Chapter 528 Return to reality
It feels wrong.
Gus also knew that his words were difficult to understand, but this was the truth -
Everything was correct; but it just didn't feel right.
As he spoke, Gus's brain began to spin. Compared with working behind closed doors, the collision of inspiration sparks can indeed drive the flow of thoughts.
"I, uh, I don't know either."
"How to express it, I'm just looking for a feeling that comes out naturally."
"I'm not sure, maybe--I Does it mean that maybe you have too much acting? "
"I want to see you, I want to see the Anson Wood without acting or embellishment, the real Anson, making your voice sound. ”
What kind of nonsense is this?
Anson couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud, "This is my voice."
Gus himself burst out laughing, "A metaphor, this is just a metaphor. I mean, your performance looks like Everything is in place, but that’s a performance, understand?”
“Other children are just being themselves, their true selves, with a little bit of performance, but the background is still themselves; but you are. Act out a character that you have constructed in your mind, a fictional, fabricated, non-existent, and far from reality character. The background is still a mask."
"I need you to take off this. "Mask."
Ansen was stunned——
What nonsense is this?
"Director, I am an actor, what will I do if I don't act?"
Gus, "Uh..."
Anson, "Director, you Say I’m not real enough, but you don’t even know my reality, so how can you know that the image shown in the camera is not my reality?”
Gus, “You failed to convince me.”
Anson:...
This time, Anson finally understood.
Performance requires persuasion. No matter what role an actor plays, whether the appearance matches or is completely different, the actor's ultimate task is to convince the audience that he is that character.
Why is it relatively easy to perform in commercial films?
The reason is that those explosions, editing, and climactic rhythms become blinders, firmly grabbing the audience's attention, leaving them no time to expose the actors.
But that's not the case with feature films. After stripping away those fancy smoke bombs, the characters completely reveal themselves, and the audience's attention falls entirely on the actors.
In essence, the principles of movies and magic are the same. Everything is a deception. Once the deception does not work, the magic will be ineffective.
The same thing is happening in front of me.
The other students are all students. Even if they enter the characters with a little acting, thanks to the plot created by Gus based on the characters themselves, it is guaranteed that the students can enter their own situations, even if there are no smoke bombs, they show The background color that comes out is still that of a student.
But Anson is not.
Inside this nineteen-year-old skin resides a soul that has gone through vicissitudes of life. Without the fancy tricks of "Princess Diaries" and "Spider-Man", Anson can only hide himself in front of the camera with performances, but to no avail. .
Perhaps, Gus couldn't tell the reason, but he felt it intuitively.
So, what is reality?
How should Anson show the truth in front of the camera?
People always think that acting is the most difficult and reality is the simplest, but the fact is exactly the opposite. In real life, each of us is an actor——
Even though the workplace is so stressful that he is on the verge of collapse, he still pretends that everything is fine in front of his family. He is obviously bruised and bloody but still maintains his dignity in front of his clients. He is obviously tortured by illness but still smiles in front of his lover. Over time, the truest self has been quietly hidden in the corner, and even I have forgotten that the fragile, lonely and tired self is still sitting quietly in the darkness waiting for the wound to heal.
Perhaps, the only exception is children. They are as clear as crystal. They will not hide and cannot hide. They reveal the truth without reservation, so they are easily injured. A light touch can Hurt them hard.
Real.
It is really, really far away from Anson.
Anson couldn't help but think of Leonardo DiCaprio.
Not because the media discusses the two of them on the same level, but because of a dilemma Leonardo encountered in his career -
He has no way to be himself.
This expression is too artistic. More specifically, he needs a cane and a mask to perform.
Once upon a time, Leonardo was hailed as an acting genius. As early as 1993, he won an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for "A Different Sky"; but later, Leonardo lost The ability to capture character traits.
The reason is that he is accustomed to relying on character traits-
The domestic violence of "A Boy's Life", the mental retardation of "A Different Sky", the rebellion of "Diaries from the Edge", the spirit of "Marvin's Room" Flaws, the schizophrenia of the "Aviator" and so on.
Leonardo needs a premise, a setting, a space for play, and a breaking point of dramatic tension to allow the character's emotions to burst out.
Once there was no crutch, Leonardo would be in a dilemma.
Later, Leonardo himself realized this and tried to change his acting methods, but fell into another dilemma and embarked on the path of pursed lips, frowning, bitterness, deep hatred, and never again. Being able to turn back.
Although Anson doesn't have much acting experience now, is he also facing such a dilemma?
Or looking at it from another perspective, it is precisely because Anson had little acting experience that he encountered such a dilemma early on, which gave Anson a chance to solve the problem?
Anson looked up at Gus, "What if I just need a ridiculous premise to perform?"
Gus was stunned, "What do you mean?"
Anson shrugged slightly. "I mean, all this time, people tell me, hey, you're a good actor, you're a charismatic actor. But what if all that charm comes from the character? I have to be A planned heartthrob, an inconspicuous but talented nerd, a middle school student who hides his superhero identity?”
"These dramatic characters became a protective color to help me complete my performance."
"Once these protective colors were gone, I became at a loss and stood in front of the camera like a stupid fool?"
"It's like just now. I was performing, but obviously, my performance was not convincing. Maybe I am a fake, a pretentious liar?"
This time, I couldn't stop being so eloquent, It's Anson's turn.
Gus was deep in thought. He looked at Anson quietly. He also realized that his communication method was not correct and had misled Anson.
But to a certain extent, Anson is also right. Gus really doesn't like Anson's performance that is too "hard" -
It's not that Anson is really too hard, but that this kind of performance is placed in this movie. It seems too prominent in the movie.
So, what should they do?
Gus thought about it seriously, "Hey, Anson, we need to note that you are playing a minority survivor of school shooting violence."
"If that doesn't count In terms of dramatic tension, I honestly don’t think there is any other Hollywood movie that has enough dramatic tension.”
"Don't forget, our project was rejected because it was too sensitive and might cause a lot of controversy."
A self-deprecating sentence made Anson's mouth slightly raise, but he did not refute it after all.
(End of this chapter)