Chapter 15
Jia Zhenzhen, your crying scenes are amazing
Performing crying scenes was of course just a joke from Lin Xiangyu.
In broad daylight, if Ling Sui suddenly burst into tears, Tang Bing would think that they had teamed up to bully her student.
Ling Suisui took them into the house to put their luggage and explained the room allocation.
The wooden house has two floors in total. The two rooms upstairs belong to the three resident teachers, and the two guest rooms downstairs are where they live.
Even if they are four men and two women, they can only be divided according to gender.
The guest rooms are all the same size. The double room for Ling Suisui and Ji Zhaoying is ready-made, but the boys need to put up two more beds and sleep on a large bunk bed at night.
Of course, if they don’t want to set up an extra bed, they can either squeeze into a single bed or sleep on the floor in the living room.
After discussing it, the boys decided to sleep on the floor. No one knows how to make a bed.
After making the decision, they would decide among themselves who would sleep in the bedroom and who would sleep in the living room, and Ling Suisui would not interfere.
She brought Ji Zhaoying to their guest room and said, "I've only put my luggage there and haven't chosen a bed yet. Which one do you want to sleep in?"
"Actually, either is fine... I'll choose the one in the middle."
Ji Zhaoying originally wanted to lie down on the bed, but suddenly remembered that there were cameras in the room, and there might even be someone hiding in the closet.
She felt very uncomfortable and could only sit on the bed in a daze, not knowing where to put her hands and feet.
Ling Suisui noticed her restraint and stiffness. This is normal. Ji Zhaoying is a newly debuted artist, and the campus drama she collaborated with Quan Liang was her first time filming a movie.
The reality show images that the audience see only feature celebrities, but on a reality show set there may be dozens of people surrounding you, and your every move is being watched by so many people, so it’s a natural reaction to feel nervous.
As for why Ji Zhaoying could become the female lead as soon as she entered the circle...her aunt is Ji Huixin, a big star in the domestic entertainment industry.
Ling Suisui started the conversation: "Can I call you Yingying?"
"Sure." Ji Zhaoying looked a little happy. "Others are used to calling me Xiao Ji, but I think Yingying sounds better. For example, when I call you, Sui Sui sounds better than Xiao Ling."
Ling Suisui smiled. It seemed that Ji Zhaoying had a strong personality, so she didn't like the name "Xiao Ji", which was easily associated with her aunt.
She went on to say, "My Mandarin is much better now. If it was before I went to college, I would call you Yinyin."
“Are you from the South?”
"Yes, the other front and back nasal sounds are fine, but in and ing are a little difficult for me, and my last name is Ling."
"Haha, then when others heard you introduce yourself before, didn't they all think your name was Lin Suisui?"
"It's not so bad. We southerners can't tell each other apart, but it's very obvious in the north."
After chatting for a few sentences in Mandarin, Ji Zhaoying became familiar with Ling Suisui and she gradually relaxed.
She asked Ling Suisui: "Oh, by the way, Suisui, which episode did you play as an NPC in Reasoning in Progress?"
"There are five or six issues. It's the third case."
Ling Suisui paused, "Actually, my crying scene is not as mysterious as Lin Xiangyu said. He was just doing it for show effect. If you want to watch it, lower your expectations first."
She said this mainly to the audience. If you have low expectations, you will be pleasantly surprised; if you have too high expectations, she will seem ordinary or even a scammer.
——Well, if this segment will be broadcast.
Ji Zhaoying thought that there was nothing to do on this show in the morning and she would start working on it in the afternoon. Since I'm free anyway, I might as well open my tablet and take a look.
After seeing this, she used up half of her pack of tissues.
When everyone gathered together for lunch at noon, Ji Zhaoying, with red eyes from crying, gave Ling Suisui a thumbs up.
"Jia Zhenzhen, your crying scenes are amazing!"
Ling Suisui: ...
I already said her name is Ling Suisui, damn it.
Ji Zhaoying refused to listen. She had gone from questioning Lin Xiangyu to understanding Lin Xiangyu and now becoming Lin Xiangyu. All she talked about was Jia Zhenzhen.
She also recommended it to everyone at the dinner table: "Have you watched Reasoning in Progress? If you haven't watched it, you must watch it. I will be sad if anyone misses Sister Zhen's perfect performance, ok?"
Ling Suisui was stunned. Wasn’t Ji Zhaoying quite restrained in the room just now? How come he became so extroverted?
It would have been fine if there were just a few young people like them, but there happened to be three seniors at the table.
Wu Huahan was quite interested: "What program is that? I haven't seen it yet. Please play it for everyone to appreciate."
Ling Sui's breathing stagnated, and he was about to say no, but Tang Bing spoke first:
"Ah Ming's show is in need of an NPC who can act out crying scenes, so I recommended Sui Sui to give it a try. This kid is so good at acting that Ah Ming even wants to invite her to be a permanent member."
She changed the subject: "But, after all, she is a student and still has some areas that need improvement. Give her some advice, don't be secretive."
Wu Huahan glared: "Look at what you said, am I that kind of person? No matter which school they are from, as long as they are young people who love acting, I am willing to give them some pointers."
Huh, Ling Sui let out a long sigh.
Fortunately, Teacher Tang Bing spoke both the positive and negative sides for her and left enough room for her. If you praise her too much, she might end up falling.
——However, playing her performance clips at this time and in this occasion really makes people feel socially frustrated!
The three teachers were watching attentively, the young people were trying hard to hold back their laughter, Ling Suisui felt like he was being publicly executed, and his toes had dug out a magic fairy castle.
However, as her performance clip finished playing, Quan Liang and others who had not taken it seriously before looked at Ling Sui with changed eyes.
Although they did not shed tears like Ji Zhaoying due to the atmosphere, everyone couldn't help but feel heavier after watching this.
Feng Guang pushed up his glasses and said with emotion: "Young people are amazing, and the younger generation is to be feared."
"No, no, you are exaggerating."
Ling Suisui quickly replied, "I am just showing off my skills in front of an expert, I still need your guidance."
Tang Bing pushed him and said, "I asked you to speak the truth, why are you flattering me? My student is timid, don't scare her."
Feng Guang raised his hands in surrender. He muttered to himself, "How could a student of yours, Tang Bing, be so timid?" Are you trying to fool someone?
He could see that this little girl had good acting skills both on and off the stage!
But he didn't tell a lie just now. Perhaps because Ling Sui's face still looked very young, he did not have high expectations for her acting skills. However, judging from her performance in this clip, she no longer looked like a freshman in the acting department, but a mature actor.
Feng Guang commented: "She cried really well, but the core advantage of her performance in this segment is actually her eye acting. This is why all of you can empathize with her and why Xiao Ji cried so hard just now."
"Many new actors like to use their forehead and eyebrows to create eye contact when performing eye scenes. I'll rewind this clip and you can see that she uses the muscles around her eyes to create eye contact."
"Xiao Ling, show me the difference between the two methods. You can all learn from me."
The "you" here of course refers to the other guest stars. Everyone immediately looked at Ling Suisui, and even the cameraman came over to take a close-up of her.
Ling Suisui is very grateful to Feng Guang for giving her the opportunity to perform, and is also glad that she is experienced and has strong psychological qualities. Even if she is cueed at the last minute, she is not afraid to face the camera.
She turned her back to think for a while, then turned around and started to exert force on her forehead and eyebrows.
Although her tears still flowed, because her eyes were wide open, other people not only did not feel much sadness, but instead thought she was a little stupid and didn't know what she was doing.
Ling Sui wiped away her tears and switched to using the muscles around her eyes.
Now the contrast becomes obvious. Even though there were no traces of tears on her face, they could understand her sadness just by looking at her.
Everyone deeply realized that there is a technical difference between "eye waves moving" and "facial features flying around".
Tang Bing nodded with satisfaction. As the person who discovered Ling Sui, she felt honored.
Just by looking at her expression, Feng Guang knew that she must be showing off in her heart.
In fact, he was a little regretful. How come such a good candidate didn't get admitted to the Central Academy of Drama?
But the advice that should be given still needs to be given. Feng Guang pointed out: "Your emotional appeal is already very strong, you can work harder on character portrayal."
"For example, in this clip I only felt your sadness, but I didn't feel deeply about the fact that you loved your husband very much."
"If you want to show this, when you cry, when you talk, your eyes will involuntarily look at him. Because your attention will always be attracted by the person you love most, especially now that he is still a corpse. Nothing can occupy your mind more than this."
"An actor must really listen, really watch, and really feel. This is a principle that everyone must learn when they enter the industry. It must be remembered for a lifetime and constantly integrated. Only in this way can the character you create be more complete and make people believe in his or her existence."
These were words from the bottom of his heart, Ling Sui stood up and bowed to him.
Afterwards, Wu Huahan also gave guidance.
He told Ling Suisui that although her lines still had a subtle hint of dialect, she had already gotten to the point. The next step is to practice stress and unstress, and the intonation of speech.
She now speaks her lines with almost all stress, which is okay in scenes with emotional outbursts, as the audience can follow along with her emotions. But if it is a calmer daily scene, it would appear that she is trying too hard and the audience would get tired listening to it.
Ling Sui also bowed and took note of it carefully.
While she was listening to the lecture, several guest stars huddled together and shivered.
Lin Xiangyu: "Isn't her characterization realistic enough? I can't help but call her Jia Zhenzhen when I see her."
Hu Mingzhe: "Her Mandarin has a dialect accent? That's called just getting started? Then what am I? Is my line delivery level negative 4?"
Quan Liang: "You mean minus ten, right?"
Hu Mingzhe: “…Yes.”
Jiang Heng: "Maybe the teachers think she is better and have higher expectations and requirements for her."
Everyone sighed, but Ji Zhaoying did not participate in the discussion. She continued watching the sixth episode of "Inference In Progress".
When the truth was revealed, she slapped her thigh in excitement.
"Jia Zhenzhen, you are worthy of it! You all come and see, my sister Zhen's acting skills are amazing!"
Ling Suisui: ...
Does anyone still remember that her name is Ling Suisui?
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