Together with Yang Jian, take a road of experience丨Dialogue with the "First Part of Fengsheng" this sand

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Audiences who have seen the movie "The First Part of Fengsheng" should be familiar with a certain plot in it.

Jiang Ziya took Nezha and Yang Jian down to Kunlun and came to Chaoge to present the God List to Yin Shou, but unexpectedly, Yin Shou murdered people to verify the authenticity of the God Sealing List. The three masters and apprentices who saw through his tyrannical and pathless nature attacked in the Longde Hall, and Yang Jian stepped on the door panel and broke out, and the three-pointed and two-edged knife in his hand cut a good-looking arc in mid-air, and the Yin merchant soldiers fell everywhere they went. This slow motion not only looks extremely beautiful, but also shows Yang Jian's ethereal posture and strong martial arts as an immortal, which can be said to be one of the famous scenes in the movie.

Filming the scene of Long Dedian is not low for Yang Jian's actor This Sha, he wrote in the small composition of the movie release the day before that a total of 24 shots were filmed "flying into the air to cast spells to knock down soldiers and then fall on the door panel", which required the ultimate cooperation of Weiya, props, actions, weapons and even costumes to present the most perfect shot.

And the challenge of "Fengshen Trilogy" to this sand is much more than that. When he entered the Fengshen Performing Arts Training Camp, he was a newcomer like a blank piece of paper, and after six months of rigorous training, he stood out as one of the protons, and was "promoted" to a god a month before the start-up, and the characters' personalities, demeanors, words and deeds, etc. were completely different, and all training courses had to be torn down and restarted. "There were a little twists and turns," says Sha, "but I was lucky and happy." ”

Protecting the list down the mountain is a process of training himself for Yang Jian in the play, and outside the play, this sand, who stepped into this magnificent mythical world and embarked on the road of acting since then, is also experiencing his own "road down the mountain".

In 2018, "Fengshen Trilogy":

"Resist" a Yang Jian

Speaking of the fate of this sand and "Fengshen Trilogy", it has to be traced back to when he first came to Beijing.

In 2017, this sand was selected for the "iQIYI Swan Star Training Camp" jointly created by iQIYI and "Tianchi Performance Workshop", and met performance director Liu Tianchi in the program, which left an impression on her. Later, when this Sha was attending a refresher class at the Beijing Film Academy, a classmate in his hometown of Sichuan told him that a casting team called "Fengshen Acting Training Camp" was looking for him, could he give contact information. "Later, I learned that it was Teacher Liu Tianchi and his team looking for me." On January 2, 2018, this sand entered the Fengshen Performing Arts Training Camp.

In the eyes of many newcomers, the training camp is like a military camp, where more than twenty young actors eat and live together, train six days a week, and have no less than twelve hours of closed classes every day. Originally trained as a proton reserve, he and his companions received martial arts, horsemanship, bow and arrow, body shaping and other movement courses based on the "Six Arts of Gentlemen", as well as professional training in various aspects such as performance, ancient music, and traditional culture.

This Sha is a Yi ethnic group, and before the age of eight, he spoke Yi language, and Mandarin was not very standard, so pronunciation and lines became a major problem for him in the training camp. "Maybe I said one thing at the time, I wanted to express one meaning, but you heard another meaning. What really touched me about the director at that time was that he was fair to everyone, and when he took us to the movies and those classes, he gave everyone a fair view. I spoke very slowly and my pronunciation was not standard, but he would listen very carefully to what I meant after I finished speaking. ”

At the training camp, Sha began to practice Mandarin word by word, annotating each word with pinyin. "Actually, I started before I went to the "Fengshen Trilogy", but after I went, I increased the amount. Because I feel that the lines are too important, it is a lesson that must be overcome. ”

This sand practices the phonetic transcription of Mandarin

Another big problem that the camp gave him was equestrian lessons. This sand has been riding since he was a child, and in all the original courses, he was the most confident in equestrianism, but he did not expect to be scolded the most in the equestrian class. "I rode a horse at the age of three or four and have had an ingrained habit for more than twenty years. But what you learn at the training camp is prince-like, not wild riding. When riding wildly, there are trees above and cliffs below, and you have to hide all kinds of things when riding, but the prince still has to be right. So after arriving at the racecourse, all the equestrian teachers said that I was not 'playing the wave' right, and my heel was not right, and then it took a long time to adjust back. ”

Before the two major problems, we asked this Shana if there was any course he was better at, and got a simple and simple "special resistance". "I may have been relatively thin in the early stage, but I never felt bitter or tired in [the training camp], whether it was climbing on the sand or whatever, I could keep up. This is probably my strength, I will study very hard. ”

This Sha had never thought that after six months of proton training, he would finally get the role of Yang Jian. In the training camp, he also saw other companions practicing three-pointed and two-edged knives, but he never touched them. He was surprised that this character he felt would not belong to him had finally chosen him, and at the same time he was happy that a role that many people had worked so hard to fight for would actually come to him. "I'm definitely going to grasp it."

But with it comes stress. He wants to give up his equestrian and other courses, and start practicing three-pointed two-edged knife and Weiya again. The temperament of the characters is also very different. Protons are warriors who fight on the battlefield, synonymous with wild bravery, and this sand can unleash his wild nature; And the immortals want a pure temperament that comes out of the mud and are not clean, and they want a simple innocence that is not cleaned by the world.

Start by finding a character. Yang Jian in "Fengshen Trilogy" is different from the warrior and war god in most film and television works, at the beginning he was just a small Taoist, "maybe in Kunlun's day there are only three things: eating, sleeping, and practicing." ”

This Sha starts from the three words of not knowing the world, immortal wind Dao bone, and indisputable to the world to understand Yang Jian, enriches his background based on this, and then determines his overall goal and the sub-scene goal of each scene according to the director's requirements.

"My overall goal in the first part is to protect the treasure down the mountain and protect the thoroughness of Uncle Shi, and the goal of the sub-scene is what my goal is in this scene, and what is the inner drama of that line when I say it. These are all things that the director took us step by step. After the director taught this, I did it myself, and after doing it, I went to the scene to show it to the director, such as the goal of the scene, right? Or is the inner drama of this sentence right? ”

The director, the acting teacher and this sand have a three-person group, and the director will send this sand some lessons, which may be a text or a particularly classic play, asking him to shoot himself on his mobile phone, and "can't say it, but perform it with his eyes." Every day after the filming of this sand, it will be sent to the group to the director for review.

He also copied the Tao Te Ching. "Because when copying the Tao Te Ching, it will make your heart more calm, and it will naturally help when acting." Later, I will also raise some green plants and run around the mountain, hoping to get closer to the image of Xianfeng Daobone. ”

The main filming location of "Fengshen Trilogy" is in Qingdao Oriental Film Capital, and it is exactly ten kilometers to run around Starlight Island to the training ground, "I know which road is a small road and which road is a big road, I am particularly clear." ”

This sand copied the Tao Te Ching

In addition, this sand also requires eye training. For example, people who have a city in their hearts, when they look at people, it is an arc, and the process of slow movement of their eyes, and the thousands of turns in their hearts are carried with them. But Yang Jian's heart is simple and clean, if his eyes are pointed, "look over", very crisp and neat.

This sand approached Yang Jian from all aspects, he did basic homework, and consulted the meaning of the River Tuluo Book and the Taiji Gutu on Yang Jian's robe to feel the purity and mystery of his heart. When he returned home from vacation, he and his brothers hiked a 20-kilometer mountain road and went home from the mountain. Of course, this sand had never seen Kunlun, but when he saw the clouds and mist staying halfway up the mountain, he thought: Could this be what Kunlun looks like?

Yang Jian went down to Kunlun to protect the God Sealing List, protect his uncle, and even more to train himself. Perhaps this sand that had climbed over that mountain caught more things similar to Yang Jian on his body at that moment.

2020-2023：

The master leads the door and practices in the individual

Looking back on the filming of "Fengshen Trilogy", this sand still feels particularly lucky and happy. He took a lot of free courses and received careful guidance from many seniors, as well as professionals such as Chinese UFC representatives Zhang Tiequan and Li Jingliang to guide his fighting skills. More importantly, it made this sand more committed to the profession of actor, and also instilled in him as a newcomer the concept of what is "good".

The working methods and working attitudes during the filming of "Fengshen Trilogy" were also carried over by him to the subsequent crew. For example, he knows the importance of desk work. Where the characters come from, where they come from, what kind of clothes they should wear, the logic of their actions, etc., must be smoothed out first.

"I'm also a stupid bird that flies first." "Some actors may not need to do so well to come directly to the scene, but I really can't," he said. I got a script and had to read it myself first, and then pull my agent to read it again. Our company will also find a teacher who checks the script, and then talk about what this play wants to express. ”

If the crew has time and conditions, he will go to the crew to continue to read the script with the main creators. If some of the crew does not have time to read and start directly, then he has to plan ahead. "Maybe it will shoot you on the first day of boot, and if you are not ready, you actually have no confidence. You don't believe in a scene, you don't know how emotions come out, do you say the audience can feel good watching it? It's hard for the audience to watch. So I have to do my homework first. ”

In the years since "Feng Shen Trilogy" "discharged", this sand has performed many different types of works, including urban romance, fairy tales, ancient dolls, and martial arts, among which many of the audience's well-known "One Life", "Acquaintance with Jun Chu, Just Like the Return of the Old Man", "The Shadow of Mountains and Rivers", "Illuminate You", "Jin Yong Martial Arts World's Iron-Blooded Dan Heart" and so on.

From the fledgling "Xiaobai" to the newcomer actor with some experience, because of the accumulation of one role, this sand also realized some gains and experiences different from the film crew.

"Because of time, online dramas sometimes have to shoot thirty-four times a day, shooting several pages. I was very uncomfortable at first, so what should you do later? I think before going to shoot first, you have to think of at least two plans for each scene, but when you get to the scene, it may be that because the props, scenes, rival actors, or what the director wants are different, the two plans you prepared are rejected. At that time, what you need most is your resilience on the spot. Without affecting the core of the play, some of the things you prepared are rejected, or interfered with, can you conjure up something else? I think resilience is very important. ”

Because he played the immortal Yang Jian, this sand has also accumulated some experience in his imagination, and this has something in common with Xian Xia. "Because when you shoot fairy tale dramas, sometimes you have to act against the wall, against the air or against the wood, so you have to find a 'point', and the absolute sense of faith and imagination is even more important." In the case that the crew conditions are not particularly sufficient, the first thing is to do your homework, "and then the other is to get to the scene, you still have to rely on yourself, and talk to the director." ”

"Acquaintance with Jun Chu, Just Like the Return of the Old" plays the role of divorce

This sand is handled and differentiated differently for different types of roles. Take the example of Mei, the elite lawyer in "One Life". In the previous growth environment, this sha has not been in contact with such characters, in addition to consulting information, watching some film and television dramas, about twenty days before the start-up, he and his agent also went to Shanghai, truly immersed in the city to observe and feel the work and life of contemporary urban elites.

"Including my agent and brought a friend of hers, who is really a very good lawyer who works in a law firm. We ate and chatted together, and he also shared with me that in fact, in daily life, the so-called elites are the same as ordinary people, but they must be more professional in business, and they have to pick up that energy. ”

"One Life to Live" as Mei Xing

This sand also likes Li Dongfang in "Shadow of Mountains and Rivers". That is a story that takes place in the third year of Ming Jianwen, and the closing essay of this drama is still one of his Weibo tops. Li Dongfang is completely different from the "warm men" played by this sha, he is sinister and vicious, and unrestrained, and is the first villain of this sha's challenge. He was once immersed in this role and couldn't come out, and after finishing it, he tried other scenes, and his eyes were still subconsciously cruel, or the agent reminded him.

"Shadow of Mountains and Rivers" as Li Dongfang

In three years, he has broadcast more than ten characters, filmed some big IPs, and cooperated with well-known teams, and this sand has obviously felt some of his own changes in this process. "For example, when I went to play a role before, I thought more about the role itself, how to act, what emotions should be in this scene, and what kind of words should be said. But then slowly, you can also jump out and watch and think about where the core of this play is and what you want to express. And when talking to the director about this scene, you can also jump out and stand with the director, saying that this drama originally wanted to express it this way. Then when you go back to the role, you know how to play it may be more comfortable. ”

1997-+∞：

Set off towards "This Sand is a good actor"

This Sha was born in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province in 1997, his real name is Nosu Mugujagu Jiwu This Sha, and "This Sha" is his name. The Yi people admire eagles and tigers, and grandma took the word "this sand" according to his birthday, which roughly means "upward little black tiger".

His parents valued education and sent him to school in the city when he was eight years old. When he was particularly young, he had no contact with modern forms of entertainment, but he was particularly interested in some of the artistic activities of the nation. After going to school, Yusha started watching open-air movies and liked it. "It's interesting to have such a vivid picture on a white cloth."

He watched the kung fu movies of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, and thought that if he could have that kind of kung fu, would he be able to inherit some things from the family and protect his mother and future family members more. As for whether he really wants to engage in any industry with this skill, he has not thought about it. "So I went to a martial arts school and practiced youth sanda there for three years."

This Sha later recalled that when he came to Beijing and encountered some difficulties, his inner tenacity and perseverance not to give up may be the tempering of his character by the martial arts school. "Including when I went to shoot some martial arts scenes later. In fact, it is not difficult to beat people in martial arts, the most difficult thing is to be beaten, and when you are beaten, you are thrown into the ground, how to protect yourself is particularly important. I was fortunate to learn these when I was in martial arts school, so in the "Fengshen Trilogy", whether I beat the demon or was knocked down by the demon, all the actions were done by myself, and there was no stand-in. I am still very proud of this, and I am grateful for these experiences back then. ”

Wushu schools are expensive in the local area, but whether they go to school or go to sanda, the elders of this sa support him unconditionally. They objected only when he chose a university. "Because they still want me to go back and find a solid job, but I think most comfortable work is more repetitive, doing the same thing every day, and that kind of life seems to be visible at a glance." And the life I like is creative, people only live for more than 30,000 days, I hope that every day is rich and wonderful, looking back I have a feeling of not wasting this life, so I chose an art college. Young or active, you can have the opportunity to choose for yourself. ”

Perhaps it was the support and love from his family, and some natural wildness, that Sanda was very confident as a child, "a very blind kind of confidence," he teased himself. He dares to go to any stage, as long as it is an artistic activity in the school, he will sign up, even if he can't sing, he can't sing in tune, "but he just dares to sing and dare to go up." ”

This Sha did not study art at the Sichuan Film and Television Academy, but because his bold performance was noticed by the teachers of the school, the head of the department recommended him to the acting and broadcasting departments and asked him to audit and study. At that time, Sha's acting genes were a little budding, and he tried to learn the so-called broadcasting voice and more standard Mandarin, although later he learned that it was not very standard.

In his own words, he came to Beijing with a "blind confidence" that he could show his strength, but who thought about it repeatedly ran into a wall: "It turns out that I think that the special standard Mandarin I speak is wrong." He was even met with some slight during the interview, and someone said to him: "You better go back, in fact, it is good to go home to herd cattle and sheep, this circle may not be suitable for you." ”

"At that time, it sounded a little unpleasant, and I was not convinced, but at home at that time, I wanted you to hurry up and come back." Later, I was lucky to meet a professional team like "Fengshen Trilogy", and it really felt like a wandering child found an organization. ” 

Because of good tutoring and natural upbringing, we always subconsciously think that they give this sand some qualities that are different from others, such as simplicity, purity, integrity and even mystery. But this sand did not know what qualities were particularly special about him.

He knew that the outside world judged him as simple and innocent, but he felt that if there was really any quality in him that he did not want to be changed by the current environment, it was actually firm. "As long as it is something you believe it is, do it firmly, do not give up halfway, do not change direction easily."

From "blind self-confidence" to Beijing, being hit to losing self-confidence; When you find the organization, slowly find your confidence in the organization; Then it is broken in the organization, and little by little it is reformed into new roles. In such a process of breaking, recombining, shattering, reorganizing, reorganizing, this sand is always firm.

To this day, some things are still going on for him. For example, he is still practicing his lines. "My staff all know that when I go to the interview and go to film the first scene, I am all 'whoa' in the car, and every day I am 'eight hundred pacesetters', 'third brother and three sisters-in-law' and tongue twisting. Around the tongue, the tongue is thirty circles left and thirty circles right in the mouth. When I met Tianchi two days ago, she also taught me that I put the newspaper next to my pillow every day, as long as I have nothing to do. ”

And most importantly, he wants to meet more good scripts, more flesh, different types of characters. He wants to try any genre, but if it comes to more urgent desires, he wants to play a "particularly crazy suspense villain", layer by layer.

He named his Weibo "This Sha is a Little Actor", in addition to being because the word "This Sha" was already occupied at that time, it also had a subtle connection with his state of mind at that time. At that time, his career as an actor was just beginning, and he was repeatedly hit by auditions in the market. He thought, I will start as a small actor, even if I go to the trick, it is just step by step and down-to-earth.

On the other hand, "even if you are really fortunate enough to become a 'big' actor in the audience's mind, don't forget your original intention, and take every role seriously with the humble and humble attitude you used at the beginning." He said that this was the inspiration given to him by his teachers in the "Fengshen Trilogy", and it was also his attitude towards the job.

Such a sand is lucky, so far, he has gone through many roles or a lifetime, and is also familiar to more and more audiences.

To say what phased goals to be an actor, this sand didn't think too much. After repeated questioning, he jokingly said that if one day he really becomes a good actor recognized by everyone, it depends on whether to change the name "This Sha is a small actor" to "This Sha is a good actor".

The joke found that the actor in front of him, who has a mature logic and attitude, is only 26 years old.

dialogue 

Bone Duo: Some time ago, "Jin Yong Martial Arts World: Iron and Blood Dan Heart" has just been completed, how do you feel about the overall shooting? And this costume drama that is being filmed now, is there anything that can be revealed?

This Sha: "Jin Yong Martial Arts World" is a very fulfilling drama, I entered the group for training for almost two months in advance, filmed for more than four months, and stayed for a total of half a year. This version of "Jin Yong Martial Arts World" has many innovations, and Guo Jing is not the kind of humble image that everyone imagines. Before coming to the Central Plains, he was particularly innocent and kind, and he loved his mother and grassland very much. After coming to the Central Plains, he saw complex human nature and complex worlds, and also met Rong'er, Hong Qigong, Huang Yaoshi and others, and grew step by step. All of this affected his values when he was faced with some choices. But the only thing he held on to was his kindness and principles, and in the end he also made his choice indomitably. You can still look forward to it.

The role I am filming now is different from all the previous characters, and the shape is also different. One thing I can reveal about the clothes (laughs) is that the clothes are very handsome, very good-looking, and very comfortable to wear. Although Hengdian is particularly hot in summer, the clothes are particularly textured and cool.

Bone Duo: Sometimes, the audience's evaluation is not all praise, for example, Guo Jing has several classic versions, you will inevitably be compared, and the audience has high requirements for the appearance and demeanor of ancient dolls. Do you pay attention to these reviews? Will it be hit by negative reviews?

This Sha: I've really been hit in the past two years (laughs). In fact, when I played Yang Jian, I was hit, such as "Will there be such a Yang Jian?" "And so on, there are sounds. You say that it is false not to pay attention, and now that the network is so developed, it will pop up to show you if you don't look. My brothers and sisters around me told me to leave this alone, but then I chose to face it head-on.

To be honest, when I first played Yang Jian, my mind was not mature now, and I was particularly affected at that time, and I would be very unconfident when I arrived at the scene. Later, it was also the director who trusted me very much, and taught me business things while encouraging, and I slowly regained my confidence.

Later, especially this year, playing Guo Jing includes playing the current role, and I also saw many people commenting, but I think it's normal. As an actor, you played a role and made a work, which is for the audience to see and comment on, whether it is good or bad. So I felt that I had to face it head-on, and I had to absorb some good advice.

Because seriously, in fact, the angle of netizens is quite tricky, and the level is getting higher and higher. They think of things you won't notice at all, or things you might not think of in a play. So I'm actually willing to take some good advice.

Bone Duo: I feel that your mentality is quite positive, how do you adjust yourself during the trough? What do you like to relax outside of work?

This sand: I have several ways to relax and adjust, some moving and some static. The movement is horseback riding. Beijing Huairou has a particularly large venue, that place can ride a horse wildly, just like in the prairie, running three or four laps will really release all your stress, I will go to ride every time I finish finishing. Another is boxing, which is also a way to release stress.

It's all about watching movies and documentaries. I especially like watching documentaries about the nature of mountains and rivers, where it has dried up and where grass has grown again, and "Animal World". Another is reading poetry, and I especially like the poems of one of our Yi poets, Ji Di Maga. These four ways.