The article comes from WeChat official account:New Weekly (ID: new-weekly), author: Wei Yan, title figure: Please place the actors from the official blog
Tonight, the new issue of “Actors Please Be in Place” was broadcast, and harsh film and television assessments continued to be staged, challenging the classic work “Mei Lanfang” directed by Chen Kaige. Wen Zhengrong grasped the opportunity of “counterattack”; the director Er Dongsheng’s critical review of soul reappeared again, and Er Dongsheng sharply output: “If you keep shooting shoddy and play-like scenes, you can’t improve yourself. To be an actor, you must respect your career.”
After the second season of “Actors Please Get In”, it has been frequently searched. First, director Er Dongsheng’s “soul torture”, and then Guo Jingming’s release of S-cards attracted a “boo”, and the old drama bone Li Chengru again and Guo Jingming’s lipstick and tongue sword made this variety show have been sent to the forefront.
Throughout the variety shows broadcast in the same period, none of them can be as strong as “The Actors Please Get In”. This variety show provides an observation perspective close to the real environment of the film and television industry, and opens a simulation experiment of actor survival. It is not only a PK between pure acting skills.
Objectively, a program itself may not be able to change the status quo of the industry, but these problems are exposed and magnified by the lens in the program, which just hits people’s cognitive pain points about the film and television industry in reality, and naturally brings a A comprehensive reflection on the field.
This reflection ranges from an evaluation of the current film and television ecology to a discussion at the workplace level. I’m afraid, this is an objectively more profound meaning of a program.
Acting skills come from the soul torture of directors
In the second season, the rules of the “Actors Please Install” have changed significantly. It divides the actors into three levels, namely S, A, and B. As the highest grade S file, it has the right to preferentially select roles. At the beginning of the program, the 40 contestants were initially divided into three levels according to the rules of market rating.The performance in the eyes was re-rated by the four directors Chen Kaige, Er Dongsheng, Zhao Wei and Guo Jingming.
The four directors have only 8 S-cards in their hands. Obviously, this huge disparity of 8 to 40 implies that every S-card must be cautious when playing. Anyone who has watched the show knows that the 8 S cards are not evenly distributed among each director, but shared by four directors.
Director Chen Kaige believes that the primary criterion for issuing S-cards is acting. /Screenshot of “Actors Please Take Place”
After the first episode of the program was broadcast, Er Dongsheng’s sharp comments on Weibo’s hot search. After the performances of Wang Churan and Chen Youwei’s “Three Lives III and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms”, Er Dongsheng was thorough and merciless in commenting on the performances of the two. He criticized Chen Youwei for “the crying show seems to be chewing gum”. Similarly, for Wang Churan’s Weakness is also in one phrase-you win by being beautiful, and you lose by character.
When he wanted to encourage his younger generation Chen Youwei and was about to issue an S card, Chen Kaige and Zhao Wei stopped him. As professional directors, they know that they cannot lower the selection criteria for encouragement. In their view, the S card represents the director’s requirements and standards for actors and must be cautious.
Director Zhao Wei spoke at the show. / Screenshot of “Actors Please Take Place”
Whether it is Ye Dongsheng, who speaks sharply, or Chen Kaige and Zhao Wei, who are sober and sober, they have been in the film and television industry for many years and have their own standards for selecting actors. As successful directors, their standards have the same tacit agreement. That is acting. In the several episodes that have been broadcast, the three directors did not reduce the weight of acting in the selection criteria because it is a variety show.
When Er Dongsheng commented on Zhang Dada, he directly described the empty eyes as “like a thief”, A performance without emotional changes. Such sharp and objective expressions seem to have not appeared in similar programs for a long time. In recent years, the same type of variety shows are not uncommon, but the result is that most of the time, the peers in the circle cover each other or even close their eyes to flatter them. Professional torture like Er Dongsheng has become a scarce item.
Director Er Dongsheng made sharp comments on a contestant’s performance. / Screenshot of “Actors Please Take Place”
Many viewers are often disappointed by the mixed film and television industry. There are a large number of newcomers entering the film and television industry every year, but there are few roles that make people shine. In the final analysis, the acting skills are flawed. Even so, there are always people who evade the most important things and try to replace acting skills with appearance, traffic, etc. as the criteria for judging the pros and cons of an actor.
Fortunately, the new season of “Actors Please Get In” did not disappoint. It tore a corner of the cruel truth in the film and television industry, but at the same time it also allowed people to reflect and hold a glimmer of hope. Although the directors have different personal expressions, most directors still adhere to the principle of fairness and justice. Especially for Er Dongsheng, perhaps this industry needs more people who speak out the appearance of vanity, so that acting skills can return and newcomers can grow.
The dilemma of the film and television industry, the simulation of the real environment
In “The Actors, Please Be Here”, neither Zhang Dada nor He Changxi is from a professional class. The former is a host, and the latter is a contestant from a draft. They both come from across the world.
He Changxi’s performance in “Chen Qing Ling” is questionable. / Screenshot of “Actors Please Take Place”
Guo Jingming sent He Changxi “The hot discussion caused by the “S card” has even pushed the issue of acting skills of cross-border actors to the forefront. When He Changxi was interpreting the “Chen Qingling” parting in the rain, he was stabbed into the heart by a sword, but his face was expressionless, and some audience jokingly said “Rain” , The best acting”.
Chen Kaige immediately expressed his dissatisfaction, “Each of our S-cards represents our views on acting. This is a competitive program, and we must give professional and correct evaluation.” Li Chengru, as always, shows no mercy, he bluntly said: “A sword is pierced into the chest, a piece of dead flesh, and no pain is chosen? Then how do you explain to the other 39 actors? How can you bear it?”
The live debate between Li Chengru and Guo Jingming became a hot topic on Weibo. /Weibo screenshot
Needless to say, “Actors Please Be in Place” further evokes people’s reflection on this situation.
Actually, crossover is not a problem. Under market rules, actors are not all from professional classes, and their composition is more diverse. Cross-border has long become a common phenomenon in the film and television industry. It cannot be said arbitrarily that actors from cross-border origins are not professional, some are talented in acting, and some are constantly learning from their predecessors or acting teachers in the play, honing their acting skills. In this sense, there is no original sin in cross-border, but it will enrich the performance style and form.
The S card issued by Guo Jingming aroused public reflection on the threshold of actors. /”The Actor, Please Be Here” official blog
Similarly, traffic itself is not a derogatory term, it is one of the signs that the market recognizes actors. Director Er Dongsheng himself said that having traffic does not mean having no acting skills.
People reflect on the film and television industry’s bottomless tolerance for cross-border artists, as well as “value of beauty is justice” and “only trafficThe damage caused to the entire industry by “Mashou is looking”. The whole people’s thinking and discussion about the industry began to be output in various forms, whether it was on Weibo hot search, or posted on Zhihu, Douban, or filmed into a video. The strong trend of stocks will inevitably arouse the attention of people in the film and television industry, including actors.
The trend of national reflection does not know how long it will last, and how the final effect will be, but a program provides an opportunity for discussion, which itself is an external stimulus to the current situation of the film and television industry.
In fact, not only is the status quo of the film and television industry being reflected, the whole people’s thinking triggered by this show also touches all aspects of the workplace. The reason why people transfer their reflections on the film and television industry to the workplace is because all workplaces are mostly interlinked.
Similarly, traffic itself is not a derogatory term, it is one of the signs that the market recognizes actors. Director Er Dongsheng himself said that having traffic does not mean having no acting skills.
People reflect on the lack of tolerance of the film and television industry to cross-border artists, and the harm to the entire industry caused by “face value is justice” and “only the flow of the horse is looking ahead.” People’s thoughts and discussions about the industry began to be output in various forms. Whether they were posted on Weibo, posted on Zhihu, Douban, or filmed into a video, they all formed a strong trend, which would inevitably lead to film and television. The attention of people in the industry, including actors.
The trend of national reflection does not know how long it will last, and how the final effect will be, but a program provides an opportunity for discussion, which itself is an external stimulus to the current situation of the film and television industry.
In fact, not only is the status quo of the film and television industry being reflected, the whole people’s thinking triggered by this show also touches all aspects of the workplace. The reason why people transfer their reflections on the film and television industry to the workplace is because all workplaces are mostly interlinked.
Please put your strength in place
The program of “Actors Please Be Here” is like an experiment. The truth of the film and television industry is gradually revealed as the program continues to be broadcast. For example, in recent years, “Traffic Domination”, “Little Fresh Meat”, “Beautiful Man”, High Rank, etc. have all been truly reproduced, and under the guidance of capital and market, the solidification and singleness of aesthetics has not escaped the audience. “Dharma Eye”.
In recent years, the public’s attitude towards “flow” and “small fresh meat” has gradually begun to change. The acting skills that were once replaced by appearance have become people’s greatest expectations for roles. Just as the audience’s attitudes were turning, “Actors, Please Get In” started. To a large extent, the show can arouse such a wide range of discussions because of what it presentThe status quo of the industry reflects the aspirations of the audience.
In today’s film and television industry, many young actors may have become popular because they appeared in a hit drama, or they may have emerged in a talent show. After that, they are like many predecessors of this era. Own flow was selected by Film Capital.
While criticizing this phenomenon, should we also reflect on the public opinion attitude of the public over the years? Starting with the “Four Returning Sons” (Wu Yifan, Lu Han, Zhang Yixing, Huang Zitao), a brand new star-following mode was triggered in 2014-traffic is king. And behind the traffic is data. The more beautiful the data, the more commercial value the artist will have. As a result, some distortions began to appear in the film and television industry. Regardless of whether the high-traffic artists have professional strength, as long as the name appears in the cast, the box office seems to be guaranteed.
In the final analysis, this is abandoning professional creation and having no bottom line to please or cater to the preferences of the market.
If you say that at the stage when traffic is king, some directors are afraid of being abandoned by young audiences. They frequently invite traffic “little meat” to occupy the screen. The lack of professional creation can also be obscured by the popularity of traffic, but with the audience The changes in aesthetic appeals, the flow of changes faster than the flow of water, the audience began to re-examine the creativity of creation and the professionalism of actors.
In the program, Myolie Hu contributed a textbook-style crying scene. /”The Actor, Please Be Here” official blog
Myolie Wu, who has reached middle age, contributed a textbook-style crying scene to “Actors Please Take Your Place”. As a Hong Kong actor, she completely uses Anhui dialect to interpret her role. The difficulty is obvious, but this is the professional cultivation of an actor. In addition, she played the role of a mother looking for a child, and her emotions and tears from the inside out make it hard not to be moved. She is not a flow, and she has no face value, but the audience of her performances all buy it, and firmly believe that this is worthy of the word “actor”.
It seems that some answers have begun to emerge on the question of whether actors and directors insist on professional creation or to please the market.
Actually, the traffic actors in the industry themselves, they also began to look for new directions. Therefore, we can’t stubbornly think that traffic can always only be “cut out”, “use a substitute”, and “read digital lines”. Many traffic artists have begun to deliberately reduce exposure and plunge into the crew to hone their acting skills and maintain Between popularity and substantial strength, they chose the latter.
Whether they take the initiative to choose a path of powerful actors, or whether they have seen changes in the attitude of external public opinion to traffic, they have finally found a foothold in the film and television industry.