Shadow of Chinese Entertainment

Chapter 125 Emotional Expression
The next two days were rest days, and Hu Xiaobei assigned homework to the students as expected.

That night, as expected, Liu Xiaoli sent another invitation to Hu Xiaobei.

Before Hu Xiaobei could open his mouth, he heard An Xiaoqian's voice answering from the side.

"Mom, Xiaobei has to substitute for a class. He's been very busy these past few days and needs to prepare a lot of teaching materials.

It’s better not to bother him and wait until next week, when he won’t be busy.”

"Xiaobei, is what Xixi said true? If you are really busy, work is more important." Liu Xiaoli's comforting voice came from the other end of the phone.

Hu Xiaobei originally didn't care whether to go or not, but after An Xiaoqian's actions, he had some other ideas.

"I'm not busy... a little busy, but I do have some study plans. Why don't I wait until next week to visit my aunt's house?"

As a substitute teacher in the acting department, he has a very precise grasp of sentence punctuation, speaking speed and intonation.

I believe Liu Xiaoli will be able to understand something. As for whether An Xiaoqian will be scolded for this, that is not something Hu Xiaobei can find out.

After all, this girl has a short memory and doesn't hold grudges. She'll probably be fine once she wakes up, not to mention it's Friday now.

It’s still a long time before the two of them meet again!
On Monday, Hu Xiaobei taught students about emotional subtlety and trained them on emotional themes and levels.

For example, the different levels of joy and the various expressions of sadness are created through the atmosphere of music, pictures, etc., guiding them to immerse themselves in and accurately express specific emotions.

For example, play soothing and sad music to let them focus on the delicate coordination of their own expressions, body language and voice.

In this environment and situation, it expresses sadness of losing a loved one and so on.

In terms of emotional delicacy, Hu Xiaobei divided it into five levels in his own way, with each level accounting for 20 points, totaling 100 points.

This score does not mean the higher the better, but the more suitable the better.

For example, when performing an emotional scene of a man and a woman breaking up, if the feelings are deep, then the emotional expression will have a high score ratio, otherwise it will have a low score ratio.

If you break up with a scumbag after the sea, just keep it within 20 points.

When ordinary people break up, it is generally better to keep their emotional expression around 60 points.

If it is a tear-jerking tragedy, then add 80 points or even higher.

The specific needs still need to be measured based on the plot and characters.

Regardless of the type of emotional expression, the reference is based on the vast majority of ordinary people.

Only in this way can the works produced through filming and interpretation not be divorced from the masses.

Everyone has different conditions, and the effects that can be achieved when expressing different emotions are also different.

Take An Xiaoqian for example. Even if she tries her best to perform her explosive anger, her strength will be reduced by seven points naturally.

No matter how hysterical she is, she only needs to express 75 points of anger. Any more will be distorted.

Because her image, personality, and temperament are here, if they exceed a certain value, they will not be beautiful.

Another example is Feng Gong. When he performs a comedy, he only needs to put in two or three points of effort to achieve an effect of eight or nine points.

These are all talented players who have been gifted by God. They can basically play the role at will in their own field.

As for his acting skills, they are indeed good, but if he is asked to play those vicious and evil roles, he probably won't make much progress in his lifetime.

This is also why An Xiaoqian was able to play Wang Yuyan at the age of 15, Zhao Linger at the age of 16, and Xiaolongnu at the age of 17.

The suitability of the characters is one of the most fundamental reasons why all three roles can be played so well.

Of course, the most important thing is that she works very hard. The role will reflect back to her how much she has put into it.

Looking back at An Xiaoqian's pursuit of her artistic dreams after adulthood, although she put in no less effort than before, the gains were very few.

Of course, as an adult, her efforts did pay off.

However, it was totally disproportionate to the effort and time she put in.

Is such effort really worth it?
And those Hollywood movies have really helped her increase her popularity both in the circle and abroad.

But ordinary people in the country don’t recognize these things.

Those films are nothing but a pile of shit in the eyes of most Chinese people. Even in the impression of most Chinese people, she is still the image before she turned 18.

It was not until she took on another TV drama that she returned to the public's attention.

Of course, this doesn't mean that making movies is useless, but that she has never received any good roles that suit her.

Even if there are such roles, it is either because the director is not good enough or there are problems with the production.

Even though her movies were decent at the box office and most of them were profitable, she still couldn't leave a role on the big screen that was significant enough and touching.

In view of this, Hu Xiaobei has been training her acting skills and giving her a lot of advice when they interact with each other on a daily basis.

In fact, An Xiaoqian didn’t know.

The art she has always pursued, the Audrey Hepburn she longed for and the Vivien Leigh she admired, are only the Audrey Hepburn and Vivien Leigh in the hearts of foreigners.

In the eyes of the vast majority of Chinese people, these two are just foreign actors, nothing more.

She, An Xiaoqian, is different. She just needs to be herself quietly.

Time will prove everything.

Audrey Hepburn and Vivien Leigh are all just clouds, and in the hearts of Chinese people, they are not even a fraction as important as her.

Tuesday is also the last day of November.

Hu Xiaobei did not teach the students anything new, but integrated what he had taught before.

And use their own abilities to check the performance level of students, point out their many problems and directions for improvement.

In the afternoon, we explained the video footage of their performances that had been filmed previously, and multitasked by editing them on the spot.

Before the end of the class, the personal video materials of each student in the class were finally edited and handed over to the class monitor Wang Jia to distribute to everyone.

In just seven days of the course, everyone can feel their own progress.

Although everyone's level of progress is bound to be different and vary greatly.

But Hu Xiaobei has pointed out a suitable acting path for each of their students.

Of course, not everyone sees it that way.

For example, for the role of Jiang Da Architect, Hu Xiaobei pointed out a performance path for her that involves a green tea bitch, a scheming bitch, and a mistress.

But she always thought that Hu Xiaobei's analysis was problematic.

In her own mind, she, Architect Jiangda, should be a combination of all kinds of beautiful words.

Those messy words are so different from myself that I can't believe them.

For example, the role of Xiaolongnu is very suitable for her, but she debuted too late and didn't have the opportunity.

Otherwise, how could an underage girl like An Xiaoqian have the chance to play the role of Xiaolongnu?

Among this group of students, An Xiaoqian must be one of the ones who did not benefit much.

It’s not that she can’t listen, nor that the analysis is inappropriate.

But she had already experienced this kind of teaching subtly, and had even been enjoying Hu Xiaobei's private teaching guidance.

It's just that she always felt that the two sides were competing with each other in acting skills, and their performance levels were evenly matched.

If Hu Xiaobei hadn't often used his mother as a powerful external aid, he might even be worse than her.

An Xiaoqian was right to think so. After all, Hu Xiaobei was often under her control.

Although it is very slippery, I often fail to grasp it well and suffer counterattacks from time to time.

However, being able to control the opponent is also a reflection of one's own strength.

This is also the fundamental reason why she feels that she can fight Hu Xiaobei on equal terms.

(End of this chapter)