Heavy rain in Henan, more than 1,000 public welfare rescue teams rushed to the disaster area; Luding earthquake, many public welfare rescue teams rushed to the front line of the epicenter; Chongqing mountain fire, more than 500 "motorcycle riders" went retrograde to the mountain fire... In recent years , At the scene of large and small disasters, there is always a shining figure of public welfare rescuers.
However, what kind of existence are charity rescuers? What are the untold stories behind them? On October 14th, my country's first film with the theme of public welfare rescue organizations was jointly produced by Syndicate Films and Penguin Films and , , Mao Weining, as art director, Zhang Tong as director, Suri and Jiang Luyan as chief producers People, Jiang Xiabo is the producer, and Luo Yunxi and Wu Qian lead the first TV series " Light Chaser " with the theme of "civil public welfare rescue organization", which is being broadcast on both Tencent Video and Mango TV platforms.
After the show was launched, it stood out from a group of new dramas and became a win-win leader in terms of broadcast volume and topicality among the works in the same period. Up to now, the play has won the lighthouse and cat's eye broadcasts for 23 consecutive times. How did
"Light Chaser" achieve the current broadcast effect? For the creation of special themes, what experiences are worth learning from? The first producer interviewed the chief producers of the show Suri, Jiang Luyan, and the producer Jiang Xiabo, and listened to them tell about the creative process of the show.
conveys warmth and ignites the fire of positive energy in people's hearts.
"Light Chaser" tells the story of a group of young people with different personalities who have been tempered by disasters and gradually grow into public welfare rescue elites. The creators plan to move the stories of these ordinary people to the screen as far back as 2018. At that time, a large number of realist works emerged, and Chinese literary and artistic creations gradually reached a consensus on paying attention to reality and telling the times. The chief producer Suri said frankly that the subject of civil rescue was still a blank in the industry at that time, and it was a very meaningful thing to extend the expression space of the subject of realism, both for the industry and from various social levels. "Those who are familiar with our team know that we have done more costume drama projects in the past, but the gist of our story is: we always hope to convey more warm feelings and encourage people to yearn and pursue the beauty in life. So " The project "Light Chaser" is very consistent with the concept of our past projects."
At the same time, the whole society is paying more and more attention to public welfare undertakings, which also prompted the emergence of "Light Chaser". Chief Producer Jiang Luyan added: "With the progress and development of society, more and more people around us are paying attention to public welfare undertakings and reaching out to help those around us in various ways. In the environment, the spread of kindness and warmth has also become a point of inspiration for us to create. Because most of us actually see the figures of these unsung heroes, or more of them after the rescue is over. Reports and dissemination. But what kind of people they usually are, where they come from, what way they exist, what form they use to participate in rescue, etc., many people may not know. So we hope that through panoramic, A comprehensive and three-dimensional presentation of this group will allow everyone to know more about them."
Since the public knows little about the rescue industry, there are not many reference materials for the creation process. "Light Chaser" is in the preparation process. , The main creative team put a lot of effort into it. "During the creation, the screenwriter conducted follow-up interviews with the public welfare rescue team for three years, and accumulated a large number of real cases and character materials. For example, the Falcon in this play was stripped from the real characters. In addition, , we also specially invited the former State Work Safety Supervision Administration Deputy Director, State Council Counselor Shan Chunchang and Blue Sky Rescue Team 's Corps Chang Shan as consultants. During the whole shooting process, members of the Blue Sky Rescue Team were stationed to us. Provide professional guidance and advice." Producer Jiang Xiabo said. Jiang Xiabo, the producer of
, also revealed that during training, several protagonists in the play slept directly in the tent at the base, which the main creative team experienced in the original interview. "During the May Day holiday in 2017, we arranged to interview, and the Blue Sky Rescue Team happened to be in the country of Fenghuangling in Beijing.They slept directly in the tent for three days of uninterrupted exercise training during the earthquake natural training base. "
However, it is not easy to create innovative themes. The public's impression of rescue themes is almost entirely derived from disaster movies. The most intuitive imagination is: after creating spectacular disasters and disaster scenes, use "last minute rescue" to Create a tense and heart-wrenching rescue atmosphere, and let the audience feel the thrill and fear of the disaster scene. Because the atmosphere and texture are too real, everyone has lingering fears after watching it.
This also makes the main creative team more clear about how to present "Chasing" to the audience. The work "The Light". "It can't be so scary, it must be real but not too real. In the early stage, the team also did a lot of research work. The catastrophe is not something that many people will experience, but once experienced, it will be a terrible memory. After these experiences, what people need more is warmth and hope, rather than the negative pressure of despair. We need to reduce these scary factors and increase the display of 'love' and the transmission of warmth and hope. "The chief producer Jiang Luyan said. The characters of
have a high degree of fit, and the national CP gives the audience a strong sense of belief.
"When we chose the leading role, it was actually quite difficult, because "Light Chaser" is not an ordinary urban theme In the drama, he still has a lot of rescue scenes. We hope that the actors can do it in person, so it is very difficult to shoot. In addition to considering the role fit, we hope that the actors we choose are more recognized by the audience and can drive young people, and Luo Yunxi and Wu Qian also showed a strong willingness in the early stage, so after many ways After considering it, we finally settled on it. I think from the feedback from the audience, our choice is right. Chief Producer Su Li said.
Chief Producer Jiang Luyan talked about the reasons for choosing Luo Yunxi to play Robben and Wu Qian to play Zhanyan from the perspective of the match of the roles. The characteristics of Luo Yunxi's legal elite fit the role very well. In addition, he has many years of dance foundation, and he can easily control a large number of rescue scenes that need to use coercion, such as cave rescue and glacier rescue. After several years of growth, Wu Qian has a more elegant and stable temperament, which matches the basic temperament of a doctor. There are also doctors in her family, so she is no stranger to the profession of a doctor, and we can also see her acting neatly in the rescue scene. Moreover, Wu Qian also has a diving certificate, and some difficult scenes such as deep diving in the play are all completed by herself. "
Chief Producer Jiang Luyan praised the two of them for having a strong sense of tacit understanding, and they can quickly enter the scene when they enter the set. "In addition to shooting rescue scenes, this kind of tacit understanding is also more natural and real in emotional scenes. The audience will have A stronger sense of trust and substitution.
matches the best team, so that the "rescue drama" and "workplace drama" are interlocked. easy. The chief producer Suri described that the biggest difficulty that "Light Chaser" encountered at the beginning was finding a director who matched the project.
"The theme of "Light Chaser" is not a simple urban theme, it also has a lot of rescue scenes. We also communicated with various types of directors in the early stage, including many directors with mature works, but found a problem, these The director has a bit of a headache about how to show the rescue scene. Just when we were preparing, Director Zhang Tong just made " You Are My Fortress ", and this project has some compatibility with "Light Chaser". " "You Are My Fortress" also takes special occupations as a perspective, pays full attention to the development of professional workplace lines, and uses the intersection of special police and doctors to show great love and love in the face of society."
as the chief producer When Suri proposed to Jiang Luyan to invite Mao Weining's team and director Zhang Tong, Jiang Luyan's eyes also lit up.
Director Zhang Tong (left) and Director Mao Weining (right)
"Mao Weining's director team is the soul of this play". Chief Producer Jiang Luyan said with certainty. "Whether it's rescue, workplace or life, I hope it's not separated, but integrated."
is not difficult to find that the play not only contains earthquake rescue, tiankeng rescue, karst cave rescue, glacier rescue and other dangerous real rescue scenes The restoration also uses a multi-line narrative to dig vertically and deeply into the life of the members of the non-governmental charity rescue team, showing the vivid group portraits of the rescue team members from all walks of life, with different experiences and backgrounds. They are all ordinary people with dual occupations, lawyers, doctors, couriers, cartoonists... They are all showing their light and heat without hesitation.
During the filming process, the use of lens language in many disaster scenes also truly shows the powerful light and heat radiated by ordinary people, which is a perfect interpretation of ordinary love.
For example, in the scene of the earthquake rescue Lele, the moments of life and death of ordinary people were described with restrained lenses. During the rescue, Lele said to Robben, "Mom fell asleep", and Robben also held back his tears and said, "Mom is too tired, so let her sleep for a while." When Lele was rescued, a beam of light hit him. Down, the outline of the mother who was "sleeping" was vaguely visible - she completely protected her child with her body.
, for example, the "Kiss of Despair" in the landslide scene also conveys the concept of "survival from desperation"; in the cave rescue, the environmental switching of the two-pronged rescue inside and outside the cave relieves the tension in the look and feel. "Poke the clouds away" like the dawn of hope and so on. This kind of use the story itself as a carrier, with the mirrored depiction of light and shadow elements, to present the warm themes of love and hope one by one.
And what impressed the producer Jiang Xiabo the most was the scene where Falcon died. "The Falcon is like a big housekeeper in the team, and he is also the guide for these young people. The departure of the Falcon has strengthened Robben's determination to join the light-chasing rescue team, and it has also allowed him to finally see his heart. I have the obligation and responsibility to pass on warmth and love to more people."
When creating, he should reflect the particularity of "dual occupation", connecting "rescue drama" and "workplace drama", while This creative concept is the tacit understanding between the production team and the director team, and it is also what we have seen in "Light Chaser".
"Reality" is the anchor, "burning" and "warm" should be placed in every detail.
It is not difficult to see from the play, from the construction of rescue scenes, to the movement of mirrors, lighting, and even the editing logic in the later stage, Picture color correction, music production, etc., the excellence of each link and the final presentation under the control of layers all reflect the intention and care of the crew. For example, in music production, when Jiang Luyan communicated music with music producer Tan Xuan , his ideas were very clear. "Actually, "Chasing the Light" was originally created. After listening to it, we felt that it was more suitable as the ending song. It was warm and powerful, so we told Mr. Tan Xuan that we would create another more flaming song as the opening song. When people hear it, they will be motivated and want to do something."
Under the control of music producer Tan Xuan, "Light Chaser" kicked off with the opening song "Starry Sky", and the atmosphere of firm pursuit of light was instantly captured Laman, "If the world gives me a bad opening, I will be like a dark horse to go back in time. Even if I understand it, I will not be weaker than the truth, I will not listen to mediocrity, lose the moon and lose the light..." The audience also I did see that "Light Chaser" integrates love and hope into every detail.
This also proves that only with full-fledged investment in implementation can there be positive feedback that comes naturally. Through "Light Chaser", more and more viewers have learned about those obscure light chasers, who chased the light because of their inspiration and became the light. Just as the chief producer Jiang Luyan expected, "I think it will be complete if everyone has watched this drama and learned about non-governmental public welfare rescues, some emergency rescue methods, or they can help others at any time."
