The Greatest Showman

546 Script exercises

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The classroom fell into silence.

Sammy covered his mouth firmly, took a peek at Betty, then raised his eyes and looked at Renly carefully, only to find that Renly didn't raise his head at all, as if he didn't notice the sound in the classroom at all. Even her appearance was off the radar, and she still focused on reading the books in front of her.

This reassured Sammy a little, but then there was some loss. She hadn't said hello to Renly so far, but she was still not sure. She spoke rashly at this time and disturbed Renly's work status. is it suitable. So, Sammy turned to look at Betty and cast a hint of help with his eyes. Unfortunately, Betty kept her head down and her chin pressed against her chest. The rest of the response is unwilling to give more.

Sammy drooped her shoulders in chagrin and lowered her head heavily, looking like a puppet with a broken wire, and her vivid body language fully explained her disappointment at the moment. The small eyes of resentment kept drifting towards Betty, pouting for a while, frowning for a while, sighing for a while, the rich and varied expressions were really wonderful.

"If you're bored, you can start flipping through the script." There is always a rustling sound in the classroom. It can't be said to be noisy. There is always a turbulent airflow fluctuating. This sound is actually more annoying than the noise, as if even breathing The rhythm was interrupted.

Renly wouldn't have noticed at all if he was engrossed in the script reading, but the whole restlessness and confusion became all the more apparent after the script had been read for a while. So, Ren Li simply raised his head, looked at the two girls in front of him, and couldn't help laughing.

Sammy's whole body is full of fresh vitality, which seems to be inconsistent with the tone of the whole movie, but the fact is just the opposite, that kind of weirdness is the most special shining point of Erica, some naughty and mischievous. , some cynical, even some naive and romantic, this fifteen-year-old girl's characteristics form a strong sense of contradiction with the depravity of the chick/prostitute, and then bring shock, she is seeking Henry's redemption, but at the same time she also saves Henry. .

Betty exudes a special temperament, with a hint of curiosity in her timidity, a hint of vitality in her sadness, and a hint of urgency in her restraint. In this role, the main line of the movie is gradually changing. The child who grew up in the filth breeds faint hope, eager to rush out of this quagmire. She found it in Henry, but this one The ray of hope was gradually and gradually disappearing, and finally he chose a decisive way to say goodbye.

The "detached" script is a typical stage play writing style, and the relationship between the characters is full of meaning.

Sarah, who is also a teacher, is a conscientious educator. She tried to save these children, but she couldn't find a way. The heavy pressure almost crushed her; more importantly, she She is also longing for redemption. She hopes to take out this hell. If she can, she will choose to leave and leave far away. She thought Henry would be the key.

In fact, deep in Sarah's heart, the fire of hope has been extinguished. She has no hope for these children, and more is thinking that she can escape, escape from a distance. In essence, she is dark, hopeless, and painful. So, when she saw Meredith throwing herself in Henry's arms, her first thought was negative. Maybe, from the beginning, she didn't believe that Henry would be that key.

Erica and Meredith are two teenagers. Erica is climbing up from the bottom of the dark valley, always looking for the exit of light, and moving forward actively; Meredith is falling from the abyss of despair. , has never truly believed that he can be redeemed, and the glimmer of hope in his hands, like fine sand, gradually disappeared. Both of them kept their hopes on Henry, but went to different endings.

Just from the selection of these three roles, it can be seen that Tony chose all the true actors, looking forward to their own temperament to bring out the characteristics of the characters, rather than exerting all their energy to perform and stay as much as possible. Give the lens language more room to play.

But the accident happened to Renly. If according to the trajectory of the last life, Tony chose Adrien Brody, this is also a true performance, although there is no doubt about Adrien's performance skills. Such a choice is beyond reproach, but from the perspective of the finished product, the whole work is immersed in a sad and hopeless mood, and it has not been able to go further, and it has not been able to enrich the layers. .

With a well-rounded performance, Renly is confident that he can meet Tony's standards, and once again presents Adrian-style performances, but Renly is not satisfied with this. Whether Renly's version of "detachment" can be better than the blue is better than the blue. It will depend on his performance.

Renly had read the script over and over again and again, but today's reading had a whole new perspective. Gradually, in his mind, he began to conceive the performance, not the role, but the performance. This is a typical difference between expressionism and methodism. Of course, it does not mean that expressionism should not consider roles. The basis of performance is always the role, but the interpretation and analysis after in-depth analysis are completely different.

Perhaps, instead of working alone behind closed doors, he should start working on the script. So he interrupted his reading, noticing the trivial sound in his ears, and saw two young girls.

"What?" Sammy's eyes widened, not seeming to understand Renly's words. Betty, who was sitting next to her, was even more dazed, her eyes moving back and forth between Renly and Sammy in a panic.

Renly didn't speak, but raised his hand

The script in , indicated it.

Sammy leaned in front of the desk, narrowed her eyes and looked at it seriously. Only then did she realize that it was not a book, but a script, and nodded suddenly, but did not take the next step. Then Renly shook the script lightly, and Sammy nodded vigorously again, like a bobblehead doll, and hurriedly took out the script from his schoolbag, then straightened his back like a good student and stared at him. With wide eyes and a radiant smile, he waited for Renly's instructions.

Betty's movements were a little slower, but she also took out the script immediately, her eyes were full of unease and panic, and she didn't know what she should do.

Renly didn't mind, and explained it amicably, "Script practice. Open the script, choose your own lines, and have a confrontation with the opposite actors, immerse yourself in the performance, find the right rhythm and emotion, and at the same time find the right rhythm and emotion. The way each other's performances, before the actual shooting, guessed a more accurate rhythm."

Script practice is a very academic basic training, and it is a very important preparatory work before the theater stage performance. Of course, the main reason is because there is no room for error in live stage performances. Practice, practice, practice, this is the only way to polish the performance.

But in actual shooting, let alone Hollywood, even in Europe, script practice is getting less and less common. More often, the actors study on their own, and then complete the running-in through the formal rehearsal before shooting. However, for new actors without any acting experience, script practice is the best way to find the rhythm of the performance.

Sammy nodded suddenly, lowered his head and opened the script, looked for it earnestly, then stopped and looked at Renly again, "Uh, how do I start? Do I just start reading the lines?"

Renly nodded, gave a look of encouragement, and then Sammy spoke directly, without any timidity or hesitation, the attitude of a newborn calf that was not afraid of tigers made people's eyes shine.

"Why did you follow me? Clam?" Sammy's first line seemed to have no ups and downs, not to mention the performance, and you could even hear the smile in her voice, her voice trembling slightly, unable to hide her excitement and tension . After reading, Sammy raised his head and looked at Renly with uncertain hesitation in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, Renly didn't pick on it, and he naturally continued, "I didn't. It's late, you should go home, let's go, ma'am." The gentle voice was slightly suppressed, as if suppressing some emotion , there was a faint trembling in the end sound, but under the calm surface there was a turbulent dark tide.

Sammy couldn't help but be stunned, and the lines were cut off like this. She didn't expect that Renly received it so smoothly, and she didn't even read the script, and said the exact lines without any hesitation; she also didn't expect that Renly's performance was so special. In comparison, her emotions just now were wrong. Yes, obviously two people are on different levels and cannot form a dialogue.

Vaguely, Sammy understood the meaning of the script exercise, "Is there any trick to this?"

"Read aloud, read aloud," Renly said privately. "You need to know what you're talking about. The lines, it's meaningful, even if it's a hello chatter, and in the script I mean, excellent In the script, there are hidden meanings. Actors are not repeaters of lines. These lines must come from the heart. Therefore, you need to know clearly what you are saying, why you say it, and what kind of situation when you say it. ."

Leaving aside everything else, speaking skills are the basic qualities of an actor, but unfortunately, most actors in Hollywood today do not have this quality. In other words, they disdain such literacy, and the script does not provide the corresponding soil.

Sammy nodded thoughtfully, and the vague expression couldn't tell whether he understood or not. Then you could hear that Betty, who was sitting next to him, began to read in a low voice, but the voice was too vague to be heard at all.

Renly said, "If you're going to read aloud by yourself, let go of your voice and read it over and over again; if you're going to participate in a collaboration, you definitely need me to be able to hear the lines." In that calm tone With a slight smile, Betty couldn't help but chuckle.

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