Many people apply for the Beijing Film Academy every year, and the acting department is almost the most popular and sought-after major in the country. With so many people crowding the single-plank bridge of Beijing Film Academy's performance department, one can imagine how fierce the competition is. However, many candidates only know what types of questions they will take on the eve of the exam and have no time to prepare. The result of failure is natural. Later candidates do not want to repeat the same mistakes, and they may ask eagerly: What exactly is the exam for the Beijing Film Academy Performance Department? How can I prepare effectively for the exam? Don't worry, now I will introduce to you the examination process of the Beijing Film Academy Performance Department. The examination process may change slightly every year, but it is similar. Art candidates with relevant ambitions can use it as a reference. Have a good idea first, and you will definitely be able to do it. Great gain.
Generally speaking, the Beijing Film Academy Performance Department tests several major items such as lines, acting, body and vocals, etc., which are divided into preliminary examination, re-examination and third examination.
The first stage is the preliminary test. In the preliminary examination, candidates first need to give a brief self-introduction, registration number, height, where they are from, etc. During this process, the examinee’s voice must be loud and his words must be clear. After a brief self-introduction, the real assessment began.
Lines: Candidates recite novels, essays or fables prepared by themselves. The subject matter is preferably about family, love or friendship. It must be healthy. There are no strict restrictions on the genre to choose, as long as the candidate is good at it, but It is best to keep the article length to about three minutes.
Performance: It may be a proposition, or it may be a prescribed situation. A group of people do it together. No matter how the test is taken, candidates must listen carefully to the teacher's requirements, proceed from the heart when performing, and strive to be true and natural. Don't be pretentious or show off.
Vocal music: The candidate sings a song prepared by himself. The teacher mainly tests the candidate's voice and intonation. It doesn't matter if he sings the wrong words, as long as the sound condition is good.
Physique: Candidates dance a dance prepared by themselves. Anything is fine. They prepare their own accompaniment. Pay attention to their expressions and eyes when dancing.
Then comes the retest. At this stage, the candidates' simple self-introduction, lines, vocals and form are similar to those in the first test, while the performance questions are usually group sketches. The teacher will divide the people into several groups, then give the questions and go out to prepare for about five minutes. During this time, the candidates can quickly discuss with each other in order to achieve coordination during the performance. While giving full play to the cohesion of collective cooperation, candidates should also use their own talents to impress the judges and teachers, but they should not pay too much attention to personal gains and losses and damage the overall coordination.
The last stage is three trials. When it comes to the third test, candidates should relax to take the test, give full play to their potential, and pay attention to bringing all the equipment related to the test.
Physique: The teacher will first play a piece of music to relax you, then perform the prescribed movements, and then ask you to follow them. He will only teach you a few times. If you don’t know how, don’t be nervous, just follow them carefully and be more confident. . This physical exam usually involves some simple movements, and it won’t be too difficult if you work hard.
Lines: The form is similar to the previous line test. Candidates should follow the requirements of the judges and teachers to pronounce the words, and pay attention to the appropriate control of vocal enunciation, breath, rhythm and other aspects. In particular, they must be confident and confident.
Performance: The content of this assessment may be more, and the candidates will be given more time. At this stage, it is possible to take the test on propositional sketches, prescribed situations, and impromptu sketches. No matter what the test is, as long as you train hard and have the skills, you will definitely be able to deal with it calmly and stay true to your roots. It should be noted that when writing a sketch, don’t go off topic, and when performing the sketch, be serious, and try to make the teacher notice you, but don’t laugh, don’t backstage or be sensational, and your voice must be loud.
There are also oral examinations and physical examinations in the third examination stage. The oral test is usually a very simple chat. The teacher will ask the candidates some common sense questions. The candidates do not need to be nervous at this time and can just answer them factually. As for the physical examination, in addition to having a qualified physique, it is best for candidates not to have any decorations such as tattoos on their bodies.
Finally, I would like to remind candidates that their image is very important when performing exams. Don’t dress in an exaggerated way, just be generous and decent. Especially for girls, if you want to put on makeup, be sure not to wear eye shadow and lipstick. Your hair should be neatly combed. Long hair is best tied up and out of the way of your face.
The annual examination process of the Beijing Film Academy Performance Department is not necessarily fixed, but even if it is adjusted, the magnitude will not be large. Art candidates with this ambition can carefully study the examination procedures and find corresponding preparation strategies. , it is best to strengthen your own professional quality training through famous art teachers, and you will definitely benefit a lot. I believe that candidates will definitely get something if they work hard
Talk about the Entrance Examination for Performance Majors
Every year, or even every day, we receive many letters from candidates across the country. In the letter, in addition to expressing their love and pursuit of the acting career, everyone also raised various questions.
Due to the lack of general education on the basics of film performing arts, many aspiring actors who want to be film actors know very little about the most basic issues of performing arts. Since the film school cultivates high-level professionals with both ability and political integrity, candidates applying for the film acting major are required to have certain acting talents, artistic accomplishments and a considerable level of cultural knowledge.
So what professional qualifications are needed to apply for the Acting Department of the Film Academy?
In order to cultivate future professional film actors, the first thing to consider is image. This is determined by the unique characteristics of film performance art itself.
It is good to be beautiful, but beauty in life does not equal the beauty of artistic images. The characters in artistic works, especially the vivid and realistic screen images, embody the ideals, wishes, wills, loves and hates of different societies in different eras. At the same time, they also reflect the aesthetic trends of the public in today's society. Film artists always want to find an ideal appearance and vivid appearance for their favorite characters. This kind of appearance reflects the unique temperament and personality of the character, and can give the audience a pleasing aesthetic feeling and create a buzz that the audience recognizes. Therefore, choosing actors who are in line with the character's character and temperament, but who are also beautiful in appearance and appearance to play the male and female protagonists in the film is always "a manifestation of physiological and social requirements." (In the words of Hungarian film theorist Bel Balazs) This is also an important aspect that must be considered first when enrolling students in film acting majors. In short, the requirement for image is fundamentally to have characteristics.
Of course, the real life that film art wants to reflect is complex, and the characters it wants to portray must also be of various types, with different types and images. Therefore, in our recruitment, we must consider the appearance of "raw, beautiful, pure, mature, and ugly", and we must also pay attention to the needs of actors with various image types in various film studios.
In short, there is no standard model for appearance and appearance.
Image and temperament are the main factors in selecting actors, but they are not the only determining factors. To be a future professional film actor, one must pass various examinations to see if the candidate has the minimum external and internal conditions. . In other words, it is often said that one has or does not have the qualities of an actor.
External conditions refer to physical conditions including appearance. There are no physical defects in the facial features and limbs. The characters created by movie actors must be conveyed to the audience through the screen. They rely on the characters' behaviors and body movements to reflect the development of the plot and reveal the characters' mental outlook. So we often say that body is the cornerstone of performing arts.
In order to allow the teacher to better see the candidate's length, limb proportions, shoulder width and hip bone proportions, and to reveal the expressiveness of the body lines, candidates are required to wear tight-fitting or close-fitting clothes during the physical exam. pants. Candidates are not allowed to enter the examination room wearing makeup during the re-examination.
During the exam, candidates must first perform a dance, martial arts, gymnastics, etc. that they have prepared in advance. For the physical examination, the teacher will examine the candidate's physical beauty and movement coordination, examine the candidate's muscle control ability and body flexibility, examine the expressiveness of the candidate's movements and the plasticity of the body, etc.
Physique teachers often improvise some physical exercises during the final comprehensive examination to examine the candidates' physical fitness and dynamic conditions. Example questions are as follows:
1. Walk, run, or jump while listening to accompaniment music. And it is required to change the speed and rhythm of one's own movement accordingly as the rhythm of the music changes.
2. General styling exercises: listen to the high-five command, make a shape with each clap, and change your posture immediately when you hear the applause. You must react quickly, follow orders and prohibitions, and the modeling posture cannot be repeated or similar.
3. Imagination and modeling exercises: For example, listen to commands while walking and immediately stop to simulate an animal in the "zoo". No explanation is needed, it is clear at a glance and the shape tells us what kind of animal it is.
4. Imitate movement exercises: The teacher performs single or combined movements of the upper limbs, lower limbs, head, waist, etc., and candidates must imitate them immediately.
5. Special exercises: According to the specific situation of the candidates, the teacher improvises questions to examine the students' physical fitness in a certain aspect.
In addition to visible physical movements, screen characters also have audible characters’ language and voices. This is an important means to express the character's inner world and communicate thoughts and feelings. As an audio-visual art, the visual image created by actors must be highly unified with the sound image, so that the characters can be lifelike and the artistic image can be perfectly moving.
First of all, to be an actor, you must speak Mandarin well. This refers to Mandarin with Beijing's standard pronunciation as the standard pronunciation, Northern dialect as the basic dialect, and typical vernacular works as the grammatical standard. China has eight major dialect areas: Northern dialect, Wu dialect, Hunan dialect, Gan dialect, Hakka dialect, northern Fujian dialect, southern Fujian dialect, and Cantonese. If a candidate can only speak his hometown dialect, a dialect that only he can understand, and it is extremely difficult to correct it into Mandarin, it will be difficult to become a movie actor. The practice of performing by oneself and being dubbed by others will damage the artistic appeal of the character. Such a creative method is not advisable.
The preliminary test of the language test is for the candidate to read a poem, prose, novel, fable or a monologue from a drama or movie that he has prepared in advance to understand the standardization and clarity of the candidate's voice and language. , the understanding of the ideological content of the work, and the expressiveness of the situation and characters of the work are required to be recited, and they are never allowed to be recited.
Movie dialogue is not the same as the language of life, nor is it the same as lines in dramas. Due to the role of "microphone" and amplifier, his voice image and the character's emotional quality are more revealed. When reciting, you must not yell or make a tone, and oppose all pretense and hypocrisy.
Starting from the prescribed situation and character, life, nature, and touching are the languages ??needed for film performances.
In addition to the recitations prepared by oneself, the teacher may also add some test content and improvise questions on the spot to examine the candidates' language and voice problems.
1. Correct pronunciation practice: Some candidates cannot distinguish between z, c, sT, zh, ch, and sh, or I and N cannot be distinguished, or the characters are not correct and the pronunciation is not round. The teacher will give a relevant exercise, a short article, or a tongue twister on the spot for the candidates to read aloud.
2. Imitation practice: Some candidates mispronounce the pronunciation of characters due to dialect habits. Once the teacher demonstrates, the candidates can hear the correctness and error and correct them immediately. And those who cannot distinguish between right and wrong, cannot correct themselves, and have strong bad reading habits are not advisable.
3. Impromptu practice: The teacher will give a short piece of poetry, prose, novel, etc. on the spot, and the candidates will make a little preparation and recite it immediately to test the candidates' real abilities in all aspects.
4. Practice strong and weak voices: The language of the movie should be life-like, which does not mean that the voice is silent. The teacher asked the candidates to shout: "Fire--," or shout "so-and-so (name of person)," or change the volume: such as speaking to ten people; speaking to a hundred people; speaking to a thousand people, etc. The sound must be loud, long-lasting, and penetrating. Or the teacher asks the candidate to whisper from a distance, but also wants the teacher to hear it
5. Special exercises: According to the specific situation of the candidate, the teacher will provide targeted exercises on the spot to fully understand the candidate.
The vocal music test is to ask the candidate to sing a prepared song to understand the candidate's voice quality, intonation, rhythm and musicality. There are also numerous supplementary exercises for vocal music exams, some examples are as follows:
1. Rhythm practice: The teacher claps his hands to beat the rhythm, and the candidate repeats it immediately, and the counting rhythm cannot be wrong. For example: |XX XX |XX
3. Scale and note climbing exercises: Candidates will practice singing with or without accompaniment by playing the piano to the key set by the teacher.
4. Special exercises: In response to the candidates’ specific questions, the teacher improvises questions to understand the candidates’ vocal situation.
A candidate with a good image and temperament (including body and voice) may not necessarily become a good movie actor. The performance examination is to pass the preliminary examination and re-examination, and to discover and examine the candidates' most basic internal conditions as an actor through constant life exercises and improvisational sketches. Based on the teacher's propositions, candidates can imagine and come up with ideas quickly in a short period of time. From the "small works" or "small works of art" structured by the candidates, we can see the candidates' understanding and attitude towards social life, the candidates' cultural and artistic accomplishments and ability to think in images, and the candidates' accumulation of emotional experience. And whether it can be reproduced realistically.
The performance major test is not a screenwriting test, but a well-conceived exercise or sketch can provide candidates with a good foundation for showing their acting talents. It is important that candidates sincerely believe what is happening in their fictitious situation. When performing, organic actions should be carried out according to the logic and sequence of life. During the exam, you should focus on "what happened", truly believe "everything that happened", and perform it with the true feelings of your own feelings.
To measure whether a candidate has the quality of an actor, we need to look at his understanding of life, imagination, and expressiveness in sketch performances, as well as his sense of belief during performance, improvisational adaptability, and passion.
The following questions are given as examples for candidates’ practice reference:
(1) Sensory exercises: hot summer, winter snow, thirst, injury. I was reading at night and heard mice running around.
(2) Location proposition exercises: train station, movie characters, emergency room, photo studio, park, free market, public phone booth.
(3) Prescribed situational proposition exercises: stormy night, school anniversary reunion, unexpected return, before a performance, saying goodbye to parents, rushing to the front line.
(4) Prop proposition practice: (conceive a sketch centered on props) kettle, red flag, pistol, lantern, a bouquet of flowers, telephone, tape recorder.
(5) Multi-person proposition exercises: welcome, see off, search, discover, misunderstand, retain, recognize each other, receive, shelter from the rain, and watch the list.
(6) Movement practice when encountering obstacles: collecting specimens, making a fire to cook, crossing the river in an emergency, going to the wrong door, losing contact, and losing the invoice.
(7) Single performance practice: caring for a sick baby, visiting a doctor on a rainy night, encountering a snake in the wild, coming home in the middle of the night, mother's birthday, discovering the enemy.
(8) Two-person communication practice: obstruction, contact, farewell, care, request, request.
(9) One-sentence dialogue practice: (Pair practice)
1. "It's you?" "It's me."
2. "I tell you --" "No need."
(10) Comprehensive exercises with multiple conditions:
1. Review your homework in the evening and have a test tomorrow. The younger brother fell asleep and suddenly found that a review outline was missing. It turned out that the younger brother had made a paper airplane.
2. Send information to a certain house and find that the house has been monitored by the enemy. You hide the documents, create clever signals, and escape safely.
3. When I was controlling insects in the wheat field, I was slightly infected by the medicine. I finally figured out a way to finish the insect control and spraying work.
4. When I returned home from a long trip, I brought many gifts to my grandma, but later I found out that my grandma had died of illness.
Life is a kaleidoscope, and the content and form of sketch exercises in different situations vary endlessly. Especially with the reform and opening up, social life is changing rapidly. The examiner can improvise a variety of propositions based on the candidate's situation to test the basic conditions for the candidate's internal and external performance qualities.
Many candidates are enthusiasts and beginners who have never participated in film or television shooting practice and have not received specialized training. There are also more candidates who are recent high school graduates. They are enthusiastic, simple, and don't have any bad habits in performance, which is very valuable. Just pay attention to:
1. When conceiving and practicing sketches, don’t make things up randomly. You should start from your life feelings so that the sketch has a healthy ideological and sentimental mood.
2. When performing, you need to express yourself naturally, do not pretend to be fake or force your emotions to be artificial.
3. Sincerely believe in the fictional situations and characters in the sketch, expand your imagination, actively complete the prescribed tasks, and act logically in life.
4. Oppose all conceptual and stylized performances, and film performances should tend to be life-oriented
In addition to the examinations for the above-mentioned majors, there is actually an oral examination for those who enter the third examination and written examinations, also included in professional examinations.
Oral examination: It is to understand the candidate’s political and ideological level, literary and artistic accomplishments, hobbies, image thinking ability, language summary ability, as well as the logic of expression and depth of thinking. There is no strict fixed scope for the content of the oral examination. Generally, candidates talk to the teacher about three or four questions, which is a question-and-answer format. It is nothing more than: major events at home and abroad, depending on the candidate's concern for social life; basic knowledge of literature and art, general knowledge of film art, personal hobbies, experiences, and opinions on performing arts, etc.
Written test: refers to film analysis. During the exam, candidates are asked to write a review on the spot after watching a movie or TV series. It mainly requires candidates' understanding of the theme and ideas, knowledge of actors' performances, and their ability to express themselves in words. According to the general procedures for professional examinations in my country's higher art colleges, the examination content of the film performance major can be said to have come to an end temporarily through the above rounds. Candidates admitted in the third examination can take a physical examination. Since 1984, candidates from all majors in all higher art colleges and universities, including film and performance majors, have to take a unified cultural examination for colleges and universities across the country. In order to improve the cultural accomplishment of film actors and control the quality of college admissions, it is very necessary to take the unified examination for colleges and universities across the country and not be admitted if they do not meet the score line.