Chapter 152 Acting Class
Lu Yanhe thought carefully.
Before he traveled through time, he also read some news on the Internet, especially the national teacher Lao Mouzi, who was famous for his strict requirements on actors' faces.
Natural.
“Is it because a natural face can express all kinds of expressions? It seems that a face with plastic surgery cannot express many expressions.”
"This is one of the reasons. Another reason is that plastic surgery can easily give the audience a distorted and lifeless visual effect." Zhang Ming said, "Ninety percent of human emotions are expressed in the facial features, especially on the screen. Emotions and lines aside, what a face looks like is innate. Some faces are naturally stunning, while others are plain and featureless, but We all admit that any face can show its beauty at a specific angle. This depends on acquired packaging, and a plastic surgery face is a face that has been packaged. If it has not been plastic surgery, The face is a piece of white paper, and the reconstructed face is a piece of paper that has been painted. Of course, the director would be willing to use a piece of white paper. "
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"The same is true for the audience." Zhang Ming said, "Most audiences will not analyze your performance level and whether you are likable or not. They are just a drama. , if you like it, you like it, if you don’t like it, you don’t like it, there is no reason, you There is no chance to explain that for a young actor, most of them can't talk about acting. They can only talk about their own conditions and a certain innate aura. Whether they can impress and attract the audience depends on the back. These things.”
Lu Yanhe seemed to understand.
Zhang Ming: "At this time, the importance of true character comes out. When you meet a good director, you can capture your most attractive true character and present it on the screen. If you don't meet a good director, No matter how good you are, you can still shoot like a pig head. The lens is like this. It does not restore the original color 100%, but magnifies or ignores it.”
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Chen Ziyan returned to her office and contacted Luo Yuzhong’s assistant Mo Zhi.
Chen Ziyan: "Xiao Mo, has Director Luo been particularly busy these days?"
Mo Zhi said: "Sister Ziyan, Director Luo has been busy working on "Golden" these days. The preparations for "Era" will start next week, which is quite busy."
"Okay, I'm still thinking about it. If Director Luo has time, I will take Xiao Lu to visit him and see if Xiao Lu has anything to prepare in advance." Chen Ziyan said, "It is Xiao Lu's first time acting, and I don't feel at ease. I want to hear it. Listen to Director Luo’s advice and try to prepare early so that you can perform better on the set.”
Mo Zhi smiled and said: "Sister Ziyan, you are too worried. Lu Yanhe doesn't have many roles. He will only join the cast next month. He should memorize his lines early. When he comes back to act, Director Luo will train him well." , it’s not like you don’t know, Director Luo I have always been very patient in teaching actors. "
"That's good. If Xiao Lu is free next week, I will let him start the group and learn on the set." Chen Ziyan said, "That's it. will cause you Is it a burden? The main reason is that this child has never been to a set and doesn't know how it works. I asked him to go and see it in advance so that he can get familiar with it in advance."
"This..." Mo Zhi hesitated. After a moment, he said, "I don't know about that either. I have to ask Brother Hong. There are a lot of people in our movie, and there are hundreds of staff members. I don't know if Brother Hong is willing to arrange for one more person to be on the set."
Brother Hong refers to producer Liu Hong.
Chen Ziyan: "Okay, let me say hello to Liu Hong and see what he says. I want to ask you, if Xiao Lu passes by, will Director Luo mind?"
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It doesn’t mean that if everyone actively joins the group in advance, the director will be happy to see it.
Just like Mo Zhi’s reaction just now, personal positivity may still be a trouble and burden to the entire team.
Mo Zhi: "Director Luo doesn't mind. He likes hard-working and aggressive actors."
"I feel relieved with your words." Chen Ziyan said with a smile He said a few more pleasantries and hung up the phone.
Although Mo Zhi is only a director's assistant, he knows Luo Yuzhong very well.
If Chen Ziyan wants everything to be safe and not make Luo Yuzhong unhappy for no reason, she must have a good relationship with such people and ask many questions in advance.
She called Liu Hong again.
Of course Liu Hong would sell her face and readily agreed to Lu Yanhe going over to observe in advance.
The drama "Golden Age", because it is a new drama directed by Luo Yuzhong and has Jiang Yuqian as the heroine, has long been targeted by major platforms and is waiting for bidding.
It’s just that Director Luo was cautious and didn’t want to sell the play so early, so he didn’t let go.
Liu Hong has been busy with this matter recently. Although Luo Yuzhong is unwilling to sell now, Liu Hong still has to entertain many platform parties and cannot neglect it.
Liu Hong answered Chen Ziyan’s call and remembered something someone had mentioned to him before. He asked with a smile: “By the way, I have something to ask, Ziyan, why are you suddenly thinking about signing Lu Yanhe? Huh? ”
Chen Ziyan : "I think it's quite valuable to train. I also took a break. It's time to train a few new people."
"He is really lucky. If you hadn't taken a fancy to him, he would have been taken care of." Xingyu was kicked out," Liu Hong said with a smile.
“Hey, you know all this?”
"Yeah, I'm quite curious. Is there something wrong with this child that is why Zhou Pingan targeted him?"
"Zhou Pingan has a brain disease and it has nothing to do with the child."
"Haha." Liu Hong laughed twice, "Zhou Ping'an is very interested in Lu Yanhe. He also told me that he would let Cheng Hai play the role to replace Lu Yanhe. Although Cheng Hai is not bad, Director Luo has chosen Lu Yanhe. He hasn't Yibu Rao, he really thinks that this role belongs to him, and he can pick and choose it.”
Chen Ziyan: “Zhou Ping’an has bad intentions, but the artists he brings are pretty good. Look. "Everyone is doing well."
"There are more and more people in the circle who are eager for quick success." Liu Hong sighed, "I really miss that time more and more."
"It was as good as that time in the past, and it's as good as it is now. The drama "Golden Age" is a big project, and you are under great pressure. If you need my help, please tell me. We are old friends, and I will help you in any way I can. Try to help."
"Oh, I won't be polite if you say that."
"Why are you so polite?"
"Now I really have one thing. I want to ask you for help." Liu Hong said with a smile.
“It’s just in time.”
"Yes, what a coincidence." Liu Hong said, "A friend of mine wants to find Shang Yongzhou to act in a play. Can you help me get in touch and introduce him to have a meal?"
"The meal is free of charge. , Haven’t you heard about Shang Yongzhou’s character? "Chen Ziyan said, "Give me the script, and I'll forward it to him and let him see if he can accept it."
Liu Hong: "The script has been entrusted to him. It's not that he didn't like it. Well, that’s why I want to talk in person again.”
"It's useless to talk to him face to face. If the script can't impress him, no matter how much you talk, it's useless." Chen Ziyan said, "Please give me the script and I'll see if there's room for modification. If There is a chance that I can impress him. I’m telling you, if you don’t have that leeway, find someone else quickly.”
Liu Hong: “Tsk, who doesn’t know that he has a lot of trust in you? I’ll feel relieved if you say this.” I’ll send it to you immediately.”
"Haha, it seems that you came here to ask me to help you read the script from the beginning, right?"
"I can't help it, true friend. I can only trouble you in this busy time, just an ordinary friend." , I’m too lazy to say this.”
“Got it.”
After hanging up the phone, within five minutes, a new email was received in the mailbox.
Chen Ziyan downloaded the script, printed it, and prepared to take it with her on the road.
She had to go on a business trip again in the evening, taking a plane to Jiangguang, where she had a cooperation to discuss.
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A morning passed and Lu Yanhe felt that there were a lot of things in his mind.
Zhang Ming said that he was here to teach him acting theory. In fact, what he was talking about was a kind of understanding.
Lu Yanhe didn’t have any theoretical understanding of performance at all. After listening to Zhang Ming’s talk, he had a vague impression.
At noon, Chen Ziyan took them to dinner.
Lu Yanhe was also picked up.
During the meal, Chen Ziyan said to Zhang Ming: "You have basically not come out to act in the past two years. In the future, you do not plan to join a group and just stay in school and teach?"
Lu Yanhe After hearing this, I was a little surprised and didn't dare to make any expression, so I just lowered my head and ate silently.
Zhang Ming said: "I can't get any good roles, so why bother."
"Accumulate slowly, that's what acting is all about. Only by accumulating, can you soar into the sky when the opportunity comes. Look at Zhang Zhiwen, who suddenly became famous with the movie "Hongzhou" two months ago. He only became famous at the age of forty. Isn’t it still showing up?” Chen Ziyan said to Zhang Ming, "Don't be discouraged. You are only thirty years old."
"It's not that I'm discouraged. It's just that there are no roles that I can play." Yes, they are all very ordinary little characters. , I don’t have the interest either.” Zhang Ming said directly, “I feel like it’s worth it if I don’t act.” I know you don't like it, big No one is looking for you to play the role. I think you don't want to act anymore." Chen Ziyan said, "You are good at acting, but you just don't have the opportunity. Just wait."
Lu Yanhe listened to the conversation between the two of them. , some doubts. Since Chen Ziyan thinks Zhang Ming is a good actor, why not become his agent?
It is said in the industry that whoever Chen Ziyan likes can become famous.
Chen Ziyan has such a wide network of contacts, can’t she help Zhang Ming introduce some good characters?
These questions arose from the bottom of Lu Yanhe’s heart, but he did not say them out and listened silently.
Zhang Ming: "Forget it, let's just be a teacher and play a supporting role. It's embarrassing."
"You are just too high-spirited. "Chen Ziyan sighed helplessly.
After lunch, Zhang Ming went back alone.
Chen Ziyan took Lu Yanhe back to the company.
As expected, Chen Ziyan took the initiative to speak and talked about Zhang Ming, "Are you a little confused? Why is it that Zhang Ming is a teacher in the Performance Department of Beijing Performing Arts, but he seems to have no chance to act?"
Lu Yanhe nodded and said yes.
"He is just too ambitious, and he is hurting himself." Chen Ziyan said, "He stayed in school to teach directly after graduation, and he had a good chance to play the male lead in a new play by a great director. No. 1, but he didn’t become popular. He has been playing the leading male lead and the second leading male lead since then, but the opportunity was not good. The play never became a hit, and after two years, no one asked him to play the first and second male leads. As for him, because he had been playing important roles after graduation, he was so angry that he refused to give in to small roles. If he didn’t act, he would be slowly forgotten by many people, and no one would ask him to act.”
Lu Yanhe suddenly realized that this was the case.
“Actually, I told him many times, don’t worry about being the number one or number two male in the past. If you have acting skills, just act well. There will always be a day when you will be seen again, just like I just said The Zhang Zhiwen I'm talking about didn't graduate from a professional school. He played a bit player seriously for many years, slowly getting roles with lines, and then later, He also played the main villain, as well as the third and fourth male leads. This time he finally starred in the movie "Hongzhou". Just as the show became a hit, he also became popular. In the entertainment industry, whoever becomes famous will become popular. It’s all uncertain. It’s metaphysics. If you’re not popular or popular, just act honestly. Don’t let it go if you have the chance. Being too ambitious can only harm you.”
Lu Yanhe nodded.
“I’m telling you this too. You are young now. When you first start acting, you will act in the plays directed by Luo Yuzhong. However, there are not many directors who can reach the level of Director Luo Yuzhong in this industry. Don’t act just because of your acting skills. I was so excited after watching "Golden Age" that I didn't look forward to other opportunities." Chen Ziyan said, "Otherwise, Zhang Ming is an example. How good he is in acting can be seen from the fact that he stayed in school to teach as soon as he graduated. But if you can't adjust your mentality, it will be useless no matter how high your ability is. Do you understand?"
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe didn't expect that this was still nodding at him.
He smiled and said: "No matter how high-spirited I am, I can't be high-spirited about acting. I don't understand anything, and I don't know how to act at all."
"There's no need to be so arrogant. "You can impress Director Luo Yuzhong with just one audition," Chen Ziyan added.
"Oh." Lu Yanhe felt that Chen Ziyan was also quite good. He was afraid that he would be proud, but also afraid that he would belittle himself. He really cared about the mother's heart, and she was very fond of her.
Of course, he didn’t dare to say this.
If Chen Ziyan heard the word "mama", she would probably roll her eyes a hundred times.
"Oh, Sister Ziyan, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you." Lu Yanhe said, "Last night Li Zhibai said that Chen Biqiu asked him to have a dinner with Chen Biqiu tonight and asked me to go together."< br>
“Chen Bi Qiu, the producer of "Let's Camp Together", right?" Chen Ziyan nodded, "Okay, let him meet you. It would be great if he could record one or two episodes of this show. This show is quite popular."
"Yes." Lu Yanhe nodded.
Chen Ziyan: "I'm going on a business trip to Jiangguang tonight. I won't be back for the next two days. You have a good class with the two teachers."
"Okay."
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In the afternoon, Lu Yanhe met another of his teachers.
He Shuyi.
She is also a teacher with great experience in acting teaching. Lu Yanhe didn’t know her and had never met her, but as soon as she came up, she took him directly to start rehearsing the play in "The Golden Age".
Lu Yanhe didn't even come back to his senses, He Shuyi led him to act again and again.
"That's wrong."
"Start again."
"I'm nervous."
"It's too fake."
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Lu Yanhe got a little confused at the back and said, "Teacher He, I'm not ready. Can you let me think about it by myself first?"
He Shuyi put down the script with a smile and said, "Do you think I'm too fast? , I didn’t even give you time to prepare, so I asked you to come directly?”
Lu Yanhe nodded hesitantly.
It is indeed too fast.
He Shuyi said: "I did it on purpose."
"Ah?"
"I just want to see what your most instinctive acting method is." He Shuyi said, "I don't want your carefully thought-out performance. Those are all fake. I want the real thing." , the so-called true listening, true seeing, true feeling is a person’s most direct reaction. The role you want to play has no complexity, it is all an emotional presentation, so just give the most realistic emotional presentation. "
Lu Yanhe nodded blankly.
"Come again now." He Shuyi said, "Throw away all your thoughts, just follow my rhythm and give the most direct reaction."
Lu Yanhe nodded and let go script.
If Zhang Ming is a romantic theorist, He Shuyi is a practical activist.
Her infectious energy was very strong. She interrupted Lu Yanhe's performance again and again, and then grabbed Lu Yanhe to pick him up again, breaking away his worries, embarrassment, shyness, and inability to let go.
As the afternoon passed, Lu Yanhe felt as if he had been drained dry.
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At 5:30 in the afternoon, He Shuyi’s first class ended.
Lu Yanhe's eyes were empty, and he sat on the ground, his face a little pale.
Acting is actually a physical job.
He followed He Shuyi in saying lines and moving positions all afternoon, accompanied by roaring and shouting from time to time... This was an emotional vent that was not in the script at all. He Shuyi asked him again and again to give it to Lu Yanhe and let Lu Yanhe Switching between open and close emotions, I can only say that the rhythm is too sour.
He Shuyi went to chat with Chen Ziyan.
“A very capable child.” He Shuyi praised with a smile, “I didn’t expect to be able to hold on until now. I thought he couldn’t hold on an hour ago.”
Chen Ziyan looked through the glass wall of the rehearsal room and looked at Lu Yanhe who was sitting on the floor to relax, and smiled, "You should take it easy."
"First class, test his limits " He Shuyi explained, "Although he has no acting experience. He is experienced, but he is indeed talented, his mood switching is very straightforward, and he is very tenacious.”
“After all, he is a newcomer who has been chosen by Director Luo.”
“He has a vicious vision, as expected. The newcomer who is favored by you," He Shuyi said.
“Do you think he can succeed in the future?”
"I have very good qualities. Whether I can succeed or not depends on luck."
Chen Ziyan nodded.
"He is different from the Wen Minglan you asked me to teach before." He Shuyi said, "Wen Minglan still has a heavy burden and is always a bit hard to let go. He...trusted me in one afternoon. He has completely opened himself up. With this quality, as long as he meets a good director, he will burst into incredible glory.”
(End of this chapter)