Nandu News Reporter Fu Yuanyuan On August 16, Youku White Night Theater's new work " Bianshui Past " was launched, and the "Three Slopes" advanced movie viewing and creative exchange meeting was held simultaneously. The plot of "Once Upon a Time on the Edge of Water" has twists and turns, ups and downs. At the beginning of the story, Bai Shen Xing ( Guo Qilin ), a young worker who accidentally wandered into trouble, incurred huge debts overnight. While on the run, he was betrayed by local talker Uncle Guai (played by Guai Qilin ). (acted by Wu Zhenyu ), he worked under him as a "border water" to pay off his debts. The series uses what Shen Xing sees and hears while running around to show the unknown faces of all living beings in various industries in a chaotic world, and also explores the goodness and authenticity of human nature. At the
exchange meeting, the director of "Once Upon a Time on the Edge of Water" was present. Previously, he had attracted attention both inside and outside the industry for his participation in directing and writing the hit drama " begins ". This time, "Once Upon a Time on the Edge of Water" continues to demonstrate its rich and unified aesthetic style and powerful lens language. According to him, in terms of creative ideas, everything from the geographical environment and character settings of the play to the opening and closing credits and subtitle fonts have been carefully designed to allow the audience to immerse themselves in the fictional dramatic space in the play. " "Three Side Slope", "I hope to retain the audience from the beginning of the film."
The director of "Once Upon a Time in Bianshui" plans to share the selling point of the series.
, as a "details control", can honestly say that the team spent a lot of thought on just the opening credits and subtitles of each episode. "In the title sequence, we use a sandbox-like perspective to present the regional features of each unit's story. We also share some small easter eggs in the title sequence of each episode. This is also more in line with the drama's character of Shen Xing as a Bianshui driver connecting various themes. "We hope to retain the audience from the beginning."
Regarding the unique subtitle design of this drama, it also attracted discussions from the audience when it was broadcast. In his opinion, this is also the construction of the drama's image aesthetics. an important part of the system. "Traditional drama subtitles are mostly bold and white. We specially designed them in yellow and customized fonts to highlight the unique human and geographical environment of the drama. We strive to coordinate every aspect with the overall imaging style."
At the screening, many viewers were full of praise for the characters such as Shen Xing played by Guo Qilin and Uncle Guai played by Wu Zhenyu. From a calculation point of view, this mainly relies on the high degree of adaptation between the actor and the role, the actor's precise grasp of the character's characteristics, and the team's careful design of each character in the play.
gave high praise to Shen Xing played by Guo Qilin. "Guo Qilin gave this character a unique comedic color," he shared his experience of inviting Guo Qilin to play Shen Xing. "When I went to meet Director Cao (Cao Baoping, the show's producer), Guo Qilin's cross talk was being broadcast in the office. I feel that he is particularly suitable for Shen Xing. After contacting him later, it has reached the point where he is not turned on."
When talking about the "movie quality" highlighted in the whole drama, the director considered it to be different from movies, TV series, and even short videos. Answer in the form of media. In his view, because of their longer length, TV series can delve deeper into characters and plots and convey richer story connotations. This is a creative advantage that movies and short videos cannot match.
"Once Upon a Time in Bianshui" is produced and directed by the well-known filmmaker Cao Baoping. Even in his first directing work "Madhouse", he cooperated with Youku platform, and later collaborated with "Cloud". This is the third cooperation between the two parties. In the eyes of the audience, it is not only a kind of fate, but also based on the high degree of unity between the two parties in terms of artistic aesthetic cognition. "We are honored by Youku's respect for creators and inclusiveness of the content ecosystem. They also gave great support and professional advice during the creative process. We are very happy to cooperate.”
