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Chapter 106 The Rookie Actor
In the playground in "Longshan High School", after a simple opening ceremony, the crew of "Dragon Cherry" officially began to enter the filming period.

"Dragon Cherry" is an ambitious work that TBS TV station plans to broadcast in the summer.

This is a story about: Longshan High School is a third-rate private high school whose enrollment rate is only 2% since its opening, and no student has ever been admitted to Dongda University.

A third-rate lawyer who was originally from the Speeding Party, Ying Mu Jianer, was assigned by the court to handle bankruptcy matters at Longshan High School due to his own debts. The student was admitted to the special promotion class of Dongda University, and vowed to resign if all the students in the special promotion class could not be admitted to Dongda University.

He is even more determined to develop Longshan High School and cultivate 100 qualified students of Dongda University in the school.As a result, the six students in the special promotion class improved by leaps and bounds in just a few months under Teacher Sakuragi's novel and exciting teaching methods, and they made unremitting efforts towards the original unattainable goal of the University of Tokyo.

A very powerful teacher, leading a group of "bad" students, the whole model, does it look familiar?

By the way, that's right.

The two dramas "Spicy Teacher GTO" and "Ji Dao Xian Shi" are not much different from "Dragon Cherry".

However, compared to "Spicy Teacher GTO" and "Ji Dao Xian Shi", "Dragon Cherry" is more of a new way to focus on the narrative, focusing on the process of teachers and students struggling together to enter the University of Tokyo.

Kiyoshi Sakamoto, who has watched all three dramas in his previous life, why does he like "Dragon Sakura" more?
Because, in his opinion, the better part of "Dragon Cherry" is the authenticity of education, which is well shot and resonates with people, especially those who are at the same stage.

"Spicy Teacher GTO" and "Extreme Fresh Teacher" are about "quality education". What I want to express from the play is that every bad boy has infinite possibilities; although it is very touching, it is too inconsistent In fact, when the audience is watching this drama, they will never think that such teachers and students exist in reality.

But "Dragon Sakura" is different. The core of the story told is the exam-oriented education that we are very familiar with.

Memorize formulas, do a lot of real questions, and shout "cramming education is the essence of education", just like us and neon, so high pressure, so realistic.

However, the director and screenwriter made the exam-oriented education in this drama so real and cruel, but that does not mean that this drama is in favor of exam-oriented education, or even supports exam-oriented education.

On the contrary, the core of this drama is not to tout the advanced nature of exam-oriented education, nor is it to tout the promotional video of Dongda University.

Instead, I want to tell a very cruel fact, so that people who watch this show know that the college entrance examination system is an opportunity to reverse life, and there is still a chance of fairness.

At least, the college entrance examination does not look at money, face, or even background.

No matter what your origin or family is, you can take the opportunity of the college entrance examination to make a jump in social class.

This is more direct and effective than girls joining wealthy families, boys starting from scratch, and the latter eating soft food and joining the upper class, and it has no side effects.

Moreover, the ending of this drama, while Kiyoshi Sakamoto liked it very much, thought a lot.

The ending of this play is not satisfactory.

Of the six students in the special promotion class of Dongda University, after a year of intensive study, only three of them passed the exam.

Those who did not pass the exam all cried.

Because they think that after working hard for so long, they still go round and round and return to the original point, thinking that their life has not changed at all.

At this time, most bloody TV dramas will forcibly add a perfect ending at the end.

But "Dragon Sakura" did not.

Sakuragi, played by Hiroshi Abe, warned those who failed the college entrance examination with cruel words that hit people's hearts.

"You idiots, you have to reflect on yourself and decide your own life."

Because when you fail, it is impossible to cheer up the loser with nonsense like chicken soup.

"People only listen to others after they fail"

However, when Kiyoshi Sakamoto got the script of this play, he turned to the final ending and saw the lines spoken by Sakuragi played by Hiroshi Abe. Kiyoshi Sakamoto also thought of his previous college entrance examination time.

This is also the reason why "Dragon Cherry" resonated with very high candidates.

Because, in this drama, everyone can find someone who is very similar to themselves.

Yajima Yusuke, the family is in debt, in order to make his mother's life better, and to make himself no longer be entangled in debt, but also to reverse his life;

Mizuno Naomi, whose mother runs a small restaurant, sees the ugly appearance of drunk customers in the store every day, thinks that her future is bleak, and wants to pass the entrance examination of Dongda University and change her life;

Kasaka Yoshino has no ideas of her own, at first she just followed others, but in the end, she found her own life goal in the process;

Hideki Ogata, who was often suspected by people because of her poor grades since she was a child, finally wanted to pass the Tokyo University entrance examination to restore her lost self-esteem, and also wanted her father to recognize her;

Kobayashi Maki, for a clear goal, because her former friend became a star, she inspired her fighting spirit and worked hard;
Okuno Ichiro, who gave in extremely and was rejected by his family, finally came to his senses, stopped pinning the hope of success on others, and began to live for himself.

These six characters have different family backgrounds and different reasons, but they all have one goal, which is to change their bad life.

And Kenji Sakuragi, played by Uncle Hiroshi Abe, is the leader who takes them and changes their lives.

For this drama, Kiyoshi Sakamoto liked it from the bottom of his heart. When he knew that he could participate in this drama, Kiyoshi Sakamoto was so excited that he couldn't help himself.

So, when the first scene at Yongsan High was filmed, Kiyoshi Sakamoto had a problem.

In fact, Kiyoshi Sakamoto, as a rookie actor who is filming for the first time, has already done a good job.

Because under the guidance of the eldest sister of the "Acting Club", Ma Jiang, Sakamoto started to learn early in the morning, as an actor, various things to pay attention to when shooting.

Not only that, Sony knew that after Kiyoshi Sakamoto got the role in "Dragon Sakura", he found him an acting teacher to teach him systematically.

Under such circumstances, at least, Kiyoshi Sakamoto would not make such a low-level mistake of staring at the camera lens while shooting. . .

However, how should I put it, the acting skills that I usually display freely may not be as natural as usual when I get to the set and the official shooting starts.

The problem with Sakamoto Kiyoshi is not that the expressions and body movements he performed are correct, but more that he has no emotion.

That's right, the characters have no emotions. This is why Sakamoto Kiyoshi always plays well, but the director stops him and tells the play aside.

The character played by Kiyoshi Sakamoto, Hideki Ogata, in the early to mid-stage, is just a normal idler, has no own dreams, no goals, and only follows his good friend, that is, Yajima Yusuke played by Tomohisa Yamashita Behind him, such a high school student.

It needs Kiyoshi Sakamoto to act out, this character is naturally unaffected and carefree, but for the first time, Kiyoshi Sakamoto is somewhat nervous, so although he showed the characteristics of this character, he did not express the emotion of this character. Come out, too superficial.

So when the filming started, director Takashi Komatsu had to skip the scenes involving Kiyoshi Sakamoto and shoot other scenes first.

Sakamoto Kiyoshi was sitting on the actor's chair beside him, propping his chin with his hands a little depressed, not knowing what he was thinking.

Snapped!
Sakamoto Kiyoshi suddenly felt that someone patted his shoulder lightly, so he turned his head and found that Nagasawa Masami was behind him.

"What's the matter? Are you still thinking about why you acted so badly?" Ma Jiang came to Sakamoto Kiyoshi's side from behind Sakamoto Kiyoshi, sat down, and asked intentionally.

"Well, I was also thinking, why did I act so badly? There was obviously nothing to be nervous about. As a result, when the camera pointed at my face, I felt a little uncomfortable." Sakamoto Kiyoshi also agreed, after watching The performance on my own monitor, facial expressions and body language, are all done right, but they are not natural, or in other words, the traces of the performance are very strong, I don’t feel that this character is a person, but like a machine.

Therefore, Sakamoto Kiyoshi, a layman, is also a little distressed about this.

"Well, Qing, let me tell you my opinion." Ma Jiang, who once said to be Kiyoshi Sakamoto's acting teacher, is only three years older than Kiyoshi Sakamoto, but she is already a new-generation actor who has acted in several TV series and movies. , the acting skills can be said to be ranked first in the "Dragon Cherry Six".

"Yeah, sir (teacher), please teach me!" No matter how depressed Sakamoto Kiyoshi is, he will not convey his negative energy to his friends and relatives. Show your humor as much as possible.

"I think, Qing, your performance is too superficial." Ma Jiang also smiled lightly, and said seriously to Sakamoto Kiyoshi.

"Huh? Superficial? What do you mean?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto didn't understand at all.

"Let's put it this way, you imitate this character's character and behavior, the way you walk, and the tone of your voice. It's all very good, but it has no soul and no vitality." Masami Nagasawa is a Princess Dongbao. He learned very well, blurting out is to directly hit Sakamoto Kiyoshi's mistakes.

"Eh? You mean, I just acted out his body, but didn't express his soul, is that right?" Kiyoshi Sakamoto asked curiously.

"Well, that's right. How should I put it? In my eyes, you are playing Ogata Hideki more with Sakamoto Kiyoshi than as Ogata Hideki."

Nagasawa Masami's words made Sakamoto Kiyoshi immediately think of the three major schools of performing arts.

Expressionist, experiential, methodological.

　I'm not from the acting department, and I don't understand a lot of things, so please treat me lightly, professionals.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)