Chapter 518: Observation

readx;? At half past eight in the morning, Zhang Ran's acting class began. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Today is the first class of the second semester, last semester Zhang Ran let the students practice Grotowski for a whole semester, the students' bodies and potentials have been fully developed, this semester is time to enter the formal acting course.

The students came to Nortel to learn acting, so they were very much looking forward to the next teaching, and everyone was waiting in the classroom early.

Zhang Ran didn't go to the podium, pulled a chair and sat down: "Everyone has practiced Grotowski for half a year, just like practicing "Jiuyang Divine Skill" in martial arts novels, it is much easier to practice others. Yang Fan is an exception, she has been practicing these basic things such as standing and walking, correcting problems with her body and voice. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Ran found that Yang Fan looked at her stubbornly, obviously she felt that Zhang Ran was mocking herself.

Zhang Ran smiled and said: "Yang Fan's training is very boring, and others may have stopped doing it a long time ago, but she persevered, which is really amazing." Although Yang Fan did not practice Grotowski for as long as others, she had an advantage that others did not have, and her experience was very rich. This is very important for actors, like Zhou Xun is not from a professional background, but her performance is more outstanding than many professional actors, in addition to talent, the key is that she has much richer experience than a professional actor. She has been a North Drifter for several years, and she has tasted the ups and downs of the world. When she performs, she is often able to find similar experiences from the past and replace them immediately, which is similar to Strasberg's acting method in the Methodist School, which is the substitution method. ”

The students had listened to Zhang Ran talk about the system and genre of acting, and knew that Zhang Ran was learning the Stella-Adler school of the method school, which was another way of acting.

Zhang Ran stood up: "The teaching in the future is different from many things you learned before, we don't learn the seven forces and four senses, animal simulation, etc. Teacher Feng Yuanyi is right, there are too many useless contents in our performance teaching. After summarizing my teaching experience and studying the theories of various performance genres, I will teach you only three things, observation, analysis and experience, and at the same time, I will train you in two abilities, imagination and action! The core of our performance is imagination, and then act on the basis of imagination. Yang fan, imagine Han Qi and tell everyone what it looks like!"

Yang Mi said with a sad face: "I don't even know what you're talking about, how can you imagine it?"

Zhang Ran said with a smile: "Han Qi is a monster in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", Yang Fan has never heard of it, so she can't imagine it. This shows that the basis of imagination is memory, and it cannot be imagined without relevant memories in the brain. Actors will play different roles, different professions. If you don't have the observation, analysis, and experience of the role, and just rely on imagination to act, then you will act as a person. Therefore, the actor should always pay attention to observation, especially the personality traits of the characters, and observe the different characteristics of their treatment of people, so that you can perform the characteristics of the characters.

When the seniors played "Longxugou", they once went to Longxugou to live in the local area for two months, observing the characters and figuring out carefully. Now that the film and television industry is developing greatly, there are only a handful of crews and actors who can insist on experiencing life. In this case, the usual accumulation is particularly important. I want you to make observation a habit, and from today onwards you will do one thing a day, observe, think, and record what you like and dislike. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Ran glanced at Yuan Shanshan and said, "For example, I like Yuan Shanshan's white dress, but I think her snow boots are ugly." I want you to record what you actually see, not sit at a table and make it up. I'm not going to check your records, it's your own business, and I won't force it if I don't want to. ”

Yuan Shanshan's face was flushed, and her head was about to fall between her legs.

Zhang Ran always thought that Yuan Shanshan was a babbling girl, but after taking her, she found that this girl was quite shy, and shook her head with a smile: "Today is mainly about observation, let me give you an example, you should have seen people selling pirated CDs, right?"

The other students were all nodding, and Yang Fan raised his hand and said, "I've bought a lot of horror movies!"

"Very good, Yang Fan and Huang Xuan come out. Zhang Ran pointed to the ground and said, "Now this is the street, Huang Xuan is a passerby, Yang Fan is selling pirated CDs, Huang Xuan is passing by here, Yang Fan sells pirated CDs to Huang Xuan, give you two minutes to prepare, don't negotiate, just start acting!"

Two minutes later, Zhang Ran clapped his hands and said, "When the time is up in two minutes, start performing!"

Huang Xuan made a gesture of carrying a bag, stepped forward, and saw that he was an office worker.

Yang Fan greeted him and lowered his voice and said, "Big brother, do you want a plate?"

Huang Xuan stopped, looked at her, and said, "What's the plate?"

Yang Mi said: "There are all kinds of plates, what plates do you want?"

Huang Xuan's eyes glanced around, and said, "Is there that kind of plate?"

Yang Mi's face was a little red, Huang Xuan wanted to buy a yellow plate this shameless day, but she still nodded and said: "Yes, there are all foreign ones in China, all of them are the latest, do you want them?"

Huang Xuan said in a casual tone: "Let's take a look and talk about it!"

Yang Fan made a bag pulling motion, took out the disc, handed it to Huang Xuan and said, "Big brother, how about you take a look at these ones?"

Huang Xuan didn't answer, and shook his head gently: "I don't want Japan, I want the United States." ”

"American, wait a minute, I'll change it for you. Yang Fan withdrew his hand, took it out again, and handed it to Huang Xuan again, "These are the latest, take a look." ”

Zhang Ran shook his head and shouted, "Stop!" Then he turned to Guo Zhen and said, "Teacher Guo, you have experience in this, comment on it!"

Guo Zhen hummed and analyzed: "Huang Xuan acted very really, Yang Fan didn't act well, and selling pirated CDs wouldn't sell like her." There are men and women who sell pirated CDs, and different men and women sell them in different ways; the same people sell them differently in different environments; and different CD-ROMs sell them differently. There are those who sell pirated CDs alone, and there are those who go out collectively, and there is a division of labor, some support, some in front of the scene, some behind the scenes, and some standing guard. ”

The students present were all dumbfounded, and no one expected that the gentle and quiet teacher Guo would be so interested in selling pirated CDs.

Yang Fan was stunned and said, "Mr. Guo, you won't sell pirated CDs, otherwise how would you know so much?"

Guo Zhen smiled embarrassedly and said, "When I was a freshman, my classmates went outside to experience life. I don't know anything, so I sell pirated CDs on the street with Ji Chen's group. After going through a lot of things, and being arrested by the police, it was Sister Xinyue who brought us back in the end. ”

Zhang Ran looked at the students in the class and said, "You also go to find something to do on the weekend, do some small business or something, and experience life." This year, the piracy of "Three Fools" has caused a lot of trouble, and now the investigation of pirated CDs is relatively strict, and you can be sentenced for selling 500 pirated CDs, and you should not do anything that is criminal. ”

Yang Fan looked at Zhang Ran and asked, "Teacher Zhang, do you have any other questions about my performance just now?"

Zhang Ran nodded with satisfaction, Yang Fan seems to be paying more and more attention to the performance itself, which is a good thing: "The performance is divided into two parts: external and internal, I won't talk about the inner things, you haven't observed and experienced the inner life of the characters." We only talk about external movements, and your movements are not in place. For example, to do the action of pulling the bag, first of all, you should have a clear concept, what kind of bag it is, how big and how wide, whether it is square or round. Once you have such an accurate image in your head, you can only do it when you make movements. The action you just pulled the bag was too simple, too casual, and the next action of taking the disc was also, and it was taken out at once, and there were various discs in the bag, which must be carefully turned. ”

Yang Fan thought about his performance and smiled embarrassedly, his previous understanding of acting was too shallow.

Zhang Ran raised his voice and said, "Let's do a simple exercise! Observe your classmates, Yang Mi, Huang Xuan, you two come here!"

Yang Fan and Huang Xuan walked up to Zhang Ran and waited for him to say what he wanted.

Zhang Ran said: "Yang Mi stood up, Huang Xuan observed, observed her dress, and observed her appearance. ”

Huang Xuan looked at Yang Mi: "Yang Mi is wearing a white down jacket, a pair of black pants, and white snow boots on his feet!"

Zhang Ran nodded slightly: "Go on!"

Huang Xuan stared at Yang Fan again, and said, "Yang Mi's eyes are very beautiful, big and round, and they are very bright, especially bright!"

Yang Fan was very proud in his heart, and this girl's eyes were absolutely speechless.

Huang Xuan continued to observe: "But her face is a little square!"

Yang Mi's face is a little ugly, where is my face, dead Huangxuan, you remember it for me!

Huang Xuan's eyes moved, and he hesitated: "She has big breasts!"

Yang Fan finally couldn't help it anymore and kicked Huang Xuan in the leg.

Huang Xuan sighed, and then glared angrily at Yang Mi: "Your breasts are already big, and I didn't talk nonsense!"

The other students in the class all laughed, and Yang Fan was ashamed and angry, dead Huang Xuan, I let you talk nonsense, and he kicked Huang Xuan again.

Zhang Ran couldn't help but laugh, Huang Xuan, this kid, what are you doing observing other people's little girls' breasts? He coughed and said, "This is a class, not a vegetable market, what is the trouble? Stand up for me! Now exchange, Yang Fan will come to observe Huang Xuan!"

Yang Mi rubbed her hands and showed a demonic smile, Huang Xuan, you will fall into the hands of this girl now! She stared at Huang Xuan and announced loudly: "Huang Xuan is relatively short, about the same as me, about 1.68 meters!"

Huang Xuan almost vomited blood, I'm not tall, but what you said is too outrageous, and retorted: "Nortel's performance department requires a height of 1.72 meters for boys, how can I pass the physical examination if I am 1.68 meters?"

Yang Mi nodded and said, "Yes, your height should be 1.72 meters!"

Huang Xuan shouted, "I'm tall!"

Yang Fan showed a look of contempt: "Absolutely not, you must have made a false report!"

Zhang Ran saw the two of them arguing over the issue of height, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, okay, I'm letting you practice observation, not practice quarreling!"

Yang Fan continued: "Huang Xuan has a single eyelid, and his eyes are very small, and they are simply narrowed into a line!"

Huang Xuan's face was speechless, how could my eyes be so small, this is too exaggerated!

……

After lunch, Zhang Ran sat in the office and read the information of the earthquake.

Li Man hesitated at the door of the office for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to walk in, and whispered, "Teacher Zhang, I have something I want to talk to you about." ”

Zhang Ran glanced up at Li Man: "Say something!"

Li Man bit his lip: "I want to ask for leave." ”

Zhang Ran was stunned: "It's just started school, what's wrong?"

Li Man took a breath and said: "During the winter vacation, I participated in the audition for "The City Full of Golden Armor" directed by Zhang Yimou, and was selected, and I will play an important role in the movie. The movie was about to start, and the crew asked me to join the crew. ”

Zhang Ran was stunned, and his face sank: "I said on the day you entered Nortel, you are not allowed to take the play in the freshman and sophomore years, no one's drama is good, you can take the play if you want to, and you can drop out of school by yourself." Do you think I'm talking about fun?" )