Back to the Republic of China as a director

The next day, Tiangong Theater.

This is Xu Xu's property. It is modeled after a Gothic building. There are always about a thousand seats in it, and it has both movies and opera performances.It is not yet the most luxurious first-class theater in Shanghai, so it is a second-round movie.

There are many kinds of screening methods now, among which screenings are performed in rounds, which is followed by foreign countries.Now that the first round of theaters is finished, the film will go to the second round of theaters, and then the third round of theaters.The ticket price is also the most expensive in the first round, and the ticket price decreases in descending order.Spend more money to see the latest movies and enjoy the best cinema conditions.

Ji Shuangyu originally thought that Zhou Siyin would not come, but she was in a trance yesterday.

Hearing his jokes at night, Zhou Siyin didn't laugh, and left without any interest.

As a result, Zhou Siyin still showed up on time today.

How could he not come, Zhou Siyin thought, he had to continue to figure it out—what he figured out and what he would do afterwards, he couldn't say for a while.Anyway, I already have the movie tickets anyway, so it’s not easy to waste them.

"Is the preparation of your meeting going well? I went to two theaters today to see the stage and equipment. The equipment here is really much better. Both of them have turntables. Although they are all manual, it will be very convenient at that time. The lamps are also good. There are incandescent lamps, vacuum bubbles, and soft-edged spotlights." Ji Shuangyu sighed, it was really simple and used to it a while ago, and now I can be moved by looking at a manual turntable.

"I'm fine here." Zhou Siyin replied, it's really okay, because he was thinking about his own private affairs, he didn't check the affairs of the branch office very carefully, and he didn't blame them for their annoying behavior yesterday. Regarding the establishment of a new department, the subordinates all felt a sense of relief.

"Then go in, this movie... the box office of the movie is pretty good, it seems to be sold out." The ticket that Ji Shuangyu got was "Adventures in the Kingdom of Beasts", imported from Western countries.

"It is indeed the highest-grossing film recently. Several editors in my branch love to watch it. They watch this type of film two or three times a week, and they have re-watched this film twice." Zhou Siyin was asking his subordinates about the film market today, and he just answered right. come up.

The waiter led the two to their seats. Before the screening, what was displayed on the screen were medical advertisements, still pictures.

Advertisements are everywhere, even the brochures of movies are full of advertisements for blockbuster movies.

The commercial was still and the commercial song was playing, and some viewers expressed irritably: "There are commercials everywhere, it's really annoying!"

The person who came with him motioned him to lower his voice, "Music is still playing now, unlike before, it was just annoying advertisements for medicine and tobacco."

Ji Shuangyu whispered, "Why didn't anyone make any commercials?"

This active advertisement is much more attractive than the pure picture or even the one with music.

Zhou Siyin said: "There are some, but they are also not very popular, so not many people do this thankless thing."

Ji Shuangyu thought about it. According to the current domestic shooting standards, I'm afraid it's better to find someone to recite it as a static one. He also saw the movement during the intermission later. It was indeed similar to what he thought. People rarely watch it, and they are all waiting for wonderful movies.

Not long after the lights went out, Ji Shuangyu began to watch the hit movie at that time.

Animal movies are a very popular genre right now.Because of the gap in production level, Western films are now a bit higher than domestic films, and this kind of beast film cannot be imitated in China, so it is even more popular.

The main content, in fact, is to shoot scenes of jungles and wild animals, or have expeditions to the Antarctic and North Pole, and African tribal customs, which are relatively primitive places that people today know little about.On this basis, add some simple stories and use stimulating shots, and it becomes a film.

The public likes to read strange things, even the editor of Zhou Siyin's unit also likes to go to see and learn about animals.

Ji Shuangyu knows that there are such films in history. In the world he lives in, the earliest "Tarzan" and "King Kong" appeared in this period. It can be said that they are beast films with more fantasy elements.

From Ji Shuangyu's eyes, it couldn't be more rough.But considering the strangeness and novelty of the content, it is no wonder that the audience is interested in it.

Ji Shuangyu just wanted to get a general idea of ​​the current market, what level of popular movies are, and after watching it for a while, she lost interest, thinking, I have to join the ranks of stealing money, where can I find a big money to invest in my movie?

When Ji Shuangyu was watching a movie, Zhou Siyin secretly looked at him from time to time.

When he turned his head inadvertently, there happened to be a crocodile opening its mouth wide and biting a drinking animal on the screen. The whole theater screamed, and the timid audience covered their eyes.

It almost scared Zhou Siyin, but luckily he was courageous and calm enough.

Zhou Siyin collected himself and peeked at Ji Shuangyu again, not wanting that Ji Shuangyu was staring at him with his head tilted!

Zhou Siyin: "!!"

This time, Zhou Siyin was really taken aback. Fortunately, he couldn't see the faces clearly in the theater, so he felt his lips dry, so he licked his lower lip, "...what are you doing?"

"Hahahaha." Ji Shuangyu laughed strangely twice, "Let's talk about it in a few days."

Zhou Siyin: "???"

What are you doing? ?Always feel bad? !

……

Although Ji Shuangyu brought his apprentices, when he arrived in Shanghai, it was inevitable that he would cooperate with the original staff of their theater.The personnel positions here are much more detailed than those assigned in the capital, such as those who paint scenes, set scenes, design lighting, and are in charge of sound...

These people originally thought that Ji Shuangyu was similar to himself and belonged to the set designer.Only after meeting me did I realize that this director is really not just a set designer, he is in charge of the whole stage and has a unified style.

Director Ji seems to know everyone's work well.

The stage is different, so it is natural to rehearse. Many props are brought from the capital and do not need to be remade.

As for Ji Shuangyu's cheap calligraphy students, they played a considerable role in publicity.

Basically everyone in the school has a copybook, and they tell each other that it was Mr. Ji who came to perform, and everyone knows it.And a large audience group for the new drama is students, and students, family and friends can promote it.

In addition, Kunlun Bookstore and Shuhuayan also spared no effort to help advertise, and the tickets for the first three days were all sold out after they went on sale.

——Among them, the premiere tickets for the first day of the Chunlei Drama Club are not sold to the public. They are mainly invited to socialize with the college dramas here, and they will not perform for a few days in total. The first day is only for students Give out theater tickets.

When setting the performance date, Ji Shuangyu once asked if it was necessary to stagger the performances on both sides so that he could sit separately.

But Jinque said that it doesn't matter, the students are relatively unsure, as for them, how long have they been rehearsing in the capital, just ask Liu Liang to watch the choreography process.

As for the courage of the canary, it is getting bigger and bigger.

Ji Shuangyu thought so too, Liu Liang was by his side the longest, he asked Liu Liang if he had confidence, if so, he also wrote Liu Liang's name on the poster, you are my assistant director.

Liu Eryi heard that he could still be on the poster, his legs were shaking, but his ambitions were also born!

poster!

When did you hear that inspectors can be on posters?

Let alone posters, not all serious set designers can put on posters.When there was a poster with "Scene Artist XX" written on it at the earliest, it was still a new thing in the newspapers.

It was also when Ji Shuangyu was filming "Beautiful Beauty" that she gained a place on the poster with her own fame.

"Yes, yes!" Liuliang stood up straight, "Master, take care of it, I'm familiar with it!"

"Well, I'll leave it to you to control the scene where our freehand set made its debut in Shanghai." Ji Shuangyu patted him on the shoulder, "Come on, let me write the names of my apprentices on the poster."

He wrote it himself, filled in Liu Liang's name, and wrote it on the poster "Luoyang Spring".

Now that the Spring Festival has passed, there is no great need to perform the festive play "Sensation Suixi Ji", because there are too many gods from all walks of life in it, and it is rather lively.But during this period of time, Ji Shuangyu also changed several other plays, and selected one with a more prominent heroine to perform in Shanghai.

"Luoyang Spring" is also called "Yiluoying". It is about Luo Jinping, a woman from Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty, who met a thin lover. If you are ruthless, I will quit. You also need to find a little wolf dog, and join hands to eliminate corrupt officials and provide disaster relief. Finally, you get canonized, career The story of double harvest of love.

In the Tang Dynasty, the atmosphere was open, and Luo Jinping's style was also very decisive. Although it was a traditional opera, it was in line with the current trend of calling for women to be self-reliant and self-improving, so it is especially called the female seat.There is also a beautiful singing voice and workmanship, which has a wide audience.

……

The eighth day.

"Luoyang Spring" premiered at Tiangong Theater.

On the same day, "Beautiful Beauty" premiered on the Chongguang Grand Stage.

The two theaters are not far apart, both on the Bund.Due to the nature of the premiere, students come and go on the Chongguang Grand Stage, while at the Tiangong Theater there are both men, women and children.

Ji Shuangyu was in a heavy light. Before the performance started, Yu Jianqing and Wei Kesheng introduced Ji Shuangyu to Victor, the European scholar they said.

Ji Shuangyu's spoken language and Victor communicated without any obstacles. The two shook hands. Ji Shuangyu said: "I heard that you have been watching traditional Chinese operas for the past few days, so you can go and see another performance I have performed tomorrow." Peking opera."

"Definitely," Victor is in his forties, with brown hair and brown eyes, wearing glasses, and showing deep law lines when he smiles, "I have been immersed in Chinese opera for the past few days, although I need an interpreter to explain the plot and action , but I think it is really amazing and inspired, and I am very willing to watch more excellent dramas!"

"Even Mr. Victor thinks the scene of the organ scene in Shanghai is grand." Yu Jianqing's senior brother Wei Kesheng said, although he is arranging a new play, he also asked Victor to guide their new play, but As a Chinese person, I couldn't help but feel a little more proud in my expression.

Now the wind is blowing from the west to the east, but the Oxi people still know very little about China.Foreigners have never seen Chinese opera before, and they all find it novel. Even a theater expert like Victor became interested and watched several of them.

Victor smiled and said, "Actually, what I miss more than the agency is your special concept of drama."

Wei Kesheng came to his senses: "Sir, are you talking about freehand expression? That's right, this is unique to our Chinese opera."

In Western theater performances, there is a concept of "the fourth wall", which means that the characters live within the four walls, and the audience watches their lives through the fourth wall, and the characters cannot see the audience.

Victor and his colleagues feel that drama has also reached a bottleneck in recent years, and have been exploring whether they can tear down the fourth wall.

But in Huaxia, he came here to point out the new drama here, and saw another brand new system——

After hearing this, Ji Shuangyu said casually: "Huaxia opera doesn't believe in the fourth wall, and doesn't try to break the fourth wall. On the opera stage, there is no such wall at all, and they even have to tell the audience their family background.

"Moreover, unlike your objective time and space, on the stage, opera actors carry scenes on their bodies. The scenes move with people, and they have absolute freedom of time and space! Walk around the world in three or five steps, and time changes suddenly when you turn around. It seems to be a fixed program. Transformation, in fact, contains more ingenious agility.”

Victor's eyes lit up, "That's right, that's exactly it!"

He thought about it and thought it was wonderful. This young gentleman sounds like he has some understanding of other foreign performance systems, and he also has a thorough understanding of opera, which can be accurately summed up in academic language.

He has been deeply touched these days and has been thinking about it, but this gentleman seems to have already figured out the key to it.

"Then you should watch our plays even more. Our sets are more beautiful and have a more Chinese style." Ji Shuangyu spared no effort to sell tickets.

"Now it's premiering, it's called "Luoyang Spring". You still have time to buy tickets for tomorrow. You can learn and learn. It will be very helpful for your drama theory and expressiveness."

When Ji Shuangyu talked about letting them learn, she looked very normal, and I kindly remind you that some Western drama genres use Eastern drama to make changes, and it will happen in reality.They have been developing for so many years, and they are also looking forward to something new to change.

When the students next to him heard this sentence, their eyes almost popped out.

Wei Kesheng was also excited, because they found that Victor had a serious face, and he really agreed!

"Okay, okay." Victor wanted to see Mr. Ji's more freehand drama, and he especially wanted to have an in-depth chat with Ji Shuangyu about the differences between the Eastern and Western systems, which really inspired him up.

It's a pity that the audience has already entered the arena one after another at this time, Victor can only shake hands with Ji Shuangyu again regretfully, looking forward to talking again.

Ji Shuangyu and Yu Jianqing went backstage, Victor and Wei Kesheng also took their seats.

When Wei Kesheng thought of what Ji Shuangyu and Victor said just now, his heart was still a little surging.

This Mr. Ji is really a capable person. They invited Mr. Victor to teach, but Mr. Ji gave him advice—or borrowed local opera, haha, wonderful, really wonderful!It was so wonderful that he wanted to write about this scene in a newspaper immediately!

Wei Kesheng was having fun when he heard Victor say inexplicably: "Mr. Wei, I haven't been able to figure it out for the past few days. Since you have such an art system, why did I appear in the play rehearsed at your school?" Can't see the traces of the effect?

"At the beginning, I thought it was your diversification, rehearsing in different directions. But after watching, so far, I haven't seen any of them. But you are in China, so you should be easily affected. "

His puzzled look also showed his true inner thoughts: How could anyone not be influenced by that unique concept of drama?

It took Wei Kesheng a while to realize what he said, and his smile froze for a moment.

Since the development of new Chinese dramas, on the road of exploration, they have improved operas, learned from new oriental dramas, and copied Western realistic dramas. The dramas they play in schools are also restorations and imitations of Western dramas, which are completely Europeanized.

Alone, did not absorb the characteristics of freehand opera.

Even when Ji Shuangyu and the others were invited this time, it was a stage they had heard of, with a more realistic set.

In Yu Jianqing's letter, in addition to the innovation of realism, he also mentioned whether it is possible to refer to the freehand brushwork of opera.Wei Kesheng didn't pay attention at that time, because he fully understood that it was a kind of improved Beijing opera, and he didn't think it could be called a new opera.

Even when he heard them talking about drama theory just now, he still hadn't woken up until Victor asked him this question, as if a membrane had been punctured.If you are hit in the face and think about this problem again, the feeling will be completely different.

That's right, the juniors have thought of it, and the response to the local story is also very good.So why can't we refer to local art?Just because it looks old and stylized?

But why outsiders can see the beauty of this stylization? Even Mr. Ji is very proud of it...

Should we really add a new direction to our path of exploration?But how do you refer to this element?

——The sound of the turntable sounded, interrupting Wei Kesheng's complicated thoughts, and the drama was about to begin.

Everyone knows that before the performance of "Beautiful Beauty", there will be a one-act short play "Rickshaw" specially rehearsed for Shanghai. Because of the turntable, it will be very convenient to switch to "Beautiful Beauty" at that time.

The curtain was pulled back, and on the stage was a long and large "movie film", which was obviously made of plywood after painting.

This special prop makes the stage like a movie, and inside it is a three-dimensional setting, a stone frame with real texture, a black-painted thick wooden gate, and several walls.

Although it's just a door and a few walls, anyone who has lived in Shanghai can tell that this is the entrance to a Shanghai alley.

Before everyone can figure out why the texture is so realistic, the cool ambient lighting, the sound of dripping rain, the shouting of newsboys, and the jingling of trolleybuses have already blown the wind of Shanghai in the rainy season to every day. on a personal face.

The man lying on the ground stood up and pulled the rickshaw to shuttle between the films. One of them made an appearance, very energetic, and played out the air of the character, which made many people's eyes shine. come out.

——It wasn't until he pulled the car and ran for a few steps, when time and space were constantly changing, that everyone realized that the familiarity came from opera.

It borrowed from the god of opera, but did not use exaggerated formulas, but only borrowed from the spiritual charm of opera actors, combined with footwork and eyes, and externalized the emotions of the actors!

Not to mention those few steps to transfer time and space, but with the movement of the film on the upper turntable, this scene does not violate the harmony.Shanghai movies are already famous, and with the alleys behind it, it is a Shanghai flavor.

Even the lighting layout of this play abandons the imitation of the environment, and uses simple artistic light and color to show the characters.

The realistic setting is used as the fulcrum, and the artistic conception of space and the performance containing the essence of opera are used to express the meaning.

In the amazing imitation of Western art forms, the students were moved by the local culture contained in it. After the opening, the students present were speechless for a long time.

Victor excitedly turned his head to Wei Ke and said: "Mr. Wei, it seems that your school in the capital still draws its style from traditional opera. No wonder you said you learned opera in the capital."

Wei Kesheng didn't have time to correct the sentence that he was studying opera in the capital, only referring to old operas.He was obsessed with staring at the stage, and like every spectator on the scene, his eyes were shining with eager light.

……

At almost the same moment, the Tiangong Theater was also so quiet that even a needle falling on the ground could be heard clearly.It was only because the curtain had just opened that everyone could clearly see the beautiful scenery on the stage.

Several pear blossoms are interlaced on the bottom curtain, and the artificial petals sewn on the gauze create a scene of falling flowers with the wind.

There is a long old-style corridor with a table and two chairs. The lights are like the shadows of trees. There are only a few scenes of beauties standing on the corridor. It shows the custom of spring in Luoyang. When the pear blossoms bloom, the elegant beauties wash their makeup with wine.It seems to be able to smell the fragrance of flowers and wine of "the fragrance comes from Yushu, white discussion pans Jinou", it is so beautiful——

This city has been around since its opening.Traveling from south to north, the cultures of various countries gather together, and its inclusiveness is enough to describe its characteristics.

Here, foreign entertainment such as movies, horse races, and dance halls are all the rage, and there are also more than a dozen theaters of operas coexisting.

Audiences in Shanghai, they accept the fashionable Western style, and they can also appreciate the traditional beauty of Chinese local classics. This is a hobby deeply rooted in their blood.

They love lively institutions, but they love real beauties even more. Wouldn't it be perfect if there were beauties and beautiful scenery with excellent artistry?

Therefore, on this night, the twin stars of the Beijing School will shine in Shanghai and complement each other!

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