director of the millennium

Chapter 96

Inside the small hall.

Luo Jin, Zhu Yawen and others were on stage preparing for the audition.

Wu Yuan sat in the center below the stage, holding the script, and was thinking about where to start the rehearsal first.

"Romeo and Juliet" has five acts.

Of course Wu Yuan won't show all five acts, it will be a 3-hour large-scale drama.

He was only going to do the second and third acts.

The second act of "Romeo and Juliet" is considered to be the most lyrical and youthful scene in the whole play. In the garden under the moonlight, two young people pour out their love and heartfelt love to each other.

In the third act, the plot of the play takes a turn for the worse due to Tybalt's death. Romeo is banished and Juliet is forced to marry. The lovers begin to fall into the abyss of pain.

Rehearsing these two scenes is just a test of the acting skills of the male and female leading actors. They need to give two completely different emotions of sweetness and pain in the two scenes.

It not only trains actors, but also trains directors.

After thinking about it, Wu Yuan planned to start with some stories about Romeo and Juliet telling each other.

Just like making a movie, acting in scenes that require more emotional outbursts first can help the actors get into the mood as quickly as possible.

Closing the script and raising his head, Wu Yuan was about to greet the actors to get ready when a small hand suddenly stretched out from his side.

This hand is beautiful, fair and slender, with well-defined joints and pink nails.

A cup of Banlangen in a disposable paper cup was held in the palm of this hand, and the mouth of the cup was still steaming.

"Brother, let's drink a cup of Banlangen."

Liu Yifei's voice came from behind Wu Yuan: "The newspaper said that drinking more of this can prevent pneumonia."

Wu Yuan was stunned and reached out to take the cup of isatis root.

He really wanted to tell Liu Yifei that the rumor was a lie, and Banlangen really couldn't prevent SARS.

Just meeting her concerned gaze, Wu Yuan pursed his lips, and thanked him: "Thank you, I understand."

After all, it was the kindness of the little girl.

Picking up this cup of Radix Banlangen, Wu Yuan didn't mind burning his mouth, so he drank it all in one gulp, put the quilt aside casually, stood up and shouted: "Everyone, get ready and start rehearsing!"

"Arrange the first scene first!"

"Romeo, do you love me?"

"I know, you will definitely answer, yes."

Liu Yifei, who was wearing a European-style dress, gazed affectionately at Zhu Yawen, who was facing her side, and said in the gentlest tone she could:
"And I will definitely believe what you say, but maybe the oath you swear is just a lie. People say that the gods just laugh at the betrayal of lovers."

The lines are beautiful.

But Wu Yuan, who was sitting under the stage, frowned so much that he could almost pinch a fly to death.

Although Liu Yifei gave him a glass of Banlangen just now, which moved him a little, but it didn't mean that Wu Yuan would be tolerant of her performance.

"Stop!" Reaching out to interrupt Liu Yifei's chanting, Wu Yuan sighed: "Qiqian, this chanting is not like this."

"What was Juliet's inner emotion when she said this to Romeo?"

"It's not tenderness and infatuation, but anticipation, understand?"

Liu Yifei looked blank.

To be honest, it is really difficult for her, a little girl who has never been in love, to experience the love between Romeo and Juliet.

Wu Yuan also understood this, so he tried to explain in a language that Liu Yifei could understand: "When Juliet said this to Romeo, she actually expected Romeo to give her a firm response."

While speaking, Wu Yuan stood up, made a gesture, took the script and began to read:
"Oh, gentle Romeo, if you really love me, please tell me sincerely, if you think I am too easy to give in, I will pile up a scowl, pretend to be stubborn, and refuse your kindness. "

His tone was full of anticipation, as if he wished for a warm response from the other party in the next second, and the emotion was conveyed very clearly.

Wu Yuan really hasn't acted much, he only acted in "17-year-old Bicycle", and he often humbles himself that he doesn't know how to act.

But he is a director!
His understanding of the script is absolutely unmatched by ordinary actors!
He can accurately find the emotion and reaction that should be expressed in each line in the script.

He also clearly knows how to play these roles well, and tells the actors to guide them to try.

If you really want to talk about it, any director who can be regarded as an excellent director at any level will definitely not be bad in acting!

Wu Yuan is willing to teach, and Liu Yifei is also willing to study seriously, so even if she is a bit stupid, she can always learn bit by bit.

What's more, Liu Yifei is not stupid in acting.

She often doesn't perform well in roles, mostly because she has never experienced these things herself.

She is more inclined towards an experienced actor, but she is relatively lacking in life experience. She has been well-clothed and well-fed since she was a child, and she has not experienced much suffering in the world. She joined the group and started acting at a young age, and her life accumulation is not rich.

It is difficult for her to empathize with the experiences of many characters.

Unless every time before filming, according to the personality of the character, live and experience for a few months, but this is obviously unrealistic for Liu Yifei.

Therefore, actors like her are more suitable for taking the method school route in the experience school.

The experiential school means that actors must let themselves become characters. They should think about what the characters think and think about the characters on the stage, try to enter the characters, and then express the emotions of the characters.

When the camera is turned on, you are no longer acting, you are the character himself.

As for the method school, although the core idea is still that of the experiential school, it pays more attention to skills.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t keep your thoughts consistent with the characters, just use some tricks, don’t let yourself directly enter the characters to figure out the characters’ proper moods, but use your own inner emotions to achieve the effect.

To put it simply, for example, an actor needs to play a gay role, and the experience school really substitutes himself as gay, hypnotizing himself as gay when performing.

The actor of the method school does not need to really enter the role, and can imagine the opponent actor as his girlfriend or wife, and then put his own feelings into it.

Although the method school also requires actors to substitute emotions, at least they don't need to stand completely from the perspective of the characters.

The method school means that no matter what method you use, as long as it can give the emotion the character needs.

"If you really can't find this feeling of expectation, I will teach you a trick."

Wu Yuan chuckled, and said jokingly, "You can think of Yawen as your favorite cat or dog."

"Every time you go home, you call out their names, expecting them to rush up to meet you, right?"

"Imagine, if you put this emotion into the performance, you can almost feel it."

Hearing what Wu Yuan said, Liu Yifei immediately understood.

It's just that when she put her eyes on Zhu Ya's tattoo and imagined him as a Doberman pinscher she raised, she couldn't hold back her laughter immediately.

"Sorry." Liu Yifei covered her mouth and chuckled while apologizing to Zhu Yawen.

Zhu Yawen also looked a little embarrassed, but he still nodded understandingly: "It's okay, it doesn't matter even if you think of me as a pug."

"As long as I can perform this play well, I can do anything!"

On the other side, the other actors who had no role in this scene listened carefully and kept Wu Yuan's words in their hearts.

This is the acting instruction given by top domestic directors, you must learn it!
"Okay." Wu Yuan nodded in satisfaction, and clapped his hands to signal: "Qiqian finds out how she feels, let's do it again!"

　If your acting skills are not good, they can be taught. You have to believe in the ability of a great director.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)