Introduction: Two years to become the S-level sound synthesis screenwriter general coordinator, the head of Yiqi Studio said.
Text | Niessing
"Not forced to open"
"I don't shy away from making a living from this, and I did make a living in the last period, and this time it was because I was curious and funny."
On November 3, the topic #Park Shu first published a long article to give me music Do you listen to # caused widespread attention on Weibo, for a Weibo account with only 35 articles, for Park Shu, who has some serious and serious impressions, a sentence of "next time jump up must" is enough to see the cooperation stage between champion night and villager Zhu Enchi, and the charm of this show.
B station "Do You Listen to My Music" has always been a topic of conversation since its inception, and many viewers commented that "every issue is crying and laughing, how can the producer do the show so well!" "Indeed, what is the difficulty of operation at the screenwriting level of an original music program? The object in front of the camera is these ordinary "villagers" in ordinary life, how can the creator fully present the sense of reality? How did it impress Park Shu to make him willing to open his heart? With these questions, the film and television outpost reporter conducted an exclusive interview with Zhao Junjie, the screenwriter and coordinator of "My Music Do You Listen", and listened to him tell the story behind the program, talk about creation, talk about experience, and say views.
"Do You Listen to My Music" Screenwriter General Coordinator, Yiqi Studio Zhao Junjie
About screenwriters:
"I'm happy to be able to do this in the future."
Some people say that the screenwriter is Shanruzod.
Shanruzod is the daughter of the Prime Minister in the Arabic folktale collection One Thousand and One Nights. She used the method of telling stories to attract the king, and every night she told the most wonderful points, just in the morning, the fascinated king was eager to hear the story, so he could not bear to kill her, allowing her to continue to tell... The origin of the book's name also tells the great charm of storytelling itself.
When he was a child, he always watched Hunan Satellite TV in front of the TV, and after the college entrance examination, the first thing Zhao Junjie did was to secretly go to Changsha without his family. At the scene of "Happy Male Voice" that year, he felt the charm of the variety show full of impact, and at first he did not want to become a real variety show screenwriter, but imagined that "if he can do this in the future, he is really very happy."
When he chose the broadcast hosting major in college, he entered the film and television industry, as the president of the student union, Zhao Junjie had more opportunities to hold large and small activities, and after graduation, he successfully entered CCTV and became a "screw" for large-scale evening parties.
From participating in the creation of many large-scale evening parties such as "Chinese Feelings" on CCTV, to conducting large-scale seasonal variety shows in Huace, to starting his own business, Zhao Junjie, who invested in program production as soon as he graduated, has also been in the industry for many years.
Having been a director, a responsible editor, an executive producer, and an art director, in his opinion, from the content to the artist level, every job and every experience is fun. After experiencing the process of rapid growth in a large company and the difficult decision to give up his own creative company, Zhao Junjie and his friends joined the Cen Junyi team and became the head of "Yiqi Studio".
——This is the real beginning of his status as a "variety show screenwriter".
What is a screenwriter? In the context of reality TV people increasingly minding "real", these two words seem to have a rebellious connotation from the beginning, and also planted many seeds of prejudice. So much so that they will specifically ask the contestants not to mention these two words, although they are almost the ones who have been with the contestants for the longest time.
What is a screenwriter? In the usual cognition, many people will think that every plot and dialogue in the reality show is arranged in advance, and the guests only need to cooperate with the performance. But this is almost the part that Zhao Junjie denied the most in the interview.
In the two shows "Tomorrow's Children Orchestra Season" and "Do You Listen to My Music", the size of the screenwriting team is not small. There are artists and screenwriters around the mentors, and there are also screenwriters around each contestant. In fact, their main job is to observe their every move, try to touch and dig out the most real and valuable parts of their personality, and sort out possible "interaction points" and "growth lines".
When these observations and feelings are summarized, the content group sorts out and judges, and designs specific links and processes accordingly, prejudges the intersection and interaction that may arise, and presents the characters, growth and character relationships between the protagonists.
It is precisely because of the excellent work in the "Children of Tomorrow Orchestra Season", the team members and working partners saw Cho Joon-jae's patience and carefulness as a screenwriter of Park Shu, and he naturally served as the chief writer of the b-station S-level music synthesis "Do You Listen to My Music".
This task required him to be more globally aware and forward-looking, and he and the creative team witnessed the process of "starting from scratch" of the show. From the preliminary planning including the name of the program, slogan and theme direction to the preliminary selection and interview of hundreds of contestants, from the design of the specific format of the program to the detailed combing of the contestants and artists' words... When it comes to the roles played by the screenwriters, Zhao Junjie answered this question that most viewers are concerned about.
About the Truth:
We are all kids dad, kids kids
There is no so-called human design, which is precisely the key to impressing the audience.
Zhao Junjie said that "de-labeling" is the core of the screenwriting work of "Do You Listen to My Music".
The 36 groups of young singer-songwriters who live in the "Youpu Village" are all "vegan people" in the true sense, and how to show the true character of the contestants outside the short singing clip is a difficult problem in front of Zhao Junjie and the team. He believes that "if you just listen to the song, you can't recognize this person."
As a result, the growth experience behind the music, family background, etc. become the key to understanding them in front of the screen. Before the resonance and empathy, the screenwriting team has communicated with the contestants many times. According to Zhao Junjie, the program team will not ask the contestants to say anything, but will sort out the views that the protagonist wants to express after communicating in advance, and repeatedly confirm with the guests whether it is the original intention.
"I can assure you that these children will go out to the society later, and even after doing other work, they will also be presented on the show." He firmly believes that the viewing points of the program and the authenticity are not in conflict with or even complement each other.
And the truth comes from the sincerity of the heart. When asked if there was any way to make the guests let down their defenses in front of the camera and expose themselves, Zhao Junjie admitted that there was no skill.
"The main word is 'sincerity.'" In the later stages, everyone jokingly called the screenwriters child and child father, as the closest people to the contestants in the months of getting along, each screenwriter wanted to show the best side of the child he was responsible for. This is also the reason why the winner Ju Enchi stood on the stage excitedly and said that the person he most wanted to thank was the screenwriter.
The core essence of the screenwriter is not "editing", but more of a combing and companionship.
Accompanying these lovely young players from the first stage of their lives through every examination, but also let the audience see the diversity of original music, see the humility, confusion and honesty of this group of young people singing.
Because of this, the "uncontrollable" part of the show also brought some surprises. The eliminated Mo Zaiyang sneaked back to the "Youpu Village" the next night to buy delicious food for the people he missed; the sweet interaction between Zhang Sanqi and Bian Ziyan made netizens call this show directly whether it was "my cp you bump"...
These real, cute, and funny young people have also attracted the attention of senior musicians, including the "convener of the village of Youpu". Park Shu, who originally only came to the show in the ninth episode, directly found Zhao Junjie and said, "I still want to come to the 10th issue." At the concert, he also became active on the stage of "Do You Listen to My Music", and even couldn't help but jump up, and netizens praised the cooperation stage "Poor Boy" to amaze the audience.
About sincerity:
"I am very lucky to be a WeChat friend of Teacher Park Shu"
"Sincerity" is just two words, but it is not easy to be specific to the work of the screenwriter.
Before meeting With Park Shu for the first time, Zhao Junjie prepared a bunch of paper manuscripts "nervously". Although the real communication has not yet begun, Park's agent has planted the seeds of trust in the face of this slightly clumsy preparation, "they will feel that cooperation will be very pleasant."
The communication and emotional relationship with Park Shu began gradually began to be established at the "Children of Tomorrow Orchestra Season". Park Shu's slow heat is well known, and it is difficult for them to familiarize themselves with only two or three days of flying days, so Zhao Junjie follows Park Shu around many places to enhance communication between Park Shu's daily work. Gradually, the two people established trust and could communicate relatively smoothly.
It is tedious to record a program, but Park Shu's script is often less than one page a4 paper.
In order to allow Park Shu to adapt to the unfamiliar environment and ease his nervousness as much as possible, Zhao Junjie made the on-site process and personal script for him as concise as possible, and while reducing the fixed content given to Park Shu, he also asked other artist guests to initiate interaction, so that Park Shu had more security and comfort in the show.
A lot of preliminary work made Zhao Junjie almost become the person who was most familiar with Park Shu. What personality is he most likely to be impressed by? What is his favorite type of music? What do you even say when you're facing a contestant's comments? What kind of score is scored? Standing on the rehearsal stage, Zhao Junjie seemed to be another Park Tree, and also made colleagues sigh, "How can there be such a person who understands Teacher Park?"
"Integration, approaching, adapting", this is the variety show screenwriting methodology summarized by Zhao Junjie.
Whether it is a sports competition reality show or the last two music shows, the screenwriting work has always been "dealing with people".
"Establish mutual trust, understand each other's expressed demands, encourage and guide him to speak out and complete a more concise combing", this is the "variety show screenwriter" in Zhao Junjie's eyes. The cornerstone of all this is the word "sincerity" that he mentions countless times in interviews. With this sincerity, there is enough delicate observation; with this sincerity, there is in-depth communication and excavation.
Because of this, "sincerity" is also the quality standard of Zhao Junjie's inspection team members, ability is on the one hand, and the fit of the team is more important. "The essence of screenwriting work is inseparable from talking to people and opening up the heart." He confessed.
How to make players have flesh and blood? Shows that touch people's hearts? After recording the first three episodes of "Tomorrow's Children Orchestra Season", every time I arrived at the shooting site, as soon as I got out of the car, Park Shu's staff said to Cho Joon-jae, "It's up to you." Zhao Junjie also said, "I am fortunate to be one of the few WeChat friends of Teacher Park Shu." Only he and the team know that behind this precious trust is the effort of sincerity as the original intention, and the consensus and emotional value built.
As a variety show screenwriter, Zhao Junjie has not been out of the program group for a long time, and successive centralized recording and broadcasting have filled his life with a compact work rhythm, and being tired and enjoying it has become the norm of his life.
At present, the industry and the audience's awareness of the profession of variety show screenwriter has improved significantly, but it still has not received enough attention. "We are trying to do a good job in the present, to be responsible for each of our works, and we also hope that content workers have a better creative environment." Zhao Junjie said.