It's the weekend.,I wish you all a happy weekend! Last night, the code word was very late.,The girl is too naughty...... Friends who have recommended tickets in their hands, give a few more!)

On an ordinary Monday, May 3, 1999, Matthew called a taxi to the Los Angeles School of the Performing Arts in North Hollywood just before 9 a.m. after his handover from the Red Penguin Company.

In front of the special classroom, Matthew pushed the door and walked in, because he came after work, he came late, and there were already more than a dozen students standing there in the huge classroom.

There were no desks or chairs in the classroom, and a huge mirror was mounted on the wall facing the door.

Matthew walked towards that side, and took a quick look at the group of people, and vaguely saw a few familiar faces, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them, probably actors from Hollywood movies he had watched.

What can make him feel familiar must have acted in super blockbusters, Matthew's mind is smart, do you want to drill in this training class? The network of contacts is built little by little.

Coming to the side of the group, Matthew stopped, and some of them looked at him curiously, and when they saw someone they didn't know, they quickly looked away again.

Greeting strangers is a science, and it is almost undesirable to be casual, Matthew did not speak rashly, and at this moment, the classroom door was pushed open from the outside, and a man with a folder walked in.

This is a typical white man, with an unusually striking bald head, who should be in his fifties, and who looks quite stylish.

"Ahem......" The bald head coughed deliberately, attracting the attention of everyone in the classroom, and smiled slightly, "Good morning, everyone." ”

Everyone, including Matthew, looked over, judging by the age of this person, it was definitely not a student like them, it should be a teacher.

Sure enough, the bald head then introduced himself, "My name is David Astor, one of your teachers. ”

"I'd love to get to know you, but there's no rush now, I've prepared a special session to get acquainted with you. David Astor is not verbose, and gets straight to the point, "You are here to learn acting or improve your acting skills, you only have six months, I promise not to waste your time on saliva." ”

He took a few steps forward and stood four meters away from the crowd, "I didn't go to a professional school like the USC Film School or the California Institute of the Arts, I am not an academic, as far as I know, you don't have either, so I'm just an ordinary actor struggling in the film industry like you, but I have more than 40 years of actual acting experience than you." ”

Hearing that the other party was not an academic, Matthew felt that he had come to the right place, and it would be difficult for a person like him to learn something from an academic school, right? On the contrary, if someone from the same wild road came to teach, maybe the effect would be better.

Matthew's understanding of these is relatively limited, and it is only a self-feeling.

David Astor continues, "I'm happy to share what I know with you, and most of the skills and experiences I've learned have come from honing and summarizing in actual performances. Many veteran actors do not learn skills from school, in addition to the basic knowledge, in order to become a successful actor, you need to accumulate and summarize by yourself. ”

Most people are listening carefully, and those who can get here are undoubtedly people with star dreams.

"If someone tells you that there are objective evaluation criteria for the quality of acting. David Astor seems to have a unique point of view, "Ignore them, they're farting." The evaluation of acting skills is just a matter of personal taste. Of course, when we evaluate someone's acting skills, there will be a mainstream judgment. That's why everyone thinks Dustin Hoffman is a good actor. But if you don't like him, you're not wrong, at best you're a little weird. ”

David Astor suddenly clapped his palm, "Okay, I'm done talking nonsense, let's start teaching live!"

He swept his gaze over everyone's faces, "There are fourteen of you, now you are paired up in pairs, introduce yourself when you appear, and then follow the script I provided, and play a scene freely." Let me see how good you are!"

"You've got three minutes!"

As soon as these words fell, Matthew turned around and said very politely to a girl next to him, "Hello, can we partner up?"

The girl glanced at Matthew, who had a sunny smile on his face and was easy to give a good impression.

"Yes. The girl nodded slightly.

The temporary partner acted, and the people present were not very particular, just like Matthew, the people around him were basically selected.

Seeing that the girl didn't refuse, Matthew said politely, "I'm Matthew Horner, a Texan. ”

The girl smiled slightly, too, "Rachel McAdams, Canadian." ”

The girl's face is a little hard, but when she laughs, she has a pair of charming dimples, she is not very beautiful, but her smile makes people feel very comfortable.

Fourteen people, quickly divided into seven groups, David Astor distributed two copies of the script to two people in each group, leaving them only five minutes to read the script and communicate, and then a pair of actors in their early twenties were invited by him to perform first.

"Let's get started. ”

David Astor gave the order, and the two actors introduced themselves and started a very simple dialogue scene.

"What were you doing last night?" the actor with short hair was the first to speak, standing there motionless, "Why didn't you answer my call?"

The long-haired actor opposite spread his hand and looked embarrassed, "My wife won't let me answer the phone, I can't get out!"

The short-haired actor still didn't move, and the expression on his face didn't change much, "I waited for you all night in the bar!"

"I don't want to. The person on the other side was quite depressed, "My wife said, if I drink with you again, she will break my legs......"

The simple dialogue performance ended quickly, and Matthew looked at the two men and asked the girl next to him in a low voice, "Which one do you think is good?"

"The one with the long hair. Rachel McAdams replied casually.

Matthew nodded slightly, "Well, I think so too." ”

Although he is not very good at acting, he can still clearly distinguish that long-haired actors perform better than short-haired actors, but he can't say what is better.

"You guys give me a stiff feeling!" David Astor walked over to the two men, "and dull!"

He first said to the short-haired actor, "It's not just about the mouth! Speaking of this, he made an exaggerated expression, "What about you, almost standing still, not even making small movements, staring directly at other people's conversations, making you look very dull!"

Hearing David Astor say this, Matthew suddenly realized, isn't that what it is? The short-haired actor stood still from beginning to end, and even his expression didn't seem to change!

David Astor has turned to the long-haired actor and said, "You're more energetic than he is, and I see a showmanship in you, a desire to express yourself, and that's a good thing, keep it up." ”

Matthew also figured out why long-haired actors felt better than short-haired actors.

This kind of thing is only separated by a layer of window paper, and if no one breaks it, I don't know how long it will take to figure it out.

"There are a lot of open-ended dialogue scenes like this in movies or other types of performances, it seems simple, but it is not easy to play well!"

David Astor said to everyone instead, "When you have an open conversation, you can practice trying body language such as walking around, raising your head, frowning, pursing, and raising your hands. ”

Matthew kept these words in his head.

After watching a performance, he understood that David Astor was not a person from the academy, and paid more attention to practical performance practice, and did not release his nature like the books he had read, and there were theories such as expressionism, experience, and methodology.

This is a crash course in acting, and the class time is very limited, and for those who have not been systematically studied, especially those who are not highly educated like him, those esoteric theories are far less effective than learning in this way.

If you come up and talk about acting theory, others don't know, Matthew estimates that he will soon faint.

Then a male actor and an actress come on the stage, and their play has no lines, and David Astor has them play the role of a brother and sister, acting out the scene after learning that their sister has been killed.

As soon as David Astor shouted, the actress stayed there, always shouting God with a "bitter face" while crying......

She cried very sadly, as if her sister had really died.

The actor is different, first with a little angry and incredulous expression, then with a bitter face, and then his face and mouth twitching slightly, this head movement is indescribably sad......

David Astor stepped up again to comment, "The two of them performed well and exceeded my expectations, but I appreciate the latter even more. ”

Matthew couldn't help but scratch his head, according to common sense, actresses are more in line with the situation in reality.

"First of all, I would like to remind you that this is a performance, and the performance has to be in the service of a play, a series or a film. David Astor elaborates, "When you encounter this kind of scene, if it's not a special request, don't cry too early to show your sadness, which won't give the audience a feeling of 'hanging appetite', you have to do something to render the audience's mood." ”

He looked at the actor and said, "For example, first show sadness, and then use language sadness to match, or make some expressions that are very helpless and unbelievable, and want to cry without tears." In the end, your sadness will be revealed, but you must show different amounts of sadness according to the plot, and others are not dead...... But you wept him to death first. ”

"Alright!" he waved his hand, "let's go ahead." ”

The actor and actress walked back, another actor stepped forward, and after some time, it was Matthew's turn and the two of them.