Chapter 757

Audition video is a required course for almost every new actor.

There are so many actors in the whole film industry, nearly 600000 of them. It is impossible for casting directors to choose actors one by one. Even if they have such energy, they do not have such time; Moreover, not all actors gather in New York and Los Angeles. For most amateur or new actors, the cost of an audition may be enough to make them lose their property and have to stay on the street——

Why not live in New York and Los Angeles? Because the cost of living in these two cities is not affordable to ordinary people. For the unemployed actors, their income is very low, and they have to participate in auditions everywhere. They can only work in their spare time occasionally. Life in big cities is absolutely difficult.

What's more, even living in Los Angeles and New York. Almost all auditions are during working hours, and the actors who are working may not be able to attend auditions at any time.

So, audition video is the best solution.

For example, "Spider Man" is now preparing to recruit a new spider man actor. They announce the news through the actors' union with relevant conditions. Then interested actors can record a video of their own performance and send it to the crew directly by email or letter.

The casting directors will browse thousands of audition videos, select the most impressive ones and enter the second round of audition, which may be telephone audition or proposition audition video; After the second round of screening, the third round of audition may require actors to go to Los Angeles, New York, or other cities in person to audition face to face.

This kind of audition is applicable to the intention of the crew to spread the net, which also means that even if they have an agent, actors who want to participate in the audition must record a video of the audition without discrimination. Perhaps their advantage is that the reputation of the agent can ensure that the casting director will see the video, rather than being missed in the drowsy moment of countless video browsing.

Almost every actor in Hollywood has experienced such a stage, even the big names such as Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, George Clooney and so on.

"Pacific War" is Langley's first formal audition, because there are too many actors recruited for this series. They skip the audition video link and directly enter the audition. Inadvertently, it gives Langley a stage to show himself and successfully moves Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.

Before that, Langley also recorded audition videos and participated in auditions for several films and TV series. These include "walking dead", "city robbers" and "gossip plan".

However, as a newcomer, lanli doesn't know much about the skills of audition video. The recorded video obviously can't show his advantages, or his advantages don't meet the requirements of the other party. Of course, the biggest possibility is to look for a needle in a haystack. They simply ignore lanli's audition video.

Audition video is a kind of interview method with strong personal style. Generally, the crew will not put forward any requirements. The actors know nothing about the script, role, director, style, and even type. Therefore, when an actor stands in front of the camera, the content of the show is also open. Whether he chooses to show his own expertise, or to show an imitation performance, or to win by hunting for novelty, the choice of the performance content reflects the character of the actor to some extent.

For example, Tom Holland auditioned for "Captain America 3" and "spider man: the hero returns" in 2015, hoping to become the new spider man. The video of his first audition was very special. He didn't perform, and he didn't have any lines. He just introduced himself, and then he started the performance of chaine.

Cheney is a professional term for ballet, which is derived from French. It refers to the continuous rotation like a chain on the full or half toes. This is a basic skill of ballet. It has strict requirements for balance, strength, muscle and other skills. Without any power support, it only relies on the whip of non standing leg to continuously rotate, just like a perpetual motion machine.

Tom Holland began to learn dance when he was a child. At the age of 10, he was discovered for his talent in dance. After two years of training, he appeared in the musical version of "jump out of my world" and appeared on the stage of the west end of London. In the audition video, Tom did not perform, just showed his Xie nei, turning in place for 60 seconds without interruption or shaking.

The audition left a deep impression on the casting director, so Tom was invited to follow-up auditions. Later, after several rounds of auditions and defeating more than 40 competitors, Tom became the new spider man.

Audition video, no requirements, no restrictions, let the actors play freely. But the problem is, without any understanding of the role, the casting director, or even the story, how can an actor be sure that the content displayed in the audition video is enough to pass the first round of audition?

It's a gamble, it's a risk.

In the three years since the "Pacific War", Langley has made a lot of great achievements. Now he is back to his original intention to record his own audition video. This feeling is really subtle, but also a little excited.

Looking at Lan Li, Roy raised his eyebrows. His eyes were full of interest. He stood behind the camera and leaned lazily against the wardrobe beside him. "Have you figured it out? Which bridge segment are you going to perform? "

"On my own." Lan Li stood in the open space and began to warm up. These preparations before going on stage were so strange, but so familiar. The body is getting used to it, and the brain is getting used to it.

Roy's eyes were full of doubt. "Am I wrong? Isn't that eponine's bridge? "

"Yes. But I want to challenge Jean Valjean. " Langley's unexpected reply made Roy lean on the wardrobe for a moment, not Marius, but Jean Valjean? The age span is huge, at the same time challenges the difficult Jean Valjean?

Roy looked at Langley seriously, and made sure that he was not joking, and that he was not making a fuss. Instead, he accepted the change lightly. "Then why not choose Jean Valjean's bridge?"

"Because every actor who auditioned for Jean Valjean will perform Jean Valjean's bridge." Lanli naturally replied, which made Nathan laugh. Roy shrugged his shoulders and agreed, "I can play Jean Valjean, but when the directors saw the audition video, their first reaction was not my strength, but my age, which made it difficult for me to take advantage of it. I need to jump out of the fixed mode of thinking, break the deadlock, choose some special segments to create a surprise effect, and prove that I can control different segments of different roles and inject my own characteristics. "

"Then why is it 'solitary' Roy continued to ask, he must admit that curiosity has gradually outweighed doubt and surprise. Even he did, not to mention the casting directors?

"Because it's one of my favorites." Lanli was moving his limbs and warming up. At the same time, the whole person relaxed and his tone became more relaxed. "In fact, my two favorite bridge sections are all young people's. One is "master of the house" and the other is "red and black."

In the story, before Fantine's death, she fosters her daughter Cosette in Thenardier, the innkeeper“ "The master of the house" is the stage of the de nadier couple. The whole song is lively, even funny and hilarious, with a group of drinkers and revolutionary youths. The scene is impressive.

"Red and black" is a duel between Marius and his revolutionary partners. Marius fell in love with Cosette at first sight, and used red and black as metaphors to express his new mood; Enjolras, the leader of the revolutionary team, exclaimed that under the current of the times, there are more important things than personal feelings. Red and black are used as metaphors for the impassioned resistance to the government.

Lanli likes the bridge section of "red and black" very much, especially the performance of Enjolras. It not only shows the great revenge and vigorous vitality of the young people of that era, but also shows the relationship between the individual and society under the historical torrent. The whole bridge section is inspiring and exciting.

If it's just a personal preference, Langley is very willing to play Marius or Enjolras, which has nothing to do with the play, but only with his personal orientation; However, whether Marius or Enjolras, the challenge to Langley is very limited, age, personality, style, including the role background - Marius and Enjolras are aristocratic family background, but for their own ideals to join the revolution, Langley has inherent advantages.

It can be said that this is also a kind of natural performance.

To return to the stage of drama, Langley's original intention is to constantly Polish himself, challenge himself, and break through himself, choosing Marius and Enjolras, which is the "security option". Therefore, Langley took the initiative to choose Jean Valjean, a role that has gone through many vicissitudes, is full of difficulties, and avoids the comfort zone, I hope I can spur myself to continue to make progress.

In fact, the most arduous challenge should be de nadier. This rogue can be regarded as the humorous and funny responsibility of the whole play. He is funny, difficult, greedy and mean. Every stage has a strong ironic effect. However, every time Thenardier appeared on the stage, he was accompanied by his husband and wife.

On a comprehensive basis, "house owner" and "red and black" are not suitable. First of all, the two bridge segments are performed in groups, with a great momentum, and the performance alone will be much inferior; Secondly, the two bridge sections are full of vigor and vitality of young people, and they still return to the comfort category of Marius.

Every character in "les miserables" has classic passages, which is also an important reason why musicals can be widely spread and enduring. After excluding the classic arias of Jean Valjean, Marius and Javert, in Fantine's "i-dreamed-a-dream" and eponine's "alone", Langley chose the latter.