This collaboration allowed Su Ze to experience a different kind of director's thinking. Zhang Yongxin's best way to let the audience immerse themselves in history is to fill in the details of history and combine realism with freehand brushwork.
For example, when the leader appeared in the first episode, there was a long shot of him running through the streets of Changsha in the rain, which gave the impression that the city was filled with mourning and blood, and it was just a thought of saving the common people.
The audience follows his perspective and sees all classes in the city, as well as the two worlds of the rich and the poor. It is clear at a glance that the world is difficult.
Another example is the scene that paved the way for Lu Xun's debut. It was a combination of the scenes in his own "The Public" and "The True Story of Ah Q" in which spectators watch the punishment, and the scene in "Medicine" in which the ignorant people buy steamed buns with human blood.
There are many other detailed metaphors. The wheels in the capital are struggling to move in inappropriate ditches, implying that the country is taking an inappropriate path.
There were dark clouds in Yuan's mansion, and the lights were on during the day, implying that he was at the end of his rope.
Shots of common people are often mixed with cows, fish, monkeys, and ducks, and are in close-up, implying that the people are illiterate and ignorant.
The shots of advanced intellectuals are paired with ants climbing up, frogs stepping out of the well, mantises wielding swords and guns, and white pigeons fluttering high...
It implies that the revolutionaries have a small power but a promising future.
When Cheng Duxiu was in Japan, he was spat at by students and was called a traitor. He didn't take it seriously and brushed the saliva away. This was just spitting on his face.
Cai Depei's "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage in the Wind and Snow" uses the allusion of "Three Visits to the Thatched Cottage".
When Mr. Cai visited the thatched cottage, Cheng Duxiu was sleeping soundly after drinking. Cai Fengxue sat quietly waiting for Mr. Cai to wake up, using Cheng Menlixue again.
I went to Taoranting Pavilion with Qian Yu in the snow. The red plum blossoms were in full bloom in front of the pavilion and the guqin was melodious in the pavilion. It was the connection between high mountains and flowing water and meeting a close friend.
These are all small details. In Su Ze's opinion, Zhang Yongxin's most successful thing is the creation of characters.
Why don’t domestic audiences like to watch the so-called main theme? Why are Hollywood hero movies the mainstream?
It's because the main theme is too lofty and preachy, as if it's a perfect god, and has no sense of being a mortal.
And all Hollywood heroes have their own flaws, or even shortcomings.
That being the case, why can't a historical figure be both a hero and a mortal?
The great thing about The Age of Awakening is that it unifies the heroic behavior and mortal behavior of the characters into a framework of character and values.
Just like Cheng Duxiu, who has a strong and unruly personality and was a radical bourgeois democrat before becoming a Marxist. This determines the character's fierce battle with feudalists culturally and politically, which is his heroic side.
It sounds like he is strong and unruly. In other words, he has a bad temper. In addition, he fights all the time and does not care about his family, so he still has to fight with his two children. This is his mortal side.
Therefore, the plot arranges two main lines of characters: first, the father and son Cheng Duxiu, Cheng Yannian, and Cheng Qiaonian go from estrangement to reconciliation in terms of family relationship and politics.
Second, Cheng Duxiu, Li Dazhao, and Hu Shi were culturally like-minded, but politically they went their separate ways.
The director designed a scene: the three of them had a drink together at the end, and a rift had already arisen. After drinking, Cheng Duxiu laid bricks in the puddle in front of his home and said to the drunk Hu Shi: The road ahead is bumpy, so be careful where you step.
Hu Shi replied drunkenly: I'm leaving, I'm going by myself!
Li Dazhao stood beside him, speechless.
Historical figures cannot escape history in the end, this is their fate.
The river goes eastward, the waves are swept away, and the romantic figures of the ages. Feeling the vicissitudes of history, isn't it also a pleasure for the theater audience?
Compared to Cheng Duxiu played by Yu Hewei, Su Ze prefers the role of Lu Xun, and of course Cao Lei, who is also a senior in the Chinese drama industry.
He is in his early thirties, unknown, and his most famous role is Guo Jia in Military Alliance?
But the traffic news this time made Su Ze look at it with admiration!
He is not as charismatic as Cheng Duxiu and can form a new circle of influential young people, nor is he as approachable and impassioned as Li Dazhao.
It’s not like Hu Shishi’s new trend of compromise and compromise. This character seems to always maintain a vague sense of distance from these elites?
He maintained a deep empathy for the lower class people of this era, was neither a group nor a party, and was independent from the world. He was an outlier of that era.
The director requires that the shots be processed in this way, so that the design does not become a facial expression of the characters, but chooses to explore the inner roots of the characters, which puts higher demands on the actors.
From internal analysis to external performance, it is so delicate that it makes one's scalp numb.
Su Ze was confident that he could do it, and so could Yu Hewei, but he didn't expect that Cao Lei could do it too?
Although I stumbled a lot, and even though I often took one shot many times, I still finished it!
This made Su Ze look at him with admiration.
So after testing, Su Ze still called Kong Xue on his cell phone, hoping to sign Cao Lei to Jinze, which was an undervalued potential stock in the Mesozoic era.
The result was good. After careful consideration, Cao Lei agreed to join and add another strong player to Kanazawa.
After all, the news cannot be hidden, and many people are envious and jealous, especially young actors. Who doesn't know that Su Ze now has golden legs!
This is not to say that signing a contract with Kanazawa will make him famous overnight, but there will definitely be no shortage of films to film, and there is a high probability that they will be good scripts and good roles.
Look at what level of directors they are working with!
What are actors most afraid of?
The biggest fear is that there will be no filming!
The biggest fear is not seeing hope!
What I fear most is that there will be no future!
If you can join Kanazawa, you will definitely not have to worry about filming. Boss Su is famous for being generous and generous. Even his employees have many benefits, let alone actors.
What's more important is that we can see hope. Maybe some characters will become famous if they are lucky, or at least they won't remain unknown.
This is Kanazawa's core competitiveness in attracting actors.
I am envious, but the threshold in Kanazawa is too high. Except for those classmates from Chinese dramas, every actor is carefully selected by Su Ze, and there are no connections or parallel imports.
People can be tough. After all, they themselves are capital. Many movies simply invest and promote themselves. What does it matter if the money does not go to others?
Zhao Yuncheng, Hu Lei, Zhang Yu, Ding Feng, Liu Xia...
The younger generation has already established a firm foothold in the industry, especially Zhao Yuncheng, who is well-known in the field of action movies. Who knows that the entertainment industry is in short supply of tough guys.
Zhu Wei, Tian Xiaojie, Yang Haoyu, Chen Hanqing...
The powerful factions in the Mesozoic era developed steadily, had constant dramas, and had an increasingly bright future.
Word of mouth is something that cannot be hidden at all. After fermentation, Kanazawa's various benefits have long been spread throughout the entertainment industry. The salary is high, the treatment is good, the environment is good, and the atmosphere is great.
Apart from anything else, group building for overseas travel at least twice a year is enough to make people drool, not to mention it’s paid!
Being able to enter Kanazawa now is the ultimate dream of all entertainment workers!
The Su family is not short of money, not to mention that Su Ze can make a lot of money himself. Look at the works that others have invested in, which one is not a huge profit.
He is young, rich, handsome, and has great acting skills. Who wouldn’t like this kind of man?