Yang Wenjun's representative works: TV series "Wind and Sun Beauty", "The Woman of the Knife Family" in 2012, "Divorce Lawyer" in 2014, "Fu Shao" in 2017, "Crane and Hua Ting" in 2019
To be filmed: TV series "Meritorious Service" (unit director)
In the industry for more than 20 years, Yang Wenjun has never been so "idle". One after another, Yang Wenjun has been sticking to the front line of the crew for many years and losing a lot of normal life. Forced to take a four-month vacation, many people joked that "the hard days are about to begin", but Yang Wenjun laughed and said that "there is not enough rest". "I have so many books, movies and TV dramas to watch, this is indeed a particularly good time, from the body, mind to the mind to repair and recharge." 」
After filming "Crane and Huating", Yang Wenjun was also deeply immersed in the depth and charm of the long river of history. During the epidemic, he studied dozens of history books and classical masterpieces, hoping to excavate the stories of the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty in film and television works in the future, "At this age, you will be hungry and hope to draw nourishment from history." During this time, everyone may be hiding from history for a long time, but I want to accumulate more. When the historical themes can shine in the future, they will also have a place to play. ”
Repair the body "old machine", body fat dropped to the lowest in ten years
At the end of January 2020, the costume historical drama "Crane and Huating" directed by Yang Wenjun came to an all-round end, and the one-and-a-half-year filming, post-production and publicity work officially came to an end. According to the original plan, Yang Wenjun will shoot a new drama in April, and then devote himself to the preparation of the tribute drama "Meritorious Service" in June. "But now a lot of plays can't start, and most of the projects of my friends after the year have been postponed."
From January to now, in addition to preparing for the interview with "Meritorious Service", Yang Wenjun has enjoyed the longest vacation in two decades. China's film and television industry is accustomed to a large number of projects, dramas, especially directors, completely unable to follow the scientific schedule, shooting intervals also have to edit the post-production, prepare the next script, "before I felt that one scene after another, very normal, but this time because of the epidemic stopped, finally have a few months of normal life, feel that there is not enough at home." Yang Wenjun has not cooked for decades, and recently he has not only studied a lot of kitchen artifacts, but also learned the practice of ten home-cooked dishes. Already clamoring for a body that "needs to be repaired", Yang Wenjun also used this time to engage in some "seeking medical treatment", and at the same time put exercise on the agenda, reducing the body fat rate from 25% to 18% in two months, and the visceral fat index from 9 to 7, reaching the best level in ten years. "I can't even dream about it."
Preparing for medical dramas, hoping to make medical care more celebrated
The dramatic changes brought by the epidemic to the world have inspired many creators. Yang Wenjun is no exception.
Earlier, he was preparing a medical theme script, adapted from a novel written by a medical doctor who once stayed in the United States, with humorous and relaxed brushstrokes, telling the bitterness, helplessness, and love and sense of mission of young doctors in the emergency department, as well as the love and sense of mission of doctors.
Before the outbreak of the epidemic, Yang Wenjun not only described the doctor's efforts in the script, but also integrated a lot of real "helplessness", "In the process of interviewing medical workers, they often show confusion, because they pay for the health of the people wholeheartedly, but they are often misunderstood." But after this battle, the respect, understanding and gratitude of the whole society for medical staff have been greatly improved; the sense of mission and self-confidence of medical workers themselves has also been reshaped again, "Next I will put the dedication of more medical staff into the play." Through this pandemic, you will be more determined, and they deserve to be celebrated. ”
【Insight】
In 2019, the strict tightening of the policy on the remuneration of actors, the theme of the work, and the scale of investment continued to reduce the price of films, and the industry was forced to produce more fine works to survive the cold winter. At present, whether it is a platform or a production company, it will be more meticulous in terms of cost, and the selection of projects will become more cautious, and medium-sized dramas will either develop into large productions or sink into small costs, or they will completely disappear. It also brings new opportunities for young directors and creative teams, who will have more upward passages than before. ”
During the epidemic, Yang Wenjun re-watched different versions of "Dream of the Red Chamber", including the version of the People's Literature Publishing House, as well as "Bai Xianyong's Detailed Talk about the Red Chamber", etc., from the perspective of historical background, humanities, sociology and other aspects, and looked at the entire "Red Studies" in a more three-dimensional way. Yang Wenjun frankly said that "Dream of the Red Chamber" is delicate in emotion and profound in meaning, through simple character relationships but implicitly refracting social reality, human nature good and evil, "I have the desire to create this kind of work, if I have the opportunity, I also hope to try to shoot "Dream of the Red Chamber". ”
——Yang Wenjun on recent reading
Beijing News reporter Zhang He
Edited by Tong Na Proofreader Wang Xin
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