Chapter 1016 Each One Is the Protagonist Configuration
A and B met for the first time on the plane and greeted each other.
After the plane made an emergency landing, A and B were stranded on a deserted island. They met again and greeted each other again. They were not afraid, but only yearned for this environment and had ulterior motives. On the surface, they had to show the same fear of the unknown as all the passengers, but they could also see the same ulterior motives in each other's eyes.
This is exactly the destination of their trip. By some strange coincidence, the plane had an accident and made an emergency landing on the sea, stranding on a deserted island. The geographical coordinates of this deserted island are exactly where they want to go.
For performance, there is only a description of the environment here. How to act and how to integrate the role with the plot depends entirely on performance and your understanding of the entire script.
This is the part played by Ge You and Deng Chao, with Sun Li as an additional role. Uncle Li’s role does not need much introduction. People in China are familiar with it, but this film is aimed at the whole world, so Uncle Li’s identity has a special flashback scene later, which is how he walked out of prison. A screenwriter once proposed to connect the plot of "A World Without Thieves", but Chen Hao directly rejected it.
For this reason, he also held a special meeting to correct everyone’s thinking limitations. The effect was not good enough, so he also invited two screenwriters from Hollywood to participate in the entire project. With their arrival, the overall effect came out. People have never seen "A World Without Thieves". The role of Uncle Li is completely unfamiliar to them. In their eyes, this is a contact between an old thief and a couple of thieves whose relationship seems to be wrong.
In the eyes of Chinese audiences, Deng Chao and Sun Li's couple identity is very familiar, which can make them recall the roles of Andy Lau and Rene Liu in "A World Without Thieves". In fact, these are two completely different roles. In terms of role positioning, Sun Li is the real person in charge, Deng Chao is just on the surface, and he is the one who takes care of everything. Sun Li really hides behind the scenes to observe everything and disguises herself as a female thief who depends on a man. If she knows nothing, the role is too thin. She knows everything and is an auxiliary deputy. In this way, people will no longer speculate on her identity, and more will be placed on Deng Chao.
How to act in this meeting?
How to act as a friend of the male lead like Huang Bo? A role that sets off the protagonist's high-end, how to act to be colorful, to play a small person colorfully, this is exactly Huang Bo's strengths. This time is a challenge for him. Can he break through Chen Hao's powerful aura? Everyone's expectations for him are bursting.
The story of the first season starts very simply and is easy to understand. It is easy to read at first glance. There is no excessive background plot, nor is there any so-called anti-sky plot. A plane, a large group of people gathered inside.
From meeting to some scattered contacts between each other, the actors have to show their performances here, position their characters, and show that they do not affect the normal state of the characters. For example, Uncle Li saw the thief played by Liao Fan, and before getting on the plane, he couldn't help but take a wallet. When they got on the plane, they sat together and smiled at each other. Uncle Li's eyes should reveal the deep meaning of seeing through but keep normal.
Hu Jun plays a plainclothes detective who tracks Deng Chao and Sun Li. He has a passionate and completely high-end image, which meets all the positive image settings. He has strong personal abilities and is the type who can save everyone in times of crisis. It is a typical protagonist setting. But in this play, he is not the protagonist, and in the first season, he is the only character who is set to die in the big plot.
Facing Chinese audiences, there are many celebrity faces. Based on the habit of watching dramas in the past, you can guess his identity when you see a celebrity. If he is not a celebrity, he must be an insignificant little person and you don’t need to pay attention to him.
In this drama, it is not the case, at least not in the beginning. There will be celebrity guest appearances, and there will also be settings where celebrities will be killed as soon as they come on, just like passerby A and passerby B, who will die after appearing on the stage.
Wang Qianyuan plays a guy who always dreams of getting rich and is extremely courageous, likes to gamble on fate, and dares to bet his life on a chance. He is decadent and easy to blacken. This kind of role is more suitable for redemption.
Zhao Liying is a naive new reporter who has dreams and dares to realize them, but she knows too little about this world. The character was originally set as the kind of troublemaker that everyone often sees. When something happens, his sense of justice explodes. He has no strength but still tries to take the lead in everything. After watching it, Chen Hao shook his head and passed it up. The character can be naive, but he doesn't live in a completely vacuum ivory tower. Even if it is an ivory tower, there is still the Internet. I can be ignorant of the world, but I can't do that stupid girl.
Han Dongjun is a college student who just graduated and a sports athlete. He has a sense of justice without hurting himself. Once he encounters a real death threat, he realizes that the image of himself as very powerful in the past is completely self-satisfied. Facing this cruel thing, he is still far away.
These main characters have distinct personalities, and some minor characters also have distinct characteristics, from all walks of life in society.
The word "ordinary" is OK when making a broad generalization, but it is irresponsible to really summarize a person in detail. Everyone's personality is actually not ordinary. If a person is particularly vain and likes to brag, is that ordinary? This is also a unique characteristic of him. For example, he is a vain and boastful fat salesman, or a vain and boastful guy who always disguises himself as an honest man with glasses.
What Chen Hao wants is to give each character distinct characteristics within the limited performance time, and he himself is the one with the least characteristics. In addition, Huang Bo is also a person who has the qualities that most people have.
He has a sense of justice but not strong. When encountering danger, he protects himself. In terms of interests, he still puts himself first. He doesn't like to meddle in other people's affairs. He will avoid the important and will also lend a helping hand appropriately. When encountering high-pressure situations, he can also burst out his own potential for rebound.
The two characters seem to have the same development path and seem to be working hand in hand to become stronger, but in fact, they will have differences in their own personality. The difference between the two more popular character settings is that one has a certain fighting ability and the other has no image and is more like a follower. At the same time, they are striving to become stronger, and the results they get must be different. With the recognition of a beautiful woman, even if the two do the same thing of helping others and saving lives, the halo will fall more on Chen Hao's character.
Each character has enough room for development, but it is destined that the plot will not give enough roles to anyone except Chen Hao, which requires everyone to perform well in a one-second performance.
With so many outstanding characters, Chen Hao is not afraid of losing some of them. If the plot is exciting enough, some less exciting characters will automatically become passers-by, and even gradually become a thing of the past among the emerging new characters. Some even get box lunches without any novelty, and no one can remember that there was such a character after death.
After everyone got together, they first became interested in Zhao Liying's role: "Director, her role is a standard heroine."
In fact, everyone's roles are similar, mainly based on the number of scripts in their hands and the number of scenes. At first glance, they are similar, but you will find that many roles cannot be reflected after a closer look. They need to be adjusted on the spot during filming. From Zhao Liying's role setting as a reporter, everyone can see that this is a standard heroine setting. As long as she doesn't think she is a savior, doesn't think she has unlimited abilities, and doesn't foolishly think that others should act according to her own thinking mode, then this is a standard heroine, or at least a role that you can ask for a supporting actress.
After watching the madness of American dramas, it is not uncommon for the heroine to be unfixed. If you say she is, she may die in the next season. Maybe a role that suddenly appears will be recognized by everyone, with more and more roles, and in the end, something may happen with the hero. The black swordswoman in The Walking Dead is one of the best examples. There is also the old woman who was so cowardly in the first season that she always cried and needed protection. Later, she had more and more scenes. After the fifth season, she became an "undercover" in the team. She could disguise herself as an ordinary person who was powerless and mixed into the crowd. When the safe zone was really breached by the enemy, she instantly transformed into the most powerful warrior with a sword. Although she didn't have anything with the male protagonist, who dares to say that she is not the heroine?
The more such adventure survival TV series with cross-map dungeons are, the more they need special supporting roles to slowly increase the scenes and form a strong team around the protagonist, and all the powerful enemies must be eliminated one by one during the dungeon advancement. The reason why American dramas are more enjoyable than Chinese dramas is that there are many villains in American dramas, but there is only one in Chinese dramas. If there is only one villain in dozens of episodes, there are few actors who can play the role and fight against the righteous characters. Most people will have a thought: why can't the villain be killed even if there are dozens of episodes and many opportunities to kill him?
Answer: The villain, like the hero and heroine, has a halo of immortality, which will not disappear until the last episode.
Sometimes, visual fatigue will occur. In the past, when there were about 20 episodes, this model was very good, the plot was enough to develop, and it was not dragged out. Now, in order to make money, a TV series without 35 or 40 episodes seems to be not good at all, and even 60 or 70 episodes are no longer scary to everyone. The setting that the villain's halo does not disappear until the last episode has gradually become the biggest constraint of a drama.
With a multi-season system, characters can be released in batches. This way it won't be monotonous, and there won't be a large number of characters piled up in one shot and unable to be performed. When some of them come out, those who perform well will continue to move on, the villains who perform strongly will die, and those who perform poorly will get their lunch boxes. When a few of them die, a few new characters will be added.