The Greatest Showman

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Renly came from an orthodox academy and received a systematic performance education. He has very limited understanding of the method school, only theoretical knowledge on paper; and even the theory has not really been read in depth, it can be said that it is very plainly.

Before that, Renly always believed that the core of methodical performance was experience, to truly put oneself into the character, and then place it in a similar situation to interpret the character's emotion with his own understanding and interpretation. Simply put, it is madness to survive, really blurring the line between yourself and the character.

This type of performance is undoubtedly the most rigorous. For example, "buried alive", if you have not really experienced the situation of being buried alive, then the resonance during the performance will be distorted, which will lead to the performance deviating from the original track, and even unsustainable.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is very strict on the actor's concentration, devotion, study and talent, and it is definitely not something that anyone can try. When Renly was lying in the coffin, if he didn't believe that he was really buried alive, if his head couldn't hypnotize him, if his understanding of the characters and the script was not deep enough, if his understanding was deviated... ...then the result of personal experience is still impossible to bring into the character.

Simply put, the actor needs to put himself in that situation with his full attention, believing that he is the character. Without this ability and talent, unless someone really threw the actor into the desert and buried alive, then he would not be able to perform in this way.

From "War in the Pacific" to "Buried Alive", Renly has followed this style of performance completely, and even "The Cancer-fighting Me".

He really brought his emotions and feelings into the hopelessness of cancer, and even produced a real reflection of the side effects of chemotherapy. But the scene just now gave Renly more inspiration.

He did empathize with Adam or Will's experience, but the emotion he brought in was not cancer, but high paralysis. That was the case on the third day of the show, and the same is true for today's scene. The kind of anger, despair, sadness, daze and loss that are troubled by illness and whose vitality has been lost little by little, are fully displayed through the performance.

But from another perspective, high paralysis is not cancer.

Renly knew this all the time, high paralysis is a straight line, at the moment of paralysis, the turning point is a cliff-like fall, but after that, it is a smooth straight line; but cancer is a downward curve, little by little Downhill downhill, and finally reached the end.

Therefore, the way of performing "Buried Alive" and the way of performing "Anti-Cancer Me" are two different ways. Renly always thought that he was using the method school, but in fact, "Buried Alive" is the experience school, and the "anti-cancer me" is the method school.

It may be complicated to explain purely from a theoretical point of view. It can be understood in this way. The so-called experiential performance is the scene in which the actors truly and profoundly visualize the script, truly integrates into the character, completely breaks the barriers of the fourth dimension, and transforms the illusory. Bring it into reality and do not allow the deviation of thinking.

The so-called method performance is that the actor separates his emotions, resonates with the character, and then interprets the script and the character in his own way. The result presented is half of the actor himself and half of the character himself. , there can be misunderstandings.

For example, when filming "Buried Alive", the experientialists truly believed that they were buried alive, while the methodists drove the entire performance with fear, horror, and fear.

To be more intuitive, when shooting "Brokeback Mountain", the experientialists truly believe that they are in love with the same sex, and they cannot extricate themselves from the background of the 1960s; while the methodists allow the other person to be imagined as the opposite sex, just to deduce a taboo of love.

In this way, Renly's suspicions were confirmed.

When "Buried Alive", he brought in a real experiential performance, immersed in the scene and splitting, he really blurred the boundaries between himself and Paul, and blurred the boundaries between reality and drama; In "My Anti-Cancer Me", it is a method-style performance. He knows that he is Renly, and he also knows that he is performing Adam, and interprets Adam's emotions with Chu Jiashu's state of mind.

In fact, these contents have only been seen in books before, not even on paper, but they were just casual glances, and the theoretical knowledge was almost forgotten. Because whether it is a method school or an experiential school, the scope of performance is too narrow, and an actor's energy and energy often wither quickly after playing a role.

Not to mention an actor like Heath Ledger who died at a young age, even for a method acting master like Daniel Day-Lewis, the reason why his production output is so small is that one of the reasons is that before each role is performed, he has It requires a lot of research and investment; the second is because after the performance, the whole soul seems to be hollowed out, and he must slowly settle down to calm down and wait for recovery.

For traditional orthodox academies, an actor can only play one role for a period of time, which is undoubtedly dereliction of duty. For expressive acting, one person has thousands of faces, this is the ultimate meaning of an actor, even On the same stage, one person plays multiple roles, and can also show the character's image and personality. This is the real master.

To a large extent, the experience school and the method school are in the same line. The experience school originated from the former Soviet Union. This performance method and expression school are considered to be the original concept of performance. Then, it was inherited and developed by the United States and formed a branch, which is the Method School.

Because for Hollywood, they don't have that much time to slowly fit every corner

Color, every image, every actor, in the rapid development of the film industry, they must form an assembly line. Therefore, a method with relatively less stringent requirements, such as white people playing black, heterosexual playing gay, and American playing British, is the most appropriate method.

In 2016, a film tentatively titled "Everything" was in the works, produced by Mark Ruffalo, focusing on a trans female character, and Mark invited Matt Bomer (t-ber) To play this role, caused a lot of controversy.

Because, although Matt has come out publicly, he is a real man. In Hollywood, there are more than 2,000 transgender actors, but it is difficult for them to find jobs. Male roles are played by men, female roles are dominated by women, and homosexual roles are taken away by heterosexuals. The roles of gender are not in their turn to "play as they are".

This is Hollywood. There is even such a fixed concept in the industry. If a homosexual plays a homosexual, it is unconvincing, because it is a true performance; but when a heterosexual plays a homosexual, people will applaud and think that he/she can make a breakthrough. But the problem is that when gays play heterosexuals, major film companies are reluctant, believing that this will affect the box office market.

There is no reason why method acting can flourish in Hollywood; at the same time, experiential acting, like expressive acting, has gradually become marginal in Hollywood, and even experiential acting has almost become a reality. was eliminated.

Before today, Renly didn't have a clear sense of the difference between the method school and the experiential school. After all, the difference between the two performance styles was too subtle. Who would have thought that a comedy movie would really make Renly Entering a higher level?

"I am anti-cancer", it is really fate to be able to encounter this work.

So, the experience school is better, or the method school is better?

To be honest, during today's performance of "Anti-Cancer Me", Renly played with ease, the whole idea was very clear, the natural feeling was like divine help, and the performance was very handy; more importantly, all situations were The feeling of being controlled in the palm of the hand makes the performance a pleasure. Although his stomach is still uncomfortable, and his bald head has been shaking coldly, the effect presented is satisfactory enough.

But what about "buried alive"?

The process of performing "Buried Alive" was a complete ordeal, because Renly really thought he was buried alive, and that real feeling almost made his heart stop beating, so that the performance became an instinct/energy, don't say Controlled, and even the lines spewed out like a volcanic eruption, the kind of catharsis that gushed out incessantly, and even made people a little scared.

Especially the nightmares of that time, completely confusing the difference between reality and fantasy. Fortunately, Renly filmed "Buried Alive". If it was "American Neuropathy" or "Requiem for a Dream", the consequences would be disastrous.

It can be understood in this simple and rude way that the method school has a wider range of use. Even if you haven't actually killed anyone, you can experiment with serial killers, but the performance will be slightly less delicate and realistic. After all, it's not your real experience. There is a good chance that an actor's comprehension bias will cause the performance to be completely off the script.

The scope of use of the experience school is very narrow. If you want to play a serial killer, you may really have to feel the real feeling of blood. Even if it is not killing, at least you need to use artificial plasma to feel the viscosity and temperature of the blood, and perform Rare and bigger, in the process of thinking and positioning, once the sense of reality is not in place, the performance cannot be completed. But the advantage is that it is insane!

There are pros and cons to each of the two performances, and each has its own pros and cons. Renly has really experienced it. Although he can taste the subtle differences now, he is only just getting started, not to mention he is good at it, even when he is performing. In the process of distinguishing the differences between the two methods, it may not be possible to do so.

There is no doubt that on the road of performance, he needs to slow down, study carefully, and move forward step by step.

Putting aside the difference between the method school and the experiential school for a while, Renly carefully recalled every detail of the performance just now, the slow feeling of submersion and drowning, which penetrated into the depths of his heart little by little.

He likes to delve into the process of acting this way. 8)

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