Author | Blindly Qinghuan
Speaking of Zhao Wei, many people may think of words such as "star", "actor", "marry into a wealthy family", "businessman" and so on.
But we have all forgotten, Zhao Wei has another identity, that is the director.
In 2013, Zhao Wei's debut film "To Youth" was released, and the final gross box office exceeded 700 million, creating a box office miracle for a Chinese female director.
"To Youth" successfully transformed Zhao Wei from an actor to a performance director. Many people are looking forward to her next work, but for some reason, her second work has not been released for a long time.
So slowly, it is difficult for us to remember Zhao Wei's directorship anymore, and occasionally think of the film "To Youth", but we only think that it is just an occasional whim of Zhao Wei.
It wasn't until Zhao Wei sat on the mentor's seat with Chen Kaige and Li Shaohong as the director in "The Actor, Please Take Your Place", and then handed over a series of amazing works, we suddenly realized that we all underestimated Zhao Wei's directorial talents.
01 Regarding being a director, she is a serious
actor-director. In many people's eyes, it is an act of "not doing business properly". After all, being able to act well may not necessarily be able to direct the show. There are some actors in
who have turned to acting as directors, and they do have the nature of playing tickets. I just want to test the waters. If it doesn't work, then go to acting.
But Zhao Wei didn't think so. She really wanted to be a director seriously.
In "The Actors Please Be in Place", Zhao Wei said that from when she decided to be a director to filming "To Youth", she spent 6 years on psychological construction.
spent 6 years to do something that I don’t know if it will succeed. In this era of efficiency, it is really a very extravagant thing, but Zhao Wei did it down-to-earth and did not take any shortcuts. After
decided to become a director, Zhao Wei began to put this idea into action. First, she was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy's Director of the Master of Arts to study basic and professional courses.
then took "To Youth" as a graduate work of graduate students, personally went to many places across the country to select scenes, and invited Hong Kong director Guan Jinpeng to act as the producer, and let Li Qiang to adapt the script, seriously preparing it as a big movie.
is precisely Zhao Wei's earnestness and hard work in being a director, which led to the success of "To Youth" with a double harvest at the box office. After the success of
"To Youth", Zhao Wei plans to make the second film "No Other Love".
The cast of "No Other Love" has many powerful actors such as Yuan Quan, Chen Chong, Ning Jing, Yu Feihong, etc., which was already completed in 2016.
However, due to the political background of one of the leading actors, Dai Liren, the film was boycotted by the entire network before it was released, and Dai Liren had to be replaced by 2020.
Although the road to the second film was difficult, Zhao Wei did not give up being a director, but devoted himself to the shooting of the next film. In addition to "No Other Love", there are two works directed by Zhao Wei that have not been released.
is a documentary film "Starlight" that she co-worked with Cao Yin, director of the Film Channel Program Center, and 9 young film directors as the chief director.
is another film "Hi!" which she produced and co-directed with Mao Mao. handsome man".
Zhao Wei has never stopped on the road of being a director.
02 In the directing play, she is a talented
director to a movie, just like a general is to an army, the success of a movie depends largely on whether there is a good director.
A good director requires not only professional film knowledge, but also excellent overall planning ability, narrative ability, ability to train actors, etc.
Once upon a time, I couldn't say with certainty that Zhao Wei was a good director, but after watching "Actors Please Take Place", I dare to say that she is a talented good director. The works presented by the four directors in
and the other three directors, when I look at them, I feel that the quality is fluctuating.
But Zhao Wei is different. Almost all of the works she submitted are qualified, unable to pick out major shortcomings, and some are even surprising.
Of course, this is not to say that Zhao Wei's director is better than the other three directors, but that she is very stable.
suchStability means that Zhao Wei has a strong ability to control the movie as a whole. Whether it is choosing the script, the perspective of selecting actors, the ability to train actors, or the overall grasp of film production, Zhao Wei is quite good.
is stable for a while, perhaps with a little bit of luck, but it has been stable, it is really talented.
When Chen Yao and Kang Keren played the role of "Returning the Pearl" in the competition session of "The Actor, Please Be Here", it was decided at the beginning that Chen Yao would play Xiao Yanzi and Kang Keren would play the black-hearted lady boss. To feel.
Zhao Wei, after watching their rehearsal, immediately decided to swap the roles of the two, letting Kang Keren play the role of Little Swallow and Chen Yao as the boss’s wife. The effect was much better than before.
In the stage of film and television, Zhao Wei's work is "Mask". The three actresses Yan Zhuoling, Chen Yao and Xing Fei are all good at acting. Who will play the heroine Jasmine is a big question.
Zhao Wei saw the interaction between the three actresses and the male advocate Zhe Han, and immediately decided to let Yan Zhuoling play the heroine.
At first, many people didn't understand why Yan Zhuoling was chosen, but after seeing the final works, they all convinced Zhao Wei, because the Jasmine played by Yan Zhuoling is real and vivid, and his eyes are full of affection, and there is no trace of performance.
is very good at choosing actors, Zhao Wei's ability to train actors is not weak.
In the latest episode of the show, Zhao Wei directed "Long Island Iced Tea" in which Zhang Zhehan played a greasy young man whose personality was very different from his own, and he could not find the status for a long time.
In order to let Zhang Zhehan enter the role as soon as possible, Zhao Wei helped him through the play line by line, taught him how to move, and how to make expressions and movements.
After Zhao Wei's training, Zhang Zhehan slowly let go of himself and kept close to the character, and finally succeeded in presenting a somewhat greasy but loving and righteous character.
In addition, Zhao Wei's vision for the script selection is also quite high.
"Mask" which chooses between dream and love, "Secret Recipe" where little people work hard for love, "Calling Mania" where the secrets are hidden in the mobile phone, "Long Island Iced Tea" which is so painful after a broken love...
these The stories are very real, closely related to people's lives, and easily resonate with the audience.
Zhao Wei chose these scripts and won half of them from the beginning.
, as the originator of traffic that has been popular across the country since the end of the 1990s, Zhao Wei is undoubtedly lucky, but while traffic brings her flowers and applause, it also makes it difficult for people to change their inherent impression of her.
Zhao Wei's talent in directing the drama is beyond doubt, but it's not enough to have "To Youth". If
wants to change the audience's inherent impression of her, and become a director who convinces the public, he still needs to speak with his work.
But this day must not be far away, because as long as you have talent, you can finally deliver good works.
