Original title: Creating high-quality works is the kung fu that screenwriters have to practice in their lives.
What is a masterpiece is a work that can stand the test of time. First of all, it must be good-looking, and it must be thoughtful.
Writing is lonely. I have a writing room with a computer in front of me, books around me, the sea outside the window, and my favorite flowers and plants and bits and pieces that distract me from them. The furnishings of the room are unremarkable, the only thing special is a small cabinet on the tenth floor, which has been with me for 35 years. Each floor contains the script being written, and after writing one for another, the cabinet is always full. Every time I write a script, I will prepare a notebook to record the writing process and solve problems, with the aim of leaving a reference for the next creation.
There may be only one work in the world that is not repeated and cannot be replicated. What are the ways to write? What's the trick to creating a classic? No. Whether you can write well or not is a skill, and whether you can write well or not is only the heart. We can't just finish one thing, we need to say something and show the creator's position on dialogue with the world. Cao Yu, the old director of the Beijing People's Art Theater, said that playwrights should also be thinkers.
The drama "The First Floor of the World" written by me has been written from a restaurant to career and life, and Beijing Renyi has performed more than 500 times without interruption for more than 30 years. In 2022, the Cantonese version of this work will be launched by the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, and the tickets for the Grand Theatre of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the largest theater in Hong Kong, will be sold out on the same day. Performing a masterpiece in Cantonese was a major challenge, and the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre delivered a brilliant response. Interpreting the story of Beijing dialect and Beijing style in Cantonese, all the cast and crew in Hong Kong have worked hard. Director Situ Huizhuo asked the actors to start by walking, and in the rehearsal hall, the actors walked up the stage, pulled up the "mountain arms", and asked for peace when they met. Every action needs to be authentic, and every plot needs to be real. The metaphorical symbols contained in "Fu Jude" can be small or large, and every character, whether it is the shopkeeper Lu Mengshi's indignation for ambition, or the forbearance of the head Chang Gui ushering in the send-off, all reflect the spectrum of human nature. Although it is a business story a hundred years ago, Hong Kong compatriots are no strangers to this kind of theme. The culture of Beijing and Hong Kong is closely linked by blood, and the audience resonates. The greater significance of the Cantonese version of "The First Floor of the World" lies in the cultural dialogue between Beijing and Hong Kong, and in Hong Kong's integrity, innovation and inheritance.
I was also asked to write about major themes, and how to grasp and convey the revolutionary spirit was a new experience for me. "The Decisive Moment" is the main theme of the movie, there were many major events that happened in 1949 and I had to write about it, and I wanted to find a sense of life and humanity from it. I use three fictional ordinary people to bring out historical figures at a critical moment, and at the same time enhance the pyrotechnics with delicate details of life, which is a relatively novel narrative angle. The Peking Opera is in its prime, created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. I focus on the small, the details are moving, and the amiable characters gradually come alive in my mind. "In the Prime" is a story of young revolutionaries, and a group of young and middle-aged actors are playing on the stage, and the people who come to watch the play are also young people.
The key to the prosperity of literary and artistic creation is to produce high-quality products. What is a masterpiece is a work that can stand the test of time. First of all, it must be good-looking, and it must have thoughts, and ideas are given by the screenwriter. I don't like to write very straightforwardly, no work is directly reasonable, but it talks about life, life that everyone can understand, which is one of the guidelines of my creation. The work has a lot to do with the writer's personal life experience. You can't ask young writers to do the same, they have their experiences, but the feelings are common, think deeper, go deeper, think more, don't let go of yourself easily, and sincerity can be done.
It is often said that to tell a good story, a good story comes from **, and it should be a screenwriter. Sometimes you see some unsuccessful drama or film and television work being criticized by the audience. Although it is a comprehensive art, the whole team is responsible, but most of the fundamental problems lie in the script. The author's pen often stops at the door of writing characters, and a script that is not solid enough, characters that are out of shape, and lack of imagination of life will bring a series of problems to the work. As a creator, you have a lot of responsibility.
Keeping is to keep the Chinese context, and innovation is the pursuit of every writer. The special function of literature is to challenge the depths of the human soul to the limit, and successful writers must constantly change their perspectives in the face of challenges. Creating high-quality works is a screenwriter's lifelong practice
He Jiping, the author is a screenwriter).
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