Elephant News reporter Wu Jingjing
The new play has just been completed, and Song Jia is sick. "No way, every time the scene is finished, the tense nerves relax, and the first thing must be to get sick." But she also enjoys the "tight" state when filming, so in recent years she is "very prolific", she can't help but "praise" herself" I am really a model worker! "No! Recently, she starred in "Dress up" and "The World", which are popular, both high-scoring dramas with high reputation, and there is no sense of contradiction between the fashion witches in urban dramas and the intellectuals in period dramas. She said, "I don't know how to get more and more courageous in the past few years, the passion for creation has not decreased a little, and every time I see a good role, I have the feeling of rubbing my fist and eager to try." Indeed, when the Elephant News reporter interviewed, she could clearly feel her enthusiasm for acting, and her throat was inflamed, but it did not affect her incessant talking about loving things. She said that she has a small "selfish heart", that is, as an actress, she hopes to convey the beauty of women to everyone through the roles in each work, "Women's beauty is very diverse, not only one."
About "Female Demon Head"
It was a lonely female warrior
Compared with Song Jia's previous roles, the characters in "Dressage" are particularly dazzling and powerful. The drama, which is being broadcast on Oriental Satellite TV and Youku, tells the people and events of the fashion magazine "Dressage" going through the painful period of transformation, and also reflects the workplace life when the building will fall: the editor-in-chief George suddenly fell downstairs, causing chaos inside the magazine and stirring up invisible storms. Song Jia plays Chen Kaiyi, deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine and "fashion witch", she grows and grows with the magazine, always believes that content is king, with its own "queen" aura; Xiao Hongxue, the new editor-in-chief played by Yuan Yongyi, has a different stance from Chen Kaiyi, believing that economic benefits determine everything. As the new editor-in-chief parachuted in, the magazine began to break down its lines.
After receiving the script handed by the five hundred directors, Song Jia was full of expectations for "Dressage": "Lei Zhilong is an excellent young film screenwriter who wrote "The Unknown Generation". He was a former journalist and had a deep affection for the media industry. Therefore, he created a relatively pure professional drama. As an actress, Song Jia's work radius includes the fashion circle, and she often pays attention to the workplace details of her friends in the circle. After taking over the performance of "Dressed Up", Song Jia had her own observation: "This drama is a story created by the screenwriter, and there will definitely be a distance from the real fashion circle." But I can understand that what he wants to focus on is the picture of the era of the alternating old and new media, the persistence of the profession of the old media people, and how they remain elegant and decent in the new era. ”
Of course, the suspenseful elements throughout "Dressed" also attracted Song Jia: Why did the original editor-in-chief George suddenly fall to his death? What are the dark secrets inside the magazine? What is the mystery of the personnel arrangement at the headquarters? Song Jia believes that for professional dramas, this arrangement is very fresh: "My friends can't stop chasing, and there is always a suspense element in the play to take the audience to see, which is the creative temperament that five hundred directors are good at." ”
A: She is a woman that I respect, and I think she is very powerful inside, she has her persistence, and her persistence is almost paranoid. She's an idealist, and I think she's living herself as a warrior, and such a woman is actually quite worthy of respect.
A: In fact, in my life and work, I still have a lot of friends in the fashion circle, and I will also observe some professional details from them, but I think this story itself is a creative story, in fact, there may be a certain distance from the real fashion circle.
A: She is not a relatively superficial, always walking with the wind, strong and powerful, I think first of all she is a woman, a woman in the workplace, her almost paranoid persistence, this idealism, there is a reason, not out of thin air, I think Chen Kaiyi is more emotionally fragile, this is where I especially like her, so the makeup we designed for her is a red lip. The styling of this play, the crew invited very professional fashion industry masters, clothing, bags, including styling and makeup and hair... I rarely shoot scenes like this makeup and hair so complete, I have not made much makeup in the scenes I have shot in recent years, like "The World" has no makeup, this scene has added a "sharp weapon" to Chen Kaiyi, that is, her big red lips, you see how pale and tired her face is, there is always a red lip that insists on it, stubbornly supporting on that face, I think it is very interesting. Sometimes you see that her face is actually very tired, and her heart is very exhausted. She was lonely at times, and she lived herself as a lone warrior.
Unique "voice line"
"Whispering" is a design for characters
In "Dress up", Chen Kaiyi is a leader with strong professional ability: focusing on work, doing the right thing and not being right, and having a humanistic and caring spirit. Song Jia admires this type of woman: "She is an idealist with inner strength and almost paranoid persistence. She is strategic, deeply intelligent, controlling the overall situation, incomparably frank, respecting the opponent..." Because of the obvious contrast between her personality and role, in order to maintain Chen Kaiyi's aura during the three-month shooting cycle, Song Jia felt uncomfortable: "I can't play the aura for the sake of the aura, if I play a domineering female president, it will be too superficial." ”
In order to fully create Chen Kaiyi's "fashion female devil" image, the crew invited Deng Li, former editor-in-chief of "Jia Ren Marie Claire", and Cui Dan, former fashion editor, as fashion chief planners and image consultants. Song Jia laughed and said that there are fashion circle masters to escort the role modeling, and the actor is very worry-free. After the broadcast of "Dress up", some viewers found that Song Jia's lines were very different from before, adjusting the voice line and lowering the voice. In fact, this is Song Jia's special design: "I usually observe people with aura speaking, the voice is relatively small, the speed of speech is relatively slow, but the words are very clear. The way and rhythm of speech she designed for Chen Kaiyi is not angry and arrogant, "it is not necessary to shout loudly, pat the table, and whisper a voice to have an aura and a sense of oppression." ”
A: I don't have any resemblance to Chen Kaiyi, I'm still quite tired of acting, because friends who know me well know that I talk quite loudly, the kind of northeast people who giggle. So, in the three months of shooting, whether inside or outside the play to keep in that state, in fact, it is quite tired, and you have to pretend that kind of deep, that kind of strategizing, that kind of very intelligent, control of the overall situation of women, in fact, still need some energy, so playing Chen Kaiyi I think it is not a very easy thing, her sense of proportion to master very well, you have to let the audience understand her, not just for the strong and strong, for the aura and the aura, I think if it is just such a so-called "domineering female president", It's too superficial, too superficial.
A: Five hundred directors gave me a lot of creative space and trust, basically he is "I want to act however I want", I did my homework well, so as soon as I arrived at the scene, he was basically very relieved after seeing it. I have a large section of lines in the play, and the way I set her to speak is quite different from the previous roles. Because according to my observation, some people with aura speak in a relatively small voice, the speed of speech is relatively slow, this will actually help you increase the kind of energy you speak, but the lines must be spoken very clearly, there is a way of speaking that belongs to Chen Kaiyi and the rhythm in it, that is, it is not angry and arrogant, not necessarily have to shout loudly, not necessarily have to pat the table, her relatively whispered speech is also very aura, very oppressive, this is a way for Chen Kaiyi to design.
A: Oh, that paragraph is not super good, hahahahaha, that paragraph is good, that is our design at the time, I don't want to just stand there to answer the police, I think it is still necessary to show the busy and stressful side of her work together, so while answering the police, while completing the work, this is also a big test for the actor. I remember when I was filming that scene, Chen He was watching it on the monitor, and after I finished acting, Chen He said, "Oh how familiar is this word!" Haha, he felt that "Well, Song Jia's line is a hard work", yes, it must be memorized very, very familiar, you can have such a performance to add.
A: I admire women like Chen Kaiyi, and I think that in life, in the workplace, such a woman is very worthy of respect, because she is not for herself, she is fighting for the ideal in her heart. Whether she fights with others, she is incomparably frank, incomparably respectful of opponents, respect for herself, I think this is a very attractive point of Chen Kaiyi.
Flag against the opponent
I heard that it was Yuan Yongyi who came to the heart of the stone "fell to the ground"
In "Dressage", in addition to Chen Kaiyi, there is another "fashion devil" played by Xiao Hongxue played by Yuan Yongyi, and the drama of the two actresses is also quite interesting. In fact, when Song Jia learned that It was Yuan Yongyi who played Xiao Hongxue, she was also very happy: "The whole industry knows that Yuan Yongyi is a very good actress, two Academy Awards for Best Actress, I have seen a lot of her classic movies. I heard that she was playing a rival role with me, and the stone in my heart fell to the ground! In the play, Chen Kaiyi and Xiao Hongxue were initially harmonious on the surface, but in fact they were secretly fighting, but in the end they achieved reconciliation. In Song Jia's view, "the two characters just have different positions, and they are essentially the same independent women." ”
A: When I was first decided, I was waiting for the five hundred directors to say who would play the airborne editor-in-chief. Later, when the director told me that it was Yuan Yongyi, I was particularly happy, because I think everyone in the industry knows that Yuan Yongyi is a very good actor, she has created a lot of hong Kong classic movies, she is a two-time Hong Kong Film Awards queen, when Hong Kong cinema is very golden, I have seen many of her classic films, so when I heard that she came to play this editor-in-chief, my heart fell on this stone very steadily.
A: There are a lot of scenes in this play where Chen Kaiyi and Xiao Hongxue "fight", they are actually "right things and not right people", but they have their own angles and positions. Chen Kaiyi is a person who is paranoid about content, and she believes that the spiritual content conveyed by a magazine is the most valuable. Xiao Hongxue is an editor-in-chief parachuted from Hong Kong, and she believes that commercial capital is a new way of playing in the media in this era, so the two of them are just different positions. Personally, I think the two of them will definitely be very good friends, because they are so attractive, so cute, so independent women, I think they are the same people.
A: I am very happy with my cooperation with Sister Liang, and I think we both love each other. We both have the same personality, both like a boy, giggling, grinning, there is this atmosphere of fighting in the play, but in life, we are very good, so we have to restrain the impulse to kiss each other and each other when creating.
There is a selfishness
Use characters to convey the diverse beauty of women
Playing Chen Kaiyi this time also made Song Jia feel that the workplace is not easy: "In the workplace, whether it is a woman or a man, the pressure is very high. They need to find the best balance between showing ability and expressing their hearts, but it is actually difficult. She is also very willing to convey the beauty and strength of women in the workplace to the audience through the role of "Chen Kaiyi", and hopes to "become a person like Chen Kaiyi". She is very happy to see that "Dress" portrays the group portrait of professional women from a female perspective, emphasizing women's self-strength and self-expression. She also likes the "arrival of beauty, defend beauty" conveyed by "Dress", "The theme of this play is given by the director of five hundred and teacher Lei Zhilong, then the actor is to pass on these six words - what is beauty, after we know the beauty, we must defend it and insist on it." In her view, "dress" is "blooming", "every woman can bloom, be yourself can become the most beautiful you", and "be yourself" is also Song Jia's attitude towards fashion: "Don't go with the flow, people follow the clouds, only pay attention to yourself, confident to be yourself, such a girl is the most beautiful." ”
A: I think that's also a very interesting part of being an actor, which is that you can learn about a whole new industry through a role, and then you can understand the people in this industry. Through this performance of Chen Kaiyi, I found that the workplace is so difficult, and it is really not easy to mix in the workplace. Whether it is for men and women in the workplace, the pressure is very large, what they carry, what they have to do, including how to find a balance between this, whether it is the display of ability, or your inner expression, is a very difficult thing, so I think it is really not easy for people in the workplace, it is very hard, it is very stressful.
Song Jia: The fashion concept in my heart is to be yourself, to be yourself you are the most fashionable, do not have to go with the flow, do not have to go to the clouds, do not have to pay attention to these things, as long as you pay attention to yourself, pay attention to your own heart, confidently do yourself, such a girl is the most beautiful.
A: I think it is "blooming", every woman can bloom, be yourself, is the most beautiful you, is the bloom.
I think as an actor, especially as an actress, I am very happy to convey a sense of feminine beauty to my friends through my works and my roles, and in a female group portrait play like "Dressage", you see the beautiful, very powerful side of women in all kinds of workplaces. For example, Ms. Chen Kaiyi, beauty is particularly powerful, I also like her, if you can become Chen Kaiyi's appearance, it is also a particularly beautiful thing.
A: I have a little selfishness, that is, as an actress, I hope that through the roles in each work, I can convey to everyone a kind of female beauty, female beauty is very diverse, not only one, she can be very rich, she can have advantages, she can have shortcomings, she can have strength, she can have tenacity, she can have vulnerability, she can have sadness... Very informative. So I think that's also a very good thing about this era, which is that we are more and more accepting of multiple roles, not just so-called good or bad, we are more and more accepting of this complex side of human nature, which I think is a very good phenomenon.
A: Ah, these years I am indeed very prolific, I think I am really a model worker, I myself admire my own, but fortunately, my passion for creation has not been reduced, indeed every play, every role to see is that there is a feeling of rubbing their fists, eager to try to act, I don't know how in recent years the more courageous, that is, the enthusiasm in creation is getting more and more exuberant. Seeing the role you want to play, the subject matter you want to play is "tired" and what you want to play has long been put behind. I am quite fortunate about this, in fact, you said that it has been almost 20 years since you entered the industry, large and small roles, movies, television, literary and artistic films, commercial films, the actors are also acting almost the same, but still very obsessed with acting, more and more obsessed, ah, so terrible.
A: Ah, I will definitely learn a lot from the role, but I'm sorry, as a professional actor, I was really tired after I finished acting, I just wanted to let this role go from my body quickly, I wanted to go home and sleep, to eat and drink and have fun on my own, I didn't want to think so much, I didn't want to be so tired, because filming was very tired, very draining, so after the play, I wanted to hurry back to my Song Xiaohua'er, happy hahahahahaha.