The film and television actor industry has become so smoky, and countless traffic stars have poured in, resulting in a decline in the quality of film and television works, and while idol dramas are proliferating, a series of problems have also appeared frequently. It can be said that these traffic stars who rely on their faces to eat are indispensable. No one knows when it started.
The term "mute actors" came about because these young actors lacked solid line skills, which led to the fact that most of them needed to be dubbed. This situation has humiliated the profession of actors, and some celebrities are not clear about the plot and line content when they face reporters even after filming.
CCTV Network Entertainment recently published an article condemning the phenomenon of "acting bei", referring to the fact that some star actors have completely stopped paying attention to their lip-syncing performances, and choose to dub the whole process in any film and television drama, and even have no impression of the lines, but only rely on the teleprompter for lip-syncing performances, and the result is often that the image of the actor and the dubbing voice do not match at all.
The audience will feel embarrassed when **, no matter how exciting the plot is, it can't be attractive, just because the lines make people feel awkward.
The original voices of some stars may not be heard in many film and television works, and their real voices can only be heard at press conferences or parties, and some even speak Mandarin non-standard. Now that you've watched all of a star's work, you may not even know what his real voice is.
Lines used to be the basic skill of actors, and everyone didn't pay much attention to this at the time. Because the early actors usually performed with an acoustic voice, and the technology at that time was not as advanced as it is today.
As a result, their performances are closer to emotion and naturally convey more emotions to the audience. Therefore, no matter how professional the voice actors are, it is difficult to compare with them, because they cannot personally feel the situation at that time.
As a result, the actor profession is now under suspicion from the public, who believe that the current actors have lost their basic professionalism.
But in fact, those actors with high traffic are basically stars, which are very different from real actors. Chow Yun-fat once said in an interview that actors and stars are completely different, actors work very hard, while stars are relaxed.
This does sound reasonable, because young people nowadays mainly watch dramas based on their appearance, and they often only pay attention to the appearance of the characters, and do not care much about the plot and connotation. Once they see their favorite idol appear in the show, they will ignore the plot and meaning. Such dramas are called "soap operas" and are only used to kill time, with little practical meaning and depth.
The teleprompter lip-syncing is already quite good, but now some celebrities don't even say their lines when acting, and they don't need to memorize, they just need to keep repeating "one, two, three, four", as long as the mouths match, and then dubbing. They can be seen as the on-camera themselves and don't have to worry about anything.
Their acting skills are terrible, with hollow eyes and stiff body movements. In fact, they mainly rely on their own popularity to attract viewers and increase viewership.
However, some small and medium-sized directors don't seem to mind this, after all, the interests of capital are crucial. As long as they can bring traffic to the series, they don't seem to care too much about the choice of actors.
It only takes one influencer to drive traffic, and the rest is handed over to real actors, with their excellent performances and line skills to ensure that the quality of film and television works is not too bad, otherwise they will be fiercely criticized by the public.
However, despite the wealth of professional skills of these actors, if they are not top stars, their total compensation may be less than a fraction of that of a traffic star.
In the previous high-profile TV series "Hurricane", the performance strength of each actor can be described as quite remarkable. However, most actors, including leading actors and supporting actors, are usually paid only half a million to one million.
Although this sounds pretty good, it's nothing compared to the salaries of those little idols. These traffic stars almost don't need to put in any effort, as long as they appear, they can easily get millions or even tens of millions of salaries.
Since the advent of dubbing, mute actors have abounded in film and television dramas, accounting for a very high proportion, so much so that the performances of the original actors are now also praised by people. Once regarded as a trait of the basic quality of actors, why has it now become a criterion?
One of the most representative actors is Ren Jialun, as an actor born in the 80s, he can be described as unique. At that time, most of the actors were mainly powerful, and their acting skills were impeccable, not to mention their line skills, and Ren Jialun became a special existence.
Since his debut, he has become popular all the way with his very handsome appearance, both in temperament and appearance, and he is naturally suitable for starring in costume dramas.
However, his works are mostly voiced by voice actors, and he rarely performs with real voices. And he chose the same voice actor for many of his works, which made the public mistakenly think that it was his own voice.
Ren Jialun's expression ability is really limited, and the pronunciation of his ancient opera lines is not standard enough, making people unable to feel the ancient atmosphere. Therefore, netizens jokingly said that he was just a vase hired by Zhang Jie, and the real actor was actually Zhang Jie himself. In the past, voice work was mainly used for narration or animation, but now it is becoming the exclusive industry for actors.
Even most of the new generation of actors will be equipped with exclusive voice actors, no matter which drama they participate in, they are basically completed by professional voice actors, and the actors themselves have become puppets in front of the stage.
Although the older generation of actors now hopes to train newcomers to take over the responsibility of the film and television industry, these young actors are obviously lacking in strength, even some old actors are willing to set off them in the form of green leaves, but they have not yet been recognized by the public.
Although no matter how good the surface kung fu is, if you don't have a solid foundation of lines, no matter how rich your acting skills are, it will be difficult to succeed.
Wang Junkai is a typical example, as a post-00s actor, he is better than most Xiao Xianrou, and he works very hard. He is improving his acting skills every day and can play almost all roles, but his line skills and language ability are really far behind his acting skills.
Whether it is his eyes or actions in film and television, Wang Junkai has shown the essence of some actors, and his performance is very good. However, once he speaks his lines in his original voice, he can seem a little out of place, with non-standard pronunciation and a lack of confidence. Even after post-processing of the sound, its own flaws are still very obvious.
As a young actor in his twenties, Zhang Ruoyun has performed quite well in this regard. In costume dramas, he always uses his real voice, can speak even the most complex ancient languages skillfully, has in-depth research on some ancient poems, and shows a professional level every time he recites, whether it is momentum or clarity.
This kind of temperament can't be expressed through post-dubbing, and it is completely lifelike to interpret this character.
In the past, entertainment stars and actors had their own areas of expertise and did not interfere with each other. However, the status quo seems to have changed dramatically. In order to pursue attention, some celebrities who lack acting skills have also begun to get involved in the field of film and television shooting. Not only do these people lack professional knowledge, but most of them rely on post-dubbing, resulting in the uneven quality of current film and television productions.
While it's true that an acoustic performance is more likely to gain audience recognition than a dubbing, if an actor doesn't have the ability to do so, but insists on using the original soundtrack, it will be a bit more than worth the loss. While it is true that the original performance will make the actor more brilliant, for some stars with poor line skills, this practice will cause greater disgust from the audience.
The voice actors are at least passable in this regard, and there will not be too many problems, but some older generation actors, such as Wang Zhiwen, Sun Honglei, etc., not only fit the character image very well, but sometimes they can even be vividly expressed. Only in this way can you win the approval of the audience.
However, not every character can perform in their own original voice, and sometimes they will receive a script that does not match their own timbre, and then they need to dub it.
However, this situation is also understandable, after all, everyone's timbre is different, and the appropriate image is also different. If you have to let a hoarse voice say the lines of the creamy boy, it will sound strange anyway.
Sun Honglei's voice is slightly ruffian, which is suitable for playing the role of a middle-aged man, especially the villain. His excellent acting skills coupled with his unique voice naturally made his performance very good.
However, if he is asked to play the role of a part-time worker, although he can do it in appearance and performance, his timbre cannot be changed. For a well-mannered scholar, acting in a rogue voice is really unacceptable.
In the eyes of real powerful actors, original performance is one of the basic skills, and it is the accumulation of decades of skills, so they can't understand that those new generation of traffic actors will only rely on dubbing. It is understandable that special timbre is needed due to special circumstances, but making a living as a "dumb actor" in the film and television industry is not recognized by them.
Even when I interviewed an actor before, I asked what story his movie role mainly played, and the actor couldn't say it for a while, and after thinking about it for a long time, he just gave an extremely vague answer, which not only makes people suspect that these actors may not have memorized their lines and have not deeply understood the content of the script.
If the audience has ever enjoyed Wang Zhiwen's performance in film and television dramas, they will have an understanding of the real old drama bones. In the high-profile TV series "Tiandao", Wang Zhiwen created a character with good IQ and emotional intelligence, his lines are profound and rich, and even some viewers have not fully understood the meaning many times. Therefore, some viewers have watched the film and television drama repeatedly, hoping to gain insight into the real meaning behind it.
Even if many self-leading accounts specialize in explaining film and television dramas, they are helpless against this drama, but Wang Zhiwen successfully performed the role to the fullest.
The lines he plays are not only obscure, but also extremely professional, and the truth contained is very profound. However, Wang Zhiwen has successfully portrayed this ultra-high IQ character to life by constantly interpreting his lines and scripts.
If you change an actor to star in this drama, you may not be able to achieve such an outstanding effect. After all, Wang Zhiwen is one of the best in terms of line skills, even among the old actors, and few people can surpass him.
Sometimes, these veteran actors even add some lines in the process of acting, and many of the lines are improvized, because they completely take on the role and resonate from the bottom of their hearts, so some of the lines added are also very good. Sometimes, these lines even become highlights, because they are expressions of true feelings, which cannot be compared to those "mechanical actors".
Some newcomers have made a mess of the originally respected actor profession, from relying on their appearance to attract traffic in the past to now becoming "dumb actors".
I hope the director can understand that stars and actors are different, and they have accumulated decades of skills, which cannot be achieved in just one month of training. I hope that the director will not only pay attention to traffic when casting, but ignore the real old actors.
Yin Tao once talked about the shortcomings of the new generation of actors in the show, and put forward the concept of "dumb actors", and now it seems that it has finally been verified.
Dubbing alone can't stand for a long time, and the lack of real strength will eventually be eliminated.