Text │ Liu Shuying
The "Ultimate Class" series has been 12 years old, and watching this drama is no longer a simple "chasing drama" for many fans, but an emotion and obsession. At the launch conference of "Ultimate Class 5", any question thrown by the creators can be answered by fans in seconds, the funny of Jin Baosan, the handsomeness of Gu Zhan, the cuteness of Qiu Qiu, the "zero distance" between each actor and the role, the fans love the role, and they are also actors.
The "Ultimate" series began a 12-year journey from the first season of "The Ultimate Class" in 2005, the first season tells the story of the chicken flying dog jumping in the ultimate class of Ballet High School, there is no shortage of fifty cent special effects, killing Matt makeup, embarrassing laughs, but this drama is the first bloody high school drama in the youth of countless people.
No Big East, no ultimate?
"Ultimate Class 5" was launched for 8 days, with a cumulative playback of 580 million, "the ultimate tone is very sufficient" and "hahahahaha plot upgrade" and other bullet screens have been brushed, from the initial seemingly ordinary ultimate class, to now everyone knows that the class hides the dragon Crouching Tiger, although the students of the ultimate class are changing, but the "group soul" is like iron.
In the class, there was wang Dadong, the class boss who ranked third in the KO list, and at the beginning of the new semester, the class transferred two new transfer students Wang Arthur and the fourth Ding Xiaoyu who were tied with Dadong on the KO list. The three members of the Flywheel Sea starred, which also attracted the first fans of "The Ultimate Class".
Since then, Wang Dadong, played by Wang Dongcheng, has been accompanying the ultimate fan for 4 seasons, and Wang Dadong has not returned in "Ultimate Class 5", which may have disappointed the audience, "no Dadong, not ultimate" Bullet Screen also reflects the miss in the hearts of fans, as the chief producer of "Ultimate Class 5" and the general manager of Ali Entertainment Dayouku Tianxing Studio Yuan Yumei stressed, "We intervened in advance in the choice of actors, I hope that the members of the Flywheel Sea can return again, can fight for one, and finally Wang Arthur (Chen Yiru). as) is back. ”
Yuan Yumei admitted that the ultimate class of iron strikes, the students of Liushui, from the perspective of the audience, may be heavier in obsession with actors, but from the perspective of the creators, it is not easy for a series to reach the 5th season, "Most of the students of "The Ultimate Class" have always been there, and they have always had the temperament of secondary two on the body, which is no longer a simple actor performance, but a inheritance of the ultimate spirit. "Because of various reasons such as salary and schedule, there are not a few people who cannot produce a second season of an excellent series, and the 12-year "Ultimate Class" has become the leader in the series.
The production and shooting of 5 seasons has made all the actors of "The Ultimate Class" become a "family", and after more than ten years of getting along, the tacit understanding between the members can be imagined, "This is why every campus activity of the "Ultimate Class" series is successful. If one of them is unwell, the other person will definitely make up for the atmosphere. Between each other's gags, turn a conference into a variety show with constant laughter. ”
When "Ultimate Class 4" was broadcast, it was the 10th anniversary of the "Ultimate" series, and at the closing celebration conference, the organizers used a sand painting to show the 10 years of the "Ultimate" series, and all the actors and fans on the scene were in tears, the most joyful ultimate, but also the most affectionate ultimate, the spirit and emotion of the "ultimate" are no longer limited to the content of the series, but an emotional sublimation.
The development of the "Ultimate" series is also very much in line with the concept of "Chinese-style seasonal dramas" proposed by Yang Weidong, rotating president of Alibaba Culture and Entertainment Group and president of The Great Youku Business Group, in Youku Autumn, "Chinese-style seasonal dramas will not copy the American drama model or Korean drama model, but will form China's own seasonal drama standards." Yang Weidong pointed out that in the future, China's seasonal dramas will mainly focus on the field of super dramas and network dramas.
In the future, Youku will also focus on supporting China's seasonal dramas and promoting the production of excellent domestic season dramas with international competitiveness, and today the platform and the content side have changed from the short-term, simple production-purchase relationship in the past to a long-term, closer symbiotic relationship: "If the relationship between the content side and the platform is also set as a simple hammer transaction, such a content side has no future." ”
Keying? Actually, it's because of a foot injury!
In 2017, the word "cutout" is no longer unfamiliar to the audience, and the audience's aesthetic bottom line has been repeatedly challenged. Whether it is a TV series or a web drama, as long as there is a cutout, it will be spit on by the audience. When "Ultimate Class 5" was broadcast, many of Gu Zhan's shots were suspected of being cutouts, which also caused dissatisfaction among the audience.
Although there are emotional blessings, the audience's requirements for the "ultimate" are still very strict, "the director and the actors are 120% of the effort, 'cut the picture' is to make the "Ultimate Class" injured Gu Zhan return to the last resort." Yuan Yumei explained.
Gu Zhan, played by Luo Hongzheng, suffered a very serious injury to his right foot before entering the group, and at first the whole crew thought it was a simple sprain, but Luo Hongzheng went directly into the operating room, which was identified as a "crushing fracture of the right foot", and the doctor even said that if the recovery was not good, it might affect the subsequent walking. "In this case, we still want him to play. This is also why, not long after Gu Zhan appeared on the scene, he arranged for the scene to be injured in a leg and sat in a wheelchair. ”
The first few seasons of the "Ultimate Class" series were filmed in Taiwan, and this time they chose to shoot in Shanghai, the background of the story is more suitable for mainland audiences to watch, and the production is also on the next level, "but because of the reason for the evidence, we took all the people back to Taipei after filming in Shanghai, and then re-filmed his scenes." Even if such a big effort and time-consuming labor, it is still necessary to ensure the integrity of the "ultimate class".
"If the cast changes or doesn't show up this season, it's a huge loss for the 'Ultimate' series, and There are more difficulties to overcome than all of us." We really all appreciate it. Yuan Yumei is slightly relieved, although there are still some regrets in the final picture presentation effect, but the way everyone has worked hard for "Ultimate Class 5" is really gratifying to fans.
The "ultimate" spirit has thus stepped out of the content of the series and penetrated into the lives of every staff, actor, and director, and this emotion can certainly penetrate into the lives of fans, and the positive, persistent, and positive attitude has also broken through the restrictions of the communication medium, and the infected people have been infected by a batch of ultimate fans.
The "ultimate" worldview makes the rules of the game
"The biggest contribution of the 'Ultimate' series lies in the continuation and innovation of the Chinese series." Yuan Yumei said. In addition to "Country Love", very few episodes can reach season 5, and even it is extremely difficult to ensure that the original team shoots season 2, "The reason why "The Ultimate Class" can reach season 5 is inseparable from the management of the ultimate artist and the ultimate worldview structure. ”
The ultimate creation of a worldview is constructed from three aspects: 1. three-dimensional spatial axis; 2, 12 parallel space-time; 3, an infinite number of timelines. There are 12 parallel space-times in a 3-dimensional space, each of which has its own twin in twelve space-times, and the "twin" is actually the "possibility" that the ultimate architect "Fat Brother" Feng Jiarui wants to convey to the audience. The fen can travel through its own time and space to another time and space, but the fen and the body are mutually exclusive, and they can communicate with each other and entrust each other with some private things.
"Be brave, united, and responsible, and that's what ultimately has been passing on." Everyone's strength value, various PKs, and big moves, in fact, in the final analysis, are fighting for friendship, and each of them has a sense of mission, that is, "maintaining the order of time and space", which is also the eternal rule of the game.
In 2014, all the content creators who devoted themselves to the Internet were seeking "net sense", and the "ultimate" series had a "net sense" in 2005, which set up a blood-burning, youthful "Ultimate Class" with its own sense of net, there are always some plots and content that can arouse the audience's resonance, "The "Ultimate Class" series will attract a new group of loyal fans every season, from the first batch 12 years ago to the 5th batch now, every batch of fans can understand and identify with the 'ultimate' feelings. ”
In the worldview created by "Fat Brother" Feng Jiarui, everyone's fate is different, but the stickiness of fans will only get higher and higher. Since last year's "Shiver, Abe", Youku's "secondary two" temperament has become more and more obvious, and the deep cultivation in the "two-dimensional" field is also destined to have a group of young and energetic fans.
"In fact, "Ultimate Class 5" and "Shiver, Abe" are completely two ways, "Ultimate Class 5" is definitely a variety series, and "Shiver, Abe" is a manga content. We Abe on the head of a flower pot to disguise success, this way of performance has a more comic humor, the props in the play is also light and funny, and "The Ultimate Class" it is a very middle two content from the way of thinking in the bones, it is the representative of the middle two dramas that make the game live. Yuan Yumei seemed to be particularly excited about these irregular contents.
The good sticky interaction with fans and easy-to-understand truths and laugh points have become the label of the "Ultimate" series, and the secret of the "Ultimate" series can go through 12 years, there are many characters in the play, but every character is growing, "Except for King Arthur, recently many viewers have begun to like Qiu Qiu and Lancelot wildly." Yuan Yumei said with a smile that the vitality of a drama is so, which also shows its high-strength fan stickiness and drama strength.