Time passed by and I was busy every day. I studied theory during the day and practiced the system at night. In the blink of an eye, it was the end of October.
"Congratulations to the host for completing the fear training."
"Do you want to start a new project?"
Su Ze chose to turn it on. Each expression training is an in-depth development of muscle control, especially the face. They are small muscle groups and are most suitable for bioelectricity.
The corrugator muscles contract and the eyebrows furrow strongly.
The orbicularis oculi muscle contracts strongly, and the upper and lower eyelids close tightly; the upper and lower eyelids squeeze each other, and wrinkles appear in the middle of the eyes.
The levator labii superioris muscle contracts, tightening the upper lip, causing the cheeks to bulge, forming a nasolabial groove between the nose and the corners of the mouth.
The platysma muscle contracts, causing the corners of the mouth to open to both sides, and the lips are elongated and thinned.
The depressor anguli oris and depressor labii muscles contract simultaneously, pulling the lower lip downward, forming a nearly vertical falling lip shape on both sides of the lower lip near the corners of the mouth, approximately square, exposing part of the lower teeth.
The mentalis muscle contracts and pushes the middle part of the lower lip upward to block the teeth in the middle part.
Full of tears and tears!
Looking at himself in the mirror, Su Ze carefully felt the subtle changes in his expression. Su Ze had already expected it. After all, the best way to express fear is to cry loudly.
To take the simplest example, children have already eaten snacks and have agreed with their parents not to eat more, but their actual psychology is that they still want to eat more.
When children understand that their parents will definitely not allow them to eat more snacks, and find that this is hopeless, they will start to cry.
Because failure to meet simple needs is a bad outcome, and agreement with parents and their supervision exceeds a child's ability to change things.
To put it simply, bad results happen, but there is no way to change them. The result is that you feel sad and can only express it by crying.
Of course, this is only one aspect. When newborn babies encounter negative stimuli, such as hunger, pain, fear, etc., their instinctive reaction is to cry loudly, because this can attract the attention of adults and thereby protect themselves.
Su Ze began to control. When crying, his eyes would close tightly. The orbicularis oculi and corrugator muscles contracted together, causing the eyes to close tightly and the eyebrows to press down.
It was found that the violent exhalation and blood circulation changes during crying will increase the capillary pressure in the orbit and the intraorbital intraocular pressure. Objectively, the orbicularis oculi muscle is required to contract to tighten the skin around the eyes, which can relieve some of the pressure.
, protect the eyeballs.
The greater the degree of crying, the greater the intensity of muscle contraction. This kind of detail will appear in the expressions of laughing, sneezing, and coughing with the eyes closed.
After continuous training, I am familiar with eye control. Although the eyeball and pupils are difficult to control directly, many effects can still be achieved through changes in peripheral muscles.
Then the labial muscles contract, lifting the upper lip upward, causing the cheeks to bulge, forming a nasolabial groove from both sides of the nose to the corners of the mouth.
The platysma muscle contracts, stretching the corners of the mouth to both sides, making the mouth wider. The depressor anguli oris and depressor labii muscles contract, pulling the lips downward.
The mentalis muscle contracts, causing the chin muscles to arch and push up the middle part of the lower lip.
Several groups of muscles work together to make Su Ze's lips grin, forming an approximately square outline.
"I see." After trying it, I was surprised to find that this embouchure is more suitable for producing penetrating sounds than other embouchures?
It's like a loudspeaker.
"Breathe!" Su Ze had an idea and was keenly aware that during the process of crying, his breathing was not even and gentle?
Instead, it was spasmodic, with the whole body twitching.
To achieve this breathing characteristic, the mentalis and platysma muscles must be jointly responsible for frequent changes in the shape of the mouth, resulting in spasmodic movements of the mandible and lower lip.
The two contract together, the middle part of the lower lip is raised, and the corners of the mouth are straightened to both sides. The two relax together, and the lower lip and corners of the mouth are relaxed.
This is also the first time that the mentalis muscle has been used.
Su Ze compared the differences while studying. Because they are all facial muscle groups, many micro-expressions are similar. As an actor, if you want the audience to understand them clearly, you must find the differences.
The orbicularis oculi and corrugator muscles contract together, causing the eyebrows to be depressed and vertical wrinkles to appear between the brows. This expression can be found in many emotions, such as fear, but because sadness cooperates with the contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle, the eyebrows are more distorted than the fear expression.
More serious.
Especially the inner 1/3 is twisted upward!
Then the eyelids close forcefully, squeezing the inner corners of the eyes to form wrinkles, and squeezing each other to form crow's feet on the outer corners, regardless of age.
The platysma muscle contracts and stretches the corners of the mouth to both sides, making the horizontal width of the mouth wider than usual. The stretched corners of the mouth and the cheeks are squeezed together to form nasolabial folds.
In particular, the mental muscle contracts, pushing the middle part of the lower lip upward, and the chin forms a muscle bulge with an uneven surface.
Therefore, the curve of the lower lip is W-shaped, and this mouth shape is the unique symbol of the crying expression.
Even without the runny nose and tears, the wrinkled and twisted face is already ugly!
No wonder many actresses don't like crying in pain, and goddesses instantly turn into ugly mothers-in-law. Many viewers even think that crying heartbreakingly is good acting?
"It's a bit difficult!" Su Ze frowned. To be honest, pain is quite difficult. It requires mobilizing a lot of muscles. It is far more detailed than surprise or even anger.
At the same time, it also proves that it is more difficult to disguise. The deliberate grin is definitely not as wide as when crying, and the degree of tightness of the eyes cannot be accurately imitated.
Unless he can arouse sad emotions, which is why Su Ze practiced carefully, micro-expressions are only one of the difficulties in muscle control. What is even more difficult is how to arouse emotions.
Just like martial arts moves and internal skills, a person's moves alone have limited lethality, and if he practices to the top, he will only be a second-rate master.
The real top ones have deep inner strength, and they can hurt people even by picking flowers and leaves.
It is difficult for ordinary people to mobilize their emotions. After all, it can only be triggered by immersive experiences, and it is very tiring. Extreme emotions can be very harmful to the body.
Actors must control their emotions through imagination, just like setting a switch, turning it on when needed and not turning it off when necessary. Of course, it is also very tiring, but after training, the efficiency is higher than that of ordinary people.
The reason why the system is powerful lies in the bioelectrical stimulation. It uses training to control the muscles first, and then forms an instinctive inertia. If you say a surprised expression, you will immediately cooperate, and then naturally mobilize the corresponding emotion.
Not only does it respond quickly, it also has better effects. After all, few people study micro-expressions. How many of them can see the subtle differences?
Everyone knows that Moutai is expensive, but how many can really drink it well?
Not because of face!
After studying full expressions, Su Ze began to analyze crying in different states, such as wailing, normal crying, sobbing, silent tears with mouth closed, grievance, sadness, etc.
Compared with crying, the characteristics of other states are depression. For example, if you close your mouth and cry, in addition to the obvious changes in the mouth, the frontalis muscle further strengthens the contraction and pulls the brow upward.
The contraction of the corrugator supercilii muscle causes the eyebrows to gather in the middle; the contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle causes the eyebrows to be depressed and the eyes to close tightly.