, director Liu Yingjian was deeply impressed by the professional attitude and cohesion of the main creators. In order to maintain the same body shape as last season, Pan Yueming almost skipped dinner; the plot of "Daybreak" is set in winter, and the filming location was in Haikou, with a temperature of about 38 degrees Celsius. "In the hot weather, the actors wore heavy autumn and winter costumes, and no one relaxed." Liu Yingjian described the "White Night" series as like an old song to him. "We listened to a song in college, and then we didn't listen to it for ten years. Suddenly one day when we hear it, you will quickly go back to that era. When I see this play, I may think of the song that accompanied me at that time. People who watched that show together."
"Breaking of Night" brings together the original cast.
Innovative Breakthrough: Added some so-called comedy elements
Beijing News: Seven years have passed, and it is said that the building where the first season was filmed has been demolished. How did you achieve a 1:1 restoration during the filming of the second season?
Liu Yingjian: When was filming "White Night", we found a real scene in the Changfeng Detachment, which was in Dongguan at the time. By the time we started the second season, that building was no longer there, so we talked with the art teacher about how to restore it. Because there were no specific dimensions at the time, the art teacher came up with a way. We re-watched the clips from the first season, looked for floor tiles, deduced the original pattern based on the size of the floor tiles, and set them up in the shed.
Beijing News: In addition to facing the old audience of seven years ago, "White Night Breaking Dawn" also needs to attract a younger generation of viewers. Today's audiences have higher requirements for suspense dramas. During the creation process of "White Night Breaking Dawn" What innovations and breakthroughs have been made in the script, character creation, narrative techniques, shooting, etc. to meet the audience's expectations for the sequel?
Liu Yingjian: The script of has been around seven years ago, and both new and old audiences have to take care of it. Regarding the continuation, when filming the second season, we re-enacted many famous scenes in the first season, using the same lenses to shoot the same actors, including the same scenes, to quickly attract the audience's interest in "White Night" Thoughts. Including the music in the show, we have retained all the music that everyone can remember from the first season. In "Daybreak", the original cases and the overall logic have not been changed, but some so-called comedy elements have been added to it. We don’t play tricks, they are basically related. For example, the first point is “can’t survive the third episode”. After Guan Hongfeng appeared in the third episode, Gao Junran felt that the two people were different, and then he extracted it. Previous fingerprints revealed that the brothers were two different people. The purpose of adding comedy elements is to make everyone feel more relaxed when watching this drama. When we enter the main case later, these comedies will be gone. Beijing News: What role does the addition of forensic doctor Gao Junran play in promoting the plot? How does the plot of identifying Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu have a shared identity foreshadow the development of the subsequent story?
Liu Yingjian: Gao Junran is first of all a top student with strong abilities. At the same time, he is Guan Hongfeng's little fan. When he first met Guan Hongfeng on the show, he actually met Guan Hongyu. Gao Junran also wiped his hands and shook hands. In the process, he was a little disappointed. It turned out that a person who was so famous in our police circles was just like this. He was a little disappointed with Guan Hongfeng, so he had some stress reactions. In his heart, Guan Hongfeng fell from the altar. After the real Guan Hongfeng came online in the third episode, he found that Guan Hongfeng's eyes were different, so he judged that they were two people. Later, Gao Junran joined the protagonist group and played a role in adding fuel to the flames when solving the case. Cases: Not all crimes are high-IQ crimes
Beijing News: How are the case selections considered in "White Night Breaking Dawn"? Is the inclusion of anti-trafficking cases and pet abuse cases in line with current social issues?
Liu Yingjian: When got the script, it was these cases. Cases like the Zhou Zibo case and the April Killer case both talked about some social topics, and you will see cases like this in the news, including child theft. We also want to call on everyone to pay more attention to this type of case and prevent similar things from happening again.
Beijing News: Some netizens believe that some cases in the second season are a bit simple, making it less difficult to solve them?
Liu Yingjian: Not all crimes are high IQ crimes, there are also various crimes such as crimes of passion. The cases that the audience sees now are very simple, but they are all things around us. In the second season, we focus more on human nature, rather than attracting the audience with the difficulty of reasoning cases or high-intelligence suspense. The main focus of the second season is on people, and we can see the changes in the protagonist group through each case. Beijing News: In this drama, the scene where Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu change clothes and hand over is almost not shown. The switching between the two is more smooth and natural. What are the considerations for this?
Liu Yingjian: This is also an issue that has been studied emphatically in the preparation stage, because in the first season, two people changed clothes, handed over mobile phones and keys, there were many scenes like this, and I think everyone has watched it too much. In the second season, It’s time to find ways to avoid this, leaving the handover to the audience’s imagination.
Pan Yueming plays two roles.
Characters: The characters in the protagonist group have all grown up.
Beijing News: Compared with the characters in this season, what are the obvious changes for everyone? Especially Guan Hongfeng, what changes have occurred after he and his brother have been working together for a year?
Liu Yingjian: The characters in our protagonist group have all grown up. Guan Hongfeng has become less insistent, Guan Hongyu has also shown his wise side, and Zhou Xun no longer talks so much. From the first season to the present, if the protagonist group has not changed, everyone will also have some aesthetic fatigue. Beijing News: In terms of sugar-spreading, more scenes in this drama highlight the CP sense of Zhou Xun and the Guan brothers. What considerations does the creative team have?
Liu Yingjian: At the end of the first season of , Zhou Xun knew the identities of the two brothers. What to do next? It was about playing both sides. In fact, this is the other side of Zhou Xun. In the first season, Zhou Xun's main target was Guan Hongyu. He always believed that they were wronged, but Zhou Xun had his mission. His mission was to be a people's policeman. He wanted to find the real culprit who killed Wu Zheng's family of five. He has the attributes of a policeman, his demands and his purpose, and he made some compromises in order to catch the real murderer.
Zhou Xun's character has grown in personality and is no longer "talkative".
Beijing News: The Internet has been calling on Pan Yueming to lose weight for acting. In order to control his weight, how does he maintain the image of Guan Hongfeng/Guan Hongyu?
Liu Yingjian: Teacher Pan really made a lot of sacrifices for this show, including when we decided to restart, he started to find a fitness coach and work out every day. During the filming process, he hardly ate dinner. He never attended our private gatherings and never drank. He always maintained his best condition. Theme: No matter what kind of shell it is, it is still about human nature. Beijing News: While continuing the suspense style of the previous work, "White Night" also explores philosophical issues such as human nature, justice and truth. What practical significance do these discussions have for the audience? Making a sequel after the previous game has so many fans is sometimes a double-edged sword. Some people like it and others will complain about it. How do you deal with different comments?
Liu Yingjian: The meaning of these is that it allows us to see the truest form of the characters. mental state.Including some so-called cases that should not happen, we should try our best to avoid them and prevent them from happening again in the future. As for some people who like to complain, it’s normal. There will be such feedback no matter what the film is made. We will treat it rationally. If it is right, we will accept it with an open mind. We will keep these valuable experiences in the next film and strive to make more films. People are satisfied. Beijing News: This year the competition on the suspense track continues . When quality, lineup, and production have become the standard for suspense dramas, in your opinion, what are the drama elements that win back the audience's attention?
Liu Yingjian: In addition to the surface lens language and suspenseful expression of the play, the final thing about it is people. This is what I care about more. No matter what kind of shell it is, it is still about human nature. For example, some viewers say that our stories and cases are not suspenseful enough or brain-burning enough. We try to put humanity in the front and move the cases slowly to the back.
, director Liu Yingjian was deeply impressed by the professional attitude and cohesion of the main creators. In order to maintain the same body shape as last season, Pan Yueming almost skipped dinner; the plot of "Daybreak" is set in winter, and the filming location was in Haikou, with a temperature of about 38 degrees Celsius. "In the hot weather, the actors wore heavy autumn and winter costumes, and no one relaxed." Liu Yingjian described the "White Night" series as like an old song to him. "We listened to a song in college, and then we didn't listen to it for ten years. Suddenly one day when we hear it, you will quickly go back to that era. When I see this play, I may think of the song that accompanied me at that time. People who watched that show together."
"Breaking of Night" brings together the original cast.
Innovative Breakthrough: Added some so-called comedy elements
Beijing News: Seven years have passed, and it is said that the building where the first season was filmed has been demolished. How did you achieve a 1:1 restoration during the filming of the second season?
Liu Yingjian: When was filming "White Night", we found a real scene in the Changfeng Detachment, which was in Dongguan at the time. By the time we started the second season, that building was no longer there, so we talked with the art teacher about how to restore it. Because there were no specific dimensions at the time, the art teacher came up with a way. We re-watched the clips from the first season, looked for floor tiles, deduced the original pattern based on the size of the floor tiles, and set them up in the shed.
Beijing News: In addition to facing the old audience of seven years ago, "White Night Breaking Dawn" also needs to attract a younger generation of viewers. Today's audiences have higher requirements for suspense dramas. During the creation process of "White Night Breaking Dawn" What innovations and breakthroughs have been made in the script, character creation, narrative techniques, shooting, etc. to meet the audience's expectations for the sequel?
Liu Yingjian: The script of has been around seven years ago, and both new and old audiences have to take care of it. Regarding the continuation, when filming the second season, we re-enacted many famous scenes in the first season, using the same lenses to shoot the same actors, including the same scenes, to quickly attract the audience's interest in "White Night" Thoughts. Including the music in the show, we have retained all the music that everyone can remember from the first season. In "Daybreak", the original cases and the overall logic have not been changed, but some so-called comedy elements have been added to it. We don’t play tricks, they are basically related. For example, the first point is “can’t survive the third episode”. After Guan Hongfeng appeared in the third episode, Gao Junran felt that the two people were different, and then he extracted it. Previous fingerprints revealed that the brothers were two different people. The purpose of adding comedy elements is to make everyone feel more relaxed when watching this drama. When we enter the main case later, these comedies will be gone. Beijing News: What role does the addition of forensic doctor Gao Junran play in promoting the plot? How does the plot of identifying Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu have a shared identity foreshadow the development of the subsequent story?
Liu Yingjian: Gao Junran is first of all a top student with strong abilities. At the same time, he is Guan Hongfeng's little fan. When he first met Guan Hongfeng on the show, he actually met Guan Hongyu. Gao Junran also wiped his hands and shook hands. In the process, he was a little disappointed. It turned out that a person who was so famous in our police circles was just like this. He was a little disappointed with Guan Hongfeng, so he had some stress reactions. In his heart, Guan Hongfeng fell from the altar. After the real Guan Hongfeng came online in the third episode, he found that Guan Hongfeng's eyes were different, so he judged that they were two people. Later, Gao Junran joined the protagonist group and played a role in adding fuel to the flames when solving the case. Cases: Not all crimes are high-IQ crimes
Beijing News: How are the case selections considered in "White Night Breaking Dawn"? Is the inclusion of anti-trafficking cases and pet abuse cases in line with current social issues?
Liu Yingjian: When got the script, it was these cases. Cases like the Zhou Zibo case and the April Killer case both talked about some social topics, and you will see cases like this in the news, including child theft. We also want to call on everyone to pay more attention to this type of case and prevent similar things from happening again.
Beijing News: Some netizens believe that some cases in the second season are a bit simple, making it less difficult to solve them?
Liu Yingjian: Not all crimes are high IQ crimes, there are also various crimes such as crimes of passion. The cases that the audience sees now are very simple, but they are all things around us. In the second season, we focus more on human nature, rather than attracting the audience with the difficulty of reasoning cases or high-intelligence suspense. The main focus of the second season is on people, and we can see the changes in the protagonist group through each case. Beijing News: In this drama, the scene where Guan Hongfeng and Guan Hongyu change clothes and hand over is almost not shown. The switching between the two is more smooth and natural. What are the considerations for this?
Liu Yingjian: This is also an issue that has been studied emphatically in the preparation stage, because in the first season, two people changed clothes, handed over mobile phones and keys, there were many scenes like this, and I think everyone has watched it too much. In the second season, It’s time to find ways to avoid this, leaving the handover to the audience’s imagination.
Pan Yueming plays two roles.
Characters: The characters in the protagonist group have all grown up.
Beijing News: Compared with the characters in this season, what are the obvious changes for everyone? Especially Guan Hongfeng, what changes have occurred after he and his brother have been working together for a year?
Liu Yingjian: The characters in our protagonist group have all grown up. Guan Hongfeng has become less insistent, Guan Hongyu has also shown his wise side, and Zhou Xun no longer talks so much. From the first season to the present, if the protagonist group has not changed, everyone will also have some aesthetic fatigue. Beijing News: In terms of sugar-spreading, more scenes in this drama highlight the CP sense of Zhou Xun and the Guan brothers. What considerations does the creative team have?
Liu Yingjian: At the end of the first season of , Zhou Xun knew the identities of the two brothers. What to do next? It was about playing both sides. In fact, this is the other side of Zhou Xun. In the first season, Zhou Xun's main target was Guan Hongyu. He always believed that they were wronged, but Zhou Xun had his mission. His mission was to be a people's policeman. He wanted to find the real culprit who killed Wu Zheng's family of five. He has the attributes of a policeman, his demands and his purpose, and he made some compromises in order to catch the real murderer.
Zhou Xun's character has grown in personality and is no longer "talkative".
Beijing News: The Internet has been calling on Pan Yueming to lose weight for acting. In order to control his weight, how does he maintain the image of Guan Hongfeng/Guan Hongyu?
Liu Yingjian: Teacher Pan really made a lot of sacrifices for this show, including when we decided to restart, he started to find a fitness coach and work out every day. During the filming process, he hardly ate dinner. He never attended our private gatherings and never drank. He always maintained his best condition. Theme: No matter what kind of shell it is, it is still about human nature. Beijing News: While continuing the suspense style of the previous work, "White Night" also explores philosophical issues such as human nature, justice and truth. What practical significance do these discussions have for the audience? Making a sequel after the previous game has so many fans is sometimes a double-edged sword. Some people like it and others will complain about it. How do you deal with different comments?
Liu Yingjian: The meaning of these is that it allows us to see the truest form of the characters. mental state.Including some so-called cases that should not happen, we should try our best to avoid them and prevent them from happening again in the future. As for some people who like to complain, it’s normal. There will be such feedback no matter what the film is made. We will treat it rationally. If it is right, we will accept it with an open mind. We will keep these valuable experiences in the next film and strive to make more films. People are satisfied. Beijing News: This year the competition on the suspense track continues . When quality, lineup, and production have become the standard for suspense dramas, in your opinion, what are the drama elements that win back the audience's attention?
Liu Yingjian: In addition to the surface lens language and suspenseful expression of the play, the final thing about it is people. This is what I care about more. No matter what kind of shell it is, it is still about human nature. For example, some viewers say that our stories and cases are not suspenseful enough or brain-burning enough. We try to put humanity in the front and move the cases slowly to the back.
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