Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

"what……"

Gong Xue had just been severely scolded by Xie Tieli and felt very aggrieved. Everyone was gossiping about her and she was under a lot of psychological pressure, so she started crying in panic.

She was embarrassed to say that Lin Zhengjun also had a basic idea.

"In fact, there are roughly three types of performance systems: experiential, method, and expressionist..."

Lin Zhengjun said: "Experience-oriented people emphasize real listening, real watching and real feeling. Except for illegal and criminal things and things that are really impossible to do, you have to experience them in person."

"The most typical example is Hitchcock. In the climax of The Birds, the heroine enters an attic bedroom and finds it full of birds. They immediately fly towards her angrily. In order to achieve a realistic effect, the breeder wore protective gloves up to the elbows and threw live birds at her for eight hours in a row."

"The birds were trained to peck her because they had been recently captured from the wild. During the filming, her skin was pecked and her clothes were covered in bird droppings. All the screaming and fear were real reactions."

"The method school emphasizes emotional substitution. For example, if a father dies, the actor will cry bitterly, but it is impossible for the actor's father to actually die, so he can think of other sad things, or just imagine that his father has died, to achieve the same sad effect."

Zhang Ruifang slapped her thigh and said with a smile, "This is how I act. Before liberation, I acted in plays, playing the role of a woman who was hurt by the Japanese invaders. I imagined myself being hurt, and I was so devoted to the performance that I cried and wailed. After performing several scenes in a row, I often fell seriously ill because I was mentally hurt!"

"What else?" Gong Xue nodded, her beautiful watery eyes looking intently at Lin Zhengjun.

Lin Zhengjun continued: "The expressionist style turns himself into a rubber man that can be molded into various shapes at will, and uses external expressions to highlight the character's personality, including voice, props, specific expressions, and signature movements. For example, a method is to repeatedly practice a sad expression in front of a mirror to form muscle memory, and then when acting out similar situations, you can use it."

"This is a common method used in dramas and various stage plays!"

This theory became very popular in later generations. Although Gong Xue had never studied acting, it was like opening the door to a new world for her to hear it.

Zhu Lin's eyes sparkled as well, and she exclaimed in a low voice: "Wow, Zhengjun knows a lot!"

"Apart from being a little handsome, a little talented, and making a lot of money, Zhengjun doesn't have any other advantages!" Tang Xiaofu smiled.

"Oh, why do I feel disgusted when I hear what you say? Is this a disguised way of showing off?" Zhu Lin said coquettishly.

Xie Tieli smiled and said, "Zhengjun, where did you learn this knowledge of acting?"

"Oh, when I was writing the script for Great Wall Films, Fu Qi found me some film theory books published in Hong Kong, and I read them!" Lin Zhengjun said without hesitation.

At present, the performance methods in China are basically expressionistic.

It was created by the Russian drama master Stanislavsky.

Yes, he is the author of “An Actor’s Self-cultivation”, the book that Stephen Chow read in “The King of Comedy”.

The experiential group will also adopt it.

In China, before filming begins, the actors and creators go to the grassroots to experience life and get close to the characters. This is the method used.

"These three methods are actually neither good nor bad, as long as they can achieve the desired effect."

Lin Zhengjun said: "You are basically good at expressionism and experientialism, so you might as well improve your methodological approach."

"How to strengthen it?" Gong Xue was eager to learn and asked for advice humbly.

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "You might as well think about your own sad experiences. For example, your experiences are very similar to Jingqiu's. Her family is rightist, and your parents were also affected. She wanted to find a job teaching at a school, and you repeatedly failed to get into art schools, art troupes, and film studios. She broke up with her boyfriend, and you also..."

Gong Xue blushed and said softly, "I have never had a boyfriend..."

"Oh, you didn't, but you can imagine!" Lin Zhengjun laughed.

After he finished speaking, he pulled over a chair and sat down. Gong Xue stood and thought for a while, and also brewed her emotions, and said: "Xie Director, I'm ready!"

The actors were in place, Gong Xue and Tang Guoqiang both sat on chairs.

"Teacher Zhang, before I leave, I have one more request, is that okay? I want to bandage Jingqiu's foot again."

Gong Xue's injured foot, which was wearing Liberation shoes, shrank back a little.

"Our place is small, so I won't avoid it..." said Lu Zhong.

"No, no, no, no."

Tang Guoqiang stood up and squatted in front of Gong Xue, took off her dirty Liberation shoes, and carefully untied the gauze on her feet.

Lu Zhong was using a tool to wedge the envelope.

Gong Xue looked at Tang Guoqiang lovingly. Tang Guoqiang untied the gauze and started crying first.

Gong Xue caught it, lowered her head, and when she looked up again, her eyes were already wet with tears.

She is a typical beautiful girl from Jiangnan area.

She has beautiful features and elegant temperament, especially her eyes which seem to be filled with tears, which instantly makes people want to protect her.

The camera was turning with the sound of "chi, chi, chi", mixed with the "dong, dong, dong" sound of Lv Zhong cutting the envelope with a wedge. Gong Xue's tears rolled down silently, as if she couldn't stop, making her look even more delicate and graceful.

"What a great performance!"

After a scene was finished, the actors stopped moving and the whole audience was silent. Everyone was deeply shocked by the performances of Gong Xue and Tang Guoqiang.

Xie Tieli watched the performance so intently that he even forgot to call for a stop!

"stop!"

Xie Tieli first called out to the photographer Li Wenhua, and then shouted excitedly, "Good, all three actors performed well, especially Gong Xue, who has potential. Oh, I almost cried! Passed! One take! That's all for today, let's eat and rest!"

"Thank you director for your encouragement. I will continue to work hard!" Gong Xue burst into laughter and bowed slightly.

Tang Guoqiang wiped his tears and said with a smile full of joy: "Gong Xue not only took over my performance just now, but also infected me. Oh, I couldn't stop crying at all! I wanted to cry the whole time!"

Zhang Ruifang also smiled happily and said, "Gong Xue, you acted really well. Keep it up, you will definitely become a star!"

"Teacher Zhang, this is just a performance. I still have a long way to go in the future!" Gong Xue said embarrassedly.

"Haha, you have to have confidence. Director Xie actually chose the most difficult scene, deliberately to hone you. If you perform well in this scene, the future scenes will not be difficult!" Li Wenhua said with a smile.

"Come on, Gong Xue, this play is our studio's key project this year. If you perform well, you might be able to stay at the Beijing Film Studio!"

"Then doesn't that mean we have four golden flowers in Beijing Film Studio?"

Everyone came over and said words of encouragement.

Gong Xue was very happy, and with tearful eyes she searched for Lin Zhengjun in the crowd.

But I found that he, Tang Xiaofu and Zhu Lin walked to the door of the studio, talking and laughing, and they seemed to be discussing where to eat.

Oh, it runs so fast.

Gong Xue sighed lightly and decided that she could only thank him next time. His advice today was so on point. It was true that listening to one word from him was worth ten years of reading.