Pengpai News reporter Yang Qian
"This! The fifth season of "Just Street Dance" focuses on youth. It has been aired for three episodes since its launch on August 13, and the audience will have about two kinds of viewing. Some old audiences who have followed up from the first season think that "the editing is a bit chaotic", "the competition system is getting more and more complicated", "the new generation has not been supported"... These dancers on the stage are neither the OG they know, nor the dark horses that make a big splash. Coupled with the more complex and more colors, the towels are a bit tired. Another type is that there are audiences who have never been in contact with this circle. For many new tricks and flirtings of Street Dance , who is whose apprentice, it seems that the program has not introduced too much, and the threshold is a bit high.
As long as it is a variety show, the more you do it later, the harder it will be to escape the problem of no one to choose from and lack of creativity, and the same is true for street dance. How to maintain the previous seasons of "This! The high-scoring reputation left by "Just Street Dance" is a difficult problem.
"This! "It's Street Dance Season 5 poster
Faced with controversy, director Lu Wei said, "I made this risky decision. I want everyone to try to receive some new things. Of course there will be negative voices. For example, after the first episode was broadcast, many people felt that the contestants were not good and the venue was not hot. It's best not to pretend that these sounds did not exist. I also want to say that they are all very powerful, but the audience is not blind. I can only show this real state, and hope that they will go back The face gradually becomes a good performance. I think variety shows require both the creativity and patience of the content producers, as well as the patience of the audience. The two must match each other. We cannot be confident in your content just because many people raise controversies, but I can't be self-interested. "
Lu Wei knows that the risk of change is very high. For more than four years, he has been both a director and an audience, and has also become a member of the street dance circle. With the blessing of multiple identities, he still wants to try to start all over again. Taking advantage of the first time to organize media voting, Pengpai News reporter and director Lu Wei talked about changes and controversy.
is the cultivation line for young people
In fact, at the end of last season, Lu Wei knew that he must provide new things this year. "I have been consuming dancers in the past few years. It's not that I don't know that changing is difficult, but I can't do another consuming program. I have to leave some hope for the future. This year is a good transformation opportunity, a new beginning. I can tell new stories and turn the consumption process into a blood-making process. This is more difficult than doing a consuming program. This is certain. I think it will definitely be challenged, but it's not that I don't care about this statement. If you make changes, you will definitely know what you have lost and what you have obtained. The only thing I have got is the cultivation line of young people." Lu Wei said.
It sounds like Lu Wei has devoted this documentary-like sentiment to variety shows.
Lu Wei found that the reason why young people come to register for this program is very different from the previous OGs. "Most young people come to participate in the program, except for dancing, a big purpose is to find friends. This situation is rarely encountered in the past because of the longer-generation street dance group, their group is relatively small, and they learn to compete together. But now young people learn street dance on social media and online media, so they lack friends in the same circle." The way of performing the battle in the young players is also very different, "O What Gs care more about the connection of movements, clamp points, ultimate moves, and how to use body language. However, young people may be more influenced by some dramas that have been watched since childhood. They are more inclined to imagine a scene and dance in this scene. This is their characteristic. Of course, this is also controversial. Some viewers who are used to watching OGs will feel that they have added too many dramas and are not used to it. But now many young people are just playing like this. We play more in training camps, imitating an orangutan and a snake at a time. "
"This! Stills from the fifth season of Street Dance
New story requires new narrative logic, and the change of competition system nature is closely related to this logic.In past programs, contestants faced the assessment alone and became comrades after being completely selected by the captain. This year's new logic is to let young people make friends by themselves, become teammates spontaneously, and face all difficulties.
Although I don’t want to force a variety show to give too much profound preaching content, Lu Wei still tried his best to put some metaphors and some inspiration in it.
"For example, young people of different personalities and ages, or young people today, what kind of choice do they choose when they encounter challenges and difficulties? They will meet those very young people. They don't know how to face such a stage, how to face the opportunities given to him by the teacher, and they don't even know what choices they should make. For example, Ban Ya, he hardly came out of Qiwu, but he is actually a very capable player. So he gave him a chance to show off. He is the kind of person who is not willing to fight for and does whatever he arranges me to do."
is not the only choice, because of the epidemic, the street dance circle will inevitably be hit, and the competition is even more difficult. Many dance studios died. "Many people come in before they figure it out, and the result of opening a studio is a loss."
"Maybe you will encounter some very big changes, and your plan will always be disturbed by some unpredictable factors. This is a very realistic situation. So a 24-hour competition system is set up in our program, and what is tested is ability. What I want to see is how young people will use it when facing sudden challenges and impacts?"
Lu Wei summarized that the keywords for him to hold a newcomer youth are as follows: "The first is hope. Not only does the street dance industry need hope, but it is needed everywhere this year. I want to give people a sense of belief and strength. I always feel that it should not be too light to make a show, but also have to have a little weight. When you have hope, you are actually lucky. The second is diversity. The existence of diversified values is too important. At present, the most uncomfortable thing about the entire public opinion environment is binary value, either right or wrong, but this should be a diversified society. You may not agree with his/her views, but you should allow it to exist. Third, I hope young people will be young. I am more willing to meet and really share the same hobbies with myself. The whole situation is too fragmented now. Everyone has such impulse and yearning in their hearts. I hope to have afternoon tea with my good friend, but it is difficult to do it. If you don’t have such an opportunity for a long time, you give up. You think I can do it alone, just watch the video."
But he emphasized that he did not want these keywords to be called out by the director team, but were spread in the underlying logic of the show. "I don’t want to express it very dogmatically, giving people the feeling that they are instilling something."
"This! It is difficult to record the fifth season of Street Dance
, and the industry is also difficult to
0 This year's street dance is also special in that the recording rhythm is completely disrupted by the epidemic. Lu Wei recalled that the situation at that time determined that it was impossible to record programs in Shanghai like in previous years. The first is to re-select the site. He could only ask his friends to find places to record programs across the country and use live video to view the scenery.
"At that time, we chose Xi'an, Qingdao , Sanya , and Chengdu. We looked for friends from other places and flew to other places. Each venue was live video broadcast, with the width and height of the wall, and what facilities were nearby. Such video calls were called countless times, and it was finally decided to Hangzhou." The reason for setting up Hangzhou is that many international events were held in Hangzhou, with more venues. The second is that the captain Wang Yibo happened to shoot the movie "Heat" about street dance in Hangzhou, and some street dance dancers also participated in the performance.
Wang Yibo
After setting up the venue, Lu Wei began to calculate the days, and the conclusion was that it would be too late if he didn't go on April 22nd. "I asked this company to issue a certificate and sign a guarantee letter. I solemnly promised that the epidemic in Shanghai will not end and I will never go home. After going out, I was still very nervous. I prepared various documents and nucleic acid testing reports. When I arrived in Hangzhou, there were two epidemic prevention vehicles, one in front and one behind. We drove ourselves in the middle and sent us to the isolation area for isolation." Recalling this passage, Lu Wei felt that he was lucky and did not encounter too much trouble.
But Lu Wei not only needed the entire street dance, but all the director teams were all here, and it took a whole month. "At the beginning, there were only 11 core directors. We were ready. If there were only 11 of us this season, we would continue to do it and planned to hire external staff. Later, Shanghai and Hangzhou drove a train. A bunch of people helped grab tickets every day. Sometimes they could only buy one ticket a day. They used this method to transport the director one after another, and the last director was a month later."
The impact of the epidemic was not only that. Once, he received a call at 4 a.m. on the day of the recording, and was told that a makeup artist in the program team had positive nucleic acid. This may be the night when Lu Wei's mood was most broken in the early stage. "At that time, all the stars came, I was really stupid. But this person is quite dedicated and has been wearing a mask. He knew that there was something wrong with his community before. In the end, the entire video area was sealed, and the recording time was postponed by a month."
What's more troublesome is the psychological pressure caused by the epidemic on everyone. , "Everyone has different emotions. I am a big heart, but some contestants will think that if I want to be isolated, it is obvious that I am fine, but I have become a problem. What should I do? Also, I have been isolated for so long and have been unable to record videos. The longest dancer waited for two months. But we can't say that there are all kinds of problems, and we have to comfort him often."
Lu Wei sighed that the most painful thing about doing a program during the epidemic is that all problems must be registered at any time.
recording programs is only a period of time, and the blow the epidemic has brought to the street dance industry is self-evident. "this! "Just Street Dance" has been in "Just for more than four years. Lu Wei has already been quite familiar with this circle and has become friends with many dancers. "I began to feel that I have a very strong sense of responsibility for this circle. When they encounter difficulties and problems in reality, they will come to communicate with you."
Lu Wei revealed that the champion of the first season Han Yu was doing children's teaching in Beijing. He paid the rent for three months, but the studio only opened for three days in total. This is the experience of a dancer like Han Yu who has a certain reputation in the street dance circle. Those small brands and small studios are even more stormy. But Lu Wei also felt that this was an opportunity to reflect, which just dropped the popularity of the industry. "We must also watch it dialectically. When the show was popular, a lot of funds poured in, causing some bubbles. It was indeed very profitable at that time, but the bubbles were squeezed out in the past two years."
Although dancing is a pure thing, the promotion and development of street dance culture cannot be separated from commercial operations. "The good thing about this program now is that it will introduce many masters during this period of year. In this case, it will be easier for them to hold offline commercial events, and it will be not easy to attract customers (usually) sponsorship. Only in this period of time will someone invest in attracting customer sponsorship." Lu Wei knew that there has been no competition for too long, so some contestants should have closed training in training camps. If they want to apply for competitions, Lu Wei tried his best to let it go.
Lu Wei also thinks that he should face some of the current controversies. Some viewers said that foreign players are more capable, but often do not advance because they are not their own? Lu Wei was helpless. He said that he had never had this idea and had communicated with the voting contestants.
"Twrap the towel out, and I can't cheat, it's strange. Later I learned that in sports events that rely on ratings, home court advantages are very important. In fact, foreign players are far from caring as the audience thinks. If they lose the game, they obey the referee. He thinks that a game is not important, and the championship is not important. For him, I can jump out. Second, when various countries hold street dance competitions, they will have some home court advantages. Chinese teams always feel that the lottery draw is The most unlucky team of Death, they joked that they had suffered too much in the past, and finally we were at home. Now this concept is too difficult to change. "
As for the editing issue, Lu Wei said that they will also reconsider it when editing, "There are some of us who are more persistent, and some of us will respect the audience. For example, after the second episode, it was greatly deleted because we always wanted to break this apart when doing the show, but the audience did not seem to need such details. The second is that the entertainment elements have been reduced.In addition, we will not give negative emotions for too long, and only retain individual stories. According to user research, it is difficult for the audience to stay in more serious and depressed emotions for a particularly long time. "
If you are purely a viewer and a street dance enthusiast, the street dance program that Lu Wei wants to see the most is to gather the most powerful masters in the world to dance with . Of course, it is best for him to do this program, "If I can go abroad in the future, I will hold a season abroad. ”
Editor in charge: Chengyu
Proofreading: Luan Meng
