The courses of the performance department are divided into public courses and professional courses, and the public courses are similar to those of other departments.

However, the major courses are very different from other departments, unlike other courses, which are 45 minutes per class. There are 30 students in a class in the acting department, and one person can perform for 30 minutes, and 45 minutes is too short for an acting class, so an acting class is an hour and a half. Classes start at 8:30 a.m. and end at 11:45 p.m., and classes start at 2 p.m. and end at 5:15 p.m., with a 15-minute break in between.

The main entrance of the classroom is facing the corridor, and from the main entrance, there is a wide stage in front of the classroom, one step higher than the ground, on which there are some rectangular boxes for performing sketches, and there are blackboards on the wall. On the left and right sides are two long curtains hanging down from the roof, which are called side curtains, and when students perform a skit, they wait behind these two side curtains, and it is their turn to play from here.

Students do not sit down in the classroom as they would in other subjects, and students in the acting class do not have desks in the acting class, and during the class, the students sit in chairs and sit in two rows against the wall. The vacant space in the middle is covered with carpets, which is a stage for students to rehearse for classes.

When Zhang Ran walked into the classroom, the students in the class were almost there. But what surprised him was that at the back of the classroom, there were still several teachers, Huang Lei and Cui Xinqin from level 00, and Xie Yuan from level 99.

On the first day of class, someone came to the class!

Zhang Ran hurriedly walked over and greeted with a smile: "Teacher Cui, Teacher Huang, Teacher Xie, why are you here?" This is my first class, and I am under a lot of pressure when you come. ”

Huang Lei was not a few years older than Zhang Ran, and patted Zhang Ran on the shoulder: "Don't be modest, you kid, you have to be beautiful in your morning work this morning." By the way, you didn't come back from the United States, how did you teach Grotowski something?"

Zhang Ran explained: "The current mainstream view is that the two theories of Grotowski and Steiner are opposites, and that Gertowski is the enemy of Stein, but my teacher does not think so, she believes that the two theories have commonalities in the general direction, both pursue performances with profound experience, and both regard action as an important means of gaining experience." Since the general direction is the same, it is possible for the two theories to complement each other's strengths, so she tried to merge the theories of the two schools and gave us the things of both schools. I think her idea is very reasonable, and I plan to follow this path at Nortel. ”

Stanley's emphasis on experience, Grotowski's emphasis on body control, if an actor can fully master these two techniques, it is absolutely outstanding!

Cui Xinqin was very surprised, and said with a smile: "This is very interesting, Zhang Ran, it seems that I have to come to listen to your class often." ”

Zhang Ran hurriedly said: "I'm just a newcomer, I have no experience at all, I am sincerely afraid of going to class, for fear that I will not be able to go well, if Mr. Cui can come to listen to the class, I will feel much more at ease, if Mr. Cui can point out my shortcomings, it will be a great blessing for me." ”

Xie Yuan laughed and said, "This kid is really modest enough, I like it!"

Zhang Ran smiled bitterly: "I'm telling the truth. But it's a bad time for you to be here today, and I'm going to take the students out to experience life and give them a practical lesson. ”

Huang Lei was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly reminded: "Then you'd better change the content of the class, Dean Huang will come in a while!"

Zhang Ran frowned slightly, Huang Zhenyu didn't like me in the first place, but when he came to listen to the class, I took the students out, which undoubtedly swept his face, why don't you change the content of the class? Zhang Ran shook his head, this practical class is very important and cannot be changed! Huang Zhenyu doesn't like me anyway, even if I change the content of the class, he won't change his perception of me! There is no need to please him, or follow my teaching plan!

Just then, two more people walked in through the door, and when they saw the teacher sitting in the back, they came over. These two people are none other than Wang Jingsong and Hu Weiguo.

Zhang Ran saw them, said to Huang Lei with a smile, then stood up and walked towards the two.

"Teacher Wang, Teacher Hu, you two are also coming to listen to the class!" Zhang Ran greeted with a smile.

Wang Jingsong looked at Zhang Ran with a smile, nodded and said: "You did well in your morning class, and your lines are also good, to be honest, you are a bit wasteful to be a teacher, you should go to Renyi, that is the most suitable stage for you!"

"Teacher Wang praised it falsely, how can I be qualified to go to Renyi with this bit of strength!" Zhang Ran smiled, turned his eyes to Hu Weidong on the side, and said with a faint smile, "Teacher Hu, welcome to give advice." ”

Hu Weiguo said coldly: "Don't be so polite, I can tell you something!"

Everyone didn't talk a few words, Huang Zhenyu walked into the classroom with two teachers and walked this way.

Although Zhang Ran didn't like Huang Zhenyu, he was the vice dean, so he still had to have the politeness he should have, so he greeted him: "Dean, it's really brilliant that you can come to the class, it's a great honor for our class!"

Huang Zhenyu waved his hand and said in a full manner: "Don't say it's useless, I only look at the results, as long as you do a good job in class, it's easy to say anything." ”

Zhang Ran thought to himself, listening to this means to find fault with me, the easiest thing in the world is to find fault, no matter how good the class is, you can find fault, and said with a smile: "Dean, I didn't know that you were going to come to the class today, and you didn't have any preparation at all, or should I change the content?"

Huang Zhenyu said in his heart, what I want is that you are not prepared, otherwise how can I find fault? He smiled and encouraged: "The object of your class is students, not us teachers, how can we change the teaching content casually? It's just nonsense, you don't want to change it, you can do what you want!"

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "Since the dean said so, then I will attend class as originally planned." ”

Ding Ding -

When the class bell rang, Zhang Ran walked up to the podium, quickly swept the audience, and said with a smile: "Good morning, everyone!"

All the students stood up and saluted: "Hello teacher!"

Zhang Ran pressed down with both hands and motioned for everyone to sit down: "Today we will officially start the acting class." However, before the official class, I have a question for everyone, who knows what our school motto is?"

Motto?

The students present were stunned.

After the start of school, busy with military training, who has the heart to pay attention to that kind of boring thing?

Everyone whispered, but no one could answer.

"Is this question complicated? There are those eight words written on the stone at the entrance of the school, and those eight words are also written on your freshman admission book, so no one has noticed?" Zhang Ran asked aloud with his eyes scanning the audience.

There was silence below, and no one could answer.

The expression on Zhang Ran's face was heavy: "To be honest, I'm disappointed, very disappointed. It's been two weeks since the school started, and you don't even know the motto of this school! This shows two problems: first, you lack basic respect for this school, and second, you lack the most basic qualities of being an actor. ”

"Don't think I'm exaggerating, it's just the way it is. The school motto is the soul of a school. The school motto embodies the school's tradition, represents the campus culture and educational philosophy, and is the accumulation of the school's history and culture. As a member of this school, you should remember the school motto, which is the minimum respect for this school. In addition, an actor must have several basic qualities, simply put, the seven forces and four senses, and observation is one of the seven forces. The key to those great actors being able to achieve so much is that they know how to observe. Obviously, you lack the sense of observation!"

"Since you don't know the school motto, then I'll tell you!" Zhang Ran turned around and wrote eight beautiful italics on the blackboard with chalk, "Respect the teacher and pass the torch from generation to generation." I just want you to understand that I am a teacher, and I am here to teach you how to act, and I don't owe you anything, so you must learn to respect, respect teachers, respect the school, and respect this profession!"

Huang Zhenyu's face was expressionless and indifferent, while Hu Weiguo kept a gloomy face, as if Zhang Ran had borrowed his money and didn't pay it back.

Huang Lei, Cui Xinqin and these teachers kept nodding, the current students enter Nortel for fame and fortune, for them, Nortel is just a pedal for them to move forward. If you come to learn acting with this kind of utilitarian heart, it is difficult to put your mind on learning and learn acting with peace of mind, Zhang Ran shows that he realizes this.

The teachers had only one thought in their hearts, and it was really amazing that this young man's eyes were so keen!

Zhang Ran said to the class, "As a teacher, I will put forward my requirements first. You should remember that the students in our class are not allowed to take on the play for one year, even Zhang Yimou's play! After one year, with my permission, they can take the play, and the juniors and seniors can take the play freely. You don't have the right to bargain, I'm your teacher, and I'm in charge of this class! I know that some people are not happy, so I give you a chance to choose, now raise your hands and stand up, walk out of this classroom, can I leave him alone, and someone will go out?"

Everyone sat quietly, and no one stood up.

"Don't worry, go out now, I won't remember your absenteeism. At the end of the semester, I'll give you sixty points. If you don't leave now, there will be no room for regret in the future. Does anyone want to go?"

"Teacher Zhang, we still have to learn acting from you, where do you let us go?"

"Teach us quickly, I can't wait!"

"Teacher Zhang, you are so handsome, if we leave, where will we find such a handsome teacher as you?"

……

Zhang Ran looked at this youthful and energetic face, pressed down with both hands, and stopped the buzzing sound below: "I am very happy that everyone chose to stay, and I also feel a great responsibility, so in the next four years, I will be strict with you and let you become real actors." To be an actor you have to understand what an actor is, so this class is not in the classroom, but on the set. Now give you ten minutes, go back and change out of your beautiful clothes, put on the simplest, most ordinary clothes, dirty clothes are the best, and then go to the school playground to meet!

Wow -

The students all stood up, excited and hurried out of the classroom, looking forward to the next class.

Going to class on the set and taking lessons with Teacher Zhang is so cool!

(Actors who can integrate different factions are very good, such as Daniel Day Lewis, a sand opera actor, a standard performance school, and later turned to the experience school, integrating the two factions, and finally created his god-like acting skills!