China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 118

But He Fang didn't care at all, he continued his lecture as if nothing happened.

The higher the level of thought, the greater the divergence, so in some universities, the tutors and professors of the same major are enemies of academic opposition.

This is normal, and He Fang doesn't care at all.

"What should the director create? Watch the big screen. There are three points, one is how to make the story visual and audio-visual, the other is how to make the audience enjoy watching, and the third is how to find their own style and artistic expression."

"Actually, as a new director, the first thing you have to learn is how to visualize and visualize a literary script, not how to express yourself artistically. If you can't even turn words into images, what art are you talking about? "

"I don't know how film schools teach new directors how to visualize literary scripts, but when I was studying at CalArts, our school's method was to let students take the first step of directing scripts after holding literary scripts. creation."

"The director knows what the script is, right? It is to draw or write the sub-shots, plus annotations on the camera movement, lighting, art, costumes, performances, etc. in the sub-shots, that is, the director's thoughts on your shot."

"New directors only have to create the director's script countless times, and then read their own script after comparing the final movie, constantly looking for problems and learning. In this way, your basic director skills will be solid. On this basis You can talk about so-called art, without this foundation, all art is fake.”

He Fang's words shocked many students and teachers. At this time, they realized that their studies were all empty-headed and theoretical, and they hardly learned how to operate them.

What Fang He talked about is how to start from scratch for a real new director. The film school teaches every student as a semi-finished director who has "learned basic skills". They can't even do basic photography.

"So how to make the audience enjoy watching? Four things, plot, rhythm, freshness and performance, we will not talk about the plot, because it is a matter of the drama, and now we are talking about the situation where the drama has been confirmed. Next. Therefore, the director must control the rhythm, freshness and performance."

"What is rhythm? If some students can't understand rhythm, I suggest you listen to more music, especially symphony. Music will teach you what rhythm is, and what kind of rhythm can pull the audience into your story situation. .”

"Of course, there are also many books that teach you what movie rhythm is, such as a small climax in 5 minutes, a medium climax in 10 minutes, and a big climax in 10 minutes. Another example is the switching frequency of shots, how many effective shots are needed for all scenes Distracting the audience and so on, like the emotional ups and downs of the performance, it’s all part of the rhythm.”

"Let's talk about what is the freshness in the movie, and how the director expresses the freshness. In fact, the freshness is not mysterious. It just surprises the audience. For example, if we shoot a scene of a street quarrel, is it a routine shooting? A wide shot, then a few close-ups of the people involved, and finally some close-ups, and that's it?"

"This is the most conventional shooting method, but what is the novelty? We don't shoot like this. For example, we use some shoulder-mounted shots to show the subjective shots of the participants, so that the audience can feel like they are part of it. .For another example, we switched to the perspective of the dog watching the battle, and let the audience transform into animals to see how ridiculous the human quarrel is.”

"For another example, this group of people on the street had a big fight, but others turned a blind eye. Or a child with a runny nose will watch the adults quarrel for a while, and watch the ants fight on the ground for a while. Wait, we can think of many ways To deal with it. This is the so-called novelty, which makes the audience feel that this kind of expression is very strange, and turns a noisy conflict into an interesting picture."

"Of course, this kind of freshness cannot be used indiscriminately. If a certain scene of yours is obviously the highest point of the whole plot, the audience wants to watch it, but you divert the audience's emotions by making it fresh, then this is a way to fail. "

"Let's talk about performance. The performance here is different from the performance in the next class. The performance mentioned here is the performance in the eyes of the director. What kind of performance do you need as a director? From the perspective of creation and the role of the audience, you have to think about every How an actor should act."

"The third point is how to find your own style and artistic expression? This is the director. After you have the basic director skills and a level that can make the audience enjoy watching, we will talk about the pursuit of style and art. For example, Zhang Yimou's Color style, such as Woo Yusen’s violent aesthetic style, such as Kundera’s circular narrative style..."

Ba la ba la, He Fang talked a lot again. After talking about what the director should create, he talked about the skills and routines of the director, and finally talked about what a good director is in He Fang's mind.

Of course, in order not to make the students feel boring, he also interacted with the students from time to time.

He Fang on the director's skills and routines is mainly from how the director controls the photography, how to use lighting and art to adjust the color, how to play scheduling, how to train the performance of the actors, and finally how to do the post-production of the film. Describes the work of a director.

Not only did he come up with his own examples, but he also took out many examples of classic good movies to explain.

This really made some teachers nod their heads. Many teachers in film schools don’t have much filming experience. Many of them just analyze the film. You ask them to teach students how to write a movie script, how to schedule, etc. Wait, how to solve some difficulties in real filming, even if they don't know it themselves, what should they teach?

This is what He Fang said to Wang Changtian before. The students trained by the film academy are not what the market needs, which has caused the problem of dislocation between education and employment.

After a 15-minute break in the middle, several teachers gathered around He Fang and chatted about some shooting knowledge, especially how Hollywood usually handles some difficult content, which made some teachers think about it.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, He Fang finally finished the director's part, and the next step was to talk about acting.

More and more people came to attend the class, even some people from other schools came. Before the class, I heard them chatting below.

He Fang is also speechless, but he can't control that much anymore, since Nortel itself doesn't stop people from other schools, what does he care.

"Okay, let's finish the last lecture of the day and I can go back to sleep." He Fang said after taking a sip of water in the middle of the stage.

"Ha," the audience in the audience laughed.

"The last thing we are talking about is performance. I can't speak well about performance. You say it is simple, it is complicated, various genres. You say it is complicated, it is the expression on the face plus body movements. .”

"Haha..." The audience in the audience was amused by He Fang's words, as if He Fang said that the most enjoyable thing about men and women is that.

"As for me, I have learned acting since I was a child. My mother taught me what she knows."

"What she knows is more dramatic, focusing on the basic skills of the body, the eyes must be well practiced, the lines must be articulate, and the emotions must be rhythmic. The rest is to practice some skills of expression. This is my mother. Taught me."

"Later, when I went to study in the United States, I realized that there are still genres of acting. I heard that most of the teaching in China is the experiential school, which is also the method of Stanislav's performance system. Is that true?"

"Yes..." The students in the audience echoed.

"Okay, then I will talk about what I learned in the United States and what my mother taught me. I personally think that the acting methods and skills are more practical, because I don't know anything else." The audience laughed.

"If you know my classmates, you may know that when I was filming the first movie "Far Cry", I asked the actors to strengthen their physical performance to enrich the performance. This is what I learned in the United States. It is said that it is one of the methods. one."

"In fact, my teacher at CalArts once taught us the seven major methods and techniques of performance, which are the specific practical content of the method school."

"Next, I will share what I know with you. Of course, this is not necessarily correct."

"Which seven methods? Come on, let's take a look at this watch."

"The first is to master facial expressions, the second is to simulate the character's life state, the third is how to quickly switch to another state, the fourth is to seek various requirements for comfort, the fifth is to cry or smile skills, and the sixth is to master the character's occupation Skills, seven is emotional memory technology."

"Let's talk about how to train these seven skills in detail..."

Dry goods, He Fang said today that the play, director, and performance are all dry goods. This even surprised Teacher Qian Lin and the leaders of the Film Academy. They didn't come here just to talk about concepts.

When I come here, I will talk about dry goods, how to actually operate, how to let Xiaobai get started, and how to get started for novices.

There are not so many ideas, concepts, and academic things, it is all skills.

The students understand and the teachers are thoughtful.

"Director He, what you just talked about is method-style techniques, so how can newcomers like us impress the director and get the role during the audition process?" A student stood up and asked.

He Fang was really tired from what he said, fighting continuously. Fortunately, he has learned some Tai Chi from Wu Jing these days, and his physical strength is slightly better.

"That's a good question. I'm also a young man, so I don't like nonsense, I just like dry stuff. What I'm going to say next is probably what you have learned in school, but it doesn't matter, I will conclude Well done."

"First of all, after the actor gets the audition script, you must first determine the character's background, occupation, personality, physical condition, cultural level, and his current environment, and most importantly, whether the character is the protagonist or the character. supporting role."

"Remember, these six points are very, very important. Because the last 'environment' of the character determines what the reasonable response of the first five characteristics makes him do now, for example, a very thin and slow courier, falling Into the sewer, the delivery is about to be delayed. So, what should he do?"

"I believe everyone can understand this, so how to make a reasonable performance response? By this time, your basic skills will be used."

"Have you ever practiced performing exercises for emaciated people climbing uphill and carrying things? Have you ever observed how couriers communicate with customers and companies? Have you ever observed how slow people respond to emergencies?"

"If you have practiced, then congratulations, you will be able to cope with such a performance very easily. If you have not practiced, then... there is no such thing in the world that you will not be able to succeed at the top. If so, then you have something to do with it .”

"There are no shortcuts in acting, and anyone who tries to take shortcuts will definitely not be a good actor."

"As I said just now, the most important point is whether the role you get is a leading role or a supporting role. If it is a supporting role, then as long as you have solid basic skills, I believe you can win the role."

"If it's the protagonist, then what you get is a challenging role, because it is possible that your competitors are better than you. At this time, you must learn a method."

"That is to grasp the temperament of your understanding of the role, and then express this temperament. This is your personal uniqueness. Only this thing can help you win the role. If you don't win it, it proves that the director doesn't like you. This kind of temperament, don't be discouraged, go back and practice hard."

"Finally, I will teach you the easiest way to improve your acting skills. That is the silent acting method, that is, you don't say the lines with your mouth, but use your mind to control your eyes to say the lines."

"In the industry, this is also known as having a playful eye. This is definitely a magic weapon that allows you to control most characters. I often use this skill, and it is very useful. Let me give you an example."

"The director told you, 'Come on, show me a person with a slight murderous look', how do you play it?"

"I teach everyone a method, that is, you stare at the director or the object the director asks you to perform, and silently say in your heart 'this person, I will kill him', or you silently say in your heart 'the enemy is finally found, I want to Kill him, no, I can't let him feel my murderous aura', the latter is to show a murderous aura but be forcibly concealed."

"In this way, you can show a slight murderous look."

He Fang's method is very practical. At this time, a student asked: "What if the director asks me to act with a strong murderous look?"

"Haha..." Everyone laughed.

He Fang spread his hands, "Then you can silently recite 'I'm going to kill him, I'm going to kill him' ten or a hundred times in your heart. If you don't believe me, you can test each other to see if it works. The number of times you recite silently determines your murderous intent." The same applies to love, if you say 'I really love him' to someone silently, love will show on your face. If you say 'I love him so much, I love him so much' silently ten times, Then you show a lot of love."

……

Dry goods, full of dry goods, He Fang's explanation made all the acting students under the stage tremble with excitement, and they all wanted to try the method He Fang said immediately to improve their acting skills quickly.

He kept talking until 05:30 in the afternoon. He Fang really couldn't speak anymore, and then repeatedly said that the lecture was over, but the students below had various problems.

For example, how to make the physical performance not arouse the director's disgust, such as how to control the performance of the villain, such as whether mastering the professional skills of the character is life experience...

At six o'clock, He Fang finally finished the lecture. He was really tired and slumped on the chair, drinking water and smoking non-stop.

"Director He, your lectures are so good, why don't you give us an editing class next time." Qian Lin teased with a smile.

"Mr. Qian, please, don't do this, I really can't speak."

"Haha...Mr. Qian, you're scaring Director He's wool this time." Wu Jing laughed.

"Ha ha……"

……

"Wow, He Fang's class is really good. If he had taught us such a class earlier, I would have been able to take over that role in Hengdian when I was a freshman."

"Don't tell me, I have an audition the day after tomorrow, I have to try He Fang's method quickly, it feels very practical."

"Do you think there is a way to take He Fang down? Don't you think he is handsome?"

"Hey, do you think everyone doesn't want it? Go get it if you have the ability."

"Hee hee, I was just thinking..."

(End of this chapter)