text | Wu Qingqian
In the second season of the variety show "Infinite Transcendence Class", during the interview with short drama actor Jin Chao, the instructors argued for a long time about the new film and television industry, especially Eric Tsang and Er Dongsheng, who are directors, using themselves and their peers The more they talked about their experiences, the more lively they became. They also talked about the reasons why Wong Kar-wai and Stephen Chow switched from movies to theaters - times are changing too fast, and in the face of drastic changes in the market, you have to adjust yourself in time, otherwise you will be slapped to death on the beach.
Jin Chao, who is a short-drama actor, has a bit of low self-esteem, so the word "insufficiency" is the most commonly used word when introducing himself. It is normal for him to have such a mentality:
First, in the film and television industry, as Eric Tsang said - before People who make movies look down on those who make TV series, those who make TV series look down on those who make big videos, and those who make big Internet movies look down on those who make short videos. In fact, adding "before" is a more polite way of saying it. It was indeed such a logic in the past, but now some people actually still have such thoughts, so if a big movie director goes to make a TV series or even an online movie, a short play or the like , will be labeled as "fallen".
The second reason is that Jinchao did not come from a major, and felt that there was a gap between himself and professional actors who came from a major or performed in long plays. He did not want to be an actor in short plays all the time, but wanted to be an actor in long plays. For this reason, Jin Chao made a crazy decision to give up the short drama market at the peak of his career and concentrate on studying acting and learning various skills.
Neither Zeng Zhiwei nor Er Dongsheng understood Jin Chao's choice. Er Dongsheng thinks that Jinchao can choose to work part-time, which can ensure income, exposure, and study at the same time. But Jinchao said that he was a very stupid person and could only do one thing well.
Eric Tsang was even more blunt, saying that Jin Chao was really stupid. In Eric Tsang's view, there is nothing wrong with short plays, and those who engage in short plays do not need to feel inferior whether they are good directors or actors. The first reason is that a fifty-minute short play takes more than ten days to shoot. Even if it is compressed to about a week, judging from the ratio of playback time to shooting time, such a short play is actually a large-scale production. Even when the shooting time is compressed to about a week, it takes longer than a TVB drama, because TVB has three days of outdoor scenes and one day of studio scenes, which takes less than a week.
The second reason is that Chinese movies are too expensive. It costs two to three hundred million to make one film. In order to ensure profits, the crew often does not consider new actors under normal circumstances. For new directors and actors, there are not so many movies to be made. Internet dramas and short dramas are giving opportunities to newcomers. So he "scolded" Jin Chao for being stupid - after practicing for a few years, you will be five years behind. When you first shoot the short play, you want to sit in this head position. After sitting in this position, you find a new direction. You have to surpass us who make movies and go and shoot on your own. Why do you hide over there? You came out here. If you don’t train yourself during filming, why did you stop training on purpose?
——Actually, you are no different from us. You think you will be filming after you finish studying. Among this group of unlimited artists, there are many who have not been filming in three or four years (such as Zhu Zixiao). It is very realistic that you will soon become that group. This person was an audience member for ten years from the age of sixteen or seventeen to twenty-seven or eight. After this age, he went to work and had no chance to go to the movies. If you suddenly study for five years, you will lose five years of audiences. Because your fans are getting older, they may not follow you anymore, and the audience’s hearts will change very quickly.
However, Hao Lei supported Jin Chao. She felt that Jin Chao had never studied acting and it was very bad to suddenly throw him into a creative environment. The film and television industry needs this kind of learning spirit and this kind of young people. Some actors think they are good at acting just because others praise them, but Jin Chao is not such a child. She thinks Jin Chao deserves encouragement.
Han Xue, who knows something about the short drama market, feels that Jin Chao is a lucky man. Because the short drama market has mixed production standards, the production team Jin Chao encountered was relatively conscientious. Because their production quality is relatively high, and they are scripted and can present a compact drama, so when it is released, it will be ranked very high, and some people will see Jin Chao.
In fact, there are many short drama actors and directors nowadays, so Han Xue specifically asked Hao Lei whether, as a mature actor, he would support actors in filming short dramas. Hao Lei said that there is no support or disapproval. Everything is a product of the times. If the quality of the short play can be as good as the movie, then there will be no problem. But the point is that there are many short dramas nowadays that I really can’t stand.
But Ning Jing said that you will find good things if you look at it. She personally is a fan of paid short dramas. She pays for them herself and buys those short dramas that are terrible. It is obvious that the plots are terrible and the acting skills are also bad, but she still got scammed and paid multiple times. Because I thought it was a bit easy to follow, I became addicted to it and could watch more than a hundred episodes.
There should be many people like Jingjing among the audience of short dramas. While complaining about this and that, they silently paid for membership. At the same time, the quality of short dramas is also uneven as Han Xue and Hao Lei said. There are not many high-quality ones, but there are very few. Even if there are not many high-quality ones, they still have such a large market, which shows that short dramas are relatively popular, so film and television workers who are willing to open up new markets and adapt to changes in the times will also make adjustments to themselves.
So there is what Eric Tsang said - but now you see two news, one is Wong Kar-wai filming the TV series "Flowers", the other is Stephen Chow filming a short drama. So this is also a new situation, and we have to face it.
Eric Tsang specifically mentioned that Wong Kar-wai was able to let go of his figure. No matter what others said, why would you go to make a TV series if you make movies? In fact, it was because they had changed their thinking and felt that there was no dividing line between movies, TV series, online majors, and short plays. . Er Dongsheng also agrees with this point, but in the final analysis, the change in concepts is not caused by the huge changes in the industry, because short plays are popular and more are filmed, "so Hengdian will become a vertical store (movies and TV series are horizontal screen, short plays are Most of the dramas are in vertical screen)."
"Society is changing, and one wave will soon overshadow another wave. You see, the little fresh meat now disappears in two years." Of course, the little fresh meat is just In addition to what Eric Tsang said about society changing quickly and audience preferences changing rapidly, Hao Lei also said that her acting skills were not good, so she supported Jin Chao to give up everything and invest in learning for long-term development. Judging from the short performance presented in Jinchao's interview, it was pretty good. He was praised by his instructor for his spirituality. However, it is difficult to have good acting skills without a crew. That's why Er Dongsheng, who has witnessed the cruelty of the industry, feels that he should work part-time. Reading, Eric Tsang believes that he should train himself in filming.
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