In Harbin in 1944, Song Zhuowen, an underground worker disguised as a railway patrolman, was mistaken by Guan Xue, the chief of the Secret Service Section of the Puppet Manchukuo Police Department, for his savior, Song Zhuowen's twin brother Song Zhuowu. Song Zhuowu suddenly appe

In Harbin in 1944, Song Zhuowen, an underground worker disguised as a railway patrolman, was mistaken by Guan Xue, the chief of the Special Agents Section of the Puppet Manchukuo Police Department, for his savior, Song Zhuowen's twin brother Song Zhuowu. Song Zhuowu suddenly appeared...

"Harbin 1944", which is currently being broadcast on iQiyi and Dongfang, Jiangsu and Beijing TV, is undoubtedly the "Hexagonal Warrior" in the spy war drama: in terms of lineup, famous directors Zhang Li teamed up with screenwriter Wang Xiaoqiang, who won the Magnolia Best Screenplay Award, and the cast team composed of Qin Hao, Yang Mi, etc. is quite eye-catching; in terms of presentation, the combination of cinematic vision and life flow narrative , making the series break out of the conventional mode and have a unique charm.

But at the same time, more and more viewers have begun to discuss how the twin brothers with complementary personalities and the villains who are suspicious and slightly crazy are written.

One possible answer is that unconventional characters are the specialty of screenwriter Wang Xiaoqiang. " mask " vividly describes the complex mentality of a "sleeping" agent after being "awakened", " opponent " restores the daily life of a "spy" who lives in poverty and suffers a mid-life crisis from a contemporary perspective, and " "County Party Committee Courtyard" even more solidly writes portraits of grassroots cadres with different and vivid personalities.

In an interview with News Morning News, Zhou Zao and other media, Wang Xiaoqiang admitted that he was unwilling to repeat himself in creation. He took the setting of twin brothers as an example. He used a clever method to write it in the TV series " secret messenger " many years ago. , this creation is more like a "frontal attack", "The spy war track is already very crowded, and everyone is trying their best to design some new narrative angles. Twins are involved in many themes at home and abroad. I think, This time, can we not avoid the difficulty of creating the identity of the twins, there are some differences."

The popularity of "Erbin" has not dissipated, and the tension-filled Harbin in "Harbin 1944" is once again refreshing. This is not Wang Xiaoqiang's first time writing about Harbin. "Mask" broadcast in 2018 focused on the anti-special operations in the early days of Harbin's liberation, while the story background of "Harbin 1944" was chosen during the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. eve.

"I chose 1944 because I wanted to place the characters at a more subtle historical time point." Wang Xiaoqiang said frankly that people in history did not know that victory was coming, but they would definitely feel the changes, "I believe Many people in this story can feel that Japan is in turmoil. In just over a year to 1945, their mentality will definitely change dramatically. This is very interesting. "

At the same time, Zeng. The experience of visiting the Evidence Exhibition Hall of the 731st Invaders of the Japanese Army in Harbin also made Wang Xiaoqiang particularly want to tell the story of that year, "I don't understand architecture, but during the visit it seemed like someone was telling a story silently, especially when I saw Some of the equipment used for human experiments at that time collapsed as a Chinese. If you have seen those details with your own eyes, you know that they are real and powerful."

Wang Xiaoqiang strives to add a lot of details in the text creation stage. content, and the crew of "Harbin 1944" is also "detail-oriented". During a visit to the team, Wang Xiaoqiang was surprised to find that the sticks, stirrups, etc. used by the special agents on patrol in the play were all real without exception. "The prop sticks felt heavy even when I lifted them, they were made of solid wood." When filming the scene where the Japanese officer's leather boots wiped through the mud, even the sewage in the close-up shot had a blood-streaked viscosity. "The plot said that the Japanese shot some people and their blood flowed into the sewage. Later, After asking the director, I found out that the 'blood water' was created by him and the art department adding glue to the sewage to give it such a texture.

Wang Xiaoqiang said that he had seen shooting techniques similar to treating fresh wounds and showing blood stains in the director's special of the Korean movie "Memories of Murder". He did not expect that "Harbin 1944" completely adopted the production methods of the movie, which made him The audience can strongly feel the sense of reality from the atmosphere of the scene. "My biggest feeling when working with Uncle Li (Zhang Li) is that he is a top master of atmosphere creation."

Since the broadcast of "Harbin 1944", The unconventional group portraits have attracted heated discussion: the two brothers Song Zhuowen and Song Zhuowu played by Qin Hao are not the traditional formula of one good and one evil, but have complementary personalities and fight side by side; Guan Xue, the chief of the Secret Service played by Yang Mi, Sensitive and suspicious, her controlling "crazy" has rarely been touched upon in similar themes in the past; there are also Pan Yue played by Zhang Zixian , Hu Bin played by Luan Yuanhui , Tian Xiaojiang played by Jiang Qiming , etc. They all have different aspects.

Wang Xiaoqiang said frankly that the setting of twin brothers has been included in many works in the past, but most of them used clever designs. Whether it was swapping identities or impersonating, one of them would often sacrifice and the other would be killed. People enter a new environment with a false identity. In essence, it is still the model of the protagonist venturing into Longtan alone. This time "Harbin 1944" hopes to "spend effort to do something different" and "put aside the fact that the twins look the same. One thing is that many kinship relationships in life are also subtle, and there are many things that can be discussed. "

When talking about Guan Xue, the image of a "female spy leader" who breaks out of the norm, Wang Xiaoqiang believes that her complexity cannot be ignored when evaluating Guan Xue. On the one hand, she has to do espionage work, and on the other hand, she has to " To gain a place in the workplace, it is indispensable to have checks and balances of power. Therefore, Guan Xue's behavior always has the characteristics of true and false, false and true. "Her weakness, strength, anger, and grievance may all be taking advantage of those around her." people. "

From this point of view, even if Guan Xue shows so-called closeness to Song Zhuowen in the play, she is essentially skeptical. Her character setting is also a "complete villain" and "external performance" It's just the tip of her iceberg. Spy wars are inherently true and false, false and true. Maybe every word Guan Xue said is not the truth. Maybe there is one true feeling in her 100 words. It's hard to say. In other words, the true feelings she revealed during a certain period of time are not necessarily true feelings." Wang Xiaoqiang said with a smile that this may be a particularly interesting part of watching the drama: "In the fourth episode, You may think that the interaction between them is an emotional scene, but when you look back on it in the eighth episode, you will find that it is fake and a test. "

In Wang Xiaoqiang's setting, everyone in the "Special Agent Division" where the story mainly takes place is not a "good guy." "Hu Bin is very loyal on the surface, but later you will find that he also has an agenda. He will also find ways to manipulate Guan Xue; the plot of Pan Yue seeing a psychiatrist also wants to enrich this character - he has blood on his hands, and he can't sleep peacefully every day. "

Successful group portrait creation not only tests the skills of the screenwriter, but also requires the good performance of the actors to achieve it together. Since the broadcast of "Harbin 1944", discussions about the starring acting skills have frequently been on the hot search, and the exciting scenes of different characters have become more popular. It constantly arouses heated discussions. In Wang Xiaoqiang’s view, this is the joy brought by creating group portraits. “When there are more people, everyone’s differences come out, and story creation is still very happy. I think the plots of movies and TV series are very important, but the most important core is the characters. "

What's interesting is that even for Wang Xiaoqiang himself, it is also a novel feeling to really see the actors' performance on the screen. So far, except for Huo Chuanlu played by Jiao Gang in "Rivals", he is very When writing a story, Shao takes the initiative to insert specific actors. "This is the case in "Harbin 1944" and other dramas I have written. I didn't know who would play the role when I was writing it. Whether it's Qin Hao or Yang Mi, their performances were something I didn't expect when I was creating them."

Wang Xiaoqiang has also watched works starring Qin Hao such as "The Hidden Corner" and " The Long Season " before, and he can clearly feel that Qin Hao is good at adding small details to the characters, "The difference between Zhuo Wen and Zhuo Wu He added a lot of details and is a very good actor. "But what surprised him the most was Jiang Qiming, who played Tian Xiaojiang, "He is a little more 'crazy' than I thought. Of course, this is his way of acting. The script only provides a literary image. He exaggerates Tian Xiaojiang's powerful and ruthless character. I think the performance is very good. "

In Wang Xiaoqiang's view, different types of work such as screenwriters, directors and actors are all using their own creative methods to convey their understanding of the times and characters to the audience. Take "Harbin 1944" as an example , he used words to construct characters and convey expressions. Director Zhang Li and the starring actors performed a "secondary translation" during creation, and a new "translation" was performed during post-editing. "The final presentation was much richer than the script, and the editing The rhythm came out much faster than I expected. "

When we asked this screenwriter, who abandoned medicine to pursue literature and created a variety of genres, whether he prefers spy war themes, he gave an affirmative answer, because such themes have a deeper torture of human nature and the influence of fate. Lament is more subtle and complex. "I am more interested in the uncertainty of the fate of characters in recent years." He said that he hopes to impress the audience through his own understanding, rather than deliberately following their own preferences. "It doesn't matter what kind of story the audience likes." and roles, we cater to them, because catering is never better than impressing yourself first and then impressing others. "