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The TV series "Heart Residence" recently launched, the drama is adapted from the writer Teng Xiaolan's novel of the same name, in the pen of Teng Xiaolan, the Gu family has a small calculation about the "room", as well as the affectionate obsession with the "heart", a picture of the life of ordinary people, unfolding in the strong Shanghai style. Recently, Qilu Evening News interviewed Teng Xiaolan, who shared the feelings of "writer electrocution" and also talked about the story behind the film and television of "Heart Residence".
Outline the ordinary Shanghai
The story of "Heart Residence" takes place in Shanghai, this "bustling metropolis" in the hearts of many people, in Teng Xiaolan's pen, is a faded delicate shell, ordinary fireworks, "Shanghai is by no means colorful, but a monotonous color." Sunrise and sunset. Chai rice oil and salt, chicken chicken dog dog. She feels that writing about Shanghai should be re-examined with a new eye, "The Shanghai I want to write about is the group of people in the middle of the pyramid." In fact, whether in Shanghai or elsewhere, the people of the city are constantly trying to live, and I want to write about that process. Their tragic and joyful situations are of interest to me. ”
Teng Xiaolan has been rooted in Shanghai for many years, taking Shanghai as its roots to create works such as "Beautiful Days", "Moonlight in the City", "Foursomes", "Ten Roses" and other works, and won the Lu Xun Literature Award for "Beautiful Days", and she hopes that her Shanghai "is real and emotional." She is not only a city, but also a belief, a hope, a spirit." In the interview, she mentioned, "When I wrote "Xinju", I wanted to take the house in Shanghai as the starting point, write the story of people in the background of the big era for a better life, in order to pursue the ideals and dreams in their hearts, and constantly strive to pursue, as true and comprehensive as possible to reflect the present. ”
The TV series "Heart Residence" takes the sale and purchase of the house of the three brothers and sisters of the Gu family as the guide, telling the intersection of sorrow and joy and life experience of Shanghainese around the house, and at the same time depicting the change and influence of the "house" on the spiritual and psychological level of the characters. In the novel "Heart Residence", the dark tide of life is portrayed by Teng Xiaolan as real and full, peeling off the topic of "house" layer by layer, and the complexity of the times and the subtle changes of human nature emerge in front of you. Teng Xiaolan said, "'Heart' must be in front of 'ju', this work may be the first few episodes of the house as the starting point, but "Heart Dwelling" is more about the people behind the house, about the relationship between people and people, about some changes in human nature after encountering a big situation, how he sticks to his heart, so as to constantly pursue." ”
In the original work, the heroine Feng Xiaoqin and Gu Qingyu finally "turned Gange into jade" and joined hands to start a new life. Teng Xiaolan said that from this point of view, although "Heart Residence" is based on Shanghai's creation, it is actually not limited to Shanghai, "The contradiction between the two heroines is not largely out of the region, not out of the inherent prejudice against different origins and academic qualifications, but more out of some differences in the values of the two women, this starting point is common to the audience's heart." I think that no matter where the audience is, they can see the goodwill from the process and see the understanding between people. There are some things in the world that are common and have nothing to do with regional classes. ”
"Addition" to words
Teng Xiaolan is good at writing about daily life and excavating the beautiful flashes of human nature, as can be seen from her many works, she portrays the small people and small days in the winding alleys under the neon lights of Shanghai with realistic brushstrokes. The two women in "Heart Residence", the foreign daughter-in-law Feng Xiaoqin is proficient in calculation and strives to achieve the goal of buying a house, and the eldest aunt Gu Qingyu is not willing to show weakness, and in the process of "game", the values of both sides have gradually changed, exuding flexibility that makes the audience empathize.
Start with the details of daily life, write people, write backgrounds, and slowly come. For the creation of women's growth themes, Teng Xiaolan does not set goals for himself first, "Don't necessarily highlight anything, don't put 'female consciousness awakening' like a label on the head of the character, especially in TV dramas." TV dramas are popular art, which need to be narrated silently through a large number of details. I don't like the more abrupt lines, just to show the awakening of women, inexplicably paste it, I think life will definitely not talk like this. If you really want to resonate with the audience, you need to slowly present it through the direction, lines, and details of the characters. ”
Teng Xiaolan's novel works have been adapted on the screen experience, this time "Heart Residence" is her own adaptation of her own novel, "writing a script and writing a novel is not the same after all, this is my first time to write a script, the script needs to pay attention to some technical things, but also with the help of the creator, a little bit into the state." Overall, the process was relatively smooth, and indeed several drafts were revised. ”
For the seemingly "torturous" adaptation process of "Heart Residence", Teng Xiaolan is very happy, "I am an author who is willing to try new different themes and styles, I have written novels and martial arts before, of course, I have written one." I don't mind changing the format, and I'm happy with the status of screenwriter because it's a way of writing that I haven't tried before. ”
Teng Xiaolan said that the novel is relatively freehand, the script is biased towards rationality, with the experience of screenwriters, if you write a novel now, you will add to writing a novel. "The pen is in your own hands, the literary nature should still be retained, but you can add some of the benefits brought by the script, in fact, I think if it is well combined, it is a model of mutual achievement."