Actors have no vacation

Chapter 31 Pain
"I have no money, no popularity, and it doesn't matter. Can this kind of big production choose me?" Guan Chen didn't think he could be selected.

"Don't be so negative. If you have the chance, try to try it. Movies are not TV. The consumers of movies are movie fans. They only care about whether the movie is good or not. Not all directors are the answerers of money, and the producers are also aware of it. It’s definitely more profitable to make a good movie with a good reputation.” Xie Jinzhu patted Guan Chen’s shoulder with his hand, “Because our Chinese movie has its pure place, it has always been a temple in the hearts of global filmmakers.” Huaxia Dream] is not just talking."

Guan Chen dodged sideways, suspecting that the other party might have eye mucus on his hands.

Xie Jinzhu didn't care, he wiped it on his thigh a few times, and said, "Of course, relationship, popularity, etc., are not completely unimportant. Among two actors with similar levels, there is a high probability that someone who is related or popular will be chosen. that one."

"So are we related?"

"No." Xie Jinzhu waved his hand: "But it doesn't matter! -- I said it doesn't matter, I don't mean the relationship of [going relationship], it means..."

"I understand." Guan Chen was very dissatisfied. This simple word has multiple meanings, and even elementary school students can distinguish it, let alone a junior high school student.

"As long as you play a lot better than others, your advantages can wipe out their advantages." Xie Jinzhu said calmly, his eyes sparkling.

Guan Chen did not speak.

Because he doesn't have the confidence to play to that level.

If he was allowed to act in only one of the clips like in an acting class, then Guan Chen would have the confidence to perform at the level of beating a bear.

But a complete film requires continuous and changing performances.

Guan Chen felt that he could not handle it.

The script he held in his hand was almost a "New Police Story" in terms of structure.However, if you look closely, there are too many deviations in the details.

For example, the villain he wants to play can be said to be a criminal lurking in the police force.As the son of a high-level police officer, his job is naturally a police officer, but he has always been an ordinary patrol officer with no talent or enthusiasm. In the eyes of others, he is just a moth who has no ambition, eats and waits to die.However, in secret, he relied on his ingenuity to grasp the distribution and trend of the police force from clues, and then committed crimes calmly.

This is not Azu...

Guan Chen sighed.If Azu is copied from memory, he can only copy part of it.For the other blank parts, he can only build characters by himself.

The difficulty in this is almost the same as the second question in the last major question of the high school entrance examination mathematics paper for him.

"It's a bit difficult." Guan Chen knew very early that he couldn't cope with most of the scripts in this world just by copying his memory, so he has been studying acting seriously.He thought that after studying for a year and a half, [Copy] plus his own level, he should be able to complete a work.

But the surprise is that the big brother has more than enough success and more than failure, and he got him an audition so quickly.Makes people unprepared.

But let him refuse immediately, and he was a little unwilling to retreat like this.

"Believe in yourself, you can do it!" Xie Jinzhu patted Guan Chen on the shoulder.I don't know where he got his confidence, he felt as if Guan Chen could win the role as long as he made a move.

Guan Chen was worried and did not hide, but Xie Jinzhu rubbed his clothes several times with his fingers.

"This is the first time you got the script, right?" Xie Jinzhu added: "The script you printed out and used in class doesn't count."

"Yeah." Guan Chen nodded.He doesn't know what to do next now.

"Although I can teach you how to analyze the script, it's not easy for me to misunderstand my children. It's better for Teacher Xing to teach you." Xie Jinzhu stood up and asked Guan Chen to follow along to find Xing Yan.

Guan Chen got into Xie Jinzhu's car with something on his mind.

Xie Jinzhu was still driving.The place they were going was Xing Yan's home.

On Thursday morning, when it was not the time for class, Xing Yan replied on the phone, saying that he was staying at home to rest.

When Guan Chen and the others came to the door, Xing Yan was watching a movie.

As soon as you enter the living room, you can see a screen so large that it covers a wall, playing a movie at 0.25x speed.

The pictures are one after another, which is a test of the quality of the picture and the eyesight of the viewer.

The background music was intermittent, as if the musicians had just finished the [-]-meter marathon without taking a breath, and then immediately began to play feebly.

Every line spoken by the actor was lengthened, patiently like taking care of an old man with poor hearing and provoking the old man.

The expressions on the actors' faces, all the facial features seemed to be quarreling, first the facial features began to move, and then the other facial features reacted and quickly followed; some of them were completely motionless.The final effect is that some are natural, and the emotions can be coherent, but the speed is a little slow; some are unnatural, and the performance is very unconvincing.

Even Guan Chen, a half-hearted actor, could see that Xing Yan was studying other people's performances.

[It's really unbelievable.Although he is obviously old, he may fall and die at any time, but he still maintains a learning attitude and appreciates the performances of young actors.It really is to live to old age and act to old age. 】

Guan Chen walked to the big screen with emotion, thinking about whether he wanted to get one at home to watch movies.

Reach out and touch the edge of the screen.

"?"

Good ice, like the screen has just been turned on.

Guan Chen slowly turned his head and stared at Xing Yan.

"Haha... Come and sit, eat fruit and eat fruit! You're welcome!" Xing Yan smiled and did not look into Guan Chen's eyes, pressed Xie Jinzhu to the sofa, and desperately stuffed the fruit into his hand.

Guan Chen walked around in front of the screen, no matter how he walked, the back of Xing Yan's head was always facing him.

Seeing that Xing Yan was about to break his neck, Guan Chen finally chose to let the old man go.

Xing Yan pressed the pause button with her back to the TV screen and asked Xie Jinzhu, "How are you doing recently? How was the last scene?"

Xie Jinzhu was eating the fruit, knowing that Xing Yan was asking about the project that the two of them met during the audition last week, and replied, "Fortunately, I received a call yesterday saying that I passed. What about you, teacher? Did you win that role?"

Xing Yan smiled and said, "Eat some more fruit."

Xie Jinzhu understood.

"How is his part-time job these days?" Xing Yan asked about Guan Chen's work situation.

A smile appeared on Xie Jinzhu's face immediately, it can be said that he is very satisfied with Guan Chen.

After a few days of investigation, he didn't see any faults from Guan Chen that his younger brothers and sisters had before.Even the picky Shen He and Huang Jin took the initiative to express their appreciation when they knew Guan Chen not long ago.And he really followed his advice, exercising, reading, and studying performances every day.He is a young man who listens to the advice of others.Apart from driving a little hard and getting into the play too deep and a little scary, I can hardly pick out any faults.

"Very good, basically there is nothing wrong." Xie Jinzhu said.

"That's good." Xing Yan also smiled and nodded, pretending that he had a good eye, and he knew people with discernment.

"You said you helped Guan Chen get an audition opportunity?" Xing Yan asked about the purpose of the two disciples' trip.

Xie Jinzhu took out the script and handed it over.He let Guan Chen sit in the living room, waiting for class, while he was going to the guest room to sleep for a while.

Before leaving, Xie Jinzhu added: "The first male is Zhang Jingsheng."

"Oh." Xing Yan raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Then the competition will be fierce this time."

Guan Chen quietly took out his mobile phone and searched who this Zhang Jingsheng was. He seemed very powerful.

After searching, I found it to be really cool.

Huaxia is the first star who has won both the Golden Bull Award for Best Actor and the Golden Melody Award for Best Male Singer.Before him, singers were singers, actors were actors, and cross-border was an over-the-top and blatant money-making behavior.But this prejudice was finally broken by this star named Zhang Jingsheng.

See the list of works.In terms of music, the total sales of physical albums alone have exceeded 8 million.In terms of movies, there are several participating works with a score of [-] or more in [Vine Movies], including action, literature, horror, suspense, opera, comedy, and drama.There are hardly any types that have not been covered.

In the past two years, he even started to be a director, and the two films he directed were above 7 points.

After only a brief moment of understanding, Guan Chen already understood. No wonder Xie Jinzhu and Xing Yan reacted this way when they heard the name.

Because this is China's top star.

Guan Chen just searched for information about Zhang Jingsheng before he was 30 years old and read it for more than an hour.After Xing Yan finished reading the script, he saw the part about quitting the music world at the age of 30 and turning to the film world.

Xing Yan read the script three times.The first pass simply looks at the general structure, and the second and third pass are slower.

"How did you analyze the script?" Xing Yan asked after slowing down.

The reason why I ask this is because Guan Chen's homework is handed in in class, and the performances are all characters who can't find similar roles in the film industry, so he thinks that Guan Chen has a set of methods.

Guan Chen pondered for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and then replied, "No analysis."

Xing Yan nodded and waited for the following.

But Guan Chen also nodded and said that was all.

"No?" Xing Yan was dumbfounded.What kind of answer is this?His first reaction was that Guan Chen had reservations, but the expression on Guan Chen's face, which was more confused than his, did not seem to be fake or arrogant.

"No more." Guan Chen shook his head, "Because I haven't read the script, that kind of complete script. I've only read a few pages, which are used in class."

Xing Yan stopped for five seconds and asked blankly, "Then how did you shape the character before?"

"Looking at those few scripts, I thought to myself, I want to play a very different role, and then I have a very different role in my mind. I will play whatever the role looks like in my mind. look."

Xing Yan took a breath and wanted to say something, but he couldn't, and he didn't know what to say.Because it was the first time he heard someone act like this.

Is this way too wild?

"Then let me tell you how our acting class analyzes the script and shapes the characters." Xing Yan calmed down and began to teach.According to the progress of the course, Guan Chen, who has only attended two classes, has not been able to learn these contents.But Xie Jinzhu was so fierce that he had such an opportunity to audition, so he could only open a small kitchen for Guan Chen alone.

Xing Yan took out a small box from his pocket, which was full of pills.

"Is it taking medicine? This is not good?" Guan Chen was taken aback.If he needs to use drugs to stimulate his potential and enter the state, he would rather not learn.

"What are you talking about! This is my blood pressure medicine!" Xing Yan glared at Guan Chen, feeling that he had taken the medicine too late, so he immediately ate a piece into his stomach to avoid an accident on the spot.

"Although there are only so many genres of acting, every famous actor has his own set of experiences, and some of them, such as me, have derived a set of methods."

Guan Chen turned his head to the side and said doubtfully: "Famous acting..." Xing Yan increased the volume, not giving Guan Chen a chance to finish his doubts: "Our acting class, we got a script and found a role, The first question to ask is - what does this character want?"

Guan Chen's attention was attracted by what Xing Yan said.

"In other words, what is the goal of this character? What does he want to get?" Xing Yan entered the state of teaching, and said in an eloquent tone, "Every character has a goal, or what he wants. This Goals drive them to action, to conflict, to fight, to speak."

Guan Chen listened carefully.

Xing Yan picked up the script and asked Guan Chen to read it carefully?

Guan Chen nodded.

Xing Yan asked, "What is the goal of your character?"

"SHA police." Guan Chen answered without hesitation.The villain in the script does not kill ordinary people, but especially likes to play with Tiaozi's life and enjoys it.

Xing Yan listened but shook his head: "This is only the shallowest, you can think deeper."

Guan Chen thought for a while.After the villains grabbed the money, they didn't care about the amount of money, because they enjoyed the process of breaking the law.

Guan Chen replied: "He wants to pass the SHA police and enjoy the stimulation."

"Go deeper."

Go deeper?Guan Chen continued to think.The villain is an ordinary little policeman on the surface, but he plays extreme sports behind his back and commits crazy crimes.

Guan Chen's eyes lit up: "Because his father who was a police officer abused him since he was a child, he hated the police. His series of actions... Actually, he wanted to take revenge on his father?"

But this answer still failed to satisfy Xing Yan.

Xing Yan asked: "If he really wants to take revenge, then why not attack directly, or kill his father?"

Yeah, why not just fight back?Guan Chen was stunned, he remembered his past in a trance.

Fragments of childhood flashed intermittently, and he suffered domestic violence and abuse in his childhood. Although he successfully resisted once in junior high school, before that, he actually thought about resisting countless times, and countless times in vain.

But when he saw that person's eyes, smelled that person's scent, and sensed that person's approach, he was paralyzed.Facing the falling fist, he couldn't do anything other than shrink his body, couldn't think anything.

He knew that the man had become very weak due to his drinking all the time, and he was getting stronger and stronger. It was not difficult to bring that man down, but he just couldn't do anything.

If he hadn't seen his mother being beaten to death quickly, he would not have broken through his fear for a moment, and then followed his instinctive reaction and rushed forward to resist.

"Because he didn't dare..." Guan Chen said in a dazed tone, "He didn't dare to face that person."

"So what does he want?"

"He wants to escape." Guan Chen looked up at the ceiling and said, "Escape from that house, escape from that layer of clothes, escape from this world."

Without waiting for Xing Yan to ask in depth this time, Guan Chen continued in a murmur-like tone:

"But he didn't have the courage, whether it was to resist his father or commit suicide, he didn't have the courage. So he fled to games, online games, extreme games, and even illegal crimes as games. Deliberately put himself in the The most dangerous situation, but he is not afraid of death. Compared with death, he has more fears in his heart. He is not afraid of death, because he wants to escape from this world that has no meaning or meaning to him.

He knows that ruining and trampling on his own life is the last and most ruthless revenge for children to their parents. "

After listening to it, Xing Yan was silent for a few seconds and said, "Very good, you have found the core of your character and completed the first step of building a character."

Guan Chen still looked up at the ceiling and didn't move.

Xing Yan picked up the apple and slowly peeled it.

While cutting, he said:

"As long as people live in the world, they will have pain. Birth, old age, illness, death, resentment, love and separation, and inability to ask. I became famous when I was young, but later I ruined myself and owed a lot of money. There was nothing left, and I nearly killed myself during that period, and it took a long time for me to slowly come out and continue acting. Not all to make money, but because when I was acting, I I can put those pains and regrets into the performance to the fullest. Then my pain gradually eased, and the characters in the performance became more alive.

I later met many actors and found that they each have their own pains, and these pains have been tormenting them and becoming obstacles in their lives.

So I summed up my acting method and opened this acting class.

The core of this performance method is to face the pain in the heart, and turn the pain into the power of performance. "

　Thank you Gu Mingdi Ku for the reward!

　　In order to read coherently, this chapter will not be divided into two parts.

　　Half of it is a normal update, and half is a plus update.

　　
　
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