Today (16th), the high-quality short drama "Afternoon Rose" produced by Douyin was completed. The 16-episode short drama was filmed in Qingdao for 15 days and is expected to be broadcast this summer. This film, produced and starred by "Little Dragon Girl" Li Ruotong, once surprised many netizens: Why is my aunt also filming a short drama?
Red Star News reporters recently went to Qingdao to exclusively visit the cast of "Afternoon Rose" to see if Li Ruotong joined the short drama track, whether it was just for fun or for real, and what was her experience of filming the short drama this time.
The story of "Afternoon Rose" tells the story of Chen Lin (played by Li Ruotong), a full-time wife who decided to return to the workplace and work hard all over again after her husband was laid off. Along the way, she overcame obstacles from her boss and various difficulties at work, and finally returned to the peak of her career.
On the day of the Red Star News reporter's visit, "Afternoon Rose" was being filmed in a shopping mall near Qingdao Oriental Film City. The scene filmed that day was the first trouble Chen Lin encountered after returning to the workplace. Her boss arranged for her to go to a large shopping mall to set up an exhibition, but the mall only gave her a booth next to the toilet.
There are four or five cameras on site, and there are twenty or thirty people in the extras. It is said that the entire crew has nearly a hundred people. This scale is definitely high-end for short drama shooting. At the filming scene, Shen Hongxiang made demands on everything from the actors' expressions and tone of voice to the position of their fingers, the movements of the extras, the position of their hair, etc. The actor who played the mall manager had to take three takes because the direction of his finger was slightly off. "The director is very meticulous and will not lower his requirements just because of a short play." Chief producer Zhao Cong said that the entire shooting team is a veteran who has been in the traditional film and television industry for many years, and they are responsible for shooting, production, and costume design. Daodu benchmarks traditional TV dramas.
The director is on the scene
"Afternoon Rose" is a realistic short drama that prefers life-style. It uses the story of middle-aged women to realize their self-worth to explore social issues, such as mid-life crisis, stay-at-home mothers and other hot topics, hope and the present. resonate with the audience. Such themes are common in long dramas, but are rare in short dramas where "boss boss" and "rebirth" are common. The producers have also seen this and tried to use the production standards of long dramas to make short dramas for differentiation. expression.
Zhao Cong said that unlike mini-program short dramas that focus on excitement and reversal, "Afternoon Rose", as a high-quality short drama, follows a warm realism route. Chen Lin realized her self-worth as a woman through personal struggle, but the whole story does not have a cool style of spreading blood and the protagonist's golden fingers. For example, there is no mistress or cheating in the play. The reason why Chen Lin returned to the workplace was not because her husband cheated on her like many traditional movies and TV dramas in the past, but because her husband was suddenly laid off and the family had to make a choice.
Director Shen Hongxiang described this as "flying close to the ground", "We ordinary people don't have so many ups and downs in life, so we can't deliberately create conflicts to create a sense of excitement. We still have to reverse it through realistic plots and resonate with the audience emotionally."
Starring Li Ruotong This short play surprised many people. Zhao Cong recalled that after Li Ruotong saw the script, she was very impressed by the concept of the script and asked a question, "Why is it called 'Afternoon Rose'? I said: Afternoon is half of the day, which means that even if you are halfway through your life, you still have a chance to start again, you can find yourself again, and you can still be as beautiful as a rose."
Li Ruotong also told the Red Star News reporter that she resonated with the script when she read it. Like Chen Lin, she was out of work for a long time. When I filmed the first drama "Women's Club" after returning in 2013, I was very nervous and worried that I would not be able to get into the mood. The mood was just like Chen Lin's return to the workplace. "I can understand it and feel it."
Shen Hongxiang told the Red Star News reporter that as someone born in the 1980s who had watched "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he was very happy to work with Li Ruotong this time. "She gets along with us like friends, and the whole crew calls her 'aunt'." "Shen Hongxiang said that Li Ruotong did not lower his requirements because of the short drama. For example, there was a scene in the drama where Chen Lin went to set up a stall to sell perfume and met a very snobbish woman.The original line was that Chen Lin said "wear perfume", which is a relatively petty-bourgeois way of saying it. But Li Ruotong felt that Chen Lin was already in trouble in her life at that time, and such an expression did not suit her identity, so the final line was changed to "spray perfume."
Li Ruotong said that she doesn’t care whether it is a short play or a long play. “The most important thing is a good story. It does not mean that movies and TV series must be good works. As long as you do it with your heart, we will only distinguish good works from bad ones.” Works. "
It is reported that "Rose in the Afternoon" is a 16-episode horizontal screen short drama, each episode is about 5 minutes. It is expected to be broadcast in the summer as the first high-quality short drama of Douyin's "Rose Story Theater". Previously, the first short play "Golden Pig and Jade Leaf" launched by "9527 Theater" jointly operated by Douyin and Stephen Chow, was viewed more than 20 million times in 24 hours.
Red Star News reporter Qiu Junfeng editor Zeng Qi
