Last night, a hot search on Weibo that landed #White Night Chase 2# made many netizens explode: Finally waited for "White Night Chase 2", fortunately I didn't give up!
When it comes to the masterpieces of suspense dramas, it is indispensable to "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" broadcast in the summer of 2017. This drama is produced by Wuyuan Culture, directed by Wang Wei, a lawyer-turned-fingerprint screenwriter, screenwriter Gu Xiaobai as the script planner, Pan Yueming and Wang Longzheng starring.
How popular was "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" back then? In only 16 hours after its launch, it exceeded 100 million views on Youku, opening high and walking high, and the limelight was unmatched. Actor Pan Yueming, who was previously ridiculed as a "passing male star", turned over with his wonderful performance in the play and ushered in the second spring of his career.
High attention is inseparable from high reputation, "White Night Chasing" Douban scored 9.0, and still maintains 8.9 points. Now, as soon as the news that "White Night Chasing 2" is about to start, fans shouted "DNA moved". Why is the audience so obsessed with "White Night Chase"? What kind of sequel will the audience look forward to?
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Around 2017, many criminal investigation suspense dramas emerged. But why does "White Night Chase" have the highest rating and keep the audience reminiscing?
As the pioneering work of the fingerprint "Jingang Universe", the story and characters of "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" have a unique style. The first thing that cannot be avoided is the twin male protagonist setting of Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu. In the history of TV dramas, although it is not new for one person to play two roles, it is still the first time that the same face character is set as a double male protagonist with the plot point of identity exchange, and it is difficult not to attract the curiosity of the audience.
Coupled with Pan Yueming's superb performance, he not only understood Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu, but also performed the delicate state of the two brothers when they played each other. The thrilling "play within a play" and Pan Yueming's acting show made many audiences excited.
This texture brought a unique freshness to the audience at that time. The dark thriller of the case, the treacherous plot, and the complexity and sophistication of Zhou Xun (played by Wang Longzheng), Liu Changyong (played by Song Naigang), Han Bin (played by Liu Baixi) and others set the tone for the style and temperament of "Jingang Universe".
It can be said that "White Night Chasing" raises the upper limit of the audience's expectations for the same type of work and is a milestone.
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In addition to the affirmative voice, some netizens have always been worried about the unfilled "pit" of the first film.
What makes the audience most uncomfortable is the finale of "White Night Chase". At the end of the story, the police department brought Kwan Hongfeng (played by Pan Yueming) back to the bureau for interrogation under the pretext of needing him to cooperate with the investigation.
Just as the audience waited to see how Guan Hongfeng coped with Zhou Xun's interrogation, the camera language began to change. In Pan Yueming's close-up, the director lets the light and shadow flow on the actor's face, and finally freezes in the picture that is half towards the light and half towards the yin. At the same time, Pan Yueming, who was staring at the camera, smiled crookedly, which was meaningful.
The flashback that followed stopped at the grave of the brothers' parents. The younger brother Guan Hongyu (played by Pan Yueming) wears a scarf, and his brother Guan Hongfeng holds flowers. Guan Hongfeng said: "As a person walks the road of people, bumping ghosts and stepping on the road of ghosts, I should also take a trip to the road at night." Guan Hongyu replied: "I don't know what you have done to me, and I don't know what you have done to yourself." If one day you fall to my point, I will never leave you alone. ”
The two brothers were tacit, so that the audience outside the play had two heads and asked: Is this saying that the person arrested by Zhou Patrol is not Guan Hongfeng, but Guan Hongyu? If that's the case, how did they change people? Is it in the bridge hole? So the accident in the bridge cave was designed and arranged by the protagonist group?
In addition, other doubts about the plot of "Chasing the Murderer in the White Night" have also been repeatedly discussed by many audiences. Who killed Ye Fangzhou (played by Yue Xiaoyou)? Is it the killer sent by the organization, or Han Bin, who is hiding in the shadows, or Guan Hongfeng, who picked up the gun while he was chaotic? How deeply is the upper echelon of the police department infiltrate, and who are the black police?
Whether these are foreshadowing or smoke bombs, let the audience miss the story of "White Night Chase", and over time, it has become the audience's "uneasy".
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Fortunately, the audience's waiting was not in vain, and "White Night Chase" finally has news of a sequel. The film art monologue learned that Wang Wei, the director of the first part, will serve as the producer of the second part, and the new director will be Liu Yingjian, the director of photography of the first part. In terms of scripts, the screenwriter is still a fingerprint, and Gu Xiaobai, the script planner of the first part, has also returned, and he and producer Wang Wei checked the story of "White Night Chasing Murderer 2" at the same time.
After nearly six years to usher in a sequel, netizens can't help but wonder why the launch of "White Night Chase 2" has waited so long?
For the main creator, making a sequel is never an easy task. The success of the first part is a double-edged sword, which is the icing on the cake if it is filmed well, and the dogtail continues to be mink if it is not filmed well. The first part was so successful, what new tricks can the second play play? How to use the successful experience of the first part as a springboard to create a new story that is more different is not a small challenge.
And those unfilled pits, fill or not? Don't forget, there are still many audiences, and there are old dramas every day. What is certain is that some of the settings that caused unhappiness in the relevant departments in the first season must be changed, the scale must be closed, and some pits will not be filled.
At the same time, for the sequel, the audience's first concern must be the return of the original team, which determines whether the sequel can remain original.
Fortunately, Pan Yueming and Wang Longzheng and others will join again. How to re-finalize the schedule of the cast and crew, and try to ensure the return of the personnel in front of and behind the scenes, cannot be ignored.
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When it comes to the "uneasy peace" that makes the audience struggle for a sequel, "White Night Chase" is not alone.
For example, in the summer of 2016, the first two seasons of the dark horse suspense crime online drama "Residual Crime" were broadcast. The foreshadowing of this drama is also not few, such as the follow-up stories of Yu Sin (played by Zhang Yishan) and An Jialu (played by Sun Jiayu), whether Shen Jiawen (played by Xu Dongdong) is dead or alive, etc., have not been clearly explained.
Similar to this, there are two suspense dramas broadcast last year "Crime Hunting Guide" and "The Gate of Rebirth". The former uses a self-portrait separated to suggest that Shen Yi (played by Tan Jianci) may be more than just a police portraitist; The latter used a text message to suggest that the audience Zhuang Yaobai (Pan Yueming) may still be alive.
Open the vision again, and the audience is looking forward to the sequel not only suspense, but also ancient dolls.
Such as "The Legend of Chu Qiao". To this day, when the audience sees Lin Xinxin's new drama, they will still shout in the barrage: Yuwen Yue, when did you go ashore? The same is true of the heroine Zhao Liying, in the barrage area of her new drama "Happiness to Ten Thousand Homes" and "Wind Blowing Half Summer" last year, you can still see statements such as "Yingbao has time to fish for Yuwen Yue, who has been frozen for six or seven years", which shows the depth of obsession.
Last year, Lin Xinxin and Zhao Liying confirmed that although the duo's "With Phoenix Xing" is not a sequel to "The Legend of Chu Qiao", it still makes fans shout "My 'Xingyue CP' is back!" ”
What these works have in common is the excessive white space of the open-ended ending. Although the open ending leaves enough room for the audience's imagination, it must at least give an imaginary direction, otherwise the sequel needs to be supplemented.
In addition, there is also a series format that makes the audience habitually look forward to the next work. For example, "Soul Ferry", the audience originally thought that the follow-up works would arrive as promised, but it is inevitable that people will remember it if they can't wait for a long time.
There are also cases where an actor's excessive provocation causes the audience to shout for himself to use a sequel to hand in homework, such as Zhang Ruoyun. Whether it is Zhang Xianzong in "Heartless Mage", Qin Ming in "Forensic Qin Ming", or Fan Xian in "Qing Yu Nian", netizens are looking forward to the "sequel".
Even if the sequels to "Heartless Mage" and "Forensic Qin Ming" have been filmed, the audience will ridicule Zhang Ruoyun as "Zhang Wuji" because of his absence. Zhang Ruoyun himself also responded that when he signed the contract, he confirmed that there would be only "Qing Yu Nian" and "Sword in the Snow", and he was also crying and laughing at the audience's ridicule.
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In the face of the audience's recognition and appeal, the main creative team is trying to meet the satisfaction. The above-mentioned "Crime Hunting Guide", its official Weiwei has repeatedly said that he "does not say goodbye" to the audience, and Shen Yi's actor Tan Jianci has also expressed that "Crime Hunting Guide" intends to prepare a sequel or extra.
The sequel to "The Gate of Rebirth" "The Road to Rebirth" is confirmed to be in preparation, and relevant information such as the poster and the main creative team can be found on Douban. Similar to last year's "Police Honor", screenwriter Zhao Dongling interacted with netizens on Weibo because of the hit of "Police Honor", saying that he was accumulating materials to prepare for the sequel to "Police Honor".
Although the official has not confirmed the preparation of the sequel to "Police Honor", netizens have begun to frequently urge changes. There are more police drama fans who record their work stories, hoping to make story materials for Zhao Dongling.
Last year, "Tang Dynasty Tricks", which received high recognition from the audience, and its sequel "Tang Dynasty Tricks: Westbound" will officially start in March. In 2019, the phenomenal hit drama "Qing Yu Nian" was broadcast, and the sequel "Qing Yu Nian 2" will also be launched in the near future. In addition, the ongoing sequel projects include "Son-in-law 2", "Detective Chinatown 2", and the completed "Da Song Youth Chronicle 2".
Now, even "White Night Chase 2", which was once considered extremely difficult, has moved, which is a signal and a booster. The revival of the film and television industry's "hundred flowers" has appeared, and we look forward to new variations and new surprises in the sequel works.
【Text/Yichen】