The Best Director

After performing the basic audition moves, Wang Yang turned sideways from behind the camera, looked at Jessica who was a few steps away, and said with a smile: "Then, the next step is to start acting."

"Okay." Jessica took a deep breath secretly and prepared herself. Acting questions are a crucial part of the audition, and she must perform well.

Wang Yang pretended to be thinking about the topic of the performance, and waited until Jessica's breathing calmed down, then looked at her, and said the question he had thought about a long time ago: "If you heard that your boyfriend and his good friend are They say that he just wants to play with you casually, and he doesn't take your relationship seriously. So, you are very sad and lost now, and you are about to cry. Please act."

These days, Jessica has been practicing her acting skills hard, but acting skills cannot be achieved quickly. She frowned, pursed her lips, and tried her best to look like she was about to cry, her performance was still immature.

Looking at the camera screen, Wang Yang calmly analyzed in his heart that Jessica's current acting skills only have some very typical "sad" expressions and movements. If she is an expressive actor, her acting is too simple and lacks richness. If she is an experiential actor, her emotional input is not enough, and her performance is very traced.

The expression school pays attention to detached performance, which means that you are you, and the role is the role. The method of acting is that you calmly and rationally analyze your role, analyze the plot passages, and then design the details of the performance, and then perform it step by step, so The expressive feelings are all fake. You cry in front of the camera, but in fact you don't feel sad at all. Expressionism does not mean that you cannot be substituted into the role, but it emphasizes "control". When performing, you must always keep a clear mind and check whether your performance is correct and on track.

The other faction, the experiential school, emphasizes methods and acting skills, and requires emotional input. You are not you, you are the character, you have to enter the inner world of that character, and then become him. In front of the camera, you are the character, and everything you do is a real performance, naturally. In order to help themselves enter the role, actors of this faction often go to "experience". For example, in order to perform the movie "Taxi Driver", Robert De Niro actually worked as a taxi in New York for several months. The driver shuttles passengers every day.

Expressionism and experientialism constitute the basic performance style now, and Wang Yang has always liked experientialism. Only when you truly understand that character and have a soul resonance with that character, will that character have a soul and will be shown in the camera. live out.

Like Heath Ledger, he played the "Joker" impeccably in the future; like Ellen Page, since he accidentally saw a movie called "Juno" in his head, he loved it to death If there are any words of praise for this girl's performance, it is genius-level acting.

"The reason why I like acting is that you can completely lose yourself and become another person." This is what Ellen Page said in her interview, a typical experiential actor.

And Jessica's current acting skills are neither expressive-style calm nor experiential-style aura, very immature. But it doesn't matter, she's only 17 years old, she's just started on the road, her acting skills can be honed slowly, no one is born to act, but as long as they work hard, anyone can become an excellent actor.

Besides, "High School Musical" is not "Moulin Rouge", the heroine doesn't need to be a queen, what she wants is a fascinating youth idol. Moreover, there are not many sad scenes in the movie. Jessica should be able to complete those scenes under strict guidance.

Thinking of this, Wang Yang looked at the camera screen and smiled, and shouted: "OK, not bad. Jessica, let's do a smile show, you and your boyfriend are talking happily, just treat it as a close-up shot, and look at the camera casually." Say a few words, when I speak, you are listening to the actor talking, understand?"

"OK,

I see. "Jessica stopped her sad expression, and immediately became smiling, and said happily: "Hi, I'm Jessica, nice to meet you, the weather in Los Angeles is very good today..."

Seeing her sweet smile and charming demeanor, Wang Yang nodded approvingly. Jessica's performance was much better when she smiled, probably because of her true nature, and there was nothing to criticize. That's good news, because "Gabriela" is mostly smiling on "High School Musical."

Then he said a few more words, and Jessica's listening performance was also good. After watching it for a while, he smiled and said: "Well done! Jessica, let's have another affectionate performance, you know, It’s the kind of sweetness and shyness of being in love when you look at your boyfriend.” This performance is very important, there are many scenes of the male and female protagonists singing duets in "High School Musical", and this performance was needed at that time.

Like looking at your boyfriend? Jessica looked at Wang Yang behind the camera, and said in her heart, "He is my boyfriend, he is my boyfriend..." After saying it several times, her heart began to beat faster, looking at the lens of the camera, Naturally, the corners of her mouth turned up, and she slowly revealed a sweet smile, and she blinked her eyes, revealing a charming girlish style.

"Wow! It's great!" Wang Yang couldn't help but praise loudly. She performed very well in this scene. Compared with the sad scene just now, she is a completely different person! There is no trace of acting at all, which is great! He shouted excitedly: "Cut! Jessica, well done!"

Jessica smiled at him again, smoothing her hair with her hands to slow her heart.

After trying a few more shots, Jessica's performance is generally good, sometimes childish and sometimes eye-catching. Wang Yang left the camera and sat back behind the long table. On the paper, she rated "A+" for appearance and temperament, and "B+" for performance. Her sad acting was not good, but "affectionate" Added a lot of points to her, so the average score was pulled back.

Wang Yang didn't test Jessica's dancing. It was written in her information that she couldn't dance. He knew it a long time ago, but obviously it was very easy for her to learn how to dance. Now only singing is left. Looking at Jessica who was waiting for the next interview, Wang Yang felt a little nervous and said, "Then, Jessica, sing us a song."

Ms. Robert picked up a ballpoint pen to take notes and looked at Jessica with interest.

"OK." Jessica nodded, feeling a little nervous. She took a deep breath, cleared her throat and sang the song she was practicing every day recently, a slow lyrical song "Take-a-bow" by Madonna, Singing: "Take-a-bow. The-night-is-over..."

Wang Yang rested his left elbow on the table and supported his chin. He looked at Jessica with an encouraging smile on his face, and listened to her singing quietly. The voice seemed a little nervous, but it sounded good, not like a tone deaf people. He paid attention to the expression of Ms. Robert next to him, and saw that her face was as plain as water, and she would occasionally write some records on paper, so he couldn't see her attitude.

"The-show-is-over. Say-good-bye..." After Jessica sang the last sentence, she finally let go of her cautiousness and breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that she had finished singing, Wang Yang clapped his hands and gave her some applause. Sandy Parkes also clapped a few times, while Ms. Robert lowered her head and wrote something quickly with a ballpoint pen. Wang Yang nodded to Jessica and said, "Jessica, you can go, thank you very much for coming to audition."

"Thank you, then goodbye!" Jessica smiled at Wang Yang and the three judges, then turned around and walked outside. When she opened the door to go out, she turned her head and looked at Wang Yang again. Wang Yang gave her a thumbs up with a smile, indicating that everything is fine. She smiled too, walked out of the interview room and closed the door.

As soon as Jessica left, Wang Yang couldn't wait to turn around and look at Ms. Robert, and asked a little nervously, "How is it, Ms. Robert? Is this girl singing well?"

"The voice is okay, not an ugly type." Ms. Robert nodded first, then shrugged and said: "But her breath is a bit messy. If it is a fast-paced song, it may be out of tune, because she just now She just sang very slowly and cautiously; and lacked singing skills, no falsetto, and didn't know the timing of breathing, she obviously didn't receive professional training."

So the sound is good, but the breath is messy, there is no technique... oh man, don't understand this! Wang Yang laughed at himself, and asked directly: "Ms. Robert, do you think that after some professional training, coupled with the processing of the recording studio, her singing voice can be made to sound good?" This question is very important, almost The only question about whether Jessica can be chosen as the heroine of "High School Musical" is that her appearance is better than other girls, her acting skills are not bad, she can learn to dance, but she still needs to learn to sing. Thinking of this, he added authentically: "My request is not high, as long as everyone thinks 'it's not bad, you can listen to it'."

"Young man, this request is already very high." Ms. Robert laughed a few times before she nodded and said, "You can try it. She has already shown her musical talents just now, not a lot, just mediocre. I don't dare to sing a cappella Guaranteed; but in the recording studio, there is no problem." She smiled and spread her hands: "Of course, you can't expect her to be Madonna."

"YES!" Wang Yang couldn't help shouting happily, raised his fists with both hands, and exhaled with a smile.

Sandy Parkes next to him sighed secretly, it seems that the heroine of this song and dance film is the girl just now? This young boss obviously knows her, maybe they are still a couple, who knows! But for the sake of the company, he couldn't help but said: "That girl has a good appearance, but her acting skills are not as good as many people before her. The Eliza Dushku in front of her has better acting skills than her. .”

"Sandy, I haven't decided yet." Wang Yang interrupted Sandy Pax, and smiled at the secretary, Foona Hasson: "The next one! Let Jordana Brewster come in."

Sandy Pax shook his head resignedly.

After a lunch break, and another hour of auditions in the afternoon, today's auditions are all over. Wang Yang returned to his office with the interview record file and the video tape of the entire audition process. While waiting for the computer to collect the video tape images, he leaned back in his chair and thought about the heroine candidate.

In fact, without re-watching those videos, he almost has the answer. The best performances of these girls are Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Eliza Dushku, and Jessica. Jennifer has A appearance, temperament A, acting A, dancing A+, singing A+, her temperament is quiet and sweet, so she is not the most suitable, but singing is very good; Eliza has A appearance, temperament B, acting B+, dancing A+ , singing B, her temperament and eyes tend to be sexy, and she is not the most suitable; Jessica's appearance is A+, temperament is A+, performance is B+, dance is to be determined, with the future "Sweetheart Dance" can be A+, and singing B.

Wang Yang quietly looked at the names and ratings of the three girls on the document, as if fascinated. After a while, he sat up straight, picked up a pen on the desk, and crossed out the name of "Eliza Dushku," who wasn't sweet enough and otherwise unremarkable. Then, he swiped "Jennifer-Love-Hewitt" without hesitation, looked at "Jessica-Alba" and smiled happily.

"High School Musical" first requires idols, the more beautiful and sweet the heroine, the better, isn't it? And Jessica is A+ in this aspect, she is very suitable for "Gabriela"; she is not without acting skills, and there are times when people shine, although some scenes are not good, but shooting a movie is not forced once It's okay, if it doesn't work at that time, just take a few more shots and give me some guidance. I don't think it's a big problem; dancing is nothing to worry about; as for singing, she can receive professional training and can record slowly in the recording studio.

Even if she messed up in this aspect later, she could use the method of "finding someone to sing for her" to solve it. The future "High School Musical" actor "Troy Burton" actor Zac Efron is to let the singer complete the song recording, which will not affect the effect of the movie. As for the tour? Oh, let's wait until the movie is a success and then think about it!

Wang Yang thinks very clearly that he is making a movie now, and the effect of the movie is the first consideration in everything, so appearance and temperament are the two most important things, and Jessica is the most suitable. Now that her acting skills have passed the test, she takes it for granted Got the heroine.

Besides, one of the reasons why he wants to make "High School Musical" is that he wants to shoot movies with good friends like Jessica?

"Oh my god..." Wang Yang stood up excitedly, kicked his foot sideways, and punched a few times with his fist. At this moment, the part of his memory about Jessica and Jessica when he was a child suddenly changed. It was unprecedentedly clear, he remembered a lot, and those pictures seemed to be right in front of him.

On campus lawn benches, they sit and rest.

Little Wang Yang looked at little Jessica in a white floral dress, and asked enthusiastically, "Jessica, what kind of person do you want to be when you grow up?" He propped his head and asked with a smile: "I mean, uh, just a dream or something?"

Jessica smiled shyly, pursed her lips to keep her braces from showing, shook her head and said, "I don't know..." Wang Yang approached her face, staring and asked, "Really, really Don't know?" Jessica hurriedly avoided, blushing, she lowered her head and dared not look into Wang Yang's eyes, and whispered: "I really don't know..."

"What are you hiding, look into my eyes before you talk!" Wang Yang stretched his head and looked into Jessica's eyes again, but she avoided her again, and he suddenly laughed, waving his index finger and shouted: "Oh You know, you know!" He begged and said, "Please, Jessica, tell me, I really want to know." Jessica still shook her head slightly, her face full of shame. Wang Yang suddenly rolled his eyes, thought of an idea and said: "Otherwise, let me tell you, and you tell me too. That's it!"

Before Jessica could speak, Wang Yang said excitedly: "My dream? Well, maybe it's good to be a director, so I can see the cut films, yes, I want to be a director !” After finishing speaking, he pouted at Jessica and said, “It’s your turn.” Jessica blushed and hesitated to speak, and every time she seemed to say something but swallowed it back, she did it several times. Impatiently, he said, "I told you everything, but if you don't tell me, don't you consider me a friend?"

"No, it's not..." Afraid that he would get angry, Jessica waved her hands hastily, blushed and lowered her head, and said courageously, "I...I want to be an actor."

"What? An actor?!" Wang Yang was full of surprise and surprise, and then he laughed and said, "Oh, not bad dream, very good!" Jessica blushed with fever, kicked her feet and looked at her toes, and said in a mosquito voice: "I I just said it casually..." Wang Yang looked at her, lightened his laughter, and said, "Jessica, do you think I'm making fun of you? Please! Do you think I'm Peter? I won't make fun of others Dream. I'm only going to make fun of people who still wet the bed lol!"

Jessica also laughed a few times, and then said very unconfidently: "Yang, I know you are not laughing at me, I just don't think I can be an actor."

"Why not? What's wrong with wanting to be an actor? I said you can!" Wang Yang patted himself on the chest with an "I promise" look. Jessica glanced at him gratefully, but said in frustration: "But the actresses on TV are all beautiful, but I..."

There are also ugly actresses! Wang Yang opened his mouth and was about to say this sentence, but stopped when he reached the edge of his mouth. He scratched his head and remembered the fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" he read last night, so he changed his words and encouraged her: "Jessica, Do you know the story of the ugly duckling?" Seeing Jessica nodded, he continued: "Well, you are an ugly duckling now, but you will become a beautiful white swan in the future! Believe me, you must be Become an actor! Then when I become a director, I can ask you to play my heroine."

"Really? Will I become beautiful?" Jessica asked expectantly and suspiciously, looking at Wang Yang with clear eyes. Wang Yang nodded and said with a smile: "Actually, you have always been beautiful, but the braces are a bit ugly, but they will always come off, won't they?" He imitated the lines in the movie again, and said nonsense: "Oh, Look at your eyes, they look like crystals, these are the eyes only a beautiful woman has!"

Jessica lowered her head shyly, glanced at him again, smiled happily, as if she didn't mind showing her braces, and said, "Thank you."

"Okay, okay, I'll be the director, and you'll be the actor." Wang Yang stretched out his little hand clenched into a fist, and said with a smile, "Jessica, come!" Jessica smiled and stretched out her little hand, also clenched into a fist After touching him, both of them laughed: "It's a deal!"

Thinking of these childhood memories, Wang Yang couldn't help laughing foolishly, Jessica's eyes are like crystals? Oh god, how did that come up? He smiled, and then murmured softly: "I'll be the director, you'll be the actor..." Unexpectedly, the child's words back then will be fully realized now! It's crazy!

After Wang Yang walked a few steps in the office, he couldn't help but took out his mobile phone and dialed Jessica's number. He walked to the vertical glass, looked at the street outside, and smiled as soon as he connected: "Hi, Jessica, where are you?"

"Hey, Jan, I'm shopping here in Hollywood, what's wrong?" Jessica's voice came over.

"Tell me where it is? Oh okay, I know where it is, I'll go there right away, wait for me." Wang Yang walked back to the desk while talking, took a gray-blue windbreaker, and put it on. stand up.

Jessica seemed to think of something, her voice suddenly became a little nervous, and she asked, "Yang, has the heroine of "High School Musical" been chosen?"

"Oh, no!" Wang Yang pretended to be calm. He wanted to tell her the news face to face, so he smiled at the phone: "The heroine has not been decided yet, it's something else. See you later, goodbye!" Jie Sika said, "Okay, goodbye."

Putting the mobile phone into the pocket of the windbreaker, Wang Yang quickened his pace and walked outside.

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