Seeing Li Tang's obedient look, most people looked puzzled. Even though you have detailed the details, it's no use getting an answer.
Only a few people who responded quickly looked at Li Tang with different eyes, and said secretly: This guy is smart enough, and he took the initiative into his own hands easily.
It's no wonder that many actors these days have relatively rigid thinking. They are used to following the director's baton and acting as the director tells them to. However, the director often focuses on the camera on set and is not very willing to interrupt the scene, so the actors need to bear the losses and risks.
To take the simplest example, if an actor's performance encounters great controversy and bad reviews, it does not necessarily mean that the actor's acting skills are not good, but the problem lies precisely with the director.
At this time, Li Tang seemed to have not gotten an answer from the director, but in fact he had the right to interpret and understand the character. He could avoid the losses and risks in the filming process to the greatest extent, and even further develop it.
After thinking about this, it is not difficult to understand that the ancestor Liu Qiong looked at Li Tang with full approval.
The meeting ended at noon and there was a two-hour lunch break. Li Tang packed up and was about to go home. Yuan Quan came over with his notebook in hand: "Brother Li, can you tell me how you specifically understood the character?"
The short half-day script reading session was like opening a window for her, and she learned many things that she could not learn in school. For example, she had never heard of the questions Li Tang asked, and she couldn't imagine that someone would detail their character to such an extent.
"Understand the character? You have to think more! Didn't the director require you to write a biography of the character? You need divergent thinking. You just imagine the character's life experience from childhood to adulthood, and how the character was developed? By the way, there is also the Li Hui you played. How did the character Rong embark on the road of revolution..."
"But...but I don't know if my idea is right."
Seeing the embarrassed look on the little girl's face, Li Tang could understand. She had just turned 20 and was only a sophomore.
What can you learn in your sophomore year? The most basic performance theory, Chinese dance, Western dance, vocal music, basic line training, a prototype of the so-called stage form.
Performance requires skill, but skill is only a threshold for performance, it just has a shape. The form is God. If you want to capture God, you need actors to have sufficient knowledge accumulation, because only in this way can you feel the tension of life behind the character and the character characteristics that the character should have through the simple lines in the script. Act out God.
But if you want to reach this level, it doesn’t matter whether you have skills or not, as long as it feels right, everything is right. This is a bit like the situation in martial arts novels where no sword is better than having a sword.
Li Tang had gone through this in his previous life. At first, he relied on his skills in acting, but after continuous accumulation, he gradually entered the realm where no sword is better than a sword.
Of course, this is not a state that only cats and dogs can achieve. You have to read more and accumulate more knowledge to have cross-cultural understanding.
To sum up, one sentence is: the deeper a person’s cultural heritage is, the deeper his understanding of the world will be.
This is also due to the fact that his parents in his previous life were academic masters and elites. His academic master genes and elite education since childhood gave him a deeper cultural foundation and deeper understanding than most actors in this industry.
In fact, many things cannot be explained by just talking about them. You have to rely on yourself to understand them. Li Tang could only bite the bullet and said: "You must first choose to believe and believe in the role you want to perform. Only by believing can you understand the character from the perspective of the character. Only in this way can your understanding not be biased..."
The little girl was almost dizzy by his confusing deception, her face was confused, and she kept muttering: "Believe, understand..."
"Well, you try to understand it like this first. If you have any questions, we can discuss it next time."
Before the little girl could react, the guy left quickly.
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Li Tang's salary was 30,000 yuan. Of course, this figure cannot be compared with the astronomical salary of tens of millions or hundreds of millions in later generations, but for a fledgling young actor these days, it is already quite good.
There is an old master in their drama center, who plays Lin Chong in the popular "Water Margin" currently being broadcast on CCTV. This TV series was filmed from March 1994 to April 1997. It took three years to win the award. A salary of hundreds of thousands.
But when signing the contract, Li Tang discovered many problems. For example, the filming extension contract only states that the actors are obliged to cooperate with the filming and will be given appropriate subsidies depending on the situation, but the specific amount is not specified. In addition, there are box office incentives, publicity cooperation, insurance, etc. The terms in the contract are very vague, and the protection of the actors' legitimate rights and interests is seriously insufficient.
In a sense, this is a very irregular overlord contract.
But he noticed that almost everyone signed without even looking at them. As a newcomer, he couldn't say much, so he could only hold his nose and sign.
After signing the contract, this guy realized that he should find an agent.
Not having an agent is a very critical thing. In the United States, actors cannot do without an agent. Even if not, there is still a powerful actors union. As long as you pay the membership dues, the union will send lawyers to help you avoid risks when signing a contract and protect your interests to the minimum extent.
These days, the agent industry is just a new thing in China. Many actors in the drama center, including the actors who worked together on "Shanghai Chronicle" this time, seem to have no agents. For example, his ex-girlfriend filmed "No Regrets" back then, and after he became famous, his agent took the initiative to contact him.
Li Tang is not short of money. He saves the living expenses that his mother sends him every year. His father will give him some every now and then. Together with his salary and bonus, it is enough to live on.
But of course the more money, the better. For example, he couldn't say anything this time, but if he had an agent, he would be able to help him strive for the greatest benefit.
There are many things, such as taking on roles, endorsements, commercial performances and other matters that I can't personally take part in. I can leave them all to my agent. I just need to act well.
However, it is precisely because the relationship between agents and actors is very close, which is mutually beneficial and at the same time a double-edged sword. A reliable agent can elevate an actor from unknown to superstar. But once they turn against each other, the backlash from their managers will be extremely harmful to the actors.
Speaking of which, my ex-girlfriend's agent, Sister Hua, is pretty good, but she is far away in the capital, and this distance cannot quench my thirst for closeness. And he really doesn't want to sign with the same agent as his ex-girlfriend, as some things will be very embarrassing.
"Brother Ye, do you know a reliable agent?"
It is not that there are no brokerage companies in Shanghai, but if you want to find a good broker, you must know the ins and outs. After much thought, Li Tangsi could only ask Lou Ye for help. After all, he has been in this industry for more than ten years. As a director, he will definitely come into contact with many agents. The most important thing is the friendship between the two families. Trust is very important.
"..."
The phone was on, but there was no sound on the other end.
When Li Tang's patience was about to run out and he couldn't help but want to say "Hey, hey", an unhurried voice came: "I have a partner, and her company's business scope seems to include an actor agent." One thing, I can ask for you."
"Well……"
There seemed to be such an item in the business scope. No matter how he heard it, Li Tang felt that it was unreliable, so he had to say: "I'm sorry to trouble you, Brother Ye."
"See you!"
Brother Ye is always concise and to the point.
