Chapter 394: The So-Called Acting Skills (1)

Two days passed quickly, Li Xu's butterfly effect did not seem to affect Europe much, at the awards ceremony held, the Palme d'Or was still "Paris, Texas", and the winner of the Best Actress was still Helen Mirren. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Then, after lunch, after a short rest, in the afternoon when the sun was just right, the four women, together with the housekeeper, two maids, and two secretaries, gathered in the suite hotel where Li Xu stayed.

And, of course, there's the little guy Annabelle.

"Dad is going to knock down Mom, don't you encourage it?" Li Xu scratched his daughter's little nose and said with a smile.

"Don't indoctrinate Anna with this!" Isabel scolded, waving her fist in protest, but it was not a threat.

So, the little guy who was just wide-eyed, looking at his parents with curiosity, giggled.

"Alright, let's get started. Li Xu came to the middle and waved his hand, signaling them all to come over, and he sat down at the desk.

"Two nights ago, when I was discussing filmmaking with Inmeng and Aijia, Isha interjected very rudely, saying that what I said was rubbish. I was not convinced, so I retorted that the actor is the least important to the movie, and then Isha is not convinced, so today we will discuss what position the actor should be in a movie. Li Xu made such an opening statement.

"I didn't interject rudely, I waited until you finished talking. Isabel immediately retorted.

But the effect that Li Xu wanted to preemptively capture had already been achieved, so he just shrugged: "Okay, you didn't." ā€

This immediately elicited a few imperceptible chuckles, which made Isabel quite angry, but speechless.

"Okay, first question, what is the definition of acting for you guys. Li Xu asked the first question.

"How to perfectly convey the emotions that the characters need to embody to the audience. After a while, Isabel concluded.

"In other words, perfectly conveying the emotions of the characters to the audience is the goal, and how to convey them is the means, right?" Li Xu immediately asked again.

"Of course. Isabel replied without hesitation.

"So, who decides what the emotions of the characters should be?" asked Li Xu quickly.

"Of course it'......" Isabel suddenly froze, then glared at him and replied somewhat reluctantly, "It's up to the writer, the director, and the actors to decide." ā€

It's not too stupid. Li Xu nodded secretly. But it's still easy to get confused, I didn't see Hu Yinmeng, Zhang Aijia and Sophie, they all handed over the power to speak to you, they all know that I am here to target you today!

Of course, he wouldn't say anything, and continued to ask: "So, what are the methods of expression?"

"Of course there are ......," Isabel said immediately, from the experiential to the methodist, from Stanislavsky to Strathberg.

Hu Yinmeng exchanged glances with the three of them, and they did not interject very tacitly.

"Alright, Isa, alright. Li Xu had to stretch out her hand and press it in the air, otherwise, she might be able to say it for an afternoon and then prove that she was right.

"I want to ask," he smiled, "in the last shot, the male protagonist is far away in the crowd, and in the next shot, the female protagonist shows a sad expression, what emotions are conveyed." ā€

The heroine is reluctant to let the male protagonist leave. Isabel replied with a frown.

"Very good, what is the expression?" Li Xu asked again, and then he began to get a little tired of this kind of guidance, and asked bluntly without waiting for her to return: "The last shot is everyone dancing around the bonfire, and the next shot is the heroine showing a sad expression, will it still convey the emotion you just said?"

Isabel showed a hesitant expression, while Li Xu turned on the TV and VCR: "We see a picture now. ā€

Soon a man's face appeared on the TV, which lasted for about a few seconds, and then the picture changed to a bowl of soup.

"Please tell me, what kind of emotions are conveyed in the picture, and how is this man's acting skills?" Li Xu asked after pressing the pause button, and pointed to Sophie: "Starting with you, everyone has to answer." ā€

He ...... Hungry. Sophie struggled to recall, "The acting was okay. ā€

"10 out of 10, how many points do you score?" Li Xu asked.

ā€œ7…… Divide it. Sophie replied hesitantly.

"Next!" Li Xu said immediately.

A room full of women scored this short performance, and even Zhou Huimeng couldn't run away.

Basically, they all think that the emotion conveyed is that the man is hungry, and the average acting score is 7 points.

"Alright, let's move on to the next paragraph - put your hands down, Anna, and I'll ask you later. Li Xu said this, and pressed the play button on the video recorder again.

The picture of the soup bowl disappeared, and after half a minute, while everyone was a little impatient, but still focused on the television, the face of the man from before reappeared, which lasted only a few seconds, and then turned into a woman crawling on top of the coffin.

"Okay, now tell me, what kind of emotion is this conveying? and how many points can be scored for the man's acting skills. Li Xu, who paused, said again, "Sophie, it still starts with you." ā€

Sophie Marceau was stunned, not knowing what to say, and the others looked confused, except for the little one who still raised his hand happily.

"Anna, wait a little longer, you will be the last to speak. Li Xu said this, which made the little guy sullen for a while, and pouted unhappily.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry. He urged again.

"Probably...... Presumably to show sympathy or ...... Sad, huh?" Sophie stammered back, "acting...... 6 for acting skills?"

There was a deep uncertainty in his tone.

Not only her, but everyone else is also like this, but the emotions expressed are the same, but the score is from 7 points to 3 points, the difference is very large, and the average difference falls below 5 points.

"Very well, so let's move on to the third paragraph. Li Xu nodded with satisfaction and pressed the play button again.

After the image of the woman lying on top of the coffin disappeared, there was another image of nothing for half a minute, and the face of the same man reappeared. Although the women were already mentally prepared, they couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and then saw the follow-up picture change to a little girl holding a toy.

"Let's do it again. Li Xu pressed the pause button with a smile, "Sophie, what is the emotion conveyed by this shot, and similarly, how much do you rate a man's performance?"

"Why is it always me who is the first?!" Sophie cried out grumblingly and looked at Isabel, who didn't say anything, just frowned thoughtfully.

"Because you were the first one in the first place. Li Xu replied confidently, "Hurry up, don't rub it off." ā€

"It's about love and affection for children," Sophie replied with a pout, "If you score it, I don't know, you can't score it like this." ā€

With her as an example, Hu Yinmeng and Zhang Aijia also said that they couldn't score, while Jingzi and the others unanimously scored 7 points for the purpose of making him happy.

"Isa, do you have anything else to say?" Li Xu asked Isabel with a smile.

"What do you want to do with a montage?" Isabel asked, humming.

"Well...... Li Xu haha, and suddenly squatted down in front of Annabelle, "Come on, Anna, it's your turn." ā€

"That teddy bear is beautiful. The little guy pointed to the picture of the TV series and said in a milky voice.

Li Xu's face suddenly darkened, and he waited for you for a long time, thinking that you could say something amazing, and finally you will bring me this? You look around, Dad is going to be laughed at by them!

"That'...... What were you going to do before?" Li Xu asked after sighing.

"Well, the bowl of the first one is beautiful, and the bowl of the second one is ...... The box is beautiful, and the teddy bear in the third one is beautiful. The daughter recalled very hard, and then crossed her fingers and said, followed by a tilt of her head, "Aren't you judging which one is beautiful?"

Li Xu's face suddenly darkened, so that Annabelle involuntarily bit her fingers after she finished speaking, her big eyes showed an innocent look, and she didn't know why her father looked a little unhappy, so that the low chuckle around her did not stop.

Coughing dryly, Li Xucai asked again after adjustment: "So, what is Anna's impression of that face." ā€

Then the little guy looked innocent: "What face?"

For a moment, Li Xu wanted to knock on his head, what did you say to pretend to be 13, but he pretended to be a stupid X, the little guy was only more than four years old, and he could observe a fart.

He could only ask as much as he could: "It's the face that flashed halfway." ā€

"That's expressionless. Annabelle asked in confusion.

Li Xu immediately took a deep breath, ouch, little ancestor, you finally have an IQ online.

"That's right. He stood up and pressed play again on the TV show, and after about ten seconds, the male face reappeared.

This time it appeared for a long time, which was enough for Li Xu to press the pause button.

"Now, tell me how this man is performing. He pointed to the barely expressionless face on the television and asked all the women present.

They were all a little confused, especially when they thought of the score they had given to that man's performance before, the feeling of self-embarrassment suddenly came up.

"It's called the Kulishov effect," Li Xu explained, "the experiment that Soviet film director Lev Kulishov did in order to figure out the theory of montage, this is a psychological effect, all the shots shot in the film are just materials, and when they are edited together through montage, they produce an artistic effect." ā€

After a pause and a glance at them, he continued: "And the actor's acting skills are the same, when the heroine shows a sad look on her face, and the previous shot is when the male protagonist is far away, the audience will begin to sympathize with the heroine's suffering. But when the heroine has a sad look on her face, and the previous scene is everyone singing and dancing happily, then the audience will only feel inexplicable and think that this is a bad movie. ā€