Chapter 1169

For ordinary audiences and actors, performance is a single level process.

This is not a commendatory or derogatory sense, but an objective fact, which is the interpretation of Expressionism——

Standing on the stage, sadness is sadness, joy is joy, pain is pain. Accurately express emotions and emotions in place, and then become a part of the story, through the depth and breadth of the story itself to influence the audience, and then produce a frenzy of reflection. The actor is the protagonist, but the story is the soul.

Even if it is single-layer, there are only a few actors who have reached the peak in the performance school. The perfect combination of control and explosive power can be called a kind of art.

But for Lan Li, after polishing so many works, he has a new understanding of the definition of Methodist acting and expressionist acting, which can also be said to be his own understanding - performance is a multi-level process.

In short, sadness is still sadness and joy is still joy. But what is the source of sadness and what is the reason for joy? The extension of background stories enriches the three-dimensional sense of the characters, and further enriches the whole story. With the power of performance, the blank space of the film is filled, leaving countless lingering rhymes, waiting for the aftertaste of the audience.

Take the story of "drunken folk" as an example.

Mickey is a character who doesn't appear at all and has no lines. His only "appearance" is his voice. One is in the background of "waving goodbye", and the other is in the studio of "ancient trio" - then presented by four actors in the way of live performance.

Even in the dialogue of the main characters, it only appears three times and four times.

In other words, if the audience did not pay attention, they would not even notice that there was a Mickey character; Moreover, even if you don't know, it has no influence on the understanding and connection of the plot.

If according to the performance school acting skills, then lanli only needs to show Levine's loneliness and depression, and with delicate level to outline the bitterness and confusion of turning around in place, interpret those changes bit by bit, and finally return to the origin, completely ignoring the existence of Mickey.

But not in real life.

Mickey is real, if you want to make the audience believe that Levine is real, then Mickey must exist.

Levine and Mickey have always been partners, and grow up together, but their dreams are both on the rocks. They can only gag in the small performance of the bar, live in the dark rain of Greenwich Village, and can't see the future.

For Levine, he refused to change, he wanted to stick to his music ideas and beliefs, and raised his head haughtily; But for Mickey, he began to waver. On the one hand, he recognized Levine's insistence, on the other hand, he envied Jim's opportunity. He was always suffering from wavering.

When recording the song "wave goodbye", Mickey suggested that we try to see new adaptations. On the basis of maintaining our own style, we should integrate some bold attempts, which also belong to their own style; In this regard, Levine had a strong rejection, two people had a fierce quarrel, and even broke up.

But in the end, Levine compromised.

Because Mickey stressed that this is just an attempt, the exploration and re creation of music style.

It's all like the argument between Langley and Marcus. But it's more intense.

So there's this song "wave goodbye.". This also further highlights the difference between duets.

The style and arrangement of Levine's other solos are more simple and simple, and the lyrics are full of bitterness and helplessness of life. It seems that he has nothing but pride; However, the duet is full of vigor and unrestrained youth, presenting Levine's pride in a positive way.

After Mickey's death, Levine heard the "old trio" in the kerosene lamp bar for the first time. Then he tasted the style of Mickey and Jim, and recalled the recording process of "waving goodbye". Deep in his heart, he was shaken and doubted again, and burst out a kind of ferocity and ferocity.

Maybe part of the reason for Mickey's choice of suicide is related to him; What's more, perhaps, his insistence and belief have always been penniless waste in the wave of folk songs; Perhaps, his talent and talent has always been just a joke, a trivial joke. It's all hidden in the last show——

The same two tracks, "hang me, oh, hang me" and "wave goodbye", but they have changed the world.

It is no exaggeration to say that Mickey's role supplement is crucial to Levine's role extension, and even enough to change the way and content of Langley's performance. Especially when Mickey doesn't exist, Langley's performance needs to be more delicate and appropriate,

From the perspective of pure performance, a single layer is enough; But from the perspective of self breakthrough and self challenge, the extension of the role is the expansion of the whole story, the whole world and the whole outlook on life, which is undoubtedly a good thing for movies and stories, but it is absolutely more terrifying for the difficulty of actors.

The reason why expressionism requires actors to achieve "thousands of people, thousands of faces" is that stage plays are performed every day, or even twice a day, or one actor plays multiple roles. Therefore, they must be able to pull out the roles in time and devote their accurate performance control power to the wonderful performances day after day and year after year.

"Black swan" tells such a story. The heroine Nina is really possessed, confusing the boundary between reality and illusion, burning her life to offer a perfect performance, and finally died. A performance decides life and death, which is absolutely not allowed for theatrical stage performance - because Nina only played one performance.

The reason why Methodist acting requires actors to go deep into the role, or even forget themselves, is on the one hand because of the enlarged presentation of film art, the lens presents all the actors' performance details on the large screen, and withstands more tests; On the other hand, the film is the art of one-off performance. After repeated polishing, the actor condensed the essence of a performance, and it completely bloomed.

Just like Heath Ledger, who really confused the difference between reality and fantasy, "Batman Prequel: The Dark Knight" has never been able to completely walk out of the role, and this has become a classic in film history, forever staying on the big screen, casting the pinnacle of performance.

Lanli is trying to find a way of his own performance, to understand the role with the method of acting, to infiltrate the role with the performance of acting, to find a balance between out of control and control, and to open a new door.

"Drunken folk" is a special work. Although it perfectly overlaps with lanli's personal experience, the preparation process is too short.

So, in the process of shooting, while studying the script, lanli studied the characters, slowly running in, slowly extending, and slowly digging. The characters are gradually plump up, which is also a very interesting process.

Today's communication with Marcus unexpectedly opened an extended field of Mickey's role for Langley. Marcus doesn't need to perform. He just needs to be himself, but he happens to coincide with Mickey.

"What do you think, Justin?" Lenley turned his eyes to Justin Timberlake, who was sitting beside him.

Then, seeing Justin's puzzled expression, he also showed a smile and explained, "I mean, when you chose to fly solo, the style of the first album and the second album changed a lot. In this process, you are bound to constantly compete with yourself, discuss with yourself, and finally determine the direction. That's the end of the work."

"Now, Mickey and Levine are in such a vague stage. Is it possible that this version of" waving goodbye "just now is a compromise between Mickey and Levine?" Lanli put forward his idea seriously.

Objectively speaking, although Langley has an album of his own, he is not a competent singer. Justin is different.

"Drunken ballad" is a work that the singer's thoughts are projected into the film, with the singer first and the actor second; In other words, the soul of the actor is hidden under the singer's skin.

In this respect, Justin has a congenital advantage. Maybe he is not a top actor, but he has enough experience. This time, he went a step further. As a singer, he became a member of the crew and played a singer. Undoubtedly, his opinions can play a more important role.

Sure enough, Justin slightly Leng Leng, and then reacted, quickly into the state, "it is true. I think it's a possibility. "

After one or two ambiguous words, Justin's thought gradually became active, "even so, Levine and Mickey had differences, and finally they recorded the song, but Levine didn't like it, and even hated it, but the song was still included in their album."

"But on the other hand, this song has a special meaning for Levine. It's the product of his compromise with Mickey, and it's also the product of his deep heart bowing to business. Even if he refuses to admit it, he still can't deny that this song is special." Justin is in full swing, he says.

Lan Li frowned slightly. "You mean that if this song is very popular, he can't like it, because it proves that he is wrong, but he can't hate it, because it gains applause that he can't get all the time; On the other hand, if this song falls, on the one hand, it will feel joyful, because those changes are proved unnecessary and relieved, on the other hand, it will feel bitter, because even if the changes are still not successful. "

"Yes? Is Levine in such a state? " Lanli made a further explanation according to his own understanding.