China News Online, August 6th (Reporter Xu Yin) Since the outbreak, many moving stories and touching stories have emerged during the nationwide "war epidemic". On the 6th, the anti-epidemic TV series "Together", adapted from real people and real things, held a press conference in Shanghai during the 26th Shanghai TV Festival. Directors Teng Huatao, Liu Jiang, Wang Jun and other actors Chen Shu, Hai Qing, Zhang Yawen and others attended the show to share the behind-the-scenes story of the filming of the play.
It is reported that "Together" is divided into 10 units and a total of 20 episodes, which are "The Turning Point of Life", "The Ferryman", "The Rescue", "Walk", "Decisive Battle at Vulcan Mountain", "Search", "Square Cabin", "Wuhan People", " My name is Dalian. "Mask" will be broadcast on Dragon TV in October. The play is based on the real prototype characters and stories of all walks of life during the anti-epidemic period. Through artistic processing, it creates an epic portrait of civilian heroes on the front line of the "anti-epidemic", showing a panoramic picture of the "anti-epidemic" people's war in sections. The spirit of unity and solidarity.
"Mask" stills, pictured by Haiqing. Picture courtesy of the show
Unlike usual, during the filming of "Together", actors often need to wear masks. Regarding the difficulties of such shooting, Liu Jiang, the director of the "Search for 24 Hours" unit, believes that the display of details is more critical. "Sometimes we will give everyone the opportunity to take off the mask as much as possible. In addition, we may try our best in the scene. Go up a bit, and you can see his (her) expression and eyes more clearly."
"The expression of this drama is really different from other dramas, so we often use some big close-ups, especially when shooting emotional dramas, before his (her) tears come out and when his or her eyes are rolling, we can Feeling the emotions of the characters, we also emphasized that the actors should enlarge their expressions as much as possible." Wang Jun, director of the "Square Cabin" unit, also expressed his views.
Actor Haiqing. Xu Yinshe
In addition, filming stories that happen in winter in the hot summer is also a big test for the film crew. Actor Hai Qing plays a clothing factory owner in the "Mask" unit. The story revolves around her transitioning from clothing to making masks. Haiqing, who just completed the filming of this unit in late July, said frankly that she was afraid of cold physique and never turned on the air conditioner in the summer. This time, she also "broken the ring" during the "off-season" filming of "Mask". When I was shooting in Xiangshan for a few days, I wore a goose down jacket. Its quality is very good and very thick. Sometimes when shooting, our body surface temperature can reach 56 or 57 degrees, and there is no wind at night. I used to do it in the summer. The heat won’t turn on the air conditioner. This time I froze while holding the air conditioner with Dong Xuan from the same crew, so I can better understand the hardships of these medical “retrogrades”.”
Stills of "Going Together", pictured by Zhao Jinmai. Picture courtesy of the show
The actor Zhao Jinmai, who has just won the national first performance in the professional art examination of Chinese opera performance, joins hands with Yang Yang in the performance of "Retrograde Medical Workers" in one of the ten unit dramas of the show. Zhao Jinmai said in an interview that she is very honored to be able to participate in the anti-epidemic TV series, and it is also a huge challenge for her to play a professional medical worker. "Because the first is the age gap, the prototype is Twenty-three or four years old, so I want to play an adult role. And her profession is a doctor, because this profession is very professional, so I will watch some documentaries, including with the doctor on the set The nurses go to communicate and carefully consider how to better interpret the role."
Actor Zhao Jinmai. Xu Yinshe
Talking about the cooperation with Yang Yang, Zhao Jinmai praised the other party for his dedication, "I think he is very serious and can endure hardships, because we shoot in the summer, and then it is very hot, but there is no complaint. In fact, sometimes the crew It’s said that, for example, protective clothing needs to have some sweating effect, and sometimes some water is used. But we don’t need it, because we really shed a lot of sweat.”
As a TV series that was not only planned and filmed that year, but also broadcasted that year, the whole creation process of "Together" can be said to be "unconventional". It has assembled first-class creative forces, and well-known directors such as Zhang Li, An Jian, Teng Huatao, Peng Sanyuan and others have joined it. The screenwriting team includes Liuliu and Ren Baoru. It adopts a brand-new "Time Report Drama" genre, with an independent story for every two episodes, a creative team for each story, ten groups of people and horses acting separately, and ten stories merged into a 20-episode series. At present, most of the story units have been successfully completed and are expected to be officially aired in October. (Finish)