Chapter 696 Audition, An Actor Who Can Think Is A Good Actor
auditioned for the trainees of several idol groups, and Fang Xing was a little excited.
Mainly this group of trainees, there is an inexplicable feeling of oiliness.
Obviously only a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, but when he introduces himself, he will add various gestures, movements, and even a few winks, if it weren't for the fact that the other party is indeed underage, Fang Xing may really scold a few words.
However, Fang Xing also understands that fans do like this set.
However, this very formulaic way of posing and introducing yourself is really too different from film and television dramas.
Fang Xing even hoped that they would just stand there and not scratch their heads.
However, this kind of requirement cannot be mentioned, the audition is to find actors, not to teach them how to perform.
If you want to learn acting, you should go to the acting teacher, not the crew.
After seeing five or six trainees, Fang Xing looked at the time, it was already twelve o'clock.
"Why don't you eat first?"
Fang Xing wanted to empty his head, and planned to arrange dinner first.
Wang Yutao was also a little speechless, although the purpose of the entertainment company's cultivation of idols is to attract fans, it is indeed not an actor's counterpart, but there is no one who can watch it slightly, so it is more uncomfortable.
There is no need to even compare, Wang Yutao can pass all the trainees in the first five auditions.
At this time.
The staff who called the number came in and asked, "Director, there is a little actor outside, I have been waiting for half an hour, do you want to finish the audition?" Or let him go back first? ”
School has now started.
Young actors at this age are basically in junior high school.
If you want to go to class, it's actually a tight schedule.
Although many child stars who debuted at this age in the entertainment industry basically don't take much class, they can enter art academies with a score of three or four hundred in cultural classes.
If your family is better, it is easier to spend money to get a school such as a foreign conservatory.
However, as an adult, Fang Xing must use it as the audition standard according to the fact that they want to rush back to class.
Therefore, Fang Xing beckoned and said, "Then call it down." After the audition, let the family go back to school. ”
The staff went out to call the number, but Fang Xing looked at the assistant director on the side and said, "Let's arrange an afternoon meal, we will eat after the audition, and the actors in the back will be arranged until the afternoon." ”
The assistant director said yes and went out to make arrangements.
At this time.
A twelve or thirteen-year-old boy walked into the audition room, bowed and greeted, "Hello directors, my name is Rong Zijin." Here's my resume. ”
As he spoke, he stepped forward with his resume and handed it to Fang Xing and Wang Yutao.
Fang Xing glanced at his resume and was immediately interested.
Because among the past works written in the resume, there are two movies "Customs" and "Skylight Breaking Clouds".
Among them, "Customs and Customs" is more famous, and it has been nominated for many awards abroad, and it has also won awards in China.
Of course, in "Customs", he only played a very small role, with only one or two minutes of footage.
The results of this movie have little to do with him.
However, the fact that "Customs" can win awards shows that the level of the director and crew is not low, and the actors used by this kind of high-level director are definitely not much worse.
Therefore, for actors, it doesn't matter whether they are starring or not, as long as there are award-winning movies in their past works, that is the achievement.
Besides, this Rong Zijin is still acting in movies.
There is a big difference between movie actors and TV drama actors, and the actors in movies that can win awards are even more revealing.
Fang Xing hadn't seen this resume before, and if he had seen this resume earlier, he should have called over to audition first, instead of auditioning a group of trainees.
Because this Rong Zijin has acted in movies, and the movies he acted in are still award-winning feature films.
So Fang Xing couldn't help but be interested, and looked at it carefully.
The boy was twelve or thirteen years old, slowly entering puberty, and his lips were already covered with a layer of hair.
Boys of this age, once they reach puberty, will grow in height very quickly, and they can grow 20 centimeters taller in two or three months.
Looking at his appearance, he has gradually entered the development period.
Maybe it's because I've acted in movies, but I'm more professional when it comes to being an actor, so I don't have makeup.
This is today's audition, the first one without makeup.
The trainees in front of him, even the most vegetarian one, also wore foundation.
It is estimated that in their cognition, as long as they don't wear eye makeup, they are without makeup.
Fang Xing asked casually: "Is it for the audition, did you come here without makeup?" ”
Rong Zijin shook his head and replied, "I don't usually wear makeup." ”
Fang Xing asked again: "What about when acting?" ”
Rong Zijin replied: "The crew has been transformed, and the films filmed before rarely put on makeup, that is, to repair and contour. ”
Realistic movies are indeed very restrained in terms of makeup, and strive to make the characters reflect the realism on the big screen.
Even, if you want to be a little decadent styling.
The director directly asked the actors to shoot without washing their faces for three days, and without makeup, this kind of realism cannot be done with makeup.
As for contouring, it's usually a trimming of eyebrows, concealment, and a treatment of the beard.
Most of people's eyebrows are untidy and need to be repaired to make the eyebrows more defined.
Fang Xing asked again: "Have you ever acted in the leading role?" ”
Rong Zijin shook his head and replied, "Not yet." ”
Fang Xing thought about it, flipped out a page of the script and handed it over: "Then you try this scene, after your father divorced, he married a little mother and gave birth to a younger sister." This sister fell from the building and died, and my mother decided that you pushed you and chased you on the street. ”
This kind of play is also a relatively difficult scene for the actor who plays the little mother, because it is a bit crazy.
Relatively speaking, the role of the little mother in this scene will attract the audience's attention, but "Zhu Chaoyang" must also be played in place, otherwise it will be easy for the audience to play.
Rong Zijin took the script and read it carefully.
After a while, he took the initiative to ask, "Then did my character push my sister downstairs?" ”
When Fang Xing heard this question, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and immediately understood why he was able to act in a movie.
Actors need to think, not what the director says.
This kind of actor is no different from a machine.
Actors have to use their brains to perform, and actors who can ask questions are good actors.
If you don't know how to ask questions, you have to wait for the director to see the problem and teach it little by little, and this kind of actor director will feel very tired to use.
It's okay if it's an idol drama, because the acting skills are not very demanding.
However, in this "Hidden Corner", the actors who have been finalized are all acting schools.
Among the actors who have been decided, one is Liu Ling, who plays the lady of the Sheng family in "Know".
The other is Xu Zhiwen, who played Gao Qiqiang in "Hurricane".
With this kind of starring team, if you put in a person who can't act, it will be very conspicuous.
Fang Xing likes actors who can think, so he put forward higher requirements: "You can think for yourself, it can be pushed by you, or it may not be pushed by you, or you see that it was pushed by your friends." If you join the group, you may shoot all of these situations. ”
In the filming of film and television dramas, many possibilities will be arranged during filming, and the final version will be determined when the final editing is made.
Therefore, an actor who can perform a variety of possibilities is a good actor.
When Rong Zijin heard this request, he felt that the acting requirements were higher than expected.
But he nodded and replied, "I'll give it a try." ”
Fang Xing felt that this audition question was a bit difficult, and in order to reduce the difficulty a little, he took the initiative to let the assistant director go over to play.
The assistant director stood up and asked if he was ready, and after receiving an answer, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed his arm and scolded: "Murderer! You murderer! ”
Rong Zijin suddenly showed a panicked expression on his face, pulled his hand back hard, and argued loudly: "It's not me!" ”
"It's you, you murderer!" The assistant director continued to chase and hit him, of course, the palm of his hand was raised high and fell gently, patting him on the shoulder.
Rong Zijin argued while hiding back: "I didn't! ”
Fang Xing kept paying attention to his expression, acting out a panicked, innocent, and a little angry.
This performance should be a situation where it is not pushed.
"Okay, try a different one." Fang Xing continued.
The two returned to their original positions, and the assistant director pounced on him again, grabbed his arm, and scolded: "Murderer! Did you push it? Did you say you pushed it? ”
Rong Zijin's expression was even more panicked, he shook off his hand vigorously, took a big breath, and stepped back: "It's not me!" It has nothing to do with me! ”
This time, his expression was a little more panicked and scared, a little less innocent, no more angry, and trying to escape, looking a little weak.
This time, it should have been pushed.
Subsequently, Fang Xing asked him to play it a third time, and the request was that he saw that it was pushed by a friend.
This time, the effect of the performance was similar to the second time, and the difference was not obvious.
And in the second and third cases, when it is indeed performed, the difference will not be too big.
At his age, acting to this extent is already very good.
After Fang Xing finished reading it, he nodded and said, "It's not bad, let's add another question." Your father suspects you of pushing your sister downstairs, and while having dinner with you, he uses a tape recorder to cover your words, and you find the tape recorder in your father's bag, and your mood changes from happy to sad. ”
Rong Zijin read the script, thought for a while, walked to the table, picked up a mineral water bottle and looked at it, and then quickly put it back on the table, the expression on his face changed from a smile at the beginning to sadness, and at the same time a little annoyed.
"Good, very good. Thanks for the audition, go back to class first. The crew will have results in three days. Fang Xing clapped his hands twice.
Wang Yutao is also very satisfied, and he is the most satisfied one since auditioning for so many "Zhu Chaoyang".
Besides, this Rong Zijin has also acted in movies, and the movies he acted in are still award-winning movies.
Of course, it wasn't him who won the prize, but that's not the point.
At the age of thirteen, being able to act in movies already shows that the acting talent is very good.
Wang Yutao didn't want to miss this kind of good actor, so he quickly got up and asked, "It's almost a little faster, have you eaten?" Would you like to eat with us? We're going to have dinner. If you have classes in the afternoon, you can eat here and go to school. ”
Rong Zijin scratched his head and said, "I have to go out and ask my mother." ”
He didn't sign with a brokerage company, and his mother was his agent.
At this age, if you want to focus on your studies, you will indeed have a lot of trouble signing a company.
Because the agency wants to make money, although from a legal point of view, the agency cannot organize its artists to go to school.
However, when it comes to practice, it is not so strict.
"Okay, you go out and ask, and let your mother come over for dinner too. We had a boxed lunch, if you don't mind. Wang Yutao said with a smile.
Rong Zijin didn't expect to be kept by the director, which is rare.
He thought that this audition might be successful, so he happily ran out, went to the door, hugged his mother and said, "The director seems to be very satisfied, and they asked me if I want to stay and have dinner with them." ”
Rong's mother said with a smile: "The director is just polite to you, you don't understand the world, take it seriously." ”
Rong Zijin insisted: "It's not polite, it was Director Wang who asked me personally, or let you eat together." Are we going to stay and eat? ”
Rong's mother is a very shrewd person, and asked, "Is that director Fang Xing here?" ”
Rong Zijin nodded vigorously: "Yes, he also said that I performed well in the audition." ”
Rong's mother originally didn't plan to let her son act in a TV series.
Because acting in TV dramas takes too much time, it affects my studies, and I don't want to get a lot of improvement like movies.
Rong's mother's original plan was to let her son focus on his studies, and if he had a good opportunity, he would play small roles in a few movies and accumulate experience.
Later, I was admitted to the film school, and then the development went smoothly.
This time, the reason why she brought her son over to audition was naturally because of Fang Xing.
Although this "Hidden Corner" is a TV series, Fang Xing is the producer, and being able to get this opportunity will be of great help to future development.
Hence this audition.
Rong's mother also received a recommendation from a friend the day before yesterday and considered the resume that was handed over after a day.
She pulled her son inside and said, "Go in first and say hello to the director." ”
The crew has already set the table and is ready for lunch.
There are already a few dishes on the table.
I ate a boxed lunch, but I also added a few meat dishes and soup.
Rong's mother pulled her son in and greeted: "Director Fang is good, Director Wang is good, I am Rong Zijin's mother." ”
Fang Xing hurriedly reached over and shook hands: "Mother Rong is good." ”
Rong's mother continued: "Director Fang, my family Zijin likes your film and television dramas very much, and I listen to songs every day. ”
"Thank you, thank you." Fang Xing hurriedly said politely.
Rong Zijin pulled his mother behind his back, feeling that his mother was talking too much.
Wang Yutao came over and greeted: "Why don't we eat together?" Today's audition dragged on for too long, and it was almost a little bit, and if Xiao Rong still had to go to class, I was worried that you wouldn't have time to go back to dinner. ”
When Rong's mother heard this, she immediately smiled and began to praise her son from various angles: "If that's the case, we're welcome, Zijin, this kid has a good academic performance, and he has always been a top class in school." ”
"You're welcome, I'll ask someone to order two more dishes, what do you like to eat?" Wang Yutao beckoned the crew to come over and arranged to order two more dishes to be delivered.
Rong's mother is also a shrewd person, and when she saw this battle, she already knew that this audition was basically completed.
A table of people chatting while eating.
Wang Yutao asked: "Xiaorong's schedule or something, it should be no problem, right?" ”
Rong's mother replied in a hearty voice: "I didn't take on other jobs, I was originally concentrating on school, if it wasn't for a friend who recommended our crew and kept emphasizing that the crew had a good background, I would have brought him over for an audition." ”
Wang Yutao began to promise: "Rong's mother rest assured, we will arrange the shooting time and try not to affect Xiaorong's studies." ”
The topic is all talked about here, and this role is basically decided.
Rong's mother was also very straightforward, and directly began to ask about the details of the contract, especially in terms of the duration of the shooting, and asked very carefully.
Wang Yutao answered them one by one, trying his best to meet their requirements.