"Knife Line in the Snow" (hereinafter referred to as "Snow in the Snow") since its inception, there have been a wave of bad reviews, scolding continuously, the current Douban score is only 5.9, and even the passing line has not been reached.
And many of these scoldings point to one person - Song Xiaofei, director of "In the Snow".
Especially after the broadcast of the plot of "Reed Swing War" last night, Song Xiaofei was insulted by the fans of the drama, and Douban netizens even opened a "Song Xiaofei Scolded Building" to express his anger at the destruction of the "Reed War".
I have been chasing the drama all the way to the present, objectively speaking, Song Xiaofei is really not wronged by being scolded.
Other dramas have poor reputation, either the actors have bad acting skills, the actors are scolded, or the plot loopholes are many, the screenwriters are scolded, and few directors are scolded.
And the actors and screenwriters of "In the Snow" have not collapsed, but the director is extremely dragging his feet, even a layman can see that there are very obvious problems in the scheduling of the actors and the rhythm of the plot, and the director does not scold who is scolded?
Take last night's "Reed Swing War", Xu Fengnian (Zhang Ruoyun) and others fought Against Zhao Kai (Liu Duanduan) and The Eleventh Master of the World, Wang Mingyin, Wu Liuding, Fu Jiang Hongjia and Hehe Girl, sent by the King of Jing'an (Yu Yang).
The three battlefields were carried out at the same time, Xu Fengnian (Zhang Ruoyun) desperately resisted, with heavy casualties, and Lin Tanhua (Wang Tianyang) even died in order to break the fire armor in the red armor and cut off the meridians.
This whole plot should be very tragic and tragic, but the last thing we see is a family-like play, illogical characters, and a stiff and chaotic rhythm, and when I watch it, I can't help but laugh out loud several times, because the shooting is too bad.
"Reeds War" is one of the most important scenes in "In the Snow", it is said that this part of the plot was filmed for 20 days, Song Xiaofei spent 20 days of time and effort, but came up with such a tragic result, he is indeed a director who is really to blame.
In fact, the whole drama is not only the "reed swing war" problem, there are many problems in the play, netizens complain about the slow play, the filter is hot, the rhythm is chaotic, etc., which are common in the play, and these problems also reflect Song Xiaofei's lack of skill as a director.
Since Song Xiaofei's directorial skills are insufficient, why would such a big cake as "In the Snow" fall on his head?
This has to start from Song Xiaofei's experience.
Song Xiaofei is not actually a director, he graduated from the Beijing Film Academy majoring in cinematography and was a professional cinematographer.
As a photographer, Song Xiaofei's ability is still relatively strong, and there are many representative works, such as "Bullfighting", "Killing", "Tai Lu of The Way of Man Again", "Generation Grandmaster", etc., which are all highly acclaimed works.
Among them, "Bullfighting" and "Killing" made Song Xiaofei twice nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Cinematography, and the gold content of the Golden Horse Awards ten years ago was still very high, which shows how good he is as a cinematographer.
However, there is no cinematographer who does not want to go from behind the scenes to the front of the curtain to become a director, and Song Xiaofei is naturally included.
One day in 2014, Song Xiaofei chatted with his old partner, Dong Xu, a film recording engineer, and felt that every time they made a movie, the two of them worked together, but they kept changing directors, so it was better that they should also be a director.
In this way, the two had the idea of directing a movie together.
This opportunity soon came, and in 2015, the two were invested by Cao Huayi, chairman of Xinli Media, and began to prepare for the urban comedy film "Love Saint".
The two have been in the industry for more than 20 years, have rich experience and connections, and have the support of Cao Huayi, and soon invited Li Xiao and Yu Miao, who had won the Magnolia Award for Best Screenwriter, as well as Xiao Yang, Yan Ni, Xiao Shenyang and Qiao Shan.
On December 30, 2016, "Love Saint" was released, and because it was in the New Year's slot, coupled with the comedy, the film eventually earned 659 million at the box office.
This is a great success for newcomer directors.
The success of the first battle made Song Xiaofei more determined to become a director, so he and his old partner Dong Xu decided to hit the iron while it was hot and shoot "Love Saint 2" as soon as possible.
Or Xinli Media investment, or Li Xiao and Yu Miao screenwriters, but this time Xiao Yang is a supporting role, and the male and female protagonists have become Wu Xiubo and Bai Baihe.
At that time, Wu Xiubo was the top of the uncle circle, and although Bai Baihe was in a scandal, he was the queen of the box office, and this combination was a winner no matter how to see it. However, fate made a big joke for Song Xiaofei, and in the Mid-Autumn Festival of 2018, Wu Xiubo was suddenly exposed to a huge scandal, causing an uproar on the whole network.
At that time, the entertainment industry was not as tight as it is now, so although "Love Saint 2" was implicated by Wu Xiubo, it was successfully scheduled for the 2019 Spring Festival.
However, just before the release of the film, "Love Saint 2" was suddenly and urgently withdrawn, and then it has been pressed down to be released, and the day of meeting the audience is far away.
The results of the two films in the "Love Saint" series are completely different, and Song Xiaofei has experienced the peaks and valleys of his directorial career in just three years, which is really in response to the words of the old ancestor - "Fate is impermanent." ”
However, it is these two films that make Song Xiaofei and Xinli Media deeply tied, so it is not surprising that he can direct "In the Snow" this time, and "In the Snow" is produced by Xinli Media.
However, filming and making TV series are still different, the film is to show a complete story in just two hours, while the TV series has to shoot dozens of episodes, and many problems that are not revealed when filming movies will be revealed when filming TV series.
Not to mention that Song Xiaofei's level as a film director is not too high, "Love Saint" Douban score is only 6 points, better than 21% of comedies, the only thing it can get is the box office, but that is mainly because of the theme of the coincidence, Song Xiaofei's contribution as a director is actually not large.
Moreover, "In the Snow" is a costumed fantasy martial arts drama, which is completely different from urban comedies such as "Love Saint", and Song Xiaofei, as a newcomer director, dares to direct "In the Snow", which is also a commendable courage.
However, "In the Snow" is not useless, for example, literary drama is good, especially the temptation and calculation between the characters and the characters, which have the right to plot the taste of drama.
In addition, leaving aside the filter problem, many of the pictures in the play are also very beautiful.
What impressed me was the picture of the Nangong servant (zhang Tianai) who was dressed in white and victorious when he appeared, and the picture of Lin Tanhua watching the sunset dyeing the sky red before he died, etc., which made the drama have a poetic feeling.
In general, Song Xiaofei as a director, the advantages and disadvantages are obvious, the advantages are literary drama and aesthetics, the disadvantages are play, rhythm, actor scheduling, etc., if he wants to become an excellent director, there is still a lot of room for improvement.