In the just-concluded legendary drama "Dog Leftovers Run", young comedians represented by Jiang Long, Shi Ce, Jiang Yi, Song Muzi, Ye Liu, etc. took the lead. For these comedians who just became familiar to the audience with "Annual Comedy Competition" last year, "Dog Leftover Run" opened a door to their film and television drama performances, and also became a key turning point in their careers as actors.
Jiang Yi Jiang Yi: A good comedy is not a squeaky audience.
Before "Dog Leftover Run", actor Jiang Yi had actually filmed several film and television dramas with good standards, such as the revolutionary drama "When the Stars Shine" co-starred with Li Xian and Ren Min, just because of the order of broadcasting, he met the audience as an actor after the comedy contest with this "Dog Leftover Run".
Jiang Yi said that there are always many uncontrollable times as an actor, "For example, it is naturally a good thing to be recognized by the audience because of the comedy competition, but it may also be considered that you can only make comedy because of this show." The invitation to "Dog Leftovers Run" is also "the right time, place and people", director Wang Xinjun has never been able to find a suitable actor after getting the script, coinciding with the broadcast of "Annual Comedy Competition", he fell in love with these young people who do comedy at a glance, and decided that they can not only do comedy, but also play complete characters.
For Jiang Yi, who graduated from the Performance Department of ** Drama Academy, as a professional, he is naturally confident that he can act well. When he got the script for the role of Yang San, he felt that this role was "very acting" and might become a "turning point" in his acting career. "The script has given a good foundation, Yang San is not the kind of villain who starts from the beginning, he has a lot of complexities and contradictions, and his funny is also natural. Jiang Yi wanted to be able to firmly grasp this role, so he did a lot of homework before filming.
In the story, Yang San appeared as a villain at the beginning, with a bad stomach and stupid and ridiculous, and with the advancement of the plot, Yang San transformed into an anti-Japanese force, the characters changed a lot, but the conversion process was very natural, and Yang San's sacrifice in the finale also made many viewers teary-eyed. Jiang Yi revealed that because he predicted Yang San's changes in advance, he would also design some eyes in the early performances to lay clues for the later changes of the characters, "He has never been an absolute villain, and many times Yang San is led by the advice of a child." ”
Jiang Yi bluntly said that the transformation from comedy performance to film and television drama performance is also crucial, because the treatment of the two performances is completely different, "Like the comedy competition in which comedy is relatively externalized, Yang San's ridiculousness is based on the characters, and it is composed by the absurdity and humor of the script itself." He realized a certain skill of film and television performance from the role "review", that is, to portray the true colors of the characters based on the script and characters, "There is no need to deliberately pursue the externalized content of comedy, if it is just funny, it is squeaking the audience." He is very glad that director Wang Xinjun understands comedy very well, and in the face of a group of actors who are good at comedy performances, he can always give appropriate advice, "so that everyone knows how much to put it in and what level it will be received."
Whether it is recording a show or filming, Jiang Yi likes to "review" like this, he reviews how he went from the school's drama performance to the comedy stage, and also reviews what kind of acting method should be used by the characters he has acted, even after the broadcast of "Dog Leftover Run", he will pay attention to the audience's evaluation to review how much room there is for his performance to grow. Jiang Yi bluntly said that this kind of review will make him feel down-to-earth, and Jiang Long, who is in the same crew, is also a very "rolled" actor, everyone is very focused on polishing every detail of the characters, "no roll, no good".
In the past two years, he has been well-known to the audience through variety shows and film and television dramas, Jiang Yi bluntly said that their group of actors has encountered a good opportunity, and the audience's "seeing" is not only an encouragement, but also a kind of pressure, "I think if there is a role for me, I am confident that I can add fifty percent of my personal characteristics to this character, but this is far from enough." At this stage, Jiang Yi pursues more authentic and sincere performances, "Don't do too much design, use a more life-like performance method, if there are too many designs, it is easy to produce performance traces." I can't do it without a trace, so it's better to use a relatively simple way. ”
Song Muzi Song Muzi: I will stick to the comedy "base camp".
Actor Song Muzi is still so funny. In "Dog Leftover Run", Hou Qi played by Song Muzi has always been the comedy of the whole play, as a villain, he seems to be babbling, until the final finale, he died on the battlefield but still cares about his wife, and the tragic background of this character is surging.
For Song Muzi, such a complex Hou Qi is exactly the multifaceted character he hopes to show. What the audience may see at first is Hou Qi's sad urging, his wife cheated, his boss lied to him, and he stupidly believed his wife's lies. The audience sees the more embarrassed side of this character, but the logic of the character I found is that Hou Qi is always doing things for his small family, and what he wants to maintain is also the peace of the small family. Song Muzi believes that although the overall impression of "Dog Leftovers Run" is relatively light-hearted, the theme of the series itself limits that it is a work that tells the story of national hatred and family hatred in a serious historical background, and "the treatment of comedy is only seasoned under limited conditions."
At the beginning, he took over the role of Hou Qi, also because the director and other actors in the crew agreed that Song Muzi was the most suitable. "Hou Qi has a strong dramatic conflict, he is a character with a strong setting, and he has the most comedy color. Song Muzi has his own views on the characters, thinking that even if it is a character with comedy colors, it cannot be handled according to the performance method of conventional comedy, "It will be more acceptable than the previous comedy performance, and when dealing with the specific plot, it is also in accordance with the performance method of true feelings, his grievances and collapses are real reactions, and he believes that his wife's lies are not disguises, these are his heartfelt emotions." It is precisely because of this simplicity and truthfulness that the character of Hou Qi becomes three-dimensional and rich. ”
Although he is known as a comedian, Song Muzi studied at Wuhan University as an undergraduate, and is actually a majoring in drama, film and television performance, and he has never been exposed to comedy performance until he graduated and found a job. In his graduation drama, he normally starred in the serious drama "The Witches of Salem", but found that the audience had been laughing wildly for half an hour. After graduating, he went north to find a job, and by mistake he entered Happy Twist again, and Song Muzi started his career as a comedian.
In the first two years of Happy Twist, he was under a lot of pressure, because commercial performances and comedy performances were not familiar to him, and he often had to go on stage two days after getting the script, "starting from a small role, acting one or two hundred times, just like practicing", Song Muzi also thanked the stage for two years of training when he recalled later, allowing him to gradually understand the audience's laughter and tap his comedy talent.
To this day, Song Muzi is still grateful for the intensive participation in comedy variety shows in those years, he believes that "stage performances and comedy competitions will bring different stimulation to actors, and comedy partners are all aesthetically compatible, and the communication cost is not so big, so there is more space to do personalized expression." In the years when he was pushed by the competition, he felt that the state of concentrated competition stimulated him to constantly think of new performance methods, and he also kept adjusting in the feedback of the audience.
In addition to filming "Dog Leftovers Run", he has also made comedy movies in the past two years, and is a guest of honor at many large-scale galas, always bringing interesting comedy works to the audience. He believes that comedy has always been his "home base", "I don't think I have reached the point where I can not do comedy, I hope to be able to build a higher building on this base, and if possible, I will go out for a walk."
Song Muzi bluntly said that he may not appear in comedy competition programs for the time being, because the creation of comedy still needs time to precipitate, "The creator needs to be one step ahead of the audience, if there is no good work, it may be a flat cake, and I am sorry for the audience's expectations."
He will not stop trying, and there will be many opportunities to meet the audience in the future. The comedy movie "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop!" has just been released! Song Muzi's performance in "is surprising", and in the just-finalized movie "Galaxy Writer", he will also join hands with his old partners Li Fei and He Wenjun to challenge the new image of the screenwriter.