Although Zhang Songwen's Mandarin is quite standard, Li Tang can still hear a slight southern accent. While waiting for Gao Yuanyuan to come over, Li Tang started chatting with Teacher Zhang.
His guess was correct. Teacher Zhang was from Shaoguan, Guangdong, and was a Hakka boy. This made Li Tang feel a little more kind to him, because there were many Hakkas in the United States in his previous life. For example, most of Hu Jianren who opened a Chinese supermarket in New York were Hakkas, including the Hong Kong master who taught him Cai Li Fuquan. people.
Perhaps he sensed Li Tang's kindness. Teacher Zhang was excited but also very candid. For example, before he was admitted to Nortel, he worked as a printing factory worker, beverage salesman, air-conditioning installer, hotel waiter, restaurant manager, and tour guide. But he has loved movies since he was a child, and when he was 25 years old, he decided to apply for Nortel.
Originally, this kind of self-exposure of family scandals would easily make people look down upon, but Li Tang felt that this Teacher Zhang was not simple. Because as a good actor, in addition to having solid basic performance skills, keen observation and insight, it is also very important to have rich life experience and experience.
As of today, Li Tang has been praised most not for his handsome image, but more for his acting skills. In addition to the performance skills honed on the Broadway stage in his previous life, his acting skills today also include the life experiences and experiences of his previous life and his original life.
The collision and fusion of these two different Eastern and Western experiences made his inner world richer, allowing him to better understand and express the character, and it was easier to grasp the emotional changes of the character, making the performance more natural.
Although Mr. Zhang just graduated from Nortel Vocational School last year, Li Tang felt that he already had the potential to become a good actor.
And during the chat, Li Tang found that Teacher Zhang was very eloquent and full of self-deprecating spirit. For example, although he is a teacher at the Nortel Performance Research Institute, he is an unstaffed person and is a non-staff member with very low salary levels. I originally thought I could get some acting roles, but ended up submitting countless resumes, and so far I haven't had a single successful interview.
The capital is large and difficult to live in. Only then did he come up with the idea of taking on a private job. Xu Sanjin was his first and only student outside of school.
The implication is that it is a great honor to be able to meet a big shot like Li Tang through the help of students.
In fact, being able to speak well is also an advantage as an actor. After all, acting is a team project, and actors often need to work closely with other actors, directors, photographers and other team members to complete a work. Therefore, actors need to have good teamwork skills, be able to communicate smoothly with others, and work together for the success of the work.
As for the spirit of self-deprecation, the same is true. Li Tang himself is very self-deprecating. For example, when he is in the capital, people often praise him for not being like a Shanghainese. As for their evaluation of Shanghainese, the most common ones are that Shanghainese are xenophobic, shrewd, and stingy, and people from other places around them often agree in unison. As a Shanghainese, Li Tang laughs with them and doesn't feel guilty. No big deal.
Because he knows that most Shanghainese, including himself, are not like this, so why should he care about other people's subjective stereotypes.
After waiting for about half an hour, Gao Yuanyuan finally arrived.
"Sorry for keeping everyone waiting! Wow, Sanjin, you came to the capital, why didn't you say hello to me?"
"Sister Yuanyuan, I'm afraid you're busy with work, so I don't dare to disturb you!" Xu Sanjin hurriedly stepped forward to greet you.
In fact, Gao Yuanyuan has always been very grateful to Xu Sanjin. It was he who helped Li Tang organize the fireworks at the beach, giving her the opportunity to express her love to Li Tang under the blooming fireworks.
Now that I think of her nestling in Li Tang's arms at that time, it was both warm and romantic!
"Brother Li!"
When she fixed her gaze on Li Tang, her eyes were immediately filled with the shadow of this person, and she did not pay any attention to the teacher Zhang beside Li Tang who stood up with a smile and was about to say hello to her.
"Yuanyuan!"
I have to say that Gao Yuanyuan looked particularly radiant with a little light makeup today.
"Oh, let me introduce to you. This is Sanjin's acting teacher, Teacher Zhang Songwen from the Nortel Performance Institute!"
Only then did Gao Yuanyuan notice the smiling teacher Zhang next to Li Tang. She quickly extended her hand and said, "Hello, Teacher Zhang!"
"Don't dare, just call me by my name."
Zhang Songwen kept his posture very low as always, and Li Tang also noticed that when he shook hands with Gao Yuanyuan, he only lightly squeezed Gao Yuanyuan's finger and then let go, very gentlemanly.
After the greetings, Gao Yuanyuan sat down next to Li Tang.
"You're doing well lately, right?"
"Well, it's pretty good. I've been busy with promotions before, and I've been preparing for a new drama during this time."
As she spoke, Gao Yuanyuan looked at Li Tang with her beautiful smile and said, "Originally, I wasn't sure about the role of Yun Lei, but now that I know I'm playing opposite you, I'm not afraid anymore."
To be honest, what Li Tang likes most about Gao Yuanyuan besides her beauty is her personality. She is not pretentious at all and always speaks softly and softly, which makes people feel particularly comfortable. Of course, Xiaopang was quite cute and naive back then, but later his true colors were revealed. As for Teacher Jiang, it has always been like this. If you are happy, you are happy. If you are unhappy, you are unhappy. Don’t pretend.
At this time, Xu Sanjin, who was sitting on the other side of Gao Yuanyuan, interrupted: "That's right, what Sister Yuanyuan said is absolutely right. Acting with Teacher Li is a practical experience. When I acted last time, I had a good idea of how to do the movements. , how to say the lines, but when I stood in front of the camera and the lights came on, my mind went blank and I couldn't do anything. It was Teacher Li who taught me step by step how to act, and I barely passed the test. Now I know, Teacher Zhang said that I lacked relaxation and control training. There is a word... Oh, it's called liberating nature! Now Teacher Zhang is teaching me the first lesson of acting to liberate nature. I guess I will stand up next time. In front of the camera, I will definitely not be as nervous as the last time I filmed..."
At the end of Xu Sanjin's speech, there was still a hint of pride on his face, and he kept showing off his recent lessons. On the other hand, Zhang Songwen couldn't sit still. What Xu Sanjin said now was okay to fool a layman, but in front of Li Tang, wasn't it just a trick?
Li Tang listened with great interest. It should be said that Xu Sanjin has a good image. He is 1.8 meters tall. He is not handsome, but he is very distinctive, especially his big eyes. At first glance, he looks a bit like Liu Ye, who is currently popular. It's very clean and gives people a feeling of being able to speak. The most important thing is that he also likes acting. They say interest is the best teacher. Maybe he can become a very good actor in the future.
"Yes, Sanjin. It seems that you have already started. There may be hope for next year's art exam." Li Tang praised him with a smile, and then said: "However, the liberation of nature you just mentioned is your first step in learning acting. One lesson, this is not quite accurate. Liberating one’s nature is not an introductory course to acting, but a lesson that lasts throughout the entire acting career. Teacher Zhang, don’t you think so?”
"Yes, yes, Teacher Li, you are so accurate." Zhang Songwen said quickly.
He did not just agree, but expanded on Li Tang's topic: "Sanjin, the liberating nature you understand now is only the outward side. It only allows you to learn relaxation and control, so that you can stand in front of the camera. No longer nervous, but this is the most basic. In addition to outward, liberating nature also has an inward side, which is to discover the blocked subconscious mind and open up the coordination relationship with body behavior. It may be a bit awkward to say this, To put it simply, it is a process of constantly going inside yourself to discover yourself.”
Teachers are usually very good at theory. Many teachers talk about performance theory very well, but when it comes to actual performance, they are not as good as students. On the one hand, it may be due to talent, and a good actor must have talent; on the other hand, it may be the teacher's one-sided understanding of performance theory.
To give the simplest example, let’s take the liberating nature we are talking about now. When Li Tang’s original body was in the first acting class, the teacher asked them to perform each other’s crotches, clowns, orangutans, and... Games, etc. Through this training, students like them who have little performance experience can relax, relax their body and mind, coordinate their bodies, and learn to be more cheerful and generous. These are designed to keep you from being nervous when performing on stage or in front of the camera.
But if you think that this is the so-called liberated nature, that carefreeness means being natural, joking and joking with each other means letting go, men and women casually getting close to each other means nature is liberated, and being able to act out in the street means bringing out your inner self, then you are totally wrong. Very wrong.
This is what Zhang Songwen just said about overemphasizing the outward side without touching the more important inward side.
This result often leads to many actors pretending to be crazy and forgetful about their actions without considering the plot and the characters' hearts when performing. They just think that their acting is brilliant, which is the so-called explosion of acting skills.
In fact, when Li Tang was in school, his teacher rarely touched on the content of liberating his introverted nature. His understanding of performance came more from the learning and accumulation of his previous life.
The entire introverted process of liberating nature that he understood has something in common with yoga meditation, religious meditation, and psychological hypnosis that awakens the subconscious.
To put it bluntly, it is to open up the psychological channels of Ren and Du, find the compatibility between mind and body after liberation, and subtly become the basic qualities needed by actors.
To put it more bluntly, it means that what you want can be expressed with your body, rather than that you clearly have a good idea but just can't act it out.
Originally, Li Tang's impression of Zhang Songwen had changed a lot. At this time, he didn't expect that this non-staff teacher who just graduated from Nortel's vocational class could have such a profound understanding of performance theory. Li Tang was not only impressed, but also impressed. There is a kind of sympathy for the same kind.
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