Original title: No, the parents are short, and all the staff are engaged in careers.
TVB is back to kill!At present, the most popular work in the drama market is the popular "News Queen" on Youku, which revolves around the workplace competition of media companies and the ecology of the news industry, not only fast-paced, strong plot, and distinct characters, but also with the sober, independent and confident female group portraits in the world, and the cool lines that expose the rules of the workplace and go out of the circle, with a Douban score of 79 points all the way up to 82 points. The heroine Charmaine Sheh returned to the nest after 6 years, and played with many powerful actors such as Ma Guoming, Li Shihuan, Gao Haining, etc., which also made the series more exciting. What kind of creative secrets are behind this, recently, director Zhong Shujia accepted a WeChat interview with Peninsula Quan** reporter and chatted about the behind-the-scenes story.
Break the stereotype of the female image
As a female workplace drama, the heroine of "News Queen", Wen Huixin, played by Charmaine Sheh, did not start with the short life of her parents, her husband's betrayal, and her return to the workplace, but the appearance of the female anchor of SNK News, a well-known Hong Kong ** organization, with strong work strength. Under the deliberate restraint of the proprietress Mrs. Fang and the director Fei Ye, she and the male anchor Liang Jingren (played by Ma Guoming) of the same level set up their own factions, and the two of them are in the same situation, and they both want to be among the company's management. The news station is like an urban jungle, and all the staff are ruthless.
Director Zhong Shujia said, ""The Queen of News" is a female group drama, which wants everyone to see how women work hard in the workplace and stand firm in their own way, focusing on the appearance and choices of women in the new era, breaking the image of women in the conventional and traditional social concepts, and then using the background of the news industry to construct a realistic and cruel but touching story. It is not a palace fighting drama, but wants to bring out the survival methods or experience encounters in the offices of various industries**. If you do too many emotional lines, it will make the audience feel a bit jumpy, so there is a state of all the people in the drama that netizens see in their careers. ”
In the previous plot, on the surface, it seems that everyone is career-oriented, and nothing else matters. But if you look at the plot later, you will be able to understand the story behind each of them and another level, whether it is the real psychological activity in their hearts, or the pain caused by their original family, it will explain why they are like this, why they need to be like this, and what are the reasons why they want to achieve their career goals, in fact, they will give the audience an explanation in future episodes. ”
Although the news station has open and hidden competition, Zhong Shujia believes that many people have a certain degree of adherence to the authenticity of news and news ethics, for example, they will not fictionalize things that have not happened, but through their professional skills, they will dig out different entry points in the news that has happened, so as to get the result they want most.
With Charmaine Sheh, there is a "news queen".
After the series was launched, there were countless fans with his crisp lines, to which Zhong Shujia responded, "When writing lines, I didn't have too much deliberate intention to do anything, and more time was spent on the personality and behavioral characteristics of each character, because people with different personalities will say different things and behave differently." What Wen Huixin said and did is what her character will say and do, and what Zhang Jiayan says is only what she can say, which is the most important thing in the process of making characters and scripts, so that you can build up the characters and make them flesh and blood. first build everyone's character, then the fate of the whole character, and finally give her the lines she should have when she should say. The explosive point on the lines, why many friends feel very funny, sassy, and cool after watching it, because of the realism and reasonableness, it poked the audience's heart. ”
The heroine in the play, Wen Huixin, relied on hard power to speak, and with enough "thick black" game methods, she established the status of "news queen". In Zhong Shujia's heart, Charmaine Sheh is undoubtedly the best choice for Wen Huixin. From her personal experience, acting skills, image aura, seriousness to work, and dedication to performance, Wen Huixin's character is none other than her. Charmaine Sheh herself is a big sister, very good at taking care of others, and very good at thinking about others. And these are also the characteristics of Wen Huixin, who looks very cold and has a great aura, but her heart is very gentle and warm. We have Charmaine Sheh, everything falls into place, because of Charmaine Sheh, there will be the current "Queen of News". ”
Zhong Shujia also revealed that the role of Liang Jingren is very different from Ma Guoming's own image and his previous roles. "I asked Ma Guoming to play this role because he played a lot of good people, and it would be amazing to find him to play the bad guys. The actor plays a good guy every time, but in fact, he hides a lot of tricks in the bag, and he will have a lot of skills to take out if he is a villain. But the character isn't bad for the sake of being bad, it's like peeling an onion, and you'll slowly see that there are a lot of different reasons behind each person's reasons for him to be the person he is today. ”
Balance the "cool point" and realism of professional dramas
There are few news reporters in the history of TVB workplace dramas, and most of the workplace dramas in recent years have revolved around lawyers, doctors and other industries, and this time focusing on news people for the first time, Zhong Shujia revealed that he actually started to collect information 20 years ago, and 10 years ago, he found a screenwriter and asked him to write this story into a movie script, but he didn't shoot it, and the script has been put on. During that time, I made a lot of preparations, and when I decided to make "News Queen" into a TV series, I and the new screenwriter team interviewed many people in different positions in the entire news industry, such as former anchors, current anchors, and journalists, and listened to them tell a lot of stories and find some inspiration from them.
Before filming, the actors also chatted with some different news anchors and learned about their lives according to their respective roles, because it is more important to map the characters from life, and each actor has done their homework for a long time.
The previous TV series presented some stereotypes to news reporters, Zhong Shujia admitted frankly that he didn't want to deliberately promote anything or break anything, "I just want to present the story of the SNK News Department in my mind in the closest way to the truth, and I simply want to tell a story about the news." ”
However, some netizens suggested that there may be exaggerated expressions in professional realism, such as: "Why do reporters go to the scene of the accident earlier than the police rescue team"?
Zhong Shujia explained: "In Hong Kong, journalists often arrive at the scene of the crime earlier than the police or rescue, because some reporters specialize in emergencies, they will be scattered in different areas and different places, and after receiving the news, they will rush to the scene as quickly as possible to report, so the drama is real." ”
Zhong Shujia replied from a professional point of view: "TV drama is an artistic creation, it is a little different from real events, and many times we need to make the whole rhythm and events more effective for the audience to understand through dramatic adaptation." Of course, he believes that there are some real things, and when creating, it is also necessary to balance whether to amplify the drama or focus on realism, so that the whole drama rhythm can maintain a faster and more refreshing feeling, "This is not easy, but it is also a balance that must be achieved."
Peninsula Quan** reporter Wang Yue Xi Sheng Jiang Xiaoyuan.
*: Peninsula***