author|Wenika
editor|Li Chunhui
The word "rolling drama" has not appeared in the public eye for a long time, until the name of Ni Ni was associated, and it became a hot search again. The reason for
is that "Jade Gate from the West", which started in April, has not been officially announced, but netizens discovered that the heroine Ni Ni is already filming another drama. As a result, the dissatisfied fans of the original book and the male protagonist collectively attacked Ni Ni.
Ni Ni then refuted the rumors, saying that due to the epidemic, the filming originally planned to be completed in early August was delayed. The crew agreed to the schedule in late September, and the actors did not have "rolling" behavior. In other words, the contract period between the actors and the crew may be until August, and the actors have already arranged other tasks. The crew has to complete the rest of the shooting work, and all parties have coordinated to shoot again in late September.
Just when the masses were still passionately debating whether this kind of behavior was considered a "play", the past of 85 Flowers was turned up again. Yang Mi , Zhao Liying mentioned their "rolling drama" in their early interviews, and they were also praised by model workers. Since when, "rolling drama" has become a derogatory term, and celebrities have to rush out to refute rumors.
In fact, the definition of "rolling drama" has not yet been determined. During the filming of a movie, if an actor "single-heartedly" goes out for other activities, such as shooting commercials, attending press conferences, recording variety shows, etc., even if it is a movie, there are almost no actors who do not play.
Or, like Ni Ni, the last crew was postponed, and the shooting of the next crew started again, and the actors were forced to run between the two crews. Is it considered a show?
Of course, the reason why the masses have complaints about the show is whether the show will cause losses and troubles to the crew and other actors in the same group. After the actor "rolls the play", will the presentation of the play become worse? "Rolling opera" has changed from a complimentary term to a derogatory term, also because there are too many cases of unprofessional rolling opera.
But in fact, not only actors in the circle, but also other types of work are commonplace. A major ability that tests the producer is to coordinate the interests and schedules of all parties, and constantly play games to achieve a good result.
actor rolling in the end what is the picture?
take advantage of the popularity to make money, which is probably the easiest reason to think of. Filming 4 or 5 films a year is naturally different from filming 2 films a year.
But it's not all about money. For example, the most well-known example in the past two years, Jinchen became popular by seizing the opportunity by rolling the show.
Yu Zheng replied to a comment on Weibo to break the news that Jin Chen rolled the show, saying that Jin Chen's filming of "Yu Lou Chun" was nearing the end. received a sum of money from the crew. But it was precisely because of this "rolling drama" that Jin Chen became popular with the name "Sister Lang".
In the entertainment circle, there are many stories about one choice changing the star's path. The most famous is Li Tingyi who has no such person in the circle.
At that time, she gave up the role of little swallow in the hit "Huanzhugege" because of the opportunity to participate in the Jackie Chan movie "A Good Man". Later, although Li Tingyi received the title of "Dragon Girl" for a while, she did not add to her career. She has cried and regretted many times with tears, and even derived a conspiracy theory, bluntly saying that it was another agent who made a ghost, it seems that she will regret it for a lifetime because of a play.
Therefore, for actors, in addition to money, there are also opportunity costs. It is difficult for an agent or an actor to accurately predict the possibility of fame brought about by an opportunity. If you can only pick up one play in the same schedule, you may lose your chance to become famous if you make the wrong choice. And if in the same schedule, try to take all of them as much as possible, and you may hit the explosion.
This is why Yang Mi was always multi-line when he was not yet famous. But it's not just because the newcomers don't earn much, so they should work hard. Of course, there are also different understandings of rolling in the circle. For example, many people think that during filming, the crew should take a day or two off, go out to shoot commercials, do other film promotions, etc.Wait, it's not a game.
And if running between the two crews, it can be regarded as an irrefutable drama, and it can be divided into active drama and forced drama. Especially after the epidemic, more and more people are forced to play. Once the filming of a crew is postponed, it will face the risk of expiring contracts for all types of work such as actors, photography, and art. They may have taken on other jobs later, and they have to resolve the trouble of scheduling conflicts. Shan Zuolong, the producer of
"The Last Night of Earth ", once complained about the troubles of the crew after the deadline. At that time, many staff members of the crew had no schedules. After the contract of Tang Wei expired, he joined the group " Da Ming Fenghua ". They could only re-build a new crew on the spot, and find staff who have schedules to replace them.
However, the leading role could not be replaced, so he had to coordinate Tang Wei's schedule with the "Da Ming Feng Hua" crew and set aside five days to finish the film. And the "Da Ming Feng Hua" crew is a big costume drama with 600 people. Every time the crew of 600 people waits for the only day, the loss is one million.
Before the epidemic, postponement of shooting may have been occasional. After the epidemic, postponing filming has become commonplace. A film and television company that Mr. Hard Candy knows, each film is shot in a different place, and has been affected by the epidemic. After the postponement, they adopted the same approach as "Jade Gate in the West", abandoning the original shooting location, withdrawing the group and moving to other places to shoot. This is already the most compromised and least costly method in the current industry.
withdraws from the original shooting location, so there is no need to pay the "living" cost of the crew waiting in place, so that follow-up work can be arranged without any burden: while rebuilding a new group, looking for substitutes for photography, art and other staff who have schedules, while Coordinate the schedule for waiting for actors.
Rolling drama, from positive to derogatory
In the peak period of Hong Kong film, rolling drama is almost a symbol of whether an actor is popular or not. Andy Lau 14 plays a year, Wang Zuxian 14 plays a year, Maggie Cheung 12 plays a year. In an interview, Ah Sa also recalled that more than ten years ago, he was filming three movies at the same time. He fell asleep while putting on makeup on the set. When he woke up, he couldn't remember whether it was Ekin Cheng or Nicholas Tse .
Before 2016, celebrities talked about "rolling dramas" in a generous way, without any scruples. Both Yang Mi and Zhao Liying were interviewed about their experiences of filming several movies at the same time. For example, Yang Mi made a total of 11 films in 2010, and in 2012, a total of 9 films were released and 4 dramas were broadcast. "Rolling the show" was once a compliment to express their model workers.
The turning point could be around 2017. The originator of the "cutting drama" " Gufang does not admire himself " hit the air. Due to a large number of inferior stand-ins and cutout shots, the audience couldn't bear it, and many people blamed the problem on the suspected "rolling drama" of the male and female protagonists.
"The Lonely Fragrance Does Not Reward Yourself" was launched on May 3, 2016, and finished on September 6. According to Reuters and the public itinerary of Zhong Hanliang and Yang Ying fans and public itineraries, netizens found that the two had a lot of outings during the filming.
For example, press conferences of other dramas, meet and greets, events of the Shang Dynasty, film festival red carpets, variety show recordings, etc. Among them, Zhong Hanliang will not only shoot " Flowers and Send ", but also prepare for the "Le Zuo Life" concert tour.
In addition, in recent years, big directors have frequently spoken out against the actors in the show. Er Dongsheng started filming " The Sword of the Three Young Masters ", he was criticizing the situation of actors rolling in dramas. He bluntly said that actors with actor morality would not take a long time to shoot another set of dramas, go to the stage, go to the show, "Doing a bunch of distractions" such as shooting commercials. Subsequently, directors such as Jia Zhangke, Gao Qunshu, Guanhu also enthusiastically forwarded the matter in solidarity. Chen Hong also openly talked about the fact that " search for " did not use Yang Mi because of the drama.
Gradually, "rolling the show" has become synonymous with unprofessionalism. In fact, all kinds of chaotic scenes are also a microcosm of the film and television bubble period in the past few years. Now rolling plays are usually written into breached contracts, and many actorsYou can't even go out on vacation. In those days, actors dared to play like this because of the connivance of the capital that rushed into the film and television industry, a vicious circle of one willing to fight and one willing to suffer.
Jackie Chan once took Xiao Xianrou actors as an example to explain the reason behind this phenomenon: On the one hand, the managers of popular Xiao Xianrou are all driven to make quick money. Make as much money as possible. On the other hand, when the capital went to invite Xiao Xianrou, they knew that the other party had no schedule, but they still asked the other party to act at a high price, so there were all kinds of chaos such as acting on a one-week schedule, changing faces with AI, and acting as a substitute. Actors roll the show to produce bad films, and each link has an inescapable responsibility, which jointly promotes the production of "disengaged" actors. Whether
will be scolded for rolling dramas, the key to watching dramas,
is not only a pretext to attack each other in the fan circle, but the act of running around between two crews is not the core problem of "rolling drama". The key is whether the actors have kept the quality of the play under such circumstances.
at the " me and my motherland " roadshow promotion site, Zhang Yi told a story about him and Wu Jing suspected of having a show. During the filming of " climber ", Zhang Yi received an invitation from "My Motherland and Me" and asked Wu Jing for his opinion when he was uncertain. Wu Jing said with certainty that he would not go anywhere, and as a result, the two met at the filming site of "My Motherland and Me".
Zhang Yi shared it with the audience as a joke, and no one talked about whether they were a joke, because their performance did not affect the presentation of the final work at all.
rushing to work may not produce high-quality products. For example, the widely circulated Liu Zhenwei rescues the scene Wong Kar-wai "borrowed an actor" to film " East and West is ". At that time, due to the serious delay of Wong Kar-wai's filming of " East Evil West ", ten big star contracts were in hand, and nothing was shot for a year. Therefore, Liu Zhenwei, under pressure from the management, used the same group of actors to form a team of "East and West".
Liu Zhenwei recalled that the actors were filming on both sides at the same time, which was quite painful. In the daytime, the crazy comedy of "East and West" is filmed, and the dull literary drama of "Evil in the East" is filmed at night. But in the end, both plays turned out to be classics in film history. If
is making a film directed by a procrastinator like Wong Kar-wai, there is no actor who doesn't make it. " Grandmaster " was filmed for several years. During this period, Zhang Ziyi filmed " Dangerous Relationship ", " Very Lucky ", Tony Leung filmed "The Hearer" and " Great Magician ". If
keeps waiting for Wong Kar Wai to stop playing, he may be like Hu Ge , as if he disappeared from the entertainment industry for several years. Fortunately, although "Flowers" has not been officially announced yet, Hu Ge has already taken over other jobs. The new drama " County Party Committee Courtyard " may meet the audience earlier than "Flowers". Between the
crew and the actors, it is a game of interests between the two parties to find a balance. Actors can't delay the cast, and the crew can't delay actors because of delays. If the actors run the show within a reasonable range, they can ensure that both sides are not delayed, and their acting skills ensure that the presentation of the show is not affected, so no one should criticize the show. The industry chaos that
once "rolled the show" is that the capital hot money condoned the traffic stars wantonly rolling the show, regardless of the appearance of the show, as long as the traffic stars are invited to act, they can sell for high prices. And those traffic stars who have no acting skills and are still in the show are naturally the targets of verbal criticism.
Now that the film and television industry is cooling down, under the general trend of conserving clothing and food and improving quality and weight, there are fewer jobs, and it is difficult for "rolling dramas" to want to run dramas, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise for the industry. I hope that the actors who have nothing to do can calm down and think about their acting skills, so as to benefit more audiences who are food and clothing parents.
