Director Yingda, the father of Chinese sitcoms, has produced a new work! Recently, the children's sitcom "After School", directed by Yingda and Xiong Wei, ushered in the media exploration class. Director Yingda made a kind appearance as a "big parent" to reveal the interesting stories of the crew for everyone. Starring Liu Yajin, Xu Cenzi, You Ziyi (small actor), Shunxin (small actor), Liu Yi (small actor), Li Zhiyi (small actor), Internet celebrity "Zhang Jintiao" and others all attended the scene. Gathering three generations of powerful actors, big coffee at the Spring Festival Gala, small drama essences and Internet celebrities, the new work of the "explosive harvester" Yingda director team is full of expectations.
"Oxford Group" is harmoniously colliding With the Spring Festival Gala Comedy Celebrities Gathered in "After School"
The core family characters of the original children's sitcom "After School" are set as four adults and four children, including father, mother, sister-in-law and grandfather, of which the father (Wang Xun) and the sister-in-law (Xu Cenzi) are Chengdu people, and the mother (Niu Li) and grandfather (Liu Yajin) are Beijingers. Liu Yajin, who plays his grandfather, is a national first-class actor and a regular guest of the Spring Festival Gala, and has achieved good results in various fields such as cross-talk, sketches, film and television, and variety shows. In the play, the grandfather he plays sometimes fools around with the children like an old naughty child, and sometimes the big parents make the children unbearable, which is a role that can make the audience feel kind. Niu Li, who plays her mother, has created a number of classic roles, and has always been dominated by women with distinct personalities, capable and spicy, and the mother played this time is also the setting of a strong woman. This pair of "Oxford combinations" that often appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, strong women and weak men, one positive and one harmonious, the strong contrast is bound to produce extraordinary laughter.
Another great feature of Ing's sitcoms is the large number of guest stars. It is reported that "Idle Centaur Big Sister" Cai Ming, "Yang Dafu" Yingzhuang, Lin Cong, Bai Kainan, Yu Meng, Lou Naiming, Yan Guanying, Huang Xi, Guan Ling, Zhou Qun, Zhong Meimei... Successively entered the group to participate in the shooting. The help of many A-list stars and Internet celebrities has made "After School" continue the humor and warmth of "Ying Comedy".
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It is reported that the script of "After School" began to be prepared in July last year, and many young screenwriters were used to create together. In the 48 episodes of the story, "After School" Father Qian Cheng and mother Yu Chaonan, because of their busy work, have no time to take care of their 12-year-old daughter Qian Xiaonan and 10-year-old son Qian Xiaochao, so they have to take their grandfather to live together, and at this time, Qian Rongrong, a sister-in-law who came to Beijing from Sichuan to study for a doctorate in education, also lived with her 10-year-old son Xiong Da and 8-year-old daughter Xiong Xiaoxiao, who came to Beijing from Sichuan to study for a doctorate in education. So a series of humorous and funny stories occurred between the four generations of old, middle, young and young.
Children's education is a pain point for every family, and it is also the hot topic that is easiest for film and television dramas to attract all family members to watch together. In the 1980s and 1990s, the American sitcom "Growing Pains" swept the world, and after the millennium, the domestic sitcom "Family with Children" was also popular all over The country. In 2018, the children's sitcom "New Big Head Son and Little Head Daddy" directed by Yingda and Xiong Wei was broadcast on CCTV Children's Channel, and the ratings increased by 800% compared with the normal ratings of the same period, creating the first rating in the same period, surpassing the popular drama "Yanxi Raiders" at that time.
Many people are curious about how director Yingda made a children's drama? Why are there so few excellent children's dramas? The 61-year-old Yingda director feels that he should take on more social responsibility through his works. "If it's just for fun, it doesn't make much sense." If you talk about education, it is best to start with children. Because it's hard to educate adults. Director Yingda revealed, "Maybe the audience doesn't know that I am good at shooting children's dramas, I am suitable, so I will shoot." ”
The "After School" was created by the Yingda Gold Medal production team, many core members of the crew have cooperated for more than 20 years, and the rich creative experience of "Friends" has ensured the quality of the new drama. Among them, the writer of "After School" is the famous screenwriter Xiao Feng, who and director Yingda are alumni of Peking University and old friends for more than thirty years, and have co-created sitcoms for more than twenty years, "The creation of children's dramas should be created from the perspective and thinking of children, and at the same time to achieve the comedic effects that everyone likes, which is still relatively difficult." ”
"After School" to create an upgraded version of "Family with Children" The young actors should not be underestimated
28 years ago, "I Love My Home" was an insurmountable peak of domestic sitcoms, and there are still countless "family fans" who regard it as a classic. Director Yingda, as the well-deserved "pioneer" of domestic sitcoms, has been trying various new themes, from the "Idle Centaur Sister" series that shows families in different regions, "Northeast Family", "New Seventy-two Tenants"... To "Waiting Hall", "The Story of the Travel Agency", "The Story of the Tax Office", which reflects various workplace styles... All have become happy fragments in the memory of the Chinese people.
"After School" starts from three different perspectives of the elderly, young people and children, and humorously interprets and interprets social phenomena and network hotspots. This can't help but remind people of "Family with Children", in the blink of an eye, 16 years have passed since "Family with Children" began broadcasting. Some of the viewers who watched TV in those days are now parents. When I was a child, I was busy capturing funny plots, and when I grew up, I found that many of the words xia Donghai said were quite meaningful. Care for and accompany your child's every step of growth, but also give them a quiet personal space. Love has a measure, in order to maintain long-term harmony and beauty, this is the art of parenthood, but also the art of life.
As the story progresses, we will see the relationship between adults and children getting more and more harmonious, and the children will become more sensible, and the last two episodes end with the dream story of "If I Grow Up". Form a unique series story structure that is scattered but not scattered.
It is worth mentioning that the small actors this time should not be underestimated, and the director of Yingda personally selected good seedlings from Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan and other places, nearly 2,000 children. The casting final was also broadcast live on the short video platform and received widespread attention. Under the guidance of the British director and the bear director, each young actor has a deep understanding of his own role, and his acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds, coupled with the guidance and inspiration of the old drama bones, the children have made gratifying progress in performance.
At present, "After School" is being filmed, and I look forward to meeting the audience as soon as possible!