When director Dai Mo first saw the script of "The Three Teams", while admiring the protagonist Cheng Bing, he also felt a little unreal, "How could he be so persistent, so tenacious, and so persistent to spend 12 years chasing a murderer on the run, and on the premise that he is no longer a police officer?" However, after calming down, Dai Mo felt that everything Cheng Bing did was worth it for justice. The movie "The Three Teams" is currently being screened, and the box office has exceeded 300 million, Dai Mo said that this work is a work of "going in", not only showing criminal investigation, but also telling real life, "Isn't life like this, facing ups and downs, and then meeting different people on the road, and saying goodbye to different people." ”
The players' tables have their own "personalities"
The movie "Three Teams" is produced by Chen Sicheng, directed by Dai Mo, written by Zhang Ji, starring Zhang Yi, Li Chen, Wei Chen, Cao Bingkun, Wang Xiao, Zhang Zixian, and Yang Xinming. After being released from prison, he still insisted on tracking the story of the fugitive suspect as an ordinary person. The film is adapted from documentary literature, and the original story of the author Deep Blue's "Please Tell the Director, the Three Teams' Tasks Are Completed" touched countless netizens and "thousands of people are asking for a movie".
Dai Mo said that after reading the original post, he liked the implicit narrative in the article, "The author Shenlan did not add too much of his own emotional expression, but only objectively recorded such a thing and such a person." After reading the original text and the script, Dai Mo took over the responsibility of directing without hesitation, "I think, I must not miss this project, I want to complete it." Compared with the original text, Cheng Bing chased the murderer alone, we didn't want him to become so lonely, so we wanted his partners to accompany him on the road for a while, so there were 'three teams'. ”
Dai Mo revealed that when the creative meeting was held, the crew determined that the film should express real emotions in a simple way, rather than showing off skills, "The director has to stand in the back, because the real emotions can only rely on the actors to run in and cultivate each other, so that they can complete the collisions they want to complete among the characters, so that they will be more vivid, rather than relying on any designed plot." "
In order to allow the actors to better integrate into the role, the team members have their own "personality" on the table in the police station, Dai Mo said: "The objects on the table have everyone's temperament attributes, and the interesting thing is that after the art department has set it up, when the actors go to claim the table for the first time, no one is wrong, for example, Cai Bin's table played by Cao Bingkun will have some bracelets on it, which echoes his subsequent business." And Lao Zhang's table, because he is older, will have some things for the elderly. “
Dai Mo revealed that Cheng Bing was originally arranged to have a special office, but during the filming, Zhang Yi felt that Cheng Bing should not stay in a separate room, "Brother Yi felt that he would be a little far away from his brothers in this way, so he proposed to be outside, work with everyone, and fight with his brothers, instead of standing in the back as a commander." ”
The temperament of the characters of the "three teams" is also different, Dai Mo said: "Cheng Bing is a person who is a bit of an axis, he thinks that the fugitive should be brought to justice, otherwise he feels that he has not completed the task, sorry for himself, sorry for the word 'police'; Cai Bin is a person who cares about his family very much;Cai Bin is a person who has the best way to find a way after the trough, because his brain is very flexible, and Cao Bingkun's personality is relatively suitable;Xiao Xu played by Wei Chen was a good boy at the beginning, a newcomer to the society, and after that, he experienced a collapse of faith, so he decided to raise a dog and coexist with some wild things, and later became raunchy;Liao Jian played by Zhang Zixian has always thought about his son, but he is very picky, usually does not bring cigarettes, does not bring fire, but his cigarette rubbing shows that he has a good relationship with Ma Zhenkun, the two like gags, Ma Zhenkun blames him for rubbing cigarettes every time, but the next action, the cigarette in his hand is handed to him. ”
"Move" is Zhang Yi's genius
Dai Mo said that he only learned later that several members of the original three teams had cooperated with Zhang Yi, "No wonder they have a particularly good tacit understanding." Dai Mo laughed and said that when he was cutting the film in the later stage, he liked to watch the group drama of several of them very much, "They really seem to have been in a team for many years, everyone knows each other's temperament, your life Xi, you don't snore in the team, you usually smoke a few cigarettes, and the children at home are familiar with anything." ”
And the tacit understanding of the three teams is also reflected in the plot from the beginning, Dai Mo said: "In the plot of the first crime scene, Cheng Bing only said a 'button', and everyone immediately understood what should be done next, and immediately divided labor and cooperated, and there was a tacit sense of throwing it to you and I catching it." And Cheng Bing will say "move" every time before the action, which also impresses the audience, Dai Mo said: "This is also a stroke of genius by Brother Yi, although 'move' is a verb, but one word can make this team into a state of ready-to-go, very tacit, alert, and neat." ”
In Dai Mo's view, the reason why Zhang Yi plays Cheng Bing is also because Zhang Yi also has an "axis" energy, "In my opinion, the word axis is a positive word, or a neutral word, Brother Yi has to straighten out his inner line with the director for the script, or for a character, or for every scene, so that he can complete this role well, otherwise, he will feel that there is something unreasonable and it will be difficult to get through." This is an axis, but also a seriousness, today's society is particularly lacking in this kind of dead people, this kind of axis is worth advocating. ”
However, in the film, in addition to the "axis", there are also other driving forces that make Cheng Bing not give up, "For example, in the process of tracking, Cheng Bing inadvertently found a person's face behind the mirror, which shows that this fugitive still has an evil existence even in the process of fleeing, he has not become a kind and non-evil person, he is still a dangerous existence, which will also strengthen Cheng Bing's belief in continuing to pursue." ”
As for the role of the tearful tea eggs in the film, Dai Mo believes that from the perspective of the victim's family, he just wants to express a kind of warmth through the tea eggs, but for Cheng Bing, this is a heavy responsibility," The tea egg is a very good prop, it is very ordinary, but it represents a precious heart, I think this father didn't think that Cheng Bing would chase the murderer again later, he just gave the tea egg to repay his kindness in the early years, and for Cheng Bing, it is also a motivation for him to embark on this road of chasing the murderer again. “
Zhang Yi changed his appearance many times in the movie, he had to go to many places and do different occupations, Dai Mo said: "We designed the script, including in the later filming process, so that he engaged in a lot of occupations, such as sweeping the streets, opening the door for the ferry, carrying luggage for people at the train station, etc., he changed his style many times, and he had a span of years, and added a lot of bags under his eyes, which made him feel a little more tired and tired." There was the kind of imprint that the era had on his face. ”
Dai Mo's favorite scene is that after Cheng Bing identified the suspect, he saw a lot of himself in a broken mirror on the road, "That scene is very representative of Cheng Bing's broken life, he feels as if he is slowly living like the fugitive, and the fugitive is slowly living like him." Because Zhang Yi's style in the middle and late stages of the film is too subversive, sometimes even the masses can't recognize it, "The masses are looking for it, saying where is the actor Zhang Yi you filmed? Where did he go? In fact, it is next to him, and it has been integrated, and others can't tell that it is Zhang Yi." ”
The name of the small restaurant "Old Place" is because of "Beijing Love Story"
The producer of "The Three Teams" is Chen Sicheng, he became good brothers with Zhang Yi and Li Chen in "Soldier Assault", Dai Mo said with a smile that he also secretly gave a gift to the three brothers in "The Three Teams". Dai Mo revealed, "It should have been 12 years ago, they collaborated on a play called "Beijing Love Story", I was also on the scene at that time, and I also starred in that play. But I was completely in the state of a recent graduate, and when I saw the incisive performances of my three older brothers, I was very envious and wanted to have some communication with them. But I knew I could only be a 'little friend'. I am a witness, witnessing these brothers from acquaintance to acting in the phenomenal TV series "Beijing Love Story", and then, until now, witnessing the existence of their friendship. Therefore, I also deliberately designed a small restaurant where the police force often goes to dinner in the film called 'Old Place', this name is the name of a restaurant where the three of them often go to eat in "Beijing Love Story", and the name of the boss is also called Copper Hammer, I have continued the name Copper Hammer to the present, in fact, this is also a feeling of a gear of fate, after so many years, the 'old place' has also changed, which is quite interesting, this is a gift I gave them. ”
Dai Mo said that after Chen Sicheng saw the two pages of the story outline, he decided that he wanted to do "The Three Teams", "The reason is that he especially likes some of the things that life has to face in this story, some people may come to you, and some people will walk away from you." Life is full of this kind of gathering and parting, and it is impossible to avoid it. Each person can only walk with you for a certain distance. ”
The final draft of the script was also completed by Chen Sicheng, Dai Mo said: "This script, from the outline to the finished draft, was written by Mr. Zhang Ji, and finally, when we finalized it, it was actually Chen Sicheng's draft." He finally discussed a version and kept tweaking it, and he later told me that he was in tears several times when he was working on it, and it was with tears that he finished writing the final draft of the script. He is very involved in this play, and he also wants to see what the final completion of this play will look like. Therefore, Chen Sicheng stayed on the scene for a long time, for nearly a month, and he loved this scene so much that he wanted to accompany these people. And another kind of companionship is that he followed Zhang Yi and Li Chen, after so many years, they have developed in their respective fields, which is also a sigh in their lives. “
As a result, Dai Mo feels that in and out of the play, everyone is sincerely talking about life, joys and sorrows, ""The Three Teams" is not a suspense film, it is a work more worth recalling. Dai Mo revealed that the actors of "The Three Teams" have eight words written on the script, "Only the truth is not broken, and it is moving with emotion", which is the "grasp" of all the staff in creation, "We hope to present a sincere performance and present vivid characters, which the audience can feel." In fact, for ordinary audiences, they don't pay attention to what 'cannon' you use during filming, what kind of loop track you use, and what kind of technique you use, but the audience must know what a good story, good characters and good performance are. ”
Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Xiao Yang