Text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Hu Guangxin
Another suspenseful drama series filmed in Northeast China starts broadcasting. The 12-episode suspense comedy "Crime: Past Events in Northeast China" will be broadcast on Youku from February 10.
Relying on its harsh and rough temperament, the Northeast has always been a popular filming location for suspense-themed film and television works; Northeast dialect is recognized as having a sense of joy. "Criminal Merit: Old Things in Northeast China" has both these two characteristics. Director Cha Muchun put elements of crime, science fiction, and comedy into the series: the little character Shang Quanliang played by Fan Wei was accidentally involved in many bizarre cases, and this Behind it points to the mysterious "Old Demon Mountain Golden Legend".
This is a drama series that exudes the flavor of the Northeast from the bottom of its heart: not only the story takes place in the Northeast, but most of the actors in the play are from the Northeast. Director Cha Muchun said in an interview with the media that this story was tailor-made for Fan Wei, but he didn't want to make it a regular drama, so he tried to graft more elements together to make a "Northeast Fantasy Suspense Comedy". He said: "Usually when I watch some foreign dramas, it is inevitable that I want to break through the conventional narrative and have some ambitions. This time I tried it with restraint." Set in the 1990s, the origin of the story is very characteristic of the times: Shang Quanliang, played by Fan Wei, is an employee of the security department of the Shuangyuhe thermos bottle factory in a small northeastern town. In order to be able to work in the Public Security Bureau, he has been looking for opportunities to do meritorious deeds, but was involved in mysterious cases by accident. Zha Muchun revealed: "Mr. Fan Wei and I created together from the very beginning, and wanted to tailor a play for him. During the process of finding material, Mr. Fan said something about the atmosphere at that time: At that time, most people in the Northeast I like the iron rice bowl, and it is a very honorable thing to enter the system. The role of Teacher Fan is a worker in the factory security department. He was very powerful back then, equivalent to half a policeman. It is also shown in the play that he always shows his work card. Further, the police The bureau will recruit helpers, although they may just help make tea and pour water, run before and after running, but it is also a particularly honorable thing. We found the initial motivation of the characters at once."
Dongbei has become the soul of this story. Zha Muchun said: "When we went to Jilin to shoot the scene, the whole crew felt like they were coming home, and it was very suitable everywhere. Some plot settings in the script are very consistent with the environment of the entire Northeast. For example, the old industrial city centered on the factory area and went out The radiant ecological environment, there will be residential areas, post offices, police stations, hospitals around a factory area... These scenes are particularly inspiring for filming." The Northeast team behind the scenes of
also made this series right. When casting the cast, Fan Wei suggested that the play should try to use actors from Northeast China. Cha Muchun said: "We have done enough homework in other aspects, and strive to restore the texture of that era and geography. In terms of performance, Fan Wei The teacher believes that Northeast people have a lot of innate things, which are difficult for people from other places to imitate.” In addition, the producer Zheng Hao is from Northeast China, and the soundtrack of the whole drama was composed by Dong Baoshi — he once used A song "Wild Wolf Disco" set off a round of discussions on "Northeast Renaissance". Director Cha Muchun is one of the few non-northeast people in the crew, but he also tries to be full of Northeast flavor in his lines creation: "I have been doing comedies for nearly 20 years, including Spring Festival Gala sketches, and doing comedies in China I can’t avoid the Northeast dialect. After so many years of listening and seeing, I have basically mastered the Northeast dialect. But when I actually go to the scene and meet everyone, there are a lot of extra points.”
Comedy, suspense and sci-fi mix
Director Zha Muchun He is a good comedian. He has worked as a screenwriter for films such as "A Good Show" and "Let's Go Now", and is also a regular member of Cai Ming's Spring Festival Gala sketch screenwriting team. He once mentioned in an interview that there is no theme that cannot be made into a comedy, "Comedy is not a genre, it must be integrated with other genres, love, horror, suspense, detective, thriller, all themes can be tried to advance." . "Criminal Merit: Old Stories in the Northeast" is his fusion experiment: Based on his best comedy, he strings together the whole story with suspense, and then adds some sci-fi and fantasy elements that Cha Muchun personally likes. "I don't want to be limited to making a regular drama series, but I want to graft more elements, including black humor, criminal suspense, and some fantasy and sci-fi. I usually like sci-fi and various Urban legend, DaxingThe legend of someone hiding gold in Anling Mountain combined to form the original idea. "
The story of "Criminal Contribution·Old Things in the Northeast" is connected with the word "accident". Shang Quanliang, played by Fan Wei, encountered vicious incidents such as the death of his apprentice, the tracking of gangsters in the thermos bottle factory, and the murder in the game hall. The gangster team "Five Tigers" intersected, and these vicious incidents eventually pointed to the local legend of Lao Yao Mountain. The sense of humor in the play is largely displayed through the character and relationship of the characters. For example, the villain Five Tigers is more fierce than IQ. , Cha Muchun revealed that the source of inspiration for the five tigers is the fat tiger of "Doraemon": "When I was a child watching "Doraemon", Fat Tiger was the most bully among the children, but obviously his IQ was not enough. In the end it was always fixed. The Five Tigers have this feeling in my heart. "
Fan Wei is the central character of "Criminal Contribution·Old Things in the Northeast". He has been deeply involved in the preparation of the project, so this drama is full of Fan Wei's personal style. He once again played an unlucky little character, full of joy However, the background color is a bit tragic. Cha Muchun revealed that Fan Wei put a lot of impromptu baggage in the episode: "The baggage and some small designs he and Da Pan (Pan Binlong) who played his nephew Hu Ting on the scene are very in place. . For example, when Teacher Fan came out of the mental hospital and yelled the line of "Guixiang" on the side of the road, the audience was amused. "At the same time, Shang Quanliang has a simple and honest part. Zha Muchun said: "Old Shang has a catchphrase 'sooner and later'. He firmly believes in two things: one is that as long as you work hard, you will get good results, so he desperately wants to be brave 1. Make meritorious deeds and seek good development; 2. Believe that evil will be rewarded with evil, and bad people will not end well. This is a matter of "sooner or later". "(For more news and information, please pay attention to Yangcheng Pai pai.ycwb.com)
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