Since the beginning of the year, with the growth of the public's home time, TV screen ratings performance is eye-catching. According to the "Chinese audiovisual data (CVB)" statistics, in February this year, the average daily household viewing time of the TV series increased by 30.6% compared to January, **** 7 primetime TV series, 19 61 variety shows and 5 54 episodes of documentary ratings more than 1%.
Among them, the TV drama "Anjia", written by Liu Liu and starring Sun Li and Luo Jin, performed the most eye-catching and repeatedly topped the ratings list. As of the finale, the average ratings of "Anjia" reached 2.517%, ranking the first in the same time period; on the night of the grand finale on March 20, the national ratings reached 3.296%, and the ratings in the Shanghai area were as high as 11.121%, hitting a new record high for TV drama ratings in the current year.
"Anjia" of the store play, I myself to say 70 or 80 percent, the degree of completion and the comprehensive results of the quality is relatively high." Recently, director An Jian finally accepted an interview with reporters and talked about his most impressive "store scene". The story theme of "Anjia" centers around a group of real estate agents, and the main character's "Anjia world" Jingyi store plays a heavy role. "The small group scene of five or six people in the store is the most difficult to shoot, everyone present is not a prop, they have a reaction, there is a character relationship." An Jian describes that every group scene is like a small drama, someone walks past with a cup, someone may go to a bathroom in the middle, "Everyone has to know their position and the point in time when they walk past. If the scene in the store is not good, the play will be ruined, and if it is good, it is basically a success."
Many viewers see "Anjia" as an industry drama, but in An's opinion, it's more aptly and accurately described as a "realistic urban drama". "Realism is the true reproduction of typical characters in typical environments, and the script of 'Anjia' also has a life. At the same time, realism has to have personality. In the film and television gallery of domestic dramas, there are no such characters as the Anjia Heavenly Group, who represent a class of people, but they are still themselves, with a strong personal touch."
In the selection of scenery, layout and filming techniques, An Jian deliberately emphasized the "documentary" presentation. In the small space of the Jingyi store, the camera is very large, and the photographer often carries the camera to shoot, just like shooting the news scene, without any modification. He said that he wanted to express the closest point to life.
In "Anjia", in addition to the two protagonist shopkeepers played by Sun Li and Luo Jin, the performances of a host of supporting characters, such as the ambitious Prince Jian (played by Wang Zijian), the na?ve Zhu Shiming (played by Sun Jiayu), the simple and sunny Lou Shan Guan (played by Tian Lei), and the humorous Xie Tingfeng (played by Yang Hao Yu), are also noteworthy, and contribute a lot of smile-inducing points of interest to the show. "Why is the group drama of the An Family Heavenly Group better than the story of one person?" In An Jian's opinion, the reason is that there are too many stories about elites nowadays, while the agency is the struggle and struggle of the more lower class characters, and the audience is prone to a sense of ****ing, "I've tried to get close to the characters' lives in this year or so, and that's what I told the actors: to be with the characters **** love, ****ness (character), and be together completely. "
The main slogan of "Settlement" is "Selling a house, shouldering a life". Now, talking about this domestic drama has been concluded, An Jian hope to convey only the word "warmth". "During the special period of the epidemic when 'Anjia' was aired, we told every story and conveyed every warmth, hoping to send comfort and warmth to viewers who are temporarily at home. It's something that comforts me."
A Conversation with Anjian, Director of "Settle Down"
Superior News: Are you still satisfied with how "Settle Down" has aired?
Superview News: The slogan of the play "Anjia" is: selling a house, shouldering a life. Many of the topics in the play have sparked heated debates, what are the most important values that the play wants to convey?
An Jian: The touching story is not one or two points, but the whole play. In fact, the so-called truth that everyone sees is not necessarily the truth itself, which has something to do with the angle from which everyone sees the event, and all the moral issues involved will be subject to the test of conscience, and you'll see that everyone will pick a side. Society is a prismatic mirror, and it is impossible for those who work in the arts to give a fixed answer to every incident, but can there be some sharpness, some stinging or touching of the heart. There is goodness and ugliness in reality, but the direction of the art work is to be warm, not only the characters are warm, but also the small plot. During the special time of the epidemic when "Settle Down" was on the air, every story we told and every warmth we conveyed, we hoped to send comfort and warmth to our viewers who were temporarily homebound. That's something that comforts me.
Superior News: In terms of filming style, you once emphasized the documentary-style filming method, which is a bold attempt to pursue realism, right?
An Jian: Right, the choice of scenery, the layout, the way of filming, are all a series of realism on display.
Anjian: Yes, the location, the layout, the way of shooting is a series of realism. I wanted to express the closest point to life.
Superior View News: The audience will think that the plot is good, the actors are good and that's it, and they may not pay much attention to the technical aspects, do you have any regrets about that?
An Jian: I don't need the audience to GET it, the audience just need to say that it's the flow of life is enough, real is enough. We're not filming for professionals, we're filming for the general audience. All the technology is in the service of the characters and the story. Before shooting I can choose the narrative strategy is a lot, choose this way I am very firm but also very apprehensive, film and television work is a one-off, so far proved to be effective, the audience is accepted, the way closer to life. I see a lot of viewers will also look for the drama of the location are in Shanghai, which buildings, which hotels, which lot to take, which shows that the grounded.
Superior View News: Before and after the filming, how did your knowledge and understanding of the agency industry change?
An Jian: I wouldn't say there were any significant changes. We live and learn, everyone is not omniscient, our learning is shallow, we have to look at the world with a slight warmth of vision and a desire for goodness. Why is the group drama of the Anjia Heavenly Group better than the story of one person? Nowadays, there are too many stories about elites, the intermediary is the struggle and struggles of the more underclass characters, right? When my family bought a house, my say was close to zero, my wife made the call. All I ask is to have a place to live and to be quiet. Li Ka-shing's famous saying, "What's the most important thing in buying a house, the lot or the lot." I didn't even know that until this shooting. I've been trying to get closer to the characters' lives for more than a year, and that's what I told the actors: to be with the characters **** love, **** sex (personality), completely together.
Superior News: Can you talk about how it feels to work with Sun Li again after ten years?
Superview News: The drama has also boosted Luo Jin's popularity, how does it feel to work with him?
An Jian: I hadn't seen much of Luo Jin's theater before, and it was my first time working together. Luo Jin's finish is really high and his attention to detail is great. I remember there was a scene where Auntie Xu and Fang Xijin were negotiating the terms of their partnership, and they had to eat fruit and chat at the same time. On the day of shooting, the crew prepared apples, but Luo Jin felt that eating apples didn't show the aunt's "indifferent" state he wanted. I said I have prunes in my room, Luo Jin said this is good, prunes eat while spitting casually, there is a very poor feeling. There are a lot of details like this, which shows that everyone is very excited about the creative state.
There is also the tailbone injury scene, you can take a close look at Sun Li to help Luo Jin that action. When I was very young, my grandmother was paralyzed, I've seen the family help her, must be a hand on the support in place, rather than slowly help ...... this must have life. Life drama is a threshold, although the threshold is low, but the most difficult to perform well, have not performed a good life drama can not be called a good actor. This play Luo Jin's degree of completion is very high, the character's multi-faceted performance is very good.
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The treatment of love scenes in Anjia is also more restrained, and has been described as "adult love".
Anjian: From the very beginning of the creation, it was determined that we would not write about love at great length. The real love is a look, that is, the woman encountered a problem, what is your attitude, you are a bystander or out of the way? This is enough to express the emotions of two people. Room like Jin and Aunt Xu's relationship line basically did not have to follow the usual path, my principle is that emotions are in the matter and attitude, do not need to use a special space to show.
Superior View News: Do you have any regrets about the movie?
An Jian: Yes, but keep it a secret and keep it to yourself. Every work has regrets, and no work is perfect.