Comparison between Drama and Movie Teahouse

First of all, talk about the original. Reading the novel Teahouse by Lao She, a "people's artist", has benefited a lot. We have a new understanding of the characters in the story, the events that happened, the social changes reflected and the reappearance of history. After reading the book, it's just some of my own associations. Watching the movie version and the drama version of Teahouse makes people more memorable. Here I will make an analysis of the movie version and the drama version of Teahouse, which are different in form and the same in content, to see what the difference is.

First, from the form of drama performance, the actors in the film version of Teahouse are very close to the People's Association, and it feels like they are in real life, taking our audience to that era and going to that teahouse. The actor's performance is also very close to the characters in the story, and the plot of the event is naturally peaceful. The drama Teahouse has the characteristics of the above film performance. In my opinion, there are also stories, events and characters that are completely reproduced, exaggerating their characters' personality, which is much more exaggerated than the characters in the original story, mainly reflected in their big movements, loud voices and dramatic expressions, which are richer and more vivid, making it easier for the audience to feel immersive.

Secondly, in the drama structure, the performance of the film Teahouse is close to the reappearance of the story. Because of the switching of shots and the use of montage, the film can bring people back to the real age and recall the development of the story. In addition to the performance of the above film version, the drama version can also bring people a sense of life and the times, and show all the characters and actions on a limited stage. No matter the protagonist or minor role, attractive actor or unattractive actor, there will be different shapes, different personality characteristics and various postures on the stage of drama performance. The audience can selectively watch the protagonist or minor role at the same time and in the same space. (It doesn't include the drama recorded in film and television, but only the form of watching the scene of the drama) And the film will consciously switch shots and so on to let the audience see the most important places, which is more compact and exciting.

Take a scene in Teahouse as an example: at first, the teahouse was very prosperous: caged birds, fortune-telling, selling antiques and jade, and cricket-fighting, all kinds of things. This scene played in the movie is only shown to the audience by montage. On the stage of drama, actors can show it to the audience in their own way. For another example, in movies, actors can freely change scenes according to the changes and needs of the story. Very free and flexible in time and space. But its performance on the stage of drama is very limited. In addition to the curtain call and closing ceremony, we need to change the background. Film performances can switch the camera to the outside of the streets, and can also show cars, livestock, broken houses and so on. In drama performance, actors try to imitate the real environment and exaggerate the performance with freehand brushwork, rather than the physical objects that can't be owned on the stage. This is one of the very important forms of expression. This is also an important reason for the exaggeration of the play. For example, the murder of pockmarked Liu in a teahouse is more realistic. The officers and men took Pockmarked Liu away, and the camera followed the door, as well as neighbors and passers-by, and the street scene reappeared. In the play, Pockmarked Liu was taken out of the house, which was mainly manifested in exaggerating the crying of Pockmarked Liu's tragic death and the expression of the teahouse owner when he heard the crying of Pockmarked Liu. The same thing, two different expressions. It also laid the foundation for the different performances of the actors! This is the most fundamental difference.

To sum up, it can be seen that the film version of the works are generally communicated with the audience after shooting, and the shooting mode is relatively fixed. Dramatic works can be performed live or communicated with the audience off-site. Actors can make adjustments at any time according to the reaction degree of the audience outside the stadium. We will also hear applause, laughter and even sighs from the audience from time to time. Therefore, different performance forms will have different artistic effects, which is mainly due to the needs of the performance environment and the display of different artistic expressions. Their different styles will bring beautiful enjoyment to the audience. Let's enjoy the charm of art without regrets!