Traditional face-changing is a performing art and modeling method that combines magic and dance movements. It is mainly used to depict the sudden changes of characters' personalities and emotions. Traditional face-changing techniques are mainly through rubbing, rubbing, rubbing, blowing, painting, pulling and qigong, but modern face-changing has become a unique performance form, which does not involve literary dramas or even martial arts dramas. Therefore, how to change face mainly depends on fixing organs.
1. The first step to face changing is to install doors, which is the most basic organ setting to face changing.
In the modern face-changing performance of Sichuan Opera, there are special costumes, namely cloaks and unique hats, and the most important part of the whole costume is the door. Whether the design of the door is complete or not is directly related to the success or failure of the face-changing performance. The design of the door needs to be customized according to the performer's figure and personal habits.
Generally speaking, the actor's door organ is located at the waist of the clothing, and it is not easy to be found by making subtle "small moves" at the waist through rich facial movements. The door is mainly composed of Lamian Noodles thread, adhesive fastener, iron ring holes, round beads and rubber bands. Among them, the face-pulling line is the "mechanism line" for the actor to directly control the face-changing mask, with a diameter of 2mm and a length of about 100cm. This kind of rope is generally made of nylon rope, which is light in color, inelastic and tough.
2. To change your face, you need to install the corresponding Facebook according to the number of changes and needs.
Traditional Sichuan Opera can't achieve more changes. Generally, it is three changes and six changes. Those who can achieve nine changes belong to highly skilled artists and have unique secrets. Therefore, the face-changing of Sichuan Opera needs to be kept secret at first, and the secrets of the industry are not known to the outside world. Moreover, in the 1980s and 1990s, there was a big social discussion about whether Sichuan Opera was transformed.
However, according to the modern face-changing design, the face-changing of Sichuan Opera is already a performance that combines magic, and there are many changes, mainly based on the number of masks, and there is no limit to the number of changes. Before installing facial makeup, it is necessary to classify facial makeup according to different color systems. Various facial makeup of the same color can't be put together. The greater the color difference between two adjacent facial makeup, the better the performance. There is a fixed loop fastener above each surface and a rope fastener below. Actors can put on their faces in a pre-arranged order.
3. The key part of changing face is pulling face, which actually involves many actions and performances. On the one hand, it covers the place where the organ is located, on the other hand, it is the aesthetic of performance.
After installing the mask, the performer needs to put on the corresponding cloak and hat. The cloak is wide, which is used to cover the waist door, while the hat needs to cover the hat inside, so as not to expose the sticky buttons attached to the mask. Therefore, we can see that there are two intersecting nylon buttons in the hat of a face-changing performer, which can be firmly fixed on the inner hat to avoid large-scale movements.
At this time, to realize face changing, only three actions are needed, namely, finding the corresponding small round bead, tearing off the adhesive button at the waist, and pulling the adhesive button hard, so that the face pull wire will be pulled away together with the adhesive button of the round bead, thus tearing off the mask. In this process, actors need to cooperate with shaking their heads, cloaks, fans and other corresponding actions. The more fancy the action, the more it covers up the "pull face" of the waist.
To sum up, changing the face needs the following steps:
First, the door is installed. Whether the design of the door is complete or not is related to the success or failure of the face-changing performance. It is customized according to the actor's personal habits. Usually, the door is installed at the waist of the clothes;
Secondly, install masks and classify them according to the color of the masks. The greater the color difference between adjacent masks, the better the face-changing effect. Actors install masks according to color arrangement, and firmly fix them with doors and sub-organs;
Third, pull the mask. In the process of changing face, the actor quickly pulls the mask set by the organ by combining the face-blocking actions such as shaking his head, cloak and fan to realize the instant face change.