The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 528 Return to reality
It feels wrong.

Gus also knew that his words were difficult to understand, but this was the truth——

Everything is correct; but it just doesn't feel right.

As he talked, Gus's brain began to spin. Compared with working behind closed doors, the collision of inspiration sparks can indeed drive the movement of thoughts.

"I, uh, I don't know either."

"How to express it, I'm just looking for a feeling that comes out naturally."

"I'm not sure, maybe - I mean maybe, you're acting too much?"

"I want to see you, I want to see the Anson Wood without acting or embellishment, the real Anson, with your voice."

What kind of nonsense is this?
Anson couldn't hold back his laughter and said, "This is my voice."

Gus himself burst out laughing, "A metaphor, it's just a metaphor. I mean, your performance looks like everything is in place, but that's a performance, you understand?"

"Other children are just being themselves, their true selves, with a little bit of performance, but the background is still themselves; but you are acting out a self, a character constructed in your mind, a fictitious, fabricated, non-existent A character who is far away from reality, but his background is still a mask.”

"I need you to take off this mask."

Ansen was stunned——

What nonsense is this?
"Director, I am an actor. What will I do if I don't act?"

Gus, "Uh..."

Anson, "Director, you said that I am not real enough, but you don't even understand my reality. How can you know that the appearance shown in the camera is not my reality?"

Gus, "You didn't convince me."

Anson:......

This time, Anson finally understood.

Performance requires persuasion. No matter what role an actor plays, whether the appearance matches or is completely different, the actor's ultimate task is to convince the audience that he is that character.

Why is it relatively easy to perform in commercial films?

The reason is that those explosions, editing, and climactic rhythms become blinders, firmly grabbing the audience's attention, leaving them no time to expose the actors.

But that's not the case with feature films. After stripping away those fancy smoke bombs, the characters completely reveal themselves, and the audience's attention falls entirely on the actors.

In essence, the principles of movies and magic are the same. Everything is a deception. Once the deception does not work, the magic will be ineffective.

It's the same thing in front of me.

The other students are all students. Even if they enter the characters with a little acting, thanks to the plot created by Gus based on the characters themselves, it is guaranteed that the students can enter their own situations. Even if there are no smoke bombs, the background they show is still the same. student.

But Anson was not.

Inside this nineteen-year-old skin resides a soul that has gone through vicissitudes of life. Without the fancy tricks of "Princess Diaries" and "Spider-Man", Anson can only hide himself in front of the camera with performances, but to no avail. .

Maybe, Gus couldn't tell why, but he felt it in his gut.

So, what is reality?

How should Anson show the truth in front of the camera?

People always think that acting is the most difficult and reality is the easiest, but the truth is exactly the opposite. In real life, each of us is an actor——

Even though the workplace is so stressful that he is on the verge of collapse, he still pretends that everything is fine in front of his family. He is obviously bruised and bloody but still maintains his dignity in front of his clients. He is obviously tortured by illness but still smiles in front of his lover. Over time, the truest self has been quietly hidden in the corner, and even I have forgotten that the fragile, lonely and tired self is still sitting quietly in the dark waiting for the wound to heal.

Perhaps, the only exception is children. They are as clear as crystal. They will not and cannot hide, and reveal the truth without reservation. Therefore, they are easily injured, and a light touch can severely hurt them.

reality.

It's really, really far away from Anson.

Anson couldn't help but think of Leonardo DiCaprio.

Not because the media discussed the two of them on the same level, but because of a dilemma Leonardo encountered in his career——

He can't be himself.

This way of expression is too artistic. To be more specific, he needs a crutch and a mask to perform.

Once upon a time, Leonardo was hailed as an acting genius. As early as 1993, he won an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for "A Different Sky"; but later, Leonardo lost his ability to capture the characteristics of the character. .

The reason is that he is used to relying on character traits——

Domestic violence in "Boys' Life", mental retardation in "A Different Sky", rebellion in "Diaries from the Edge", mental defects in "Marvin's Room", schizophrenia in "The Aviator", and so on.

Leonardo needed a premise, a setting, room for play, and a breaking point of dramatic tension to allow the character's emotions to burst out.

Without his crutches, Leonardo would be at a loss as to what to do.

Later, Leonardo himself realized this and tried to change his performance method, but fell into another dilemma and embarked on the path of pursed lips, frowning, bitterness, deep hatred, and never been able to look back.

Although Anson doesn't have much acting experience now, is he also facing such a dilemma?

Or looking at it from another perspective, it is precisely because Anson encountered such a predicament early because he did not have much acting experience that it gave Anson a chance to solve the problem?

Anson looked up at Gus, "What if I just need a ridiculous premise to perform?"

Gus was stunned, "What do you mean?"

Anson shrugged slightly. "I mean, all this time, people tell me, hey, you're a good actor, you're a charismatic actor. But what if all that charm comes from the character? I have to be A planned heartthrob, an inconspicuous but talented nerd, a middle school student who hides his identity as a superhero?"

"These dramatic characters became a protective color and helped me complete the performance."

"Once these protective colors are gone, I start to feel at a loss and stand in front of the camera like a stupid fool?"

"It's like just now. I was performing, but obviously, my performance was not convincing. Maybe I am a fake, a pretentious liar?"

This time, it was Anson's turn to be eloquent.

Gus was deep in thought. He looked at Anson quietly. He also realized that his communication method was not correct and had misled Anson.

But to a certain extent, Anson is also right. Gus really doesn't like Anson's performance that is too "hard" -

It's not that Anson really tried too hard, it's that this kind of performance stands out too much in this movie.

So, what should they do?
Gus thought about it carefully and said, "Hey, Anson, we need to note that you are playing a minority survivor of school shooting violence."

"If that's not dramatic enough, I honestly don't think there's any other Hollywood movie that is."

"Don't forget, our project was rejected because it was too sensitive and might cause a lot of controversy."

The self-deprecating sentence made Anson's mouth slightly raise, but he did not refute it after all.

(End of this chapter)