He suddenly remembered what the teacher from the Shanghai Film Academy, whom he had hired at great expense, had said to him: "You might not believe it, but the person who learns the most in the professional courses is Tang Yue. She knows every acting technique and method by heart. It's just that she's still in the stage of imitating them rather stiffly."
Compared to singing and dancing, Tang Yue puts more effort into acting.
"So she is a method actor?" Guan Fei was also in the office at the time and couldn't help but ask.
However, Zhou Yiyang shook his head and explained with a smile: "Method School doesn't mean using techniques to act. The core idea of Method School and Experiential School is to experience your role.
Let's say you're playing a woman who lost her child. My requirement is that in the next shot, I want to capture your sadness.
What an experiential actor needs to do is to put himself into the shoes of the woman who lost her child as much as possible. Once you convince yourself, the sadness will naturally come out.
Method actors don't act this way. They understand clearly that, as a director, I'm not trying to capture the woman who lost her child, but the sadness she feels afterward. Since it's sadness, they'll shift their focus and bring up personal experiences like being cheated on, losing their wallet, or failing the college entrance exam to express the same emotion.
Of course, there is no superiority or inferiority between the two, it all depends on the actor's own preference.
Back to Tang Yue, she's more of an expressionist, constructing a similar character in her mind and then imitating her behavior. It might not be heartfelt, but it definitely makes you think, 'Oh, she's playing a woman who lost her child.'
Back here, Tang Yue's mind went to a classmate from her junior high school, a transfer student from the south, and a very shy girl.
She imitated the other person's expression, movements and tone through memory.
"Pass."
She succeeded.
Su Yin didn't have many scenes today, and her role as the lead actress was to explain the scenes to the others.
The main reason was that there were no scenes for the middle-aged actors today, and since none of them showed up, the only person who could comment on the scene was Zhou Yiyang. But director Zhou Yiyang looked too serious.
Everyone ended up looking for Su Yin. After all, she was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Short Film. Her performance in "Dancing Girl of the Snow Country" had received rave reviews online.
However, Su Yin's answer was puzzling: "You shouldn't be imitating, but you should believe in yourself and be the character itself. When I played the mute girl, I tried not to speak every day. During those days, I thought I had really become mute. Only when you become the character itself, your emotions will be real."
Zhou Yiyang glanced at Su Yin and curled the corners of his mouth.
The world is so cruel.
Talent is such a mysterious thing.
The teacher said that Tang Yue would become an excellent actress in the future and would have a chance of winning the Best Actress award.
But when she mentions Su Yin, her eyes light up: "She's amazing. Every time she's given a role, she can find the emotions and get into it. She has no experience, no teaching, she is a natural born experientialist.
The last time I saw such a talented actor was Helian Bei. But actors like them can easily become immersed in their roles and find it difficult to detach themselves.
In order to let the actors follow the gradual process, Zhou Yiyang filmed some simple scenes to explain the background in advance.
The first week on the crew was uneventful.
The transfer student played by Tang Yue successfully broke into Lin Xuaner's sister group - Sunny through the big sister Lin Xuaner and her deskmate Wang Xingrui.
On the other hand, for the middle-aged actors, the plot is much heavier.
Qiao Zishan's acting skills impressed everyone. She brought the image of a restrained, masked housewife to life.
However, Yue Shao and his three companions did not have the opportunity to watch Teacher Qiao’s acting skills in person.
This Saturday night is the live broadcast night of the "Team No Limits" finals.
In last week's resurrection match, Madou Boys, The Emperor's New Clothes, and the Replacement Team successfully broke through after school.
But for most viewers and marketing accounts, they all agree that the champion should be among White Wolf, Moonlight Girl and Catnip.
It’s a pity that until today, the three Chinese TV stations have not announced the schedule of the finals.
Zhou Yiyang was told to prepare two songs.
Yue Shao has been practicing these two songs these days and hasn't even gone to the set.
"Is the competition tomorrow?" Tang Yue turned her head and asked.
"Yeah," Wang Xingrui said. She was apparently reading a novel, but her mind was full of the finals. "Let's go to sleep soon. The song written by Brother Yang will definitely win."
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