There was silence in the classroom.

Sammy covered her mouth firmly, glanced at Betty, then raised her eyes and looked at Lan Li carefully, only to find that Lan Li did not raise her head at all, as if she had not noticed the noise in the classroom at all, and even her appearance was outside the radar, still intently flipping through the books in front of her.

This made Sammy feel a little relieved, but then there was some loss, she hadn't greeted Lan Li so far, but she was still not sure, whether it was appropriate to speak rashly at this time and disturb Lan Li's work status. So, Sammy turned his head to look at Betty and cast a hint of asking for help with his eyes, but unfortunately, Betty kept her head down, her chin tightly pressed against her chest, and only the rest of her eyes were drifting wildly, and she didn't want to give more reactions.

Sammy slumped her shoulders in frustration and hung her head heavily, looking like a puppet doll with a broken string, and her vivid body language spoke volumes about her disappointment at the moment. The little eyes of resentment kept drifting towards Betty, pouting, squeezing eyebrows, sighing, and the rich and diverse expressions were really wonderful.

"If you're bored, you can start flipping through the script. "There was always a breathing sound in the classroom, not noisy, but there was always a chaotic flow of air fluctuating, which was actually more annoying than noisy, as if even the rhythm of breathing had been interrupted.

If he had been engrossed in reading the script, Lan Li would not have noticed it at all, but after the reading of the script had reached a certain end, the whole restlessness and chaos became extremely obvious. So, Lan Li simply raised his head, looked at the two girls in front of him, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Sammy's whole body is full of vitality, which seems to be inconsistent with the tone of the whole movie, but the truth is the opposite, the eccentricity is the most special shining point of Erica, some mischievous, some cynical, even some naïve romance, this fifteen-year-old girl's trait and the depravity of the hina/prostitute form a powerful contradiction, and then it is shocking, she is seeking Henry's redemption, but at the same time she also saves Henry.

Betty exudes a special temperament, with a hint of curiosity in timidity, a hint of vitality in sadness, and a hint of urgency in restraint. In this character, carrying the gradually changing main line of the movie, the child who grew up in the filth breeds a faint hope, longing to be able to break out of this quagmire, she found it in Henry, but this ray of hope is gradually, gradually disappearing, and finally choosing a decisive way to say goodbye.

The "detached" script is a typical stage drama writing style, and the relationship between the characters is full of meaning.

Sarah, who is also a teacher, is a conscientious educator who tries to save these children, but she can't find a way, the pressure is almost overwhelming, and more importantly, she herself is longing for redemption, she wants to be able to dig out this hell, and if she can, she will choose to leave, far away. She thought Henry would be the key.

In fact, deep in Sarah's heart, the flame of hope has been extinguished, and she has no hope for these children, more thinking that she can escape, far away. Essentially, she is dark, hopeless, and painful. So, when she saw Meredith pounce on Henry's arms, her first thought was negative. Perhaps, from the beginning, she did not believe that Henry would be the key.

Erica and Meredith, two teenagers, Erica climbed up from the bottom of the dark valley, always looking for the exit of the light, and actively moving forward, Meredith fell from the abyss of despair, never really believing that she could be redeemed, and the glimmer of hope in her hand was like fine sand, gradually disappearing. Both of them held their hopes on Henry, but they went to different ends.

Just from the selection of these three roles, it can be seen that Tony has chosen all the actors in his true colors, looking forward to their own temperament to bring out the characteristics of the characters, rather than trying hard to perform, leaving as much room for the lens language as possible.

But the accident happened to Lan Li. If you follow the trajectory of the previous life, Tony chose Adrian Brody, which is also a true performance, although Adrian's acting skills are beyond doubt. Such a choice is blameless, but judging from the finished product, the whole work is immersed in a sad and desperate mood, which has not been able to go further, nor has it been able to enrich the layers, staying in place and spinning, restricting the possibility of a better movie.

With a decent performance, Lan Li is confident that he can meet Tony's standards and dedicate an Adrian-style performance again, but Lan Li is not only satisfied with this, Lan Li's version of "detachment", whether he can be better than Lan out of blue, it will depend on his performance.

Lan Li had read the script countless times, but today's reading has taken a new perspective, and her mind has gradually begun to conceive of the performance—not the character, but the performance. This is a typical difference between expressionism and methodology, of course, it does not mean that expressionism should not consider the role, the basis of performance is always the role, but the interpretation and analysis after in-depth study is completely different.

Perhaps, he should start working on the script, not alone. So, he interrupted his reading, noticed the trivial sounds in his ears, and saw two young girls.

"What?" Sammy's eyes widened, as if he didn't understand Lan Li's words. Betty, who was sitting next to her, looked even more dazed, her eyes moving back and forth between Lan Li and Sammy in a panic.

Lan Li didn't speak, but put up the script in his hand and gestured.

Sammy leaned all over the desk, squinted her eyes and looked at it carefully, she realized that it was not a book, but a script, and nodded in realization, but there was no next move. Then Lan Li shook the script slightly, Sammy nodded vigorously again, like a bobble-shaking doll, panicked and took out the script from his schoolbag, and then like a good student, straightened his waist, his eyes widened, and at the same time with a bright smile, waiting for Lan Li's instructions.

Betty's movements were a little slower, but then she took the script out as well, her eyes full of uneasiness and panic, and she didn't know what she was supposed to do.

Lan Li didn't mind, and explained kindly, "Script practice." Open the script, choose your own lines, and confront the actors, devote yourself to the state of performance, find the right rhythm and emotion, and also find each other's performance methods, and guess a more accurate rhythm before the official shooting. ”

Script practice is a very academic basic training, and it is very important to prepare for the stage performance in the theater. Of course, the main reason is that there is no room for error in live stage performances, practice, practice, and practice, this is the only way to polish the performance.

But in actual shooting, not to mention Hollywood, even in Europe, there is less and less script practice. More often than not, the actors still study on their own, and then complete the run-in through the formal rehearsal before filming. However, for newcomer actors who don't have any acting experience, script practice is the best way to find the rhythm of their performance.

Sammy nodded suddenly, lowered his head and opened the script, looked for it seriously, and then stopped his movements and looked at Lan Li again, "Uh, how do you start?

Lan Li nodded, gave an encouraging look, and then Sammy spoke directly, without any timidity or hesitation, the attitude of the newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers was eye-catching.

"Why are you following me?" Sammy's first line didn't seem to fluctuate, let alone acting, and you could even hear the laughter in her voice, her voice trembling slightly, unable to hide her excitement and nervousness. After reading it, Sammy raised his head and looked at Lan Li, with uncertain hesitation in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, Lan Li didn't pick a thorn, he naturally continued, "I didn't." It's late, you should go home, let's go, ma'am. The gentle voice was slightly suppressed, as if suppressing some emotion, and there was a faint tremor in the end, but under the calm surface was a turbulent undercurrent.

Sammy couldn't help but be stunned, and the lines were cut off like this. She didn't expect that Lan Li received it so smoothly, she didn't even read the script, and said the exact lines without any hesitation; she didn't expect that Lan Li's performance was so special, in comparison, her emotions just now were wrong, obviously the two people were on different levels and couldn't form a dialogue.

Vaguely, Sammy understood the meaning of the script exercise, "Is there any trick to this?"

"Read aloud, read it out loud. Lan Li said without concealment, "You need to know what you're talking about. Lines, it's meaningful, even if it's a small talk of greetings, in a movie script — I mean, in a good script, it's all about hidden meaning, the actor is not a repeater of the lines, these lines have to come from the heart. So, you need to know exactly what you're saying, why you're saying it, and what it's like when you're saying it. ”

Putting everything else aside, line skills are the basic quality of an actor, but unfortunately, most actors in Hollywood now do not have this quality. Or, they disdain such literacy, and the script does not provide the corresponding soil.

Sammy nodded thoughtfully, her vague expression unclear whether she understood or not. Then Betty, who was sitting next to her, began to whisper, but the voice was too muffled to be heard.

"If you're going to read it yourself, then let go of your voice and read it over and over again, and if you're going to be part of the collaboration, you need me to be able to hear the lines." There was a shallow smile in that indifferent tone, which made Betty chuckle.