How does an elite lawyer become a rescue team member? What role should he play in the team? These answers can be found in " Light Chaser ". Rescue workers not only need the skills of "flying over the eaves and walls" and "moving mountains and seas", but also the wisdom of strategizing and grasping the overall situation. Produced by
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Author | Wei Qiao
Editor | Ding Yu
is by our side, there are such a group of people who are usually doing their own work. , to participate in social rescue for free. This is not a superhero story, but a true portrayal of my country's non-governmental charity rescue team. The
TV series "Light Chaser" focuses the story on these extraordinary ordinary people. As the first domestic drama series with the theme of non-governmental public welfare rescue organizations, many viewers only know through this drama that many of those who went to the front line for emergency rescue and disaster relief during floods, earthquakes and wildfires came from public welfare rescues. Team, they are ordinary heroes who really hide in the streets.
In the play, lawyer Robben ( Luo Yunxi ) was moved by the spirit of the public welfare rescue team and decided to join it. He and his friends gathered because of love. After "devil training", they participated in rescue missions and became rescue elites together. These partners are also people with "dual occupations": Zhanyan ( Wu Qian ) is a doctor, Zhou Mingming ( Li Mingde ) is a wealthy second generation who has no worries about food and clothing, Ding Dingding ( Li Tingting ) is a Cartoonist,...
director Zhang Tong hopes that through the story of the group portrait, more audiences can see the dedication and sacrifice of the members of the non-governmental charity rescue team. It was he who said in an exclusive interview with "Blog World": "I hope more audiences can support them, understand them, and even join their team." ", there are also plots about emergency rescue, but the core of "Light Chaser" is not the same. In the former, Xing Kelei ( Bai Jingting ) himself is the elite of the special police, and the police is his profession and profession; while the setting of the latter is ordinary people and their shining points. Zhang Tong, director of
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, the non-governmental public welfare rescue team is an important auxiliary force for national emergency rescue, and has played an important role in various fields such as life rescue, humanitarian assistance, disaster prevention and mitigation, and post-disaster reconstruction. It has gradually developed since the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, and it has grown to a considerable scale today. In the summer of 2021, the floods raged in Henan. The public welfare rescue team went deep into the front line and contributed greatly to the rescue, and there were many touching stories. Zhang Tong felt that it was the right time to put their stories on the screen at this time. After
took over the play, Zhang Tong took "light" as his creative idea. Rescue themes focus on the real presentation of disasters and realistic expressions, but the use of light is a kind of sublimation, because "every time you win, you face the light". The first light after the disaster is the light of human nature and the light of hope, which is exactly the meaning of "Light Chaser".
dual career
just came into contact with the project "Light Chaser", director Zhang Tong was attracted by its novel themes and rich characters. He feels that this drama shows the growth of characters and self-redemption through different rescue events. The main characters can also find many similar prototypes in real life. They are ordinary people, but the biggest difference from ordinary people is that, It will be a whole new challenge to have the dual professional status of my own job and a member of the rescue team. Before
started filming, the script of "Light Chaser" had been in preparation for three years. The screenwriter team conducted on-the-spot interviews with rescue teams in many places, and collected a large number of real cases and character materials. After
took over this project, Zhang Tong and the main creative team found experts for evaluation and screening, and showed the rescue types and character occupations as richly as possible. In the play, lawyers, doctors, couriers, cartoonists, teachers and other occupations are all realistic volunteers.more representative occupations. In
's "Light Chaser", lawyer Robben is a character throughout. After the earthquake in Fengqi, Robben went to the disaster area to find his sister Luo Yuan, and for the first time came into contact with the public welfare rescue team led by Captain Qingshan, which was an opportunity for him to become a volunteer in the future.
In fact, when he first met Luo Yunxi, Zhang Tong found that Luo Yunxi's understanding and pondering of the characters were very good, and they had a strong fit with the characters.
"He (Luo Yunxi) said that I (Robben) should be a lawyer first, and then a public welfare rescue team member who joins the light chasers, so I have to play the lawyer first." Zhang Tong told "Blog World", This just happened to coincide with his idea. How does an elite
lawyer become a rescue team member? What role should he play in the team? These answers can be found in Light Chaser. Rescue workers not only need the skills of "flying over the eaves and walls" and "moving mountains and seas", but also the wisdom of strategizing and grasping the overall situation. Zhang Tong of
said that Luo Yunxi made a better preparation for the growth line of the characters through some details added by himself during the performance. In the play, in the initial earthquake rescue, Robben had not joined the rescue team, but when he saw Xiong Fei (played by Xu Shaoying) using a probe to detect the situation in the ruins, he reminded Xiong to change the angle to see the complete structure. Although it is only a line, the extensive knowledge and meticulousness of the character of Robben were accurately depicted, and it also laid a foreshadowing for him to join the rescue team in the future.
When a disaster occurs, it is inevitable that there will be wounded, so the doctor is an indispensable role in the rescue team . In the play, Zhanyan is a doctor who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside. She is introverted, but she never hesitates when saving lives. As a result of participating in the public welfare rescue, Zhanyan slowly unraveled the knot of her father's failure to save her mother when she was a child, and her personality gradually became cheerful.
In Zhang Tong's opinion, Wu Qian's performance is meticulous, and the changes in Zhanyan's personality are naturally presented. On the set, Wu Qian and Zhang Tong communicated the most is to analyze the psychological motivation and behavioral logic of the characters in a scene. At other times, she maintains a distance from others and adjusts herself to be a character.
"The persona before and after her has changed a lot, and she has grown a lot in the later period. In fact, the name 'Zhanyan' means to spread a smile step by step." Zhang Tong said to "Blog World". In addition to the protagonist,
also showed the audience a vivid group portrait of the rescue team members. They come from all walks of life, with different experiences and backgrounds, dual careers, multi-line narratives, and each character has abundant blood and broad growth space.
Zhou Mingming, a rich second-generation superhero who aspires to become a superhero, and Ding Dingding, a cartoonist who is unrestrained in his imagination, are very vivid. Xiong Fei is the most down-to-earth character in the play. He was imprisoned to save his sister's manslaughter. After his release, he delivered couriers to make a living while participating in rescue missions.
Robben's younger sister, Luo Yuan, is an acquired aphasia and can only communicate with people through sign language. For this reason, Yang Anqi , who played Luo Yuan, invited a sign language teacher to live with the crew. Before filming started, she "recited" all the lines and used them freely in the performance, without the need for mouth shape to assist the performance. Later, Zhang Tong added a voice to Luo Yuan considering the convenience of the audience to watch the play. The characters in
's "Light Chaser" are not perfect, but they have completed their respective growth in the process of rescue and rescue again and again. In Zhang Tong's eyes, these energetic young people with different personalities are not only the bright colors in the disaster story, but also the starting point for connecting young audiences with and .
truly reproduces the disaster
After the broadcast of "Light Chaser", the interested audience starts from the first car accident rescue scene, and analyzes the arrival time of the protagonist, the police and the rescue team second by second; analyzes the use of the rescue team during the earthquake rescue frame by frame. The tools and rescue division and the scene layout of the disaster scene.
With the popularity of the series, related disaster prevention knowledge and self-help skills have also attracted attention. Heimlich first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, how to escape from a high-rise fire... The life-saving methods that have appeared in these dramas have also become hot topics. .
saw these online feedbacks, Zhang Tong was very emotional, "Now the audience is so careful, so we must pay attention to the details when shooting, and if there are bad people, they will come up immediately." "Light Chaser"The details stand the test of a magnifying glass and make the tough times of shooting more meaningful.
For Zhang Tong, the biggest challenge in shooting rescue themes is the restoration of the disaster scene and the scheduling of the rescue scene. If you ignore some details, it will appear unreal. In order to shoot the location of the earthquake,
deliberately found a village that was being demolished, and set the scene next to the ruins that had really collapsed. In the interior scenes of the damaged houses, they are all constructed of real cement and gravel. Most of the disaster scenes in the
play are shot with shoulder resistance, and the shaking subjective lens presents a tense and immersive visual experience, which makes the audience feel the disaster. In addition, before shooting, the crew prepared a lot of pinhole cameras, the size of which is like a small stick, which can be inserted into any gap to shoot. The rich perspective strengthens the sense of substitution, and also puts forward higher requirements for scene props and actor performance.
Zhang Tong described the earthquake rescue shooting process in detail to "Blog World", "During the real shooting, the machine should be hidden in the crack of the collapsed stone, and then the actor should be safely placed where he should be, and then the fake The rubble was crushed on the body, and it was very troublesome to shoot once.” The more difficult thing for
is the cave rescue. In the first half of the ALICE expedition, Zhang Tong and the main creators filmed in the real cave. When it comes to the dangerous rescue part, a scene of a karst cave is built, and water is added to the built "karst cave" according to the water depth requirements of different scenes.
Zhang Tong recalled that this scene was used four times. The first time there was no water, the actor walked in the hole. In the second shot, the space in the cave became narrower and narrower. It started to rain heavily outside, and the cave was flooded with water. We poured water into it and submerged the actor's legs. The third time, everyone was evacuated and then filled with water. When the entire cave was filled with water, the water depth was about 4 meters. The rescue team had to dive through various environments to find the location where the traveler was trapped. One last time, the water was drained, and the scene was changed to an outlet full of mud. During the shooting of
"Light Chaser", many volunteers from Blue Sky Rescue Team participated in the whole process and provided professional guidance. The Blue Sky Rescue Team has participated in the rescue work of all major disasters in China since 2007, with more than 1,000 rescue cases per year. There are more than 200,000 registered volunteers nationwide, of which more than 10,000 volunteers have undergone professional rescue training and certification. Actions and scenes involving rescue in
have been strictly checked. From tying knots to building a rope system, you can't go wrong. It took an hour to build the rope system to find the tiankeng before the actors could go down to see if it was a tiankeng .
has been filming in complex environments for a long time, and the most expensive camera equipment in the crew has almost become "consumables". During the shooting at the water training base of the Blue Sky Rescue Team in Wuxi, Jiangsu, the rainstorm fell sharply. It was a scene of catching people on a speedboat. The two cameras on the speedboat were damaged by the heavy rain before the return trip.
"Light Chaser" was launched in July last year. The actors performed outdoor rescues in an environment of more than 40 degrees, trained in the hot summer, climbed in and out of the ruins, sweatdrops on their heads without special effects makeup, all is the real response.
Chasing the Light of Warmth
Zhang Tong followed Mao Weining for 23 years of filming, from "Battle Flag" and " Ordinary World " to the hit " Foothills Song ", the most important thing he learned The creative method is realism, and the filming should not be superficial, but must be real - not only the reality of the scene's "shape", but also the emotional "soul" of the characters. There is a scene in the
play where Zhanyan is trapped by a mudslide, but her companion Cai Yuxiao ( He Minghan ) abandons her to escape. This behavior seems cowardly and does not lack a sense of responsibility, but in Zhang Tong's view, it does not prove that he is a bad person, but a biological instinct of human nature in times of crisis. "He can save lives on the operating table, but in the face of natural disasters, he has not received professional training, and it is normal that he cannot do it." Because of this, the members of the rescue team overcome the weakness of human nature in training. Only by saving lives with mortal bodies without hesitation, did they show their great love beyond human nature.
team members are ordinary people who are trying to survive. Putting on rescue equipment will face the threat of life in disasters, and taking off rescue equipment will also deal with the impact of rescue work on life. "Light Chaser"Lieutenant General's plight of reality is revealed. Free public welfare relief takes up most of their time. Dapeng ( Ji Huanbo ) encountered a family crisis, and Xiong Fei was fired by the express delivery company due to substandard performance. In the
play, these civilian heroes are not covered with a high-profile shell of false air, but they outline their spiritual growth and emotional changes in the rescue team in detail. The determination and courage of the team members are sound.
Zhang Tong is most impressed by the scene where Falcon ( Fan Lei ) died of illness. "He is the guide of the three pairs of young people, and he has a deep relationship with each of them. Every actor in that scene moved me." Falcon's departure strengthened Robben's determination to join the light-chasing rescue team. , and also left a strong mark in everyone's heart, including warmth, dedication, responsibility and belief.
In the public welfare rescue, the team members faced merciless disasters again and again. Facing the passing of fresh lives, they felt the value of life and their own responsibility. So Robben gradually dispelled the misunderstanding of Xiong Fei, Dapeng and other teammates, and Zhanyan dissolved the 20-year gap between him and his father.
As Zhang Tong said, rescue not only saves people, but also heals the heart. In the play, it is the kind psychiatrist Ruan Sister Ruan who treats the psychological problems of the team members, and their great love gathered from countless small loves has also become a power to heal people's hearts.
Under the theme of growth and healing, the love between Robben and Zhanyan is less sweet and more tender and responsible. They have all experienced the psychological trauma of losing their loved ones after the earthquake, and they have saved people together. The emotions in the play are progressive and eloquent. After the 13th episode of
was broadcast, Zhang Tong's comment was still fresh in Zhang Tong's memory - "The kiss of mudslides is a romance in suffering." The two actors' performance full of chemistry is the finishing touch to this relationship.
This is the third collaboration between Luo Yunxi and Wu Qian. They are familiar with each other and have enough tacit understanding. Therefore, in the rivalry between the two in "The Light Chaser", Zhang Tong always let them play first without interfering, and they did have amazing performances.
As a realistic work, the only not so "realistic" part in "Light Chaser" is the use of "light", which is a romantic feeling that Zhang Tong endowed the play.
In the scene of the earthquake rescue, a child named Lele said that his mother fell asleep when he was rescued. During the rescue process, Lele's mother's situation has not been explained. People inside and outside the play may think that her mother has been buried in the rubble and died. When Lele was rescued, a light came down, and the outline of the mother was outlined - she completely protected her child with her body. Many viewers remember the light that shook their hearts, "This light doesn't make sense, but our audience will understand, because this mother is too great."
For Zhang Tong, some scenes beyond reality, with realism The idea of creation is not contradictory. "Light Chaser" is not a documentary, but a TV series, which should have its symbolic meaning. He said: "Every time you win, you are facing the light." The first light after a disaster is the flash of humanity in the disaster, the light of warmth between people, the courage to take social responsibility, and the positive Channeling positive energy for good.
