Chapter 1011 1006 In-Depth

Chapter 1011 1006. In-depth

To be honest, Liu Yifei is really unfamiliar with this question.

In the literal sense.

In a trance, it seems that she has returned to her first acting class in the United States. The Hollywood NOBODY teacher leaned on the desk and asked the first question casually:

"Do you know what acting is?"

These two questions... have different meanings, but they seem to be the same.

But for those who have just started acting, this question may be very profound.

But...

Brother, I have been in the industry for a long time.

You are really looking down on me by asking me this question, right?

Her eyes became strange.

But she still didn't refuse Xu Xin's face, but said:

"What answer do you want me to give you? The standard answer? Um..."

Speaking of this, she thought for a while and said:

"I remember, in summary, it seems to be said like this. [Acting is a performance skill, which refers to the ability of actors to use various techniques and methods to create images], and if it is subdivided, different acting styles have different definitions of schools. Method school, experience school, and expression school are the three major frameworks, Stanislavsky, Brecht... Oh yes, there is also Mei Lanfang school... This question is too big, what do you want to hear?"

Xu Xin scratched his neck subconsciously.

He thought that your theory is quite solid.

"Your answer makes me feel a little bit like a failed pretentious... Forget it, just pretend that I didn't ask, I'll ask it in a different way."

"..."

Liu Yifei's mouth twitched.

Speechless:

"Teacher Xu, can you do it?"

Xu Xin glared at her unhappily.

He thought who are you calling a little dog!

But he didn't respond, but asked:

"You know, in one... let's not say one, my view is actually quite one-sided. Strictly speaking, there may be no theoretical support. But it is indeed my own experience summary... Let me put it this way, you know, in my eyes, there are only two major categories of actors in this world..."

"One is genius, the other is mediocre? Then am I a genius or mediocre?"

"You are stupid."

Xu Xin rolled his eyes directly:

"When the teacher is teaching, can you stop interrupting? Deduct your credits!"

Liu Yifei didn't say anything this time.

She just pinched her lips with her fingers very cutely.

Like a little duck.

Xu Xin understood that this guy was probably not a good person when he was in school.

According to the level, he must belong to the type of people in the last row of the class.

I really want to throw a piece of chalk on her forehead and give her a "negative score"!

But...I have to say, this cuteness is good.

Full score.

Shaking his head helplessly, he said:

"In my eyes, there are actually two levels of actors. The former relies on image, and the latter relies on skills. With these two points, no matter how good or bad the actor is, or how many awards he has won, or how popular he is... they are actually empty. You come to my crew and act out my requirements for a role.

You just need to act the role I want. For me, as long as I meet my requirements, other so-called status, strength, honor, fame, etc. don't matter. And what I want to talk to you about today is actually the two types of actors in my definition. Let me give you an example. If you are playing a gangster now, how would you perform?"

Liu Yifei didn't answer directly, but pointed at her lips with her finger.

Her eyes widened:

"Hmm?"

Xu Xin thought to herself, why are you so naughty...

Then she saw her teeth.

"Hey~"

After baring her teeth and teasing Teacher Xu for a while, she thought for a moment and said:

"The easiest way is to dye your hair yellow, wear a floral shirt, jeans, small sunglasses, hold a toothpick in your mouth, and pose like this to the opposite character..."

She stretched out her right hand and raised it in the air.

She made a Jewish angry gesture:

"OI~~Boss!"

"..."

To be honest.

Since I started teaching, no one dared to tease Xu Xin in class.

Even the group of people from Beijing Film Academy didn't dare to sleep or play with their phones.

Just kidding...It's Director Xu who's giving a lecture on the stage.

Director Xu is giving a lecture on the stage, and you're playing with your phone or sleeping in the audience?

What if they remember your name?

Remember your name, and when you graduate in the future, you can finally submit a resume, but Director Xu takes a look...Oh, this person slept in his class and his professional grades are average.

One sentence can sentence a person to death.

Who dares?

Is Teacher Xu's class professional?

Definitely.

His construction and understanding of audio-visual language are top-notch!

But relatively speaking, it is indeed very boring.

A lot of professional terms and unfunny explanations are his characteristics when he teaches in the directing department.

But when he teaches in the acting department, it is a different look.

He is so talkative and cheerful.

But we can also see the characteristics of Teacher Xu. He is never vague in his profession and what he teaches is top-notch and hardcore. But in non-professional courses, he also gives a lot of inspiration.

As for which one is more important... this thing is a matter of opinion.

What's more, even if you don't understand, you should try your best to listen and perform.

Haven't you seen that the graduate students in the same class as Director Xu have taken off?

Even the worst performers can now rely on their experience of working with Director Xu to have a comfortable life in the industry.

Where can you find such resources?

To make Director Xu remember you is better than a thousand troops.

So, are you a jerk in class?

That doesn't exist at all.

Unless you don't want to be in this industry anymore.

But Xu Xin really found out today... Giving a lecture to this fat guy really raises blood pressure.

Although it may be the aftereffect of the red wine that makes him feel a little dizzy at the moment.

But...

"Okay. Brother Crow."

After directly pointing out which role she was talking about in this answer, Xu Xin sighed helplessly again.

Spendthrift wife...

I would not have taken your job if I had known.

Your unstable harem has nothing to do with me.

While thinking, he said:

"Since you mentioned Hong Kong, let's use Hong Kong actors as examples. You just mentioned Young and Dangerous. Let's take another example, Lecher. Who is the first Hong Kong actor that popped into your mind?"

"Hmm..."

After thinking for a while, Liu Yifei said:

"Wu Mengda. Uncle Da. In his collaboration with Stephen Chow, the character "Third Uncle" has a lecherous look..."

"Squinting eyes, a mean smile, and a vulgar temperament?"

"Yes, that kind."

"Then do you think that the cognitive images of Brother Crow and Uncle Da in your mind are better in their acting? Or is the image and temperament of the dressed-up more popular?"

"Uh..."

At this time, the playful look in Liu Yifei's eyes gradually faded and turned into a kind of thinking.

After a moment, she asked back:

"But why do I feel that they are more like the label-based acting that the director has pushed out through his works?"

"That's right. Label."

Although there is no blackboard, it is also easy to remember the key points in this one-on-one teaching.

Xu Xin nodded:

"It's labeling. Let's take Hong Kong as an example. Throughout the history of movies, you can always find a group of actors who can leave a fixed impression on the audience in different dramas. For example, Brother Crow, when you see this person, you really can't think of what kind of good guy he can play... Even if he is an undercover policeman in "Infernal Affairs", you still think he is a villain until the end.

For example, Uncle Da, when you see him, you can think that he must be a humorous and witty character.

For example... I say a person, who do you think of? Qin Pei."

A somewhat unfamiliar name came out of his mouth.

After Liu Yifei was stunned for a while...suddenly several images popped up in her mind.

Let her blurt out:

"Hypocrite, sinister villain? This person is the villain in the movies "The Legend of the Five Hundred Million Inspector Lei Luo" and "God of Gamblers", right? The middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, with a side parting?"

"Yes, that's him."

Xu Xin nodded slightly:

"You see, it actually has nothing to do with acting skills. As long as they appear, you can almost 100% determine what type of role they are playing. And for this kind of actor, you only need to arrange them to the role that suits them. Even if they don't act very hard, they can win by their temperament. This is what I call an actor who relies on image and temperament. It's not just them, you are actually the same."

"Uh..."

After digesting Xu Xin's meaning, Liu Yifei was speechless for a moment:

"What do you mean? Do you mean that I still rely on selling my face?... Hey, you are a bit contemptuous."

"Of course not."

Xu Xin shook his head no Recognize, explain:

"On the contrary, this path is not wrong. To put it bluntly, these people's acting skills... Take Uncle Da for example. His acting skills have jumped out of the level of acting skills. It has evolved into a kind of personality. As long as this kind of personality label is attached to him... Let's define Uncle Da's kind of wretched temperament.

[Wretched] is a label. Within the scope of the label, any role with this label symbol, he can be integrated into a sea of ​​​​waters, and it can be said that he has achieved the ultimate of a label.

And this road is not only for him to walk alone, look at Brother Qi, the macho and fierce temperament that Brother Qi is walking now is also such a label. I have talked to her many times, and she doesn't have any of that kind of... I'm tired of roles with this label and want to change the track. Do you think her path is right or wrong?"

"..."

Liu Yifei naturally understood.

Whether it's Brother Qi or Uncle Da.

It's not the core meaning of his question.

It's "label".

So, she didn't answer.

And Xu Xin didn't need her to answer:

"Let's talk about you again. Since your debut, you have been labeled very obviously. [Pure], [Innocent], [Clean]... Looking at the entire post-85 generation, who is purer than you? Who can compare with you?"

"But the disadvantages of this labeling are very obvious."

Liu Yifei shook her head, looked at him with some dissatisfaction and said seriously:

"Even if I don't know myself well enough, let's not talk about myself. Like Mimi? When Mimi debuted, didn't she also follow the youthful and sweet style? According to what you said, she is also labeled, right?"

"Of course I am right."

"But she has transformed very successfully now."

"Don't be in a hurry, listen to me."

After signaling her not to rush to refute, Xu Xin continued:

"It is right to label acting skills. When you do something to the extreme, you will naturally be the best. Just like Brother Qi, I think she has a concept that is actually very good. She said to me: Director Xu, I I feel that I can interpret an image so deeply that people will think of me when they see this type of character... I think this is a great thing. These are her original words.

And what I want to express is very simple. What do you compare these labeled actors to? To put it bluntly, it is a weapons arsenal. Whoever has more labels will be stronger. Uncle Da's nonsensical label can be paired with the obscene label, and Qin Pei's hypocrite label can be supplemented with cruelty. The audience can accept Brother Crow's gangster temperament no matter how excessive he does.

These labels are actually an actor’s arsenal. The larger the caliber of the cannon, the more lethal it is. The more actors with labels, the more profound their acting skills will naturally be. Because these labels can only be obtained by actors interpreting the characters and being remembered by the audience. And this is the first type. "

"Is this the stage I'm in now?"

"No, you're getting beyond that, just not enough yet."

This answer came out of Xu Xin's mouth, and it successfully made the Shibuya school beauty with black skin who started to listen attentively show a surprised look with a bit of joy:

"What do you mean?"

Faced with this question, Xu Xin just asked again:

"Since you took the Xiangjiang actor as an example, let me talk about another person... What do you think is good about Liang Chaowei's drama?"

"Eye!"

Fat Fairy almost did it without thinking.

Speaking of Liang Chaowei, why bother asking?

The title of the man who is known as the best at acting with his eyes is not made up out of thin air.

But when faced with her answer, Xu Xin did not deny it, but just asked a strange question:

"Then why do you think he was able to achieve this with just a pair of eyes?"

"..."

This time, Liu Yifei couldn't answer.

Xu Xin was not surprised and just said:

"This is the second way I want to talk about, a performance method that relies on skills. Or to put it more bluntly, it relies on micro-expressions to express the level of acting skills. You see."

He pointed at the screen as he spoke.

On the screen, the image of "The Grandmaster" was still fixed at 20 minutes and 55 seconds.

"Watch carefully."

Xu Xin clicked play directly.

Liu Yifei narrowed her eyes slightly.

As the picture played, under the profile shot of Yang Mi given by Wang Jiawei, a voice sounded:

"Your temper is just like when dad was young. He only focused on victory and defeat, and had no sense of the world."

"clatter."

Space tap.

The screen pauses.

"What did you see?"

he asked directly.

"..."

Liu Yifei was silent.

What do you see?

Saw nothing.

What can you see here?

So, Xu Xin backframed the image and continued:

"Keep watching."

Soon, the scene restarted, but this time Xu Xin retreated for ten more seconds and gave a shot of Wang Qingxiang.

"Your temper..."

At 21 minutes and 7 seconds, the screen paused again.

Xu Xin asked again:

"What did you see?"

"..."

Liu Yifei frowned again.

Staring at the close-up of Yang Mi on the screen.

Vaguely, she thought she saw something.

But I don't know how to express it.

Until...Xu Xin asked another question:

"You know what this scene is about, right?"

"Know."

Liu Yifei, who had read it many times, nodded:

"Gong Er came to Guangzhou and refused to let her father fight with Ip Man. She felt that Ip Wen was not worthy."

She was familiar with this plot.

Xu Xin responded:

"Well, in this scene, do you think she listened to Gong Baosen's words?"

"No, she is not convinced."

"Then why did she show that she was not convinced?"

"Of course... uh..."

She subconsciously wanted to tell how Yang Mi expressed it.

However, when the words came to my lips, my mind turned to mush.

yes.

How to express it?

In this scene...Mimi didn't do anything.

Wang Jiawei gave her a close-up of her face.

And the whole time, she just stared in one direction, either talking or listening.

Even when she rewinds the film to the beginning, she maintains this action.

But...why do I feel that she is not convinced?

How did she do it?

not understand.

Didn't see clearly.

She couldn't help but get up:

"Let me see..."

"You can just watch it there. This is Barco, not an ordinary projector. What you see on your computer is not as clear as my projector."

Seeing that she was coming over, Xu Xin waved his hand.

Barco projector.

Ordinary people may be unfamiliar with this brand.

But for wealthy people who want to own a home audio-visual entertainment room, this brand is definitely no stranger.

Xu Xin's projector is for commercial use.

In other words... although it is installed at home, it is actually absolutely top-notch when placed in a movie theater.

The price is not expensive, more than two million.

Supports 4K resolution.

The screen clarity of this laptop is far less clear than the image projected on the screen.

After refusing Liu Yifei and getting up, Xu Xin lowered the speed of the player to 0.5 times and said:

"I'll play it for you slowly."

then……

"Your... temper... anger... ah..."

At the slowed down speed, Liu Yifei's eyes were extremely focused on watching every bit on the screen.

At first, Mimi was calm.

Along with Wang Qingxiang or Gong Baosen's words, her body rose and fell with breathing.

But not obviously.

But... subconsciously, Liu Yifei felt that Mimi's breathing rhythm was wrong.

How should I put it... There is a feeling of "here we go again" impatience.

Although the amplitude of that kind of breathing was very small, it was not obvious when she inhaled. However, when she exhaled, her body rose and fell so much that at a slow speed, her body had an obvious falling feeling.

It's like a daughter showing a little impatience with her father's nagging.

And when Gong Baosen's words came to the word "win or lose" that "only wins or loses in his eyes", suddenly! She saw it!

Mimi's ears moved!

While her ears moved, she seemed to grit her teeth.

But the biting position is not the big teeth, but the force exerted in the tiger tooth area!

The muscles at the corners of her mouth "bulged" outward for a moment.

The ears move first.

The next moment, the muscles at the corners of his mouth bulged and then calmed down.

Then, following Gong Baosen's words, "There is no humanity in the world," her expression returned to calmness again.

From the falling breath, to the ears moving as if stimulated by the words "only the victory or defeat in the eyes", and then the gritted teeth...

When Xu Xin pressed the pause button, her consciousness also caught up with the slow performance.

The father started nagging.

My daughter's first reaction was impatience.

But then I heard something that felt very harsh, and then I showed my dissatisfaction.

From impatient to unconvinced.

Being told by my father is the beginning.

Impatience is also the beginning.

Listening in the middle is a process.

The expressionless face, the impatience that kept listening, was the process.

Hearing "I only have eyes for victory or defeat", being unconvinced is the result.

He disagreed with his father, but he did not refute it. Instead, he was unhappy and dissatisfied, which was the result.

A scene.

Beginning - process - result.

Everything that should be there is there.

Complete and complete.

"..."

She blinked twice quickly.

A sense of absurdity suddenly arose.

Could it be that I'm over-interpreting it?

Am I... overthinking it?

Just like this... in total, it only takes ten seconds of footage. This complete mental journey and psychological activities are expressed by the expression on the face?

"???"

Did Mimi do it on purpose?

Or... am I really over-interpreting it?

If it was really intentional...

What an international joke! ?

How did she get it just right?

Maybe I'm over-interpreting it?

But...why did Xu Xin play this paragraph for me to watch?

Does he think the same as me?

Unconsciously, she looked at Xu Xin.

He met a pair of interested eyes.

"How's it going? Do you understand?"

Xu Xin asked.

But Liu Yifei couldn't answer.

Because I simply don’t know how to answer... or how to express it.

Even she couldn't figure out how Mimi did it.

How could she do it?

Then, she heard Xu Xin's self-conscious words:

"Liang Chaowei is a very interesting person. He is very good at controlling eye muscles...I don't know whether this is innate or developed by himself. But it is true that he...can interpret with just a pair of eyes. There are many characters with different characteristics.

But in the entire Chinese film industry, there are actually many people who can do this.

In fact, in summary, these people all have one characteristic, that is, they are good at grasping the subtle inner processes of the characters when they experience every mentality change.

Or let’s understand it from another angle and give an example. In reality, if there really is a person like Wu Mengkuo, he makes all kinds of exaggerated expressions... Your first reaction is definitely not that he is very humorous, but that he is being obscene, or you may simply choose to call the police.

It’s actually easy to understand here. In real life, everyone has similar expressions. Smile more when you are happy and cry when you are sad. If you don't want people to see you, you'll try to hide your emotions. But at this time you will find that the person who is most familiar with you... is like me. I saw you watching a movie alone today. Without knowing the cause and effect, I could tell that you had something on your mind. Ahem. "

After secretly touting his ability, Xu Xin continued:

"But have you ever thought about it? Why can I detect your unhappiness so easily? How did you show it? ... Or, how did you feel that Yang Mi was unconvinced in this scene? In fact, the answer is This is the sublimation stage of acting in my eyes.

An actor is no longer an actor. In other words, she didn't act, she wasn't acting anymore. Instead, he brought Gong Er to life in everyone's sight.

How she enters the character, how she drives the changes in her micro-expressions, and how she expresses them accurately and slightly... To put it bluntly, it's based on her understanding of the character. And this understanding drives her performance.

For this kind of actor, she no longer needs to keep the so-called label...or it doesn't matter whether there is a label or not. Because she is no longer acting, what the audience sees is the character, not the character played by the actor.

This kind of micro-expression control is closer to life and more real...but at the same time, it is also more difficult.

Is there anyone in the circle who can do it?

Of course there is.

But... it is rare.

And Yang Mi is now actually at this stage.

To be honest, I don't know how she got to this stage. Talent? Or the efforts for Gong Er? Maybe both.

But it is true that she has entered.

The human eye has its limits.

Faced with the visual images that happen quickly in a short time, your brain cannot analyze and disassemble them frame by frame. This is why you can only feel that she is dissatisfied at the beginning, but you can't tell where she is dissatisfied.

The number of frames is too fast, and it is dizzying.

But at the same time, your brain still records the 10 seconds, a total of 240 frames, completely.

And gave you a general feedback.

This feedback is consciousness... instinct, you can say it in any way, but in the final analysis, it gave you a kind of cognition.

The cognition tells you that Gong Er is not convinced by her father's words here.

Sometimes, cognition is greater than understanding.

So, if you don't slow down, you don't understand how she behaves. But the cognition of "not convinced" has entered your heart.

And this scene may not be enough for you to recognize the role of Gong Er.

However, when the story tends to be complete, as an audience, as a bystander, after the movie is over... you will not think about how Yang Mi played this movie, you will just feel... you saw Gong Er's life.

So, do you understand it? ”

“…”

Did Liu Yifei understand?

Of course she did.

Or rather, she didn’t understand at first. But later, after Teacher Xu broke, crushed, and fed her this performance, she really understood it.

But…

Understanding is understanding.

At this moment, her mind was a little confused.

On the one hand, she was surprised.

On the other hand, she didn’t believe it.

She was surprised at Mimi’s acting skills.

She didn’t believe it because…

Mimi has reached this point?

Is this…an international joke!?

Then…

“What about me?”

She couldn’t help asking.

“What about me?”

“You?”

Xu Xin shrugged:

“You are somewhere in between. You already have many labels, but how can you manage this kind of micro-expression…To be honest, I don’t know. I can only say that if you take another step up, you will be her. But how to take this step, I really don’t know. ”

“…”

…

Outside the house.

After sending the child to the parents’ room, Yang Mi, who was eavesdropping in the corner, went downstairs and left quietly.

When she went upstairs, she was smiling.

Yeah.

Comfortable.

Great!!!

Wait for my brother to come back later, and serve him well!

Do the whole job!