily: "There are only three characters in "Brazil", a robot, a vegetative, and a puppet representing a vegetative. During the performance, two actors covered their faces and one was lying on a bed. Explosive acting in the sense, right?"

"You tell me why the audience is crying?"

"Because of empathy!"

"Emotions come from the actors themselves. Voice and body control are the best manifestations of acting skills."

Su Ze was a little moved. Under the rules of the program, everyone seemed to be out of their own reality. For example, Liu Xiaoye, as a mature dramatist, had long since ceased to experience such chaos.

But everyone represents dramatists in a broader sense, simulating the current industry ecology.If you let yourself sum up their lives in only six words:

There are ideals, but no bread.

Support yourself barely, but don't try to get rich or do more, because the money problem runs through.Sell ​​tickets to make money, pay the rent, and complete the show?
But the reality is that theater tickets can't be sold, theaters can't be rented, props and costumes are patchwork, and even begging grandpa to sue grandma.

Facing the audience, the dramatist stretched out the QR code and compromised, saying pitifully: As long as you come to see it, you can pay as much as you want.

"Wu Haochen finally met an audience who took the initiative to buy a ticket, took the money, thanked him repeatedly, and finally sat on the side of the road and burst into tears."

Wang Pingfei said emotionally: "He is your brother who has gone out of Chinese opera!"

(End of this chapter)