If a spy drama wants to be good, it must be excellent in both aspects.
First of all, the logic is strict and self-consistent, the plot climaxes are repeated, and the continuous brain-burning reasoning and suspense atmosphere are important elements that can attract the audience of this type of spy war drama.
Secondly, in the process of continuous advancement of the plot, it is necessary to naturally construct the spiritual beliefs of the protagonist.
"Razor's Edge" is a spy drama that does a good job in both aspects. This drama is produced by Xinli TV, Junzhu Culture, directed by the article, co-written by Xu Weicai and Yu Fei, and starring the article, Ma Yili, Ding Yongdai, Lu Fangsheng and so on.
At the beginning, the narrator points out the time and place of the story, and Wang Zhiwen's low and thick voice sets the tone of the whole play: mysterious and full of charm.
"This is the summer of 1933, the Japanese have been in Harbin for more than half a year, the people are still going to qiulin company as usual to buy red sausages, big lieba, drink beer, kvass, Tianxianglou's mother to make out the girl is still so flowery." 」 The word 'food color' was saved, and everyone felt that it was not a big deal. ”
Razor's Edge is based on Xu Weicai's novel Spy Wars 1933.
The characters in the TV series have a basic framework in the novel, "Razor" is the code name of the heroine Guan Haidan (Ma Yili) lurking in the Harbin Pseudo-Manchuria Police Department, Xu Congliang (article) as the male protagonist, smoking, drinking, perming the head, can be called the Republic of China version of Wei Xiaobao, from the first episode, he is the fringe character in the police station, such as walking on thin ice, step by step.
On December 22, "Razor's Edge" will soon land on Guangxi Satellite TV's golden file. Recently, we connected with screenwriter Yu Fei to talk in detail about how he set up difficulties for the people in the play and solved the problems.
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Yu Fei confessed that he was attracted by the unique characters created in Xu Weicai's original novel "Spy War 1933" before joining the screenwriting team to work together, and he saw the survival philosophy of small people in the chaotic world in Xu Congliang.
Yu Fei believes that Xu Congliang has his unique cuteness, "Pi Li Qi and Hanging Er Lang dang are the protective colors of Xu Congliang's body, although he looks very unobtrusive and greedy, but his heart is not bad, very moral, which is also the fundamental reason why he was able to change his position later." ”
In the first episode, the Harbin Police Department has a big change of blood, Jin Sanpu (Ding Yongdai) takes office as the new director, a courtier, and then all the sections are changed, "Cabbage Leaf" (Bai Lengchen, Cai Boyuan, Ye Falcon) and Guan Haidan take over the General Affairs Section, the Secret Service Section and the Criminal Division respectively.
Xu Congliang, who was removed from his post as chief of the criminal section and was also saddled with the suspicion of communism, fell into a difficult situation from the beginning, thus starting the process of continuous self-rescue after that, and showing his amazing detective ability and cleverness in self-rescue, so that he could overcome the danger again and again.
Guan Haidan is a "million fans" in the police department, with a special identity and a proud heart. She is not only the dry daughter of Kim Sanpu, but also has an inextricable relationship with the Japanese.
"In the process of solving the crisis and saving herself, Congliang gradually fell in love with Guan Haidan and helped Guan Haidan hide her 'razor' identity, and the two went from tit-for-tat to sympathetic, and the article and Ma Yili's opponent play were very exciting," Yu Fei said.
The narrator said: "After all, the peaceful days of charity will not last long, so we will have to tear our faces and see each other with swords and soldiers." ”
In Harbin in the 1930s, there were mixed forces on all sides, including the Communist Party, the Blue Jacket Society, the gangsters, as well as the Japanese and the Soviets, and they were complex, And Xu Congliang and Guan Haidan were always on the verge of danger, not only to lurk in the police department, obtain intelligence, and to detect one case after another.
At the same time, the internal contradictions of the police station are also a good drama. Director Jin Sanpu is sensitive and suspicious, and he believes that everyone in the Police Department except himself has the surname "Gong", so he does not miss any opportunity to check the "razor".
Guan Haidan and Xu Congliang joined forces to maneuver between Jin Sanpu and "Cabbage Leaf", thrilling, one ring and one ring of tension, so that the audience stared at the screen and would never double the speed of watching the drama.
Set up "Impossible Missions" and let the protagonist survive again and again
"Dark Calculation", which aired from 2005 to 2006, opened another round of espionage dramas in the new century, from "anti-special films" to spy dramas, stories about spies have always been a narrative type that Chinese audiences are talking about.
Later, "Latent" (2009), "Before dawn" (2010), "Borrowing a Gun" (2011) and "Cliff" (2012) are all classics in spy dramas, each with its own achievements and characteristics.
"Razor's Edge" is a major gain in this year's spy drama, and the brain-burning reasoning and character building have written new ideas.
Yu Fei believes that in the category of spy dramas, there are only a few works that can be regarded as classics, and there are too few plays that can reach the high level of "Latent" and "Before Dawn". "I'm not so ambitious as not to be overarchingly innovative. What I have to do now is to practice the basic skills, work hard in the conventional spy drama mode, implement every specific way to solve the problem, and first stabilize my level above the plateau, and then seek the peak above the plateau. ”
After "Razor's Edge" was broadcast on Oriental Satellite TV and Beijing Satellite TV in March, Yu Fei received a lot of feedback from professional screenwriters and people around him, and some people felt that the pace was too fast, the information density was too large, and it was difficult for ordinary audiences to accept it.
"I worked with Mr. Xu Weicai to write 36 episodes of the script, and the final shooting was 48 episodes, which has slowed down a lot in the rhythm. We designed a lot of seemingly impossible tasks, such as Jin Sanpu asked Xu Congliang to go to the Soviet consulate to steal intelligence, whether it was dead or not, whether it was stealing or death, what should Xu Congliang do? ”
There are many such designs in "Razor's Edge", Yu Fei has created the scripts of "Six Groups of Serious Cases" and "The Eternal Radio Wave", and has long been familiar with the methods of reasoning suspense and solving cases, so it is very smooth to write, he likes to set a desperate situation for the people in the play, and then think of various ways to crack.
Xu Congliang and Guan Haidan cultivated deep feelings in the series of PUBGs. In the process of getting along with Guan Haidan, Xu Congliang was gradually infected by Guan Haidan's beliefs and joined the Communist Party.
In the post-revolutionary era, reconstruct the sublime ideals and beliefs
In the next few episodes of "Razor's Edge", the plot came to a big reversal, the scene at the Guanyin Temple, Xu Congliang and Guan Haidan joined forces to perform a play in front of everyone, deliberately smearing the image of the two, so that everyone thought that Guan Haidan and Xu Congliang could no longer be together, thus protecting the safety of the two people and continuing to lurk.
Yu Fei revealed that the direction of the finale was not thought out at the beginning, "Our play was written in a team and was jointly completed by me and teacher Xu Weicai. The specific way of working is that I write a 5-episode episode outline, and then Mr. Xu writes a 5-episode script according to the outline, and so on. The script for the first 26 episodes was completed by Mr. Xu, and the next 10 episodes were written by me. Therefore, the wonderful stories that everyone can see at present are the crystallization of collective wisdom. ”
Establishing faith and joining the Communist Party because of falling in love with someone, if the story stops at this point, the pattern will seem narrow.
Therefore, Yu Fei designed the scene at the Guanyin Temple, allowing Xu Congliang to interrupt the relationship between the two in order to continue to lurk. "Because love established faith, and then gave up love because of faith, such a great transformation proves the firmness of Xu Congliang's faith."
The scene where Xu Congliang joined the Communist Party and took the oath also made Yu Fei very moved.
In the context of the post-revolutionary era, the grand narrative fails, the sublime is deconstructed, and it is quite difficult to convince the current audience of the loftiness of ideals and beliefs.
In addition to the guidance of love, the process of letting Xu Congliang establish his faith begins in the first episode. His good friends Huang Jian, Liu Chuang, Jiu'er, and Li Lijun are all Communists, and they are not afraid to sacrifice for the sake of ideals and beliefs, and they are all touched and infected by Xu Congliang, and he is constantly making judgments about which side to lean toward, so the establishment of faith is subtle and reasonable. ”
"Razor's Edge" is about to be broadcast on the second round of Guangxi Satellite TV, Yu Fei believes that although the spy war drama is not a particularly high-topic drama, there is a relatively stable viewing group, they call for the emergence of this kind of drama, they are very interested in the brain-burning reasoning scene, and they are not likely to be affected by other factors.
【Text/Humo】