Chapter 218: Perception
Coming back from the night market, the students in the class were waiting for Zhang Ran. In the morning, Zhang Ran told everyone that when they came back from the stall, they would go to the food stall for supper together.
At this time, it was already one o'clock in the morning, and it was already the eleventh day of Zhang Ran's arrival in the Demon Capital, that is to say, the experience of living in a different place had ended.
After ten days, the students in the class have lost a lot of weight, and some of them even have dark circles under their eyes. If the parents of the students see it, they will definitely feel distressed, how can my child be tossed like this.
Most of the students in the class only earned a few hundred yuan, and only Cao Bingkun's two teams and Huang Shengyi really completed the task. Those who have completed the task are proud, and those who have not completed the task are like frosted eggplants.
Zhang Ran saw that most of the students were depressed, and smiled: "Why do you react like this, you think you haven't completed the task, right? You have made a mistake, your real task is not to make money, but to experience life." The reason why you are allowed to earn money for air tickets is just to increase your stress. You can take the money you earn in the past few days, of course, if you buy some gifts for our three teachers, I won't refuse, as for the ticket money, I'll pay for it!"
"Oh, Mr. Zhang, you're so good!"
"Teacher Zhang, you are the best teacher I have ever met when I grew up!"
"Then we will have money for supper, Mom, we haven't eaten meat for several days, let's go!"
Zhang Ran couldn't help but smile and said, "That's right, then hurry up!"
When everyone came to the Tianlin Road Night Market, the most lively period had long passed, and there were many empty places. Zhang Ran went straight to a barbecue restaurant and found a table to sit down. The tables and chairs here are quite clean. Everyone else also found their own places and sat down one after another.
The shopkeeper saw such a large group of people. I was a little surprised that there were still people having dinner in the middle of the night. Hurry up and say hello.
The students don't have to worry about the money for the air ticket now, everyone has a few hundred yuan in their pockets, a little burnt buns, banging the table and shouting, and bringing good wine and food. It's quite a bit of a good man in Liangshan, and he feels like he is the king of the mountain.
However, it is impossible to drink, and I have to catch a plane tomorrow morning, and I am afraid that I will not be able to get up if I am drunk, so Zhang Ran strictly ordered not to drink. Only drinks are allowed, and those who drink will pay for their own tickets tomorrow.
For the students, the wine really doesn't matter at all, the important thing is the meat. In order to save money, many people in the class in the past ten days basically eat steamed buns and porridge every day, and eating a bowl of beef noodles has become a luxury enjoyment. Now that they have money, they feast as if they had just been released from prison, and their mouths are full of oil. Even if it's a girl, she doesn't care about the image of a lady at this time.
Liu Yifei has never eaten a food stall in the night market. The taste of this house is good, she holds the meat skewers in both hands, and bites left and right. So much so that Zhang Ran had to remind: "Hey, buns." Pay attention to the image!"
Liu Yifei said "En" in his mouth, but the movements in his hands did not slow down at all, and his face was covered with oil. Like a flower cat.
Zhang Ran smiled and shook his head, although this kid is average. But she's really a good girl, with a tough temperament. There is no young lady's temper, and everyone can eat at the food stalls without distractions. However, it is precisely because of these advantages that Zhang Ran will bother to teach this apprentice.
When the students had almost eaten, Zhang Ran put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said loudly: "The following is a brief summary of this activity." The foundation of acting comes from life. Acting is to learn how to capture the truth, many actors have been acting, but they have never figured out the relationship between acting and life, acting is actually to examine life. An actor plays a human being, and what acting ultimately has to do is how to make me a different person.
There is always a problem with young actors like you, let you talk about acting, you can talk about the head to the head, and you can't move at every turn, 'this performance should be from the inside out, and then from the outside in', but you pay too much attention to skills, the traces of performance are very heavy, and lack of vitality, some people, such as Jia Milk Liang's acting, give people a feeling, I am very good at acting, too contrived! Now what you have to do is to dilute the skills and traces, and make your performance closer to life. ”
Saying that, Zhang Ran smiled faintly and said, "The solution is very simple, that is, to live." Last semester, when I observed the life stage, everyone went to experience life, do shopping guides, and sell small things, but at that time, you didn't let go of your identity as a Nortel student and actor, and you were doing this with a game mentality. It is said to experience life, but in fact, it is not really into life at all, and it is difficult to truly appreciate the ups and downs of life. Experiencing life like this, acting is naturally lifeless!
I organize this survival experience, let you go to a strange city, give you the pressure to survive, if you can't make money you will really starve, you will really not sleep on the streets, so that you can experience what it is like to live in the real state. You don't think I'm a student of Nortel, I'm an actor, what you can really think about is 'I can't make money, I don't have food, I have nowhere to live', in these ten days, you have entered a world that is different from your living environment, and you have come into contact with people who have not been in contact with before. Ten days ago, I said this to you, and you listened, but you didn't understand it, and now I'm sure you should have some experience and know what is missing in your performance!
The students are all nodding, looking back on the hard work of the past ten days, and they really have a taste. Before, they thought that their performance was very good, and they had all the skills, emotions, and psychological motivations, but now, he found that his understanding of acting was still too shallow.
Most of them come from very good families and live in excellent conditions. During these ten days, it was as if they had entered another world. They never thought it would be so hard to survive, and it was a blessing for them to be able to drink the cheapest bottle of soda for ten days.
Young actors of their age like them like to say that they are wronged and that they have no talents, but they don't know what it means to be talented, what is a real grievance, and what is the hardships of life.
They are students of Nortel, and they will all be actors in the future, and they used to have a sense of superiority in the face of low-level workers, and their hearts were high. But when they actually go into these people, set up stalls with them, and live together. I found that although these people live a difficult life, they all work hard to live. With a confident smile on his face, he is full of hope for life.
Now they understand why Zhang Ran said that his performance was lifeless. I also understand what anger is!
Zhang Ran saw that the students were all thoughtful, and felt that the ten days of hard work were not in vain, and said with a smile: "Vivien Leigh's husband Oliver Lawrence is a great master of the Expressionist School, and he is perfect in terms of skills. One night he played "Othello", and his performance was so exhilarating that it surprised even him. After the show, Maggie Smith, who played the opposite role, asked him, "How did you do it, so well?" Oliver Lawrence replied. I do not know. It's not modesty, he really doesn't know. From that performance, Oliver Lawrence was in a state of fear that he felt he didn't know anything about acting. For many years after that, he was in constant fear. Acting is a big proposition, what I teach you is just to lead you into the door of the world of performance, and in the end you have to rely on yourself to understand. How do you realize it? It's to live well!"
Jia Milk Liang asked, "Teacher Zhang, what does it mean to live a good life." How can you live a good life?"
Zhang Ran raised his hand and pointed to the busy stall owners on the side of the road, and said, "Live like an ordinary person." Before many actors became famous, their performances were fresh and natural, and once they became famous. I felt that I had become a corner, so I trembled, and slowly got farther and farther away from ordinary people's lives. Their performances are getting farther and farther away from life. These people just take themselves too seriously, and some actors are getting better and better. They have never been stars themselves, and they never take the identity of actors seriously. Here's a simple example. The performances of big stars who can usually go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables like ordinary people tend to be more natural!"
The students were surprised: "No, are there big stars who buy their own groceries?"
Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Chow Yun-fat often buys vegetables, and he likes to wear slippers to buy vegetables. Liu Qingyun knows, he will also go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables by himself. This doesn't mean that going to the vegetable market to buy two times of cooking can go up, if that's the case, we Nortel can directly change it to the vegetable market. Big stars can go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, which shows that their life is very relaxed. They are living a peaceful life, and they are living with their hearts! In the end, acting learning is actually learning life, learning to draw nourishment from life!"
Zhang Ran looked at the pedestrians on the side of the road, turned his head and said: "If an actor takes himself too seriously, stands tall and stands in the clouds, then he is out of life, and it is impossible to truly experience the joys, sorrows and sorrows of ordinary people from the depths of his heart, and the final result can only be abandoned by the audience, falling from the clouds, and his nose and face are swollen!"
Huang Shengyi nodded and said: "I understand, those stars who pretend and like to play big names, it is difficult for them to improve their acting skills, because they are out of life and can't understand the ups and downs of the characters, and the whole performance is lacking in anger and can't move people!"
Zhang Ran showed a teachable look and said: "Acting skills are not achieved overnight, they are accumulated bit by bit from life. This process of accumulation is undoubtedly the most important in life, but it is also inseparable from the help of books. The circle in which we live is limited, and many things cannot be experienced, so we must resort to indirect experience. For example, Bao Zi plays the role of Wang Yuyan in "Dragon Babu", Wang Yuyan is a fictional character and lives in the Song Dynasty, and she can't experience many things, so books are the key to her understanding and understanding the characters. Baozi told everyone, what books did you read in order to play the role of Wang Yuyan?"
Liu Yifei pointed his fingers and said: "It's all prepared for me by the master, there are "Xia Meng's Movie and Life", "The Biography of Jin Yong", "The Woman in Jin Yong's Novel", "The History of Xia Jin's Social Life in Song Liaoxi", "Research on Marriage Customs in the Song Dynasty", and "Tokyo Menghualu", I can't understand this book, it was told to me by the master on the phone!"
The students in the class smacked their tongues, and Teacher Zhang's requirements were too strict, and he had to read so many books to act in a martial arts movie!
Zhang Ran said with a smile: "If you want to be a good actor, you have to read more, only by reading more books and accumulating more, can you better understand the role and perform the role, otherwise you will definitely play a confused role." Of course, reading is selective, and some books are better to read less, life insights, chicken soup for the soul, and reading too much is harmful and useless. Actors should read more books on art, especially philosophy, because without these foundations, all performances are empty!"
Speaking of this, Zhang Ran glanced at the time, clasped his hands together, and announced: "Okay, I'll stop here, everyone continue to eat, go back to rest after eating, and we will go back to school tomorrow!"
After eating the food stalls, it was already half past three. However, Zhang Ran and they didn't feel sleepy, and walked back slowly, the night breeze was breezy and a little cool, enjoying this rare tranquility.
Zhang Ran likes these students very much, but he will be very busy in the next few months, and he may not have to teach them until his junior year. (To be continued.) )