"National Director" Liu Jiang: Filming is like repairing shoes, all craftsmen

There are not many people who can be called a "national director" in China, but the director Liu Jiang who has produced many national-level TV series can be among them.

focuses on contemporary family life, "The Beautiful Times of the Daughter-in-law", the benchmark domestic spy drama "Before Dawn", and "Let’s Get Married" focusing on the emotions of urban men and women. Liu Jiang continues to bring heavy texture and unique ingenuity to the national drama excellent work. This time, he boldly tried a genre of period drama that he had not dabbled in, and presented a period drama "Old Tavern" to the audience.

Liu Jiang sighed in an interview with a reporter from Qilu Evening News and Qilu One Point-

"I am 50 this year. It's a coincidence that I reached 50 on the day that "Old Tavern" was finalized. It brought me into a new stage. "

Liu Jiang compared "The Old Tavern" to a "Surfing the River on Qingming Festival", "Every character has a shining point, and they are all about people, emphasizing love, chivalry, and righteousness." Liu Jiang said, "This scene is about The layout is very large. It is both linear and unitary. Each character is independent and has a unique umbrella structure."

"Old Tavern" also entrusts Liu Jiang's calm thinking on the impetuous and hustle and bustle of today's fast-paced society. .

"If a country is entertaining to death, it is really hopeless. We must inherit some nutritious and flavorful things. This is why we filmed "Old Tavern" and I want to tell the young people today that this is For nutritious things, don’t always eat fast food, drink nutritious soup.”

This "Old Tavern" is called the bottom work of the gold medal screenwriter Gao Mantang. Liu Jiang said that he can make the script of Mr. Gao Mantang. , He was "fortunate for three lives."

This is also the first time that Liu Jiang has cooperated with Chen Baoguo. His praise of Chen Baoguo's heroes and cherishing heroes is beyond words.

"I will often tell my friends, why is Mr. Baoguo being popular for 40 years? He is too serious, this is a real truth."

decided to take over the show, before starting Chen Baoguo's desk work. After four or five months, he still did his homework every night while filming. Liu Jiang sighed: “With so many lines in more than 600 scenes, he came to the scene to perform the show the next day. Without changing a word, everything can be translated into his own language. ; One word has not changed, but it is all his own tone. This is not a question of memory, it is a question of integration, a question of skills, and the skill has reached that point."

Not only that, sometimes Chen Baoguo is rigorous in drama And Liu Jiang, who is very careful, sighs inferiorly.

"Because my habit is to think very carefully. As a result, I found that Teacher Baoguo was more detailed than I thought, and he reminded me in many places, otherwise I almost went wrong." The other actors of

are also not. Laziness, the 83-year-old old drama Bone Niu Ben insisted on walking barefoot in the rainy weather in order to show the character's toughness.

Han Qing and Wang Xiaolong in the play are a pair of deaf and mute brothers in need. From the beginning of receiving the role assignment, one of them pretends to be dumb and does not speak, the other pretends to be deaf and inaudible, soaking in the deaf and mute to experience life. It lasted more than two months. Liu Jiang's admiration and gratitude for such a dedicated cast of actors as

said, "Too much enjoyment".

"The Old Tavern" also strives for meticulous production. Since it was not possible to view the scene in Dalian, where the story took place, it could only be set up in Tianjin Film and Television City. The behind-the-scenes team contracted the entire film and television city to renovate, strictly following the style of Dalian's urban architecture in the history, and even detailed it to every street. There is a plot of revenge in the primeval forest in

. In order to restore the details to the greatest extent, Liu Jiang led the film crew to take the scene in the primeval forest next to Mudanjiang.

"The forest is gone every afternoon at less than four o'clock in the afternoon, and the work can only be closed. The work intensity is quite heavy. Moreover, it also catches up with the rain and the roads are muddy. It was really hard to shoot." The very short scenes of

are full shots. After more than 20 days, the crew was exhausted, but Liu Jiang bluntly said that "it is worth it", "I can't shoot that kind of effect anywhere."

Counting Liu Jiang's past works, "A Beautiful Era of Daughter-in-law" and "Before Dawn" "Let's Get Married"...Almost every one is "explosive".

When asked if there is a secret, Liu Jiang said frankly: “Creation is a chemical reaction. It is not calculated. It is like an actor enters a role and feels possessed. It is a chemical reaction. , So creation cannot be summed up with a formula, it cannot be generalized."

z0Although it can be called a "national director", Liu Jiang's road of directorship has not been smooth sailing.

had a dream of being a writer since he was a kid and he was admitted to the acting department by mistake. Liu Jiang said that it took him ten years to realize one thing, “that is, he is not suitable to be an actor.”

learned from the pain, he decided to give up As an actor, he regained his pen and began to teach himself as a screenwriter and become behind the scenes.

Counting from graduation, it took ten years to go round and round, and it took ten years before fate began to take off.

college classmates introduced him to Han Sanping, the head of the film industry. Liu Jiang still remembers: "Han Sanping said that I only work with two kinds of people, one is that I have never filmed before, and the other is successful. You belong to someone who has never filmed before. I only give you this chance. If you want to shoot it, don't mess with it."

Under such tremendous pressure, Liu Jiang broke down and started his career as a director.

finally met Bo Le, but almost luck. In 2003, the director's debut "Jagged Youth" won unanimous praise in the industry, but failed to broadcast on time due to various reasons. In 2005, the second play "Years and Years", also a highly anticipated work in the industry, was also suppressed and was only broadcast five years later.

Liu Jiang did not complain about the untimely life, nor does he feel sorry for himself. Instead, he is very grateful for these experiences: "I don't think there are any detours in life. Every detour will give you a different harvest."

is not so much. "National Director", Liu Jiang would rather call himself a craftsman.

“Actually, when I make a movie, I’m like a master making a stool and repairing a pair of shoes. I’m a craftsman to earn a living, give myself a little spiritual food, and can influence others a little bit through this craft.”

Qilu Evening News Qilu Yidian reporter Liu Yuhan

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