Source: Global Network
"This time I talked to several international judges, and I found that they were very interested in Chinese elements. Some things may be a lot of things that we see, but in their eyes, they are very Chinese characteristics. In Fuzhou, actor Mei Ting, who is a judge of the "Golden Silk Road Award" of the 10th Silk Road International Film Festival, told the global network entertainment reporter.
On the 25th of this month, the opening ceremony of the 10th Silk Road International Film Festival was held in Fuzhou, and a total of 20 domestic and foreign films were shortlisted for the "Golden Silk Road Award". Before the opening ceremony, Mei Ting was interviewed by the global network, talking about the contrast of actor roles, film and television dramas under the impact of short videos, and Chinese film and television works going to the world.
"Golden Silk Road Award" judge Mei Ting appeared at the opening ceremony
"Every role starts from scratch"
Mei Ting, a famous actress in Chinese mainland, has played a number of impressive roles, including "Mei Xiangnan" who was subjected to domestic violence in "Don't Talk to Strangers", "An Jie" in "Parental Love" and so on. In the online drama "Daughter Coming Back" broadcast at the end of last year, Mei Ting was sent to the hot search many times because she changed her gentle and weak image on the screen in the past and played the ruthless "Aunt Fang" (Liao Suifang).
Poster for the TV series "Parental Love"
A still from the online drama "The Daughter Who Came Back"
"Until now, many people still call me 'Mr. An', the character in "Parental Love", everyone must call me this because this drama is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, I am actually very happy in my heart," Mei Ting said when talking about the image contrast between the classic role of the past and the character played recently, "Because everyone has a previous impression of you, you have a more challenging psychology, in each character to find the character traits of this character, to find a breakthrough point, a place where you can make progress, Then go and make this character more vivid. ”
For this "breakthrough point", Mei Ting believes that sometimes it is actually given to you by the script itself, for example, when acting in "The Daughter Who Came Back", everyone will say after reading it, "Ah I feel that she turned over from "Don't Talk to Strangers", "This is what the script gives you, in fact, it is quite lucky".
Asked if the difficulty of interpreting the later characters will be increased because the previous roles are too classic, Mei Ting said, "Maybe it will be difficult for the audience to accept, because the previous roles are too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people; But for me, the preliminary preparation of each character is difficult, slowly making this character clear in the confusion, slowly approaching her, and then becoming her. In fact, every role is the same for me, and every time is a work from scratch."
For the type of role she wants to try the most in the future, Mei Ting said that she feels quite fresh if she has not acted, and she is quite willing to accept the challenge, "I will definitely cherish my feathers when I come to this day, but at the same time, I can't bind my imagination, and I don't have to be afraid of failure."
"With better works, attract people to return"
With the rise of short videos, many classic film and television works have been edited into short content such as "watching an episode in one minute". Regarding this phenomenon, Mei Ting said, "I don't know if everyone is because there is too much information now, they can only look in this way, or some people will use this way to see, after reading it, they find that 'Eh is very interesting', and use this way to make choices." But as my own viewing habits, I like to watch the charm and details of the performance of the whole film. But it seems that young people are used to this (short video) method, then I hope that we can make better works and characters, so that they still want to feel 'not too enjoyable' after 'short and fast', and then choose to watch the complete work slowly. ”
In Mei Ting's view, the phenomenon itself is irreversible, "what you can do is accept it, and then change yourself and think about how to do better to attract everyone back."
"In addition to being a practitioner, I am also a movie fan"
As a judge of the "Golden Silk Road Award", Mei Ting talked about the criteria for a good movie in her heart, "In fact, like everyone, when I walk into the theater, I will pay attention to what kind of story it is, what kind of characters, its image, aesthetics, sound effects and other experiences; But what I value more is what this movie left me with when I walked out of the theater, what kind of aftertaste and thought it brought me."
"I feel like I'm not only a practitioner, but also a movie fan." As a movie fan, when Mei Ting talked about her recent works that she has paid attention to or liked, she recommended the documentary "Beijing 2022" about the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Stills from the documentary "Beijing 2022"
"When I watch it, I feel that it records a precious piece of history and gives me so many feelings." She introduced that the documentary is divided into several units and captures several lines of characters, such as 17-year-old snowboarder Xiao Su (Su Yiming), who competed on the same stage with his idols since childhood and won the championship; There is also an old photographer who has shot ice hockey for more than forty years, his insistence on sports photography and so on, in many character stories, you can see the strong humanistic care in it. If you have the opportunity, I recommend it to everyone to take a look.
"The world is interested in Chinese elements"
As an actor who has won awards at international film festivals, Mei Ting also shared her two views on how Chinese film and television works go global. The first point concerns "humanistic care". "I went to the 'Golden Panda Award' some time ago, and this time the 'Golden Silk Road Award', everyone mentioned the global community of common destiny. In fact, I think it's the same for everyone, because human nature is connected, emotions are also connected, and it is not limited to age and occupation, so I think first we have to have more humanistic care and human nature."
The second point is the "Chinese element". Mei Ting said that after communicating with several other international judges on the jury of this year's "Golden Silk Road Award", she found that in fact, the world is full of interest in Chinese elements, such as the soundtrack in the movie "Manjiang Hong", Han Hong's film soundtrack contains a lot of Chinese elements like Yu Opera, which is both particularly Chinese and modern rhythm, and they (foreign judges) think this combination is wonderful, wonderful, "Some things may be a lot of things that we have seen, but in their eyes they are very Chinese characteristics." They will also be interested."