Zhou Yan didn't tell them too much theoretical stuff, because it was too boring, and people without foundation would only hear it in confusion.
Soon he began to use some excerpts from "No Name" as examples to illustrate the role of turn-taking and distribution.
"There is a section in the middle of the third act. The background of the conversation is that a cow has disappeared in the village. The villagers gathered to discuss the whereabouts of the cow. I roughly estimated that there are a total of twenty-four turns in this section, and the number of speakers is Five, among them, the village chief has the largest number of turns, with ten turns, followed by the protagonist, with eight turns, and the other three have two turns. Moreover, the average length of the turns, the village chief and the protagonist are significantly longer than the other three. ”
"In addition, all the eight turns of the protagonist's speech are spoken later, and none of them speaks or interrupts."
"The handling here is very good. Although the village chief never said that he suspected that the protagonist was related to the disappearance of the cow, the turn of phrase in this paragraph shows that he has doubts about the protagonist, but this suspicion cannot be made explicit. ”
"Normally, the proportion of the protagonist's turn is not so large, and many of them are speaking and interjecting. This time the data of the turn has changed so much, which illustrates the problem."
After hearing what Zhou Yan said, Wang Qianyuan looked at Xin Baiqing next to him in shock, and the latter's expression was also very surprised.
This scene took them a long time to modify, and it can be regarded as the one they were quite satisfied with.
But they have never thought about conversational turns, speaking first and speaking second. They just completely assume the role themselves and then modify it bit by bit based on their feelings.
Now after listening to Zhou Yan's analysis, they found that they understood the drama better than themselves.
Yes, that's it.
The protagonist's turn of words has obviously increased here, and they all come later.
At this moment, Wang Qianyuan felt that Zhou Yan was like a butler, dissecting the cow clearly with just a few cuts.
At the same time, he was also thinking, if they had known these theoretical knowledge before, would it be much easier to change the drama? He has now thought of some places in the script that can be modified based on this theory.
Tian Youliang and the other class teachers were also very surprised. They were not only surprised that Zhou Yan knew so much about text analysis, they were also surprised by Zhou Yan's memory ability.
Zhou Yan saw this drama for the first time today. He could actually remember how many characters there were in one of the conversations and how many rounds each character spoke. Is this a memory that normal people can have?
Could it be that when Zhou Yan was watching the play just now, he had already planned to teach the students about conversation analysis? That's why you specifically wrote down one of the paragraphs?
On the contrary, Gao Jinwen was not very surprised, because he knew Zhou Yan better than Tian Youliang and the others.
Why Gao Jinwen wanted Zhou Yan to talk about the students' drama was because he knew that Zhou Yan was particularly good at text analysis.
When he was at the Qiao Family Courtyard, Zhou Yan was just a soundtrack assistant and conducted a lot of text analysis on "Raise the Red Lantern", even more than screenwriter Ni Zhen did.
Moreover, Zhou Yan's memory has always been very good. Back then, he memorized lines faster than the average person.
However, compared with Zhou Yan's other specialties, his good memory is not very eye-catching. Gao Jinwen has seen many people with good memories, but it is too rare for people like Zhou Yan to achieve great results in one line of work.
Some people are quite versatile, but they have not achieved such great achievements in various fields.
Of course, not to mention that Zhou Yan can achieve the same achievements in every profession, even if one of Zhou Yan's achievements is mentioned, very few people can achieve it.
Zhou Yan said that "No Name" handled the conversation structure better, but of course he also talked about the aspects that it didn't handle well.
Then he gave another example, "There is a scene in the third act. The background of the conversation is that Xiao Mantou, the son of Zhang Mantou's family, stole half a bag of rice from Li Laoguai's family and was caught on the spot. Li Laoguai and his wife grabbed Xiao Mantou and went there. The Zhang family was asking for an explanation, and they happened to be met by the protagonist. The number of turns in this paragraph was very small, there were only seven turns in total, only Li Laoguai and the protagonist had three turns, and Li Laoguai had four turns."
"There is obviously something unreasonable here. In the previous scenes, Li Laoguai had a small number of turns, and he basically interrupted and did not control the turn. On the contrary, Li Laoguai's daughter-in-law had an average number of turns, and she often controlled. Turns of speech. Logically speaking, Li Laoguai’s wife has more turns of speech. As an outsider, the protagonist should be curious enough about things, so he should have more turns, at least as much as Li Laoguai, and he should also have more speeches. Putting aside this small background, in the story. In the general context, the protagonist should also have more speaking turns.”
After hearing this, the students in the audience were completely convinced. Not only the students in Grade 93, but also the students in Grade 96 were shocked.
When they were in drama class, the teacher would also do some text analysis for them, but it seemed like they were not as professional as Zhou Yan.
The key is that the teacher has been preparing for the class for a long time, but Zhou Yan just watched the drama "No Name" for the first time and improvised.
This requires profound text research skills to be so powerful.
Seeing the students' dull expressions, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I'm done."
Only then did everyone react and clapped quickly.
They actually felt that Zhou Yan had to talk about it later, because according to Zhou Yan's analysis perspective, there was a lot that could be said about this play.
Tian Youliang was the first to speak, "Thank you, Director Zhou, for providing us with such a good idea. You should remember it carefully and use Director Zhou's method to analyze the script carefully later."
Of course he knew that with such a long script, it was impossible for Zhou Yan to analyze it from beginning to end for them. It was already very good to be able to say so much.
Chang Li also applauded and said to the students in her class, "You are very lucky today to hear such a valuable lesson. Remember this, and you will be able to read it better and faster when facing new texts in the future." Analysis.”
She was a little lucky that Gao Jinwen could bring the students here. Gao Jinwen's class could be taken any day, but Zhou Yan's class was rare.
She had never heard anyone in the directing department mention these things Zhou Yan said.
In fact, in terms of text analysis, whether it is Chinese drama or Yan Dian, they are definitely not as good as the Chinese departments of Yan University and Yan Normal University.
The Chinese departments of Yan'an University and Yan'an Normal University are really good at researching texts. Sometimes Chang Li also wonders if she can study with the Chinese departments of these schools, which might improve their teaching abilities.
When Zhou Yan heard what Tian Youliang and Chang Li said, he waved his hands with a smile and said, "You can just listen to what I just said and get an impression in your mind, or maybe you will get a new script in the future and want to analyze it quickly. You can try to use it when writing a script, but when it comes to acting or even writing a script. At this time, these things are useless." "Why?" Wang Qianyuan asked curiously, "I think this analysis method is very good. After listening to this method, I feel that there are many places in the script that can be modified. It will definitely get better after modification.”
"This is based on the script you have already written, making some modifications. If you use these analysis skills when creating at the beginning, you will find that you can't write anything. How can any creator create? When you are doing this, you always think about turn-taking? Text analysis is more for academic research and theoretical inheritance. Otherwise, the most famous writers in the country should be from those. Department of Chinese.”
Chang Li's expression froze. She didn't expect Zhou Yan to directly reject her previous idea.
But what Zhou Yan said is indeed correct. Although the Chinese departments of Yan'an University and Yan'an Normal University are indeed powerful, they are only engaged in academic research and there is nothing special in creation.
The main pursuits of Zhongxi and Yandian are not academic research, but creation and practice.
At this time, Mei Ting suddenly raised her hand and said, "Director Zhou, you are not only an excellent director, but also a well-known writer. I have read your "Tree Hole" and "The Death of the Mayor" and benefited a lot. So, Don’t you use these analytical techniques when you create? ”
When Mei Ting said this, she had a hint of Jinling accent. She didn't know whether she had an accent when she spoke, or because she knew Zhou Yan was from Jinling, so she deliberately used the accent to make it more familiar.
Zhou Yan replied with a smile, "When my mind is filled with various analytical techniques, it means that my writing has encountered a bottleneck, because only when I lack creative inspiration, I will think of using these things. I can't I can’t decide whether the theoretical knowledge I learned has a huge impact on my writing, but I can at least tell you that if you want to become a writer, this theoretical knowledge is completely unnecessary.”
"What about the director? Didn't you learn theoretical knowledge in the process of becoming a director?"
"Of course you need to know theoretical knowledge, but the same theoretical knowledge is still different. If you want to become a director, I still think you don't need to learn the knowledge of academic research. You only need to know how to shoot what you want. Just whatever you want.”
"I understand, Director Zhou."
Zhou Yan nodded and turned to look at Gao Jinwen, "Director Gao, are you still satisfied now?"
Gao Jinwen laughed, "Satisfied, satisfied, of course satisfied. It's getting late now, so don't leave in a hurry. Let's have dinner together tonight. I'll be the host."
But Zhou Yan waved his hand and declined his kindness, "Forget it for today, I will go back to the studio to make arrangements later. When you come over tomorrow, we will have a good get-together."
Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Gao Jinwen didn't force himself to stay any longer and nodded, "In that case, let's talk about it when we meet tomorrow. Anyway, I don't dare to see other people. I will definitely go there tomorrow. Speaking of which, I also have some days where I can't Went to the studio.”
"The studio has also changed recently. You will know when you go and see it." Zhou Yan said with a smile.
"Okay, let's go take a look tomorrow. You can go back today."
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When he came out of the Central Academy of Drama, Huo Jianqi asked Xiao Can, "Old Xiao, have you seen any good talents here at the Central Academy of Drama?"
"There must be good prospects. The overall quality of this batch of students in 93 is good. Naiwen, as you know, has solid basic skills. His classmates Wang Qianyuan and Xin Baiqing are no worse than him."
Huo Jian nodded, "Well, Xin Baiqing is indeed good and impressed me deeply. It's a pity that the other two students only met briefly and I don't know their specific strength."
"The 96 students who have just entered school a few months ago will definitely be close."
"But the students from the class of 1996 are more outstanding in appearance."
"Well, that's true."
Zhou Yan smiled and said, "We won't know the details until after the audition. You two should not be idle during this period. Hurry up and set up the director team, and then set up the entire behind-the-scenes team."< br>
"Well, I will make a list in the next two days." Xiao Can nodded and asked Zhou Yan, "Director Zhou, can I let Director Zhao come to our crew?"
The director Zhao that Xiao Can is talking about is Zhou Yan's royal photographer Zhao Fei. Until now, Zhou Yan's debut, whether it is a short film or a feature film, has been shot by Zhao Fei. The two of them have almost been bound together.
Some people have asked Zhou Yan before if he wants to try other photographers, such as Gu Changwei, Lu Le and other photographers.
However, Zhou Yan never changed because he felt that he and Zhao Fei were in tune. Over the years, there has been no problem with the cooperation between the two of them.
Maybe Gu Changwei and Lu Le are better than Zhao Fei, but Zhou Yan believes that it is very important to have the same aura. If the aura is not the same, the stronger the photographer, the worse it will be for the director.
Unless one day Zhou Yan finds that he and Zhao Fei are no longer together, he will consider changing his partner.
In order to better cooperate with Zhao Fei, Zhou Yan Studio has signed a contract with Zhao Fei, and the two parties will have more in-depth cooperation in the future.
"Of course I have no objection, but this matter still requires Teacher Zhao's consent. Let's do this. I will go back and tell Teacher Zhao about this later."
"Thank you, Director Zhao."
"You don't need to thank me. Whether you can convince him or not depends on you. Although he seems to be easy to talk to, he is very demanding. You have worked with him twice, so you should have an understanding of his character."
In fact, Xiao Can and Zhao Fei have a good relationship. After all, they have worked together on two movies, one as the main photographer and the other as the assistant director, and they communicate a lot.
However, whether they can successfully cooperate depends on whether Zhao Fei can like Xiao Can's book and Xiao Can.
Of course, if it weren't for this relationship, it would have been impossible for Xiao Can to ask Zhao Fei to help him take photos.
Based on Zhao Fei's current situation, he is basically taking on big jobs and working with well-known directors.
Those who came to him to collaborate were major directors such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, and even some well-known foreign directors. (End of chapter)