Chapter 960 The Truth of a Lesson 956

Chapter 960 956. The truth of a lesson

If Yang Mi's education of her children can be summarized in one word... it's two words.

"Rules."

Xu Xin guessed that she was more influenced by Brother Qian'er.

Children's behavior within the rules is never criticized, but if they "break" the rules, don't blame the old mother's ruthless half-step collapse fist.

So, when she is at home, both children have to behave themselves.

Want to eat ice cream?

Sure.

But you can only eat one each, and you can't eat more.

Want to play in the naughty castle?

That's OK, but grandma and grandpa have something to do in the afternoon, so you can only play for one hour.

Want to watch TV?

That's OK, but you have to finish piano practice, Nuannuan.

What? Want to practice with your brother?

That's great! Then you supervise your brother, and if he is lazy, you beat him.

When you both finish practicing the piano, mom will take you to eat delicious food.

This is her education style.

But when it comes to Xu Xin, there is nothing to say.

"Dad, I want to eat hamburgers."

"Let's go."

"Dad, I don't want to eat anymore."

"Then leave it there, Dad will eat it."

"I want to eat ice cream."

"Okay, what flavor?"

His doctrine for children is "everything is false, everything is allowed."

Highlight freedom.

Of course, his freedom is also based on his wife's "rules".

With his wife holding him back, it doesn't matter if he takes care of the two children.

Highlight love.

Maybe it's because of their father's company that the children still clamor for "missing mom" every day, but as long as Xu Xin is there, the children will not lose their backbone.

When they woke up in the morning, the two children shouted that they wanted to eat McDonald's in the evening.

Xu Xin agreed immediately and promised to take them to McDonald's after school in the evening.

The two children never seemed to worry about their father's promise, and they jumped and got into their grandfather's car hand in hand.

After finishing his meal, Xu Xin packed up and drove to school.

Today he has a class in the acting department, and it's a big class.

From 8:00 to 11:50, a whole morning class.

He was going to take an acting class.

Actually, this class was supposed to be taught by Hu Xiaoguang, but when he heard that Xu Xin was also taking a small course in the basics of film and television directing in the acting department during the filming, he invited him:

"Director Xu, do you want to give the students an acting class?"

He didn't mean that Xu Xin would teach acting, but that he wanted them to perform in front of Xu Xin.

In a big way, it should be considered an honor for students to act in front of Xu Xin.

After all, it's really hard to appear in front of Director Xu after leaving school.

In a small way...acting is actually a profession that requires "thick skin". Acting in front of an ordinary director and acting in front of a great director are two completely different concepts.

Even if this is not a formal filming, it is particularly important for students to have this experience to train their mentality.

Hu Xiaoguang feels the same way.

He has worked with many famous directors, but in Director Xu's plays, he has his own set of directing logic. Communication and exchanges when actors are not sure about certain roles will benefit every actor.

So, this time he communicated directly with other teachers, adjusted the class schedule, and put two acting classes together.

Just want to give everyone a chance to exercise.

Xu Xin naturally agreed.

He still needs to "mix the class hours".

When he arrived at the school, it was almost 8 o'clock.

He took the lesson plan prepared on his mobile phone and walked directly into the teacher's office of the acting department.

Hu Xiaoguang had been waiting there for a long time.

"Director Xu."

"Teacher Hu."

After saying hello, Hu Xiaoguang smiled and handed him a stack of materials on the table.

A USB flash drive and a stack of paper.

After he took it and took a look, he raised his eyebrows:

"Wow, are all my films?"

The materials are all screenshots, and below are the lines of each character.

The first page is a screenshot of Yi Guchun interrogating Xin Xiaofeng in "The Burning Sun".

The second page is the scene when Huang Xiaoxian broke up with her ex-boyfriend in "33 Days".

The third page is even more difficult... In "The Sound of the Wind", the last scene between Gu Xiaomeng and Li Ningyu...

There are more or less lines, but almost every page can be said to be difficult.

Hu Xiaoguang smiled and said:

"The performance task was sent out the day before yesterday, and everyone was asked to watch all the works of Director Xu. When they heard that Director Xu was coming to class, these children were very excited..."

"Haha~ Then I hope they can pass."

"Hahahaha..."

Hu Xiaoguang also laughed.

Pass?

How is it possible.

The film and television clips here are all famous scenes from Director Xu's movies.

Even mature actors have to be extremely careful when controlling it. Every scene is difficult, so how can they pass?

However, as teachers, everyone will lower their requirements. It doesn’t matter how well they can restore the charm of the original work, as long as they pass.

Or it doesn’t matter if they fail, the important thing is to get guidance from a director.

This is the biggest gain for them.

“Okay…”

Xu Xin glanced at the time:

"Then I went?"

"I'll go with Director Xu. I'm familiar with these students."

"OK."

The two of them left the office together and walked directly to the classroom.

The classrooms in the Performance Department are actually not big, after all, there are not many people in each class. The 11th-level performance department led by Hu Xiaoguang has a total of 32 people, divided into three classes.

But when the two of them arrived at the small classroom, they suddenly stopped...

There were a lot of people standing at the door of the original Performance 3 classroom.

There were so many people, Xu Xin took a quick glance, there were at least forty or fifty people...

"...?"

He subconsciously looked at Hu Xiaoguang.

Hu Xiaoguang was also speechless.

Looking at these young people, I thought to myself...you even take classes in the acting department?

But it turned out that he was wrong.

Among the crowd, two teachers similar to Hu Xiaoguang walked over.

"Teacher Lu, Teacher Wei."

"Teacher Hu, Director Xu, good morning."

The middle-aged female teacher named Teacher Lu smiled and said:

"There are actually no classes in my class this morning, but when the students in the class heard that Director Xu was coming to class today, the monitor asked me to find me and wondered if they could come with me..."

Teacher Wei next to him also smiled and said:

"My situation is similar. The juniors are about to graduate and are particularly eager for this opportunity to attend classes."

"Well……"

Xu Xin was stunned for a moment, then understood what the two teachers meant, and said with a smile:

"I'm afraid I won't be able to sit down. Then let's change the classroom? Teacher Hu, is that okay?"

"no problem."

As a result, what was originally a small classroom for performances was transformed into a large classroom.

On the podium, Xu Xin looked at a group of bright-eyed students, including Nazha and Yang Zi, and then glanced at the acting teachers sitting next to him... Just as he was about to speak, suddenly, the classroom door was pushed open. .

Cui Xinqin and Yu Zhen walked in together.

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Xu Xin was stunned.

Yu Zhen waved her hand:

"You go to your class, and we will come and observe."

Xu Xinxin asked you two to join in the fun...

This is a performance class, not a public class.

He was speechless.

But looking at the fifty or sixty people in this classroom... these are naturally not all performance students, otherwise the classroom would be larger.

But there are also a lot of people.

If I had to perform them one by one, I might not be able to finish them all in the morning.

But there is nothing we can do, let’s start with the sophomore students.

He inserted the courseware U disk that Hu Xiaoguang made into his computer, and after reading the contents of the files inside, he had an idea.

So after the two directors sat down, he coughed lightly:

"Ahem, let's get started."

Xu Xin was not nervous at all being stared at by so many pairs of eyes.

It was the same last semester. Knowing that he was going to take classes, a group of people flocked to the directing department.

There were a lot of people in the first class, but then the number of people gradually decreased.

Because he teaches courses for junior and senior students, freshmen and sophomores or people without basic theory of directing cannot understand it at all.

Slowly it stopped coming.

But his mentality was tempered at that time.

"Someone, please pass on these materials. The materials are limited to prepare. You can circulate them to each other in the same column or group. I will also play the content of your performance in a while for everyone's reference."

While he was talking, Yang Zi, who was sitting in the front row like Nazha, happened to be guarding the aisle, took the initiative to come over and took the performance information from Xu Xin's hand.

Xu Xin nodded slightly to her and continued:

"Several other teachers are here too. Let me say something here first. I am not teaching you acting today. Believe me, when it comes to acting theory, your classmates are even richer than me.

At the same time, I believe that all students are more or less nervous at the moment. After all, I took a look and found that the performance clips chosen by Teacher Hu today are actually some of the more challenging scenes in my play. "

As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at the slideshow on the projector, then simply quit and showed everyone the list of clips that needed to be performed.

"For example, the scene between Gu Xiaomeng and Li Ningyu ends in a scene."

He took the infrared pen and drew a circle on the icon on the curtain.

"If I remember correctly, this scene took about a week from preparation to completion of filming. During that week, Yang Mi, Liang Binning, including director of photography Li Pingdong and everyone else, we were there I kept practicing my movements, lines, performance emotions and all the details. I didn’t know how many times I made mistakes before the filming was finally completed.

What I want to say here is that everything you see has dramatic tension or high points of conflict. Those impressive shots may have been shot more than once during the filming. Even those seniors with profound skills, such as Teacher Li Xuejian, will make mistakes when filming.

It’s okay to be wrong and it’s okay to be nervous. The content of my course today is to let everyone feel that as a director, in my eyes, when filming a certain scene, the director's requirements for the actors, and what should we do when the actor's ideas conflict with the director's understanding? Looking for a "right" solution and giving some acting advice to today's performers, all of you, from the director.

This was our original intention for the morning. You don't have to worry about whether your performance is good or bad, or whether it will satisfy me... Frankly, it doesn't matter. Every director has our own opinions on every play, and everyone just needs to perform to their own standards. Do you understand? "

"Understood!!!"

"Yeah, good."

Xu Xin nodded slightly, glanced at the time, and said:

"Then, I will come by lottery. Today was originally a class for sophomores, but since other students are here, we will treat them equally. I will choose the clips later, for example, I chose Yi Guchun and Xin Xiaofeng. Students who want to perform Iguchun can just raise their hands, and then It's Xin Xiaofeng. These roles are not limited to men and women. I'll give you ten minutes to read these clips. Everyone chooses the role you want to play, and remember to write down your own lines... Of course, if you have a favorite partner, Then we can form a team. Okay, let’s take a look.”

With that said, he directly played the first scene in the courseware.

It happened to be the scene in "The Hawthorn Tree" where the two of them were in the same room when Jingqiu went to the hospital to see her third child.

Then, Xu Xin stepped aside and came to Yu Zhen and Cui Xinqin.

"Why are you two here?"

"Come and join in the fun."

Yu Zhen's words made Xu Xin's mouth twitch.

OK.

Cui Xinqin smiled and said:

"Always come and take a look. In fact, the performance level of these students may not meet Teacher Xu's requirements..."

"Well, the most important thing is to let them gain some experience. Don't worry, Director Cui, I understand."

Soon, ten minutes flew by.

Xu Xin stepped onto the podium again.

After looking at the documents in the courseware, he said:

"Then let's pick an easy one first. Xin Xiaofeng and Yi Guchun will interrogate this section."

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All the students looked like "Brother, are you serious?"

That's a famous scene in your movie.

Are you sure this is simple?

Seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Xu Xin shrugged:

"You don't think this scene is difficult, do you?"

No one responded, but the emotion in their eyes changed to "Isn't it difficult???"

Xu Xin was delighted:

"Ha~ This scene is actually not difficult. First of all, regarding Yi Guchun's request, the expression on his face actually doesn't matter. The difficulty is just our basic skills - lines. Lao Duan used his lines to show a kind of calmness. The complex emotions contained below.

Is it heartbroken? Or is it that you are a little shaken by what you are doing? Or... it's like this paragraph that was dismantled online. In the composition of the picture, I just gave everyone a doubt.

Will the balance of the rule of law be tilted in favor of people? It's tilted, right? Still wrong?

I asked questions, but that was my shooting method. As an actor, Haru Igani just revealed the lines I needed. It was not difficult for Xin Xiaofeng. All his emotions in the first half were peace of mind and a hint of guilt. And what follows is relief. These are all very basic acting techniques, what’s so difficult about it? "

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Seeing that no one responded, Xu Xin smiled and said:

"Okay, come on, the two classmates will come on stage in a moment. Just remember to express your words in front of the audience. Who is coming to Yi Guchun?"

Several students raised their hands.

The ones sitting in the middle today were the sophomore class he was supposed to lead.

So, Xu Xin picked a boy in the middle:

"Classmate, it's you, come on."

"Hello, Teacher Xu, my name is Qiao Junda."

"Well, classmate Qiao, come to Yi Guchun. Where is Xin Xiaofeng? Which classmate is coming?"

At this time, Xu Xin saw a surprising hand.

"Then it's up to you, classmate Zhou Ruanyu."

He just said that there is no distinction between men and women.

Since he was the only girl in the sophomore class with a hand raised, let her try.

"Thank you, Teacher Xu."

"Well, come on, two students. You have... 1 minute to prepare. The countdown begins."

Xu Xin said to the watch.

Then he changed positions.

After looking around, he walked up to Yang Zi:

"Move over. Squeeze."

Yang Zi stuck her butt out, and Nazha "flyed" out.

The girl immediately rolled her eyes.

You Yang Dayun!

Soon, in a minute.

Zhou Ruanyu's wrists met together, and his limbs were a little stiff as he moved to the stool step by step.

Opposite her, classmate Qiao Junda, who was facing her sideways, opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but remained silent, staring at Zhou Ruanyu's movements.

Waiting until she sat down, he waved his hand, as if to the two prison guards who were taking him into custody, and motioned for them to leave.

Xu Xin's mouth twitched when he saw it.

But he said nothing.

I just watched this guy take out a box of Liqun worth 13 yuan from his pocket...

Xu Xin glanced at the teachers subconsciously.

I said to myself, buddy, you are really brave.

But...it's a prop.

He's not serious either.

There was just one cigarette in his mouth, and the other was handed to Zhou Ruanyu.

This is when you can actually see the difference.

He is very close to Zhou Ruanyu.

Zhou Ruanyu could actually reach it with his hand.

But she carefully propped herself up with her arms, leaned forward, and took the cigarette with great effort.

"What a pity, you are indeed a good policeman..."

In fact, everyone had heard his voice when he introduced himself just now.

But when he spoke this time, it was a hoarse voice that pretended to be deep.

And Xu Xin could also feel that he was actually trying hard to express his complex meaning of "maturity".

But... too artificial.

But he didn't stop him, but waited for Zhou Rongyu...

And Zhou Rongyu was obviously more suitable for the role of Xin Xiaofeng.

And she should have reached the point of pondering deep details.

It was visible to the naked eye that she began to let her eyes lose focus.

When she looked up, the focus of her eyes was not on Qiao Junda at all.

And there was also a very detailed squinting.

Because of the scene setting, when Xin Xiaofeng looked at Yi Guchun, he could also see the sunlight outside the window.

Squinting is the instinctive reaction of the human eye when facing a light source.

This little detail made Xu Xin nod secretly.

I have to say... the old man is really amazing.

This girl is indeed talented.

But...

Just like what Yi Guchun said.

What a pity.

You are indeed a good actor.

But similarly, as an actor, appearance is also one of the conditions.

Her thin and young characteristics doom her acting range to be not too wide. Although she has a childlike face,... once she reaches a certain age, it will become more and more difficult to get a role.

Unless she is very popular, so popular that others only consider fame and not other things.

Otherwise...

Her golden period is much shorter than others.

It is also easier to be stereotyped.

Alas.

What a pity.

Although the acting skills are different in the end, they all end up in the same place.

And this girl's acting skills can be regarded as a glimpse of the door, and she has already entered the door.

But with this physical condition, God really doesn't give her a gift.

...

The two performed for less than 2 minutes before Xu Xin called them to stop:

"Okay, stop."

He stood up and walked to the two of them.

Seeing him coming, the two suddenly looked nervous. Even though Zhou Rongyu had worked under the old man, he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy at this moment.

Because... they hadn't finished their performance yet, but Xu Xin called them CUT.

Seeing this, Xu Xin smiled and said:

"It's okay, the performance is not bad, go back first."

Hearing this, Qiao Junda reacted first:

"Thank you, Teacher Xu."

"Well, go."

When the two returned to their seats, he looked at the students in front of him and said:

"I know that when the two students were performing, many people were comparing and commenting in their hearts. For example, did they make mistakes? How was the performance? Or compared with themselves, do they think they are better or weaker than the two of them..."

Although no one responded, everyone knew that what Teacher Xu said was not wrong.

They were indeed doing this.

"It's not necessary."

Xu Xin shook his head:

"Don't forget, I just told you that I'm here to give you an acting class today to tell you how I view the performance of actors from a director's perspective. It has nothing to do with your acting skills. Whether you act well or not is not the most important thing. I hope to tell you some misunderstandings that can be avoided through this class, and how to play some advantages.

Okay, let's talk about why I stopped this performance.

The reason is also very simple, that is, I have already figured out the background of these two people. First of all, Qiao Junda, who plays Yi Guchun. In my eyes, he looks sunny and handsome, and he actually has a very tender face. You are this year How old is he? "Hearing this, Qiao Junda hurriedly said: "Teacher Xu, I was born in 1992." Xu Xin nodded slightly: "Well, then I'm right. It's no problem for you to play a high school student now. Pay attention, here comes the point. Why do I say he can play a high school student? Because this is determined by his appearance. We often say, hey, this person has a childlike face. This person is a little mature. These are actually the first impressions of a person by our naked eyes. You know, during the audition, actors are allowed to wear makeup, but it should not be too thick, but to show their advantages. Qiao's advantage is here. Now, everyone look at him. "Shua shua shua... Everyone's eyes fell on his face unconsciously. "I'll say a few words now, and see if you can fit him. One, senior in the third year of high school. Two, the childhood sweetheart brother of the female character. Three, the captain of the basketball team, a sunny boy. "After saying that, he saw the group of students nodding unconsciously, and then clapped his hands to get everyone's attention back. "Classmates, as a director." He pointed at himself and said: "Do you know how we choose the actors for some... not so important roles? For example, I have a play now, a youth love campus theme. There is a second male and a third male, the kind of sunny boy I just mentioned. Do you know how I will choose?" Looking at those curious eyes, he made a gesture. "About this thick." His index finger and thumb were stretched to the limit.

"Every time, I can grab such thick photos. Then, I will look at them one by one very quickly like dealing cards. I will not look at your resume or see how much information you have. Excellent, I will only pick up your artistic photos to see if this person will meet my requirements... Even this kind of work does not require me to be responsible.

The assistant director and casting director themselves will help me select a large number of people who meet the requirements of "Sunshine Boys". And my job is just to screen some of them and let them come over for auditions. Even unless it is a role that I think is very important and it is necessary for me to audition in person, in most cases... your photos may not be delivered to me. Most of them will remain in the hands of the casting director and finally go to me. There are no more than thirty or fifty cards in front of me. "

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

"If I remember correctly... in "33 Days of Love", those supporting actors whose names I may have forgotten now are people from Huang Xiaoxian's company. The resumes submitted by these actors during the audition period were about three thousand to Four thousand copies.”

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Some students opened their mouths in surprise.

so much?

Then Xu Xin shrugged casually:

"When the information about these actors was sent to me, there were probably less than a hundred photos. In the end, those five or six people were selected."

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Xu Xin could see that the mentality of these children had undergone some changes.

But...that's just the way showbiz is.

As a director, in today's class, he wants to use this method to tell these students some knowledge... that they may not or cannot learn in school. Help them avoid some misunderstandings.

And the way is to tell them the most real... corner of this circle.

"Students, as a director and a teacher, I will teach you the first knowledge point in this class, which is to combine your own advantages and carry out targeted film specialization in the early stage.

It is true that submitting a resume and working on a set is like looking for a needle in a haystack. But when you are performing, before you gain any fame, you must understand one thing. That's finding your comfort zone.

Sunshine boy, don't try to play a mature role. You need to make full use of your appearance to win more opportunities for you to be exposed in the camera.

Note, there is a difference here. I'm not saying that you can only play this type of role, but I'm telling you through my casting experience how you can get more opportunities to appear on camera. Because your acting skills are not yet mature, the first thing you need to do is find your comfort zone.

Even my wife, your senior sister, she took this route at the beginning.

So, position yourself first. Appearance is also an important part of acting, it determines your innate advantages. Once you find your comfort zone and understand your own conditions first, you can survive in this circle instead of being lost in the crowd.

Here, please allow me to quote Mr. Guo Degang’s words: Before you succeed, talent is equal to shit.

Although this statement is a bit biased, the general idea is not bad. In my eyes as a director, if a picture of a sunny boy appears in an audition for a very sunny role in my crew, I will take it for granted. But if you appear in characters like Xin Xiaofeng and Yi Guchun, I'm sorry, but you are not even qualified to be looked at by me.

As actors, you must understand that after we put aside the so-called capital, company operations, personal relationships, etc., the fact that your photos are handed to me through the hands of the casting director is enough to prove your excellence.

Because there has never been a shortage of actors of all types in this industry, being recognized by the casting director means that you have... or at least found the right path for you in my play. "

Speaking of this, he shook his head slightly:

"I am not proud, thinking that I am great, etc., but I hope that in class today, as a Chinese film director, I can tell you, future actors, some heartfelt words. In school, I am the teacher, and you are Students, I will give you everything But after leaving school, I am the director and you are the actors. All the actors are doing their best to be able to appear in the movie. Even all the students here are potential competitors in the future... I'm sorry, but this is cruel. These are the real rules of the film and television industry.”

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No one responded.

The room is full of words.

Everyone, including actors like Yang Zi and Nazha who have already achieved a certain degree of fame.

Everyone felt in their hearts that they had learned something... very important.

But...these important things coming out of Teacher Xu's mouth made them unhappy no matter what.

I can even vaguely smell the smoke filled with cruel competition...

Extremely true.

But they never doubted the authenticity of what Teacher Xu said.

Just like what Teacher Xu said.

He didn't have to hide it at all.

Because... maybe after leaving campus, I wouldn't even be qualified to be looked at by Director Xu.

Is this... the real entertainment industry?