Imagine that:
Late at night, you are alone in the public toilet solving life events, the lights above your head are flashing, the sound of electricity is moist, and you can't help but be scared.
Suddenly, a low male voice came from next door asking you to borrow paper, a little caught off guard, but it made people breathe a sigh of relief.
You hand over a few pieces of paper in the spirit of helping others, and who knows that the other party has to step in and ask you to send them over.
You are a little angry, let the other person come and get it themselves.
The other party seemed to have compromised and was ready to get up -
I saw a pale, skinny hand slowly stretched out...
Aaa Ghost! La!
The "ghost" hand withdrew and ruffled his long hair with his nails, revealing a decaying face.
Looking at the direction you ran away with the paper, he let out a long sigh, fished out his mobile phone from the sewers, and shouted at the throat of the male duck: "Crooked? ”
Why, I haven't seen cosplay in Hengdian!
Laughing wildly!
I've seen thrillers, I've seen comedies, but have you seen a "surprise film" that blends the two silkily?
"Great Night", something new!
For the first time, I witnessed the "chaos" of the movie-watching scene. The audience is scared into memes one second, and laughs until they chirp the next second, so it's not lively!
Friendly reminder: This article contains a little spoiler, but it will never affect your exciting viewing experience!
Director Ma Kai, First Film Exhibition, is good at thriller themes, and his debut film "Zhong Evil" received rave reviews.
Executive producer Yi Xiaoxing, masterpieces "Never Expected", "Report Boss" and "The King of Bath", there are funny factors flowing in the blood.
The two collaborated to bring "Great Night", a surprise without meal replacements on the whole network.
The first thing that struck me was the plot structure: matryoshka triple reversal, aka eighteen-line small actor Hengdian Horror Night.
First, the whole person is scary hard work.
Brother Leopard (played by Fan Chengcheng), Monkey (played by Jiang Yi), and Gouzi (played by Gan Yunchen) opened a Sanbao media company, which is about to shoot online videos with more than one million likes.
Unfortunately, the popularity of the work was really bleak, and the three decided to take money and disband after the last order -
Go to the thriller shooting site and get exclusive behind-the-scenes videos.
Is there a more exciting topic than "There are really ghosts in the thriller scene"!
Here, Brother Leopard and Dog came to the set with a monkey dressed as a "ghost" and pretended to be a ghost in the house.
Over there, Xiaoshan (played by Jiang Long) and Dou (played by Kong Lianshun) went directly to the door to find "ghosts".
Two little-known young actors finally got the opportunity to be the male lead of a thriller, and they cherished it extraordinarily.
Xiaoshan thought of a trick and found self-media to hype it fiercely.
The first reversal is hidden in his brain hole that ordinary people can't imagine.
Who knows, without this group of people playing more, explosive news will come on the initiative -
The heroine "Concubine Li" had an accident while hanging Weiya and was urgently sent to the hospital.
Is this a human life?!
Without waiting for you to be mentally prepared, the second reversal will occur immediately - the "ghost" is scary.
Not long after, "Concubine Li" returned to the set, and everyone in the crew was surprised and praised her for her hard work and dedication.
On the other hand, looking at the hills, beans, people are not good...
They obviously just learned the news, "Concubine Li" has completely disappeared! The family members are crying!
The two looked at each other, trembling their legs and realizing: the fake "ghost" is gone, and the real "ghost" is coming.
How dare you speak loudly? Can use all his strength and grit his teeth to remind the rest of the crew that something is not good, run!
However, no one cared about their rhetoric.
Just listen to the director's action, and an intimate encounter between people and "ghosts" is immediately staged.
Guess how the duo did?
No exaggeration -
Stunning the director, shocking the crew, and laughing at the audience.
It turns out that this is the power of true immersive performance...
At this point, the three groups of people and horses from different perspectives of the Sanbao brothers, Xiaoshan & Bean, and the crew converged into a line.
But the reversal of the story does not end, but goes to more and more bizarre - people are scared "ghosts", dare you believe ?! (I'm a good person, I'm not a spoiler)...
Game-within-a-game, play-within-play, set-within-set, unexpected everywhere, roller coaster-like exciting movie-watching experience runs through the whole process.
Whenever the viewer feels that they are going to be frightened, the painting style suddenly changes towards the hilarious moment.
Obviously, the director has already held it steadily, turning the audience's reaction into part of the "reversal".
For example, "kicking the female ghost":
In the last second, the moon was dark and the wind was high, and the "female ghost" Concubine Li floated gloomy on the road, which made the hearts of this materialist people jump.
In the next second, Brother Leopard thought that this was the appearance of his brother's monkey, and when he went up, he kicked the "ghost" three meters away.
Big laughter, it turns out that ghosts are also afraid of physical damage!
The joke is not only full, but more fierce.
The spicy irony is cloaked in a funny coat, and instead of dissolving a trace of sharpness, it has the strength to lift a heavy weight.
Q: How do young actors describe themselves as acting with 0 salaries?
High emotional intelligence: I invested in this film with my own salary.
Low EQ: I'm free.
Q: Why did you add motorcycle scenes to costume thrillers?
High emotional intelligence: costume films add cyberpunk elements to achieve surreal mapping, break the fourth wall, leave doubts to think, seemingly bugs are actually broken legends...
Low EQ: The producer had a flash of inspiration.
One is the eighteenth-tier small actor who is the most cared about, and can only work for free to earn a chance to show his face; One is the producer who has the most power to speak, and there are people who rush to achieve what outrageous requirements are.
Three or two idle pens, easy to pick up the unspoken rules in the leather circle, wonderful!
Not only is the baggage new, the foreshadowing has a call back, and when watching a movie, there is also the joy of recognizing relatives on the big screen and "acquaintances".
Who understands?
When the dean saw Jiang Long, Jiang Yi, Jiang Shimeng, Meng Han... Appearing one by one, I couldn't help shouting madly in my heart:
Are you sure it's not the "Yixi" actors who are engaged in team building?
We, "Jiang Lifang", are really present!
I have to say that Jiang Long was amazed.
He played an actor without acting skills, and he insisted on acting the fact that he couldn't act in a variety of ways and broke through the imagination.
In the beginning, he studied under Tom.
Hehe, it's not actor Tom Hanks, but this Tom cat
Flexibly use "tongue tremor" acting skills to express fear and shock.
Unexpectedly, from the facial expression of a three-dimensional human, I saw the tension that only exists in the second dimension.
Jiang Long, it's really yours!
I think this is not realistic enough, then let's have another cow -
He stole from Sun Nan again and sang the line "You come back soon~" inches.
The treble turned nine turns and eighteen turns, and several cows could not pull back...
The comedy effect is skillfully integrated with the plot and performance, making the "acting" the biggest laugh point and giving the comedian enough space to perform.
The acting skills "reverse upgrade", "laughing fruit" constantly turn up.
The more pompous he plays, the louder the audience laughs.
However, there is a scene where I was really moved by Jiang Long's acting skills:
When he was frightened by "Concubine Li", Xiaoshan broke out in a cold sweat and was paralyzed on the ground and couldn't move.
Just with a pair of eyes that quietly shed tears, it conveyed his heartfelt fear.
This tear has nothing to do with emotion, it is a completely physiological reaction, and it even makes people forget that he is acting.
Through this scene, I not only saw the inspirational story of the role of "Xiaoshan" from embarrassment to performance.
There is also a group of comedians chasing dreams of more than ten years of passion in the entertainment industry.
Audiences familiar with Jiang Long know that the word "love" is always inescapable in his comedy works.
He also used to take on plays with zero pay like Xiaoshan, calling himself a "waist actor".
It was his determination to make a desperate bet on his dreams and love, which made him stand out and stand in front of all the audience.
Whether it is Xiaoshan in the play, or Jiang Long outside the play, and even all the staff in front of and behind the scenes, they all have the same dream-chasing heart.
Their love is not necessarily very eye-catching, but more immersed in daily life.
Just like the title of "Great Night", it is actually the epitome of various crews staying up all night.
The entire crew, from the "director" who leads the overall situation, to the dragon set "lying corpse" lying in the coffin, each "staff" is the epitome of all living beings, showing the difficulty and persistence of all the little people.
The actors also worked hard to play each little person "live".
For example, Meng Han's "Rice Release" does not have many scenes, but it is impressive enough.
Said it was a live production, but this dude came to the set to do only one thing, to put out meals.
In the face of the director's positive criticism or yin and yang weirdness, he can always go back in three lines:
Director, are you hungry? Is it okay to put the meal? Put, eat, let's go!
A few simple words, choke the director to death, make the audience laugh.
Even doctors passing by who were innocently frightened by "ghosts" thought about how to play out the multiple layers of fear.
Without lines, just work on the action.
and hairstyling
Including the real director of this film, Ma Kai, is actually a small person.
He has many years of "horizontal drift" experience, and he knows best that the huge film and television industry is indispensable to this group of screws, and behind the glamorous stage, there are indispensable "great nights" that pick up lights and fight at night and catch up with the schedule.
Maybe it seems to others to be nobody, but there are always such moments in life -
Little people help each other to get through the "nights" and bumps.
It's like this long night in Hengdian, chickens flying and dogs jumping, and thorns are overgrown.
Everyone is worried about whether this film can be finished?
In the end, it was a small person who stood up and pushed through.
The director went into battle to start, the executive director took over the baton filming, and more unknown behind-the-scenes personnel stabilized the overall situation.
For me, this is the most moving ultimate reversal of the film.
Looking back at "Great Night", there are no particularly big scenes, most of the time it is a group of people "running around" in Hengdian. But it makes for a rollercoaster of fresh movie-watching experiences.
Sweating, laughing, and finally even healing with blood.
This hearty and surprising look and feel is absolutely beyond expectations.
I am especially willing to see this kind of innovative genre film creation in the theater.
It is also very gratifying to have such a group of partners who love movies do not follow the old road, bringing sincere aesthetic expression.
This surprise that dares to try and exceeds expectations deserves to be seen by more people.