BEIJING, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- Late-night diners, barbecue stalls full of fireworks... The recently aired food documentary "A String of Life 3" has attracted a lot of attention with its "grounded" style.
Recently, Chen Yingjie, the general director of "A String of Life 3", mentioned in an interview with reporters that this documentary introduces an ordinary story, hoping to let the audience truly feel the temperature of life.
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A food show?
"Beef liver", "grilled shrimp", "crispy meat fish"... A variety of different flavors of food in the "Life String 3" appeared in turn, attracting the attention of many "string lovers", "look hungry" has become a high-frequency word in the evaluation of netizens.
In fact, the determination of the filming content of the "kebab" program is quite dramatic. Chen Yingjie recalled, "Once by chance, I had a barbecue with Wang Hailong, the chief producer of "A String of Life", and he said, "If you don't shoot barbecue." ”
"Barbecue, it's true, hasn't been specifically filmed. In the beginning we wanted to do a food show. But after all, there have been many excellent works in the same type of program, and Chen Yingjie hopes that "A String of Life" will have its own characteristics and find another way.
After inspecting for a period of time, Chen Yingjie and the main creative team found that simply introducing barbecue may not have much room for maneuver, "First of all, its production process is not more complicated, and there are fewer things that can be displayed." ”
Therefore, Chen Yingjie and the main creative team began to consider whether they could add some content such as customs and customs, "or tell the story of what happened at the barbecue stall, and slowly formed the current mode of telling, there are food, there are stories." ”
From "Fire Around the Stove" to "A String of Life"
When it comes to "A String of Life", many viewers who have watched this documentary will have a simple and easy name, and naturally think of keywords such as barbecue stalls and fireworks, but its earliest name was originally "Fire Around the Stove".
Image source: Screenshot of the video of "A String of Life 3"
"The name comes from the 'House of Fires', which means that everyone eats some barbecue around the charcoal stove." Thinking about it, he and the main creative team felt that it was still not straightforward enough, so they examined the subject while thinking about more interesting names.
In this process, Chen Yingjie went to many barbecue restaurants and heard many stories of barbecue masters, "One day it was like a flash of inspiration, and I felt that 'a string of life' might be appropriate." ”
He feels that eating barbecue sometimes carries a lot of memories from the process of growing up, such as the life story of diners, "From the third season, the audience who is still chasing our film, some will say that the college entrance examination has just ended when watching the first season, and now they are going to graduate from college; some say that the first season that they watched with their girlfriends have now broken up." ”
"Time passes, people grow and leave memories, isn't this life?" I think that the current name may leave a deeper impression on the audience. He said.
"Living life keeps people enthusiastic"
Since the first season was broadcast, a few years have passed, and "fireworks" is the consistent feeling of people after watching "A String of Life". Some people also say that from this documentary, they feel a strong breath of life.
For the "breath of life", Chen Yingjie gave an example, "My mother is almost eighty years old, and she likes to go to the vegetable market every day, and I am not happy if I don't let it go for a day." ”
At this time, he said, the wet market was like a warehouse and a gas station to replenish the enthusiasm of life, "she can see all kinds of fresh vegetables, and figure out how to bargain with the vendors... This kind of fresh life always allows people to maintain their enthusiasm for life. ”
"The barbecue stall is also a place where people are connected, where people interact and may slowly relax in conversation, which is a great place to feel the real life." Chen Yingjie explained.
He said that the "String of Life" series introduces ordinary stories, hoping to let the audience have this real sensory experience of life, "You have to really feel the temperature of life, as long as you observe, there will always be." (End)
Source: China News Network