The Golden Age of China Entertainment

It was torn to pieces and thrown into the trash.

Deng Jie said to herself: "Xiao Xu, I am doing it for your own good."

Chapter 118 Returning to Journey to the West

Chapter 118 Returning to Journey to the West

Yi Qing has always admired Yang Jie, the director of "Journey to the West". Historically, Tang Xuanzang spent 17 years in the west to shoot scenes, while director Yang Jie spent 7 years filming "Journey to the West".

From 1982 to 1988, it took 7 years to complete 25 episodes. If it was placed in Yi Qing's previous life, who would believe it?

At that time, the filming cycle of a TV series was more than half a year, which was already surprising enough. Seven years and 7 episodes were completely unimaginable.

In fact, as early as 1982, the Journey to the West crew had already completed the filming of "The Kingdom of Demons and Black Chickens". drama.

But even so, director Yang Jie finally decided to reshoot this episode, just because he was not satisfied with Monkey King's appearance.

After that, from 1982 to 1985, the first 11 episodes including "Three Dozens of Bones" were filmed, and they were officially broadcast during the Spring Festival in 1986, so the CCTV version of "Journey to the West" is called the 86 version.

1986到1988年，又拍摄了《大战红孩儿》、《斗法降三怪》、《趣经女儿国》等后14集，1988年2月1日开始播出了全部25集。

Immediately, it achieved unprecedented success, and its social influence far surpassed all the TV dramas broadcast at that time, even the 87 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" could not hide its popularity.

As a time traveler, it is difficult for Yi Qing to understand that a director would be so persistent and spend seven years of his time for a film. You must know that when filming "Journey to the West", director Yang Jie was just over 50 years old and was in At the golden age of a director, it is time to make achievements, but she dedicated the most precious seven years of her life to a play.

No one knows how many difficulties Director Yang Jie has overcome and how much pressure she has withstood in the past seven years. In fact, she has faced many difficulties since she received the task of filming "Journey to the West".

First of all, there has never been a TV series with this kind of theme in China. Although it has been filmed in Japan and Baodao before, Tang Seng is either a woman, or she is crying and shouting to marry a monster, so there is no way to learn from it in terms of character modeling.

There are also technical problems. When the pilot episode was first filmed in 1982, director Yang Jie didn't know what the special effects were, and no matter how they were filmed, the effect could not be produced.

Later, after being pointed out by others, Director Yang Jie knew about the hanging wire, so she went to Xiangjiang to learn it now, so that every time the four masters and apprentices finished hanging the wire, they felt lucky that they survived!

The soft power can't keep up, and the hardware conditions are not available. The entire crew only has one camera, and often a scene has to be shot many times to achieve multiple angles.

Even, the crew didn't even have a white horse, so they could only replace it with a black horse.When the horse goes into the river, or it rains or something, it turns into a dark horse again.

Of course, these hardships can be overcome, but the most fundamental problem is money. Like the crew of the Red Chamber, the funds for Journey to the West are also very tight, even worse than the Red Chamber. There is only a quota of 5 cents for each meal. In places in the south where prices have become more expensive, a bowl of dumplings is 2 yuan and 5 yuan, only 6. The actors can’t eat enough. Director Yang Jie pays for the staff to eat, so she was accused of using the filming In the name of the TV series, I went to visit the mountains and rivers.

Not to mention actors, there is no such thing as a starring role at all, unlike a third-tier actor who has seven or eight assistants behind him.

Even the four masters and apprentices are often used as field workers, moving props, setting up machines, and doing everything. Moreover, when there are no extras, they immediately put on the costumes, and one person with multiple roles is common in the Journey to the West crew.

But it is the selfless dedication and devotion of director Yang Jie and the actors, regardless of the cost, that the 86 version of "Journey to the West" can be said to be the crystallization of blood and tears of a generation of TV people. Determined, it is no exaggeration to say that it is a finely crafted work of art.

Coupled with the special era, the reform and opening up has just started for a few years, the material and spiritual life is very scarce, and the TV is not popular. There are TVs in every village, and there are few TV stations, so there is basically no choice in watching programs. The era when TV dramas are empty.

Journey to the West is also a masterpiece of CCTV mythology that is suitable for all ages. There is basically no one who didn’t like it at that time. It has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so it is hard not to become a classic.

Yi Qing was really honored to be able to participate.

But such a classic, later some trolls said that the 86 version of "Journey to the West" was crudely produced. I really don't know what they thought. Under the technical conditions at that time, if they could produce such a crudely produced "Journey to the West" , Yi Qing is willing to kneel on the ground and sing Conquer.

In addition, some people said that they hope to re-edit the 86 version of "Journey to the West" through modern technological means, so that it will become more refined and truly become a classic.

Regarding this statement, Yi Qing's attitude is: Get the hell out of here!

Do you know what is emotion?

The sequel to "Journey to the West" directed by Yang Jie was very exquisite. When he heard in his previous life that a sequel to "Journey to the West" would be broadcast, Yi Qing was also very excited. From the very beginning, I felt that the style of painting was wrong, so I resolutely abandoned the drama, and even recited a punishment for this matter.

how to say?The shooting conditions at that time were indeed greatly improved, but the most important aesthetic level was seriously degraded.

In the 86 version of "Journey to the West", when the current technological conditions are not up to date, the crew can only stick to the costumes, props, and actors' makeup, and strive to achieve perfection in every item. Zhu Bajie's face looks like he has had too many injections, his face is covered with hyaluronic acid, and his muscles are stiff when he looks at it.

There are also the shapes of demons, ghosts, gods and Bodhisattvas, and gaudy Shamat.

The action design is so bad that it makes people's stomach hurt, just like Hong Kong and Taiwan martial arts movies, it flies up at every turn, and the camera rotates 360° and has a concave shape.

Not to mention the protracted plot, overuse of special effects, and terrible lines.

To put it simply, the high-end aesthetics, classical charm, and complementary soundtrack carefully carved in the old version are all missing in the sequel.

For example, the theme song of the old version is sung: Dare to ask where the road is, the road is under your feet~~~~

High-end atmosphere on the grade.

What about the sequel?

Just captured a few monsters, and captured a few more demons~~~~~

When Yi Qing listened, she wanted to say "hehe" twice, and make a fuss!

The Journey to the West crew lived in a guest house here in Wuxi, and the conditions were worse than those of the Red Chamber crew in Hangzhou. It was already dark when Yi Qing arrived, and the crew had just returned from filming.

Yi Qing saw Director Yang Jie and hurried over: "Director Yang, I'm here!"

Director Yang Jie was thinking about something when a person popped up in front of her, and the old lady was startled. Seeing that it was Yi Qing, she immediately smiled: "Didn't you say you have to go to the Red Chamber crew to make up a few more scenes?" ? Why did you come here so quickly?"

"There's only one scene left over there, I'll come over after filming!"

"Okay! You take a rest first. I'll ask someone to arrange a dormitory for you later. When you settle down, come to my room. It's on the third floor."

Yi Qing agreed, and walked into the guest house with the team. He had some acquaintances in the group before, and it was kind of nice to meet again.

and many more!

When Yi Qing greeted Xu Shaohua, she suddenly remembered something. Didn't Tang Seng in the episode "Sweeping the Tower and Identifying Strange Injustices" have been replaced by Chi. The richest woman and her partner, Zhong Rui?

The episode in it seems to be sung by him!

Why is it still Xu Shaohua?

Yi Qing thinks that the influence of her time-traveling little butterfly should not be that great, right?

Jin Lili's postponement of the exam was the result of his repeated work. What happened to Xu Shaohua?

Could it be that he was also inspired to give up his studies and prepare to devote himself wholeheartedly to the filming of "Journey to the West".

With question marks all over his head, Yi Qing entered the dormitory assigned to him. In the same dormitory were Hou Ge, Zhu Ba, and Sha Lao San.

"Brother Zhang! Which episode are you filming now?"

If Yi Qing remembers correctly, Xu Shaohua filmed eight episodes in total. After filming Daughter's Country, she went to school and then replaced it with Chi Zhongrui.

But the last time he joined the group, Xu Shaohua had just joined the team not long ago. It's only been a few months, and he has filmed eight episodes?

Can't!