China Entertainment’s Born Protagonist

Chapter 29 I want to add drama
On September 9th, the crew is about to start filming the Gao Chao scene of the first plot, the Apricot Forest Conference.

According to his own work habits, Zhang Jizong called all the creative staff together for a meeting after dinner.

On the one hand, he summarizes the situation of the previous shooting, and on the other hand, he makes arrangements for the next big scene.

In addition to producers and directors, there were more than [-] actors and actresses at the meeting, including Zhang Nanyi, Hu Jun, Gao Hu, Liu Yifei, Liu Tao, Chen Hao, Zhong Lizi and others.

However, the meeting was basically filled with Zhang Jizong and several directors talking. After they finished expressing their opinions, Zhang Jizong asked politely: "Do you actors have any ideas? Everyone is welcome to speak freely."

The actors were all very funny, some shook their heads, and some didn't speak at all.

Only Zhang Nanyi really spoke freely.

“Producer Zhang, Director Zhou, I think Duan Yu’s image needs to be deepened.

Duan Yu's image is that of being foolish and ignorant, which is in contrast to his own prominent family background, which is from a royal family.

The objective existence of this contrast allows us to add some funny plots and designs.

After all, Tian Long Ba Bu is a martial arts drama, and it needs to be more fun. We can’t really make it into a real drama. "

According to the martial arts novel Tian Long Ba Bu, Duan Yu is the absolute male protagonist in the book.

But whether it is the TVB97 version of Tianlong Babu or the Tianlong Babu now led by Zhang Jizong, Qiao Feng's status has been elevated and placed in the position of the male lead.

The fundamental reason is that Qiao Feng has too much dramatic tension.

In the eyes of any screenwriter, Qiao Feng is the male protagonist, and he is burdened with natural contradictions.

In the context of the confrontation between Song and Liao, Qiao Feng grew up in the Song Dynasty. His original ideal was to resist the Liao, but his blood was Khitan and Liao.

This is an irreconcilable contradiction. No matter how powerful Qiao Feng is in martial arts and holds a high position, he cannot resolve this contradiction.

The charm of dramatic characters lies in contradictions and conflicts. Compared with Qiao Feng, Duan Yu's character design is much worse.

Although he is the protagonist of the novel, Duan Yu is just a target for Jin Yong to place his love on.

Zhang Nanyi took advantage of the meeting today to deliberately add drama to himself.

More than ten days have passed since the drinking scene, and the completion level of the character in the protagonist panel has been slowly increasing.

Zhang Nanyi felt that his performance was okay, so the problem lies in the script, and Duan Yu's character is not rich enough.

This is a fundamental problem. The script has insufficient characters and scenes, and it is difficult to increase the degree of character completion.

For the sake of character completion and panel rewards, Zhang Nanyi must find ways to further flesh out Duan Yu's character image.

Zhou Xiaowen had no expression on his face when he heard Zhang Nanyi's speech.He glanced at Zhang Jizong and then asked slowly: "Is it appropriate to let Duan Yu make a joke?"

Zhang Nanyi was prepared early, he analyzed: "Let me first talk about my views on the Tian Long Ba Bu novels and scripts.

Everyone should also know that the concept of Tianlongbabu comes from Buddhism.

Buddhism talks about the "eight sufferings of life": birth, old age, illness and death are physical sufferings; resentment, separation from love, not being able to ask for what you want, and the five yin raging are mental sufferings.

"What you can't ask for" is the main theme of the novel Tian Long Ba Bu.

All the characters in the book, including Qiao Feng, Xu Zhu, Wang Yuyan, Murong Fu, Duan Yanqing, Jiumozhi, Shaolin Abbot, etc., are all desirable, even the minor characters Zhao Qiansun and junior sister Tan Po are the same.

There is only one exception, and that is the character I played, Duan Yu. "

Zhang Nanyi's words aroused everyone's interest, and he continued: "From the perspective of the concept of the work, Duan Yu's ending is actually the failure of Tian Long Ba Bu.

He fell in love with Wang Yuyan bitterly, and finally embraced the beauty, which destroyed the novel's unattainable purpose.

Not only does it defeat the purpose, it also makes no sense logically.

Wang Yuyan couldn't stand Murong Fu becoming the Prince Consort of Xixia and was unwilling to tolerate Murong Fu having other women, but Duan Yu had more women, so she accepted it.

Wang Yuyan had been in love with Murong Fu for many years and would have given almost everything for Murong Fu. However, in the end, they ended up hastily falling in love with each other in a dry well.

Of course, there are many flaws in the logic of The Eight Parts of Demi-Gods. The most witty one is the plot where Qiao Feng seeks out Duan Zhengchun for revenge and kills A'Zhu. We don't need to delve too deeply into it.What I want to express is that even if there are problems in logic and conception, when the audience sees Duan Yu hugging the beauty back home, who is unhappy and who doesn't like it? "

Later, when Jin Yong got older, he became indifferent to Xia Meng's obsession. He felt that not getting what he wanted was the normal state of life, so he changed the ending of Tian Long Ba Bu in the new version. Wang Yuyan left Duan Yu and returned to Murong Fu.

The idea of ​​the work is good and the logic is smooth, but the readers criticized it.

What everyone reads is martial arts novels for the sake of being refreshed, and not world-famous novels for the pursuit of realistic logic.

Zhang Nanyi stood up and said plausibly: "Our TV series has been the best in all aspects since the filming, but the atmosphere is too serious.

The rhythm of the whole drama is a bit dull, lacking some surprises and fun.

Duan Yu is the most suitable character to create fun. "

Seeing everyone's silence, Zhang Nanyi continued: "I have studied the Jin Yong drama produced by TVB in Hong Kong. The production of their martial arts drama is very rough, with rockeries and scenery, the costumes are also very crude, and the characters and scripts are even more routine. , many of them are assembly line works.

But they can always produce some classic martial arts dramas because they capture the audience's preferences.

In addition to excellent TV soundtracks, their martial arts dramas have three advantages: dramatic plots, intensified conflicts, and relaxed pace.

Although the dramatic plot is cliché, it can lower the viewing threshold, allowing the audience to quickly understand the plot and get into the drama quickly. Intensifying the conflict can make the plot more tense and stimulate the audience's sensory nerves.

However, blindly conflicting will not only increase the audience's excitement threshold, but also cause fatigue. At this time, the rhythm must be relaxed.In the tense plot, some lighthearted and funny scenes are added to make the audience happy and relieve their emotions. "

Zhang Nanyi looked at Zhang Jizhong and said: "Compared with TVB's remakes of martial arts dramas in mainland China, each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Take Swordsman for example. The Hong Kong version of Swordsman is the AD calcium milk that Liu Yifei always likes to drink. Although it has no nutrition, it is sour and sweet and delicious.

The Xiaoao Jianghu in our mainland is like a cup of tea. This tea needs to be calmed down and tasted slowly.

Although in terms of quality, tea is better than AD calcium milk, in terms of taste, everyone depends on their preferences. Maybe more people like to drink AD calcium milk. "

After hearing Zhang Nanyi's words, everyone turned their heads to Liu Yifei.Liu Yifei was holding a bottle of AD calcium milk in her hand at this time, sucking on the straw and drinking happily.

She glanced at Zhang Nanyi cutely, and the originally serious conference room instantly burst into laughter.

After everyone calmed down, Zhang Jizong said: "It's not impossible to make Duan Yu funny.

I'm worried that the two will look different. When the time comes, the clear tea will not be clear tea, and the calcium milk will not be calcium milk. They will not taste good if they are mixed together. "

Zhang Nanyi said confidently: "Don't worry, milk and tea can be combined to make better-tasting milk tea. And with Producer Zhang and Director Zhou taking care of it, this drama can't go wrong."

If the effect of my performance is not good, you can stop it at any time. "

Zhao Jian, who had been silent for the whole time, said: "I think what Xiao Zhang said makes sense. At least in the martial arts drama, Duan Yu's sometimes ineffective Six Meridians Divine Sword can be used to create some laughs in the fights."

Yuan Bin, who came from Hong Kong Island, also said: "Yes, in fact, I have long wanted Duan Yu's fighting style to be light and funny."

Liu Yifei put down the calcium milk in her hand, raised her hand and said: "I think when Duan Yu pursues Wang Yuyan, there are many scenes that can be designed to make people laugh.

Anyway, every time Brother Nan Yi plays with me, I can't help but want to laugh. "

This girl somewhat confused her happiness with the humor of the drama, but it was not easy for her to speak out in support of Zhang Nanyi on such an occasion.

Later, Yu Min and Chen Hao also supported giving Duan Yu a role. Those who did not support were silent. It suddenly seemed that many people supported Zhang Nanyi.

Zhang Jizong took advantage of the situation and agreed to Zhang Nanyi's request for additional scenes.

Most of the crew didn't care about this. Only the screenwriters Dai Mingyu and Chen Yixing had a sad face and wanted to change the script again.

However, Zhang Nanyi is also a good person. He knew some jokes from later generations and took the initiative to find two screenwriters to discuss and revise them together.

The two screenwriters looked at Zhang Nanyi's endless jokes and felt greatly inspired and shocked, and finally turned into loud admiration.

Zhang Nanyi had no choice. In order to be rewarded, he had to become a drama tyrant.

(End of this chapter)