"Menghua Record" became the biggest explosion in the first half of the year. Why?

Since its launch,

The discussion caused by "Menghua Lu" has not stopped,

From "First of all, it respects my eyes, and second it respects my IQ",

Until "it is not worth 8.8 points in the end" ...

The long -standing domestically produced drama field,

It was finally stirred up.

The beauty of "Menghua Record" is recognized.

A busy director Yang Yang,

She is a real national first -level director,

The frequent visitor to the TV series Flying and the Golden Eagle Award,

I have directed many high -scoring works such as "Proof of Memory", "Hand in Hand", "Heart", and "Night".

In one and a half hours of conversations,

She talked without reservations about the idea of ​​setting, casting and painting style,

It also responded to some controversy.

The following is a dialogue with Yang Yang.

Edit: Lu Yuhan

Responsible editor: Ni Chujiao

Zhao Pan'er (Liu Yifei) and Gu Qianfan (Chen Xiao)

One: As a female director, you are famous for emotional drama. Later, you filmed a lot of men with men as the protagonist, and then to "Menghua Record", what changes have you experienced during the period?

Yang Yang: Because of "Holding Hand", I won the Best Director of the Flying Sky Award and the Golden Eagle Award, and the top ten directors in the country. The young people may not have seen it now, but the popularity of "Hand in Hand" was no less than the current "Menghua Record".

At that time, there were a lot of emotional dramas to come to me, but what I am more sober is that everyone only sees my ability to control emotional dramas. In fact, I still have a stronger blood feeling inside. As a female director, can I not make some bloody shows?

The beauty of Liu Yifei first triggered the discussion

Later, I did not pick up the drama for almost three years. I made a large anti -war drama "Certificate of Memory", which is an absolute men's play. The next step is "Norman Better", "Heaven and Earth's Hearts", "Bright Sword-Iron Blood Army Soul", until the greasy male frequency IP "Overnight", almost all men produced.

In the work, as a female director, I almost forgot my gender.

"Menghua Lu" three heroines: Song Yinzhang, Zhao Pan'er, Sun Sanniang

Hua Kui Zhang Hao (Kana), the first supporting role

Fortunately, scattered in these men's themes, I have also filmed some women's themes, such as "Tonight Angel Come", "Angel City", "Heart Art", "Obstetrics and Gynecology of Love" ... The constraints and influences, both in the subject of men and women, have the opportunity to continue to explore.

But I still think that "Menghua Lu" is a challenge to me.

We are very happy at the shooting scene, but after the work every day, when I returned to the room to prepare for the second day, I couldn't turn my head. I was anxious. How to shoot the scene tomorrow. Almost all night will put me out of the state of meditation. When I get to the scene, I will be inspired, which is amazing.

The classic umbrella bid farewell to the drama because it rains unexpectedly

One: When did you receive the script of "Menghua Record"? Why do you want to shoot?

Yang Yang: I received the script when I was just summer in 2020. After shooting some men's subject matter, I want to shoot a female costume drama for myself.

I don't like the black and mutually stepping fighting drama. In "Menghua Record", I have seen mutual help and growth between women. This is a very modern story. So as soon as I got the script, I decided to shoot. Start watching the scene and casting immediately. By the winter (February 2021), the filming was shot until the summer, and it took more than a year.

The night scene in the play is also beautiful

One: There are many "water" elements in the play. How did you think of this point?

Yang Yang: I actually want to break the routine of some traditional costume dramas. As soon as I said that the costume drama, I will go to Hengdian Film and Television City. A large number of lines need to be digested on the streets of Hengdian. I have been thinking that there is something special in Menghua Record.

So I thought of "water", "women are like water". I think more water uses water to show the nature of women, her tenderness and strength.

I checked Kaifeng, which was the historical data of the capital city of the Northern Song Dynasty at that time. It is said that the water system in Tokyo in the Northern Song Dynasty was particularly developed. Give me a historical basis.

Qiantang of Xiaoqiao Liushui

With this idea, I ran to Jiangsu and Zhejiang first to see, drove for several days, and I almost went along the large and small places in the Grand Canal. In this process, I actually gave myself a stronger idea. I want to shoot "Menghua Record" into the water.

Then I immediately ran back to Hengdian to communicate these ideas and photos with the art team. Our art director Liu Jingping was filming in Hengdian all year round. He was also distressed. All the big scenes of Hengdian had been filmed by him. After listening to the concept of "water", he was very excited. He ran for another place where I had been there, and he made a lot of scene maps when he returned.

Tokyo, where the song and dance are rising

One: What reforms have you done? I couldn't see it at Hengdian.

Yang Yang: Because you know that the scenery of Hengdian has to be robbed, dozens of hundreds of crews are shot there. A scene for you for a day or two, you will be someone else on the third day. Fortunately, all I was looking for were unpopular scenes, and it was almost deserted, so we could have a relatively long time to occupy it in it, and kept polishing and building.

We did repair according to those places in the inspection. Water, plants, fake mountains, roofs, doors and windows ... On the street in the play, because there is no way to plant that place, we bought thousands of pots of flowers and plants. Bonsai, I also bought a lot of garries. The architectural interior in the play is exquisite

I remembered that the scene again seemed to be a scene of the Republic of China, so we have to restore the doors and windows, eaves, and steps to the state of the Song Dynasty. This time is relatively long.

In addition, we found some loose scenes. For example, the scene where Zhao Pan'er rowed out, San Niang was washing clothes by the river, and it was actually Hengdian, but it was difficult for most people to notice that it was blocked by a shrub. When we walked over there, as long as I saw the water, I said that I stopped and stopped, so I went through those shrubs and ran in. I said that this is the Jiangnan Water Village I want.

Many plays happen on the water by the water

The creation of this part actually made the tone for "Menghua Record". Many pictures will see the relationship between women and water, with trees, and nature.

For example, Zhao's tea house, in the original story, is a tea house on a street. But I must put it by the water, so that we will see the connection between the water system and land of the four -way Dada, the small bridge flowing water, and the ancient tree sunset.

The first episode of the opening of Zhao's Tea House

When the audience saw a opening, the two women came out of such an environment and leaned on the door of the tea shop and said, "Who should the two of us open today, is it your fruit or my tea?" The hard -working and brave Qiantang The state of the little lady came out particularly vividly, very agile.

"Gu Pan Shenghui" bridge head flowers and rain clips

Later, Gu Qianfan and Zhao Pan'er played on the water on the water, passing the bridge arches by boat, Chen Lian sprinkled flowers on it, and the two were lying on the boat to grab fireflies ... Many plays that were originally speaking on land, teahouses, and when walking. On the water, the show was very stylish at once.

Tea, incense, and fruit prevailed in the Song Dynasty

One: In addition to water, what efforts have the team made in order to present a beautiful picture?

Yang Yang: Beauty must be based on a reasonable basis. If it is unreasonable, it is ingenious.

So what is our foundation? The aesthetics of the Song Dynasty, which provided us with this elegance, simplicity, and delicate. The screenwriter Zhang Wei also devoted too much effort to this play. Tea, fruits, drinks, banquets, and the culture, politics, and economy of the Song Dynasty all made very detailed historical evidence.

Song Dynasty's horizontal bomb pipa

For example, the "Four Ya" popular in the Song Dynasty, incense, tea, flower arrangement, and hanging paintings are all very high -level ancient style. Many scenery, sparkling, sunrise and sunset, breeze and willow, all have the artistic conception of ancient poetry and painting. With the movement of our machine, the position of the actor, and the scheduling of the scene, it has a very strong interaction, which makes people feel smooth.

Beauty is also based on the culture of our nation. If I just want to make good -looking light, the actor's beautiful face in the light, then it floats on the surface. A 40 -episode long drama, if you can only see some beauty of light, it has no vitality.

"Menghua Record" is Liu Yifei performed a TV series again after 16 years

One: How to consider the casting?

Yang Yang: In fact, there are still a lot of actresses who can play Zhao Pan'er in China, but I hope to bring some fresh feelings to the audience, and I think of Liu Yifei.

She has always been in the minds of her heart. But in her creative experience, there was no woman who was so grounded as Zhao Pan'er.

Chen Xiao plays Gu Qianfan

Liu Yan and Lin Yun played Sun Sanniang and Song Yinzhang

After meeting with her, I can feel her desire to break through herself and want to shape a completely different image from her. She will not play according to the routine, which is my wish.

Choosing these protagonists, I just want everyone to see the other side of the actor. This combination has both freshness, and I hope that the actors show different performance styles through their own efforts and give them new representative works. This may be my ambition as a director.

Zhao Pan'er order tea

One: What are the preparations for actors to make in the early stage?

Yang Yang: When determining the role, I told them what kind of life skills they need to master. Yifei, to learn tea art. Lin Yun, a dedicated central ethnic orchestra, gave her a pipa class. Liu Yan, we also invited the teacher to teach her to make fruit.

In addition, I told them that in fact, in addition to Song Yinzhang, you are all labor women, and are experts at home with housework, and let them practice these more.

Sun Sanniang He Nian

So when you look at them together, even if they are chatting and discussing things, their hands are constantly. San Niang has been picking beans, and she is fragrant there, and she will repair her pipa or help the flower arrangement. Everyone will be in a busy state to make them a very grounded woman in the world, rather than floating in the sky.

Hope to be smart, San Niang is hot, quoting chapters simple

One: You have also filmed female portrait dramas before, how do you conceive the relationship between several female characters, what resonance will they have with the current audience?

Yang Yang: They almost grew up in the same water in the same river. They have deep girlfriends, and they can go straight. However, their personality is very different from their lives, so when the three people are rubbed together, their contradictions and conflicts are very easy to unfold.

Once they quarreled, they started to make noise, then laughed to a ball, and finally fell together, laughed, this is the three girls, I feel that there is no overnight revenge, and a smile has passed. Such friendship will resonate now. We are also eager to have such friends. When we are bullied, we can stand up to block the knife for us. I can lean on her shoulders and tell her that I seem to like someone.

Another one is that they are doing their careers together. With such friendship, the three people stand together to defeat many difficulties.

I know a lot of friends who come to Beijing to work hard in Beijing. When someone first came, she still lived in the dormitory of the upper and lower paved. There is a little friend who has no job for a month, only soy sauce and rice, and rice is brought back from the unit for other partners from the unit. Every bit like this can be placed on these three girls.

At the shooting scene, director Yang Yang and three female starring

Including me, I also told the actor, do n’t just think about costume scenes. They are actually playing the experience of many women. Such performances will be more vivid. Like Liu Yan and Lin Yun, they all come from outside to Beijing, and there are many such friends around them. As soon as you say, you can wake up some of them immediately.

The actors are also very good friends. Seeing that they are joking together, they also make appointments to climb the mountain together. I can also be able to integrate into such a cheerful atmosphere.

Pan'er and San Niang talked about their hearts

Song Yinzhang and Zhang met

One: Many comments now feel that "three girls still depend on men." In addition to the feeling of "savior", Gu Qianfan can understand his image?

Yang Yang: In fact, Gu Qianfan needs to be saved even more. He was trapped in darkness since he was a child, without his mother, and could not recognize his father. He himself knows how ugly the Huangcheng Division is, but he wants to combine with these people. In these respects, there are also Zhao Pan'er's help and redemption of him.

So whether it is a kind of wandering state or a person like Gu Qianfan, they are people in the capital, they need to comfort and cure. Now it ’s only 20 episodes. If you look at it later, you will see their salvation.

One: What is the atmosphere of the shooting scene?

Yang Yang: The atmosphere of our crew is very easy. I also like to create a relaxed atmosphere. Let everyone see that the director comes from the morning. Every morning, everyone shouts "Director Early", making me think that good things will happen today.

Then the pipe tube stayed until the night, and the people couldn't open their eyes. When they talked about the work, everyone shouted, "Thank you director." These two moments really inspired me every day.

We also have a "comedy group". Dai Xu, Guan Yunpeng, Hu Yuxuan, they are together in the show. When they were at the scene, we basically couldn't laugh.

Several female supporting roles

One: The supporting role in the play is also very colorful. How to make the image of these little people plump?

Yang Yang: All characters should be full and rich. They can be independent, converging together and affecting each other.

Like Chen Lian, he is always saying that he is the best subordinate. Such a young boy is not in the dynasty in the imperial city, so he really wants to stay with Gu Qianfan to make every effort to vote for it. This is also understandable.

Chi Yinni (Dai Xu)

Like Chi Yin, the positioning I gave him was a child with a dynamic disease. He is rich, but without the care and care of his family, you have never seen his father and mother. He always wants to find a sense of existence, and he wants to take care of it.

He Si next to him, as if he was a grandmother, often held him in his arms, "Oh, don't cry", he is like this.

One time I made a show of Chi Yinni talking to Lu Wu, it was not important to say anything. After the shooting, I felt that Chi Yinni had been sitting there without moving. It seemed that it was not in line with this character, so I re -filmed the show, letting him talk, playing the wooden sword while playing in his hand, in short, he was not idle.

Dai Xu also played a self -proclaimed action. Everyone now likes it. In fact, these things are an improvisation, but they will fit the role well.

Three people were driven out of Tokyo after traveling on the street

One: Is there any scene that makes you impressed?

Yang Yang: There are a lot of this, I think about it. For example, after three girls swimming in the street, they were kicked out of Tokyo and met Gu Qianfan. When the show was filming that day, the sun was almost going, and the whole scene was very anxious. In case of the end, it would be raining tomorrow, and this scene could not be connected. You must shoot the show.

But this play is very heavy in my mind and can't be anxious. I will tell you that we are so peaceful to shoot and perform every scene and shoot well. So when Pan'er said "I am not willing", my tears "wow" came down.

One: Many famous scenes discussed on the Internet now have one go in one go, or have it been considered?

Yang Yang: In fact, there are many plays, at the time in a state of despair. No inspiration, when you can't think of a good idea, it will be uncomfortable. But suddenly an inspiration will emerge, just shoot according to this inspiration.

For example, when Pan'er and Zhou She's lawsuit came out, she was looking for Gu Qianfan to play the reunion scene of this two people? The yard is very empty. Where do you say that Gu Qianfan was hidden? Some people say that there are pillars, hiding behind the pillars, I feel so deliberate. Zhao Pan'er and Gu Qianfan look at each other

But if you don't finish the day, this scene will not be returned to us. I walked around that time, and suddenly saw the screen, I tried to walk through the screen myself, and imagined that if it was Gu Qianfan on the opposite side, I hoped that it and him looked at each other across the screen. After that, the two talents saw the real face, and then started to say lines. This feeling should be particularly good.

Including everyone's favorite moon, it is also in the middle of the night. It is really sleepy, and no one can afford the spirit. Chen Lian also has a lot of lines. I think the focus of that scene is not Chen Lian's words. The point is how to show the farewell of this hope and Gu Qianfan.

Zhao Pan'er and Gu Qianfan met each other under the moon

In the end I want to put it in the water. Gu Qianfan left by the boat, Chen Lian kept talking next to him. Gu Qianfan's eyes always looked at Zhao Pan'er upstairs, and Chen Lian's lines were hidden.

Chinese paintings pay attention to blankness. I hope "Menghua Record" has Chinese classical beauty and subtle beauty. The audience can fill these gaps with their own emotions and imaginations with their understanding of the characters.

Director Yang Yang

One: When you leave white, do you think how much can the audience interpret the current audience?

Yang Yang: I think they all understand. So why I said it was very moved. Now these paragraphs that the audience talked about was very careful when shooting.

"Menghua Lu" I thought that only girls watched this play, and many men told me that they were watching. And stay up late to chase the drama. This surprised me.

Sometimes I am particularly moved to see the audience's Weibo message that the audience gave me. The first is that you understand me, and then everyone's tolerance. Even if you see some flaws, it is friendly to make comments. I think the broadcast process of the play is also the process of communicating with you.

Yang Yang talked about actors

One: Do you expect "Menghua Record" to have such a high popularity and such a high degree of discussion?

Yang Yang: I can't think too much when I shoot. They must be focused and created seriously. I want to use works and sincerity to impress the audience.

As a director, I am also a member of the audience. We also saw a lot of things that can make ourselves empathy from this play. When my own, my team and actors were moved by this story, and when our shooting scene continued to laugh, I knew that the audience would be moved. Such creation is very interesting.

shooting scene

One: Why did you want to be a director at first?

Yang Yang: This is long. In fact, when I was a kid, I learned the violin. The college entrance examination was prepared to go to the Conservatory of Music. My violin teacher said that the competition this year is particularly fierce. You have to prepare for both hands.

My father is the director of the National Theater. I discussed with him: Otherwise, I will report to a director department, otherwise there is no university. Unexpectedly, he said to me firmly: You can never pass the director.

It may be that this thorough negation has become a stimulus, so why do me feel? That year, I reported the director department of two art colleges, and the results were admitted. I did not expect that at the beginning, I fell in love with this career and has been doing it now.

One: After "Menghua Record" is on fire, what kind of plans do you have to work in your future work, will you still maintain a slow creative rhythm?

Yang Yang: Actually, I didn't deliberately slow, I respect the opportunity. If I encountered a work that could make me very moved at this time, even if the rhythm of the work suddenly became fast, I would work hard for this.

I still have a respect for this profession. It is not a simple rice bowl. It may also be too cherished, so I want to make every work well and live up to everyone's expectations.

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