Exploring the Entertainment Circle [Ancient and Modern]

By the time Tao Qingfeng finished filming "Returning East to West Crossing", it was already golden autumn and October.

During the negotiation between Xia Xinghen and the paid channel of Video Media, this film was finally confirmed to be aired for one hour a week, with a total of twelve episodes, which is very similar to the broadcast format of American dramas.In order to attract people to watch, seven or eight versions were made for the beginning alone, and a large number of passers-by were recruited for research, with a sample of thousands of people.Considering the profiling of paying audience groups, the samples were placed near cities, schools or civic centers.Ask them which version they think they want to see the most.

After summing it up, it turns out that a version of "want to promote before suppressing" has won the favor of the public: apart from the fixed few sentences of the background introduction of the anti-Japanese war film, the beginning of the film is that "the vase young commander" Yun Xianglei was kicked out of the police station, accompanied by various A voice-over "I'm down, my prestige is gone" to explain his experience, just when the audience began to question "is the protagonist a little weak?", in order to shape the character, Yun Xianglei bravely subdued a killer who wanted to assassinate the old man , and showed acumen to the political situation.In contrast, the audience realized that he should have other reasons to pretend to be stupid, endure the ridicule of his colleagues, and act like a vase who doesn't understand anything.

The following is a fragment of Yun Xianglei's memories: In the dimly lit room, the woman held the young Yun Xianglei's hand, breathing weakly: "...and your father have been husband and wife for more than ten years, and he never knew that I was actually... ..."

The woman's voice fades away, and the camera turns to a golden star on the bedside table.

The eyes of the young Yun Xianglei were filled with sadness and anger, and the contours of his face gradually became darker. When the camera turned, he grew up.

Has Yun Xianglei joined the Chinese Communist Party under the influence of his mother?How did he balance his relationship with the warlord father?What is the truth about the death of the parents?What is he about to do?It is all left to the audience's unstoppable expectations from the beginning.

Even the passers-by who participated in the survey watched the 10-minute trial and couldn’t stop saying: "This is gone? Can you continue to watch?"

The staff had no choice but to express their gratitude and ask them to support "Returning East to West Crossing" in the future.

It took Tao Qingfeng three months to complete 70.00% of the filming of "Return from East to West".I went back to school and started my quasi-college life, and edited this film in my spare time.

After discussing with Xia Xinghen, he decided: This film should not be edited too "brain-burning". After all, this is not a criminal investigation film, and everyone watching the video is mainly for emotional resonance.The point is to tell the story well.The rhythm is slightly faster than ordinary TV dramas, but it is also relaxed.

Although Tao Qingfeng also has a bed in the dormitory, sometimes he works late at editing and editing, and he himself likes to be quiet, so he rents a small house around the school. Of course, if there are classes in the morning and afternoon, Tao Qingfeng will be at noon Go back to the dormitory to take a rest, and also connect with roommates.

"Brother Tao, can I be a small role in your movie in the future?" Little F said enviously to Tao Qingfeng, and made a promise, "According to my current level, I am still qualified to play passers-by A, B, C, and D."

Another roommate Xiao O also came over: "Brother Tao, I can play the corpse, do you want it?"

Tao Qingfeng said with a smile: "You are all so handsome, playing the part and the corpse is too stealthy."

Huaying's students are of course good-looking. Although these roommates are funny, they are also surprisingly handsome.Tao Qingfeng felt that it would be okay for them to form a group of beautiful boys, but he couldn't bear to play a trick.

"Why can't you be handsome if you're good-looking." Roommate Xiao L said eloquently, "Mr. Dou said that acting skills are all accumulated from tricks. Besides," he looked at Tao Qingfeng with some admiration, "Brother Tao himself has acted in rural areas. Farmer."

Moreover, the ratings and topicality of the drama "Far Mountains and Deep Earth" are particularly high.

Dou Xuan is the teacher of Huaying's acting class. Tao Qingfeng has not skipped a class since he came to class, so he is naturally familiar with the teachers of various subjects.No way, since Tao Qingfeng has acted in movies, no matter who these teachers are, they all want to try his tricks.After the roll call, the first class was a demonstration, and the teacher Dou Xuan asked Tao Qingfeng to get up and answer questions.

These acting teachers have all been actors in the past. There are still many differences between the older generation of traditional academic "actors" and today's "actors".In the past, the atmosphere in the circle was not so impetuous, and the remuneration of actors was not so amazing. Many actors also dedicated themselves purely to the pursuit of art, and belonged to state institutions such as local song and dance troupes.After they retired to the second line or became teachers, the impetuousness of the entertainment industry has become more and more unpleasant in the past few years.In the eyes of these teachers: In the era of capital discourse power, many people are running for profit rather than art.Tao Qingfeng is a typical actor of the new generation. These teachers want to know if he also has those typical problems.

Acting classes not only teach skills and movements, but more importantly, convey the belief in understanding performance.Therefore, the performance class is divided into two parts: theory and practice.Theory class always makes people drowsy. In order to refresh everyone, Teacher Dou Xuan asked Tao Qingfeng: "Student Tao, if you play a role you understand and there is a serious deviation from the director's guidance, how would you choose it?" ?”

Tao Qingfeng said: "Clarify right from wrong, if you make a mistake, correct it, and if you don't make a mistake, stick to it."

Because it was a university class, Tao Qingfeng felt that speaking a little more elegantly would not arouse suspicion. Everyone is highly educated and can understand.

Teacher Dou continued to ask: "But the relationship with the director on the set is very important. It doesn't mean that you have to obey unconditionally. We don't talk about conspiracy theories. You agree, and the director also agrees. What should I do if I can't continue filming?"

Tao Qingfeng was silent for a few moments, and said, "A good director doesn't do this."

Dou Xuan rolled her eyes and saw that all the drowsy students had their ears upright and looked at Tao Qingfeng with interest. She continued to ask: "You will meet all kinds of people when you are filming. This is also true in theory. One of the acclimatizations mentioned. What if... met a bad director?"

Tao Qingfeng was silent for a few moments and said: "...I once met one. Due to the principle of confidentiality, I will not say his name. But I can share the final result..."

Under Dou Xuan and his classmates' interested gaze, Tao Qingfeng slowly said: "He is upright, he will follow orders, and if he is not upright, he will not follow orders."

A look of approval flashed across Dou Xuan's eyes, and he said: "Student Tao's words come from "The Analects of Confucius Zilu", which means that when you are upright and set an example, you don't have to give orders, and the people below will follow suit. On the contrary, if you don't No one will pay attention to a decent director, even if he shouts and shouts. Tao has a sense of righteousness. This is a rare quality, and it is worth learning from."

After class, Dou Xuan talked to Tao Qingfeng alone. This student made her feel very unusual.

"Teacher, you can call me Qingfeng." Tao Qingfeng said.

"Qingfeng, your college entrance examination scores are so high, why do you want to become an actor?"

The two reasons Tao Qingfeng had in mind were that it was hard to tell others, because he was worried that modern people would not believe them, but in the atmosphere of the university campus, Tao Qingfeng didn't have so many worries.

"If I tell the teacher that I want to educate people, will the teacher believe it?" Tao Qingfeng asked sincerely.

Dou Xuan was stunned.Then he laughed, and said kindly: "I believe, but this is a big wish. People's hearts are big, and things big enough to change people's hearts. Have you realized it?"

Tao Qingfeng said: "Although my personal power is very limited...but I think that I should start with myself first and strive to do more good things. Everyone will see it and be inspired, it would be great."

In fact, a good personality model is an indispensable part of national moral cultivation.

Dou Xuandao: "The reasoning is very beautiful...but it is easier said than done. Life is short of dozens of years. How can there be time to do many things."

Tao Qingfeng said: "Yes, personal strength is limited after all. However, there is a saying in "Zhuangzi·The World": one lives diligently, and one dies lightly. Going on in this way, one can more or less accomplish something."

The meaning of this sentence is that he was diligent during his lifetime, and his funeral after death was not extravagant. This is a sentence that Zhuangzi commented on Mo Di. I'm afraid it can't be done, and it's not a way that can be accepted by most people.The moral requirement of diligence and frugality at the personal level is precisely because it is difficult to achieve, if someone can do it, it will be commendable.

Dou Xuandao: "Alas, Mozi regards self-suffering as the extreme. He thinks that diligence and frugality are the two pillars of building a new society. But Zhuangzi said that this is against human nature, and it is indeed difficult."

Tao Qingfeng was slightly surprised, and said: "Although the teacher teaches acting, he is also very knowledgeable about the theories of various schools."

Dou Xuandao: "Hua's traditional excellent cultural foundation is very important for performances. The ideological and literary nature of excellent scripts can only be appreciated with a high appreciation ability. For high-quality productions, its sets and customs are all infiltrated in the culture. So, Qingfeng, your excellent cultural performance in the exam will benefit you a lot in future performances."

Tao Qingfeng thanked the teacher for his inspiration.Tao Qingfeng is most interested in the skills taught in the acting class.The teacher sent them a thick pile of classic cases, all of which were presented by various movements and expressions.When Tao Qingfeng was free, he would hold the brick book in his arms, face the mirror with one expression and one movement, and practice with grinning teeth.

Such as crying, laughing, sadness, joy, etc. He also trained a little basics when preparing for the art test.However, compared with the content of professional classes, it is richer, deeper and more delicate.Just "laugh" has dozens of subcategories such as "big laugh", "smile", "wry smile" and "sinister smile".The case provides the name of the play or movie from which the scene came, the names of the actors, and a brief background introduction.In order to fully understand, Tao Qingfeng honestly looked for these films to watch. After finding the source, he carefully pondered the context and put himself in another way: Tao Qingfeng thought, what would happen if I acted by myself...to learn from others advantage.

Of course, Tao Qingfeng has been editing the samples of "Returning East to West Crossing" in addition to his academic homework.After editing a version, he sent it to Xia Xinghen for discussion. The other party suggested revisions. He re-edited and made four versions back and forth.In the last three months, there are six integrated films, and the remaining parts need to be edited after the winter vacation is over.Finally, unify the post-production.

"You skip Lao Guo's class, let's go out to eat. Anyway, his lectures are muddled, and he never calls names." Xia Xinghen said on the phone.

Lao Guo is a rehired teacher after retirement, teaching the history of performing arts in Huaguo.Already over 70 years old.He has old eyesight and accent, can't read student rosters, and can't use electronic devices.The voice of lectures is very ethereal, making his classroom in a drowsy atmosphere all year round.Everyone likes to skip classes.

But Tao Qingfeng was unwilling to skip class, and had a natural respect for older teachers.This teacher Guo also clicked on him twice to answer questions, although he still didn't remember Tao Qingfeng's name.

Of course, Tao Qingfeng also informed Zhang Fenghao and Xu Guiyuan about this period of his college life.Hearing the words, Zhang Fenghao also asked him if he was free during the winter vacation, and planned to recommend him to act in a movie, but he didn't expect that Tao Qingfeng's winter vacation was already full for the filming of "Return to the West".Xu Guiyuan sighed rarely when Tao Qingfeng reported the situation of the teachers:

"Old Guo... He suffered some twists and turns during the Cultural//Revolution. You have to take care of him and be obedient in his class. If you have a chance... tell me something."

After Tao Qingfeng accepted Xu Guiyuan's entrustment, he has been looking for a suitable opportunity.

When Lao Guo finished his lecture on the history of performing arts in the 50s and then began to talk about the history of performing arts in the 70s in the next class, the students below were all drowsy, not realizing that he had skipped ten years in between.Tao Qingfeng noticed it deliberately, and realized that this might be the time to bring that sentence.He stayed alone after class, carefully pretending to ask for advice:

"Ms. Guo, I have watched some classic movies in the 60s, such as "Three Silver Flowers", "Walker on the Volcano", "Second Sister Ma"...the history of this showbiz should be very rich."

Lao Guo was a little deaf, so Tao Qingfeng said it almost in a loud voice. Fortunately, most of the other students left.

Lao Guo looked at Tao Qingfeng in surprise, pushed his glasses: "You are..."

He still didn't remember Tao Qingfeng, but since students almost never asked him questions after class, he still tried hard to recognize Tao Qingfeng.The reason why this class exists is that no suitable teacher can be found to teach it, and the old actors who are familiar with those eras have basically retired.And if you don't have personal experience, you are not qualified to talk about the history of Huaguo's performing arts.Although Lao Guo's classroom is very hypnotic, Huaying University has not been able to find a replacement teacher.

After Tao Qingfeng introduced himself, he insisted that he was very interested, and hoped that Mr. Guo could talk about the movies and TV shows of the 60s. There were indeed many high-quality films in the early stage, but after 66, there were only eight model plays left.Tao Qingfeng didn't say anything, he basically asked about works from 66 years ago.

It was rare for Lao Guo to meet such a studious "confidant", and he began to talk, the first half of which was still hypnotic and drowsy. Stay awake.But the second half is suddenly different, with a lot of personal emotion.Lao Guo's voice is not only not hypnotic, but the content is a bit frightening.

Tao Qingfeng understood why Lao Guo was unwilling to speak in class.Because he would bring in personal experiences and certain conflicts from time to time, he was easily reported.

"Teacher Guo..." Tao Qingfeng saw the timing and said, "Teacher Xu Guiyuan asked me to bring you a sentence. She remembers all the libretto of "The Story of the West Chamber."

Old Guo stared at Tao Qingfeng in disbelief, his wrinkled hands trembling.In the cloudy eye socket, a tear fell down.