Exclusive 丨 is not only the college entrance examination of students, but also the big test of the society -the director of the TV series "Grand Examination" Shen Yan

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On September 21, the TV series "Grand Examination" produced by CCTV, the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, the CCP's Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, and Nanjing iQiyi Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd. launched a set of CCTV, Oriental TV, Zhejiang Satellite TV, and Zhejiang Satellite TV. Simultaneously broadcast on iQiyi, Tencent, Youku, and Mango TV platforms. The drama, as the "New Era of Praise, Entrusted New Journey" TV drama exhibition, is also a key project of the theme TV drama "Welcome to the Party's Twenty Congress". Doctors and other peoples have become the stories of the dual tests of the epidemic and floods to meet the examinations. It is worth mentioning that the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has decided to use the uniform logo of domestic TV drama films from September 21, 2022. The TV series "Big Examination", which was met with the audience that night, also became the first work to be broadcast on this new logo. This realistic theme is a unique mark. "Grand Examination" is not only the college entrance examination of students, but also a big test at all levels of society. Director Shen Yan accepted an exclusive interview with the reporter on the show.

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Reporter: The TV series "Grand Examination" is based on the college entrance examination incident under the test of the dual test of the Qixian epidemic and flood in 2020. First of all, I would like to ask you to talk about the creative origin of the show, and why is it called the "big test" in the end?

Shen Yan: At a TV drama discussion, several comrades from the Art Department of the Television Drama Department of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television told me that they saw a photo of a picture of Ma's excitement from the test room after the college entrance examination in 2020. They thought of a proposition of a play -about education, about the college entrance examination, and a college entrance examination in 2020. We talked very excitedly that day, and they decided to hand over the project to iQiyi. Feng Weiwei, the producer of iQiyi, found me, and I officially entered the project.

The name of the drama was initially proposed by the comrades of the Art Department of the TV Drama Division. This name is particularly good. Although there are only two words, it is simple and profound. It is about the college entrance examination, because the college entrance examination in 2020 is particularly special, especially the children who participated in the college entrance examination in Yanxian County, Anhui Province. They First experienced the epidemic and the floods. In the whole process, these children also had their families, schools and other aspects, and they all went through a big test. Therefore, we think that the play is called "Big Examination" more appropriate and more appropriate.

Reporter: "Big Examination" was launched in April and launched in September. This time cycle is very tense. If this shooting is regarded as a "big test", what do you think is the difficulty of this "exam"?

Shen Yan: In April of this year, the "Grand Exam" was launched, and it was earlier, which can be traced back to last year. In fact, we wanted to turn it on early. Because the proposition of the college entrance examination in 2020 has a certain time -effectiveness. This year is already 2022. If we do not shoot the story of this college entrance examination in 2020 this year, we will wait a month and wait for a year later, and the freshness of this proposition will weaken. Therefore, in order to allow everyone to have a comprehensive and timely understanding of the college entrance examination in 2020, everyone has been working hard.

The shooting time of this play is very tight. When I started in April this year, we had missed the winter of 2021. The story we told began in the winter of 2019. The story should be talked about in July 2021, and the narrative time spans three three. Season. When starting, many of our pictures are anti -season shooting, hot scenes in the cold, and in summer to make up for winter plays. , Special effects and so on. In the middle, we stopped for nearly a week because of the epidemic. The "Grand Exam" is a group of portraits. Many actors are not convenient to come and go, but everyone still overcome it. In the end, we need to restore the floods in La County in 2020, and we need to enter a lot of pre -preset and special effects in the early stage. In such a period of strict requirements, everyone has made a lot of effort.

In fact, until now, this exam has not yet ended. We have no time to give a complete set to the TV station. Basically, we will be broadcast on the other side, one side, and the side supply belt. In a sense, it can be regarded as a big test.

Reporter: The whole drama cuts in from 7 different families in the two schools of Jinhe County No.1 Middle School and 4th Middle School. What are the considerations of Chinese -style family samples in the play? How do you connect children's personal fate and family fate with the times?

Shen Yan: When we wrote the script at the beginning of the project, the screenwriter Nie Chengshuai suddenly discussed with me a problem, which made me suddenly realize the importance of this problem. In the traditional sense, we told the candidates and parents of the college. Things, I will subconsciously think of my college entrance examination and our parents. This is a proposition that I can't escape during the creation. When writing the script, we would think, what was the college entrance examination at that time. Now this drama is to present the college entrance examination in 2020. The parents of this group of children are actually "post -80s". I was born in 1969. In my mind, the "post -80s" are still a group of young people, but now they have become the parents of the children of the college entrance examination. This is the age composition of the family in the play. That's why we will see that the "post -80s" parents in the play are still a child. This creative concept is completely different from the previous description of the college entrance examination families. I also like to play everywhere. It should be said that in this concept, we have made huge changes and adjustments. In addition, the current college entrance examination is still different from our young college entrance examination, and the attention of the entire society is different. Although we have also experienced the college entrance examination ourselves, when creating this drama, we can say that it is exactly like a stranger to learn and interview, and slowly put together a social picture covering all aspects of college entrance examination, resistance, and flood resistance. When we started to interview the parents of these children and the people around the school, I suddenly found that these children were still very different from us who were college entrance examinations. We often talk about children from adults and people from adults and people who come, but do you really understand them? Are you really trying to walk into them? I think the answer is no. During this creation process, we went to Yixian County, Anhui to live with many children in the local schools and observe their usual learning. The pressure of these children now exceeds what we have suffered from that era. Family and society. High requirements with themselves. For them, they need to hold more energy to hold themselves so that they can bear the responsibility of being able to assume their responsibilities for themselves, schools, family, society, and for China. Our generation is more mature and brave.

Reporter: Many audiences feel that Zhao Shan, Zhou Meiren, and Zhou Bowen are very interesting. They are different from traditional expression in the treatment of intergenerational relations, the presentation of husband and wife relationship, and the setting of men's and women's division of labor. The people's eyes are refreshing but very real.

Shen Yan: This group of families is very typical. In the past two days, I also received feedback from some audience and friends, saying that the family assumed the laughter of the entire drama, and even many friends told me that this was how he persuaded his parents to leave. Just like what I just said, in fact, the maturity of children in this generation is higher than our age. At the age of 18, they perceive the heavy responsibility of their body. These responsibilities will make them mature faster, so they are in them. The family is more like a parent.

This group of families seem a bit funny, funny, and inverted. In fact, it exists. It represents the status quo of some Chinese families: the child has grown, but adults are still walking or even backward. In such a family, we see a father like a father and a father like a son, which constitutes the appearance of a new family structure. But my father Zhou Meiren became so exciting, and we will tell in the later story. The father became like this. In fact, his father did not find social identity and self -worth, and finally became a little inferior and even abandoned himself. He is not a bad guy. When he was slowly accepted by the child, when he saw the child's recognition of him, he quickly returned to the side of his father. He was still very moving later. Multi -drama is transparent. I hope that everyone can like this family and like this father who seems to be "delicious and lazy."

Reporter: The period reflected in "Grand Exam" is very close to our current life. What efforts did the crew make in the creation of realism?

Shen Yan: There are still many details in the life and current life in 2020. For example, the college entrance examination at that time and the current college entrance examination must have different places. At that time, the epidemic prevention policy was different from now. We are almost every drama consulting local staff. When the crew was filmed in Yixian, the local education bureau and infrastructure committee gave us a lot of support. In the group, the teachers, and government staff who helped coordinate our work in the group all worked hard with us and restored the period of the 2020 college entrance examination to the greatest extent.

Reporter: How much do you play for your answer?

Shen Yan: I am still in the process of submitting the papers. When the audience finish watching, I am looking forward to the scoring of my "big test" this time.

Content source: Literature and Art News on September 28, 2022

WeChat editor: Lu Yimeng

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