"I have three scripts here, two are sitcoms and one is a drama about the life of a police officer. The TV series related to the police is about the trivialities of life in a police station on Boston's North Side, mixed with various crime-solving plots, and one of the sitcoms is the story of a few young people running a bar in Miami, and the other is the critically acclaimed "Will and Grace", which started this year. In the compartment belonging to Frederick at Endeavour Elite Agency, Sean's agent was talking about work.

"The previous sitcom and the one about the police are both new dramas in the pipeline, the sitcom is going to be released in the spring of next year, and the police drama is in the autumn of next year, if you are interested, I am very sure that I will get a secondary protagonist. As for the "Will and Grace" crew, they have a supporting role that is looking for someone to audition, at least five episodes. At this point, Frederick paused, and after observing Sean for a moment, he continued.

"My suggestion is to ignore the sitcom first, you know, generally speaking, the TV series released in the autumn are the important TV series, and most of the TV series released in the spring are used to supplement the schedule for emergency relief, although there are also good ratings, but relatively speaking, there are too few. Then, that police drama can be considered, police, lawyers, doctors, all of which are good themes for TV dramas. Before that, you can consider going to the crew of "Will and Grace", although there are gay depictions, but the actual scale is not large. Of course, in the end, it depends on your opinion. Eventually, the broker spread his hands.

Sean didn't speak, sat in his chair and pondered for a moment before raising his head again: "Is there a script for the movie?" ”

Frederick raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything, recalled carefully, and after flipping through the information on the table, he said: "If you really want it, I can get a few scripts, but I can't be sure what role I can get." ”

He sat up straight and looked at Sean with a serious expression: "Listen, Sean, you can definitely become a movie actor, but that's not now. You also need to gain experience and qualifications now, and you need a more haode character to get noticed by the film director or producer. Trust me, I'll get you a role if the opportunity is right. ”

"Hah, are you selling your method of jumping from TV to movie again?" Before Sean could speak, a playful female voice came.

Then, a professional woman in a women's suit appeared in front of the two, with big brown waves, looking about thirty years old, with a decent figure, and a slightly raised chin that seemed to be very strong.

"Any questions?" Frederick suddenly looked dissatisfied.

"No, it's nothing," the other chuckled, "I just think that if you can't do it, don't use excuses to fool around." ”

Saying that, she looked at Sean again: "I have to say, Sean, you performed very well in "Friends", I happen to have a role here, romantic aiqing comedy, although it is a supporting role, but there is a lot of room to play, do you want to come and try it?" ”

Facing this familiar woman, even if Sean felt that she was very attractive, he couldn't help but be a little speechless for a while.

"You don't have to judge me the way I do things, Anna? Gordon! It's better for me to go back and save your energy to deal with men! Frederick screamed in annoyance, and was foul-mouthed, and got up to chase people away.

"Okay, okay," Anna? Gordon didn't seem to pay attention to it at all, "The way you look makes me happy, so I won't continue, but Sean, if you're interested, you can always come to me." ”

Then, after a few steps, she turned back to something and smiled wickedly at Frederick: "Besides, I have news for you, after the New Year, I will have my own office, Fred." ”

What a woman with personality. Sean, who saw it in his eyes, couldn't help but smile dumbly, and when the other party walked away, he remembered to comfort Frederick, who knew that when he turned his head, he heard a banging sound like a constant. His agent was knocking his head with a magazine at this moment, and then grabbed a stack of white paper and stuffed it into his mouth and bit it desperately, Zuihou took out a pencil and gritted his teeth and poked it at the white paper with hatred, making Sean stunned.

After doing this for a long time, Frederick stopped, straightened his collar and let out a sigh, he looked at Sean who was still with his mouth open as if nothing had happened: "Okay, let's continue." ”

"Are you alright?" Sean, who came back to his senses, asked tentatively, "Who is that woman?" ”

"Anna? Gordon, my old rival -- let's go ahead and talk about your work," Frederick obviously didn't want to dwell on the subject, "and if you don't think it's appropriate, tell me what you think and what you have planned, and maybe we'll find out from it." ”

"Well," said Sean, who put other things aside for the time being, and said what he thought, "I don't want to play any role in the short term." ”

"Huh?" Frederick blinked, as if to suspect that he had misheard.

"You know what you're trying to say, Fred, don't worry, listen to me first," Sean held up a hand, "Since I'm going to continue to develop here, I have to think long-term, and what I'm lacking the most right now is experience." ”

He sat up straight and made himself look very serious: "It's true that opportunity is important, but without strength as a foundation, it's just a loft in the air after all." So I wanted to use this time to find a place with short-term acting training, so that I could systematically learn how to perform in front of the camera. On top of that, we've had plenty of time to talk about what's next, and I can learn more about the rules of the circle under your guidance – I've only been in Hollywood for three months, haven't I? ”

If when he starred in "Friends", Sean still had the idea of leaving after achieving a certain amount of results, but after Naomi left, he made up his mind to do better. It's not all because of Naomi, although she plays a role in the push, but the main thing is Sean's consistent belief that once you decide to do something, you have to do it as well as you can.

Therefore, systematic training is necessary, no matter how talented and experienced he is, Hollywood is not comparable to the stage play of the school after all. However, he has just made some achievements now, and he doesn't want to lose this hard-won popularity, so he can only choose short-term training. But even this may have an impact, just look at Frederick's frown, but he didn't object to it at the first time, and he more or less agreed with it.

"But there's one thing, Sean." After pondering for a long time, he finally spoke, "How are you going to maintain your current popularity?" ”

He asked seriously, and that was indeed a question, but Sean laughed, with a hint of teasing, "That's your problem, isn't it?" ”

The agent immediately rolled his eyes.

"Acting skills are roughly divided into two schools, the jishu school and the method school, the so-called jishu school, simply put, is to analyze the joys and sorrows of the characters, such as what is happy in front of the camera, what is sad in front of the camera, and then through a series of means such as facial expressions or body language during shooting. Methodism, on the other hand, requires the actor to fully integrate into the character's heart, treat the character as a real person, and then completely treat himself as a character and show it on camera. On the podium, a middle-aged white man in his forties with a beard was talking.

Because of Hollywood, there are many acting training institutions in Los Angeles, but if you want to carry out short-term systematic training, it depends on your character. If you meet a teacher who has real materials and is very responsible, then you can learn something new, but if you meet a perfunctory guy, it will be a waste of money.

So, under Frederick's arrangement, Sean ran to USC to audit their acting class. The atmosphere of American universities is very open, and as long as the lecturer or professor has no opinion, anyone can skip the class.

Sean chose a man named Wallace? Walker's professor's class is said to be of a pretty good level, but the person standing on the podium now is not Professor Walker, his name is John? Harrington had come to substitute for a professor who was on temporary duty. To be honest, Sean prefers his teaching style, Professor Walker has solid theoretical skills, but is a bit rigid in his explanations, while Mr. Harrington is much more flexible, humorous and slightly flamboyant in tone is easy to attract people's attention, and more importantly, the interpretation of theories is also in place.

"In the earliest filmmaking, the actors were basically jishu — well, at least in Hollywood. And then, until Konstantin? Stanislavsky appeared, and Methodism began to raise its head. Harrington said as he picked up a book on the podium and knocked on it, ""The Self-cultivation of Actors", I think most of you have heard of it, but not too many people have seen it and read it in detail. ”

There was a low laugh in the classroom, and Sean was also a little embarrassed, and he had heard of the name of this book in his previous life, so when he decided to become an actor, he bought a copy. It's a pity that I hurriedly browsed one side and put it aside, about the basic theory, many books are more popular, and the deep things, either have the limitations of the times or don't understand well, so in the end they are reduced to collections.

Of course, Stanislavsky was not the founder of Methodism, and there were many great masters who summarized the way it was expressed long before him. But it cannot be denied that it is precisely because of Stanislavsky's vigorous advocacy that methodism began to enter the field of vision of film directors and actors, and gradually became one of the mainstream performance methods that are not lost to the skill! Harrington continued.

Then, one of the students raised his hand and asked, "Mr. Harrington, we know that many famous actors are methodists, like Malone?" Brando, or Al? Pacino, Robert? De Niro and so on, does this show that the way the method school is expressed is much better than the way the skill school is expressed. ”