The rabbit in the first episode of the fifth season.
Secret Affair No. 9 is written and starred by Reese Sher smith and Steve Pemberton.
Stills from the first episode of Season 5 of Secret 9.
The fifth season of "Secret Affair 9", which has recently been launched, is a thriller suspense comedy written and starred again by two screenwriters who have collaborated on "Crazy City", Reese Shelsmith and Steve Pemberton, and currently has a Douban rating of 9.2 points.
The "Secret Affair No. 9" series, which can always keep high and high, each episode is only a short half hour, but it has attracted attention in many British and American dramas, and has been praised for its very compact and wonderful plot and unexpected reversal ending. In addition to its absurd suspense style, its all-encompassing thematic content and eclectic presentation form are also a major highlight.
The overall structure of Secret Story 9 is similar to that of the short story, short and concise. Each season that has begun so far has only 6 episodes, and each episode tells an independent and complete story. This structure and amount of information are similar to "Black Mirror", which triggered the topic in 2011, but compared to "Black Mirror", which focuses on the dangerous impact of uncontrolled high technology on human nature in the future, "Secret Matter 9" is more based on the various changes of life, and the scope of the screenwriter's involvement is all-encompassing, not limited to a certain genre. In terms of brain-burning degree, "Secret Matter No. 9" is also superior.
However, the most completely different thing is that the reputation of "Secret Matter 9" has always been high, and the ratings of the first four seasons at the end are all above 9 points, and the news that the fifth season has been renewed for the sixth season has just begun. One of the reasons for being able to soar so high and break the "strange circle" of three seasons is the sublimation and reversal of the last two minutes of each episode of "Secret Story 9". Without seeing the last moment, it is difficult for you to predict, what kind of meme the screenwriter of this episode threw out? Is it an evocative spicy spoof? Or is it a suspenseful thriller that is extremely thought-provoking? Or both.
■ Easter eggs
1. About the title: The creators mentioned in an interview that "Secret Matter No. 9" is a name that came to mind at random, and it was not originally the number 9, but later felt that the use of 9 was more convenient.
2. From the first season, there is a brass rabbit sculpture hidden in the shots of each episode, so finding rabbits has also become a great pleasure for fans.
The creator has never been trained in professional acting
The show was co-created by two screenwriters: Reece Shersmith and Steve Pemberton formed a comedy group with Mark Gatis (one of the main screenwriters of Sherlock) and Jeremy Dessan, whose work won the Edinburgh Comedy Award as early as college.
In 2009, Reese and Steve continued to work together in "Crazy City", writing and acting in the form of a single person playing multiple characters. The success of "Mad City" led the two to join forces with the BBC again in 2014 to launch this typical British dark suspense comedy "Secret Matter 9".
It is worth mentioning that the two screenwriters have never received professional acting training, but in the "Secret Matter No. 9", the collection of different images has no sense of violation, the appearance and behavior are all suitable for the role, and their superb acting skills are convincing.
When Reese and Steve talked about this high-density performance and screenwriting, they once lamented: Really tired! It has to be different every week. In terms of performance, it is necessary to associate different character makeup, personality characteristics and character fate. In terms of script, it is necessary to empty all imaginations and construct different forms of worldviews.
The opening episode advances the plot with the referee's eyes, actions, and dialogue
The first episode of the fifth season of "Secret Story 9" is not as eye-catching as the premiere episodes in the previous four seasons, but it is also remarkable, and it is a good continuation of the previous absurd style and deep irony.
The theme of this episode revolves around British football, and the two core teams involved in the play are most likely alluding to Manchester United and Manchester City.
The opening screen began with a quote from Liverpool ace coach Bill Shankly: "Some people think football is a matter of life and death, and I don't like that attitude. I can assure you that it is far more important than life and death. ”
Then the whole story uses the eyes, demeanor, actions and dialogue between the four referees as a vehicle for the plot to advance without football and competition.
The protagonist of this episode is the referee Martin, whether it is arriving early and dressed, or seriously warming up while warning the other three colleagues to remain neutral and rigorous, martin who is about to retire is meticulous and professional to the referee's job. When the game began, with the "wrong" judgment of a sideline referee, Martin, as the referee, had to bear the responsibility for the wrongful judgment for the colleague who received the black money, and was about to face the disgraceful career Waterloo. Just as Martin, whose face is full of sadness and loss, wins sympathy from all sides, the entire episode is also carried out to the last two minutes, at which point, the audience sitting in front of the screen will have to applaud the final reversal of the ending, as in every episode of the previous seasons. Then there's the new expectation: what's the new twist of the next story?
Presentation form Pseudo-live broadcast is made into a play-within-a-play that interacts with the audience
Secret Story 9 is not a casual drama for small talk or dinner, because any negligence in detail and information will cause you to miss your understanding of the final ending. In addition to the unexpected reversal at the end of each episode, the show is also sometimes ingenious in the way it is presented.
For example, the hidden article "Inventor", which was launched at the end of the first season, is a set of PPT-like web picture dramas that only exist on the official website of "Secret Matter 9". When watching, you need to think about the details given on the picture to understand everything that the whole story contains.
Another example is the Halloween special "Death Date" of "Secret Affair No. 9" broadcast by BBC Station 2 on October 28, 2018, which was broadcast live on TV stations. At that time, when the episode was broadcast live, the video screen was automatically silenced from time to time, and there was a notification screen of the BBC Two broadcast accident and the staff's apology narration, accompanied by another inaudible noise. Since then, BBC 2's footage has been constantly interpolated, such as fires, staff suicides, and real video materials such as asking exorcists to exorcise ghosts, all about the studio used to shoot "Secret Story 9". (Years ago, a series of bizarre events occurred in the studio, when various shows were reported.) After that, the live broadcast of the second station was switched to the surveillance camera of the powder room for no reason, from which the two screenwriters who had to rest here due to the broadcast accident could be seen. The two's inadvertent dialogue and the previous flashbacks made the audience sitting in front of the screen at this time confused stand upside down, and the various camera switches after that were all extremely frightening. Of course, this is a pseudo-live broadcast of the series in collaboration with the BBC, a play-within-a-play that truly interacts with the audience. The plot in the play and the haunted events outside the play are cleverly combined, and the interference between the ghost and the director is filmed coldly. During the live broadcast, the tweets sent by the two screenwriters in the dressing room and the official BBC response were all real interactions, when many viewers asked the two screenwriters through Twitter whether they were really dead... Presumably, the fans who watched the live broadcast in front of the screen that day experienced the best viewing effect.
Written by/Si Qi