Chapter 1264 Personal Assignment
Easy but slow, Anson’s voice was like the breeze blowing through the forest in the rustling sound of wheels rolling over the asphalt road.
“The most beautiful and moving part of music comes from the resonance and excitement between the performer and the listener. This is what makes music unique.”
“Indeed , the interpretations and presentations of different performers often have different charms; similarly, different The emotions felt by the listeners are also different."
"When the listeners feel the rich and strong emotions in the music, whether they are sadness or joy, happiness or loss, their emotions can be vented and released. At this moment, the music becomes complete.”
"Otherwise, a performance is just a performance, a person's solitary self-admiration."
Reese listened quietly, somewhat understanding, but unable to fully understand, so that she was not sure whether she understood it or not. I don't understand, that kind of paradoxical feeling, words can't accurately describe it.
Someone once said that when a person is immersed in his/her profession, he/she will shine.
The same is true for Anson in front of him.
Although Anson has a good skin, which is common to everyone; but at this moment, Anson seems to be different and has another kind of charm.
Involuntarily, Reese's thoughts were deeply immersed in Anson's words. Thoughts were surging in her mind, but she was unable to answer her own questions. Instead, more questions emerged. One after another, question marks popped up above her eardrums. roar.
Reese looked at Anson and showed a confused smile.
Anson laughed heartily -
He could understand that the work of actors and singers is a kind of artistic creation, but it is slightly different, especially in movies and television.
At the movie shooting scene, they cannot see the real audience, nor can they imagine the expressions and feelings of the audience in the dark cinema. They can only rely on their own understanding to give life to the characters.
But music is different. Those performances are synchronous, face-to-face, and intuitive. The atmosphere of the entire scene can infect the audience as well as the performers. The interaction between the two is also part of the performance.
So when watching a concert, in some sessions the audience interacted actively and the singers performed particularly well; in other sessions the audience was lifeless and the singers' performances were mediocre.
This is also the soul of music. Truly excellent music should be the bridge between the performer and the listener, and the emotional resonance between them is the last piece of the puzzle that gives the music the soul.
The point is, how should it be explained?
Anson thought for a while.
"Have you ever seen Michael Jackson's halftime show performance at the 1993 Super Bowl?"
In 1993, Michael Jackson performed on the stage during the halftime show of the NFL Championship Finals Super Bowl. The performance is still an unprecedented classic, and no one can surpass it -
The performance numbers and the performance process undoubtedly show the stage charm of this king of superstars, but the really shocking thing is the opening .
After a false shot of "real and fake Jackson", Michael Jackson appeared on the main stage, standing tall and tall in the center of the stage.
Moveless.
For ninety seconds, there was no music, no singing, no action, nothing.
Michael Jackson stood in one position for ninety seconds.
However, the entire audience fell into a frenzy, with cheers and screams rising steadily. There was no silence at all in the ninety seconds, and they became more and more crazy and enthusiastic without reason. The heat wave continued to heat up.
This scene is a spectacle in the history of modern stage performances.
“... Of course, Michael Jackson did not sing here, so it is not a performance; but what I mean is that the interactive relationship between the performer and the listener has a soul, and those connections and resonances can Give stage chemistry and breathe life into the music.”
"For the same song, some people hear happiness, while others hear sadness, because the memories and emotions carried by the music are different."
"Everything is like Michael Jackson's performance." "A total of ninety seconds of stillness, but due to the response and reaction of the audience, it evolved into a classic Classic, we can't hear the melody, but the melody stirs deep in the soul."
"Otherwise, he stood there alone for ninety seconds, and no one responded, maybe even. The whole place was dead silent, you can imagine the scene.”
One second, two seconds.
puff.
Reese couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing. The scene should have been a disaster, "Haha, Anson, you...hahaha, vivid and vivid enough."
Laughter , completely unable to stop.
After thinking about it carefully, Reese looked at Anson, "Can I understand that Johnny Cash's performance is also closely related to the audience."
Anson nodded, " Of course. Otherwise, he will not become a man in black who represents justice. He always hopes that his music can be powerful, and he always believes that the resonance between music and listeners can bring more."
"Remember?"
"On New Year's Day in 1960, Johnny Cash went to prison to complete a performance."
"He believed in human nature and redemption. No one is perfect. We all make mistakes and get lost, but we deserve opportunities to redeem ourselves and correct those mistakes.”
< br>“Some people rely on faith, some rely on family ties or the bonds of love, and some rely on the power of music. He believes that music has such super power, breaking the bonds and truly touching the soul.”
"He didn't think of himself as Mother Teresa, but he believed in the magic of music."
Reese raised her chin slightly, "What about Joan Carter?"
Anson smiled, "This is your homework, Reese."
Reese laughed dumbly, slightly Embarrassed, he showed a shy smile.
This is the real reason why Reese cut into such a topic. She has been trying to understand Joan Carter's music, Joan Carter's performance style, and the love between Joan Carter and Johnny Cash. All of this It seems irrelevant, but in fact there is a kind of irrelevant The combination of various shapes finally created a complex character like Joan Carter——
She is not perfect, she does not exist to save Johnny Cash, she also has her own struggles and pains , she also has her own darkness and shadow.
However, it's not easy.
After a cursory reading of the script, they generally believed that this was an easy role to play, and even Reese’s husband, Ryan Phillippe, thought it couldn’t be easier.
But Reese always had her doubts.
She spent a lot of time studying the role of Joan Carter and figured out some performance context, but she continued to hit a wall in musical performance -
According to director Mangold's conception, musical performance was just the right thing to do. It is a crucial part of the movie. Not only does it require the actors to complete the performance in person, the live performance is not the kind of live lip-syncing and post-dubbing, it is 100% live performance; it also requires the actors to combine the characters with the music stage to make the audience Feel the character’s life power from the music.
This is very difficult.
Reese never found a breakthrough. She could only take one step at a time, hoping to find inspiration and sparks at the shooting scene.
But I never expected that I would get something unexpected when I came to pick up the plane today.
This was an absolute surprise.
(End of this chapter)