Mentioning the 86th edition of "Journey to the West", I believe that what comes to mind is the four masters and apprentices.
Sun Wukong played by six young children, Tang Monk played by Xu Shaohua, Pig Eight Precepts played by Ma Dehua and Sha Monk played by Yan Huaili, the four masters and apprentices have distinct personalities, three-dimensional plumpness and lifelike.
When we were young, we just watched the monkeys go, and when we grew up, we found that there were so many beautiful women in the play, such as Zhu Lin, the king of the daughter country, Li Lingyu, the jade rabbit essence, the mouse essence Evergreen, the apricot immortal Wang Linghua, and the Miss Gao Wei Huili... Every actor has a beautiful appearance and a country.
Director Yang Jie is holding the requirements of aestheticism to shoot "Journey to the West", she wants to use beauty to show the colorful mythological world in "Journey to the West", and among them, female characters are the most beautiful.
There is a character in the play, who is a stunning beauty.
Maybe you who have watched "Journey to the West" for many years will not remember the mouse essence, will not remember the apricot fairy, will not remember the true love and pity, but definitely will not remember her.
She did not play much in the play, only four scenes, just a few minutes, but let every audience who has watched "Journey to the West" never forget.
She is Yin Wenjiao, the mother of Tang Monk, we usually call "Miss Yin", played by Ma Lan.
In Yin Wenjiao's "Journey to the West" in 86, there are four scenes, namely throwing hydrangea balls, Chen Guangrui is killed, smuggling Jiang Liu'er, and mother and son recognize each other.
These four scenes, about eight minutes, Miss Yin did not have a single line, all rely on expressions and body language to perform, coupled with the soundtrack, the audience understood all the plot developments, and was moved.
In the script, Miss Yin has four lines, mainly concentrated in the scene where Chen Guangrui is killed.
When Chen Guangrui took off her coat and put it on Miss Yin, Miss Yin said "Chen Lang", Chen Guangrui said with concern, "Madame is pregnant, she must take care of her body, and she must not suffer from the wind and cold", Miss Yin said: "I hope that there is one boy left, and I will be the same as Chen Lang in the future..." ”
When Liu Hong came behind the two people, Miss Yin turned around and said "Ah", and then Liu Hong threw Chen Guangrui into the water, Miss Yin was shocked, ran to the side of the boat, and shouted "Chen Lang..."
These lines are to reflect the emotional love between Yin Wenjiao and Chen Guangrui, and also name the matter of Yin Wenjiao's pregnancy.
When it was first filmed, director Yang Jie shot according to the script, and Miss Yin's lines also followed the script.
In post-production, Yang Jie deleted all of Miss Yin's lines, leaving no sentence behind, and turned them into all the soundtracks.
Throwing the hydrangea ball this paragraph, no need for lines, Miss Yin's national color Tianxiang, with the appearance of love pulse, Chen Guangrui is charming, riding a high-headed horse.
The hydrangea fell into Chen Guangrui's arms, everything was in the words, a pair of beautiful people, Lang Cai female appearance, the picture is too beautiful.
Chen Guangrui was killed, at first the two of you and me, tender as honey, and then the boatman showed a fierce light, Chen Guangrui fell into the water, Miss Yin was sad and indignant, from great joy to great compassion, the audience looked nervous.
Miss Yin's line, mainly to show that she is pregnant, director Yang Jie deleted it and changed it to a tea guest. Change this scene to the whole soundtrack, so that through the plot direction, the audience is fully engaged and increases the imagination space.
In this way, when the river is secretly released, the audience will understand Miss Yin's difficulties.
Watching her throw the little Tang Monk into the water, the tears rippled, without a single line, let us feel the pain and helplessness in Miss Yin's heart.
After that, mother and son recognized each other, Miss Yin held the jinpa she had written many years ago, and saw her grown son, sad and happy. A hug is worth a thousand words.
This past is a long time ago, and it is an interpretation of the life of the Tang monk.
Director Yang Jie did not use a line throughout the whole process, did not need to describe it very carefully, did not use very detailed lines, and used this long-term and vague way to let the audience have a feeling of listening to the story of this plot, which is very meaningful.
Wang Chongqiu, a cameraman in 86 Journey to the West, said:
Now some film and television dramas, what is lacking is a kind of "silence is better than sound at this time" processing, the screenwriter and director jointly design the play to be particularly "full", without leaving any blank, and even how the characters in the play think, they must arrange unnecessary voiceovers and inner monologues, which is a typical painting snake. A good plot arrangement must be done with trade-offs.
Speaking of this, remembering the recent fire of "Breakout", if the memory part of this drama, that is, the drama of the Republic of China and the War of Resistance, can be interpreted in this way, I believe it will not be so much complained by the audience.
Yin Wenjiao, although she does not play much in the play, let everyone remember this beautiful woman, with great ups and downs, great joy and great sorrow, and great love and hatred.
The reason why Yin Wenjiao did not have a single line and could still be remembered so much by the audience was related to the actor Ma Lan.
In the book, It is written that Yin Wenjiao's appearance is like a full moon, his eyes are like autumn waves, his cherry is small, and his green willow waist is wild.
Ma Lan's appearance, appearance and figure are very much in line with the description of Miss Yin in the book.
Xu Shaohua's version of Chen Guangrui and Ma Lan's version of Yin Wenjiao, standing together, a good-looking, Yushu Linfeng, a gentle and smooth, graceful and graceful, graceful, like a classical style of long scroll painting, beautiful.
Miss Yin's first candidate was Ma Lan. This is what director Yang Jie has decided long ago, and it is the only candidate.
Ma Lan graduated from Anhui Academy of Arts and entered the Huangmei Drama Troupe in Anhui Province, where he was one of the "five golden flowers" on the Stage of Huangmei Opera, and was famous at that time.
As early as the recording of Huang Mei's play "Female Pony", director Yang Jie fell in love with Ma Lan and felt that she was beautiful, dressed well, and had a good demeanor.
Ma Lanhua's appearance and round face are very much in line with the characteristics of Tang Dynasty beauties. Therefore, Yang Jie identified Ma Lan as the best candidate for Miss Yin.
Therefore, the Westward Journey crew found the Huangmei Troupe and negotiated that Ma Lan would come to the crew to shoot the scene.
At the beginning of the 87th edition of "Dream of the Red Chamber", the crew also went to the troupe to cast, and also liked Ma Lan.
Ma Lan is the pillar of the troupe, and when she learned that "Dream of the Red Chamber" was going to be filmed for three years, the crew resolutely disagreed, so that Yuan Mei could enter the Red Chamber crew.
"Journey to the West" and "Dream of the Red Chamber" are different, do not need to shoot for three years, only a few scenes, a short time, so the Journey to the West crew quickly agreed with the troupe, by Ma Lan as Yin Wenjiao, but did not set a specific time.
In November 1984, the crew filmed Chen Guangrui's scene in Xizhou, Yunnan Province, and Ma Lan was needed to throw a hydrangea ball.
At this time, Ma Lan was still performing in Hefei, and was the main actor, the tickets were sold, the time was tight, and it was impossible to come to the crew to shoot.
On the side of the Western Journey Crew, the scenery is also set up, everything is ready, just waiting for Ma Lan.
How can this be good?
No plan can be changed, and in desperation, Yang Jie and the troupe agreed on a plan, that is, the troupe gave the crew a day to let Ma Lan shoot this scene.
In a day, you have to run back and forth, and you have to finish filming.
Therefore, the Westward Journey crew first sent someone to wait at the Hefei Theater, and as soon as Ma Lan's play was finished, he immediately took her from Hefei to Beijing, then went to the airport, flew to Kunming, and then took a car from Kunming to Xizhou.
The crew did all the preparatory work, there are special people in Hefei, special people in Beijing, and special people in Kunming.
As soon as Ma Lan arrived at Xizhou, he immediately put on makeup. At that time, the stage makeup on her face was still there, and she immediately changed it to a film and television makeup. After putting on makeup, Malan began to shoot.
After filming, Malan ate. At this time, the car that went back was already waiting.
The crew sent Ma Lan back the same way, from Xizhou to Kunming, then from Kunming Airport to Beijing, and then from Beijing to Hefei, which was really non-stop, and did not delay Ma Lan's troupe performance at all.
I have to say that Ma Lan really has a talent for acting, such a tight schedule and shooting process, this hydrangea throwing scene, but not a little perfunctory and casual, has become a classic scene in 86 "Journey to the West".
A gentle and atmospheric young lady, she interpreted it vividly.
The formation of the classics is not casual. Only in that environment, there is such a group of people who have the pursuit of art, from the selection of the filming location, the design of costumes and props, the arrangement of various scenes, or the choice of characters, all of which are excellent and well-intentioned.
The 86th edition of "Journey to the West" has become a classic, and director Yang Jie has contributed to it.