Entertaining Children

After a while, Xiao Yao saw another door of the classroom opened, and a dozen or so candidates came out of the classroom one after another. Obviously, the previous group had finished the exam. The expressions on their faces varied, clearly showing mixed feelings about their performance.

The door in front of Xiao Yao and his group opened quickly, and a young teaching assistant in his thirties greeted the invigilator who led the team, and the invigilator led Xiao Yao and his group of ten people into the examination room.

After the ten people entered the arena, they lined up one by one and stood against one side of the wall, waiting for the examiner to call their names.

The atmosphere inside the examination room was even more tense than outside. The examiners and assistant examiners sitting behind a table all had serious expressions on their faces. The relaxed and active atmosphere in art schools. As soon as they entered the arena and felt the tense and serious atmosphere, the expressions on the faces of several candidates who were already nervous outside became even more nervous.

The examiner who sat in the middle was named Chen Xiao. He was in his forties. He was also a middle-aged actor who often appeared on TV screens, and his popularity was not low. At this time, he was not in a hurry to call the number, but first scanned the ten candidates standing against the wall with scrutiny, and observed their expressions and states. In addition to appearance conditions and professional skills, psychological quality and stress resistance are also within the scope of the teachers' inspection.

The expressions of the ten people are basically more or less nervous. But this is also normal. For these candidates, this exam is very important to them. It is strange that they are not nervous. The important thing is the performance of the candidates in a state of tension. At least in Chen Ling's opinion, it was considered satisfactory if none of these ten people was so nervous that they were shaking or showing obvious body stiffness. Wait...something seems wrong? I saw that one of the boys behaved obviously differently from the others. Not only did he not feel nervous, but he took off his hat and black-rimmed glasses in a leisurely manner, and raised his hand to caress the slightly flattened body under the hat. hair.

"It's interesting, and you can adjust your image after entering the examination room." Chen Xiao's attention was also attracted by the boy, and she said in her heart. But after seeing the boy's appearance clearly, Chen Xiao's eyes showed a hint of surprise. As a star who, like Sun Zhihao, is not only a teacher in school, but also active in the entertainment circle, Chen Xiao recognized this young man who is now quite famous in the entertainment circle at a glance.

Chen Xiao knew that Ye Jiaying graduated from the Acting Department of Huaxia Academy of Drama, and also knew that Sun Zhihao, who taught in the Acting Department of Yanjing Film Academy, had a good relationship with Xiao Yao's family, so she was very impressed with Xiao Yao appearing in the examination room of the Acting Department of Shanghai Academy of Drama. Quite a surprise, but this is not the time to solve the doubts in my heart. There is only one day for the acting department exam, and there are seventy or eighty groups of candidates in each exam room, so the total time given to a group of ten candidates is only a few minutes, and on average, each candidate is allocated one minute of time Not yet, the time is very tight.

"I am the chief examiner in today's examination room." Chen Xiao suppressed her curiosity,

After a brief self-introduction, he directly announced today's exam rules and exam questions to the candidates. "Today's exam consists of two items, which are line selection performance and impromptu group sketch performance. The line selection is an individual choice, and the impromptu group sketch is our proposition. The first thing is the line performance. Please list the candidates whose names I read below Begin your performance of excerpts."

"The first one, Chen Wenxin." After the introduction, Chen Xiao directly began to read the name from the top of the stack of registration forms handed over by the assistant teacher.

"Hello, teachers. My name is Chen Wenxin. I am nineteen years old and I come from..." A cute girl with a round face stepped forward two steps from the group standing against the wall and walked up to several people. In front of the examiner, I started to introduce myself.

"Stop," the girl just said a few words, Chen Xiao interrupted her with a wave of her hand, "Today is a trial, no need for everyone to introduce themselves, just tell me the name of the lines you performed, and then just start right away .”

"Also, the people behind you are the same." Chen Xiao swept the other candidates who were still standing against the wall and said.

"Understood, teacher." The round-faced girl named Chen Wenxin nodded along with the other nine candidates behind.

"Then let's start." Chen Ling nodded noncommittally, motioning to the girl.

"Teachers, the line I'm performing is a line from Zhao Ji in the TV series "Qin Shi Huang"." After the girl gave a brief introduction, she began her line performance directly.

Hearing this girl's introduction, Xiao Yao and several examiners and assistant examiners frowned slightly. Qin Shihuang is one of the most famous historical figures in Chinese history. No matter which world it is in, there must be film and television works based on this character's life. The TV series "Qin Shihuang" in this world is also a historical drama with high ratings and great influence. The first emperor's mother, Zhao Ji, was too different, and this choice sounded inappropriate.

Sure enough, the girl had just read a few sentences before being interrupted by Chen Xiao again.

"Okay. You go back first, and wait for the group skit performance." Without raising her head, Chen Xiao scratched the registration form in front of her with a pen, picked up the top registration form and put it aside , and then looked at the next registration form and shouted, "Next one, Xu Xiaoguang!"

The girl named Chen Wenxin was a little surprised when she heard Chen Xiao's words, and there was a trace of panic and unwillingness in her eyes, but she didn't say anything, and obediently retreated to the original position against the wall and stood up again.

A boy whose name was called by Chen Xiao walked up to several examiners, bowed slightly and said, "Hello, teachers, the excerpt of the lines I performed is a modern poem called "Flying Birds and Fish". Xu Xiaoguang remembered what Chen Xiao said just now, so he didn't say any nonsense about self-introduction after going up, and after saying hello to the teachers, he directly reported the name of his selected lines.

As soon as this introduction came out, Chen Xiao subconsciously glanced at Xiao Yao in the candidate team, and then looked at the boy in front of him with some surprise. Xiao Yao looked at the boy's back in surprise, "When will this poem of mine become a candidate for candidates to prepare lines?" Xiao Yao thought unexpectedly in his heart.

"The farthest distance in the world is not the farthest distance in the world..." The boy was overjoyed when he saw Chen Xiao's eyes glanced at Xiao Yao, and the surprise in his eyes, and forced himself to hold back his love for himself. Complimented by an idea, he began to read. He believed that he would not be stopped by the examiner in front of him after only opening a few words like the girl in front.

"Stop!" As a result, the boy named Xu Xiaoguang only read three sentences before being called to stop by the examiner Chen Xiao. "Playing smart," Chen Xiao, who saw through Xu Xiaoguang's mind, made a slight comment, but the comment seemed to be incomplete, and it was completely impossible to judge whether it was a compliment or a derogation from the tone. When Xu Xiaoguang was confused by Chen Xiao and was waiting for the next article, Chen Xiao just didn't have the next article.

"Next one, Le Anqi!" Chen Xiao scratched Xu Xiaoguang's registration form in front of him, picked it up and put it aside, and shouted at the third registration form.

The boy named Xu Xiaoguang turned around and walked back with an apprehensive expression, and subconsciously glanced at Xiao Yao's position on the way. Just at this glance, Xiao Yao also couldn't see the meaning in his eyes.

Candidates were called in turn to perform the performance of selected lines, but they basically said a few words before being stopped by Chen Xiao, and then they started calling the next one directly.

After just three minutes, eight candidates in front of Xiao Yao had finished performing their lines, and now there were only Xiao Yao and the girl with an exotic feel that he had peeked at outside.

Although Yanjing Film Academy and Shencheng Academy of Drama are not the same school, but this kind of film and television school has a lot of ideas and styles in the exam, so before the exam, I also went through the professional exam of the acting department, and I have already passed the exam. Zhao Rui, who has been at Yanjing Film Academy for a year, also introduced to Xiao Yao some situations and rules of the professional examination of the acting department.

Xiao Yao once heard from Zhao Rui that during the first exam of the acting department, the average time for each candidate to perform his lines was only 20 to 30 seconds. The teachers who are in charge of the test are very professional. Usually, you can hear your basic lines in two or three sentences, and although the content of the first test is line performance and group sketches, the main test is appearance and on-the-spot reaction, so in order to save time , They usually yell to stop after hearing a few words and then call the next one. If any candidate can let the examiner listen to your line performance and sketch performance from beginning to end, then his first test should be stable. According to Zhao Rui's statement, it seems that no one in their group who can be said to have passed the test has appeared so far.

"The next one, Nina Aiyiguli!" When Chen Xiao read the ninth place, he deliberately switched the positions of the two remaining registration forms in front of him, and called out the girl next to Xiao Yao with an exotic feeling. name.

"So it's a girl from an ethnic minority." Xiao Yao thought in a daze when he heard the name. Xiao Yao feels that the girl has a foreign style, not because her dress has the characteristics of ethnic minorities in China or other countries, but because of her high nose bridge, slightly sunken eye sockets and Those pale gray eyes showed that this girl was not a purely Chinese Han girl.

"Hello, teachers, my line selection is a Uighur line from the heroine Ayimni in the movie "Hump." The girl introduced it in standard Mandarin.

"Okay, let's start." Chen Xiao nodded.

"@*\u0026amp;amp;#......." The girl read.

Xiao Yao knows a lot of foreign languages ​​and Chinese dialects, but Kewei language is obviously not one of them. Not to mention Xiao Yao, it seems that there is no one who understands Uighur in the entire classroom. However, although the language is difficult, you can't tell whether the pronunciation of the words is standard, but you can still hear that the girl's voice is very penetrating. Compared with the previous eight candidates, this girl's basic line skills are obviously better.

Sure enough, after listening to seven or eight sentences, Chen Xiao waved his hand and called to stop, and after calling for a stop, Chen Xiao showed a rare smile and gave comments and suggestions: "The voice is very penetrating, and the basic skills are good. But It is recommended that you switch to a Chinese line or an English line in the second test, if the listener cannot understand the content of the line, the effect will be greatly reduced."

"Wow~" Several candidates next to me exclaimed softly. Judging from this, this girl who looks like a Uighur has definitely tried it.

"Thank you teacher, I'll remember." Nina Aiguri bowed to Chen Xiao again before turning around and walking back to her original position.

Chen Xiao nodded in satisfaction, ticked two ticks on Nina Aigul's registration form, and then looked at the last registration form. The teaching assistant next to him also smiled, drawing two ticks indicated that Chen Xiao had now passed Nina Aiguli's test. He felt that Nina Aiguli just stopped there just now, even if she didn't do anything, it was enough for her to have a try. After all, the first thing to try is the appearance, and this Nina Aiguri's appearance and figure are the most outstanding so far today.

"Next, Xiao Yao!" Chen Xiao finally announced the last name.

"Wow, it's really him!" Several candidates exclaimed in their hearts. Affected by the atmosphere in the examination room, the candidates all stood obediently by the wall and waited, not daring to look left and right. Except for Xu Xiaoguang who took the opportunity to turn around and take a peek at Xiao Yao, the other candidates didn't pay attention to other candidates at all, so everyone didn't see clearly Xiao Yao's appearance after taking off his hat and glasses. At this time, as the last candidate called by the examiner teacher, he naturally attracted the attention of other candidates who had already finished the first test.

"Hello teachers, the line selection I prepared is a lyrics called "Cong Er Fly." Xiao Yao bowed to the teachers and introduced.

"Well, let's start!" Chen Xiao's smile to Nina Aiguli just now had completely disappeared, and he changed to a serious expression and said to Xiao Yao.

"The dark sky hangs low, and the bright stars follow each other. Bugs fly, bugs fly, who are you missing..." Xiao Yao took a breath and began to read in a thick baritone voice. As soon as he opened his mouth, the audience was shocked.

The basic skills of lines include several aspects such as sound, word, sound, and breath. Although Xiao Yao has never studied acting with Xiao Chengru, he has learned professional vocal exercises from him since he was a child. Pronunciation, enunciation, vocalization, and use of qi have all been studied and practiced for more than ten years. Although they are not practiced every day like martial arts, after such a long period of accumulation, Xiao Yao's basic skills in lines are no longer as good as those in the acting department. The current undergraduate students are poor.

When Xiao Yao participated in Sun Zhihao's play at the age of eight, he was already able to let the entire theater hear his voice without wearing a headset. Now that ten years have passed, his skill has naturally continued unabated.

For a moment, Xiao Yao's voice seemed to echo in the entire classroom. Although it was a nursery rhyme song that everyone was familiar with more than ten years ago, everyone could easily hear the emotion in the lyrics from Xiao Yao's voice. In this regard, other candidates also had to say a word of convincing in their hearts.

Chen Xiao's serious expression also gradually disappeared, and an appreciative smile appeared again. Unlike Nina Aygul before, this time, until Xiao Yao finished reading the lyrics of the whole song, Chen Xiao didn't yell "Stop!"

After Xiao Yao finished reading, he bowed slightly to signal to the examiners, and quietly waited for Chen Xiao's comments.

"Great!" Chen Xiao said to Xiao Yao with a smile, "If you can pass this exam and enter our drama, I very much hope that you will be assigned to my class and become my student."