Reporter Gao Yanrui.
On January 30, 2024, the twentieth day of the lunar calendar, Li Xinrui, chief of the News Section of the Propaganda Department of the Yangxin County Party Committee, came up with the idea of "shooting a Yangxin County's own New Year's micro-movie" when he was overwhelmed with Chinese New Year short films on the Internet.
At 7 p.m. on January 30, Li Xinrui contacted Director Gao Shulei, who happened to return to Yangxin's hometown for the New Year, to communicate his thoughts and further improve the outline; On January 31, director Gao Shulei supplemented and revised the plot and details of the outline, and the script was finalized; From February 1st to February 2nd, director Gao Shulei and his entourage came to Miaowuzhuang Village, Yanghu Township, Yangxin County for script discussion, filming location selection and actor casting; On February 3, with the full cooperation of Yangxin County Rong ** Center, it took one day to complete all the shooting tasks of the micro-film; From February 4th to February 5th, the film editing was completed; On February 6, the twenty-seventh day of the lunar calendar, Yangxin County's original Chinese New Year micro-film "Gongs and Drums are My Hometown" was officially launched.
Inherited for 800 years, Yanghu Yangge is nostalgia.
There is Lingxiao Pavilion first, and then there is Yangge. "Yanghu Township, Yangxin County, as the hometown of folk culture and art, dances Yangge in every village, and each village has one characteristic. On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Yanghu Township, Yangxin County, held the launching ceremony of the 2024 Spring Festival Shandong Rural Cultural Tourism Festival and Yangge performance. The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, and with this as inspiration, "the cultural inheritance of drum Yangge", "empty nesters whose children do not go home for the New Year" and "going home for the New Year" were integrated, and finally became the prototype of the plot of the micro-film.
Among the 97 natural villages in the jurisdiction of Yanghu Township, Yangxin County, Miaowuzhuang Village, as the village where Lingxiao Pavilion is located, can be said to be the birthplace center of Yanghu Yangge. "There are 1,500 people in our village, but now there are only 400 people at home, so how to serve the villagers is something I think about every day. Wang Wenxiang, secretary of Wuzhuang Village, Yanghu Township, told reporters: "Yangge is a hometown and nostalgia for the villagers of our village. At that time, after knowing that I was going to come to our village to shoot a micro-film, I immediately sent the script to the Yangge group, and everyone actively participated in the casting. ”
Rather than "casting according to the movie", it is better to say that "the plot is born because of people". Yang Zengqi, the protagonist of the micro-film "The Sound of Gongs and Drums is My Hometown", is the president of the Yangge Association of Miaowuzhuang Village, and his ancestors have been the head umbrella of the Yangge team for generations, which has been passed down to this day. Therefore, Yang Zengqi has a very deep affection for the drum Yangge. "In the movie, I am an 'empty nester' whose children do not come home for the New Year, in fact, in reality, I occasionally experience the same situation. My children are working in other places, and sometimes they are too busy to come back for the Chinese New Year. Yang Zengqi said: "Although I have not participated in the filming of micro-films before, the emotions for Yangge in the script and the yearning for family reunion during the New Year are all experienced by me, so the shooting went smoothly." I hope that after the film is launched, my fellow villagers in other places will see it and go home for the New Year. ”
Two-way rush The expectation of reunion is mutual.
The sound of gongs and drums is my hometown" is divided into nine scenes, through the absent-mindedness during rehearsals, seeing the loss of other people's Spring Festival couplets and hanging lanterns to welcome their children home for the New Year, the group photo of the Yangge team put in the suitcase, and the details such as hiding the packed luggage immediately when the team members came to the house, vividly showing that Lao Yang, the head umbrella of the Yangge team, wanted to go to the south to find his son for the New Year, but he couldn't let go of the tangled emotions of Yangge and his hometown. Early in the morning, Lao Yang walked on the bridge with his luggage, preparing to go to the south to find his son for the New Year, and behind him were the Yangge team members who chased after Lao Yang to see him off. When the gongs and drums sounded, Lao Yang dialed his son's ** and decided to stay in his hometown for the New Year. Lao Yang raised his mobile phone, and the loud sound of gongs and drums spread from his hometown to a foreign land, which made people cry. At the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner table, Lao Yang's son took the child back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year with his father. At the end of the movie, Lao Yang took his granddaughter to dance Yangge in the square, and in the inheritance from generation to generation, the gongs and drums in this land will be louder and more far-reaching.
Director Gao Shulei is a native of Yanghu Township, Yangxin County, Sichuan, and has his own deeper understanding of nostalgia and reunion. "Many people think that Lao Yang walked on the bridge and called his son ** and said that he was at home for the New Year this year, and let his son listen to the gongs and drums in his hometown The clip is the most exciting part of the micro-movie, but I think the clip of Lao Yang wanting to hide from the big guy and go to his son for the New Year is very moving. Because in the past, everyone's understanding of the New Year was that the children 'went home for the New Year', but in the micro-movie, Lao Yang packed his luggage and prepared to find his son for the New Year, which was also 'going home for the New Year'. Let us see here that in fact, our expectations for reunion are mutual, a two-way rush, and the place where there are relatives is home, which is the year. ”
The cold is temporary, and the images that survive are permanent.
The micro-film "Gongs and Drums Are My Hometown" was planned by Gao Shulei and Li Xinrui; Yangxin County Rong ** Center participated in the filming and editing; Yangxin County, Yanghu Township, Miaowuzhuang Village, Yangge team members amateur starred. The equipment is his own, the ideas are his own, Director Gao Shulei did not take a penny, and helped the shooting of the micro-film in his hometown, and finally had this "zero-cost" original Chinese New Year micro-film in Yangxin County. Behind this, it reflects the cohesion of hometown and culture.
Li Xinrui told reporters: "At that time, we went to the scene to select actors, and the villagers of Miaowuzhuang Village, Yanghu Township were very active, and the villagers who were not selected were quite disappointed. Including a scene in the back is a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, at that time it was the dumplings and dishes made by Mr. Yang Zengqi's family, and everyone was very supportive of the shooting of the micro-film. Huo Xiangfeng, who participated in the filming of micro-films, told reporters: "Regarding the shooting of micro-films, my feelings are just two words, one is 'cold' and the other is 'hot'. 'Cold' is because the few days of the micro-film shooting coincided with the cooling, the outdoor temperature was particularly low, and the body felt very cold;'Hot' is a very warm feeling to see that our crew and actors are actively overcoming the effects of the cold weather and working hard to complete the filming of the film. ”
At that time, the farewell scene at Qiaotou was filmed in the early morning, the weather was very cold, and I was worried that the actors would be too cold and didn't want to shoot so early. Director Gao Shulei recalled. "In Miaowuzhuang Village, we can clearly feel that everyone's feelings for Yangge are very deep, Yangge is the concrete carrier of the local people's hometown, I hope that through this movie, we can arouse everyone's attention to folk culture, bring warmth to strangers, and let everyone go home often. ”