In Liu Xiaoli's suite, there are several dishes on the coffee table.
The hotel suites in the county town are not spacious and have limited seats. Everyone carries lunch boxes and eats while sitting or standing.
In front of the elder Liu Xiaoli, Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying were a little restrained, and they did not dare to interrupt when Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei were chatting.
Liu Xiaoli sat on the chair and glanced at the two of them. She had long heard about Chu Xuan and Qian Qian bringing new people. She just heard Zhao Liying call Chu Xuan "Master", so he could be considered one of his own.
In order to make the two of them less nervous, she couldn't help but gossip.
"Liying, what do your parents do?" she asked while picking up vegetables.
Zhao Liying was slightly startled, but she didn't expect Aunt Liu to take the initiative to ask her about her affairs.
The chopsticks she held in her right hand were still in her mouth. She opened her lips slightly and said with the chopsticks in her mouth: "Mom is a salesperson and dad is a policeman."
Liu Xiaoli nodded and said, "Do your parents support you becoming an actor?"
Zhao Liying put down the chopsticks in her mouth and said: "I was hesitant at first, saying that the entertainment industry is very chaotic, but then they heard that I signed a contract with Bright Era, and they agreed."
"Why?" Liu Xiaoli asked.
"My father said that the boss of Brilliant Era is Chu Xuan, and Chu Xuan's girlfriend is Liu Yifei, so Chu Xuan probably doesn't like me either, so there can't be unspoken rules." Zhao Liying said.
"Pfft." Huang Xuan almost spit out the rice in his mouth, walked aside and laughed silently.
Yang Tianzhen inserted her chopsticks into the rice box and was overjoyed.
Liu Xiaoli glanced at Chu Xuan jokingly, and Chu Xuan couldn't laugh or cry. Liu Yifei couldn't help but look at him with laughter, and then looked at Zhao Liying: "That's so funny."
"That's what my dad said." Zhao Liying muttered.
When it was confirmed that she would play Baguio, she went home and told her parents about it.
When she heard that she was about to sign a contract, her father told her seriously, "The boss of Brilliant Times, Wang Jinhua, is a woman and it is impossible to have sex. Another boss, Chu Xuan, has a girlfriend and made it public in front of the whole country. Chu Xuan dares to have sex with her."
It's just like picking a stone and hitting yourself in the foot. Besides, compared with Liu Yifei, if Chu Xuan is not blind, he will not like you, and you can sign with this company."
Looking back on all this now, she was very shocked at first.
Although, it seems, indeed, she is a bit inferior to Liu Yifei, but the beauty comparison between girls seems to be the traditional psychology of Chinese women since ancient times, and every woman has this kind of comparison mentality to some extent.
However, things are different now.
Chu Xuan is her master, and Concubine Liu Yi is her master wife.
Then why should I compare with my wife?
The seniority is messed up.
Zhao Liying clarified her thoughts immediately.
Liu Xiaoli took a small mouthful of rice with her chopsticks, put it into her mouth, and asked, "Huang Xuan, where are your parents?"
Huang Xuan came back, holding a lunch box in one hand and chopsticks in the other. He said: "I have been living with my mother. My mother is a dance teacher. She mentioned you before, auntie, and also watched your dance on TV."
"Really?" Liu Xiaoli was very interested.
"My mother said that CCTV 3 broadcast a scene of you dancing at the Jiangcheng Theater. My mother learned one of your classical dances and one of your folk dances." Huang Xuan told him what his mother had told him.
come out.
Liu Xiaoli smiled, and it was obvious that she was very happy.
"Then does your mother support you becoming an actor?" she said.
"I don't support it." Huang Xuan shook his head, looking helpless.
"She just wanted me to learn dancing, and I also know that she asked me to learn dancing because she had something to teach. If I went to do other things, she couldn't give me any help," he said.
Liu Xiaoli glanced at Huang Xuan, nodded after a while and said: "You are quite sensible."
She pointed at Sissi and said: "I have taught her to dance since she was a child, but her dancing talent is destined to make her unable to go far in this area. Instead, she can shine in the film and television industry with the foundation of dancing. After filming, I will come back to you
Mom, let’s talk to each other carefully, the art industry really depends on talent.”
Huang Xuan nodded.
"Have you finished eating?" Chu Xuan put down the empty lunch box and chopsticks, stood up and said, "Continue after you finish eating."
After a few minutes, everyone had finished eating.
In Chu Xuan's room, Liu Yifei and Chu Xuan walked in, followed closely by Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying.
When they were on the Shancheng crew, the two of them just stepped in to experience what it was like to be an actor. Under the leadership of Huang Bo, they learned about the rules of the crew and learned almost no professional knowledge.
Before joining the cast of "Zhu Xian", although they had the support of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, they were still a little at a loss even though they pretended to be calm.
It wasn't until Chu Xuan taught them their lines that they found a way to learn, which gave them some confidence in acting.
Chu Xuan's teaching was very clear and concise, just like taking a professional dialogue class. He even taught them to mark and read correctly word by word.
This teaching method also made them feel relieved, because they were afraid that they would not understand what Chu Xuan taught.
Fortunately, not only can I understand it, but the explanation is very simple.
Therefore, they also look forward to the next teaching.
"I talked about the lines before, now let's talk about the body." Chu Xuan said, turning to face the two of them.
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying went to the coffee table in front of the window to pick up their notebooks and pens and returned. After eating, they didn't want to sit down. They just stood looking at Chu Xuan, waiting for his next words.
"The body is the body. The display of the body is the expression of body language. Whether the body language is expressed in place is related to whether the character image created by the actor in the current situation is qualified."
"for example."
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying paused with their recording hands and looked up at Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan raised his right hand, made a fist and said: "How I will throw this punch will make the audience feel the strength and impact. This is the display of the body and the expression of body language."
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying were convinced. Chu Xuan's examples gave them a very clear idea of the actor's body.
Even though Huang Xuan has studied physical form, the physical form of a musical actor is very different from that of an acting actor, and the way they are presented is also different.
"The form is not difficult to understand, just like the lines, it requires practice."
"For an actor, the physical expression of each character must be different to show the difference in different roles played by the same actor."
"And each character's body has its own reference point."
"Grasping this reference point and establishing the basic appearance of the character is the basis of actor physiology."
Chu Xuan paused, and the room fell into silence. Only the sound of the pens in Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying's hands sliding rapidly could be heard.
When Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying stopped writing and looked up, Chu Xuan said: "In our daily lives, most people walk in different postures, and the distance they take each step is different. Just from the walking posture, everyone appears
The temperament and aura they come out are very different."
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded slowly to express their understanding.
"Life is like a play. To use the meaning of this sentence, in real life we are all playing ourselves."
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying were thoughtful and seemed to have a clear understanding.
"But when we get to the set, we can't play ourselves, we have to play characters."
Hearing this, the two of them suddenly understood what Chu Xuan meant.
"So, how we walk in reality needs to be adjusted when we act. The walking posture is the reference point of the body, the basis for shaping the character, and the audience's first impression of the character. If it goes the same way in reality, it will go the same way in acting.
, then you are acting yourself, not shaping a character."
Chu Xuan turned his head and looked at Liu Yifei. Liu Yifei crossed her arms and winked at Chu Xuan with her right eye.
"Actors must learn to break the physical conventions in their daily lives and define a physical benchmark for each role before acting."
Liu Yifei said, put down her arms and walked to Chu Xuan's side.
"To put it simply, my Wang Yuyan's step on the set was between 40 and 50 centimeters. I have acted in hundreds of scenes. In normal plots, the distance has always been like this. It has never changed and I have never made any mistakes."
"My little dragon girl, one step is between 30 and 40 centimeters, and this reference point has not changed from the beginning to the end."
Liu Yifei looked at the two of them and said: "Why do you want to maintain this span? Because we need to shape the basic shape of the character. Wang Yuyan is elegant, and Xiao Longnu is cold and indifferent, so walking like this is in line with the character. If the plot is normal,
In such a short time, the sense of character of these two characters is ruined."
"Do we have to keep it up all the time?" Zhao Liying asked.
Liu Yifei shook her head and said: "As Chu Xuan just said, in our daily lives, we have developed the habit of walking, and the span of each step is almost the same. But if we encounter something happy or exciting, do we
Can you jump up? Maybe you can also run?"
Zhao Liying nodded.
"When you jump up and run, your body will change, and the span of your steps will also change accordingly. The reference point that Chu Xuan and I talked about means that under normal circumstances, your walking posture is the reference point. So.
This reference point is the basis of the character's body. The body can change due to the plot, but once the plot is over and returns to normal, you have to return to the base point of the character's body." Liu Yifei explained.
Huang Xuan thought about it, subconsciously poked at the book with his pen, and said: "How do people walk in daily life? No matter what happens, they still walk like this after returning to normal. In other words, how you live your life is how you act.
"
"Well said, you have understanding." Chu Xuan smiled.
Regarding what Huang Xuan said, Liu Yifei nodded slightly in approval.
She stepped her right foot, then her left foot, took a step forward and said, "This is the distance of one step."
She looked at the two of them and said: "You have to think about it for yourselves. Based on the characters of Zhang Xiaofan and Baguio, how many centimeters should Zhang Xiaofan take with one step and how many centimeters should Baguio take with one step? Draw a small span interval and set this benchmark point
Set it down and practice it every day so that the basic appearance of your character will not fall apart.
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded, lowered their heads and took notes.
Liu Yifei put her hands behind her back, like a teacher, and came to Zhao Liying to read the notes she had taken.
The notes were a bit sloppy and the handwriting was a bit poor. Liu Yifei found it very interesting and couldn't help but smile.
"Master's Wife." Zhao Liying knew that her handwriting was not pretty, so she couldn't help but close the notebook to prevent Liu Yifei from reading it.
Master's Wife?...Liu Yifei was stunned for a moment. She was happy because Zhao Liying called Master Chu Xuan and now called her Master's Wife, but she was disgusted because this title seemed a bit too old for her age.
"I'm only one year older than you," she muttered.
"Master Qianqian." Zhao Liying blinked.
Liu Yifei's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly: "This is good."
One is 17 years old and the other is 18 years old.
One dares to call and the other dares to answer.
The two people had a discussion-like exchange about a title, which made Chu Xuan and Huang Xuan laugh.
"All characters' movements and forms are displayed based on the character's basic form. If you don't practice the character's basic form well, then your character creation will be unqualified from the beginning, and changes in the form will also distort the character.
It makes the audience feel inexplicably uncomfortable.”
"For example, if a group of actors plays the roles of maids in the palace, they can train their basic body shape well and walk as far as they can with one step. The scene they present to the audience will look like a palace. If a maid takes long strides, the audience will be confused and confused.
There will be drama."
Listening to Chu Xuan's words, Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying took pens and continued taking notes.
"Sister Qianqian, don't look." Zhao Liying saw that Liu Yifei was still beside her. She was holding the pen but not writing, and wrinkled her nose at Liu Yifei, a bit coquettishly.
Getting a new title gave Liu Yifei a sense of novelty. She still put her hands behind her back and returned to Chu Xuan with happy steps.
Chu Xuan turned around and took the thermos cup from the bedside table, opened the lid and took a sip of tea.
"I want it too." Liu Yifei said, her mouth was a little dry after saying so many words.
Chu Xuan handed her the thermos cup, and Liu Yifei took a sip, covered the cup and put it back on the bedside table.
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying secretly raised their heads and were invisibly hit by a wave of dog food.
"Let's talk about emotions next." Chu Xuan walked towards the window, glanced at the two of them and said, "Sit down."
Huang Xuan, Zhao Liying and Chu Xuan came to the window and sat down on the chairs on both sides of the coffee table.
Chu Xuan sat beside the bed, facing them.
Liu Yifei took off her shoes and went to bed, sitting cross-legged next to Chu Xuan.
"Whether it is the expression of lines or the display of body, they are all driven by emotions."
"As long as people are alive, they have emotions every second."
"Plain, happy, depressed, irritable, etc."
"In our daily lives, it is natural for everyone to express emotions under normal circumstances, but we do not pay attention to how the inner emotions come from, how the facial expressions are presented, and how the emotions rise, sink, and dissipate.
How is it controlled?"
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying listened carefully and looked directly at Chu Xuan.
Chu Xuan looked at them, shook his head and said: "However, as an actor, the emotional output and control of the role requires a sense of belief. The sense of belief requires a strong heart and a rich inner world supplemented by imagination."
Seeing the two of them taking notes, Chu Xuan said: "It sounds mysterious, but it can actually be felt."
Chu Xuan stood up, went to the bedside and picked up a pillow, "It's useless to talk about emotions, and there is no systematic teaching method. If there were, everyone would be the best actor and best actress."
Liu Yifei nodded. The most important thing for an actor to play a role is emotion, but emotions are difficult to find, and they don't come just by saying. There is no systematic teaching method, so you can only experience and imagine by yourself.
In other words, it still depends on life experience and talent.
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying stayed on the Shancheng crew for a month, and Ning Hao always shouted "click" because the actor's emotions were not in place. They understood to some extent how difficult it was for actors to find their emotions.
"Huang Xuan, come here." Chu Xuan threw the pillow in the middle of the bed and walked to the other end.
"Come up," he instructed.
Huang Xuan was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't understand what Chu Xuan meant, he still followed the instructions and took off his shoes and went to bed.
Liu Yifei stepped aside, came to the bedside and sat down, saying: "Physical therapy."
Chu Xuan and her looked at each other and smiled.
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying felt baffled.
In Zhao Liying's eyes, Huang Xuan was kneeling in front of the pillow, and Chu Xuan only heard Chu Xuan say: "Smash the pillow with both hands."
Huang Xuan looked stunned.
"If I don't shout stop, you can't stop." Chu Xuan said again.
Huang Xuan pursed his lips and looked down at the pillow. Even though he didn't understand Chu Xuan's intentions, he knew that Chu Xuan was definitely doing him good, but he couldn't let go for a while.
"Do it, use as much force as you can." Chu Xuan urged.
Huang Xuan looked at Chu Xuan, whose eyes were encouraging.
Huang Xuan raised his hands and slammed them on the pillow.
"Move quickly." Chu Xuan said.
Huang Xuan sped up the frequency, listened to Chu Xuan's words, and hit the pillow with all his strength, making the bed tremble.
With such exertion, it didn't take long for Huang Xuan's breath to become disordered, and he felt a bit unfulfilled.
"Do you feel annoyed?" Chu Xuan stared at him.
Huang Xuan's face started to turn red, he looked up at Chu Xuan, then lowered his head and continued to hit.
Chu Xuan said that he couldn't stop until he said stop.
"Are you feeling restless?" Chu Xuan lay on the bed, raising his head and looking directly into his eyes.
After pounding for a full minute, Huang Xuan's breathing became heavier and heavier, and he didn't even have room to speak.
Seeing him like this, Chu Xuan said: "Stop, tell me 'why'."
Huang Xuan stopped his hands, breathing heavily, his chest rising and falling, and he looked very tired.
"Why!" he said harshly.
"That's not right." Chu Xuan shook his head and said, "This emotion is wrong and has not been completely released."
After listening to Chu Xuan's words, Huang Xuan frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Brother Chu, I seem to understand what you mean."
"Then take a break and continue." Chu Xuan smiled lightly.
I rested for three minutes and recovered.
At Chu Xuan's signal, Huang Xuan swung his slightly sore arms, and then began to smash the pillow again.
After another minute of pounding, Huang Xuan's forehead was sweating and his face was red.
"Stop." Chu Xuan suddenly said.
"Why?!" Huang Xuan yelled with great force, his voice was hoarse, and his tone was full of mania.
Zhao Liying was startled. She raised her buttocks and sat down again, trembling.
Seeing her like this, Liu Yifei pointed at her and smiled.
"Scared me to death." Zhao Liying patted her chest, her expression as blank as if she had lost her soul.
Chu Xuan looked at Zhao Liying happily and said to Huang Xuan, who was in a daze: "Take a break and continue."
Huang Xuan nodded, rested for five minutes, and started smashing pillows again.
After two consecutive exertions, Huang Xuan's physical strength has obviously declined, and the frequency of hitting the pillow is not as good as the previous two times.
It seems that if you smash it for less than a minute, it will lose its strength.
However, not even a minute had passed, and when Huang Xuan had smashed the pillow for twenty seconds, Chu Xuan shouted "stop".
"Why!!" Huang Xuan vented the emotions he had accumulated for twenty seconds.
Looking at his state and the emotion in his tone, Chu Xuan said with satisfaction: "From a psychological point of view, when people work hard to do something meaningless, their inner emotions are irritable and depressed.
This method of smashing pillows is also what I came up with based on this bit of psychological knowledge."
"Actors all pay attention to the progression of emotions when performing roles, but many actors cannot control the layers of emotions."
"So I thought, do the opposite."
"From a state of full emotion, slowly lower the level of emotions and train from high to low. Will it be easier for myself to feel emotions and control them?"
Huang Xuan gasped and nodded to express his understanding.
Zhao Liying, who was sitting on the chair, also said "Oh~", understanding Chu Xuan's intention.
Liu Yifei pretended to look at Chu Xuan with hatred, and said: "The first time I practiced, I was so exhausted that he wouldn't let me go. When I continued to hit him later, I hit him twenty times and wanted to scold him. After three hits, I wanted to scold him.
I want to hit him ten times."
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying smiled.
Chu Xuan looked at her and said, "That shows that you are in good mood, and it also shows that this method is effective."
Liu Yifei nodded and said: "It is indeed useful. I have obviously improved when I was playing "The Condor". I can also suppress emotions that should not be released."
Chu Xuan glanced at Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying and said: "This method is very simple and crude. You practice it every few days. The highest emotion you personally think will start to explode, and then it will decrease layer by layer until you have no physical strength. In the process, you will feel
Emotions and remembering the feelings that correspond to them.”
He added, "Everyone feels emotions differently. This kind of thing can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words. I have taught you the method. Whether you can control your emotions and to what extent you can control them, then I will only
I can say that it depends on your talent and whether you insist on practicing."
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded to express their understanding.
They also know that the master leads the disciples to the door and cultivation is personal.
Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei taught them the methods of practicing lines, body movements, and now emotions without reservation. The extent to which they can learn depends on their talent and hard work.
"When you can feel layered emotions with faith, this method will be useless, and there is no need to practice." Chu Xuan said.
"I don't have to practice anymore, come on," Liu Yifei said encouragingly.
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying smiled back.
"It's ten o'clock." Chu Xuan checked the time on his phone, put it down and said, "The lines, body shape, and emotions in the performance have all been briefly discussed today. The specific performance still needs to be combined with the play."
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded and stepped into an unknown territory. After a night of fruitful harvest, they undoubtedly gained more confidence in acting and had high expectations.
"Starting from tomorrow, I will go to the set at 6 am. After breakfast, I will start running at 7 am to practice physical fitness. I will practice my lines and body posture at 7:30 am. If there is a scene that day, I will explain it to you based on the script. If you don't understand, just ask."
"Master, are you and Sister Qianqian also together?"
Zhao Liying blinked. Although she had to get up to train before dawn at 6 o'clock, if her master and master's wife were there, it wouldn't matter.
"Together." Liu Yifei pursed her lips and smiled.
"That's okay." Zhao Liying said happily.
"Go and rest." Chu Xuan said.
Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying stood up and picked up the notebook and the book Chu Xuan gave them.
"Master, Sister Qianqian, good night." Zhao Liying left, followed by Huang Xuan.
Watching the two people leave, Liu Yifei put her arms around Chu Xuan's neck, leaned on his back and said, "Many people ask me why my acting skills have soared since Wang Yuyan."
Chu Xuan raised his head slightly, and Liu Yifei leaned on his right shoulder.
Chu Xuan looked at her and said, "What then?"
"I said I have a good teacher next to me who is willing to teach me every day, and then they asked me who it was," Liu Yifei said.
"Who?" Chu Xuan asked knowingly, and it was considered a little interest between the two.
Liu Yifei's eyes flickered, and the corners of her lips gradually rose, like pear blossoms in full bloom, as if she was intoxicated.
"I said it was my custom-made treasure, the kind that is locked with a lifelong password," she said.
Chu Xuan laughed, caressed her face, and kissed her for a while.
"Go back and rest. You'll have to get up early from now on."
