Li Mu plans to integrate the acting school into the film and television base project and completely use Hollywood software, that is, all Hollywood talents and teaching models will be used to train domestic actors.
When this acting school develops to a certain level, it can copy other areas of the Hollywood film industry, such as screenwriting, directing, photography, editing, etc.
However, Li Mu did not intend to complicate the school and did not want it to assume any high-level role, so he positioned it as a private training institution. Even the completion certificate it issued did not need to be recognized by the education department, as long as the students' As long as your strength can be recognized by the film industry.
Li Mu has always felt that whether it is the Yanjing Film Academy, the Central Academy of Drama, or the Shanghai Theater Academy, these so-called authoritative schools in the Chinese film industry, the success rates of actors trained are not high. This is not only related to the exaggerated acting industry. , and also related to the entire actor training system.
Acting is a skill rather than a subject, so the most important thing for schools is to teach this set of skills to their students. Everything else is meaningless until the skill itself is not well educated.
Just like an English training institution like New Oriental, its real purpose is to allow students to truly master the language skills of English, rather than to ask students to take a certificate issued by some institution.
In fact, in Li Mu's eyes, there are many actors in the Chinese film and television industry who have diplomas but no skills. It's like learning English, taking the CET-6 certificate easily, only to meet a foreigner with a bald mouth and a normal pronunciation in spoken English. I can’t even explain, how can such a person be a good actor
That's why he puts skill training first. Even if the graduation certificate from this school is not recognized by the education department, it doesn't matter. When it comes to filming, it doesn't mean much whether the education department recognizes it or not.
When Hong Kong TVB and TVB recruit new students, they only look at the external image and acting skills. That's why Tony Leung accompanied his friends to audition. As a result, he was selected. He had to devote himself wholeheartedly to the cultivation and teaching of acting skills. Only then can we cultivate good actors.
Besides, Li Mu himself has the support of Makino Image and a huge film and television base project. In the future, students trained by this school will not have to worry about having no movies to film.
Li Mu discussed it in detail with Spielberg and decided to start by offering acting training as a subject, but it would be divided into two academic systems.
A two-year academic system. This academic system is basically based on the method and rhythm of Hollywood group actor training. Within two years, ordinary actors who have passed the acting skills will be trained. However, even for group actors, after two years of systematic training, The acting skills are also passable.
There is also a four-year academic system. This academic system will provide more in-depth performance training, allowing actors to master deeper acting skills and at least be qualified to play the main roles in ordinary TV series and movies.
The four-year academic system is the same as the undergraduate class of the film school, but all courses other than acting will be abandoned, allowing students to focus wholeheartedly on the training of acting skills. As long as the training method is scientific and effective, four years will be enough to cultivate a professional An excellent actor.
Spielberg was working in China during this period and also learned some things about the Chinese film and television industry. He asked Li Mu: "How will the school recruit students? I feel that with China's current national economic situation, it seems that we can spend money to participate in a There are relatively few people in the four-year training class.”
Li Mu said: "This is natural. For many young people, they have a very urgent desire for film school, not only because the film school has a strong halo effect, but also because the film school itself is an institution of higher learning recognized by the education department. At least they can get a bachelor's degree. It is really difficult for them to give up this goal and directly participate in four-year skills training."
At this point, Li Mu changed the topic and said: "However, it all depends on what is on the other end of the scale. If that end of the scale is only the improvement of acting skills, and this end of the scale is four years and four years of tuition. And if you give up your degree, I guess many people don’t dare to take this step, so we can be prepared.”
"The first-hand preparation is a complete scholarship system. We will not have cultural examinations at that time, only performance classes. As long as he can pass the performance class, we will position him as an eligible candidate for admission. At the same time, based on his performance test scores, We can provide him with multiple levels of scholarship incentives. For very outstanding students, the scholarship can cover all tuition and miscellaneous fees; for relatively outstanding students, the scholarship can waive most of the tuition and miscellaneous fees; for good candidates, half or a small part of the tuition and miscellaneous fees can be waived. "
"Second-hand preparation is a pre-signing system for actors and artists. All students who pass the performance exam can sign a contract with Makino Image in advance and become a contract artist of Makino Image. The agent will make an appointment starting from the time he enters the school, for a total of six years, You can choose between eight and ten years. After signing with us, we will bear all their tuition and miscellaneous expenses. Excellent artists can even give them a certain salary package so that they can get their salary from the day they sign."
After saying that, Li Mu paused, and then continued: "Apart from these two types of people, the rest are willing to fight or suffer. If he really wants to hone his acting skills and does not need a diploma recognized by the education department, then You can come to our school.”
“In addition, although our school cannot provide diplomas recognized by the education department, we have strong promotion resources, which means that we will have strong ability to create stars in the future, which is very attractive to many young people. of."
Spielberg nodded and said: "As long as this school can form a certain scale and steadily deliver one to two hundred actors with real acting skills to the Chinese film and television industry every year in a few years, then the changes to the film and television industry will be very significant. It’s profound.”
As he spoke, Spielberg gave an example: "Aren't you always dissatisfied with the acting skills of the Huaxia Extras? I think this situation is actually not difficult to change."
"Although there are many extras in Hollywood, the number of extras who often appear in film and television dramas is generally only a few hundred to a thousand. However, these hundreds of people are capable of playing roles with certain lines and a certain degree of exposure, but on average, There are only a dozen or twenty actors like this that can be used in a movie. In addition, everyone has a different look in each movie, so these people are enough to meet the needs of Hollywood. We The top priority is to cultivate a group of actors like this first. The film and television industry is the same as other industries. The biggest fear is that everyone will die together, and then there will be no hope. But as long as one person is not bad and does better and better, the others will People will definitely try their best to move up."
Li Mu agreed very much and said: "This is also the result I expect. Once there are people in this industry who work hard, and more and more people start working hard, this industry will definitely get better and better."
Spielberg asked: "Has the film and television base project started now?"
Li Mu said: "Preparations are being made before the start of construction. If it goes quickly, it will be fully launched before the end of this year."
Spielberg added: "In this case, it will take a long time to wait for the school to be completed, right?"
Li Mu said: "After I go back this time, I will first select a site, and then come up with a plan as soon as possible. Once the plan is finalized, it will be included in the first phase of the project. However, before it is completed, we can first build it in Yanjing City Rent a suitable place.”
Spielberg nodded: "I'll be at your disposal for details."
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After Li Mu and Spielberg finalized the details of the acting school, there were already countless topics about "Flying Tigers" on the Internet. On-site reporters sent by Makino Technology also began to release their own exclusive news, including about News about the dog, the corgi gifted by the Queen.
Since Makino Technology’s reporters tracked and recorded the entire process, they have detailed image data, including a series of photos of Li Mu taking the dog to the airport, boarding the plane, flying, and holding it to the shooting location.
The reporter team immediately sent these photos back to the headquarters, and the editors at the headquarters immediately began to select, selecting dozens of satisfactory photos from hundreds of photos, and then began to publish these photos on Weibo.
The editorial team of Makino Technology directly published the Chinese and English versions. It roughly means that Li Mu went to Yun Province today to visit the crew of "Flying Tigers" and deliberately brought the corgi given to him by the Queen of England.
Paired with photos of Li Mu and Gouzi, this news quickly became popular on the Internet. On Weibo and Twitter, the popularity rose very quickly, almost dominating a large number of related topics.
Just like the story of the richest man’s son and his sled dog in later generations, as long as people travel with their dogs, it will definitely create hot news. Although Li Mu is not sure whether there is someone behind the scenes, it is undeniable that as an ordinary netizen, , and indeed paid a little extra attention to the dog raised by the richest man’s son.
An ordinary sled dog can create a hot topic, but the corgi given to Li Mu by the Queen, just this relationship chain is enough to create a hot topic.
People all over the world have paid attention to Li Mu and his corgis. In a short period of time, even Gouzi has a strong enough fan base.
Among them, British netizens were most interested in this Twitter post, thinking that the dog Li Mu was holding was a gift from his queen, and that Li Mu also brought it with him to public events, which proved how much Li Mu valued this dog and the royal family. For British netizens, this has a different kind of intimacy.
For a time, the British royal family also became a hot topic. People began to discuss the queen, the dogs raised by the queen, and the entire Windsor family.
The Queen did not expect anyone to be sitting in Buckingham Palace, and hot news was created from southwest China. This instantly attracted a lot of attention to the royal family on the Internet.
(End of chapter)