"The teacher scolded him for ignoring the rules in the examination room. Li Yapeng quickly started singing "Love Song 1990", but he forgot the lyrics halfway through?"
Su Ze's face is full of black question marks!
What selection criteria is this?
"Come on, let me show you something interesting." After finishing his gossip, Liu Tianyi took out his mobile phone and showed it: "This is a clip of Jiang Wenli's performance back then."
Su Ze's eyes lit up and he quickly went up to watch the big boss' performance.
"The topic is a major earthquake, and the scene is in front of the ruins." Liu Tianyi explained: "You see, many students started to fight for the sky and the earth as soon as they entered the performance area. Some even knelt on the ground, crying and digging desperately."
"In the words of Teacher Lin at the time: The performance was not very accurate and it felt completely wrong."
"Only she stood up without saying a word, walked to the camera and sat down, silently looking at the sky with tears in her eyes, and finally the tears slowly flowed down her cheeks."
"Do you know what was said about her at that time?"
"Ethereal!"
Su Ze nodded. It would not be surprising to see this performance now, but back thirty or forty years ago, when he was just a candidate, it was indeed very impressive.
"When it comes to dreams, Hu Jun has wanted to be a reporter since he was a child, and he is still the kind of war reporter who is full of bullets and bullets."
"Just before he was eager to prepare for the college entrance examination, a sudden attack of acute hepatitis affected his studies. Just when he was hesitant and confused, his former kindergarten teacher reminded him to decide to apply for the Chinese Opera."
Su Ze: "..."
Are dreams so casual?
"Singing "My Sun" directly in the original Italian version overwhelmed the audience and became the monitor of the first performance class of the Chinese Opera."
Liu Tianyi put away his mobile phone and said with a smile: "There are too many such things to count. Not only celebrities, best actors and actresses, but also many actors started acting out of nowhere."
"Do you know why you say so much?"
Su Ze thought for a moment, then raised his head and said, "You mean a good actor must have unique charm?"
"That's right!" Liu Tianyi said with satisfaction: "Regardless of appearance or voice, regardless of temperament or personality, the criteria for selecting actors in Chinese dramas may seem vague, but in fact there is only one."
"unique charm!"
He directly pulled Su Ze up, walked around in circles a few times, and said to himself: "Good conditions cannot be wasted. You must be different from other students, do you understand?"
"Since you want to be a real actor, from today onwards you will forget all your identities. You are just a student preparing for the Chinese drama exam, do you understand?"
"There is no eldest son of the Su family here!"
Su Ze secretly pouted, the eldest young master of the Su family?
Didn't you see, Master, that I was being chased by a group of geese?
Liu Tianyi was very satisfied with Su Ze's attitude. He took out a piece of information and showed it: "I've said everything that needs to be said, let's officially start."
"If your first choice is the Chinese Opera, and I am a teacher who graduated from the Chinese Opera, let me first talk about the art examination process."
"If you want to be admitted, you must pass three exams. The initial exam consists of two parts, a three-minute free recitation and a proposition performance."
"The difficulty of the second test increases. In addition to recitation and propositional performance, vocal music is also added, of course a cappella singing. It mainly tests the students' sense of music and rhythm."
"The last and most difficult level involves recitation, vocal music, propositional performance, plus physical display and personal talent."
Seeing that Su Ze was listening seriously, Liu Tianyi smiled and said: "As for the oral examination, it is basically the examiner's examination of the student's knowledge accumulation. In any industry, what you need to fight to the end is your knowledge base, do you understand?"
Su Ze nodded, the process was not a secret, it was pretty much the same every year. Of course, in addition to the performance department, Chinese Opera also had other departments, such as the drama department, the musical theater department, the opera department, the dance department and even the Peking Opera department.
The word "play" covers too much depth!
"Let's start with the preliminary test, where each person recites a paragraph. We mainly check the conditions and foundation of the students' language and sound, including their ability to understand, feel, imagine and express the recited works."
Liu Tianyi analyzed: "The difference in performance lies in the details, such as enunciation, pronunciation, pronunciation and voice, etc."
"Actually, the invisible inspection has already started since the candidate entered the exam room. Including your every move, every smile, your self-introduction, and your demeanor during recitation and performance, the three examiners are all reviewing according to their own standards."
At this point, he handed Su Ze a bottle of mineral water and asked, "Do you know why you need to take the first test?"
Su Ze guessed: "Just eliminate the ones that can't do it?"
"That's right, the purpose of the so-called preliminary examination is very simple, which is to win over unqualified candidates." Liu Tianyi said seriously: "Every year, tens of thousands of candidates can be admitted to 300 people, and the performance department can have up to 100 people. This is the result of multiple enrollment expansions."
Su Ze took a deep breath. If he said there was no pressure, he would be lying. Although he had a system, he left too little time for himself.
"Then comes the proposition performance, where a group of eight to ten candidates are selected to perform a group interview on propositions. The main purpose is to test whether they can be relaxed and comfortable on stage and whether they can organize actions organically in a specific situation."
"Propositions are usually based on situational group exercises or performances in which each person does one thing alone in a group performance. Basically, there is no physical performance."
Having said this, he looked at Su Ze and said with a smile: "This is your strength!"
Su Ze smiled slightly. Actors are only tested for performance. Any other vocal form is the icing on the cake. Being able to act is the last word.
Liu Tianyi naturally saw Su Ze's confidence. He had to say that the boy in front of him was indeed very talented. Don't underestimate the lack of physical performance. This is the difference between the level of the best actor and the actor.
Rely on imagination to enrich the details, use logic to guide the audience, and accumulate a sense of belief in the characters, just like pieces of a puzzle, displaying the originally illusory characters in a three-dimensional way.
This is called Kung Fu!
"The physical examination examines the basic condition of the limbs, coordination, flexibility, and whether there are any defects, etc. The vocal music further examines the sound, rhythm, and musicality, including the understanding and expression of the song."
"The purpose of the first two exams is to eliminate as many people as possible." Liu Tianyi said seriously: "The admission rate of 150 to 1 is no joke."
"The highlight is the third test. The test will be more rigorous and detailed. It will not only determine the candidates who will take the liberal arts test, but also rank the candidates' professional rankings that will ultimately determine their fate."
Su Ze listened and read the information, and found that there was not much problem in recitation and performance, mainly vocal music and body shape. According to Liu Tianyi's many years of experience and analysis, vocal music is to improvise along with the piano melody played by the exam assistant, or improvise following a certain rhythm played by the examiner.
Take a beat, or give simplified musical notation or staff to let the candidates try to sing the melody, etc.
The physical aspects are similar, including dance movements or physical movements, and sometimes there are physical examinations related to the performance, such as crossing a blockade, crossing a wind tunnel, and escaping from a fire, etc.
"Last year's thematic performances were four categories: train station waiting room, school anniversary party, zoo, and lunatic asylum."
Liu Tianyi continued: "Performing with multiple people at the same time can best test your imagination, expressiveness and image-building ability. The more chaotic the scene, the easier it is for the examiner to compare and screen, do you understand?"
"There is an unwritten rule among Chinese opera examiners. The better the talent, the more rounds of exams it will take!"