Chinanews client, Beijing, November 12th (Reporter Ren Siyu) The confusing wild corpse case, the theft of national treasures, and misty interest groups... The suspenseful drama "The Truth" that recently concluded has opened up a thrilling scene for the audience Scroll of humanity.
In recent years, a large number of high-quality suspense online dramas have been newly launched. As the first domestic suspense criminal investigation drama focusing on procuratorial technology, how does "Truth" open up a new genre drama model?
When the finale came, director Li Yifan accepted an interview with reporters and told the story behind the production of the show.
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Focus on the life of prosecutors
Unlike previous suspense dramas, "The Truth" uses the procuratorial industry as its theme, and mainly tells the prosecution technicians represented by Lin Lan and Lin Yuanhao, using advanced professional technology to help prosecutors break through the bottleneck of difficult cases and overcome "zero". The story of the confession case.
Why choose this subject?
Director Li Yifan said that on the one hand, the public has a relatively low awareness of the scope of the procuratorial department's functions, and there have been no procuratorial technical works on the market; on the other hand, due to the lack of rhythm on the first scene, evidence provided by the public security Getting started will also bring a sense of time and space lag, and the professional characteristics of prosecutors will restore the scene more clearly.
"The Truth" is adapted from the novel "The Iron Evidence of Silence" by senior prosecutor Mi Zhuguang. The cases in the play are based on real cases. The leaders of the Supreme Procuratorate also provided many ideas. The production of the series strives to be conclusive and rigorous.
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"Opening evidence is opening life." As this line said, "The Truth" gave the audience a window to see the daily work and life of frontline prosecutors.
It is worth mentioning that the scenes and props in the play are also authentic and elegant.
Director Li Yifan mentioned that the trace inspection center in the play refers to the structure of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate’s Procuratorial Technology Information Research Center, and uses 3D printing technology to achieve one-to-one restoration on the equipment, reproducing trace detection, electronic data technology, judicial psychology, and Inspection categories such as audio-visual technology.
The new generation and old play bones join
"The Truth" is starred by Chen Xingxu, Ge Yuexi, Xu Yajun, Liu Chang, Wen Zhengrong, etc. It has both new generation actors and strong old actors to help out.
Speaking of the impressive footage in the shooting, the director mentioned the scene in which Song Baiyu killed Malaysia. After instructing Liu Chang on the passionate killing process, he should keep breathing fast and his eyes should be congested. After each shot, Liu Chang finished shooting. Later, I would go for a run, and squat down with my breath, trying to make my body breath more in line with the character.
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During the filming process, the filming of the crew met the coldest winter since Qingdao established meteorological observations.
The director remembers that, in order to achieve the best effect of a shot, Chen Xingxu stood in the cold wind for more than 40 minutes while shooting at the seaside of minus ten degrees.
When directing the performance, Li Yifan said that he would pay special attention to two points. On the one hand, he helped the actors believe in the role they played in the processing of lines. On the other hand, he dealt with the relationship between the machine and the actors and tried his best to make the actors feel emotional. Not distracted by the handheld camera that shoots continuously.
Suspense drama cut with "evidence"
Nowadays, the "suspense" competition in the film and television market is fierce, and "The Truth" is not the same as other similar works. It is cut from the "evidence".
Director Li Yifan pointed out that the way the story is expressed in "The Truth" is not the same as the strong rhythm of criminal investigation dramas. Instead, the time and space of each case is pierced and then integrated into the main line. The internal pressure of prosecutors and criminal characters in pursuit of the truth is like Fighting in the air, and the chaotic time and space editing methods have been used many times in the stylized editing.
This adventurous counter-type attempt, that is, the time and space of the character fragments at the beginning and the end eventually become evidence of the main line of time and space, which also confirms the attitude of "evidence is the point of view".
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In addition, the subject of criminal investigation suspense will inevitably involve many social issues.
"The Truth" took care of the damaged family behind the case and tried its best to let the audience follow the prosecutors to think together.
The values it wants to convey are not complicated, that is: no matter how cunning criminals are, they cannot escape legal sanctions; conversely, the law is equally fair to the strong and the weak, and even criminals need to clarify their crimes and not be wronged. .
Director Li Yifan said that it is these procuratorial technicians who are shown in "The Truth" who maintain the bottom line of fairness and justice in a society under the rule of law with a rigorous attitude, hard work spirit, and superb technology.
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