Since it began airing on the mainland in 1993, The Legend of the New White Lady has been a huge success, attracting thousands of viewers.
This drama has also become a must-have choice for a group of post-80s people throughout the winter and summer vacations.
Some of the lines can even be easily memorized.
The Legend of the New White Lady has been on the air for 30 years and is still loved by the audience today.
Footage and behind-the-scenes stories from that year continue to emerge and come one after another.
Revisiting these contents makes one feel a sense of intricacies that have traveled through time and space.
The audience once again saw the difference of "The Legend of the New White Lady" through the goofs sorted out by netizens.
In order to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Taiwan TV, the producers decided to prepare a TV series containing classical Chinese stories.
However, at the same time, it is also hoped to incorporate some elements of traditional Chinese culture.
After much consideration, I finally decided to choose the story of "The Legend of the White Snake".
This story selects some classic passages from Peking Opera.
And you can also skillfully incorporate some Huangmei Opera performances into it.
The innovative plot that the audience has never seen has brought rich and diverse harvests.
So, the producers immediately decided on the tone of the story.
and began to screen the male and female leading roles.
The role of the White Lady was first voted on by the producer.
Zhao Yazhi's successful performance in "Joking about Qianlong" made her quickly gain wide popularity in the two sides of the Taiwan Strait.
As a result, she was chosen as the first choice for the results of the vote.
However, at that time, Zhao Yazhi had already entered the threshold of 38 years old.
After a period of low points, her career has come back to life.
As a result, she began to be very cautious about choosing scripts.
However, this script requires the heroine to speak her lines in Chinese, but unfortunately her Mandarin skills are not high.
Therefore, she decided not to accept the invitation of the show.
Next, the crew's attention turned to Pan Yingzi, who had been shortlisted for the Golden Bell Award three times.
However, at this time, Pan Yingzi was busy filming the drama "A Generation of Queen Da Yuer".
Forced, I had to politely refuse the producer's request again.
The producer decided to adopt the method of "three visits to the thatched house" and asked Zhao Yazhi to be the heroine, because the progress of choosing the heroine has not been determined.
In order to be able to directly determine the role of playing the role of the "White Lady", this time.
In order to relieve Zhao Yazhi's pressure on the Chinese language, they decided to choose the way of dubbing.
In the end, after discussions between the two parties, the heroine was finally determined.
However, with it comes new doubts.
The casting of the actor "Xu Xian" is the next thing to consider.
In many opera works, this character is frequently reversed in the way of "female disguise".
Therefore, the producers also want to continue the form of opera and let actresses play the role of anti-string.
Xu Xian himself has a relatively gentle personality trait.
This did not correspond to the male masculinity that was in vogue at the time.
Therefore, they decided to let the actress play the role of "Xu Xian" directly.
Subsequently, the producer was attracted by Lin Qingxia's charm of combining rigidity and softness and heroism.
She once played the role of "Jia Baoyu" in "Dream of Red Mansions" before.
Therefore, for Lin Qingxia, playing the role of "Xu Xian" is not too challenging.
However, for her, who is already famous, the salary paid for "The New White Lady" is too low.
They finally decided not to accept the role of "Xu Xian".
The producer accidentally found Ye Tong in the drama "Blue Sea Love", she was wearing **. Meanwhile.
Then, he took the initiative to invite her to come to the crew for an audition.
After she put on the costume, she looked 172cm tall and graceful, handsome and chic like a jade tree in the wind.
Since she is a woman by nature, this has led to a lot of staff on the set who are not happy with her performance.
In order to play this role better, she deliberately invested a lot of time to learn Xi with a master of opera.
And carefully observed the speech and behavior of men.
She ended up perfectly interpreting the role with a great performance.
The reason for having a relationship with Zhao Yazhi is actually about the female pretending to be ** and starring in Xu Xian.
It is rumored that Zhao Yazhi was frequently rumored to have had scandals with male actors during filming before.
In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, it was decided to choose an actress to play the role of Xu Xian.
Even though they are both women, they express the emotions between husband and wife with surprising accuracy.
The skill of interpreting this drama into a classic is even more extraordinary.
Not only that, but the show has also shaped it into a classic with excellent performances.
2. A team of multiple screenwriters who are creative and good at breaking through the constraints of tradition.
The New White Lady was filmed at the end of the 19th century.
As a result, some of the technologies had not yet reached maturity at that time.
Drama companies often go to great lengths to save money on all aspects.
Looking at the props in the show, you'll notice that they appear frequently in the shot.
In terms of shooting angles, we can take for example, those quilts that are used to shoot sleeping scenes.
The quilt used by all of them was exactly that bright yellow.
The total number of episodes of this drama reaches fifty episodes, and the cast is huge, with more than a thousand people.
There are only twelve professional voice actors.
The same person completed the singing of the White Lady and Xu Xian.
However, despite their stinginess, they are very generous when it comes to special effects.
Those special effects look a little cheap in the show.
In fact, this is a huge amount of money imported from abroad by the show, and it is estimated that it will cost a total of 60,000 US dollars.
In addition, the creative process of the script is also full of twists and turns.
Due to the overwhelming response after the first few episodes aired, the producers decided to expand the plot from the originally planned 30 episodes to 50 episodes.
The screenwriters are in a difficult situation because of this.
As the show's lead writer, Gong Min laid a solid foundation for the series.
The love between the lady and the official deeply touched the audience.
So, with that comes the need to write at the same time during the shoot.
Sometimes it's time short, and it can even happen that you have to finish writing the night before and shoot the next day.
After enduring a lot of pressure, Gong Min finally decided to leave the crew of "The New White Lady".
Zhao Wenchuan then took on the responsibility of screenwriter.
He has an excellent performance in the plot of "Dog Blood Drama".
In his pen, the White Lady played the role of a physician, paving the way for Xu Xian.
He even forcibly used his medical skills to successfully revive the old man who had died.
He even sent Xiaoqing to steal the treasure.
Even Xu Xian has been reduced to a weak and incompetent image.
In the end, affected by the complaint, the second screenwriter also left the crew.
Next, Fang Guilan's arrival made the pair of mandarin ducks finally come together.
created the two characters of Xu Shilin and Hu Meiniang.
However, the producers did not agree with this plot.
Therefore, the third screenwriter also chose to leave.
The next fourth screenwriter unfolds a story about family trivia and jealousy disputes.
and arranged for Qi Baoshan and Xu Shilin to compete for the role of love.
After more than ten years of retreat, Xiaoqing was killed by Fahai as soon as he was born.
Now it seems that the presentation of this plot seems a bit complicated.
Fortunately, there is a fifth screenwriter who adds an ending to this drama.
However, this version did not end exactly as expected.
Xu Xian waited for a full 20 years, but could only spend a short 3-day married life with his wife.
The White Lady, Fahai and Xiaoqing and others have all become immortals.
Unexpectedly, Xu Shilin actually married his cousin.
These patchwork plots seem to be a bit outrageous now.
However, these things are no longer relevant.
This drama occupies the most classic place in our countless memories.
Despite the limited funds, the plot does not reach the level of perfection.
However, the crew was very careful in choosing the framing.
Almost all of the exterior shots are shot on location, which is very different from the way green screen and cutouts are often used today.
However, Leifeng Pagoda successfully deceived the eyes of many viewers in the play.
When filming the scene where the White Lady was imprisoned in Leifeng Pagoda, the real Leifeng Pagoda at that time had not yet been restored.
can only complete this scene on the Medicine Stupa of Jiming Temple in Nanjing, which is really helpless.
It seems that whenever a classic work is born, the story behind it is always full of difficulties and unknowns.
As a result, in that era, their live sets were not very perfect.
As a result, there are many classic "spoiler shots".
3. Funny and ridiculous "flawed shots".
The story takes place in the Southern Song Dynasty.
In those days, there would never have been anything like glass.
However, in the play, the classic red window transparent glass is very eye-catching.
Bright and dazzling burglar windows also appear in the picture.
However, the gentle smile of the White Lady captivated the audience at the time.
Their backgrounds don't matter to me at all.
However, what can't be ignored is the background when Xu Xian and the White Lady meet on the bridge.
The couple happily longed to hug each other, but the prominent duplex street lamps on the bridge broke their mood.
However, it is evident that the photographer takes this lens very seriously.
I ended up shooting in the lotus bushes under the bridge.
When the White Lady knelt down in the temple, there was still a place that was not hidden.
In front of the White Lady, the first shot that catches the eye is an eye-catching red candle shelf.
There were also about forty or fifty ensembles around her.
However, when the camera pans to the next scene, we find that the candle stand in front of the White Lady has been transformed into a scroll table.
That is to say, even the group performances behind him have been greatly reduced.
When Bai Suzhen was pressed under the tower, the Buddha statue behind her was still standing.
However, in the scene that follows, the Buddha statues are presented in a seated position.
Maybe they're tired too, after all, they've been guarding Bai Suzhen for more than twenty years, maybe it's time to take a break.
As an extremely poor production team, they also try to save money on actors.
It is not without reason for letting Ye Tong and Zhao Yazhi play Xu Xianbai Niangzi, Xu Shilin and Hu Meiniang at the same time.
In the play, in addition to the starring role, a group performance also appeared, which makes people feel very familiar.
Once, a man appeared behind her.
Later, he also played the role of a gold-armored god who appeared next to Fahai.
even played the role of a passerby behind Xiaoqing.
In order to save money, the crew also minimizes the cost in terms of props.
When Xu Xian went to the restaurant to taste the braised beef noodles, an attentive netizen noticed that the noodles in his bowl were extremely similar to the instant noodles we usually eat.
It's just a matter of whether a material has or doesn't.
However, Red Tongue has been described as "full of holes" and full of fickle features.
The original image of Bai Wuchang should be terrifying.
Have you ever witnessed those fickle ghosts that need self-control?
This prop really poses a considerable challenge to the actor's bite, which is undeniable.
No matter how delicate the crew is, it is inevitable that there will be non-professional actors on the stage.
This drama is no exception, "The White Lady".
A martial arts instructor is gesturing in the lower right corner of the screen, while the White Lady is protecting her sister Xiaoqing.
Subsequently, when the sisters dodge Fahai's attack, the picture presents a variety of flipping scenes.
However, as I was flipping through it, I stumbled upon a man with glasses who had to show his figure.
The film crew even included some onlookers in the shot.
While filming the scene of the temple arresting, several passers-by appeared on the left side of the frame, and they were focused on this exciting episode.
If you look closely, you can see a man sitting on the steps, as if admiring their filming process, as if in a show.
Several people who didn't know each other also turned their heads to look at the upper right of the picture, just as Xu Shilin was being carried by eight sedan chair bearers.
When the monks of the temple began to ring the bell, netizens with magnifying glasses unexpectedly discovered the "secret" hidden on the bell.
I saw a few lines engraved on it, which read "A.D. 1991".
It can be said that netizens undoubtedly watch this drama frame by frame.
In that scene, the plot of the man being frightened by the white snake is considered the most absurd and ridiculous.
At that time, a child handed over an injured white snake to a man.
However, instead of the man handing over the apple, he was accompanied by a white snake on his left hand that was about to be tossed.
There is no doubt that the level of this man's performance is really quite good.
Regarding the snake in the man's hand, in fact, it was also "carefully processed" by the crew.
Finding the White Snake was not easy at the time.
Therefore, the crew had no choice but to take a grass snake and paint it white.
When you focus your gaze closer, you'll notice that the walls of the barrel are painted with striking white paint.
Although the show has a lot of flaws.
However, the memories he left on the audience are extremely classic.
The advent of this drama undoubtedly satisfies the expectations and desires of many people for the legend of "The Legend of the White Snake".
So, when you were a child, did you ever make some jokes because of imitating the "White Lady"?