Chapter 491 Richard III
"We are going to be "Richard III". This drama may not be as famous as the four major tragedies in China, but the total number of performances in the world in "Hamlet". Oliver Lawrence, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, countless actors are proud to star in "Richard III". Al Pacino even made a documentary called "Richard III"!"
Zhang Ran paused and said, "Shakespeare's drama is difficult to perform. In the UK, if you have not received special training, you cannot rehearse Shakespeare's drama at will. We are Chinese and have cultural gaps with Shakespeare's drama. It will be even more difficult to perform the texture of Shakespeare's drama, so everyone should do their best. Let me talk about the characters in this drama..."
Zhang Ran began to analyze the role, first of all, Charlie, who was vulgar and had a broken body. In order to reach the peak of power, he spread rumors of rebellion, sent his second brother to the Tower of London, and sent someone to assassinate him; he killed his nephew, and forced his niece-in-law, Mrs. An, regardless of his evil intentions; in the end, he even killed his brother's two sons, cleared the obstacles, and sat on the throne.
But his rule lasted only two years, and then everyone betrayed their relatives. On the eve of the war that determined the fate, Richard suddenly realized that no one in the world loved me; even if I died, no one would sympathize with me; of course, I could not find anything worthy of my pity, let alone others? It was this little condemnation of conscience that retained a little humanity for Richard III.
After analyzing the role of Richard, Zhang Ran looked at Chang Jirong and said, "The key to the success or failure of the play "Richard III" lies in the role of Richard. As long as the role of Richard is played well, the play will be half successful."
Chang Jirong felt the pressure, but he said firmly: "Teacher Zhang, I won't let you down!"
Zhang Ran is very confident in Chang Jirong, with solid foundation and firm mind. If he was not a student in Zhang Ran's class, Zhang Ran might not have been able to rank "Richard III" because other students could not meet the requirements. Now Chang Jirong is still quite far from playing the role of Richard, and Zhang Ran must make him closer to the role: "My teacher Mary Hill's husband Schmitz was performing "Richard III", a month before the official performance, he insisted on walking with one leg every day, living like a real disabled person. When the official performance was made, the audience in the audience believed that he was a disabled person because he had completely grasped how the person with one leg moved. Do you understand what I mean?"
Chang Jirong nodded firmly: "In the next half month, I will let myself live with one leg like Richard III!"
Zhang Ran slapped Chang Jirong's shoulders heavily: "Very good!
At the same time, Yang Mi, who was crying and running back to the girls' dormitory, sat on the bed, sobbing and dialed Li Xiaowan's phone number: "Sister Xiaowan!"
Li Xiaowan knew that Yang Mi had a strong personality and was not the kind of crying girl, so she asked, "Yang Mi, why did she cry? Who bullied you?"
Yang Mi cried out: "I don't want to study in Zhang Ran's class anymore, I want to drop out of school!"
This is Zhang Ran’s class. Others can’t ask for it. Yang Fan actually wants to drop out of school. Li Xiaowan asked in surprise: “What’s going on? Why do you suddenly want to drop out of school?”
Yang Mi cried even harder: "Zhang Ran targeted me everywhere, not letting me train with my classmates, nor did he let me accompany my classmates in the class to rehearse. He always said that his foundation was poor, but Yuan Shanshan and Jiao Junyan were obviously not as good as me, but Zhang Ran did not let them train alone. He just targeted me on purpose!"
I am quite famous now. If I were in the hands of other teachers, I would definitely be regarded as a treasure. But in the hands of Zhang Ran, I will not only not be regarded as a treasure, but not even at least fair treatment. Yang Fan felt it was particularly unfair and a little difficult to accept.
Li Xiaowan met Zhang Ran on the first day and knew what kind of person he was. Zhang Ran was very good to students, but his requirements for students were also very strict: "Yang Fan, it is a good thing that Zhang Ran has strict requirements on you, which means he values you. If he doesn't value you, then he will definitely not care about you. Think about it, is this true?"
Yang Mi wiped her tears and said, "But he doesn't let me train with my classmates, and he doesn't let me participate in the performance!"
Li Xiaowan comforted: "I don't know why Zhang Ran trained alone, nor why he didn't let you participate in the performance, but I know he wouldn't harm you. He must be doing this for your own good. Why did you join Beijing Film Academy? Isn't it just to have the opportunity to act in Zhang Ran's play? He will definitely see it in your steadily training!"
"He just couldn't see it. I could have played the female lead in CCTV dramas. In his eyes, it was not worth a lot. It was not as good as Yuan Shanshan and others who had never learned to perform!" Yang Mi felt very aggrieved. My female lead in CCTV dramas gave up and came to be a student for you. I don't ask you to give me a superior treatment, but at least I should treat everyone equally, right? It's really unfair!
"You must know about Huang Shengyi's termination of the contract. Everyone thinks that Huang Shengyi's termination fee was paid by us Rong Xinda, but in fact Zhang Ran paid in advance, and even Huang Shengyi doesn't know. Zhang Ran is such a person, cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and many things are hidden in his heart. Since he accepted you as a student, it means that he is optimistic about you. Just do what he said, don't be willful!"
Yang Mi was stunned. Is this guy so good?
In the small theater, Zhang Ran made a brief analysis of the role and called the actors in the first scene together to start rehearsing. The actors were all students from Zhang Ran’s class. They knew they would play "Richard III" before they had known that they would play "Richard III". They had read the script many times, and were familiar with the story and lines, and they acted like a decent performance.
Zhang Ran was very satisfied with their performance. Being able to perform like this shows that they spent time reading the script these days after training. Although the characters' mentality is not very accurate and their expressions are not in place, the overall character's state and temperament are the best.
After the first scene, Zhang Ran praised several students and then called the actors in the second scene.
This scene was a scene between Richard and Mrs. Ann. Richard deceived Mrs. Ann and made her promise to marry her. However, the actors in this scene were disappointing, especially Lin Xiaolu, who played Mrs. Ann, performed poorly, and her lines were a little awkward, and she was not very fluent.
Although the main task of the first schedule is to determine the characters' actions and pull out the action line of the whole scene, and the details of the lines can be snatched later, Zhang Ran could not accept this perfunctory attitude: "Lin Xiaolu, what's wrong with you? I told you a long time ago that we will arrange "Richard III". After so long, you haven't even read the lines well. What are you doing? Do you think that your future will be bright after entering Beijing Film Academy? You will definitely become a big star? If you have this mentality, then I will tell you the truth, there is no chance!"
Lin Xiaolu lowered her head slightly, bit her lips tightly, and did not speak. She did not read the script of "Richard III" seriously, because there are few female characters in the story, and she is the bottom among the girls in the class. She feels that she cannot get an important role. She is not too concerned about this, and she devotes her energy to basic skills training.
Zhang Ran knew that Lin Xiaolu was more mature than other girls and knew priorities. She didn't need to say too much by herself: "Okay, you go down first, get familiar with the lines, we are in the process!" He rushed to Li Man and wanted to try it out: "Let's go to the third game, come on!"
Li Man and the others walked up with a smile, under Zhang Ran's guidance, moved, determined the characters' actions, and spoke lines skillfully. Li Man put in the effort to read the script, and his performance was completed in one go. He cooperated with Chang Jirong, who was opposite, and his performance gradually improved.
After a performance was completed, Zhang Ran encouraged it with applause. Li Man, a girl, is very smart and must work hard. After a few years of hard work, she should be able to become an excellent actor.
After rehearsing until twelve o'clock, Zhang Ran announced his rest. Today's rehearsal was much easier than the training a few days ago. The students walked towards the cafeteria happily and prepared to solve the lunch before talking about it.
Zhang Ran felt pretty good about the morning rehearsals. He took his two assistants to the third floor of the canteen, ordered two dishes, and ate them clean like a wind and cloud.
Back at the office, Zhang Ran drank slowly with a cup in his hand, thinking about the rehearsal issues in his mind.
Yan Shuo pulled the chair and asked, "Teacher Zhang, I want to ask you a question?"
Zhang Ran looked at her and said, "Ask!"
Yan Shuo pondered for a moment and asked, "Yang Mi has many problems. Sister Xinyue said, "You didn't want her at first, but why did you change your mind later?"
Zhang Ran held the cup and said slowly: "Yang Mi has many problems. I don't want her mainly because she is afraid of affecting the unity of the class. But after all, we are teachers. Education emphasizes teaching without distinction. You can't ignore it because the students have many problems. Moreover, Yang Mi himself has talent, and he is the food for eating this bowl of rice. I don't accept her and let other teachers teach her. If she lets her be fooled, she will be ruined. It's a pity!"
At 1:30 pm, Zhang Ran came out of the office and went to the small theater for afternoon rehearsal. However, before going to the small theater, he went to the classroom to take a look and saw Yang Mi walking with a book on her head.
Zhang Ran smiled a little. Yang Mi had many problems, but she also had advantages. If you get rid of the problem of being eager for quick success and act steadily, you can become a good actor. Even as Teacher Zhang Hui said, she has the hope of becoming an artist!
Withdrawal from school was just a moment of anger. After listening to Li Xiaowan's comfort, Yang Mi was not so angry. However, she was still quite dissatisfied with Zhang Ran. Zhang Lu'er, if one day it would be set in my hands, I would see how I deal with you. I would step on it, just like stepping on cockroaches, trampling on you to death!
Zhang Ran didn't know what Yang Mi was thinking, and saw that she was practicing seriously, so she turned around and walked towards the small theater.
All the students who participated in the rehearsal were here and they had already started rehearsals. Chang Jirong limped on the stage with a crutch in his left hand, and kept reciting Richard III's lines.
Zhang Ran looked at each other for two minutes, carefully observed everyone's movements, and signaled everyone to stop. He looked at Chang Jirong's feet and said, "The crutches are all found, it's great! Start from scratch and let me see how it is!"
Chang Jirong received Zhang Ran's praise, felt a little proud, took a deep breath and began to perform. His eyes looked forward, and there was a vicious light flashing in his eyes: "Now our bitter winter-like grudge has shone the red sun of York into a harmonious summer scene; the clouds that shrouded our royal family were buried in the depths of the ocean. Now we have put victory on our foreheads..."
At this moment, Zhang Ran walked over and kicked Chang Jirong's crutch.
Chang Jirong shook his body, stepped on his left foot on the floor, looking at Zhang Ran in confusion, not knowing what he had done wrong, which led to Teacher Zhang's attempt to kick him.
In fact, the students looked at Zhang Ran nervously, not knowing what mistake Chang Jirong made.
Zhang Ran looked at Chang Jirong's left foot and frowned and said, "Chang Jirong, can Richard's disabled legs support the body? You are just imitating, so you can't play the real Richard III!"
Chang Jirong glanced at his feet, then at the crutches in his hands, and immediately understood what his problem was.
Chapter completed!