Best Actor

    "I have three scripts here, two are sitcoms and one is about the life of the police. There are all kinds of trivia in life, but also mixed with various plots of solving cases, and one of the sitcoms is the story of several young people running a bar in Miami, as for the other, it was launched this year, and the well-received "Will and Grace" ." In the compartment belonging to Frederick of the Endeavour Elite Agency, Sean's agent was talking eloquently about his work.

    "The previous sitcom and the one about the police are both new dramas in preparation. The sitcom is scheduled to be released in the spring of next year, while the police drama will be released in the autumn of next year. If you are interested , I'm pretty sure I'll get a secondary lead. As for the Will and Grace crew, they've got a supporting role auditioning for at least five episodes." Frederick paused. , after observing Sean for a while before continuing.

    "My suggestion is to ignore that sitcom first, you know, generally speaking, the TV dramas released in the autumn are the important dramas, and most of the dramas released in the spring are used to supplement the schedule for emergency rescue. Although there are also good ratings, they are relatively few. Then, the police drama can be considered, police, lawyers, doctors, all are good themes for TV dramas. Before that, you can consider going to " The Will and Grace" crew, although there are descriptions of homosexuality, but the actual scale is not large. Of course, what happens in the end depends on your opinion." In the end, the agent spread his hands.

    Sean didn't speak, sat in the chair for a while and then raised his head again: "Is there a script for the movie?"

    Frederick raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything, he recalled it carefully, and after looking through the information on the table, he said, "If you really want, I can do it too. There are a few scripts, but I am not sure what role I will get."

    He sat up straight and watched Sean make a serious expression: "Listen, Sean, you can definitely be a movie actor, but that's not now. You still need to gain experience now And seniority, you need a better role, and then let the film director or producer notice you. Trust me, if the opportunity is right, I will get the role for you.”

    "Ha, are you promoting your way of jumping from TV to movies again?" Before Sean could speak, a playful female voice came over.

    Then, a professional woman in a lady's suit appeared in front of the two of them. She had big brown waves and looked about thirty years old. .

    "Is there a problem?" Frederick suddenly looked very dissatisfied.

    "No, it's nothing," the other party chuckled, "I just think, if you can't do it, don't use excuses to fool you."

     Then she looked at Sean again: "I have to say, Sean, you did a great job in Friends, and I happen to have a role here, a romantic comedy, albeit a supporting role. , but there is plenty of room to play, do you want to come and try?"

    Faced with this familiar woman, even if Sean thought she was very attractive, he couldn't help but be speechless for a while.

    "I don't need you to judge the way I do things, Anna Gordon! Go back to me and save your energy to deal with men!" Frederick exclaimed angrily, and Those who are also foul-mouthed have the posture of getting up and chasing people.

    "Okay okay," Anna Gordon didn't seem to care at all, "I'm so happy that you look like this, so I won't continue, but Sean, if you're interested , you can come and find me anytime."

    Then, after walking a few steps, she thought of something and turned back, and smiled wickedly at Frederick: "Also, I have news to tell you, after the New Year, I will Got my own office, Fred."

    What a woman with personality. Sean couldn't help laughing when he saw it in his eyes. When the other party was far away, he remembered that he should comfort Frederick. Who knew that when he turned his head, he heard a constant thumping sound. His agent was knocking on his forehead with a magazine right now, then he grabbed a stack of white paper and stuffed it into his mouth, biting it desperately, and finally took out a pencil, gnashed his teeth, and stabbed the white paper with hatred. Look, Sean was stunned.

    It took a while for Frederick to stop, straighten his collar and let out a breath. He looked at Sean with his mouth open as if nothing had happened: "Okay, let's continue."

    "Are you okay?" Sean, who recovered, asked tentatively, "Who is that woman?"

    "Anna Gordon, my old nemesis—let's get on with your work," Frederick apparently didn't want to talk about. Tell us your thoughts and your plans, maybe we can find out."

    "Okay," Since that's the case, Sean put other things aside for the time being and talked about his own thoughts, "I don't want to play any roles in a short time."

    "Huh?" Frederick blinked, seeming to suspect that he had heard it wrong.

    "You know what you want to say, Fred, don't worry, listen to me first," Sean raised a hand, "Since I'm going to continue to develop here, I have to start from Long-term thinking, and what I lack most right now, is experience."

    He sat up straight and made himself appear very serious: "It is true that opportunities are important, but without strength as a basis, it is just a loft in the air. So I want to use this time to find someone who has a short-term In the place of performance training, try to make yourself able to systematically learn how to perform in front of the camera. In addition, we will have plenty of time to discuss how to develop next, and I can learn more about this under your guidance. The rules of the circle—I've only been in Hollywood for three months, haven't I?"

    If Sean had a little idea of ​​leaving when he made a certain achievement in "Friends", but after Naomi left, he made up his mind to do better. This is not all because of Naomi, although she played a driving role, but the main thing is Sean's consistent belief: once you decide to do something, you must do it as well as possible.

    Therefore, systematic training is very necessary, no matter how talented and experienced he is, Hollywood is not comparable to school's stage play. However, he has just achieved some results now. If he does not want to lose his popularity, he can only choose short-term training. But even this may have an impact. You can see that Frederick frowned, but he did not object at the first time to show that he still agrees with these words to some extent.

    "But there is one point, Sean." After thinking for a while, he finally said, "How do you maintain your current popularity?"

    He asked seriously, and it was a question, but Sean laughed, with a hint of teasing: "That's your problem, isn't it?"

    The agent rolled his eyes immediately.

    "Performance skills are roughly divided into two factions, the technical school and the method school. The so-called technical school, in simple terms, is to analyze the emotions of the characters, such as what is happy in front of the camera, what is the camera The former is sad, and then it is expressed through a series of means such as facial expressions or body language during filming. The method school requires the actor to fully integrate into the inner world of the character, treat the character as a real person, and then completely regard himself as Characters, and show them on camera." On the podium, a middle-aged white male with a beard in his 40s was talking incessantly.

    Because of Hollywood, there are many performance training institutions in Los Angeles, but if you want to conduct short-term systematic training, it depends on your character. If you meet a teacher who has real knowledge and is very responsible, then you can learn some new things, but if you meet a guy who is just perfunctory, it will be a waste of money.

    So, under Frederick's arrangement, Sean went to USC to audit their acting class. The atmosphere of American universities is very open. As long as the lecturers and professors have no opinion, anyone can take a class.

    Sean chose the class of a professor named Wallace Walker, who is said to be quite good, but the one standing on the podium is not Professor Walker, his name is John Ha Warrington, he's here to substitute for a temporary professor. To be honest, Sean prefers his teaching style. Professor Walker's theoretical skills are solid, but his explanations are a bit rigid, while Mr. Harrington is much more flexible, and his humorous and slightly flamboyant tone can easily attract people. attention, and more importantly, the interpretation of the theory is also in place.

    "In the earliest filmmaking, the actors were basically technical - well, at least in Hollywood. Then, until Konstantin Stanislavsky came along, method started to rise ." Harrington said, picking up a book on the podium and knocking, ""The Self-cultivation of Actors," I think most of the people here have heard of it, but those who have read it and read it in detail will not too much."

      Just bought one. It’s a pity that I hurriedly browsed it and put it aside. Regarding the basic theory, many books are more popular, and the deeper things are either limited by the times or can’t be read well, so they eventually become collections.

    "Of course, Stanislavsky is not the founder of the Methodist school. There have been many masters summarizing the performance of the Methodist school long before him. But it cannot be denied that the Because of Stanislavsky's strong advocacy, the method school began to enter the vision of film directors and actors, and gradually became one of the mainstream performance methods that did not lose to the skill school!" Harrington continued.

    Then a student raised his hand and asked: "Mr. Harrington, we know that many famous actors are methodists, such as Marlon Brando, or Al Pacino, Robert De Niro et al., may I ask if this shows that the way of expression is much better than the way of expression of the technique school."