In 2021, Gong Jun opened the hegemonic screen mode. With five works, each with a broadcast rhythm of two or three months, covering the whole year. Exposure is sustained through the continuous output of the work. Whether it is a play that has been done for some time or a freshly baked play, the roles in it, Gong Jun, are rarely repeated.
It is true that the encounter between actors and characters requires "fate", but it may also be driven by the aggressiveness of the former. In the popular suspense love drama "Sleeping Garden", Gong Jun once again "changed his face" and became a senior psychological counselor. Lin Shen, who wanders between sensibility and rationality in the play, forms a mirror image relationship with Gong Jun, who shuttles between the actor and the self outside the play.
In fact, when filming "Sleeping Garden", Gong Jun had to put out plenty of energy to put into the performance in addition to some daily trivial work, and the intensity of the work of the continuous rotation was undoubtedly the first major test of his ascent period. Gong Jun said bluntly, "That time was actually very tired." But he is still willing to challenge the type of role he has never dabbled in before, and use light and shadow to enrich the multiple appearances of an actor.
In Gong Jun, you can see a boy's momentum for his career, and even reflect the epitome of youth culture of "breaking through himself".
1 Forest deep, enter the "secret garden" insight into people's hearts
The PDP (Note: Dynamic Measurement System for Behavioral Traits) divides the population into five types according to the innate characteristics of people and matches them with animal figuration, of which the exact personality corresponds to the owl population, just like Lin Shen in "Sleeping Garden".
The opening of the film releases a metaphorical signal - Lin Shen, who has made great achievements in the field of psychology, is a person who has carved a sense of responsibility and perfectionism into the DNA, with meticulous logic, strong insight, and standardized behavior. But he is not a cold flat face, and the characteristic column of the "Green Vine Citizen ID Card" unveils the contrasting characteristics of the characters: good at controlling emotions, strong planning ability, and walking vinegar bag.
If the temperature difference between the two background colors is one of the difficulties in interpreting Lin Shen, then the triple identity of the character switching according to the situation is another performance difficulty.
As a partner of ShaoLin Psychological Counseling Center, Lin Shen belongs to the elite; as a visiting professor at Baichuan University, he symbolizes the authority symbol of psychology; as a psychological counselor, he is the guide for analyzing the psychological crux of the client. And when the individual "Lin Shen" with personality color collides with different identities, a prism fission-like picture will be generated. The third performance difficulty lies in the fact that white space and fullness coexist on Lin Shen's body. The imagination space created by the suspense set at the beginning of the series contrasts with the distinct character labels established by the subsequent plot, converging into character tension.
These are the challenges gong Jun faced with this performance. Based on the excavation of the role, he believes that Lin Shen is a routine king, "because he studies psychology, and he is a Scorpio, on the surface, he looks very calm and unfazed, but for different people, his way of dealing with one move after another in the heart has long been planned." ”
In addition to seeing tricks and dismantling moves, Gong Jun also pasted "poisonous tongue" and cute keywords for Lin Shen, which condensed into the main axis of the performance. In order to create a three-dimensional character, Gong Jun said that although Lin Shen has a high-cold setting, he does not want to act too extremely, because people have seven passions and six desires, and in the overall direction of controlling the "iceberg man", they will use some micro-expressions to give the character temperature.
In the play, Lin Shen has a line that everyone has a secret garden in their hearts, and you have to see the other side of it. Counselors, in a sense, are like gardeners, going into each client's secret garden to farm and help them out of their predicament. The role of the spiritual mentor is not easy to play, and it is necessary to have both professionalism and empathy to convince the audience.
Since the lines involve a lot of psychological jargon, Gong Jun has made great efforts to internalize them as part of the character. "Lin Shen's lines are too difficult, I have to check Baidu and memorize it by rote." These technical terms, not a word can be wrong. Sometimes I flew to Xiamen from somewhere else after other work and had to go to class. So every time I see a classroom scene, it's a big head, it's a difficult word, a very difficult sentence. ”
Fortunately, after overcoming many difficulties, Gong Jun outlined the complete appearance of Lin Shen. Judging from the drama that has been broadcast, Gong Jun's performance is basically on the rhythm point. In the university classroom, Lin Shen taught students on the spot, connected the program "Heartbeat of Love" in which the heroine participated, analyzed the case with the psychological knowledge of stress response, overturned the heroine's remarks, and said not to mislead psychology students. Behind an iron face is a rigorous academic logic supporting, wearing glasses Gong Jun while exuding the style of a university professor who follows the rules and temptations of students, while at the same time making a convincing counterattack against the layman who makes an axe in front of him.
Lin Shen helped the heroine find the missing girlfriend, the two used the trick to lure out the mysterious person to the police station to report the situation, Gong Jun looked determined to say the suspect's appearance characteristics, dress details, reflecting the basic qualities of psychological counselors - because of the strong observation and memory, strict logic ability and accurate expression ability cultivated by professional habits.
In enlightening The Visitor Zhang Shanshan, who is caught in the quagmire of star chasing, Lin Shen uses Bach to compose "Variations" for count Catherine, who suffers from insomnia, to gain emotional comfort, analogous to the relationship between stars and fans, which is essentially a peer-to-peer relationship. When he heard that the other party realized his psychological problems, the sitting Gong Jun leaned back slightly on his upper body, with a solemn expression and a light sigh, revealing the relief of standing in the position of a psychological counselor for the visitor to dare to face himself.
Taking the heroine to the car movie theater to experience hypnosis teaching, Lin Shen unexpectedly triggered his own car phobia, and the mystery around him loomed. In this scene with a suspenseful atmosphere, Gong Jun switches from the initial calm and leisure to the micro-expressions such as eye dodging, lips opening and even shortness of breath that appear after being stimulated, conveying the panic and helplessness of the characters shrouded in shadows, and the measure is just right.
Lin Shen's cute side is mostly a chemical reaction caused by friction with the heroine. In the process of searching for evidence at the heroine's girlfriend's home, the power suddenly stopped, the two lit up the mobile phone flashlight, the moment was ambiguous, just when the heroine was ready to fall in love, Lin Shen's nerves were still "disgusted", urging the other party to quickly find the electricity bill.
Seeing the heroine in the community, in order to pretend to meet by chance, Lin Shen took a detour in the garden and counted down on the side, carefully thinking about it. In these scenes, Gong Jun shows the contrast between the characters and the high-cold people. As he said, Lin Shen will take the initiative to express his favorite girl.
After following Lin Shen on this journey of human cultivation, Gong Jun also discovered a new side of himself. He has been healed from his profession as a counselor, hoping that the audience will be inspired by the play, and as always, he appealed to "everyone not to follow my hotel, give everyone a little space, thank you." "Look, it is still the straightforward Gong Jun, following the inner yardstick to shield impurities and firm self.
2 With reverence, the exploration of performance is endless
Gong Jun believes that a good actor should be more emotional, but he is a more rational person. This ideological trade-off between occupation and oneself writes a footnote to Gong Jun's performance path. So far, there have been two opportunities that have changed the trajectory of his life: one is to study acting, and the other is to go to Beijing to work hard after graduation – in a way, it can be regarded as a major choice that combines reason and impulse.
In 2016, Gong Jun, who broke through the advertising industry, regained his dream of acting and became a North Drifter, but the ups and downs of the running group experience in the early stage of his debut were like writing a cruel youth story. Gong Jun had self-doubt, but chose to insist after being frustrated again and again. He does not leave a way out for himself, believing that quantitative change will eventually lead to qualitative change. Starting from the marginal small roles, with the accumulation of experience, Gong Jun gradually experienced the joy of acting and became more and more determined to be an actor.
He doesn't think he's a gifted actor, so every time he receives a role, no matter how much the role is, it is necessary to understand the script and model the role. The method may seem a bit "clumsy", but there are no shortcuts to good performances. Especially for young actors, experiencing such research can exercise real skills.
Let the flat characters in the text grow on the body and become the three-dimensional characters in film and television dramas, which requires time and thought to polish. When he really listened to what he learned in college, he really saw and really felt, and Gong Jun had a more thorough understanding through practice. With as many diverse roles as possible as a carrier, he has had moments when it is difficult to get out of it because of immersion, and there have also been moments when he is happy to see his own progress. The sense of accomplishment that comes with performance becomes concrete through the increasing number of roles.
Under the accumulation of more than a dozen film and television works, this year Gong Jun finally ushered in the advancement of his career. Looking back on 2021, he summed it up with three words: regret, surprise, and relief.
"In fact, after every scene is filmed, there will be more or less regrets, because sometimes it may have just started shooting, and the characters are not so accurately captured." What is surprising is that the reactions of my fans and friends who like me are more recognized and satisfied. Happily, I feel like I've improved in every play I've made. ”
Out of adversity, Gong Jun, who is in the ascending period, knows better how to apply a normal mind to look at the ups and downs that the profession of an actor may encounter. The resources are more and better than before, and he has accelerated the pace of exploration of performance in peace and danger. Some time ago, in the "An Le Biography", Gong Jun's performance state became more relaxed, and he envisioned a variety of performance methods for each scene of "Han Ye", and he tried to strive for more creative space in the actor's home field. In other words, Gong Jun, who has already found some doorways to the performance, is eager to burn himself more fully and play the value of the actor.
The acting skills are perfect and never ending.
Gong Jun's reading of films has always been very large, and Douban's high-scoring film and television works have been included in the learning material library. He loves science fiction and suspense films such as Inception and Interstellar. Recently, I revisited the movie "Hannibal", in which the male lead actor Anthony Hopkins created the role, which provided a reference sample for the "Xu Si" in the urban business war drama "I want to go against the wind" that Gong Jun is filming.
"The way Mr. Anthony Hopkins performs is slightly similar to the Xu Si I play now. Xu Si is a very sophisticated person in the mall, because he has been working in the Hong Kong investment bank for many years, so he is very accurate with all the rules of the mall.
I found that Anthony Hopkins in "Hannibal" is played in reverse, very calm and calm to face everything, and maybe a change of eyes can get the subtext he wants to express. Sometimes I think it's enough to subtract a little bit from the lines, and one look can make the audience realize what you want to express. ”
In addition to constantly pondering the role, communicating with Zhang Chenguang, Liu Peiqi, Wen Zhengrong, Sarina and other old drama bones on the set is another class for Gong Jun to improve his acting skills. In this way, he is in the full gear of work, filling himself with stitches and needles, just to be more confident on the actor track.
In the era of Wuka, Gong Jun has a wonderful contrast of "fast and slow". Fast is that emotions come and go quickly, and the "optimistic" personality is conducive to quickly adjusting the mentality and getting out of the trough; the slow is to play each role well with down-to-earth, in exchange for more and better career development opportunities. The two contradictory rhythms achieve a certain balance in Gong Jun, and develop anti-fragility abilities, which intersect to help him perform the road. What is rare is that the gap of time intertwined with adversity breeds Gong Jun's wisdom in the world. He understood that there are too many "actors" who appear on stage and close the curtain in this drama of life, and only he is the real protagonist.
So that for the piping hot symbols labeled with the word "Gong Jun", it is difficult for the public to interpret them with conventional eyes, and the sophisticated and unsophisticated style of behavior invisibly dissolves some potential sharp sounds.
Gong Jun's self-discipline is well-known in the circle, and another manifestation of self-discipline is strong planning. He hopes to shoot every work and play every role well, and the ultimate goal is to get the recognition of the award. "I think in my upswing period, I still have to shoot more works, and now it is worth the hard work." There are so many opportunities to find up, how can you not grasp it well? ”
This was in keeping with what he believed in. Gong Jun's clear plan for the future, devoting himself to the realistic theme to achieve a "soft landing", is the optimal solution. He said that he wanted to act in film and television works that were grounded and life-like, and try a more life-like way of performing. If the timeline is shortened to the upcoming 2022, he wants to act more textured works.
Indeed, it is a route that keeps pace with the times, and it is also the way that actors need to find to be in line with the current era. Because only by knowing how to dialogue with the times and realize the connection between people's hearts and minds can actors move towards a higher realm of performance. In the year of dangba, Gong Jun has opened his arms to meet various challenges, and new roles will become a container for his desire to perform. The road is long, how many possibilities Gong Jun still has, to unlock the unknown actor territory, people look forward to...