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On April 26, according to Red Star News and Cover News, Stephen Chow and Douyin's 9527 Theater's first high-quality horizontal screen short drama "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" was completed in Chengdu on the 24th.
According to the previously announced broadcast time, it is expected to be around May.
Previously, Xinjiaer reported that "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" started on April 12 and was completed on the 24th, with a filming time of 12 days.
According to public information, "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" is the first work of the theater, produced by Stephen Chow and Chen Duye, head of Douyin Entertainment, produced by Yi Xiaoxing, directed by Ma Shi, written by Xu Han, starring Shi Yuanting and Xia Ruoyan, as well as Tudou, Jiang Shimeng, Pai Xiaoxuan, Zhang Baiqiao, Xu Zhisheng and many other comedians happily joined.
The play also uses a senior cinematographic art team to shoot horizontally, and strives to bring the audience a high-quality comedy-themed short drama with a cinematic texture.
"Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" integrates comedy, suspense, and realistic themes, telling the story of Taiwanese intern Ye Xiaolai who went to the mainland to find the suspect Zhu Hao because his twin sister was killed by a pig, but found that the other party was fraudulently used and the culprit was someone else.
The story focuses on the real problem of killing pigs, and uses humorous and witty comedy to show the case-solving experience of Northeast macho and Taiwanese cute girl from happy enemies to tacit cooperation. The audience will follow their investigation layer by layer to reveal the secrets, track all the way from Chengdu to the Northeast, and embark on a thrilling and ridiculous journey to chase the murderer.
Producer Yi Xiaoxing and director Ma Shi are at the shooting site, picture source Red Star News
Yi Xiaoxing said in an interview with Red Star News that neither he nor Stephen Chow wanted to follow the trend to make short dramas with the theme of dominating the boss, and how to make a cool drama with a different vertical screen from the market was the biggest challenge he faced.
Yi Xiaoxing and the team came up with a shooting idea to cut a 120-minute movie into 24 episodes and turn it into a short drama.
"No one has done this in the short drama market at the moment, it's fresh, but it's also risky, and I'm not sure if this way can be done, whether the audience can watch a movie story in 24 times. Yi Xiaoxing said that the play is essentially a love suspense comedy, and the relationship between the male and female protagonists is very important, so each episode will set a theme.
Stills from "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf", source Red Star News
Stills from "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf", picture source cover news
Stills from "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf", picture source cover news
Stills from "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf", picture source cover news
Stills from "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf", picture source cover news
Stills from "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf", photo source Red Star News director Ma Shi also said that the short dramas he filmed before will basically focus on the first three or five episodes. "But this time it was different, we started at the same pace as the film, and then split it into 24 episodes, and each episode had to be refined, so there was a lot of pressure on the production, and I was under a lot of pressure as a director. 」
"Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" finale photo, source Red Star News
The final photo of "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf", picture source: Red Star News Yi Xiaoxing believes that in the future, there will be more filmmakers who will make short dramas, everyone has fragmented time, and in the face of a huge audience, there will definitely be works of various types of themes to meet the needs of different audiences. And the entry of filmmakers may raise the threshold of short dramas. "Maybe in the future, there will be a short drama that can radiate to the global Chinese market, or even the global market, and I always think that China's cultural influence will definitely increase. Previously, Xinjiaer reported that Douyin and Stephen Chow are expected to be paid at least about 30 million yuan in the 9527 Theater, but it is not clear how many short dramas there will be.
At present, it is a little regrettable that the biggest highlight of this cooperation Stephen Chow is not a director, nor an actor, but only a co-producer, and the first short drama was finally produced by Yi Xiaoxing and directed by Ma Shi. Some netizens ridiculed Douyin for encountering Stephen Chow's "pig killing plate", saying that Stephen Chow's short drama was subcontracted layer by layer, just hanging the name of the producer. It is worth noting that "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" is not a vertical screen short drama paid by users, but a horizontal screen short drama that users can watch for free.
We'll see. Related Reports:
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