A conversation with Water Lotus
"Hongqi Canal" tells the story of the people of Linxian County, Henan Province, in order to change the current situation of water shortage for generations, face difficulties, overcome difficulties, and build the Hongqi Canal from the taihang mountainside. Dust has been raised on the road where the Hongqi Canal was built, and dust has also been raised for time. It is precisely because the series comes from a real and thick history. An Yuexi did not choose to play the role, but completed an equal dialogue with the character Shi Shuilian through performance. While giving life to the character, it also gets a feed from the character itself.
"Real" is the requirement that An Yuexi, who starred in the main theme drama for the first time, is also the biggest challenge that this play brings her. "The tone of the whole play has been set there, your lines, images, and limbs must strive to be real, treat yourself as real and rooted in LinXian County, which has been short of water for thousands of years, and this group of people who have a strong desire for water do not exist in the previous plays."
And if you want to achieve authenticity, it is not enough to just dress up or say a few dialects with regional characteristics. An Yuexi entered the group in advance to go to the local mountain village to experience life on the ground, including how to make a fire stove typhoon box, how to play steel brazes, starting from the details that each role will involve, and strive to restore the life of the local people every bit. In addition to doing their homework in advance of the customs and customs, An Yuexi and the crew went to the Hongqiqu Memorial Hall many times to watch and learn the real video materials. After being injured in the TV series, Shui Lian was withdrawn from the front line to the logistics department to cook for everyone. In order to show the sharp energy of the mountain village girl's cooking, she specially asked the local group aunt to knead dough, dough noodles, make nest heads, and bun buns.... In her opinion, in order to present an extremely suitable character image, it is necessary to equip the character skills in advance.
After doing a good job of these early learning and understanding, the change in performance style has also brought improvement and thinking to An Yuexi's acting skills. Compared with the roles she has played before, this time she pays more attention to natural reactions. "There are some types of characters that need you to be pretty, so sometimes doing some reactions will subconsciously find angles on your own, and there will be facial expression management when smiling or crying." But like water lilies, laughing and crying are natural reactions. In the play, Shi Shuilian and her beloved Wu Nianzu are separated from each other, from the shock and pain when they first saw the body, to the despair and helplessness in the middle, and finally decided to take over the career of their lover and learn to become a technician, An Yuexi's performance is natural and natural, just right, so that many audiences are moved.
"The camera is brutal, and if you pay a little attention, the slightest change will be able to manifest itself." An Yuexi "vividly" interprets the role of Shi Shuilian based on a solid understanding of the characters, and Shuilian as a microcosm of the thousands of characters that have appeared in the torrent of history has also brought a profound impact on Anyuexi.
Many of the young characters in the play can reflect the spiritual outlook and attitude of the people at that time, although they are in the mountain village, they have a desire for knowledge and do practical things with a tenacious spirit. "The image of the water lotus is small and big, and a large number of such young men and women at that time had progressive ideas." The story of "Red Flag Canal" revolves around water, and with the continuous sublimation of the state of water shortage, water seeking, water finding, and water diversion, the characters in the play can complete historical feats without fear of hardships, which is derived from the ultimate "purity" of the characters.
An Yuexi said that people in that era were particularly pure in their original intentions and in their dealings with people. "Everyone has a very simple wish to find water, which is the main line that runs through the whole story." The fearless search for water is due to the desire for water; the affection for Wu technicians begins with the simple worship of knowledge and technology by the children in the mountain village; and the warming of feelings with Wu Nianzu in the later period is purely touched by personality. "I went to consult with these uncles and aunts who were born in the fifties and sixties, and I would ask them how they were in love at that time? Each answer is different, but I boiled it down to one thing, that is, it is very simple, I think people are good, I want to be with him, there is no those twists and turns, very direct. ”
The simplicity and positivity in the bones of "what to say and what to do" touched An Yuexi and became the yearning of her heart. "No matter what era it is put into, people have these two characteristics, then there will be a lot of room for improvement." These characters don't feel like they've done something great, they just did something they wanted to do, and it was something they had to do, and they actively did it. This is very touching. ”
An Yuexi said that the impact of filming this TV series on her also extended from the play to the outside of the play. "Water conservation is not just a slogan, it must be implemented bit by bit. At that time, after filming, I went back to take a shower, and when I didn't use it, I turned off the water, which would change my own living habits. ”
The deeper meaning of the role is to bring us to think
After coming into contact with the main theme of "Red Flag Canal", An Yuexi more and more deeply understood the sense of social responsibility of actors talked about by the actor's predecessors. "Actors should have a sense of responsibility, not only in terms of being responsible for the characters you create, but also thinking about what inspiration and thinking will be generated when the audience and friends see this play after it is broadcast?"
And when she learned that her role in "On the Field of Hope" could have an impact on some audiences, she felt the happiness of being an actor. In this drama, Bian Xiaoyue, played by An Yuexi, is a female college student who aspires to teach from a big city. In order to find the feeling of the volunteer teacher, An Yuexi will go to the teacher to ask the teacher for their daily lesson preparation habits and board book style. This also made her really used as a volunteer teacher by the children during the filming process, and became friends with the local children. When filming the part where Bian Xiaoyue leaves the countryside, An Yuexi is not so much a performance as it is to really walk into the characters and feel the sadness and reluctance of parting with her.
"Some commentators said that they were studying education, because after watching this play, they thought they were great, and they hoped that after graduation, they could also go to the mountain village to support teaching." When An Yuexi recalled the comments at that time, he was still very moved,
"As an actor, how can Ho Tak influence other people's life plans. But it's often your characters who give them a guide, a choice. I think it's a very energetic thing, and I feel very happy as an actor. ”
From "Flowers and Bones", "Whirlwind Girl 2" to today's "On the Field of Hope" and "Red Flag Canal", as the complexity and sense of power of the roles become stronger and stronger, the actor An Yuexi's attempts on the road of transformation have become more direct and bold. When it comes to the challenges of transformation, she bluntly said that the biggest challenge is market acceptance.
"No matter what kind of role it is, for the actor, it is a brand new job, which needs to be completed wholeheartedly, so in fact, it is necessary for the actor to face, but the market recognition from the outside world or the acceptance of the audience needs to have a process of acceptance."
Nevertheless, for the dedication and persistence in the choice of roles, An Yuexi wants to keep it all the time. "I should still choose according to my favorite role, because the market is too big, I can't influence it, and as an actor, I don't want my role to tend to be similar, or I want to challenge myself." 」 She said, whether it's one or a hundred, I definitely pay my whole heart to treat the role.
Moving forward in the corners, I enjoy the "loneliness" of the road
Majoring in musical theatre at the Beijing Dance Academy, in addition to starring in TV dramas, she also participated in the musical "In the Distance". Switching between different performance systems, An Yuexi said, don't forget the essence or as an actor, creating roles and shaping roles. In her opinion, the difference between the two is that the stage is a thing from one end to the other, and the two hours in the middle are coherent; but in the live filming, attention will be paid to the camera position, the light position, the walking position, and so on.
She can calmly switch between the two identities of musical theater actor and film and television drama actor from daily preparation and accumulation. "Practicing dance is basic, and yoga will also be practiced, in fact, it is to exercise softness, and after the softness of the limbs and body functions are maintained, no matter what scene is filmed, it is a very beneficial plus." I also hope that the suffering I suffered when I was a child is not thrown away in vain. "An YueXi defines the success of an actor as the completion of a role." If a character's joys and sorrows, life trajectory, and growth are completed, if it can still get affirmation from the director, the same group of actors, and the audience, I think it can be said that this role is successful. ”
With the growth and maturity of Anyuexi, each character has become thick and layered, and these roles can be properly controlled, and the current state of mind of Anyuexi may have long been different from the initial self, with more concentration and calmness. In the face of the current too noisy external environment, she enjoys the current "loneliness" while adhering to the two key qualities of the actor's "kindness" and "sensitivity". "As an actor, I've always endured loneliness, and everyone pursues something different." Talking about what she was after, she wanted people to see me and called me the name of my character. "When everyone brings it up, what is the speech like, this is the most intuitive praise for the actor."
In An Yuexi's body, it is easy to find a clever balance: the naturalness of life and the dedication and truthfulness of acting; the courage to jump out of the comfort zone and the caution in the face of the love of the cause; the directness and transparency of the personality and the compassion and delicacy of thinking. It is precisely because she can accommodate such a vast feeling in her small body, An Yuexi has taken her own path out of length and width. She said she had been on the road. "I'm in a corner at the moment. Whether it is work or role choice, this curve is the only way to go, but I hope that this curve can be effectively shortened a little, so that I can find out the road I want to take as soon as possible. ”
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