The Paper's reporter Wang Yi
On September 16th, the original drama "Live Broadcast founding ceremony" commissioned by the National Centre for the Performing Arts and produced and performed by the National Drama Theatre of China was held at a press conference. Tian Qinxin, president of the National Theatre of China, screenwriter and director of the play, Zhao Tiechun, vice president of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, and actors Zhang Tong, Wu Fan, Tao Hong, Wu Bi, Liu Wei, Su Qing, Han Qing, and Tian Zheng all attended the ceremony.
Focusing on the great historical moment of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, live broadcasting the radio broadcast story behind the scenes for the first time, the play will be staged at the National Centre for the Performing Arts from October 1 to 7. In addition, the original opera "Long March" directed by Tian Qinxin will also be staged again at the Opera House of the National Centre for the Performing Arts.
The scene of the press conference
"National Dialect" + "National Congress" joined forces to recreate the great moment of the founding ceremony
Tian Qinxin, president of the National Drama Theatre of China, screenwriter and director of "Live Broadcast of the Founding Ceremony", said that this is the first time that the National Drama Theatre and the National Centre for the Performing Arts have cooperated in the form of commissioned creation, and at the major historical node of celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and the 72nd anniversary of the founding of New China, the live broadcast story of the founding ceremony will be put on the stage in the form of literary and artistic works, which is not only a tribute to the great party and the country by the two courts, but also through reviewing the bits and pieces of the past years. Praise every ordinary and great person who has contributed to the founding of New China, so that the Chinese people will not forget the road, do not forget the original heart, do not forget the predecessors, and do not forget the inheritance. "Doing live broadcasting in such a large square that year was the first time in the history of Chinese broadcasting, which can be said to be the 'Tianzi No. 1 mission'. As an important town for Chinese table directors, the National Drama Theatre is full of stars, and this time, although the time is tight and the task is heavy, we are confident of overcoming all difficulties and resolutely arranging the plays. ”
Zhao Tiechun, vice president of the National Centre for the Performing Arts, said that the drama "Live Broadcast of the Founding Ceremony" is the first time that the National Centre for the Performing Arts has explored the new cooperation model of commissioned creation, and is the result of the strong combination of the two state-level art institutions, showing the new requirements, new patterns and new responsibilities of the two courts in the construction of a cultural power. With the cooperation of the two courts, the artists of the National Drama Theatre will perform with all their efforts to launch a high-quality and high-level stage masterpiece for the audience in the capital, and offer blessings for the 72nd anniversary of the motherland.
Tian Qinxin, Liu Jinni, Jiang Wenliang, screenwriters of "Live Broadcast founding ceremony", director Tian Qinxin, drama composition Luo Bing, consultant Shi Bohua and Bi Lianzhu, broadcast director Ran Di, executive director Liu Dan. The cast is strong, zhang tong, Wu Fan, Tao Hong, Wu Bi, Liu Wei, Su Qing, Han Qing, Tian Zheng, Ma Ang, Zhao Yanyan, Zhang Yicong, Wang Qihan, Wang Lifu, Fan Shanghong, Wu Zhexuan, Jiang Muyuanjian, Ying Yuchen, Gao Gao, Li Junjie, etc. The combination of old, middle and young actors, the crew is clean and clear, in order to do a good job, work hard to create.
"Live Broadcast of the Founding Ceremony" tells that in mid-August 1949, Peking Xinhua Radio Received the task of broadcasting the "Live Broadcasting of the Founding Ceremony". The Tiananmen Tower is about to usher in a historical moment that has attracted much attention and announce the founding of New China to the world. The radio station was under closed management, and the technicians of the former Yan'an Xinhua Radio Station and the former Kuomintang Beiping Radio Station, represented by Lu Haiyu, Gao Gaomei, Zhao Yingjie, and Liang Xiaoyu, belonged to two camps, were not very clear about the task, but they fought hand in hand for a lofty goal and began a period of secret coexistence. The task is daunting and imminent. In the radio station, around the technical bottlenecks and poor equipment and other issues, a series of difficult work was launched. As the time approached, the personnel of the two sides, between doubt and trust, faced with the upcoming establishment of a new China, took out their soaring energy to overcome many obstacles, and finally gathered into a solid force, with collective glory to successfully complete the task of "live broadcasting the founding ceremony".
The three innovative points are full of highlights, and the simple vision creates a stage feast
"Live Broadcast founding ceremony" has three major innovation points, full of points of view. In terms of plays, "Live Broadcast of the Founding Ceremony" is a work of both political and artistic nature, and there is no drama work on the domestic stage that positively depicts the founding ceremony, and the play fills this gap for the first time. The screenwriting team led by Tian Qinxin has been preparing since 2019, repeatedly communicating with party history experts and broadcast experts, boldly selecting historical archetypal figures, from the professional perspective of broadcasting, under the premise of fully respecting historical facts, describing the scientific research spirit of communists in facing difficulties at critical moments, and how to let the voice spread throughout the square, use radio to transmit the great moment of the founding ceremony to the world, and show this unknown history to the audience for the first time.
Secondly, different from the traditional horizontal "black box" on the domestic drama stage, "Live Broadcasting Founding Ceremony" adopts a rare vertical and narrow stage, visually lengthening the depth of field, stage design Li Yang and lighting design Wang Qi use simple and powerful visual installations to reflect the grand historical background, use experimental visual language to form a vertical stage environment, create a simple and simple light and shadow effect, and organically combine performance and video.
The large-scale use of real-time shooting technology, film and television director Gao Yigong continued the innovative idea of "instant shooting, instantaneous editing, real-time screen projection" proposed by director Tian Qinxin in the "Great Journey" literary and artistic performance, and used instant shooting in nearly half of the whole play, projected onto multiple ice screens, so that the performers could become the object of film at any time, not only ensuring the viewing effect of all angles in the theater, but also allowing reality and memories to shuttle on the stage and shine together.
After the press conference, Tian Qinxin told the surging news reporter that as the predecessor of the National Drama Theatre, the China Experimental Drama Theater and the China Youth Art Theater, they rehearsed many good plays that reflected the fiery real life, such as "Born at the Right Time", which is also the tradition that the National Drama Theatre should continue today. She introduced, "The main characters in this play have real prototypes. Liao Chengzhi, the first president of the China Youth Art Theater, the predecessor of the National Theatre of China, was an outstanding member of the Communist Party of China, a proletarian revolutionary, an outstanding social activist, and an outstanding leader of the party and the state. At the same time, Liao Chengzhi was also the first director of Yan'an Xinhua Radio Station that year, and he also guided the live broadcast of the founding ceremony. This time, we only took his surname, the same surname and different names, and recreated new characters. ”
Wu Fanshu "Live Broadcast of the Founding Ceremony"
Zhang Tong Liu Wei Wu Fan continued the leading edge, and Tao Hong Suqing challenged the broadcast for the first time
At the press conference, Zhang Tong, Liu Wei, and Wu Fan also continued the frontier, and all three of them participated in the recent "Great Journey" literary and artistic performance, and Zhang Tong and Liu Wei lived together in the same lounge for half a month, forming a deep feeling, and then met again after two months, and each other showed a tacit understanding.
Zhang Tong, who played the role of Li Dazhao in "The Age of Awakening", "abandoned the text and congwu" this time, played the role of an engineer with military temperament, as the youngest Feitian Award Emperor, Zhang Tong was attracted by the compact plot, vivid characters and a strong creative team in the "Live Broadcast Founding Ceremony", following "China in the Story", "The Great Journey" and "China in the Classics", he cooperated with director Tian Qinxin again as an opportunity to learn and explore.
Wu Fan, an actor from the National Drama Theatre who has starred in films such as "Ip Man 4" and "Kill the Wolf and Greedy Wolf" and the drama "The Gate of the Great Mansion", played Lu Haiyu, the chief engineer who studied technology, although he was injured at the waist, he still insisted on rehearsal and brought Lu Haiyu's patriotic enthusiasm and scientific research spirit into full play. Wu Fan said at the press conference that most of the actors are liberal arts students, "This time we want to 'express' science and engineering men, the first level is to say the professional terminology of the radio industry smoothly." ”
National Drama Theatre first-class actor Tao Hong and Liu Wei in 2014 had a cooperation in the drama "Long Night", when the two played husband and wife, she laughed and said that "now she has finally separated from Liu Wei", this time she will play the lively and simple but a little "flowery" announcer Gao Damei, in order to adapt to the role, she exercised pronunciation, broadcast skills in rehearsal, worked hard, and strived for excellence in art.
Liu Wei, a veteran actor who has retired from the National Drama Theatre, has been honored in the field of acting for many years. He laughed and said that he went to see the director some time ago, "Tian Yuan half-jokingly told me that you should act in another drama." I thought to myself that the directors were already deans, and that there was no time to direct the play. And he said to her, 'If you want to direct, I'll act.' Unexpectedly, she actually directed such a new play. Liu Wei said that this is his first cooperation with director Tian Qinxin on the drama stage in the true sense, in order to play the role of the secret agent "Lao Xia", he also did a lot of desk work, looking for the prototype background, and repeatedly speculating on the role.
Wu Wu, an actor of the National Drama Theatre who has performed well in works such as "Beijing Fayuan Temple" and "Four Generations In the Same Hall", changed the previous comedy drama path, played the role of Zhao Yingjie, the head of the technical section with a literati temperament, and staged a "duel between the two males" with Zhang Tong and Wu Fan, and a large number of strange radio technical lines were both a pressure and a challenge for him.
Su Qing, an actor who impressed the audience in the hit drama "Armageddon" and "Yanxi Raiders", is the first time to challenge the drama work, she laughed and called herself a "drama fan", after "China in the Story" and "The Great Journey", she cooperated with director Tian Qinxin again, she sighed, "To be able to cooperate with director Tian Qinxin in a real drama work is a dream, the first time on the Mandarin stage, although there is trepidation in the heart, but full of confidence and expectation for the premiere." ”
In addition, the outstanding actors of the National Drama Theatre, such as Han Qing, Tian Zheng, Ma Ang, and Zhao Yanyan, all had outstanding performances in the play, showing the audience countless ordinary people who contributed to the cause of the founding of New China in obscure posts.
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