"Hello." Liu Yifei opened the door of Room 205 and greeted the people inside cheerfully.
Indoors, Tang Yan, Yang Rui, Zhu Yilong, Yuan Shanshan, Zhang Xiaofei and acting teacher Liu Tianchi were sitting on the floor, while several cameramen were filming in corners.
Hearing the movement at the door, the cameraman pointed the camera at the door, and Tang Yan, Yang Rui and others also turned to look.
"Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Teacher He, hello." Liu Tianchi said with a smile.
"Hello, Teacher Liu." Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei walked in, followed by He Jiong and said hello.
After being informed by the staff, Liu Tianchi also knew that Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei, as teaching assistants, would come to interact with the students, so she stood up and said, "Let's go sit on the sofa."
"Just sit here." Chu Xuan sat down on the floor, followed by Liu Yifei and He Jiong.
Seeing this, Liu Tianchi sat down again, and everyone formed a circle on the floor.
Chu Xuan glanced at Tang Yan. Tang Yan's eyes were red. Jiangsu Ying was right, Tang Yan must have cried.
"What's going on?" Chu Xuan looked at Tang Yan with a playful look in his eyes.
Chu Xuan is the same age as them, Tang Yan and Yang Rui are even one or two years older than Chu Xuan, but Chu Xuan's achievements and performance experience are much richer than them.
Seeing Liu Tianchi's hatred of iron becoming steel, Chu Xuan also found it interesting in his heart.
"In the third shot, put down the water. The water that scalded your mouth slowly became less hot." Chu Xuan put down the mineral water. He inhaled slowly, making a look like his mouth was scalding, and then slowly became calm again.
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What Chu Xuan said is true. Any film or television drama in which Teacher Chen Daoming plays has a strong trace of himself. There have been media reports on this matter in newspapers and periodicals in the 1990s. I don’t know if they are blackmailing Teacher Chen Daoming.
Still stating the facts.
"Teacher Chen Daoming is equivalent to traveling back in time to that era and replacing Kangxi. He is playing himself after he became the emperor, not Kangxi." Chu Xuan said in a surprising way.
"What is defamiliarization performance method?"
Liu Yifei showed her face slightly and glanced at Chu Xuan. She knew that Chu Xuan was going to start teaching in order to help these people.
"Sissi, no wonder your dramas perform better than the last. It turns out there is a master beside you." He Jiong joked.
Liu Tianchi patted his thigh and gave Chu Xuan a thumbs up: "A very unique insight."
Chu Xuan glanced at the crowd. Tang Yan and the others were listening honestly and enthusiastically like good babies.
"Except for Yang Rui, none of you have acted or have any experience in acting. Then think carefully about which system you are suitable for, or a combination of multiple systems."
"Brilliant!" Liu Tianchi narrowed his eyes and praised.
But she didn't dare to speak out her thoughts. The teacher Liu Tianchi in front of her was a well-known strict teacher in the Chinese Opera, and she was afraid that she would be scolded again if she spoke out.
"Similarly, I summed up this system in one sentence. For actors who use this system to perform, for them, filming is a process of cooperating with the camera."
"The third system, defamiliarization performance method, is represented by Bertolt Brecht. I won't mention the rest. I'll just look at the biggest feature of this system, which is the freely stretched dramatic structure."
They only knew that they were not suitable for Liu Tianchi's two days of advanced teaching. After all, they had not mastered many basics, and naturally they could not understand the advanced things.
This is the difference.
"The screenwriter will design the script according to this system, the director will use this system to move the camera, and the producer will perform post-editing according to this system."
"Now I'm on the set and I'm about to start a scene, which has three shots." Chu Xuan said.
Seeing this scene, Liu Yifei was also happy that everyone was successfully taught by Chu Xuan. She said in a playful voice: "Then you should have a good discussion with Teacher Liu."
Everyone came to their senses and clapped one after another.
Templating to the extreme can also be deeply rooted in people's hearts? This sentence gave her some inspiration.
He Jiong nodded beside him and said with a smile: "Chu Xuan, after what you said, I found that I have also found a way to perform. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will also try acting in a play. Your explanation made me feel
The performance was so interesting and colorful.”
"What's going on?" He Jiong glanced at Liu Tianchi and then at Tang Yan.
Is filming just a process of cooperating with the camera?...Everyone has a clear understanding again.
The teacher said in class that there are rules for the director's camera movements in each scene, and the actors should follow these rules, rather than follow the actors according to the rules.
This sentence was full of philosophy, and their grateful eyes gradually turned to admiration. Looking at Chu Xuan's back, it felt like looking at an artist. He was so handsome.
Tang Yan and Yuan Shanshan looked at each other, Zhang Xiaofei frowned and said: "The textbook only introduces basic information. The teacher said that everyone has different understandings, so we can understand it ourselves through future filming experiences."
"You have such a summary of ideas in acting at such a young age. This Chu Xuan is so awesome." She sighed in her heart. Because of Chu Xuan's graduation thesis text, she had looked down upon Chu Xuan's acting academics. At this time, she
At this moment, I still underestimated Chu Xuan’s academic thinking.
Liu Yifei and Chu Xuan walked out of the door and praised them vigorously: "You are great."
Among them, the "three-act acting method" is well known to teachers like them, which divides each plot into a beginning, a process, and an end, and each corresponds to a set of expressions and actions, making the performance cohesive and changeable.
When he first came in, he saw some worry on the faces of these people, probably because the learning process was not going well.
Tang Yan and Yuan Shanshan looked at me and I looked at you. Although Chu Xuan’s guidance helped them figure out the problem, what kind of teaching method did they want? They said they didn’t understand.
"I should have said it earlier." Liu Tianchi couldn't laugh or cry: "If I had said it earlier, couldn't I have changed the way? You people don't know what you are afraid of."
"This is the defamiliarization method, a very high-end way of playing."
"It seems so." Tang Yan said.
As an actor, having a teacher speak up about you is not a bad thing, but a good thing.
"Um..." Yuan Shanshan suddenly spoke, perhaps seeing that her senior brother and sister were there, her courage increased a bit.
Everyone nodded.
Chu Xuan smiled and said: "Let's sort it out briefly."
"That's right." Liu Tianchi frowned: "If you don't understand anything, just ask directly. I found that in the past two days, I have been the only one talking, and you are just listening. How can we do it without communication."
"Chu Xuan, be taught." Liu Tianchi said, it sounded like a joke, but his eyes were sincere.
Chu Xuan nodded: "In your own minds, which system do you think is suitable for you? Have you ever thought about this issue?"
Tang Yan and Liu Yifei looked at each other, smiled and nodded.
She was completely convinced by Chu Xuan's understanding of performance.
"I just spoke a little harshly and made her cry." Liu Tianchi broke the deadlock and said truthfully.
Chu Xuan's performance level is recognized by many professional teachers, including her.
Zhu Yilong, Yuan Shanshan and Zhang Xiaofei looked impressed. They had always heard teachers at the school say that Senior Brother Chu Xuan had made great achievements in performances, and today they could see it.
"If you have anything to say, just say it." Chu Xuan looked at her and said.
"Just like Zhao Yun, we can first use the first system to fix Zhao Yun's makeup, white horse and silver gun."
It’s not that I have forgotten a lot of things, it’s just that I haven’t had the chance to act since I graduated last year. I was busy with some things that were not related to actors, which led to a short-circuit in my thinking about acting. When faced with professional teaching, I couldn’t comprehend it for two days in a row.
What the teacher means.
"The third system, the defamiliarization acting method, strips the character from himself. What he plays is not the character, but himself after replacing the character."
"It's the same thing if there's a fifth shot."
"Why does Teacher Chen Daoming act like this?" Chu Xuan looked at everyone: "This is about the third performance system, which is also the core of the defamiliarization performance method. Its core is: the actor is above the role."
Chu Xuan had a warm look on his face and encouraged everyone.
Hearing what he said, Liu Yifei and He Jiong smiled slightly.
They also act based on the principle of talking less and making fewer mistakes. Not only them, but also many students.
Whether it is a TV series or a movie, the same picture is the same scene, and the shots are cut every few seconds. Every time the shot is cut, the actions and expressions of the actors change.
"This second system is the performance system with the highest utilization rate in today's market. Whether it is a screenwriter, director or producer, they will create film and television dramas according to this system."
Everyone thinks about it.
When their senior brother was about to give a lecture, they were no longer unfamiliar with Liu Tianchi, but instead felt cordial and looking forward to it.
Regarding the book "The Actor's Self-cultivation", some people study it as a holy book day and night, while some people sneer at it and think that performance is open-ended and cannot be limited by a mere book.
Now seeing what Chu Xuan wanted to say to the students, she became interested.
Everyone understood clearly that Chu Xuan's personal understanding and this summary were things that the teacher had never taught in class, and he explained it very thoroughly. They all understood it and tried their best to absorb this point of view.
But they couldn't say it clearly in front of Teacher Liu Tianchi.
"Is Mr. Chen Daoming playing the role of Kangxi?" Chu Xuan asked himself and answered, waving his hand and saying: "No!"
In the final analysis, Teacher Liu Tianchi’s knowledge is not thorough enough.
Liu Tianchi is the teacher of the Chinese Opera, and Tang Yan graduated from the Chinese Opera. There must be some kind of complex, so Liu Tianchi is more caring about Tang Yan.
She never thought that one day she would benefit a lot from a man in his early twenties.
Tang Yan pursed her lips and glanced at Chu Xuan with a smile, a little embarrassed. She was sitting cross-legged on the ground like a roly-poly, holding her legs with both hands and shaking her body from side to side without saying anything.
Everyone was stunned, not expecting Chu Xuan to ask this question.
Her thoughts on performance were very complicated, and there seemed to be no single thread connecting all the thoughts. Chu Xuan explained systematically, and she felt that her many years of performance experience were slowly being combined, making her thoughts clearer and more advanced.
Seeing their state, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and He Jiong obviously had something to say. It was a good thing to be cautious when going out, but if you were too cautious, you would lose many opportunities. They felt helpless.
"In the first shot, I opened the bottle cap and drank water." Chu Xuan opened the mineral water cap and took a drink.
Chu Xuan spread his hands: "Did you see it? Three shots, just do one thing, but there are three movements and expressions. This is called physical action performance method."
Chu Xuan gave them a summary and easy-to-understand explanation of the performance system, guiding them to find the system that suits them, allowing Teacher Liu to start corresponding teaching.
Everyone was startled and looked at Liu Yifei.
Liu Tianchi thought thoughtfully, the reflection of Mei School art in film and television dramas is the form and makeup? It was the first time she heard this statement, but it was similar to her understanding.
"The first system is the fixed role method. The body shape, character design, and performance methods are unified and unchanged within the framework."
"I feel like I'm a little uncomfortable with Teacher Liu's teaching methods." Yuan Shanshan said, a little cautiously.
"This sentence can be used in textbooks." Liu Tianchi shook his head. This Chu Xuan is really amazing. He is so young yet so meaningful. Such people are really rare.
"The second system, physical action performance method, is represented by Stanislavsky, who is also the author of "The Actor's Self-Cultivation"."
She believes that when Chu Xuan's qualifications increase, his name will definitely be among the national first-class actors.
Yang Rui and the others did not reveal Tang Yan's scars, and did not say a word. They only looked left and right.
Zhu Yilong, Yuan Shanshan and Zhang Xiaofei laughed and clapped. Senior Brother Chu Xuan is a famous figure in their school. Even though he has graduated, his deeds are still widely circulated in the school.
Seeing him and Liu Yifei leaving hand in hand, Tang Yan and Yuan Shanshan thought about what he just said.
Hearing this, Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, and He Jiong looked at Liu Tianchi.
No?...This answer made everyone stunned.
Chu Xuan shook his head: "Stop praising me. If you praise me again, I will swell."
But no matter what, Chu Xuan was able to create a set of performance theories, which undoubtedly shows that Chu Xuan's performance level is as high as those of their teachers.
Everyone became interested and nodded repeatedly.
Liu Tianchi looked at Tang Yan and explained: "She is going to play Ziwei. We all know that Qiong Yao drama is not difficult to perform. The key point of Qiong Yao drama is its different performance methods. The requirements for acting skills are not high. She played it for two consecutive days
There was no progress, so I was impatient and just said a few words to her."
"Come on, let's talk openly now." Liu Tianchi found the root of the problem and was ready to solve it: "What is the teaching method you want? Let's talk about it."
"The second system, the physical movement method, pays attention to the changes in the character's personality, movements, and expressions, without any frame constraints."
They glanced at Chu Xuan, each feeling a little grateful.
Liu Tianchi nodded appreciatively. Chu Xuan's teaching ideas were very clear and very much what she wanted.
Chu Xuan continued: "There are many similar characters, but we will use these two characters as reference. Why are they similar? Think about it, these two characters' walking styles, makeup types and even their smiles,
Has it basically remained unchanged from beginning to end?”
Liu Yifei comforted her softly: "If you don't understand anything, just ask the teacher. If you need help, come to us. Learning always has to be a process."
Emperor Kangxi?...Everyone continued to listen.
Chu Xuan said: "I have summarized how the Mei School of art is reflected in films and TV dramas, which is to limit, frame, and fixate the characters. There is no change in body posture or makeup type.
There is no change in the performance method, but if this character is templated to the extreme, it will also be deeply rooted in people's hearts."
But what kind of teaching is suitable for them? They don't have a clear idea to explain this kind of problem that can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.
"I know." Yuan Shanshan probably had sore legs from sitting cross-legged for a long time. She curled her legs up and said, "The textbooks for the first semester of freshman year are from the very beginning."
When filming, isn't it just that where the camera is, the actors are there? It's not that where the actors are, the camera is there.
"I'm afraid that if I say something wrong and the show is aired, it will have a bad effect." Chu Xuan said to the point: "You haven't even debuted yet, and your idol's baggage is so heavy?"
Tang Yan lowered her head slightly, feeling embarrassed.
"For example, you should have an impression of Lin Daiyu in "A Dream of Red Mansions" and Wang Yuyan in "Dragon"."
"And then replace it with the third system. What was Zhao Yun's character like during the Three Kingdoms period? How would he behave? It has nothing to do with us."
But few people summarize the core of this book. After all, everyone has different ideas and everyone gets different insights from the book.
They took a breath, regained their composure, and gained a wave of profound knowledge.
No wonder, except for Yang Rui, who has rich acting experience, the others have not made much progress in the past few days, probably because they did not understand her teachings.
Everyone was thoughtful and carefully understood Chu Xuan's explanation.
"I want to say that life is like a play. As long as you love acting, life can be a performance. Performance will not be affected by any external things. It will neither be bound nor die. As an actor, you should work hard
Use your own artistic ideas to prove its ubiquity."
Chu Xuan looked at Yuan Shanshan and Zhang Xiaofei and said, "Do you think your studies have gone well these days?"
Liu Yifei frowned slightly. The teacher also said this to her and Chu Xuan's classmates in class.
Everyone seemed to understand Chu Xuan's narration, but they had a premonition that Chu Xuan would explain, so they continued to listen carefully.
Is it still possible to perform like this?
Is this the interpretation of the third major performance system?
Is this the defamiliarization method?
Separate actors from roles?
She felt this way and murmured: "Travel to the corresponding era and play yourself? Instead of playing a role? It turns out that the third system can be understood this way."
"The first system, the Mei School performance system, is represented by Mei Lanfang, who perfectly combines song, dance and drama to form a unique art school."
"Among other things, the body, costumes and makeup of Mei School opera are unique and have a unified tone, and the main manifestation in film and television dramas lies in the form and makeup."
Liu Tianchi woke up from his deep thoughts, turned his head to look at Chu Xuan, raised a smile on his lips, and said to the crowd: "Come here, let Chu Xuan tell you, applaud and welcome."
Chu Xuan thought for a while and then said: "Let me compare and explain. If the first system is called the fixed role performance method, and the second system is called the body movement performance method, then the third system is the role and self-separation performance method."
At that time, she thought it was a pity that Chu Xuan had such a groundbreaking performance thinking at his age. If he was engaged in the cultural and education industry, he would not be able to make any good achievements.
"This performance system is also a performance system used in most film and television dramas around the world."
Chu Xuan suddenly said: "Do you know the three major performance systems?"
Everyone was silent. During the training stage, Chen Daoming and the others were the teachers. Now, in the competition stage, there are other teachers, which is a bit uncomfortable.
She usually teaches step-by-step in school, but in this program she uses advanced teaching methods to rush for time, ignoring the fact that these students are just newcomers.
Yuan Shanshan and Zhang Xiaofei nodded. Although they nodded, the learning process was actually not smooth.
Even Yang Rui, who has rich acting experience, also learned a lot from Chu Xuan's explanation.
Liu Tianchi nodded slowly. Chu Xuan's opinion was very unique and he summed it up well.
At that time, when Beiying published Chu Xuan's thesis and distributed it to major colleges and universities, their school of Chinese drama wanted to invite Chu Xuan to be a lecturer. However, remembering Chu Xuan's identity, he also asked Beiying whether Chu Xuan was like this.
The intention was nothing in the end.
It seems that it is true as Chu Xuan said, the makeup is of the same type, the character's walking posture is almost unchanged from the beginning to the end, and there are only a few micro-expressions, but they have all become classic characters.
They recalled the movies and TV dramas they had watched, which indeed completely matched Chu Xuan's narrative.
Tang Yan and Yuan Shanshan suddenly realized that they finally understood Chu Xuan's intention.
Chu Xuan continued: "For example, Emperor Kangxi of Master Chen Daoming."
Chu Xuan moved his legs, bent his legs that had been sitting cross-legged for a long time, and stood up. He smiled and said: "This is a very high-end way of playing."
Chu Xuan's summary was completely correct, but how could they not think of such a summary?
Liu Tianchi was startled. This was the first time she heard this statement.
"Cooperating with each shot to make different expressions and body movements that are in line with the character's logic and have emotional coherence is the core of the physical action performance method and the central idea of "The Actor's Self-cultivation"," said Chu Xuan.
Sometimes, a new set of theoretical insights may sublimate people's thinking, as was the case with Yang Rui.
Many times, someone's casual words may lead to a qualitative change in people's thoughts.
"I have a message for you." Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei stood up.
In the teaching of professional acting teachers like this, the things they talk about are often theoretical and rarely discussed in detail.
Except for Yang Rui, none of them had ever acted before, and Teacher Liu Tianchi's teaching method was too high-end. They didn't understand many things, but they didn't dare to say anything, and each of them was a little worried.
Everyone was also extremely surprised. Chu Xuan's understanding had a huge impact on their original performance thinking.
"If there is a fourth shot, then another set of action expressions will be added."
"In the second shot, the water was very hot." Chu Xuan hissed, then returned to normal and said, "Because the water was very hot, I took a deep breath."
"What is a free and stretched dramatic structural form?"
They didn't know what Chu Xuan could say, so they had high expectations.
"What do you mean?" Chu Xuan smiled, stretched out his hand and pointed casually: "An actor is an actor, and a role is a role. The specific character has nothing to do with the actor. The actor only needs to respect the environment and status of the character to perform."
Everyone was thinking, Chu Xuan glanced at it and said: "The above is my understanding of the three major performance systems."
Liu Yifei glanced at Chu Xuan, but she didn't expect that Chu Xuan would mention Wang Yuyan, who she had played.
Chu Xuan's explanation made everyone find a direction for the performance and everyone nodded.
Liu Tianchi watched them remain silent for a long time and knew that her question was difficult to answer. She frowned and thought about it, trying to find a more understandable solution.
Liu Tianchi was startled, and then he looked slightly stunned.
"Then let me tell you my understanding." Chu Xuan said.
Liu Tianchi was shocked on the spot. It was the first time for her to hear such an understanding, but her heart suddenly became hot, as if she was enlightened as if the clouds were clearing.
The three major systems of acting? It was a basic knowledge in the freshman textbook. She wanted to see what Chu Xuan would talk about.
Some people approve of this pioneering acting method and think it will be of great help to some actors with poor talent; some people do not approve and think that this kind of acting method will make the actors' performances stylized and unimaginative.
space.
Chu Xuan was able to combine this book with the performances in the crew to make a discussion. She also benefited and gained a lot.
However, they still don't understand the situation of Tang Yan and Yuan Shanshan, facing a stern teacher and many cameras, and these scenes may be broadcast on TV.
Chu Xuan asked: "Does Teacher Chen Daoming know?"
"And so on."
"It's okay." Yang Rui said softly.
Chu Xuan picked up a bottle of mineral water. This behavior, which he clearly wanted to demonstrate in person, attracted everyone's attention.
"come on."
"So." Chu Xuan looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "Think about it for yourselves, whether you are suitable for this performance system, whether you accept this performance system, and then discuss it with Teacher Liu, discuss it, and find what you want.
Teacher Liu has the corresponding teaching method for the required performance method."
"Yes." Liu Yifei nodded slightly, and everyone nodded.
"Because to replace the character, you need rich experience, you need to have unique temperament and charm, and you also need high cultural literacy, so that you can replace the character in the environment that is consistent with history and the logic of the corresponding world view.
Perform it yourself.”
Seeing that they were about to leave, Tang Yan, Yuan Shanshan, Zhang Xiaofei, Zhu Yilong and Yang Rui looked at Chu Xuan, with expressions of gratitude on their faces again.
Hearing this, everyone looked at him.
The most important thing is that Chu Xuan's graduation thesis this year has become famous in their art education system.
"We only care about how our actors, after becoming Zhao Yun during the Three Kingdoms period, conform to history and the behavioral logic of the current era, do what we think is feasible, and give Zhao Yun our own character."
Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei and He Jiong had joking smiles on their faces, while Tang Yan, Yuan Shanshan, Zhang Xiaofei and Zhu Yilong lowered their heads in embarrassment.
Acting method of separating roles and self?... Everyone blinked, this was another fresh knowledge point, and they were waiting for Chu Xuan's explanation.
She looked at Liu Yifei again. In the past few years, Liu Yifei's acting skills from "Golden Family" to "Hope" have been very fast, and Chu Xuan must have played a considerable role in it.
"Do you have a feeling that any film and television drama played by Mr. Chen Daoming will have his own traces? For example, his unique temperament, such as his unique eyes, can be seen in any of his film and television dramas, so that it is difficult to see
Few viewers feel that whatever Mr. Chen Daoming plays is himself, not the character." Chu Xuan asked with a smile.
Theory is something that once you understand it, you will be enlightened, but if you don't understand it, you will be confused.
"What is physical movement performance method?"
Lin Daiyu in the old version of "A Dream of Red Mansions"...
Can these understandings and summaries be imagined by someone who has just graduated? This makes them feel that their senior brother is a genius.
Everyone nodded and continued watching.
They thought about it carefully, and it seemed that it was really the case.
Wang Yuyan in "Dragon"...
""A Brief History of Time" says that the universe is completely self-sufficient and is not affected by anything external to it. It is neither created nor destroyed. It just exists."
"I entered the Chinese Opera in 2001, and I haven't acted yet. I think I have forgotten everything I learned." Liu Tianchi said.
Liu Yifei said "hmm" and shook the hand she held with Chu Xuan, with a proud and arrogant look on her face.
Just kidding, Chu Xuan is her treasure.
This arrogant look made He Jiong eat a lot of dog food again. He couldn't help but shook his head: "Where are we going now? Wandering around?"
