The Rise of China Entertainment 1995

It's easy to sing, but hard to do.

After two weeks of military training and officially starting his studies, Liu Hao realized that learning acting was not as simple as he imagined.

Especially the performance learning of Chinese opera.

Although China National Theater has reformed its enrollment this time and intends to cultivate more film and television actors, the teaching method is still focused on cultivating drama actors.

There is a saying in the industry that movies are the director’s art and drama is the actor’s art.

There is such a chain of contempt in the entertainment industry, which is specifically expressed as follows: drama > movie > TV series > comedy sketches and cross talk.

Many well-known actors are proud that they were once drama actors, and they even recognize their identity as drama actors.

Drama performance emphasizes returning to the performance itself. It does away with a large number of special effects, editing, and props in film and television dramas. Some plays also deliberately simplify props, sound effects, and stage effects. Therefore, for actors, how to rely on stories and

The performance itself is extremely challenging to attract the audience.

There are no close-ups and other lens language in the drama, and there is no fanning with subtle expressions and movements. This feature allows the actors to adjust the performance method on the big screen, strengthen their lines and basic body skills, just like dancing with shackles.

The performance of the drama should be done in one go. There is no NG, forgetting the words, getting stuck, or acting out. Don’t expect it in any situation. If it fails, it will fail, so you need to do more preparation work.

In drama performances, unexpected situations often occur. Because they cannot be repeated, actors are required to improvise well. This in itself is a more creative sublimation of performance, but the premise is that the actors have solid skills and a good understanding of the role.

And the grasp of the plot is profound enough.

Drama actors are proud of themselves, so it’s not surprising. That’s their real ability. They must pass the lines, movement, body posture, emotion, tone, and appeal. Otherwise, they will be embarrassed on the spot.

Therefore, the performance learning of Chinese opera has higher requirements and is very strict. The strictness puts almost everyone in a state of high pressure, which makes people breathless and suffers from "first grade syndrome".

Most of the people in China Opera Class 96 have no acting experience. They have to adapt to the new environment, lay a new foundation, and learn from scratch. Many people are confused, self-anxious and self-doubt, and feel that the sky is the limit in life.

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Mei Ting is stronger than the others except Liu Hao. She is the oldest, has a very decisive personality, and has experience in TV drama performances, so she integrates quickly, but her acting studies in Chinese opera are different from her performance in the crew.

It's a big difference, so there's a lot of pressure.

There are no stand-ins in drama performances, so the actors have to do everything themselves. They have to sing what they need to sing, dance what they need to do, and do somersaults when they need to do somersaults.

You have to learn everything.

Students in the acting department have to wake up every morning and shout at the building. The Chinese Opera is a place with big pigeons. Students in other departments have long been accustomed to this. When they hear it,

The student who went to the performance department yelled and slammed the window shut.

Then there was a ping-ping-pong-pong sound, and the windows were all closed.

But Liu Hao's situation was different. Every time he opened the window in the dormitory and was about to sing his voice, the students from the dance department opposite saw Liu Hao. Instead, he opened all the windows and called all his roommates to the window.

, and then shouted to Liu Hao: "Junior brother (brother), sing a song for us..."

After all, Liu Hao is a big name in Chinese dramas, and his song "The Wind Rises" during the first screening was even more stunning. Everyone knew that Liu Hao was a "powerful singer".

Most of the clothes he wore when he got up early were very thin, his enchanting posture was full of all kinds of coquettishness, and his teasing laughter made Liu Hao feel a little embarrassed and embarrassed.

After several such situations, Liu Hao had no choice but to get up early and run back to the courtyard house in East Mianmian Hutong, where he practiced singing.

After lifting your voice, you need to do voice training to make your voice sound more precise and round.

Breath is the power source of sound. Adequate and stable breath is the basis of pronunciation, so practice breathing.

The correct breathing method when speaking should be the chest-abdominal combined breathing method (also called Dantian breathing method), that is, using the contraction of the lower abdomen and the power of the Dantian to control breathing.

My lower belly is often hard when I sing, and the higher I sing, the harder it gets.

There are many ways to practice breathing, the main ones are:

1. Smell the fragrance of flowers: As if there is a pot of flowers in front of you, inhale its fragrance deeply, control it for a while and then slowly exhale it.

2. Blow out candles: Simulate blowing out birthday candles, take a deep breath and blow evenly and slowly for as long as possible, reaching 25-30 seconds to qualify.

3. Clench your teeth, take a deep breath, and make a "hissing" sound from between your teeth, striving to be smooth, even and lasting.

4. Count: Count from one to ten, in a back and forth cycle, as many times as you can in one breath, and count clearly and loudly.

In addition to breathing training, there is also resonance training.

If you want to make your speaking voice nice and lasting, you must use the resonator correctly.

The key to using a resonator is to properly handle the opposition and unity of "smoothness" and "resistance".

The so-called "smooth" means that the entire vocal tract of pronunciation must be unobstructed, so that the sound is not held back or crowded, and forms a sound column to flow out smoothly.

The so-called "resistance" means that it is processed and tempered by the resonator to become loud, round, powerful, beautiful and beautiful.

Teachers from China National Theater have taught several simple and easy co-training methods.

1. Relax your throat and sing with a "hum" sound.

2. Learn how to croak like a duck. Hold your soft palate straight, open your mouth into a cylinder, and listen carefully while pronouncing the gaga sound. If the resonance is well used, the gaga sound will sound nice, while if the resonance is not used well, the gaga sound will be boring and harsh.

3. Imitate the sound of a cow. It’s similar to “um” (what?) and “hmm” (got it) on the phone.

4. Open and close your teeth widely and make an "ah" sound at the same time.

5. Simulate the long sound of the whistle. (di) can be pronounced in parallel, or can be pronounced from loud to small or from small to loud.

However, Liu Hao has long been accustomed to it. Liu Hao, who was trained to sing by Liu's mother since childhood, started practicing voice very early. After becoming famous, Liu Hao also found other vocal teachers to teach pronunciation and singing skills.

Therefore, Liu Hao's singing skills have improved a lot.

But for students like Liu Huohua who still have the accent of their hometown, it is very painful to practice, and it even takes twice as long to correct the accent.

After practicing your voice, it’s time to practice your lines.

Every morning I have to recite an article or say a long and troublesome tongue twister. Sometimes I will say a long line in front of the mirror and observe my expression, body and eyes when speaking the lines.

When you feel it is necessary, record these things, and then think over the sentences and wording yourself to see if the feeling conveyed by the sound is correct.

As for body shape, students who pass the Central Theater Arts Examination have basically met the teachers’ physical requirements and can maintain it.

But it’s not that easy to keep it up. With the high workload of freshman year and the tight nerves, many people can’t control their appetite, overeat, and their weight increases in a straight line.

The most troublesome thing is performance training, because I have to hand in homework almost every day.

This assignment refers to rehearsing the skit and then performing it.

Generally speaking, the teacher will assign a task, such as the theme of "On the Bus", then you have to think of a story on this theme, and sometimes you have to find other students to help you, rehearse and perform together, and become a director.

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Then you have to design the stage yourself, consider what costumes to wear, what props to use, when to start the music, and even singing and dancing and other special troubles.

This skit performance requires scoring, and the requirements of the Chinese opera teachers are very high. Students who have just entered college have not experienced many things, so it is difficult to design a work that satisfies the teacher.

I often worry about sketch assignments.

Liu Hao, who has the memory of later generations, has watched many movies and sketches, and knows many jokes. It is not difficult to design a qualified sketch, but it takes a lot of time to rehearse frequently.

Rehearsals often last until eleven or twelve o'clock, and other students even have to rehearse until two or three o'clock.

Moreover, we have to fight for the rehearsal venue, so we have to go early.

If you arrive late, the rehearsal space will be occupied by others, and you won’t be able to arrange the scene as soon as it’s ready. Some students even have room and board at the rehearsal space.

However, overnight stays are not allowed in the rehearsal venue. When the time comes, the guard will come to check the room, so some students start to fight with the guard by hiding themselves in the scenery, tucking them in, and covering themselves with blankets.

Stay silent and wait until the guard leaves before rehearsing.

Fortunately, Liu Hao had a courtyard and had super powers, so Wang Jinghua asked someone to build a covered balcony in the courtyard of the courtyard and rehearse directly in the courtyard.

If you want to study well, you have to work hard in addition to talent. Liu Hao spent most of his time studying performance, which even affected his second album.

Liu Hao's original plan was to produce the album in almost four months from September to the end of December, and strive to release the album before the end of the year.

But four months is simply not enough time for the release now.

Compared with the first album, the production of the second album is more experienced, and it may be produced faster, but now Liu Hao can almost only spare time on weekends and holidays, and sometimes there are some announcements to be made that cannot be postponed.

With less time, it is basically impossible to produce the album before the end of the year.

Of course, Liu Hao will not imitate Fatty Zhou and put off the new album again and again. You see, Fatty Zhou is about to release an album, so Liu Hao is preparing to produce the album before the winter vacation.

It was delayed for about a month.

The songs for Liu Hao’s second album have been selected, they are:

"first",

"courage",

"New Drunken Beauty",

"dusk",

"meet",

"later",

"Rudy",

"Born Stubborn",

"The girl opposite looks over",

"got windy".

These ten songs plus a Spring Festival blessing song "Gong Xi Fa Cai".

After all, the album is released during the winter vacation and is close to the Spring Festival. For the sake of sales, I understand.

For the second album, there is no need to consider the issue of unified style like the first album. You can try rock, rap, Chinese style plus drama, lyrical love songs, etc.

You just need to show off your skills and show your "musical talent" as much as possible.

He wants to truly become a blockbuster and make the entire Chinese pop music feel a big earthquake...