Director Wang Juntan《Full Bloom》

Recently, “《Full Bloom》” has become one of the hotly discussed topics in the film and television industry, because its TV series has attracted a large number of fans and audiences.What's even more exciting is that some hot topics in the play have aroused widespread discussion, among which director Wang Juntan - Full Bloom - has made everyone full of curiosity and doubts.Let’s chat together today.

Once the TV series - Full Bloom - was aired, the popularity value on the Tencent Video site quickly exceeded 30,000, and its market share also succeeded - Qing Yu Nian 2 - to become the first on the entire network.This drama, starring Liu Yifei, uses the twenty-year life of the heroine Huang Yimei as a clue to tell several of her emotional stories and growth process.

In the years before 《Full Bloom》, Wang Jun shot many contemporary reality-themed works such as "Little Farewell"《"Little Joy"》Xiao Min's Family《which focused on social issues such as education and family reorganization.issue.He said frankly that over the years, he has filmed a lot of realistic themes,“ but I feel that social problems cannot be solved by literary and artistic works.”When Xinli Lai invited him to direct the project Full Bloom, his first impression was that it was novel. “I haven't made a purely emotional film in many years.

From”daughter“ to”big girl“

He read Yi Shu's original work and realized the great difficulty of adapting it.

” I quite like the novel, but after all, it was written about Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s of the last century, and the spiritual temperament of the era is too far away from the present.In addition, the heroine is a daughter of Hong Kong's upper class. If such a character is transplanted to the mainland, she will not adapt to the local environment.“

Another difficulty comes from the narrative perspective. The original story unfolds from the first-person perspective of several men, telling the story of Huang Yimei at different stages of life as they saw it.”In the novel, you cannot see the inner monologue of the heroine. Everything about her comes from the eyes of others.“Therefore, Huang Yimei in the original work is a character with ”illusory beauty“. ”Huang Yimei is an object to be described. Everything is her in the eyes of others, what others say, and what others see.“

Therefore, Wang Jun judged that it would be very difficult to adapt the script of this project. To truly write the story in the first person, a lot of adjustments would be required.”

Wang Jun once collaborated with screenwriter Li Xiao on the TV series "I Love My Boyfriend", which tells the story of love among older people.This time of cooperation again, in Wang Jun's eyes, Li Xiao's writing made Full Bloom come to fruition.

In recent years, several film and television projects adapted from Yi Shu's novels have set their story backgrounds in Shanghai.“Perhaps because the overall temperament of Shanghai is closer to the feeling in Yi Shu's novel”, Wang Jun expressed his understanding.But 》Full Bloom《, he placed the narrative space in Beijing.

Because at the beginning of the creation of the project, Li Xiao communicated with Wang Jun, hoping to set the story in Beijing, which seemed out of reach of the story of He Yishu. She wanted to reshape Huang Yimei into a free and confident Beijing girl., “ just wanted this girl to be different from the image of a proud Hong Kong rich man and aristocratic daughter in Yi Shu's works.”After hearing this, Wang Jun approved this more practical adaptation plan.》Full Bloom--From Hong Kong in the 1970s and 1980s, it was transplanted to Beijing, which had just successfully bid for the Olympic Games in 2001; the heroine of the story changed from the daughter of an old Hong Kong rich man to the youngest daughter of a Beijing intellectual family.

The subsequent difficulty of the adaptation was to turn the somewhat illusory and beautiful character Huang Yimei in the original work into a real person.In Wang Jun's view, Full Bloom is not a drama with a strong plot, which requires careful characterization to leave a deep impression on the audience and create a sense of involvement.“This places extremely high demands on actors, making each character vivid and distinctive.”

After the adaptation, Huang Yimei's personality is much stronger than that of the original work.Wang Jun admitted that when he first saw the script, he was worried that this character might be controversial in the future.For example, in order to sneak into a banquet, she disguised herself and told the hotel staff that her company needed a venue for an event.“We also discussed this during the creation process, whether there would be any moral risks.”Wang Jun said,“But later we reached a consensus that Huang Yimei was not perfect, and she was only 22 years old and had just graduated. She was eager to achieve success at work, so she went a bit eccentric.”

Another example is the scene where Huang Yimei sends her boss to the hospital.What is written in the script is that I have a copy of it, but I haven’t read it much.At that time, Wang Jun noticed this detail and thought it might be a bit too much: I had never driven a car before, so I had to drive someone to the hospital late at night?Do I think it needs to be changed?%After much thought, Wang Jun still felt that Li Xiao's writing style was more extreme, "It seems that this girl is bolder and more responsible."

A woman's love epic

The play was written from 2001 to 2020. Huang Yimei's love story has experienced men such as Zhuang Guodong, Fang Xiewen, Fu Jiaming, He Xi, etc., writing a woman's contemporary love epic over a span of twenty years.“Wang Jun defines it this way.

In domestic dramas in recent years, it is common for a female protagonist to be admired by multiple men, but it is rare for a female protagonist to fall in love with multiple men and then be separated again. -Full Bloom--There is no doubt that it has made slight innovations in the protagonist's emotional line, but in Wang Jun's view, it is nothing.”A girl has several relationships in her life. What's so special about this?“He said,”This play may be a woman's love epic.“

Like the love story between Huang Yimei and Fang Xiewen (played by Lin Gengxin), in Wang Jun's view, everyone has highs and lows in life. When ” met Fang Xiewen, it was when Huang Yimei's relationship was at its lowest point.“ At that time, she had just broken up with Zhuang Guodong (played by Peng Guanying). In order to erase this person from her mind, ” she spent a lot of time studying and working to fill herself up to numb herself and ease the pain of lovelorn.The appearance of Fang Xiewen at this time was a kind of spiritual comfort for her. She had a shoulder to lean on when she was most tired.Her relationship with Fang Xiewen was a gradual emotional process, not the kind of passionate relationship from the beginning.“Wang Jun talked about.

The first love between Huang Yimei and Zhuang Guodong was the most intense and passionate one.Wang Jun talked about the scene in the play where Huang Yimei was so sad and angry that she smashed a bottle of red wine against the wall. Later, the two reconciled, and she painted a burgundy flower on top of the wine stains.Colorful flowers.This love is extreme and public, and it is the passion of first love alone.

When Wang Jun was filming this relationship, he also switched the male and female narrative perspectives, showing the trial and pull and worries about gains and losses on both sides at the beginning of a relationship.At the beginning, from Huang Yimei's perspective, Zhuang Guodong was restrained and calm.But later when the narrative shifts to Zhuang Guodong's perspective, we find out that Zhuang Guodong fell in love with Huang Yimei at first sight. When she appeared at the banquet, his eyes were locked on her from then on.”

This Rashomon-like narrative is also used in the beginning of the story, Zhou Shihui (played by Wu Bi)'s pursuit of Huang Yimei.From Zhou Shihui's perspective, Huang Yimei had emotional feedback for him,“ but in fact, it was Zhou Shihui who brought his own personal feelings and imagination into this relationship, so his story was completely different from Huang Yimei's story.”

This narrative technique aroused discussion and resonance among many viewers when the truth was revealed.In the relationship between the sexes, no matter how clear the woman's rejection attitude is, it is still such a simple thing for her to be misunderstood and slandered.As a beautiful woman, Huang Yimei will inevitably face some kind of malice, but in Full Bloom, you can see her confident and powerful fight back.

Huang Yimei remains unchanged

The establishment of the character Huang Yimei is inseparable from Liu Yifei's performance.Often, when interpreting a character who is famous for her beauty, it is difficult for an actress to avoid being scrutinized and evaluated by the audience in many aspects.But what Liu Yifei gained from playing such a role was the love and recognition of the audience.

Wang Jun said that because the script already gave a very complete character framework, during the filming with Liu Yifei, they discussed and made choices more about the proportion and details of the performance.For example, when Huang Zhenhua (played by Tong Dawei) gave Huang Yimei advice on how to attract the boy he likes, Wang Jun joked with Liu Yifei on the set: "Be more confident, and it will feel like a 'princess has arrived'."In Wang Jun's opinion, Full Bloom does not have a strong plot with ups and downs, ups and downs, and the advancement of all stories and emotions depends entirely on the actors' detailed performances. For example, sometimes“ must have the uncontrollable heartbeat of first love, and also have to haveSome are confident and careful, and they have to be right.

In the play, in addition to the love story, the family relationship between Huang Yimei and her brother Huang Zhenhua is also written quite touchingly. Judging from the scenes, the proportion of the brother played by Tong Dawei is also rare in love-themed TV dramas.”The men around her may come and go, but her brother will always protect her,% Wang Jun said, "It is also written in the novel that her brother is more than ten years older than her, he is both father and brother, and he takes great care of his sister.We continued the setting of the novel: her brother is her protector.Huang Yimei has her love story, but in my opinion, Huang Yimei loves her brother the most, and Huang Zhenhua also loves her sister most. This kind of love is certainly not love, but this kind of family affection is very touching."

When asked whether "Full Bloom" not only presented this period of love, but also used love to present Huang Yimei's own growth and changes, Wang Jun gave an unexpected answer: Love has not changed Huang Yimei.“People may make progress and grow through love.But I think these are not obvious or important in Huang Yimei. She has never changed.”

After her marriage to Fang Xiewen ended, Huang Yimei fell in love with a down-and-out artist. Wang Jun said with a smile that she was hurt in her first love and later divorced. Some people may think that you should be more realistic., be more mature and don’t get involved in another passionate relationship.But what is maturity, what is growth? Is it maturity to no longer have hope and longing for love?I don't think so.“

Regarding emotions, Huang Yimei has always maintained the purity and simplicity of when she was twenty. In Wang Jun's view, this is the greatest charm of this woman and what makes her special. No matter what age she is, all she cares about is herself.Inner feelings, not whether the person has money or what kind of job he does.I like this person, and being together is enough.”

“She will never be disappointed in love because she has experienced the hardships of life.”

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