Recently, the 16-episode urban drama "He Confessed in the Backlight" directed by Ming Yan and starring Yu-Ning Tsao, Yu Yue, Wu Haoze, Ma Xinmo, Li Qingtian, Tong Jiawen, etc. is currently being broadcast on Sohu Video. The play tells the story of the actor Ruan Nianchu who fell into the tiger's mouth because of an accident five years ago. She was in danger and met Li Teng, who was performing an undercover mission. They were in a relationship, but they didn't expect to meet again after five years. This time, in the face of many crises, the two chose to join hands to solve the story of the villain's conspiracy.
After the broadcast of "He Confessed in the Backlight", with the high-value cast and the high-energy, sweet and sweet storyline, it gained a 7.2 word of mouth on Douban at the beginning, and many viewers directly called "top" and bounced. There are many comments such as "sweet and sweet" and "kill me" in the scene. Recently, as the drama was about to come to an end, Sohu Entertainment interviewed Liu Mingli, senior director and chief producer of Sohu Homemade Drama Production Center, and director Ming Yan, to reveal the story behind the creation.
The male hormones and the tenderness of the tough guy form a circle of fans. Yu-Ning Tsao successfully interprets the role of a tough guy.
The web drama "He Confessed in the Backlight" was adapted from the love novel "Ban Yin" by Ruoshui Qianliu in Jinjiang Literature City. In the story, the hero Li Teng tells Ruan Nianchu The unforgettable relationship that lasted for seven years has not only touched many readers, but also the creative team and director Ming Yan, "The male protagonist has only this girl in his heart from beginning to end, and I think this kind of feeling is quite moving."
As the producer of many popular sweet pet dramas such as "How the Boss Wants to Marry Me", "You Succeeded in Causing My Attention", "I'm a Pet in Dali Temple", and "Animal Lovers", Liu What Mingli is more interested in is the uniqueness of the story of "Ban Yin", "The novel has both masculine male hormones, which are very burning and explosive, and have a passionate side. On the other hand, although the character of the male protagonist is a tough guy, he is very gentle in his heart, and the tough guy is tender, which is more able to impress the audience. This is something special that has not been seen in our previous sweet pet dramas. "
In order to make this story well, on the basis of respecting the original work, out of consideration of various factors such as size, the creative team first re-arranged the character identities in the play, and the male protagonist's identity was changed from a soldier to a The boss of the security company, the heroine was originally a singer in the art troupe, but changed to a drama actress. Ming Yan explained the reason for the change: "In addition to the sensitivity of identity, if the heroine is a singer, the copyright of the song is also a problem. question. "Although the change of identity has led to corresponding adjustments to many plots, the famous scenes that fans of the original book care about are reserved as much as possible in the play. "Some changes have been made in form, but the overall God is still there."
After determining the content of the story, the next step is how to make it into a film and television. Ming Yan said frankly: "The most important thing in sweet pet dramas is whether the male protagonist is filmed as the female audience imagined." He still remembers that for the How much effort it took to find Li Teng's actor, "We have rummaged through half of the entertainment industry, and almost every producer in this industry knows that there is a group looking for a role called Li Teng", until Yu-Ning Tsao's appearance brightened everyone's eyes. When the crew found Yu-Ning Tsao, he had short hair and tanned skin.Due to the epidemic, Yu-Ning Tsao was far away in Taiwan and could not face the audition scene. He used a video to record a short scene of his audition. It is also this short scene that surprised the creators very much, "He is completely different from what we originally imagined. His appearance, performance style and eyes are very distinctive, which makes people eye-catching." Liu Mingli described Yu-Ning Tsao's acting in a play, but not greasy. He was emotional and restrained. When his eyes were ruthless, he was as sharp as a wolf, and when he was full of love and innocence, he was very like a deer. , as if Li Teng in the novel came out of the book."
Although Yu-Ning Tsao fits Li Teng very well in appearance, in real life he is actually a sunny and lovely big boy, and the roles he has played before are also similar to himself. The characters are relatively similar, and playing the role of a tough guy like Li Teng is a big challenge for both the director and Yu-Ning Tsao himself. In order to let him find Li Teng's feeling, the crew specially arranged a very intense fight scene for him four or five days after the start of the movie. This scene was filmed all night. His sense of conviction, whether in body, demeanor or tone, has changed a lot, and he finally found the feeling of Li Teng.
Facts have proved that Yu-Ning Tsao did not live up to everyone's expectations. After this drama was broadcast, Li Teng played by Yu-Ning Tsao won unanimous recognition from the audience. His tough appearance, delicate facial features, and his tenderness towards the heroine have gained countless "Girlfriend Fan".
Actor overcomes self-challenge and shoots an intimate scene in water The director personally demonstrates
In addition to the male lead's suitability, Ming Yan thinks that "He Confessed in the Backlight" needs to be recognized by the audience, and another very important thing is to Selecting the appropriate shooting technique, taking into account the tonality of the story, he chose a more poetic lens language. In order to achieve this requirement, he paid a lot of effort in the shooting.
Ming Yan was deeply impressed by a scene in which Ruan Nianchu, played by Yu Yue, was about to go into the sea to commit suicide. The script was simple to write, but when it came to filming, he knew how difficult it was. The camera needs to be moved every minute. And the two actresses can hardly stand normally in the sea. During the aerial photography, the actresses were about 30 meters away when they said the first sentence and the second sentence. Floating in the water, drinking extremely bitter sea water while acting, the sea water will spray into the eyes, and the eyes cannot be opened. Once they stop, they have to re-do their makeup and hair. It takes a long time. Continue to rise." Although it was hard work, in Ming Yan's opinion, it was all worth it, "I especially like the filming of the sea, because I think the romantic atmosphere is very strong, but it has to pay the corresponding price, There is still time to do it.”
It is worth mentioning that many of the fights and scenes in the water in this play are done by the actors themselves, especially for Yu Yue, who is afraid of water, the scenes in the water are actually not small. In the play, in addition to her role in the sea, she also jumps into the seven-meter-deep water. Although the crew prepared a stand-in, in order to present a better sense of picture, Yu Yue still overcame her inner fear and completed it by herself. shot.
Many viewers relished the intimate scenes in "His Confession in the Backlight". In order to capture the aesthetic feeling of the picture, the director team also put a lot of effort into it. Before the actors perform, the directors will study how to kiss, hug, fall and even roll the bed, and then demonstrate to the actors. For example, one of the audience's favorite intimate scenes is Li Teng kissing Ruan Nianchu with the help of a chair. The script only wrote that the male and female protagonists kiss each other. Ming Yan hoped to give the audience some freshness in this scene. For two hours, I tried various methods such as table kisses, wall bangs, and coat hanger kisses. Finally, I had an epiphany and conceived of a performance method of turning the chair 180 degrees and then knocking down the girl to kiss. But this action has relatively high technical requirements. What surprised him was that Yu-Ning Tsao tried it once, and the real shot was over.
Intimate scenes should be good-looking, in addition to the clever way of shooting, the tacit understanding of the actors is also very important. Although before the filming of "He Confessed in the Backlight", Yu-Ning Tsao and Yu Yue had a relationship during the audition many years ago, but this cooperation was still a little rusty at the beginning and could not let go. Ming Yan revealed that two or three days before filming, there were great obstacles for the two of them to film intimate scenes, "I was wearing headphones at the scene, and I heard them chatting next to the monitor. They were chatting awkwardly throughout the whole process. Maybe one of them said you were What is the constellation, the other person will simply answer, be silent for 15 minutes, and the silent person will ask another question."
In order not to affect the filming, Ming Yan thought of a solution, "I called them together that night to talk about this. Question, I hope they will read the script in front of me and show it to me. I will adjust it on the spot.We did a lot of homework in the evening, and went through all the intimate scenes in the script. What kind of scenes should be made, how to say, I told them my thoughts. They are also quite diligent, and they have been using the intermittent play against each other and trying constantly. I said that you should give me at least three acting styles for each scene, and let me choose. They really do their homework very seriously, they are really good, and they are very hardworking actors. "
Tutian is not necessarily a bad evaluation. Sweet pet drama plays the role of dreaming The protagonist seeks the truth while falling in love, but entangles the content of suspense and love. Why Li Teng left Ruan Nianchu five years ago, and the reason why he approached her five years later, all hide the suspense. After some consideration, the creation The team did not choose a linear narrative method, but boldly adopted the montage-style expression method of looping forward, placing the content of the memory in the title or in the film, and the two timelines were interspersed together, so that the audience would not feel that the previous one. The content at the beginning is too boring, and it also complements the structure and intention of the story. After the broadcast of
"He Confessed in the Backlight", on the one hand, the creators were a little flattered by the enthusiastic response of the audience, on the other hand, they were also flattered by some comments. She expressed that she was a little confused. During the interview, Liu Mingli expressed her doubts: "Why would someone say that this drama is sweet and earthy? Where are we in the land? I think what we made with such a small budget is still very foreign."
Ming Yan guessed whether it was because the original novel was written many years ago, and the drama version retained the original flavor of the original novel during the adaptation process, so it gives you a feeling that the lines are very similar to the sweet pet novel ten years ago. As for Many viewers complained that Li Teng used jeans with a suit to be a bit dirty. Ming Yan expressed a little grievance. He said that many of the jeans worn by the male protagonist are big-name catwalk styles in 2020, and the male protagonist is a relatively rough character, there are many If you wear trousers in a fight scene, it may make people feel unprofessional. However, he also said that soil is not necessarily a bad evaluation, "Maybe the shape of soil has also become one of the reasons why the audience loves this character, because it Helped the male protagonist to create the image of a rough man. "
In recent years, all kinds of sweet pet dramas have emerged in an endless stream, and even serious homogenization problems have occurred. As the director of "He Confessed in the Backlight", Ming Yan has a lot of ideas on how to make good-looking sweet pet dramas. His own set of experiences. In his opinion, first of all, more than 80% of the audience of sweet pet dramas are women, so they must be customized for women. This requires the male protagonist to be able to engage in various occupations, but his body The conditions and economic ability must be strong enough, and the female audience must be given enough sense of security, so that the female audience can empathize with him. Secondly, "sweet pet drama is a dream", when Qiong Yao drama became popular 20 years ago, the audience followed the drama The protagonists in the movie go through the adventure of love together, but now the female audience is under a lot of pressure to go to work during the day. After returning home, they just want to have a sweet dream, and the sweet pet drama assumes such a dream-making role.
Producer Liu Mingli believes that most sweet pet dramas have similar routines.Similar to "He Confessed in the Backlight", the male protagonist saved the female protagonist, the two fell in love, the male protagonist left the female protagonist because of danger, and the two looked back and finally came together again. Fresh, but if you want to look good, the character settings, lines and plots have to be re-woven. "Actually, we need to make N+ several elements on the traditional road", "Find something different on the traditional routine that can shine. It can give new vigor to the things you want, including the characters of the protagonist and the like, as well as giving a little more distinctive famous scene design from the angle of shooting. The feeling of familiarity and freshness may be what attracts the audience. Reason."
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