Peninsula All-Media Reporter Wang Yue
uses a warm humanistic background to break the sadness and coldness of the times, and uses the growth of the youth of the times to inspire the progress of contemporary youth. The contemporary youth growth drama "Storm Chaser" starring Wang Yibo , Li Qin , Wang Yang officially ended on April 8. Since the drama became popular on cctv-8 and iQiyi, it has gained The grand background of the times, the innovative financial and economic perspective, the ups and downs of the storyline, the delicate and full character growth, and the exploration of youth ideals and beliefs have set off a craze for watching the drama, winning both ratings and word-of-mouth, becoming the 2024 drama iQiyi's first popular drama to reach over 10,000 hits, and iQiyi's first spy drama to reach over 10,000 hits. Audiences and netizens are discussing the plot and famous scenes with great enthusiasm. What kind of story is behind the creation is revealed by chief director Yao Xiaofeng and chief producer Zhang Shuwei.
A new exploration of revolutionary historical themes
"How to tell Chinese stories well is the core issue in today's film and television drama market. Jewelry first, how can works with revolutionary historical themes continue to inspire new cultural influence? How can modern revolutionary historical themes continue to inspire new cultural influence? Always talk about new things? This is the first problem I encountered in the creation of "Wind Chaser" if I want to explore and create differentiation in this familiar history. It has become one of the most important starting points for selecting the title of the work," said chief director Yao Xiaofeng.
He added, "We have noticed that this is an extremely rare and almost never highlighted revolutionary perspective, that is, the economic front. The revolutionary cause requires the support of economic power, and on the economic front, how do the soldiers who come one after another practice it? Ideals and beliefs, this opens a new chapter for everyone to have a deeper understanding of that era. "Thus, from a new perspective, we re-enter and deconstruct a familiar period of modern revolutionary history, grafting new characters, and integrating new stories. elements, a new exploration of revolutionary historical-themed film and television works, a comprehensive and three-dimensional presentation of the construction logic and inner spirit of Chinese stories, awakening contemporary youth to establish historical confidence, firm goals, and the power to reshape beliefs, inherit the red gene, and carry forward the values of the times and The reference significance of reality became the original intention of creating the work "The Storm Chaser".
"In this specific historical period, in the invisible smoke, what kind of thrilling things happened? What kind of courage and will were displayed in the red financial career and the turbulent life and death battle? We have chosen The representative perspective of a small person, with reference to real financial examples of the Republic of China, uses his growth and changes to witness the step-by-step process of the birth of faith, as well as the huge energy generated by the nuclear fusion of faith and the times, thereby observing and radiating the present. To inspire the belief building and practice of contemporary young people," Yao Xiaofeng said.
From 2018 to 2024, "Wind Chaser" took a full 6 years from preparation to release. Chief producer Zhang Shuwei said, ""Storm Chaser" is an original script that has been incubated since 2018. We hope not to make it a purely financial drama of the Republic of China, but to tell this legendary story of the Republic of China with espionage and financial elements based on the life growth of the little character Wei Ruolai. During the creation process of the script, we caught up with the epidemic and made progress. There has been a delay, but our work has never stopped, and we are constantly making new adjustments to the script and innovating the story every year. "
Wang Yibo and Wei Ruolai fit perfectly
in the eyes of chief director Yao Xiaofeng and chief producer Zhang Shuwei. Come on, Wang Yibo is a hard-working and talented actor. This time, Wang Yibo’s dedication, understanding of the script, and seriousness were unexpected. Wei Ruolai is a clean, young and passionate young man with a lot of "tenacity", and Wang Yibo's innate temperament allowed Yao Xiaofeng to see the perfect fit between him and Wei Ruolai, and it also gave Yao Xiaofeng the idea of creating the role of Wei Ruolai again. inspiration.
During the filming, Wang Yibo's role was very important. Not only did he have a lot of professional lines, but he also had to shoot from the first scene to the last scene every day.But Yao Xiaofeng discovered that Wang Yibo had never read a script on set, said he missed lines, and could reproduce his true feelings in different situations with sufficient preparation.
On the shooting scene, Yao Xiaofeng always makes the characters and actors one by stimulating their true feelings. "For example, when he saw himself wearing a pair of torn socks, how can children today have such an experience? But I let the props cut the socks, and after he put them on himself, he immediately caught the most realistic reaction." Yao Xiaofeng said to The rigid requirement for all young actors is that the feelings and reactions given in each scene must be different, and the audience has also seen that Wang Yibo's performance of Wei Ruolai is so layered, full of details, and full of sparks.
Yao Xiaofeng saw his most sincere pursuit of performance in Wang Yibo, "It's like he became a king on the stage from a child, so I also believe that he can become a very good actor in performance. If there is a suitable subject in the future, I hope to work with Wang Yibo, Wang Yang, and Li Qin again."
Zhang Shuwei revealed, "After the first performance of each scene, Director Yao will make a lot of requests, and there will be a lot of requests every time. points, in this process it is actually very difficult to achieve every point mentioned by the director at once, but Yibo can do it. Even in one action line, the director has seven or eight requirements, and Yibo can do it. When filming the second scene, I was able to capture everything, which is very rare, and it is also very top-notch among actors. "
The subtleties are revealed.
In terms of shooting and production, the mastery of scene art, costumes and lighting, the work is outstanding. The focus of the expression is the impact of the environment on people. The excitement and hustle and bustle of Shanghai Beach, the simplicity and vitality of the Jiangxi Revolutionary Base, the cold solemnity of the Central Bank, the chaos, noise, ups and downs of the stock exchange, and the human fireworks of Qibao Street warm people's hearts. The changes of the great era affect everyone, and different living environments and growth spaces, as well as different people around them in different environments, react with different personalities, which also creates different choices and fates for the characters. "The Storm Chaser" is based on the contrast and fusion of "new and old", "virtual and real" and "small and big", and creates a balance based on the breadth of historical vision, the depth of the power of faith and the refinement of artistic expression. and stable creative core.
Just as the audience and netizens commented, there is no wasted pen in every shot of "Storm Chaser", and the entire team is detail-oriented. For example, in the interview scene on Qibao Street, there are only a few lines in the script that read: Wei Ruolai hurriedly put on clothes to take the exam in the morning. Zhang Shuwei said, "This is the first scene we started shooting. In fact, the main character of Ruolai's home is... The scene had already been set up in another place. When the scene was finally confirmed, the director still thought that place was too big. He felt that we still had to truly recreate the situation of an almost penniless little man who had just arrived in Shanghai. He had to It’s a small room in a crowded alley, so a few days before we started filming, we re-switched the main scene to Wei Ruolai’s house that everyone sees in the movie now.” This scene lasted less than two minutes. The filming lasted three full days. Yao Xiaofeng was stunned and took more than 20 shots. Tearing up the calendar, brushing teeth, and the conversation with Aunt Zhou were all added temporarily. According to the original announcement, the shooting time for the opening of Qibao Street was one week, but it actually took two weeks.
The drama is also very sophisticated in terms of costumes and styling. Zhang Shuwei revealed that when Wang Yibo first set his makeup, the director and Yibo both agreed not to wear makeup because Wei Ruolai is a young man. Later, when he slowly became a member of the Central Bank After establishing a firm foothold, after Shen Tunan gave him his first suit, his clothes would be more refined. When he resolutely chose to go to the Communist Party, during this period he put aside all the prosperity of Shanghai. All his clothes were back to their simplest appearance.
Almost all the props in the play are old objects to reflect the quality of the era, including the art director and prop director, who also took out a lot of treasures from home and used them in the play."Like the camera that the central bank employees took pictures with, the director asked that the camera must have the function of an old camera with a click, but there was none on site, so he made a fake one. The director was very dissatisfied, and the prop teacher finally kept it at home. I carried the camera and took it to the scene to take pictures," Zhang Shuwei said.
