Cover News Reporter Liu Ye
Since its launch on June 2, the short play "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" produced by Stephen Chow, produced by Yi Xiaoxing, and directed by Ma Shi has been broadcast for 6 episodes and has received 150 million views. This short play is the first work of "9527 Theater", a short play theater label founded by Stephen Chow. It focuses on the hot topic "Pig Killing Plate" and tells the story of trainee lawyer Ye Xiaolai, who joins hands with the anchor to find the murderer who defrauded his sister. The story of Zhu Hao deciphering the truth.
The short play theater label "9527 Theater" launched by Stephen Chow
html At 4 pm on June 11, Cover News' official Weibo live broadcast connected the play's director Ma Shi, actors Zhuang Zhuang and Meng Han, and 536,000 netizens watched the live broadcast , go into the front and behind the scenes of this drama.Deeply influenced by Stephen Chow's movies
Pressure and motivation coexist
"I was preparing for another drama when I received the notice, so I was appointed at the last moment." Director Ma Shi "felt a lot of pressure" when he knew that this drama was produced by Stephen Chow. Because Stephen Chow has had such a great impact on the comedy industry, fans often have high expectations for his works. Therefore, from receiving the project to the end of filming, Ma Shi was very serious throughout the process. "The only time I laughed was when I read the script and was The plot in the script is hilarious."
Before filming this comedy short, Ma Shi had already shot many film and television works. "Producer Yi Xiaoxing and I met around 2007, and I had already shot horizontal short films before that. There are dramas with an episode of 3-10 minutes. But this drama is different. From the actors to the screenwriters to every frame, the requirements are very high. The producer and the "star master" often have to make several calls. Hours. "
Although Stephen Chow was not at the filming site, he would watch every scene and the editing lines of each episode. What Ma Shi thought about was how to amplify every point and make it funnier. "Many people think that creating comedy can be fun. This is a process of constantly overthrowing oneself and suffering, but it is also a learning process."
Those who gather in this team all feel the glory brought by "Produced by Stephen Chow" with pressure. Actor Meng Han played the role of the interviewer for the lead role in the play. When he first received the news that he would star in the play, his heart was full of questions like "Really? Is it really me?" He also expressed that he had similar questions to director Ma Shi With the same sentiment, "We all grew up watching the works of 'Xingye', and starring in his movies may be the closest I've ever been to him."
In the play, Manor serves as the captain of the school's security team. , during the live broadcast, he read out the line from the latest episode: "Our school is very evil." He said in the connection that he also has to constantly observe the expressions of directors and producers to judge his own performance, "I will think of Master Xing watching my performance, which motivates me to give more than 100% effort, but I am also worried. I am under great pressure, which leads me to exert too much force, so every time I finish filming, I will observe the expressions of the director and producer to judge how well I performed."
"Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" stills
Comedians will always stick to their own standards. Dream
Paying to watch the short drama has become a regular industry model, but director Ma Shi definitely answered during the live broadcast, ""Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" will always be free, free until the destruction of the universe!"
This well-produced, well-acted film The short drama with a strong lineup and considerable traffic has been online for less than ten days, and has already contributed to " Xu Zhisheng 's short drama "Fancy Trapping the Leader", "Pai Xiaoxuan became a laborer's mouth substitute in the Xingye short drama", "Xingye short drama" I thought it was a comedy but I cried while watching it" and many other hot searches. As comedians with many years of experience,
Manor and Menghan have done offline performances in the form of comic talents. They have also participated in programs such as " Annual Comedy Competition " and have previously collaborated with Ma Shi and Yi Xiaoxing. Just like the "golden supporting cast" mentioned by Ma Shi, "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" has many comedians like them, such as Xu Zhisheng and Pai Xiaoxuan, who have their own traffic, and in the later stage, there will be Deyun Club, Excellent artists from Happy Mahua and Benshan Media.According to Ma Shi, whether they are viewers of cross talk sketches, short video users, or fans of Stephen Chow movies, they will all be able to see their familiar faces in this drama.
This short drama not only has a strong cast, but producer Yi Xiaoxing and director Ma Shi also give the actors ample creative space. "When I was reading the script, (I played) a very normal character. The producer and director told me that I could create freely, even if it touched on the protagonist's lines, as long as they were good, I could change them." The high degree of freedom allowed Menghan to I and my partner made a bold creation, and finally set up two interviewers with a debt relationship: while conducting the interview, they used words to hint the other party to pay back the money, making a small interview scene full of fun.
And the drama of the manor has just begun. During the Dragon Boat Festival that just passed, the manor calculated based on the schedule and broadcast progress that his role would appear in the fourth, fifth, and sixth episodes, so he notified relatives and friends, but as the fourth and fifth episodes played, , his figure has not appeared for a long time. On the last day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the security captain who said that his school is "very evil" finally met the audience. "It's finally out. Fortunately, it's out." Manor laughed and joked during the live broadcast.
Director Ma Shi was still editing "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" in the computer room when the connection was made.
Ma Shi introduced that "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" will be broadcast in one and two seasons, with 12 episodes in each season, and there will be about a week between the two seasons. "I'm still catching up on the progress. Two editors are editing the next "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf"." Director Ma Shi's connection location is the computer room.
's wonderful story continues, but some of the actors' roles have temporarily come to an end. Zhuang Zhuang and Menghan said that they will continue to work hard in the direction of comedy, and director Ma Shi will not stop his comedy creation, "because we are all people who love comedy from the bottom of our hearts." (Picture according to the film crew and screenshots of the live broadcast. )
