"Treasure actor" is out of the circle, is accidental and inevitable (deep observation)
Good actors are always in short supply for the audience and the industry. Recently, in several hit dramas such as "Trident" and "Secret Corner", some unknown actors have become popular because of the bursting of acting skills and the shaping of characters into the hearts of the people. They are praised as "treasure actors" by the audience. Among these actors, there are both experienced old actors and rookies in the industry. They are on the one hand because they seize the occasional opportunity, and on the other hand, they are the inevitable result of their outstanding performance capabilities.
"Treasure actor" excellent acting
"Treasure actor" usually has 4 types: "Old drama bone turning red", "Familiar face is unknown", "Theatrical man is not red" and "New talent talent hiding".
"Old drama bone turning red" refers to those powerful actors and acting veterans who are again popular with the audience through the hot show. Such as Chen Jianbin, Dong Yong, Hao Ping, who played the three policemen of "Big Back", "Big Stick", and "Big Sprayer" in "Trident", and Wang Jingchun, who played the film policeman Chen Guansheng in "The Secret Corner", are well-known old Play bones.
"Unknown face" means that the actor's image has a certain degree of recognition, but the audience's awareness of them is limited, and even the actor's name cannot be called. Take "Secret Corner" for example, Zhang Dongsheng's actor Qin Hao and Zhu Guangping's actor Zhang Songwen. The two have actually been involved for a long time. They have performed well in the field of literary and artistic films, but they are not well-known among ordinary audiences.
"The show is not popular" means that it has appeared in explosive dramas, but the actor himself has no corresponding popularity. For example, Liu Lin, who played Zhu Chaoyang's mother in "Secret Corner", although she has previously starred in popular hits such as "Riding the wrong car", "Parent love" and "Ode to joy", she even used "Know whether it should be green and fat and thin" The image of the "big lady" in China is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but it is always difficult to get rid of the embarrassing situation of "the drama is not red".
It is not difficult to see that what these three types of "treasure actors" have in common is solid performance skills, rich creative experience and a charming artistic personality. Although they may not have a bright appearance and high traffic, they have always mastered the core competitiveness of actors-acting skills, so they can always surprise and shock the audience.
Among the "treasure actors", "New Talent Talent" is particularly surprising. The three small actors Rong Zishan, Shi Pengyuan, and Wang Shengdi in "The Secret Corner" can be said to be natural actors. They interpreted the characters accurately with sincere, delicate, and natural performances, and also showed their supernatural talents. As director artist Huang Zuolin said: "Acting is a kind of art. It needs talent and skill like other arts." Some traffic actors are lost in the fame and vanity brought by fast fame, the title of "star" and "front line" and Aura makes the self-cognition of the actors deviate from the real track of artistic creation. In fact, for the "treasure actor" who is already in the ring, if he does not continue to adhere to his professional ethics and artistic standards, he will be confused because he temporarily ranks among the traffic actors. Even if he is out of the ring, he still has a lot of It may fade out because of insufficient stamina.
"Treasure actor" looking forward to opportunities
If it wasn’t because of the explosion, some “treasure actors” were still in an awkward situation where the audience “looked at the face but couldn’t name it”. Many audience members even wondered: This actor's acting is so good, why haven't I noticed before? Where are the "treasure actors" hidden?
In fact, the "treasure actor" has always been there, waiting for choice and opportunity to come.
The professional group of actors is like an iceberg floating on the sea. The first- and second-line star actors are the mountains exposed above the sea, and below the sea there are huge mountains composed of many unknown or completely unknown actors." Most of the "treasure actors" are hidden here.
From the perspective of market consumption, actors' performances have a consumer art aspect. Some audiences pay special attention to the actors' appearance, visual effects, and observability. The actors' youthful and energetic qualities attract great attention. Some audiences play an important role. The rapidly realizing capital demand may drive the producers to cater to the audience's appreciation of actors' appearance. Choosing actors sometimes "doesn't ask for origin", does not seek acting skills, and only values face value and flow, resulting in uneven performance quality.
The situation of the "treasure actor" is relatively passive. On the one hand, many roles are limited to a small number of "traffic and face value" type actors. These actors have fewer creative opportunities and squeezed their living space; on the other hand, even if some producers try to improve the whole drama The quality of the performances, I hope that with the help of actors with solid acting skills to bless the performance of the traffic stars, these actors are given the opportunity to play a supporting role in the drama with a low overall production level. Tune in hard to hear." Therefore, being able to be chosen to act in a play with excellent production standards and to make a show together with powerful actors is often an inevitable thing for "treasure actors."
"Treasure actor" platform is bigger
Although "treasure actors" are out of the ring by chance, there is a growing need for powerful "treasure actors" in performing arts, and their potential should be better exploited.
First of all, from the perspective of industry development and film and television production, in recent years, film and television capital investment has tended to be calm and restrained, industry development has returned to rationality, and "doing the drama well" has become the goal of most practitioners. At the same time, the audience's aesthetic expectations continue to increase, projected on the actor's performance level, everyone pays more attention to the actor's acting skills, and powerful actors will get more and bigger platforms to display their talents. At the beginning of the creation, dramas such as "Trident" and "Secret Corner" were not favored by the market because of the lack of traffic actors and the protection of the data concept. However, when they were broadcast, they became explosive models, that is, "make the drama with heart." The most direct proof of the results.
Secondly, a few days ago, the State Administration of Radio and Television issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Administration of Radio, Television, and Network Audiovisual Arts and Programs." The China Broadcasting and Television Commission produced a notice on the strict implementation of the cost allocation ratio for the production of TV dramas and other Internet dramas. "The total film remuneration of all actors does not exceed 40% of the total production cost, of which the main actor does not exceed 70% of the total film remuneration, and the other actors are not less than 30% of the total film remuneration", which not only allows the film party to invest more in production To improve the overall quality of the work, and to expand the living space of other actors other than the traffic stars, it is expected to reverse the phenomenon that the acting and the pay are not proportional, so that the truly powerful actors can receive fair and equal treatment.
Again, from the perspective of actor selection and training, choosing the actor that best suits the role, not just flow and face value, is always the rule of creation. If there is no casting director for "Hidden Corner", it will take half a year to choose from more than 2,000 children actors to appear in these three little actors, maybe there will be no success in this drama. Art schools that train professional actors should be more courageous in taking up their responsibilities, reversing the selection direction and standards wrapped in the market's surface preferences, breaking through the solidified training methods and models, and sticking to the cultivation of talents, strength and personality. The standards of actors provide the industry with a continuous supply of "treasure actors" that can be tapped.
(The author is an associate professor in the Performance Department of Communication University of China)
Sun Deyuan