Entertaining Children

"Believe that you are the role you want to play? It's that simple?" Ding Yuyang asked, "Why can't I learn it?"

"It's easy to say, but not easy to do." Xiao Yao said, "This requires a very strong sense of faith."

"Sense of faith?" Ding Yuyang repeated.

"Is it a new vocabulary for you?" Xiao Yao said, "Belief has two meanings: one is the actor, the creator's own confidence and assurance in character creation, that is, do you have the confidence and assurance to play this role well? .The other is whether the actor genuinely believes in the character he is playing."

"You still have to believe in the role you play? Isn't that what you said again?" Ding Yuyang said, "Is it possible to act well in this way?"

"Believe in the role you play and believe that you are the role you play are not the same thing!" Xiao Yao said, "Believe that the role you play is just to shape the actor's second ego, but believe that you are the role you play is the same thing." Merging the actor's self first and self second?"

"The first self and the second self? Are they overlapping?" Ding Yuyang showed a confused expression on his face, "What are the first self and the second self?"

"Everyone has a first self and a second self." Xiao Yaodao, "The first self is the original self, which is the life form of a natural person. The second self is the rational "I", which is an ideology, and is a form of life in the process of growth. The rational self-cognition formed is a carrier that carries various cultures, thoughts, and ideologies."

"I don't understand!" Ding Yuyang shook his head in confusion.

"Let's put it this way," Xiao Yao said, "What people want to do spontaneously is not necessarily the same as what other people expect you to do. For example, if you are hungry, you must want to eat when you see food right?"

"Of course!" Ding Yuyang nodded.

"But in fact, as a socialized person, you can't just ignore everything and eat the food when you see it." Xiao Yao said, "If the food is on the counter, then you know it is a commodity and you have to spend money to buy it." , Others will give you food after you have paid. If the food is in someone else’s hands and they are eating it, you will know that it is someone else’s food, not yours, and you cannot grab it and eat it.

So, to put it simply, the first self is your nature as a natural person, and the second self is a code of conduct for you as a socialized person. This code of conduct not only comes from legal and moral constraints, but also from your cognition, your thoughts, and your ideology. Is that clear? "

"Understood!" Ding Yuyang nodded again.

"This is for ordinary people." Xiao Yao continued, "For an actor's performance, the first self is the original self, and the second self is naturally the "self" of the character played. , The self formed by the soul.

What an actor pursues is the overlap of the first self and the second self, allowing the first self to act according to the behavioral logic and emotional logic of the second self, turning himself into the role he wants to play, and using the "self" of the role state to perform. At that moment, "I" is no longer the actor himself, but the living character. This state is the so-called "playing". "

"Entering the show?" Ding Yuyang repeated.

"Do you find it difficult to get into the show?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Difficult!" Ding Yuyang nodded.

"It's quite difficult!" Xiao Yao nodded, and continued, "Why is it difficult to "get into the show"? It's because the overlap between the first self and the second self pursued by actors is relatively difficult to achieve. Why is it difficult to achieve? It's because as an actor My first self and the second self formed by the role are always different. For example, you are Ding Yuyang, not Zhou Jianyu, your mother’s name is not Zhao Meilan, your brother’s name is not Zhou Chenxi, you did not live in the 1990s, etc. Wait, you didn't really become Zhou Jianyu if you just said that I am Zhou Jianyu."

"Then what should I do?" Ding Yuyang asked, "How can I believe that I am Zhou Jianyu, how can I turn myself into Zhou Jianyu?"

"I've already said it before!" Xiao Yao said,

"A sense of faith, believe! Believe in the role, shape the second self, let the first self and the second self overlap, and enter the play!"

"But what should I do specifically?" Ding Yuyang said, "It still sounds a little empty."

"Some people are born with a strong sense of faith, which is the so-called talent for acting." Xiao Yao said, "But even if the talent is poor, it can be obtained through hard training the day after tomorrow."

"How to train?" Ding Yuyang asked.

"You should have learned "liberate nature" in acting class before, and have done training like "animal simulation"?" Xiao Yao asked.

"I have learned it!" Ding Yuyang nodded.

"That's it!" Xiao Yao said, "What is liberating our nature? It is to restore our character to a perfectly round state, as close to a perfect character as possible, and let us be as credulous as a child. No matter what kind of character we play Characters, they all believe in their hearts that they are that character. Why do animal simulations? Because this is the most effective way to liberate nature. If you can even believe that you are a dog, a cat, or a tiger from the bottom of your heart, then What is unbelievable about you playing other roles in the future?"

"I heard from the teacher, and I did it too." Ding Yuyang said, "But my performance was very poor, and I didn't do very well!"

"Liberation of nature and animal simulation are not physical classes, and whether it is done well or not is secondary," Xiao Yao said, "The important thing is whether you have strengthened your sense of faith from these trainings."

"Oh, but the effect doesn't seem to be very obvious!" Ding Yuyang said.

"Then keep working hard!" Xiao Yao said.

"However, there are different genres of acting, and there are also different methods. The excavation of the prescribed situation mentioned earlier is also a kind." Xiao Yao said again, "To put it bluntly, that is to let your first self create a second self, actor It is creating a character. The more details you create for this character, the more concrete and vivid it will be for you. When your second self is perfect enough, then in the process of creation, the first self and the second self It just came together naturally.”

"So I should write biographies like Zhou Feng?" Ding Yuyang asked.

"Acting depends on talent on the one hand and hard work on the other. In terms of hard work, you also need to find the right method!" Xiao Yao said, "Everyone is different, and the suitable method may not necessarily be the same. You can experience it yourself!"

"Understood, thank you teacher!" Ding Yuyang bowed.

"Why aren't you a senior?" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Director, what did you look like just now? You don't look like a senior? You are obviously a teacher who teaches acting!" Wang Jiayi said, "From now on, we will all call you teacher!"

"Come on," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "What I just said was taught by the teachers in the school. Zhou Feng and Ding Yuyang are not counted. The four of you must have learned it. You know, I am with you. What kind of teacher is in front of you?"

"Even if the teacher taught it before, if you say it again now, we have benefited a lot!" Zhang Yunlan said seriously.

"Okay, okay!" Xiao Yao waved his hand, "The class time is over, let's continue the rehearsal!"

"Teacher, I need some time to dig out the prescribed situation!" Zhou Feng raised his hand.

"Me too!" Ding Yuyang also said.

"Okay, then let's line up for Lin Qiuyang and Lin Jianjun in the middle!" Xiao Yao said to Wang Jiayi and Lin Kaijie, "You two started when Zhou Chenxi left to buy buns!"

"Okay!" Wang Jiayi and Lin Kaijie nodded together.

Xiao Yao's long speeches are somewhat effective. By noon, Zhou Feng and Ding Yuyang, two non-major students, performed much better than before in rehearsal. Under Xiao Yao's constant adjustment and guidance, they had basically achieved the effect Xiao Yao required.

After lunch, Xiao Yao gave the six of them a rest time of about an hour, and continued to rehearse after one o'clock in the afternoon. At around three o'clock in the afternoon, when it was time for Xiao Yao's formal on-site rehearsal, the whole group went to the stage of the studio and rehearsed on the stage where the formal props were set up.

During the on-site rehearsal, there were not only more exquisite props and a real stage, but all six people also changed into costumes and put on character makeup. With a more realistic scene and a shape more in line with the character image, the performance of the six people in the field rehearsal was much better than in the rehearsal room.

"Good performance!" After the rehearsal, Xiao Yao smiled and clapped his hands, "It's even better than in the rehearsal room!"

"Thank you, director!" The six said in unison.

"Looking forward to your performance tonight!" Xiao Yao laughed.

"You will definitely not be disappointed!" Wang Jiayi said.

"That's good!" Xiao Yao said, "Disband!"

"Huh?" The six were surprised.

The six knew that each crew had limited rehearsal time on stage. However, they all thought that after the rehearsal, they would go back to the rehearsal room to continue the rehearsal, but they didn't expect Xiao Yao to directly call out to break up.

"What's wrong?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Director, don't we go back to the rehearsal room and continue practicing?" Zhang Yunlan asked.

"It's already very good, don't practice anymore!" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Then how many hours are left, what are we going to do?" Wang Jiayi asked.

"Free activities, do what you like," Xiao Yao said, "But my personal suggestion is to rest and sleep."

"Rest? Sleep?" Wang Jiayi asked, "Director, are you serious?"

"Of course it's true!" Xiao Yao said, "The way you are now is basically the best you can do, and it's good enough for you. You have all rehearsed intensively After such a long time, I don’t think it’s a good choice to continue rehearsing. I think what you have to do now is not to continue rehearsing, but to maintain your character’s state and at the same time, keep enough energy to cope with the official performance at night.”

"Yeah!" Zhang Yunlan nodded, "Then let's listen to the director!"

"Director, we all went to rest, so why are you going?" Wang Jiayi asked again.

"Stay here and watch the rehearsals of the other teams," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "Check out the enemy's situation! But you don't have to think about it, no matter how the other teams perform, I won't tell you! You just need to perform your part well. Just a game!"

"Okay!" The six nodded, "Director, see you tonight!"

"Goodbye!" Xiao Yao waved his hand, and found a corner seat in the auditorium of the studio and sat down.

Since the props were being dismantled on the stage, after the six newcomers in Xiao Yao's group left, the newcomers from other groups did not appear immediately until the props of Xiao Yao's group were dismantled on the stage, and another stage play's After the props are installed, a group of new actors and directors will enter the stage.

"Hey! I'm peeking here alone!" When Xiao Yao was watching the group rehearsal on the stage, he was patted on the shoulder unexpectedly, and then a voice came from behind him in the ear.

Xiao Yao looked back and found that it was Chen Qiuyue. He waved his hand with a smile and whispered, "Hi, Senior Sister!"

Chen Qiuyue smiled, walked around to the front, and sat down on the seat beside Xiao Yao.

"Senior Sister came quite early!" Xiao Yao smiled, "Have Teacher Ke and Senior Wenbo come?"

According to the script of the program group, Ke Jun, Jin Wenbo and Chen Qiuyue, the three resident guests, have no filming tasks this afternoon, and they will not be required to appear until the official performance of the big assessment tonight.

"We're all here, the three of us came together." Chen Qiuyue smiled, "Ms. Ke is confirming the process and string of words for tonight's big assessment with Director Meng and the others. Brother Wenbo goes to the rehearsal room to see the juniors who are rehearsing. we went."

"Then why didn't you go?" Xiao Yao asked, "Why did you come here?"

"It would be good to have Teacher Ke to check the process and string words. We are not professional hosts. We will say what words are given to us. After Teacher Ke confirms with Director Meng and the others, we will familiarize ourselves with it in advance and follow the script when the time comes. Just read the card in your hand." Chen Qiuyue said, "As for Brother Wenbo, the two of us originally did this kind of thing separately. There are six teams in total and six rehearsal rooms. I'll watch a few. The first thing I went to was your rehearsal room, but there was no one there!

I saw no one in the rehearsal room, so I thought your group was rehearsing here, but when I came in, I found out that it was not your group that was rehearsing. Only after I asked the staff did I know that your group was the last one and the rehearsal was over. At first I thought I missed it on the way and wanted to go back to your rehearsal room, but a staff member told me that you didn’t go back to the rehearsal room, you asked your newcomers to go back to the dormitory to rest, and you stayed here alone to watch other Group rehearsal. "

"Speaking of this, I haven't talked about you yet!" Chen Qiuyue looked at Xiao Yao and said, "Why did you let all the newcomers in your group go back to rest? No more rehearsals?"

"It's all rehearsed, and the rehearsal effect is also very good, why can't they be allowed to rest?" Xiao Yao asked back.

"Are you ready for rehearsal?" Chen Qiuyue said, "The script I just got yesterday, the total rehearsal time is less than 24 hours, how good can it be? Are you a little too confident?"

"Thank you, Senior Sister, for your concern!" Xiao Yao smiled, "However, you will know if the effect is good or not after watching it at night! Besides, it's just a variety show, do you need to be so careful? I am the flying guest of the first episode of the show, really Standing in line with them for twenty-four hours? They're tired, and I'm tired too, so that's enough!"

"You don't need to be so concerned? It's almost enough?" Chen Qiuyue smiled, "But why did someone start recording in the afternoon, but came early in the morning?"

"I said, it's because I'm bored!" Xiao Yao said, "It's not like you don't know what I did yesterday morning and afternoon!"

"Okay," Chen Qiuyue said, "but why did I hear that a certain flying guest gave him an acting class during the rehearsal this morning? Someone clearly said that he was only here to be a director and not to take classes!"

"That's too boring, let's talk about it by the way!" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Will you be bored during rehearsal?" Chen Qiuyue laughed.

"Can't you?" Xiao Yao said.