China News Service, Beijing, July 10th, title: Out of the circle and the book of a play Interview with director Zhou You of "The Rebel"
China News Agency reporter Gao Kai
On the centenary of the founding of the party, large and small screens here frequently welcome the main theme and explosions.
In the TV drama market, during the first round of broadcast of the spy war drama "Rebel", it ranked first in prime time ratings for 20 consecutive days, with a total of 428 hot searches on the entire network, and a total of 20 billion views on Weibo related topics. This is a rather innovative out-of-the-loop work.
Zhou You, the director of the play, recently accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency. Looking back at the creation scene of "The Rebel", the young director talked most about the polishing of the script.
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Choice
When talking about the outing of "The Rebel", Zhou You said bluntly, "I think the main factor is to tell a story that is pure and attractive enough."
"The Rebel" is adapted from Yu Yu's novel of the same name. The original work is only four to fifty thousand characters. The drama version of "The Rebel" finally meets the audience in 43 episodes. The script reaches four to five million characters. Zhou You said, The adaptation has expanded many characters and events, the story spans many historical stages, and the adaptation volume is very large.
"Our general direction and principle have always been very clear, that is, to retain the original structure and pattern, to present its cold and forbearing temperament in its original flavor, and to avoid any strong and straightforward values output. These are the original works that attracted me the most at the time. Therefore, these principles should be said to be fixed from the beginning, absolutely unshakable." Zhou lobbying.
According to Zhou You, after the release of the first version of the script, he and the screenwriter team spent nearly two years in it, polishing the script in all directions. "The original book has left us with a lot of room for development. Several professional screenwriters have A lot of wonderful creations, and our selection criteria is very simple, that is, whether it meets the tone we initially set. For this reason, we will overturn the third or fourth draft for a scene.
It is this standard that keeps "Rebel" away from the superficial design.
In a scene where the hero and heroine are shot at the same time, from the accumulation of emotions to the criticality of the plot, there are conditions for heavy repainting, and even sensational processing, but what is finally presented to the audience on the screen is only in the snow. The concise bird's eye view lens is cold and beautiful.
"We did deliberately choose a more restrained and introverted way of expression, which is consistent with the selection criteria I mentioned at the beginning." In response, Zhou lobbied.
As a work that focuses on depicting the protagonist’s mental journey, "The Rebel" is somewhat unique in giving up narrations and monologues. He lobbied: "We read a lot of information and found that these hidden fronts of the revolutionary ancestors are characterized by being alone , Forbearance. I tend to use more natural expressions to express this sad temperament, rather than adding subjective interpretations of the creator."
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Scrutinize
After the broadcast of "The Rebel", its unconventional and logically inevitable design of multiple key nodes was highly appreciated by the audience, especially the appearance of "On Protracted War", which finally turned the protagonist into a "rebel". The audience shouted "Amazing".
On Douban, an audience member wrote, “On Protracted Warfare” is very familiar, but it is really exciting here. The light in the dense darkness, Lin Nansheng and I can achieve empathy.”
Zhou lobbied for this: "For us, the large-scale arrangement of Lin Nansheng's experience in front of this play is hoping to give him a convincing inevitability. As for where this plot falls. We discussed and deliberated repeatedly in the process of creating the script. Although Lin Nansheng was decadent and sad in Hong Kong, his heart was not dead, but he wanted to find a breathable gap every moment. After opening up, he embraced the sunshine and hope. At this time, he heard the Yan'an broadcast and "On the Protracted War", which is actually a symbol of our entirety."
"A lot of viewers are very excited about this on the Internet. I am really happy. It proves that the audience fully feels this point that we have repeatedly determined." Zhou Yu said.
detail
During the broadcast of "The Rebel", from the heroine’s college uniform to the different basketball courts of the year, from gun models on different occasions to currency categories at different points in time, the details that can withstand testimony in many dramas are frequently found in Aroused heated discussion among the audience.
Zhou You said frankly, "We did spend a lot of energy on the details. The story of "The Traitor" is very legendary. At the same time, it is closely tied to the historical nodes. This requires us to make the trick as'real' as possible. And This work, from the script creation to almost every detail."
Zhou You said that from the coins that appear in each scene to the firearms, the clothes of the characters to the street scene signs, especially the details related to the plot, they are all determined according to the specific year. "These are basically written in the final script, and each department will Perform according to these."
All these, no matter how big or small.
For this kind of "fine dig" at almost no cost, Zhou You said, "There may be some details that the audience did not notice, but I think they are all worthwhile. In fact, the hard work of our various departments has strengthened the overall texture of the show. This It's like the relationship between qualitative variables. We have done a lot of small work and thought, one or two may be taken away, but the atmosphere quality of the whole drama is actually created by these details. , I can't overdo it."
For some time, the creation of TV series here has experienced the loss of traffic, the cooling of IP, and even the small screen of the movie superstar "Going to the World" is difficult to gain the favor of the audience. The root cause may be related to the sacrifice of the original creation at the beginning of the creation. The creative scene of "Zhe Zhe" may once again confirm the weight of "the foundation of a play" from a certain angle.
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