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Chapter 303 Visiting Class
Chapter 303 Visiting the class (two in one)
Unlike Lu Yi at that time, Ning Yuan became popular with "Never Rest In My Eyes", because he is already well-known now, but the broadcast on various TV stations for nearly half a year has also brought Ning Yuan's reputation to a higher level.
Although it has not yet reached the age of 80 and down to eight, if he is called a famous actor again, probably no one will question it.
Of course, how embarrassing Ning Yuan was when he heard it, that was his personal problem.
In addition to never resting my eyes, "A Dream in the Garden" will also be released at the end of August, but due to the relationship between the plot and content, the mainland is not included.
But the attributes of this film are destined to not be too high at the box office.
But now it has been notified that this film has been nominated for Best Actress and Film Critics Award at the No.20 Moscow Film Festival.
Both awards carry weight.
However, one of the six jury members is Jiang Wen, who is well-known in China, so it is not surprising that there is a Chinese film.
But the film itself has to be strong, otherwise it would be ridiculous to lift it up, not to mention that Jiang Wen has always had his own opinions.
Originally, Ning Yuan hadn't planned to go. After all, he was a soy saucer in there, and it was still so far away, but it was Meng Hui who made him change his mind.
"This year's No.12 Lubimovka Theater Festival has sent us an invitation."
"Sleeping car? Real or fake?" Ning Yuan was startled.
Rubimov is not well known outside the world, including Ning Yuan, who did not know his name before entering China.
It wasn't until he entered university and studied the history of drama that Ning Yuan knew that this guy was well-known in Russia, Europe, and even the international theater circle.
And he almost lived to be a hundred years old.
However, his teacher in the first half of his life was more famous, that is, Stanislavsky who wrote "The Actor's Self-cultivation".
Stanislavsky is one of the pioneers of the experiential school and one of Rubimov's teachers, but as he grew up and saw more, the more Rubimov hated this way ——In the Soviet theater at that time, it can be said that the Stanislavsky system dominated the world.
Lubimov felt that this was like a "neatly built and lovely English courtyard", but it was "absolutely not suitable for the theater", so he did not hesitate to stand on the position of expressionism and carry forward expressionism.
In fact, Ning Yuan does not like to distinguish these in detail. Regardless of the method, there is a scene suitable for it, and the most suitable method is used in the most suitable place, instead of sticking to one of them. If it is not suitable, it will be mechanical. Even more inappropriate.
This point is a bit like the battle between the sword sect and the Qi sect of the Huashan School in "Swordsman". When watching it back then, Ning Yuan was thinking, there are wools to fight for, one inside and one outside, each has its own strengths, and absorbs them all. It is not better to be integrated.
Of course, this is just a matter of fact, and has nothing to do with some of Jin Yong's metaphors.
But in many cases, whether it is putting money on his face and talking about it, or really indulging in it, there will always be someone who advertises himself as which faction, which makes Ning Yuan angry and funny. Didn't he also fail to rule the roost in the Wuyue Sword Sect, but was still riding on the head of the Songshan Sect?
Even if the Qizong won because of defrauding Feng Qingyang, a sword master, back then, except for Feng Qingyang, the others have no internal strength to support, who is not weak in succession?
If the two complementary factions are artificially separated, no matter which faction wins, it is impossible to rule the roost in the Wuyue Sword faction, let alone in the arena.
If you really want to divide the factions, Ning Yuan feels that he is a practical faction, whichever is practical will be used.
Just like the experiential school, although you can often get good results by substituting yourself into a role, what if you don’t have the experience of that role?After all, it is still a step away from imagination.
For example, how do you experience the despair and pain of being castrated?
You can't try it yourself...
At this time, you need to use method to shape it with your own similar experiences, such as remembering the scene of Ning Daqiang's death in your mind, or the experience of being bullied and unable to resist, which is very desperate.
As for pain, people will inevitably be injured in this life, and that feeling has also been experienced.
And because this is my intuitive feeling, it is more emotional to act.
This method is called the "replacement method" of emotions in the method school-when actors also express the news of hearing the bad news, they don't have to empathize with the feeling of losing their loved ones, but can replace it with similar emotions.
For example, when you leave the house in the morning, you lose your keys on the stairs. At this moment, if you think about it, the thief may have looted all the family property. When you think about these scenes and imagine the pictures, the expressions on the actors’ faces will be very real and natural. , It will even be more convincing than the real state of imagining the bad news.
Like that joke: if you had a million, would you give it away?willing.If you had a cow would you like it?unwilling.Why?Because I really have a cow.
Empathy is expressive.
Wu Xiubo is not limited to this. When filming the scene of "The Orphan of Zhao" throwing a child, he tried his best to let himself enter the role of Cheng Ying, and feel that he is Cheng Ying. All the struggles in front of him, the child in his hands , are real existences.
Therefore, the moment Wu Xiubo picked up the child and fell, he felt that what he was falling was his own child, and the sadness came from it, which was a perfect interpretation.
And when it came to "Before Dawn", one of the scenes was to shoot him in a sad mood, lying in the car, feeling extremely sad and angry, using all his strength to keep beating the steering wheel to vent his grief and anger.
According to his own description afterwards, when he was filming, he used his own emotional experience, associated with the depression and dissatisfaction in life, and brought back the emotions that erupted from his true heart back to the characters, so as to express the grief and indignation of the characters in the play.
He didn't directly let himself enter the characters to figure out the characters' proper moods, but brought back to the characters by invoking his own inner emotional expression, not limited to the mechanized interpretation of the characters, he could naturally lead to a series of emotions based on his own emotions. Very creative performance.
There are many examples like this, such as Tang Wei in "Lust, Caution" and Liang Chaowei in "Infernal Affairs", many of them are experiential.
And Tang Wei in the second half of "BJ Meets Seattle" and Liang Chaowei in "Days of Being Wild" used methodism again.
Good actors can 'switch' back and forth 'according to local conditions', because there is only one purpose, better interpretation and precise performance.
Perhaps, they are all "pragmatic" like themselves?
And this time, since he can be invited to participate in this level of drama festival and see the skills of top drama artists from all over the world, Ning Yuan will certainly not miss it.
Although ordinary people can also buy tickets to watch, as an invited actor, there are not many opportunities to communicate face-to-face with those actors, directors, and some world-renowned big names.
In this way, since they are all going to Moscow, let's go to receive the award by the way.
Although he was not nominated, the Film Critics Award is for the entire film. As one of the leading actors, he is also the number one male, which is considered a qualification.
After receiving Ning Yuan's reply, Yang Fan was surprised: "Aren't you not going?"
"Uh, what, our play has received an invitation from the Lubimov Theater Festival..." Ning Yuan didn't hide it from him, and he couldn't hide it either.
Yang Fan: "..."
Ning Yuan said embarrassingly: "Hehe, Director Yang, you don't need to worry about my itinerary. Our one is ahead and will definitely go before you. When you arrive, just contact me directly. You don't need to reimburse the ticket..."
Yang Fan: "..."
Just when Ning Yuan was still thinking about how to comfort his wounded heart, Yang Fan suddenly said:
"When will you guys start? I'll go early too. Get me some tickets then."
Ning Yuan: "..."
Both the theater festival and the awards are held in August, except that one is at the beginning of the month and the other is in the middle of the month.
After this matter was confirmed, Ning Yuan continued to relax at home. After Ning Yu rested at home for a day, on July [-]th, she entered the examination room and officially started her college entrance examination.
Ning Yuan has not passed away. In this hot weather, it is estimated that he will be recognized sooner if he is well-dressed. If he does not dress up, his face will not be recognized in any city, let alone the well-known hometown. ignore.
What's more, at this time, there are many people outside any examination room.
Ning Yu's mentality was indeed as she said, very calm.
Although she is not as 'heartless' as Ning Yan, she is a little introverted and sensitive, but she has an advantage, that is, she is not blind, she has a clear understanding of herself, and she never sets her sights on high expectations.
In this way, the mentality is quite peaceful. Not to mention the two days of the college entrance examination, I should eat and sleep before the exam, and I will not be anxious.
After the college entrance examination, Ning Yuan asked her about her plans, and she smiled and said:
"My estimated score is about [-]. I can definitely pass the first line, but I'm not sure if I apply to other provinces. I want to apply to Heyu University. After all, it is from our province and it is an old university. His Chinese language and literature It is also one of the best professions, and I have noticed it earlier.”
Heyu University, located in Bianliang, is about to celebrate its [-]th anniversary. If it weren't for those things that happened back then, it would never be worse than any old school of the same age.
You must know that seven or eighty years ago, this was one of the top universities in China, with countless famous teachers.
The first dismantling, at the end of the 40s, moved to Echeng to run the main departments, which became the predecessor of today's Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and the main foundation of Central China Normal University.
The split in the early 50s was even more ruthless——
The Department of Water Conservancy moved to Echeng, and merged with the Department of Water Conservancy of Echeng University to form Echeng Water Conservancy College, which was later named Echeng University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power.
The Department of Finance and Economics was transferred to Zhongnan University of Economics, which is now Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.
Plant diseases and insect pests were merged into Huazhong Agricultural College, which is now Huazhong Agricultural University.
There is also animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, which was merged into Gan Provincial Agricultural College, which is now Gan Provincial Agricultural University.
Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Mathematics and Physics merged into Hunan University.
In addition, Henan Agricultural College was independently established as Henan Agricultural College, which is now Henan Agricultural University; the medical school was independently established as Henan Medical College, which was merged into the provincial capital Zhengcheng University last year; the School of Administration was independently established as Yu Province Political and Legal Management Cadre College, in a few years, this school will form Yu Provincial University of Economics and Law with Yu Provincial College of Finance and Economics.
In this way, the two dismantlings, the original school-level organizational system was changed to the department-level organizational system, and Heda completely left the list of famous Chinese schools.
A few years later, two universities were split off, one became Yu Province Normal University located in Muye, and the other came to Ningyuan and their Xinyi City and became Xinyi Teachers College.
It can be said that nearly half of the undergraduate colleges in Yu Province are all from Heda.
As for those who went to other provinces, they all became 985 and 211. On the contrary, Heda was still just a school before returning to Ningyuan. out of favor.
However, although too many ace majors were allocated back then, which caused great damage to the vitality, it was still a good choice for students from Yu Province.
Because at this time, there were only these two schools in the entire Henan Province. Zhengda University was the best in Henan Province, and the competition for this populous province was even fiercer.
Looking at it this way, Ning Yu still has a full understanding and analysis of these things, as well as an understanding of herself.
This year is the first year of the reform. Yu Province implements 3+ major comprehensive, with 150 points in each of the four subjects, and a total score of 600. Ning Yu can estimate [-] points, which is already very high.
Although this year is the first year of the change, there is no precedent for reference, but Heyu University is neither 211 nor 985, and Ning Xue's estimated score will definitely be able to get in.
Moreover, in Ning Yuan's previous life, Ning Xue also attended this university, and still majored in this major.
However, at that time, affected by Ning Daqiang's death, she only took the test with a score of more than 450. She just passed the score line and was admitted without any risk. It was not until she entered the school that she was admitted with the second lowest score in the class.
The last one was actually the same score as hers, but the rule is that the same scores are sorted by single subject scores. Ning Yu's Chinese is two points higher than his, so it didn't hang at the end.
But this time, she didn't have that kind of sad past, and she finished the exam easily, [-] to [-] points more than before.
In fact, because Ning Yuan also checked for her back then, he clearly remembered that the first line of Henan Province was 453, and the admission line of Heyu University was only two points higher than this.
Although Ning Yuan really wanted her to go to the capital, but thinking of that kind of competition, since she likes it, she should not force it. Ning Yuan should be depressed if he failed the exam.
After applying for the exam, it was Ning Yan's birthday, so the whole family went to Xinyi to celebrate Ning Yan's birthday. There was not only a big cake, but also a movie and an playground. Although it was too simple for Ning Yuan, but It still makes them happy hahaha.
Then, because of their curiosity, Ning Yuan took them to visit Pan Yueming. At this time, "Can't Help" is about to finish.
thanks for your support.
(End of this chapter)
Unlike Lu Yi at that time, Ning Yuan became popular with "Never Rest In My Eyes", because he is already well-known now, but the broadcast on various TV stations for nearly half a year has also brought Ning Yuan's reputation to a higher level.
Although it has not yet reached the age of 80 and down to eight, if he is called a famous actor again, probably no one will question it.
Of course, how embarrassing Ning Yuan was when he heard it, that was his personal problem.
In addition to never resting my eyes, "A Dream in the Garden" will also be released at the end of August, but due to the relationship between the plot and content, the mainland is not included.
But the attributes of this film are destined to not be too high at the box office.
But now it has been notified that this film has been nominated for Best Actress and Film Critics Award at the No.20 Moscow Film Festival.
Both awards carry weight.
However, one of the six jury members is Jiang Wen, who is well-known in China, so it is not surprising that there is a Chinese film.
But the film itself has to be strong, otherwise it would be ridiculous to lift it up, not to mention that Jiang Wen has always had his own opinions.
Originally, Ning Yuan hadn't planned to go. After all, he was a soy saucer in there, and it was still so far away, but it was Meng Hui who made him change his mind.
"This year's No.12 Lubimovka Theater Festival has sent us an invitation."
"Sleeping car? Real or fake?" Ning Yuan was startled.
Rubimov is not well known outside the world, including Ning Yuan, who did not know his name before entering China.
It wasn't until he entered university and studied the history of drama that Ning Yuan knew that this guy was well-known in Russia, Europe, and even the international theater circle.
And he almost lived to be a hundred years old.
However, his teacher in the first half of his life was more famous, that is, Stanislavsky who wrote "The Actor's Self-cultivation".
Stanislavsky is one of the pioneers of the experiential school and one of Rubimov's teachers, but as he grew up and saw more, the more Rubimov hated this way ——In the Soviet theater at that time, it can be said that the Stanislavsky system dominated the world.
Lubimov felt that this was like a "neatly built and lovely English courtyard", but it was "absolutely not suitable for the theater", so he did not hesitate to stand on the position of expressionism and carry forward expressionism.
In fact, Ning Yuan does not like to distinguish these in detail. Regardless of the method, there is a scene suitable for it, and the most suitable method is used in the most suitable place, instead of sticking to one of them. If it is not suitable, it will be mechanical. Even more inappropriate.
This point is a bit like the battle between the sword sect and the Qi sect of the Huashan School in "Swordsman". When watching it back then, Ning Yuan was thinking, there are wools to fight for, one inside and one outside, each has its own strengths, and absorbs them all. It is not better to be integrated.
Of course, this is just a matter of fact, and has nothing to do with some of Jin Yong's metaphors.
But in many cases, whether it is putting money on his face and talking about it, or really indulging in it, there will always be someone who advertises himself as which faction, which makes Ning Yuan angry and funny. Didn't he also fail to rule the roost in the Wuyue Sword Sect, but was still riding on the head of the Songshan Sect?
Even if the Qizong won because of defrauding Feng Qingyang, a sword master, back then, except for Feng Qingyang, the others have no internal strength to support, who is not weak in succession?
If the two complementary factions are artificially separated, no matter which faction wins, it is impossible to rule the roost in the Wuyue Sword faction, let alone in the arena.
If you really want to divide the factions, Ning Yuan feels that he is a practical faction, whichever is practical will be used.
Just like the experiential school, although you can often get good results by substituting yourself into a role, what if you don’t have the experience of that role?After all, it is still a step away from imagination.
For example, how do you experience the despair and pain of being castrated?
You can't try it yourself...
At this time, you need to use method to shape it with your own similar experiences, such as remembering the scene of Ning Daqiang's death in your mind, or the experience of being bullied and unable to resist, which is very desperate.
As for pain, people will inevitably be injured in this life, and that feeling has also been experienced.
And because this is my intuitive feeling, it is more emotional to act.
This method is called the "replacement method" of emotions in the method school-when actors also express the news of hearing the bad news, they don't have to empathize with the feeling of losing their loved ones, but can replace it with similar emotions.
For example, when you leave the house in the morning, you lose your keys on the stairs. At this moment, if you think about it, the thief may have looted all the family property. When you think about these scenes and imagine the pictures, the expressions on the actors’ faces will be very real and natural. , It will even be more convincing than the real state of imagining the bad news.
Like that joke: if you had a million, would you give it away?willing.If you had a cow would you like it?unwilling.Why?Because I really have a cow.
Empathy is expressive.
Wu Xiubo is not limited to this. When filming the scene of "The Orphan of Zhao" throwing a child, he tried his best to let himself enter the role of Cheng Ying, and feel that he is Cheng Ying. All the struggles in front of him, the child in his hands , are real existences.
Therefore, the moment Wu Xiubo picked up the child and fell, he felt that what he was falling was his own child, and the sadness came from it, which was a perfect interpretation.
And when it came to "Before Dawn", one of the scenes was to shoot him in a sad mood, lying in the car, feeling extremely sad and angry, using all his strength to keep beating the steering wheel to vent his grief and anger.
According to his own description afterwards, when he was filming, he used his own emotional experience, associated with the depression and dissatisfaction in life, and brought back the emotions that erupted from his true heart back to the characters, so as to express the grief and indignation of the characters in the play.
He didn't directly let himself enter the characters to figure out the characters' proper moods, but brought back to the characters by invoking his own inner emotional expression, not limited to the mechanized interpretation of the characters, he could naturally lead to a series of emotions based on his own emotions. Very creative performance.
There are many examples like this, such as Tang Wei in "Lust, Caution" and Liang Chaowei in "Infernal Affairs", many of them are experiential.
And Tang Wei in the second half of "BJ Meets Seattle" and Liang Chaowei in "Days of Being Wild" used methodism again.
Good actors can 'switch' back and forth 'according to local conditions', because there is only one purpose, better interpretation and precise performance.
Perhaps, they are all "pragmatic" like themselves?
And this time, since he can be invited to participate in this level of drama festival and see the skills of top drama artists from all over the world, Ning Yuan will certainly not miss it.
Although ordinary people can also buy tickets to watch, as an invited actor, there are not many opportunities to communicate face-to-face with those actors, directors, and some world-renowned big names.
In this way, since they are all going to Moscow, let's go to receive the award by the way.
Although he was not nominated, the Film Critics Award is for the entire film. As one of the leading actors, he is also the number one male, which is considered a qualification.
After receiving Ning Yuan's reply, Yang Fan was surprised: "Aren't you not going?"
"Uh, what, our play has received an invitation from the Lubimov Theater Festival..." Ning Yuan didn't hide it from him, and he couldn't hide it either.
Yang Fan: "..."
Ning Yuan said embarrassingly: "Hehe, Director Yang, you don't need to worry about my itinerary. Our one is ahead and will definitely go before you. When you arrive, just contact me directly. You don't need to reimburse the ticket..."
Yang Fan: "..."
Just when Ning Yuan was still thinking about how to comfort his wounded heart, Yang Fan suddenly said:
"When will you guys start? I'll go early too. Get me some tickets then."
Ning Yuan: "..."
Both the theater festival and the awards are held in August, except that one is at the beginning of the month and the other is in the middle of the month.
After this matter was confirmed, Ning Yuan continued to relax at home. After Ning Yu rested at home for a day, on July [-]th, she entered the examination room and officially started her college entrance examination.
Ning Yuan has not passed away. In this hot weather, it is estimated that he will be recognized sooner if he is well-dressed. If he does not dress up, his face will not be recognized in any city, let alone the well-known hometown. ignore.
What's more, at this time, there are many people outside any examination room.
Ning Yu's mentality was indeed as she said, very calm.
Although she is not as 'heartless' as Ning Yan, she is a little introverted and sensitive, but she has an advantage, that is, she is not blind, she has a clear understanding of herself, and she never sets her sights on high expectations.
In this way, the mentality is quite peaceful. Not to mention the two days of the college entrance examination, I should eat and sleep before the exam, and I will not be anxious.
After the college entrance examination, Ning Yuan asked her about her plans, and she smiled and said:
"My estimated score is about [-]. I can definitely pass the first line, but I'm not sure if I apply to other provinces. I want to apply to Heyu University. After all, it is from our province and it is an old university. His Chinese language and literature It is also one of the best professions, and I have noticed it earlier.”
Heyu University, located in Bianliang, is about to celebrate its [-]th anniversary. If it weren't for those things that happened back then, it would never be worse than any old school of the same age.
You must know that seven or eighty years ago, this was one of the top universities in China, with countless famous teachers.
The first dismantling, at the end of the 40s, moved to Echeng to run the main departments, which became the predecessor of today's Zhongnan University of Economics and Law and the main foundation of Central China Normal University.
The split in the early 50s was even more ruthless——
The Department of Water Conservancy moved to Echeng, and merged with the Department of Water Conservancy of Echeng University to form Echeng Water Conservancy College, which was later named Echeng University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power.
The Department of Finance and Economics was transferred to Zhongnan University of Economics, which is now Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.
Plant diseases and insect pests were merged into Huazhong Agricultural College, which is now Huazhong Agricultural University.
There is also animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, which was merged into Gan Provincial Agricultural College, which is now Gan Provincial Agricultural University.
Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Mathematics and Physics merged into Hunan University.
In addition, Henan Agricultural College was independently established as Henan Agricultural College, which is now Henan Agricultural University; the medical school was independently established as Henan Medical College, which was merged into the provincial capital Zhengcheng University last year; the School of Administration was independently established as Yu Province Political and Legal Management Cadre College, in a few years, this school will form Yu Provincial University of Economics and Law with Yu Provincial College of Finance and Economics.
In this way, the two dismantlings, the original school-level organizational system was changed to the department-level organizational system, and Heda completely left the list of famous Chinese schools.
A few years later, two universities were split off, one became Yu Province Normal University located in Muye, and the other came to Ningyuan and their Xinyi City and became Xinyi Teachers College.
It can be said that nearly half of the undergraduate colleges in Yu Province are all from Heda.
As for those who went to other provinces, they all became 985 and 211. On the contrary, Heda was still just a school before returning to Ningyuan. out of favor.
However, although too many ace majors were allocated back then, which caused great damage to the vitality, it was still a good choice for students from Yu Province.
Because at this time, there were only these two schools in the entire Henan Province. Zhengda University was the best in Henan Province, and the competition for this populous province was even fiercer.
Looking at it this way, Ning Yu still has a full understanding and analysis of these things, as well as an understanding of herself.
This year is the first year of the reform. Yu Province implements 3+ major comprehensive, with 150 points in each of the four subjects, and a total score of 600. Ning Yu can estimate [-] points, which is already very high.
Although this year is the first year of the change, there is no precedent for reference, but Heyu University is neither 211 nor 985, and Ning Xue's estimated score will definitely be able to get in.
Moreover, in Ning Yuan's previous life, Ning Xue also attended this university, and still majored in this major.
However, at that time, affected by Ning Daqiang's death, she only took the test with a score of more than 450. She just passed the score line and was admitted without any risk. It was not until she entered the school that she was admitted with the second lowest score in the class.
The last one was actually the same score as hers, but the rule is that the same scores are sorted by single subject scores. Ning Yu's Chinese is two points higher than his, so it didn't hang at the end.
But this time, she didn't have that kind of sad past, and she finished the exam easily, [-] to [-] points more than before.
In fact, because Ning Yuan also checked for her back then, he clearly remembered that the first line of Henan Province was 453, and the admission line of Heyu University was only two points higher than this.
Although Ning Yuan really wanted her to go to the capital, but thinking of that kind of competition, since she likes it, she should not force it. Ning Yuan should be depressed if he failed the exam.
After applying for the exam, it was Ning Yan's birthday, so the whole family went to Xinyi to celebrate Ning Yan's birthday. There was not only a big cake, but also a movie and an playground. Although it was too simple for Ning Yuan, but It still makes them happy hahaha.
Then, because of their curiosity, Ning Yuan took them to visit Pan Yueming. At this time, "Can't Help" is about to finish.
thanks for your support.
(End of this chapter)
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