For any beginner to acting, the first class is similar and self-indulgent, and if necessary, the core idea of the first month of the basic class is the same.

Because acting is actually a very shameful thing. They need to stand in front of strangers, immersed in their own world, with great joys and sorrows, great ups and downs.

You may be playing a character who is the exact opposite of your personality and rolling on the streets, you may be a character who is exactly like yourself, showing your inner emotions, or you may be awkwardly presenting an ancient situation from centuries ago, speaking in an embarrassing way and expressing it.

Imagine standing on a stage in London's West End, stripped of all the masks and skins, and presenting the life of a madman or a poet, it is not a difficult thing to do, because the stage creates enough environment and space for everything to make sense.

But what about the same performance in front of the camera? in front of a group of strangers? further, on the crowded streets? in the real world, it presents a sense of drama that is out of place, and the awkwardness and jerkiness of being out of place are really daunting.

Even if they are veterans who have been on the stage for many years, they also need psychological adjustment, not to mention novices who have just entered the industry.

Therefore, the first lesson in the introduction to acting requires novices to let go of their guards, let go of their restraints, put down their masks, really relax themselves, put aside shame and embarrassment, completely ignore the eyes of others, and immerse themselves in their own world. The moment they enter the world of acting, they should learn to detach from reality, into acting, into character.

Letting go of oneself may be derogatory to normal people, but for actors, it is a compliment. Therefore, people always say that in fact, actors are crazy and neurotic. In a way, that's true, because they need to let go of themselves, they need to let go of their minds.

This is the first lesson to get started.

I have often heard in the past that the first acting class often requires novices to imitate various animals, such as lions and puppies, and more difficult ones may be red-crowned cranes, zhizhi, etc.

In the eyes of many, this is just a nonsense, not only disgraceful, but also mentally retarded.

An adult is lying on the ground, simulating the movements and sounds of an animal, like a child of four or five years old. There is no technical content in this, and many people will even be annoyed and angry after they can't get rid of the embarrassment, thinking that such an acting class is completely deceptive.

But in fact, even in the top formal acting schools, this is a compulsory course.

First, the first step of performance is imitation, and each performer starts from imitation, and then gradually forms his own style; second, the original intention of imitating animals is to put down their own shelves and masks, let go of their own reserve and shame, and find their own natural state.

This is true of every actor.

The point is to imitate, but also to get rid of one's own reserve and restraint through imitation, and even to get rid of one's own shame. Those actors who can't let go of the performance, those actors who carry the burden of idols, they can't become a real actor after all, they can only become a superficial humanoid panel.

Lan Li still vividly remembers that after the first week of acting classes, the students were divided into different groups and practiced under the guidance of the teacher: they would go to a different public place, draw different performance topics, and then they had to perform them on the spot.

The first student, the title of the performance is "The Rattlesnake in the Quagmire/Seeking/Happy".

It doesn't matter if the topic is logical or not; When the teacher read out the content of the project, all the students, including Lan Li, looked at each other and began to think in their own minds how to present it if they were to perform it themselves. There is no right answer, only the right answer for you.

Every topic is a bomb of shame, and no one is exempt. The first classmate is just the beginning.

At that time, the title of Lan Li's drawing was, "The Annoyed Ostrich on the Snow Field".

Just reading the title is jaw-dropping and clueless, but it's the first part of the introduction to acting.

And that's not the most exaggerated question, after a month of acting class, they had a second field exercise, and Lan Li's topic was "When Harry Meets Sally, Meg Ryan's Restaurant Scene", according to the teacher's statement at the time, "It's actually a relatively simple subject, but the man drew it, which means, Lan Li, you have won the jackpot." ”

One of the most classic scenes in "When Harry Met Sally" is when Meg Ryan sits in the restaurant, pretending to be high/high, and then the old lady sitting next to her sees this and says the most classic line, "I'll have a copy of what she just ordered." ”

It's not easy for a woman to perform in public, but it's even more difficult for a man.

It was an incomparably important step from panic to calm thinking to vivid imitation, and if the same subject was given to Lan Li again, he was sure that he could interpret his own style, inject his own understanding, and give the scene a different color, rather than simply imitating Meg Ryan.

In Lan Li's view, it was undoubtedly difficult, even difficult, but it was also the best of years.

Because everything is new, everything is interesting, full of curiosity and exploration, carefully but lightly grinding stones across the river, with ambivalent feelings of fear and anticipation, tirelessly and impatiently wanting to plunge into the world of performance. Even if your performance is terrible, it's special.

This is the way to get started, and it is the only way for every actor to go.

Later, Lan Li gradually grew up, the novice became a veteran, and the veteran became a professional actor, and step by step to today, going further and further on the road of acting exploration. The performance is more layered and deeper, and those basic skills have been quietly integrated into it, regardless of each other.

Today is special.

In the scene just tested, the story content was originally a stress response, showing the conditioned reflex of an ordinary person in a crisis situation, compared to performance control, out of control is a more compliant way of performance, in addition, the existence of IRIS robotic arm, even more amplified this, under the fast-moving camera, the actor's body reaction to stay in place is more and more prominent.

All this returns to the introductory stage of acting, with the exaggerated performance of body language, which simply and directly presents human conditioned reflexes. For example, wrestling;

For other films, this is too rough and too rough, but for "gravity", it is the most fitting performance, and it best presents Alfonso Cuarón's performance of the entire VFX plan.

In a trance, Lan Li seemed to have returned to the years when he had just begun to learn acting, imitating all kinds of animals, tearing off all the shame and embarrassment of wrapping himself in the shell little by little, giving up face and reserve, as well as giving up shelves and frames, and truly letting go of his hands and feet and devoting himself to the role.

After gradually getting used to the delicate performance under control, and suddenly changing to such a simple and crude and straightforward way of getting started, Lan Li was a little uncomfortable, he always wanted to control, but in fact he needed to get rid of control, he always thought about the role, but in fact he needed to get rid of the role.

As a result, the presented performance is comical and awkward. Obviously, Lan Li needed to readjust to the different rhythm of the performance.

Thinking about it carefully, Lan Li couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Since the "Pacific War", he has continued to advance on the road of acting, and gradually built up his confidence in the tide of praise, but he didn't expect that today he would be ruined because of such an introductory scene, as if he was a newcomer who couldn't perform at all, exaggerated and chaotic.

That kind of release of self-liberation, I returned to the starting point of my career and dreams after a long absence, and once again felt the pure heart of those simple years.

Everyone always thinks that they can return to their original intention, re-find the persistence and enthusiasm at the beginning of their dreams, and re-find the novelty and excitement at the beginning of life, but this is never an easy task, because everyone is growing, everyone is changing, and every bit of the past is quietly casting a new self.

In a trance, people have forgotten their original intentions, and even if they want to go back, they can't go back. "Can't go back", this is the most regrettable and embarrassing sentence in the world, the original intention of the past, just disappeared in the process of growing up.

But he was lucky, "gravity" reawakened Lan Li's enthusiasm for performance, and the scene just now reawakened Lan Li's original intention of acting.

Perhaps, that's what makes them special as actors, because they always wear different masks, one of which comes from the beginning. Almost everyone is trying to forget their youthful years and burn those unbearable pasts, but Lan Li is eager to find the past again, and re-recognize the young and energetic self.

That's part of yourself too.

Undoubtedly, this is a real interesting thing. Involuntarily, Lan Li laughed out loud like this, sincerely.

Looking at Lan Li, who was relaxed and brisk, Rooney also felt the same way, and her chest surged with excitement and excitement, and then she raised her voice and said, "Emmanuel, can I try it?

The eager eyes shone brightly, although there was no direct communication, but Rooney could detect the changes in the performance of the Blue Rite, and faintly, she also felt the mystery in it, and she couldn't wait to try it herself.

"I haven't finished testing yet, and I want to do it again. Lan Li restrained his smile and hurriedly said actively.

The two actors began to argue like children.