From casting, setting, shooting and broadcasting, director Li Lu outlined the 50-year life picture of "In the World" with details, reflecting the vitality of real life for the good with "imperfection".
Source: "CCTV News" WeChat official account
The hit drama "In the World" by the Central Radio and Television General Station set off a drama-watching craze in the whole country. This "civilian epic" with bones and muscles and temperature set a new high in CCTV’s comprehensive channel prime-time TV series for nearly 8 years in the first round of broadcasting. In an exclusive interview with CCTV’s Face to Face, Li Lu, director and chief producer of The World, shared the story behind the shooting.
"The choice of actors should be repeatedly deduced, and it looks like a family together."
Since the first episode of In the World, the actors’ acting skills have been praised by countless netizens. Many viewers said that the dialogue and scenes in the play made people enter the play for one second.Regarding the choice of actors, Li Lu’s standard is "the most suitable, regardless of others".
There are "four beams and eight pillars" in the play. The "four beams" are Zheng Juan, the wife of Zhou Jiasan and Zhou Bingkun, played by Xin Baiqing, Song Jia, Lei Jiayin and Yin Tao respectively, and the "eight pillars" are actors sarina, Zhang Kaili, Ding Yongdai, Song Chunli and Yu Zhen.
Zhou Jia’s "Family Portrait" (Stills)
Li Lu said that the choice of actors in the play "is not easy", and all of them have undergone "repeated deduction", and six or seven actors have been selected behind each role. Understanding the role requires actors to do their homework in advance, which requires high quality of actors.
Director Li Lu:Every time we choose an actor, we deduce it repeatedly, just like on a battle map. There are six or seven people behind a character. What is the feeling of these two faces together? If they are put together, they look like a family.
In Li Lu’s view, the quality of a play depends not only on the main actors, but also on the extras. When shooting a distant view, it is also one of the important signs of a play to see whether the supporting roles around it are well played.Every detail keeps adding points, and then adding points can make the overall color of a drama look better.
In order to reproduce the "light character film", 40,000 square meters of scenery was built and more than 70,000 meters of light lines were used.
"The World" is a picture of life unfolding slowly in a span of 50 years. Although the fate of ordinary people fluctuates in the torrent of the times, it is full of tension, but it is by no means easy to present this tension in a finely divided life and real emotions.
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In fact, the "Guangzi film" in the play is a village in the city, but in reality, there is no complete "Guangzi film". In order to reproduce the residential area of the old industrial city in Northeast China, the crew set up a 40,000-square-meter scene in Changchun, and the light line used 70,000 meters. The lights for the scene were fully loaded with dozens of super-long box cars.
Some windows, doors and floors were bought from some shanty towns to be demolished; The black soil on the ground is loaded with dozens of trucks, all of which are borrowed. Black soil is very precious, and it will be returned when it is used up; The styles of calendars, furniture, electric fans and radios in the play have been repeatedly verified.
Director Li Lu:After reading so many comments, the highest evaluation means that this film is like a documentary, which is actually the highest praise for us. This is the embodiment of the real way of performance. Seeing the characters inside and seeing the beauty of these costumes and videos are basically realistic, and everyone looks like they are around life.
《In the world, this scene was originally shot for several months.
Li Lu once said, "My principle is to convey more warm things.Let the audience feel the hope of life and the warmth of society.. "
Many details in the play have been memorized by many viewers. In one scene, Zheng Juan’s blind brother is always watching with the bottom of the bottle. This scene touched the hearts of many viewers, and this scene was specially added by Li Lu, and it took several months at a time.
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Director Li Lu:This shot was taken in the shed. There was no sun. We had to wait until the sun came out and the position of the sun was right. We borrowed one hand to shoot the empty mirror and waited for several months.
Reporter:What would happen if we didn’t take that shot facing the sun?
Director Li Lu:No, that’s definitely not possible. He must see the change of the sun, and the bottom of the bottle was later lost, so we went to grind a few more bottles. This bottle bottom is too important for a blind man, and that is his hope.
Imperfection is the world, and it is still good when encountering difficulties.
Li Lu was born in Changchun, Jilin Province, and his wish was realized when he filmed In the World in his hometown. "There are more than 200 scenes in Changchun. I have put the most beautiful buildings and scenery in Changchun, and every place is very clever and not inconsistent. Let me show you my hometown."
After the broadcast of "In the World", "Jichun Railway Station" became a fire, and many shooting places became tourist routes. Many people even said that they had a deeper understanding of the Northeast and had a better understanding of the Northeast and its people from the changes of the times.
From the family to the factory society, after nearly half a century’s vicissitudes of life, "In the World" depicts the life picture of social evolution, conveying the spirit of China people’s struggle for survival, perseverance and endless life.
Through this drama, countless audiences have recollected the struggles of their ancestors and fathers. During the broadcast of "In the World", many people gave the drama review as "This drama is so crying".
In this regard, Li Lu said: "Many viewers can see some shadows of their family members’ past, and this is the real life.No matter what difficulties you encounter, like the characters in the play, be good and upward.Imperfection is the world, and perfection is heaven. "
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