"Surgery Live Room" starring Zhang Binbin and Dai Xu is being broadcast on Jiangsu Satellite TV and Youku, and the plot is based on an "unjust case" 18 years ago, telling the story that happened in the operating room of Haicheng Hospital. Qiu Zhongwei, the director of the play, said in an interview with reporters that the focus of "Surgery Live Room" is to present a group portrait of medical staff, and the characters in the play have their own "edges and corners", each character has an unspeakable past, and has its own starting point and end point of the story, and the plot also sets up the story suspense of "whether the doctor who cures the patient can successfully save himself".
21 surgeries strung together the ups and downs
"In the past, medical dramas were used to portraying a unique protagonist, such as a very perfect doctor to overcome medical problems. Director Qiu Zhongwei said that after really contacting the group of doctors, you will find that an operation is never a lonely struggle but a collaborative progress, "Just like when we are filming, writing and directing and filming beautiful costumes, any link is indispensable." The same is true in the operating room, in addition to the chief surgeon, there are also the first assistant, the second assistant, the instrument nurse, the patrol nurse, as well as the anesthesiologist and experts to submit the plan, etc., which reflects the importance of the team. ”
The core of the story of "Surgery Live Room" is about the growth of characters, teams, and hospitals.
The plot unfolds a story of conjoined babies from the third episode, conjoined infant separation is a rare operation in China, and how to overcome this difficult operation is a clue throughout the play. Qiu Zhongwei said that during the plot, a total of 21 surgeries, large and small, were interspersed, raising endless medical problems and medical ethics issues, and forming a story of ups and downs as a whole.
This medical drama with diverse topics also explores the topic of facing death, and the play also involves female Internet celebrities live broadcast long-term makeup and lipstick makeup that causes uremia, as well as cases of endocrine disorders caused by entrepreneurial elites drinking a lot of coffee, these are real cases that have happened in real life, in addition to difficult cases such as cocoon disease, night eating syndrome, and group hysteria, which make the plot more practical significance of knowledge popularization. Qiu Zhongwei said that when he first got the script, there was originally a love line in the story, but later the love line was removed during the creation process, "We feel that as a medical drama, we still need to consolidate the quality of professional dramas." ”
The difficulty of filming the surgical scene is beyond imagination
From the very beginning, Qiu Zhongwei felt that this drama was not an easy scene to film, but after actually investing in it, he found that everything was much more complicated than he imagined. The crew initially hired a number of medical consultants to improve the script, and when the third draft came out, the script had been revised for three months, and Qiu Zhongwei took the script to meet experts in the medical subdivision, and the experts gave subversive opinions. "We intercepted some wonderful content of the operation in the original novel to assist the growth of the characters, but we can implement it in the script and then find experts for detailed consultation, only to find that it is different from what we imagined, so we can only follow the reality and start again. ”
Faced with the difficulty of tearing down and starting over again, Qiu Zhongwei asked everyone to calm down and make the script solid in a down-to-earth manner, and he also divided a medical coordination function in the director team, specifically docking the surgical details encountered in the script, "The medical coordinator gives our problems to the corresponding experts, and after getting expert opinions, the medical coordinator feeds back to us, and then we integrate the script." ”
Every detail kept being adjusted, and it wasn't until it was about to start up that Qiu Zhongwei breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the professional problems in the script creation stage had been solved, but when it came to the scene, it was different from what he had imagined before. "We found that each doctor has a different perception and process for each operation, so we have to adjust this part of the details, which is particularly difficult to do medical dramas. Qiu Zhongwei said that fortunately, the production team gave great support, and the crew used more than 40 medical consultants in the filming, with a maximum of seven or eight medical consultants on site every day, and three medical consultants at the same time. Every operation and emergency department in the play needs to find the corresponding experts for guidance.
Each character has a character arc
From the perspective of attracting young audiences, the plot of "Live Surgery" adds some elements, such as comedy, thriller, suspense, and soft sci-fi expressions such as virtual operating rooms. Qiu Zhongwei said that these typological means are the external packaging of the work, and the inside of the story is still a serious professional drama, so that the audience can see the professionalism and professional ethics of doctors.
Zheng Ren, played by Zhang Binbin, is the director of the interventional department with superb medical skills. Qiu Zhongwei told reporters that perhaps in people's impressions, Zhang Binbin starred in most idol dramas, and in this reality drama, Zhang Binbin worked his lines and blurted out professional terms. In the play, Jung In was unable to trust others due to his youthful experience, and with the help of the hospital team, he gradually resolved the knot in his heart for many years and found himself. Qiu Zhongwei explained that this role is difficult to grasp in terms of sense of proportion, and playing more points will make the audience feel that the character is unpleasant, and playing less character building is not hot, "Zhang Binbin is just right in terms of role handling, and I did all the requirements I made to him during the reading of the script, and he also added points to his interpretation of the character." ”
Dai Xu, a young actor who was recognized by the audience for "Menghualu", played Su Yun, the successor of a medical family. In the play, because the shadow of medical accidents has always been in his heart, Su Yun's hands will tremble as soon as he picks up the lancet, and he can't display his superb medical skills. "Dai Xu is an actor who wants to live in the role, and he accurately captures the character. Qiu Zhongwei revealed that Su Yun's ultimate redemption in the play was to defeat himself in a very extreme environment.
In Qiu Zhongwei's view, "Surgery Live Room" is an idealistic work, and many characters in the play have unaware character arcs, "We actually made a living appearance in a hospital, with old doctors, new doctors, and deans, and even anesthesiologists and nurses, telling their ups and downs in the hospital." Then this group of people gradually approached each other, untied their hearts, said goodbye to the past, and finally came together and firmly embarked on their ideal path. ”