Not to mention other parts of the body, just talking about the human face is composed of as many as 44 muscles.
Blood vessels, nerves, bones, and cartilage interact with each other, and through actions such as pushing, pulling, and twisting, people can make as many as 5,000 expressions. There are at least 19 known expressions for a single "smile". And the subtle changes and distortions of every muscle actually contain complex emotions in different situations.
For example, if you are given six pictures of faces with eyes closed and shouting emotionally, can you tell which one is emotional because of winning the game, and which one is excited because of a successful marriage proposal? !
Ordinary people think this is bullshit, and even first-line actors can't see the subtle difference.
But what most people can't do or even don't know doesn't mean everyone can't do it.
There is a psychologist named Paul Ekman in the United States who is called a face reader. This person is a pioneer in the study of emotional expression and facial expressions. Later, he also made a hit drama called "Don't Lie to Me" based on his writings. Through this kind of "micro-expression", he has solved many cases for his own country, and even the FBI and the CIA have asked him to be a consultant...
Ye Shuang didn't come from a major, so she didn't know how it was taught in the film school, but from her own understanding, acting is actually a kind of deception.
Make up some characters and stories, and then the more people who are good at lying and deceiving, the more they will act like them. If you can fool all the audience into believing the story and being infected by you, then you will be the actor and actress.
Ordinary people perform by entering the play, the deeper they let themselves into the role, the more realistic the emotions they express.
This is also the reason why it is easy for an actor to be recognized for acting in his true colors. Many expressions of the characters in the play are often made by the actors themselves, and the body instincts are naturally mobilized...
Ye Shuang doesn't know how to perform, but after her genetic optimization, the precise calculation and control of every part of her body are beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Now she is not so much referring to other people's acting skills as she is summarizing the expression patterns of everyone.
For example, how many muscles are affected by a certain expression, the degree of tension, whether it should be drooped or lifted, and how much drooping is the drooping... Now there is not enough time, so I can only watch Keban on the set The facial expressions are routine, just master and summarize the general rules and then make appropriate adjustments.
Looking back, I have to find a few movies of the best actor and actress to come out and watch. These people manipulate expressions more delicately. Of course, the best thing is to have more time to observe the daily behavior of ordinary people, and read the book published by the face-reading master...
Ye Shuang focused on two tasks, planning cheerfully while continuing to pay attention to the set. Luo Che next to him felt a little uncomfortable.
After being stunned by Ye Shuang's signature electric eyes that should belong to Luo Tianwang, Luo Che took out a cigarette and thought about it. The idea of muscle acting is a little unreliable... "
If such an unimaginable thing is really so easy to do, how can it be so embarrassing for so many people in the film and television industry to suffer? !
"Then you mean it's very reliable to act with lenses like eyeballs?!" Ye Shuang asked inexplicably.
"..." That's called eyes... Well, according to my cousin's husband, it should be the orbicularis oculi muscle...
"Actually, it's just another way of saying it." Seeing that her cousin really couldn't accept it, Ye Shuang thought about it and euphemistically changed his explanation: "This is just an objective summary. If you find it difficult to understand, then Just think of me as a genius."
Luo Che: "..." Cousin-in-law, do you know that you are so fond of my cousin
After a few brief chats, Ye Shuang continued to practice on the set to sum up her experience. Seeing that the other party insisted, Luo Che had nothing to do, so he could only leave with a little worry, and went to take care of his own artist who was trying to build a good relationship with the crew.
Among other things, at least Ye Shuang's "performance" just now was witnessed by Luo Che with his own eyes, even more amazing than Heavenly King Luo's back then... Although there is no complete and rich story plot, but seeing Ye Shuang bowed his head and smiled lightly. In just a few moments, Luo Che had already imagined many experiences behind this melancholy young man.
If this level of acting skills can be extended to the time when Director Zhou shoots the "brother" scene in the villa, it is estimated that it will not be difficult to meet the expected expectations... According to Ye Shuang, as long as "he" sums up the rules, he can do it.
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The shooting in the morning went smoothly, at least it didn't delay the lunch time. If you want to try it on a particularly unfavorable day, Director Zhou got angry the most and said that the entire crew stayed with him all day without eating.
Ye Shuang followed suit with a box lunch, anyway, the production crew was not short of this small amount of money, and occasionally there was a surplus for the staff to take home for dinner and supper.
But as soon as she opened the lid of the lunch box curiously and prepared to visit the set meals, Director Zhou already raised his hand and waved Ye Shuang over to talk.
"See if you have gained anything this morning?" Director Zhou was worried while grilling the rice, his mouth was full of food and at the same time he could still speak clearly, but his brows were frowning tightly.
When other actors watch and learn acting skills, they will put in their thoughts, such as thinking about how they will perform in a certain scene, or which tone to use for which lines will make them more emotional.
But Director Zhou looked back at Ye Shuang a few times during the filming break this morning, and every time he found this person... How should I put it, it seems a bit wronged to say that he is not serious, Ye Shuang looked at the set with very focused eyes. But to be serious, that kind of concentration seems to lack the feeling of thinking and substituting... It's like, yes, it feels like doing data records.
It needs to be focused and serious, but it doesn't need extra emotional fluctuations, and it's even better to be as calm as possible...
Second Olympic! The most important thing in acting is the feeling, commonly known as entering the play.
You don't have any feeling at all, and you're acting like a woolen yarn!
Ye Shuang didn't understand Director Zhou's worries, so she poked the food in the lunch box with her chopsticks and thought for a while, "It's not bad." She has collected a lot of data, and she has already explored the general rules, and the rest is fine-tuning and fine-tuning. Setting, so that the expression can be closer to reality.
Director Zhou didn't believe the gold content of this "it's okay" at all. After thinking about it, he didn't directly refute it. He reached into his pocket and threw out a small mirror that might have been prepared a long time ago: "It's okay to face the mirror. Practice facial expressions, in fact, you have a good temperament, try various gentle expressions, and see for yourself if you can smile with various connotations."
It's too late to teach slowly, so I can only do surprise training, anyway, as long as I can survive a few important shots.
"Oh, okay." Ye Shuang left with the mirror, and she didn't bother to say much before she was completely sure about the character set to be used. It was troublesome to explain, and even more troublesome to show.
Besides, she is going to secretly change into a woman tonight, and she will go missing for the next three days just to find relevant information. In case it shows that she has found a way to perform, Director Zhou will be satisfied and excited after watching it. What if she comes over in the next few days? ! Are you looking for a woman to kiss
After dealing with Director Zhou, I have to deal with my cousin.
Luo Che also took advantage of the break from eating to check on Ye Shuang's situation. Has his cousin-in-law's muscle performance improved, or did he find that the way was not working after groping
If it is the latter, it is better to prepare the next plan before it is too late.
Ye Shuang was much more patient with Luo Che, and explained to him in detail about the reflection of micro-expressions on emotions while eating his boxed lunch, which saved him from worrying blindly when he always felt unreliable.
Luo Che was thoughtful: "Then what you say, this method seems to be promising, but it may not be easy to practice... But it's okay, anyway, you only have a few shots for this film."
"Yeah, yeah, I'll look for some acting books in the next few days." Ye Shuang fooled around casually, and by the way prepared for leaving the crew in the next few days.
Luo Che let go of his distractions, and was in the mood to joke: "I heard you say that face reader is quite powerful, so if you really practice it, won't you be able to tell what other people are thinking at a glance in the future?"
"Not necessarily. For example, I can see that a person is lying through some small details, but I can't know the truth behind his lies. Another example is that I can tell that someone who seems calm is actually in a good mood , but what happened to make him happy?"
Ye Shuang explained bluntly, correcting Luo Che's overly fanciful thinking: "You can only judge a person's current mood from the expression, or whether the other party's mood is real, and there is nothing more besides that. After all, some things The emotions that will be triggered can also be shared, so this is reading faces rather than minds.”
Not to mention that there may be some errors in the expression judgment.
For example, some people are psychopathic, they smile happily and look harmless, but when they turn around, they reach out and stab them... In their minds, that may not be a bad thing, and they don’t pretend to be happy, and it’s only natural for them to stab you If you don't like it, then take it for granted.
Another example is that children laugh innocently, but many adults may have seen innocent children tearing the wings of dragonflies innocently...
Chattering here and there, the rice in the box was finished in a short while, and Ye Shuang picked out more than half of the other box of vegetables and gave it to Luo Che to add food. The tongue is too sensitive. It's not easy to make do with it.
After watching for a while in the afternoon, Ye Shuang bid farewell to Director Zhou around 4 or 5 o'clock. By the way, I have retreated for the past few days to figure out the script and acting skills... This reason made Director Zhou very satisfied, and he waved his hand to let him go.
So Ye Shuang returned to the hotel smoothly, and as soon as the door was closed, she went online to check which bookstores were large and had a good environment in Jinghu City.
The face-reading master's book seems to have been published more than ten years ago, and I don't know if it is still reprinted...