Chapter 448: Sympathy
Although Zhang Songwen's Mandarin is quite standard, Li Tang can still hear a slight southern accent. During the time when Gao Yuanyuan was waiting for him to come over, Li Tang chatted with this Teacher Zhang.
He guessed correctly, this teacher Zhang is from Shaoguan, Guangdong, and he is a Hakka. This made Li Tang a little more kind to him, because there were many Hakka people in the United States in his previous life, such as Hu Jianren, who opened a Chinese supermarket in New York, most of them were Hakka, including the Hong Kong master who taught him Cai Li Buddha boxing.
Xu felt Li Tang's kindness, and this Teacher Zhang was very honest while being excited. For example, before he was admitted to Nortel, he worked as a printing factory worker, a beverage salesman, an air conditioner installer, a hotel waiter, a restaurant manager, and a tour guide. But he has loved movies since he was a child, and at the age of twenty-five, he resolutely decided to apply for Nortel.
Originally, this kind of self-exposure of family ugliness was easy to be despised, but Li Tang felt that this Teacher Zhang was not simple. Because as a good actor, in addition to having solid basic acting skills, keen observation and insight, it is also very important to have rich life experience and experience.
Li Tang has come to this day, and what has been praised the most is not his handsome image, but more of his affirmation of his acting skills. And his acting skills today are not only the acting skills honed on the Broadway stage in his previous life, but also the life experience and experience of his past life and the integration of his original life.
The collision and fusion of these two different Eastern and Western experiences makes his inner world richer, so that he can better understand and express the characters, and it is easier to grasp the emotional changes of the characters, making the performance more natural.
Although this teacher Zhang just graduated from Nortel's higher vocational class last year, Li Tang feels that he already has the potential to become a good actor.
And in the process of chatting, Li Tang found that this Teacher Zhang was quite eloquent and full of self-deprecation. For example, although he is a teacher at Nortel Performance Research Institute, he is not a staff member, and his salary is very low. I was thinking that I could take on the drama or something, but I handed in countless resumes, and I haven't been interviewed once so far.
The capital is big, and it is not easy to live. Only then did he germinate the idea of taking on private work, and Xu Sanjin was his first and only student outside the school.
The implication is that I borrowed the light of the students this time, and it is an honor to be able to meet a big coffee like Li Tang.
In fact, being able to speak well is also an advantage of being an actor. After all, acting is a teamwork project, and actors often need to work closely with other actors, directors, cinematographers, and other team members to complete a work. Therefore, actors need to have good teamwork skills, be able to communicate smoothly with others, and work together for the success of the production.
As for the spirit of self-deprecation, the same is true. Li Tang himself is very self-deprecating, for example, he is often praised in the capital for not being like Shanghainese. As for their evaluation of Shanghainese, the most are Shanghainese xenophobia, shrewd, and stingy, and then people from other places next to them often echo in unison, while Li Tang, as a Shanghainese, laughed with them and didn't think it was a big deal.
Because he knows that most Shanghainese, including himself, are not like this, so why should he care about the subjective stereotypes of others.
After waiting for about half an hour, Gao Yuanyuan arrived.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting! Wow, Sanjin, why don't you come to the capital to say hello to me? ”
"Sister Yuanyuan, I'm afraid that you're busy with work, so I don't dare to disturb!" Xu Sanjin hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
In fact, Gao Yuanyuan has always been very grateful to Xu Sanjin, and it was he who helped Li Tang arrange the fireworks on the beach, so that he had the opportunity to confess to Li Tang under the blooming fireworks.
Now that I think of it, she snuggled in Li Tang's arms at that time, which was both warm and romantic!
"Brother Li!"
When she stopped her eyes on Li Tang's body, her eyes were suddenly full of the shadow of this person, and she didn't pay any attention to Teacher Zhang next to Li Tang who stood up with a smile and was about to greet her.
"Yuanyuan!"
I have to say that Gao Yuanyuan, who painted a little light makeup today, looks particularly radiant.
"Oh, let me introduce you, this is the performance teacher of Sanjin, Mr. Zhang Songwen Zhang of the Nortel Performance Research Institute!"
Gao Yuanyuan only noticed the smiling Teacher Zhang beside Li Tang at this time, and hurriedly stretched out her hand and said, "Teacher Zhang, hello!" ”
"Don't dare, don't dare, just call me by my name."
Zhang Songwen lowered his posture very low as always, and Li Tang also noticed that when he shook hands with Gao Yuanyuan, he just gently shook Gao Yuanyuan's fingers, and then let go, very gentlemanly.
After the greetings, Gao Yuanyuan sat down beside Li Tang.
"Lately you've been doing well, haven't you?"
"Well, that's good. I have been busy running publicity before, and I have been preparing for new dramas during this time. ”
Saying that, Gao Yuanyuan showed her beautiful smile, looked at Li Tang and said, "Originally, I wasn't very sure about the role of Yun Lei, but now I know that I won't be afraid of playing against you." ”
To be honest, Li Tang's favorite thing about Gao Yuanyuan is her character in addition to being beautiful, she doesn't do anything at all, she always speaks softly and softly, which makes people feel very comfortable. Of course, Chubby was also quite delicate back then, but later he was completely revealed. As for Mr. Jiang, it has always been like this, happy is happy, unhappy is unhappy, don't pretend.
At this time, Xu Sanjin, who was sitting on the other side of Gao Yuanyuan, interjected: "That's it, what Sister Yuanyuan said is not wrong at all, acting with Teacher Li is down-to-earth." When I was acting last time, I thought about it well, how to do the movements, how to say the lines, but when I stood in front of the camera, the lights were played, and my mind was blank, and I couldn't do anything. It was Mr. Li who taught me how to act, and I barely passed. Now I know, Teacher Zhang said that I lack relaxation and control training, how do you say it...... Oh, it's called liberating nature! Now Mr. Zhang is teaching me the first lesson of acting to liberate my nature, and I guess that the next time I stand in front of the camera, I will definitely not be as nervous as the last time I filmed......"
In the end, Xu Sanjin still had a hint of pride on his face, and he vigorously showed off his recent class experience. Zhang Songwen on the side was a little unable to sit still, Xu Sanjin is now talking about this set of fooling the layman, but isn't it an axe in front of Li Tang?
Li Tang listened to it with relish, it should be said that Xu Sanjin's image is good, he is tall at one meter eight, not to mention handsome, but very distinctive, especially those big eyes, at first glance, a bit like Liu Li, who is becoming popular at the moment, is particularly clean, giving people a feeling of being able to speak. The key is that he also likes acting, and they all say that interest is the best teacher, and maybe he can become a good actor in the future.
"Yes, Sanjin, it looks like Ling has already started, and there may be hope for next year's art exam." Li Tang praised it with a smile, and then said: "However, what you just said about liberating nature is the first lesson you learn to act, this statement is not accurate, liberating nature is not an introductory course to acting, but a portable lesson that has been running through the entire acting career." Teacher Zhang, don't you say? ”
"Yes, yes, Mr. Li, what you said is too accurate." Zhang Songwen hurriedly said.
He didn't blindly agree, but expanded on the topic of Li Tanggang: "Sanjin, the liberating nature you understand now is just the outward side, just to let you learn to relax and control, so that you are no longer nervous when standing in front of the camera, but this is the most basic." In addition to the outward and inward aspects of liberating nature, it is to discover the inner subconscious that is blocked and open up the harmonious relationship with the body's behavior. It may be a bit of a mouthful to say this, but in simple terms, it is a process of constantly going into oneself and discovering oneself. ”
Teachers, in general, are good at theory. Many teachers talk about performance theory, but when it comes to acting, they are not as good as students. On the one hand, it may be because of talent, a good actor must be talented; On the other hand, it is likely that the teacher himself has a one-sided understanding of performance theory.
To give the simplest example, let's take the liberating nature that is now being talked about, when Li Tang's original body was in the first acting class of the play, the teacher asked them to perform ways such as drilling each other's crotch, playing clowns, playing orangutans, and playing games. Through this training, students who have little acting experience can let go of themselves, relax their minds, coordinate their bodies, and learn to be more cheerful and generous. These are the ones that get you on stage or in front of the camera without getting nervous.
But if you think that this is the so-called liberating nature, that being big and arrogant is nature, that giggling and playing with each other is to let go, that being close to each other casually between men and women is to liberate nature, and that being able to sprinkle in the street is to exert your inner self, then you are very wrong.
This is what Zhang Songwen just said about overemphasizing the outward side, and not touching on the more important inward side.
This result often causes many actors to pretend to be crazy and stupid when they perform without considering the plot and the characters' hearts, thinking that they are acting very well, which is the so-called explosion of acting skills.
In fact, when Li Tang's original body was in school, the teacher rarely touched on the content of the introverted part of liberating nature, and his understanding of performance came more from the learning and accumulation of his previous life.
His understanding of the whole introverted process of liberating nature has something in common with yoga meditation, religious meditation, and psychological hypnosis to awaken the subconscious.
To put it bluntly, it is to open up the two veins of the psychological appointment and supervision, find the fit between the mind and the body after liberation, and subtly become the basic quality that actors need.
To put it more bluntly, what you want can be expressed with your body, not that you think it is good, but you just can't act it.
Originally, Li Tang's impression of Zhang Songwen had changed greatly, but at this time, he didn't expect that this supernumerary teacher, who was just a graduate of Nortel's higher vocational class, could have such a deep understanding of performance theory, which made Li Tang not only impressed, but even a kind of sympathy for the same kind.
The first update, there is!
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