"The Age of Awakening" has finished brushing the second brush, the drama is finished, but people see it more boiling, the blood is difficult to cool, and it is probably this feeling.
Some viewers said that they are not sure whether there will be such wonderful works in the future, but it is certain that "The Age of Awakening" is the best TV series in recent years, and there is no one.
It is no exaggeration to say that anyone who has seen "The Age of Awakening" will mostly give a full score.
But behind the perfection, how many people know the hardships of all the cast members of "The Age of Awakening"?
The total investment exceeded expectations by one-third, and the drama was on fire, but the drama side lost money
Perhaps many people will think that such a hot drama should make a lot of money!
The answer is: "The Age of Awakening" not only did not make money, but also lost money.
First of all, this drama involves a lot of actors, although none of the actors are traffic stars, but the total number of actors is large, and the total price will naturally not be low.
Secondly, the scenes set up in the play are too expensive. Of the 300 scenes built by the crew, the reconstruction of the Red Mansion in Peking University alone cost one-third of the total investment.
According to liu guohua, the chief producer, the Red House of Peking University is a national key cultural relics protection unit, and it is certainly impossible for the crew to go in for real-life shooting.
In order to shoot realistically, there is only one more red building 1:1.
For financial reasons, the crew only rebuilt the first floor of the Red Chamber, and the panorama of the Red Chamber presented in the TV series was completed through special effects.
Although there is only one floor, in the replica version of the Red Chamber, as small as a newspaper, a table lamp, and as large as the decorations in the building, all of them are exactly the same as the historical Peking University Red Chamber.
Therefore, director Zhang Yongxin has the courage to say, "We have really done it with falsehood, and our scenes can withstand the shooting of any shot." ”
In addition, the prints in the play, it cost a million to find a professor's artificial painting, and it cost millions to later transform into animation effects.
There are also 10,050 sets of clothes hand-sewn by the main actors in the play, and many of the decorative decorations that appear in each scene are directly consigned from outside the province.
Even the rutted mud roads that appear many times in the play are artificially paved with soil ash back and forth.
In this regard, the prop director in the play can't help but feel sad: every moment feels that the funds are burning.
Finally, there is a very important reason is that because the theme of this drama is special, there is almost no advertising implantation in the play, and the way of profit of the drama side is naturally greatly reduced.
It is precisely for the above reasons that the total investment of "The Age of Awakening" exceeded one-third of the expected, and although the TV series was on fire, the investors confiscated even the capital.
For the phenomenon that a good work like "The Age of Awakening" cannot be sold at a high price, as screenwriter Wang Hailin said, there should be a reward mechanism to subsidize good dramas like "The Age of Awakening".
After all, in addition to winning awards, the ultimate goal of a TV series is to make a profit.
Without profit to support, no matter how high the honor, I am afraid that there will only be few successors.
Zhang Tong, the actor who plays Li Dazhao, hesitated to resign
In addition to the difficulties of shooting, all the actors in the play have also experienced the "ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties".
Zhang Tong, the actor who plays Li Dazhao, bluntly said that his first reaction to receiving the script invitation was that he did not want to act and refused the director's kindness.
Because the character of Li Dazhao is too far away from his life, he does not have the confidence to play such a great character.
It was the director Zhang Yongxin who personally called him to talk in detail, and the actor Yu Hewei helped him find the direction of the character, and Zhang Tong had the courage to take over the role.
After that, he read a large number of historical books and classics to understand mr. Li Dazhao's life experience as much as possible.
It is also with sufficient preparations that Li Dazhao, played by Zhang Tong, has been unanimously recognized by the audience.
A good actor does not mean that the shooting process is smooth.
The scene of Li Dazhao climbing the Great Wall in the last episode of the play has been blowing strong winds on the day of filming, and Zhang Tong was afraid of fear when shooting, afraid that a strong wind would blow himself to the bottom of the mountain.
But I was afraid that I had to shoot it, and the director was waiting for him on the side, so the audience looked at the moving picture, in fact, Zhang Tong plucked up enough courage to shoot it.
On the dedication and professionalism of the actors, this is more or less the case.
Hou Jingjian, who plays the instructor, is determined to give his life to the director
There is also the actor Hou Jingjian, who plays the instructor, who also handed over his life to the director.
When filming the scene where the instructor was retrograde in the rain, Hou Jingjian worked from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and for more than 10 hours he wore clothes drenched in raindrops.
He can also choose to dry clothes and wait for re-shooting, but Hou Jingjian believes that the watermark of the dried clothes will be different, and the audience will definitely find it if they look closely.
More than 600 group performers on the scene are completing this important play together, and the shooting effect cannot be greatly reduced because of his reasons.
Then there is the scene of the coal miner, under the double attack of artificial rain and natural rainwater, Hou Jingjian and the group performers drenched together for more than 4 hours to have a few minutes of pictures in the TV series.
Although the shooting environment is particularly difficult, Hou Jingjian repeatedly said to the director, "Director, you can make any demands on me, I don't mention any conditions, I really get it, don't discount it, and implement and implement the requirements of the crew." ”
Zhu Gangriyao, the actor who played Hu Shi, played the most difficult role in the art for more than ten years
Zhu Gangriyao, an actor who plays Hu Shi, bluntly said that "The Age of Awakening" is the most difficult scene he has filmed since more than ten years of art, in addition to the difficulty of shooting, how to grasp the psychological changes of the characters is also the biggest test for him.
When filming a scene in which Hu Shi and Chen Duxiu argued in front of their classmates, Zhu Gangriyao thought that the effect of the first time was already very good, and the opponent actor Yu Hewei also gave him a thumbs up after filming.
However, the director still shouted the card, so Zhu Gang Riyao and Yu Hewei went back to the position to shoot again.
This spirit of always-on detail is reflected in all aspects of The Age of Awakening.
Perhaps it is the excellence of the directors and actors that has led to the "Age of Awakening" that is now amazing.
Cao Lei, the actor who played Lu Xun, practiced a good picture before filming
Cao Lei, the actor who plays Lu Xun, although he does not play many roles in the play, his performance can really be said to make Lu Xun in the book "come alive".
Can be highly recognized by the audience, Cao Lei's private efforts are indispensable.
After deciding to play the role of Lu Xun in "The Age of Awakening", Cao Lei began to practice brush characters, and then tried to copy Mr. Lu Xun's brushwork, until before the shooting, Cao Lei had to practice a good character.
Therefore, the writing part of Lu Xun filmed in the close-up scene of the play was all completed by Cao Lei himself.
There is also the history of Mr. Lu Xun who loves to smoke, but Cao Lei himself does not smoke at all, so before each shooting, he uses smoke to yellow his ten fingernails to make the characters more real.
For his performance, Cao Lei said very modestly, "I don't want to surpass anyone, as long as I can get closer to Mr. I am very satisfied." ”
As one of the audience, I think Cao Lei's performance not only brought Mr. Lu Xun closer, but also gave Mr. Lu Xun a more three-dimensional and vivid image.
Zhang Wanyi, the actor who played Yannian, had a high fever in the crew twice
Zhang Wanyi, a young actor who plays Yannian, also suffered a lot in the process of filming.
The director described him as the "son of heaven's choice", because on the day he came to audition, the director saw a certain firm emotion in Zhang Wanyi's eyes, and at the moment when he entered the door, there was just a beam of light shining on Zhang Wanyi's body, so the director immediately decided on him.
In the process of filming this play, Zhang Wanyi had two high fevers, the first time was the scene where Chen Duxiu, played by Yu Hewei, carried him to the hospital on a rainy night.
Because I shot several times before and after, plus the rain was also very large, After filming Zhang Wanyi really had a fever and a heavy cold.
The second time was to shoot the scene where Chen Yannian went to the execution ground, when it was winter, and the surrounding staff wore thick cotton jackets and were still freezing.
And Zhang Wanyi only wore a torn blood coat, and his feet were still wearing more than 20 pounds of foot cuffs, in the case of cold wind and heavy rain, Zhang Wanyi had once again frozen cold before the scene was finished.
Although the process of filming the drama is very hard, Zhang Wanyi describes herself as painful and happy.
In his view, young actors should perform more positive dramas, and this kind of theme of works is the most test of the ability of actors. And because of this shooting experience, he came into contact with a circle of people who really love to perform, and also saw what a really good actor is.
I remember that in the process of watching the play, the most impressive bullet screen related to Yannian is: in Hefei, Anhui Province, there is a road called Yanqiao Road, another road called Jixian Road, and the intersection of the two roads is "bustling avenue".
After the broadcast of "The Age of Awakening", this year's Qingming Festival, the tomb of Yannian Qiao Nian are full of mourning flowers, is this not the biggest impact of the TV series on us?
The biggest contributor: screenwriter Long Pingping, director Zhang Yongxin
Finally, there is the biggest contributor of "The Age of Awakening": screenwriter Long Pingping and director Zhang Yongxin.
Perhaps many people know that "The Age of Awakening" is an original work written by screenwriter Long Pingping for six years, and he has changed the draft several times in the middle, if there is no perseverance and determination beyond ordinary people, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to complete this great work.
When it comes to the original intention of creation, Long Pingping said that it is because most of today's young people do not know heroes and martyrs such as Yannian Qiao Nian.
In this work, he just wants young people to know them, not to forget them, to remember and remember them forever, and to take them as an example.
Then there is director Zhang Yongxin.
Zhang Yongxin can be called the "dinghai god needle" of the crew, he is a director with great cultural connotations, and many of the highlight moments of the actors in the play are indispensable to the help of director Zhang Yongxin.
For example, teacher Bi Yanjun, who plays Gu Hongming, is playing the action and tone of the scene "As long as I get out of the horse, he must be afraid, as soon as I open my mouth, he must look at the wind and flee", which is zhang Yongxin's guidance from the side.
When actors such as Li Dazhao and Hu Shi can't find the support point of the character, Zhang Yongxin is the best drama teacher, and in the behind-the-scenes documentary, some of the actors' lines are basically familiar to Zhang Yongxin.
Of course, the director's efforts have been rewarded, "The Age of Awakening" was nominated for 8 awards at the Magnolia Awards, Yu Hewei, who played Chen Duxiu, won the Emperor of Vision, screenwriter Long Pingping won the Best Screenplay Award, and director Zhang Yongxin won the Best Director Award.
At this point, the article is nearing the end, in fact, the other actors in the crew also have a story, but the space is limited, and it is impossible to write them in detail.
All in all, the success of "The Age of Awakening" is due to: the determination of the screenwriter Long Pingping, the sincerity of the actors, and the ingenuity of director Zhang Yongxin.
Now, "The Age of Awakening" has been broadcast for some time, but there will still be viewers who ask, is there a sequel to "Age of Awakening"?
I think the best answer is "Your good life now is a sequel." ”