Tang Monk is a crying ghost, daily throwing pot Sun Wukong? The Eight Precepts of the Pig Are Heavy on Love and Righteousness, Reincarnated and Reborn to Know The Reward? What was the fate of the four masters and apprentices in their past lives?
A few days ago, a group of 12-14-year-old teenagers starred in the "Innocent Journey to the West" after the broadcast of "hegemonic screen". Director Pan Liping believes that the summer program for teenagers to watch the repertoire is very lacking, this time "Naïve Pie Journey to the West" restored the original to Sun Wukong and Tang Monk character shaping, filled in the previous film and television drama missing content, for the summer primary and secondary school students to bring a fresh and unique cultural meal.
The process of understanding masterpieces, running into each other, and integrating into the performance is like going through a journey of learning from the experience of gradually growing up. Pan Liping stressed that "one side of the landscape nourishes the other side's heart, and the children need to take the spiritual food of their own country as the main food." Soon after this drama directed by Pan Liping, Liu Yujie, and Wang Yan was broadcast on the internet at home and abroad, many national television stations spontaneously came to the door to learn from it.
This reporter interviewed Pan Liping's team and the young actors who played the four masters and apprentices, and talked in detail about their wonderful and arduous path of "learning the scriptures" cultivation.
Text/Guangzhou Daily all-media reporter Yang Yinan
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<h1>Life is like a drama, and it is really starring</h1>
According to director Pan Liping, the "naïve faction" is the acting concept of natural blooming and authentic performance - "not an indoctrination and imitation performance, but after opening up the nature and truly understanding the role, performing the style of the true self." ”
The 54-year-old Pan Liping especially likes to get together with children, and his team has previously remade many traditional classics such as "Liu Grandma Enters the Grand View Garden", "The Legend of the White Snake", "Let Go of the Three Kingdoms" and many other traditional classics in the "Child Acting as An Adult" model. He doesn't like to show his face in front of the media, but he likes to share in the small actor group - "Being a person also emphasizes naïveté." No matter how old you are, life is like a drama, and I really starred. ”
And this time, "Journey to the West", starring a group of teenage teenagers, combined with the characteristics of the young actors themselves, based on the three views of "the stronger the ability, the greater the constraint", innovatively added the past life experience of the four masters and apprentices, pointed out the wonderful fate of the golden cicada, the canopy, the roller curtain, and Wukong, and filled in the plot that did not appear in the 86 version of the original drama and the previous remake.
The focus of the adaptation is on the image of the Tang monk. Pan Liping said with emotion, "In film and television dramas, Tang Monk has always been the image of a holy monk with compassion. In the environment of demons and ghosts, the weak and mortal Tang monks are relatively fragile and sentimental. On the other hand, the pursuit of upward goodness and saving sentient beings requires Tang Monk to have a strong psychological world. There is no contradiction between the two. In the past, the original drama thought that the characteristics of very small pediatrics and mother-in-law mothers were thrown away from the perspective of adults, but this is exactly something that Tang Monk is very special, and we have done deep excavation. ”
Pan Liping believes that faithful to the original work is "standing on the shoulders of giants", and there are no minerals that have been mined in film and television dramas, even if they are omitted and everyone feels that it is not very important, and it is valuable to appear in the original work.
Director Pan Liping
<h1>Create textbook dramas from many countries to learn from the scriptures</h1>
Due to the unique magical characteristics of "Journey to the West", the shooting experience is more difficult than ever, which poses a great challenge to the crew in terms of costumes, props, styling, and even post-special effects. Pan Liping laughed and quipped that this fantasy journey of the young pi was to create the prototype of the "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Rings" in the East. Over the past few years, the team has remade famous dramas and paid tribute to classics, "in the future, we will do more modern things, including campus dramas, science fiction dramas, comedies, etc., and develop originals." ”
With the promotion of film and television education in primary and secondary schools in China, the "naïve faction" has also begun to create a series of textbook dramas of "Journey to the West". Pan Liping opened the primary and secondary school textbooks and said, "At present, the textbooks of the first, fifth and seventh grades all have fragments of Journey to the West. Based on textbooks to create corresponding film and television dramas, coupled with explanations and analysis, students can better accept the famous works. ”
Rooted in the original work, the reasonable adaptation based on the characteristics of teenagers has also attracted many foreign fan groups for "Naïve Pie Journey to the West". Shortly after it was broadcast, teams from other countries spontaneously came to learn from it. Director Lu Jianmei told reporters that at present, it has been finalized with Singapore National Television to enter the crew in August, and TV stations from Thailand, South Korea and other countries are also negotiating with the crew to introduce this drama.
This made Pan Liping's team particularly excited. At present, there are many new people after the 90s and 95s in the director and film crew, and it is a common spiritual journey to bring together these young actors after 05 to work hard for the export of China's excellent traditional culture.
Stills of the Naïve Faction's Journey to the West (Courtesy of the interviewee)
<h1>The young master and apprentice elaborated on the journey to the west</h1>
Duan Zhiwen, a scholar of the Tang monks: How is the "crying bag" refined?
Duan Zhiwen, who plays a Tang monk, is 12 years old, from Loudi, Hunan Province, and has just graduated from primary school. He is a typical good student, serving as the class president in the class, and his grades are top-notch. At the end of March this year, after the first monthly examination after the crew finished, he won the first place in the class and the third place in the whole school.
With a gentle and white face, he is in the period of voice change, and his voice is slightly weak, and his previous role Guan Yu judged the two. After the TV series was broadcast, many netizens were sucked into powder by his image. In order to maintain the image of Tang Monk's thin and white purity, even in the middle of winter, he wore silk clothing, "Sometimes when he was speaking his lines, his snot fell." Shaved heads should also be kept, "shaved off every day when they grow a little."
In Duan Zhiwen's eyes, Tang Monk was a "stupid white sweet" who did not understand the sinister world and the difficulty of learning the scriptures, but "the heart is precious, and it must be taken to the scriptures." In life, like the Tang monks, he was "more obedient and a little shy", "but he would not cry and worry every day like in the play." Duan Zhiwen said with a cheerful smile. In the play, in the face of Wukong born of the creation of heaven and earth, Tang Monk became a common man who loved to cry, "instigated bags", and was soft and cute, and was always "crying urgently" and "crying angrily".
"Every scene is really crying. Sometimes too devoted, suddenly crying can not be stopped, appear too childish, the expression is not good; sometimes the emotions are not brewed in place, emotional persuasion looks like preaching, and the tears are not sincere enough. In order to play a good crying scene, he and the directors repeatedly discussed the plot and speculated on their own lines and scenes.
"The deepest impression was the scene of 'three dozen white bone essences'. When saying goodbye to Goku, Tang Monk should hide his emotions, not to bear it, but also not to look particularly sad. That degree was hard to grasp, and I shot it five times in a row. At the end of the day, Duan Zhiwen's eyes were crying and swollen.
The division of Tang Monk and Golden Cicada in his previous life brought Duan Zhiwen a challenge he had never had before. "The golden cicada is born of heaven and earth, and it looks humble on the outside, but in fact it is a bit cold and proud, and the inner emotional level is very rich."
Duan Zhiwen played Tang Monk and Golden Cicada
The conversion is not easy. Often he just entered the mood of Tang Monk, closed his eyes and changed the scene, the next second he had to withdraw, "changing his face" into a cold golden cicada, spanning a very large span. When he got home, he was still practicing immersed in the air. Fortunately, Xueba will also "let go" of himself, "Everyone's understanding of Tang Monk is different, I can think of the best acting." ”
In the past week of summer vacation, he has been studying culture classes non-stop, and on the 21st, he rushed back to Changsha to prepare for the "Peach Blossom Poetry Society of the Dream of the Red Chamber". At the end of July, he will also go to Yan'an to participate in the National Theme Education Speech Competition.
Although the whole process is bitter and happy, Duan Zhiwen came to a scholarly summary: "The acting skills have improved, and the understanding of the original work and characters of "Journey to the West" has deepened a lot, which can allow us to better inherit the traditional Chinese classics." ”
Duan Zhiwen
<h1>Ge Yide: "I am Sun Wukong"</h1>
Ge Yide is not the kind who is born to act, but Pan Liping sees the aura in his body and the taste of "manly husband". From Zhengzhou, Henan Province, he is taller than his peers and has a more mature personality, and has played many tough characters such as Lin Chong, Lü Bu, and Li Shimin before. Being selected for this role, one is that he is particularly able to endure hardships, and the other is the nature of the "monkey spirit" in a smile and a skin.
The straightforward Ge Yide likes Goku's "heavy love, dare to be bold, and go straight", especially his "special sense of vicissitudes" since he took the scriptures. Saying that he joked with Goku that the 14-year-old himself has not yet encountered any obstacles, that is, he sometimes can't memorize the texts, "The Record of Yueyang Lou" and "The Tale of drunken Pavilion" are more difficult to remember than the lines."
Among the many film and television versions of "Journey to the West", he likes Sun Wukong, played by Zhen Zidan, the most. "His monkey play is very lifelike, the monkey in my mind." In order to learn monkeys, Ge Yide first entered the Shaolin Temple, starting from physical exercises such as running up the mountain and practicing body shape, and then visited Liang Chunlei, a monkey play instructor, to learn to play with monkey sticks, practice monkey fists, and squat walk.
Ge Yide plays Sun Wukong in the play (courtesy of the interviewee)
Although his martial arts skills were not strong, Ge Yide improved rapidly and often studied when he returned home. In order to make his eyes more energetic, he stared at something, and even shed tears without blinking. Tall in the crew, he squatted lower; when practicing squats, he focused on one foot.
With solid basic skills, four hours of makeup a day, Ge Yide felt that "I am Sun Wukong", a scene of making a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace was filmed "particularly cool", and the most difficult thing was the moment when the Buddha was pressed on the Five Finger Mountain, "very ignorant, unconvinced, very struggling and complicated inside, pulling his throat and shouting with tears in his lungs." ”
"Before learning monkey play, I would be bound to the action, and my mind and emotions would run away." After the body shape action is in place, and then put into the emotion, then I am Sun Wukong. As long as you think it through, you are in the situation all the time every day. Even if he encounters a slight injury when hanging Weiya, playing with a flower stick to hit himself, and being wrapped in monkey hair all over his body, "his face passes through summer, his hands pass through winter" and other tests, it is not a big deal in his opinion.
Wanting to be an actor, Gerfield likes "Iron Man" Robert Downey Jr. the most, and he enjoys the different life experiences brought about by acting. However, he also has "sweet troubles" when he is too deep into the play. "If you act like a monkey in other scenes, what a blink of an eye?"
Ge Yide
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Wan Junyi's solid and generous image is almost the best candidate for the Little Eight Precepts. At the age of 14, he read famous books and history books under the influence of his father since he was a child, analyzed and discussed characters, wrote about his feelings after reading, and had a different understanding of the roles. "In fact, the real Eight Precepts of the Pig are full of fangs and a vicious image. Although it is a festive, ridiculous, and outgoing personality, the mind is very careful. "Like the Eight Commandments, he loves good food and jokes, but the way he grows up is very extensive.
Wan Junyi's mother thinks that boys should be "rough". At the age of eleven or twelve, Wan Junyi flew from Chengdu to Xining alone to shoot a movie. This time with the western tour crew to and fro, he did not let his family accompany him the whole time.
Wan Junyi
As early as the previous role of Lu Zhishen in "Water Margin", he had filmed in an environment of minus a few degrees. This time, the crew provided him with a hollow fake belly, very heavy but unable to prevent cold, can only rely on the sticker to warm the baby. On a rainy day, the mountain road is slippery, and he runs with a heavy costume and a nine-tooth nail rake, making him "fall too much" if he is not careful. But after filming, he was physically strong and proudly said, "Now I can't break my wrist in the class."
Although he has acting experience since he was 10 years old, starring in the Eight Precepts is still a great challenge for Wan Junyi. "I have to find the physical sensations of the animals, often imitating The look, expression and movements of Mr. Ma Dehua." Wan Junyi said that the most difficult to play is that Sun Wukong was driven away by the Tang monks after three dozen white bone essences, and the eight precepts advised the gang to scatter the "bad careful thinking". After each performance, he watched his video and discussed it with the director, and finally the scene was filmed for one night.
What moved him the most was the play of the second sister of the Eight Precepts, which is also a major innovation in the script in shaping the role of the Eight Precepts. In the play, the second sister saved the reincarnated marshal of the canopy and raised it; after the death of the second sister, when the eight precepts saw Miss Gao, he mistakenly thought it was the second sister, and immediately remembered the love of the past life, both excited and sad. "That kind of strong thought, deep gratitude, it is difficult to burst out for a while." It wasn't until he remembered his grandmother, who grew up with him and died a few years ago, that Wan Junyi found the feeling.
For Wan Junyi, who loves to play football, love to jump Popping, and "learn to account for 60%), the purpose of filming is not to become an actor or star. "It's a lot of fun to shoot, and I can learn to do things for a long time." Now I understand "Journey to the West" better and my analytical ability is stronger. ”
Wan Junyi played the Eight Precepts of the Pig in the play
<h1>"Little Adult" Sha Monk Dong Jiachen: Filming "Journey to the West" firmly believes in the dream of an actor</h1>
Dong Jiachen, who has just graduated from primary school, is the youngest of the four masters and apprentices, but he is the most like an adult. When he learned that he could play a sand monk, his family in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, was excited for a long time, and only half an hour later sent a message to the crew to thank him. "Usually emotions are not on the face, you can't be too excited, you haven't seen the world, just pretend to be calm."
This character, who does not seem to have an absolute protagonist aura, in Dong Jiachen's view, "knows how to persuade Goku to be calm and will take care of the overall situation." There are not many lines, and there are many inner dramas. Without the sand monk, the whole plot would be different. And the difficulty of analysis, Dong Jiachen also said in a similar way, "Playing a sand monk is not like playing an old man and a child, I don't know such a middle-aged man very well, it is very challenging."
Dong Jiachen, who has had an independent consciousness since childhood, is very able to bear hardships and think of ways. Every day, the crew used alcohol to paste his beard all over his face, and then removed it after work, "pasting and unloading, there is a feeling of tearing, eating and talking can not open too much, rice is often glued to the beard, can not eat enough." When he is a small ghost, he will go to dinner by himself, or search for food with Wan Junyi in the studio city.
Dong Jiachen (Courtesy of interviewee)
The sand monk's linen clothing is layered, and he also wears a sweater and warms the baby. "It's thick and long, and you can only drag it on the muddy ground." He wrapped the long side around his neck and waist to keep him warm.
In the play, the burden picked by the sand monk is a real futon, plus a "crescent shovel", which will be particularly tiring to carry. But he never complained, "It's true as much as it can be, no matter how tired it is." One bite of the bullet is over. When he encountered a fever on a rainy and snowy day, hanging Via's broken knee, and filming night scenes until very late, he let the crew take care of it and never complained to his mother, "Come out to shoot, you can't be too squeamish." ”
Once, the four masters and apprentices took a long view along the shallow river beach on both sides of the carriage, and suddenly Dong Jiachen was squeezed by the horse, and he sat down in the water, and the water did not reach his chest. It was the deep winter weather, the heavy clothes were wet, and he was suddenly "cold and unconscious" . The three people on the other side didn't notice at first. Fortunately, the seventy or eighty people accompanying the crew quickly pulled him up after discovering it.
The mother later learned to call and ask, but Dong Jiachen said lightly that it was only the shoes that were wet. In fact, after the crew pulled him up, they immediately wrapped him in a coat, put a layer of warm baby on his back, and used a generator to blow clothes. Mom cried when she heard that. The sensible Jiachen said, "Still baking clothes, everyone is waiting for me to shoot a scene." He also told his mother not to blame the staff, "It was my own carelessness." The clothes were dry. After the end of the day, his mother asked him painfully, "Are you still filming this scene after filming?" Jia Chen said firmly, "Still shoot!" Don't just tell my dad."
Filming "Journey to the West" strengthened his dream of becoming a powerful actor. "I used to think that anyone could act, but in fact, it is very difficult to be an actor, and you need to think about acting skills countless times." His idol is Shen Teng, in junior high school, he plans to "shoot a play every semester or two, and enter the University of North Film or Chinese Drama".
During the rare summer vacation, Dong Jiachen got up at five o'clock every day for basketball lessons, attended culture classes and music classes during the day, practiced sanda at night, and listened to Guo Degang's cross-talk before going to bed. He also set two hours of mobile phone time every day, drawing hands to flip, chase dramas to relax, and learn basketball skills. Dong Jiachen, who called himself a "wild man," said meaningfully, "At this age, it's time to plan for yourself." ”
Dong Jiachen plays sha monk in the play