Contents of this article
- 1. Li Shaohong “fell” from the altar
- 2. What are the works of director Li Shaohong?
- 3. Did Li Shaohong win when he sued Yang Yang?
- 4. Is there any grudge between Yang Yang and Li Shaohong?
Li Shaohong "falls" from the altar
Before it was broadcast, everyone with a discerning eye knew that "Da Song Gong Ci" would be a hit, but no one expected that it would hit so hard.
It has been 16 episodes of the legendary costume drama "Ci of the Song Dynasty" directed by Li Shaohong. The Douban score plummeted from 6.1 at the beginning to 4.1. It has been hovering around 4 since then and has now fallen below 4 (3.9).
From the story to the lines, from the editing to the performances, this drama is a disaster. It is recommended not to click on it if you are curious.
The reason why the ratings of this drama have plummeted in an unprecedented way has a lot to do with the title of the drama "Pengci", "The Legend of the Gods" and "Ci of the Daming Palace" directed by Li Shaohong.
Or maybe Douban 9.1's "Da Ming Gong Ci" is too successful. The appearance of "Da Song Gong Ci" also illustrates a fact:
Li Shaohong has "fallen" from the altar.
In 1978, Li Shaohong, who only had a primary school education, was admitted to the directing department of the Beijing Film Academy, and became classmates with Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Tian Zhuangzhuang, and Gu Changwei.
After that, she naturally became one of the representatives of the fifth generation of directors in China.
China's "fifth generation directors" refer to young directors who graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in the 1980s.
This group of directors experienced the period of great social turmoil in China and received professional training in the era of reform and opening up. They are particularly keen on new ideological expressions and new artistic techniques, and strive to improve their material selection, narrative, character portrayal, lens use, There are new breakthroughs in image processing and other aspects.
This generation of directors has therefore become the representative of "cultural man" directors in many people's minds.
In 1986, Chen Kaige filmed Douban 8.7's "The King of Children" and won the Special Director Award at the 8th China Golden Rooster Awards.
In 1988, Zhang Yimou directed his first film "Red Sorghum", which won the Golden Bear Award for Best Film at the 38th Berlin International Film Festival.
In the same year, Li Shaohong's first independently directed film was also born - "Silver Snake Murder".
This film set a record for the highest number of copies after it was screened in 1988 and became one of the best-selling films of that year. However, compared to her classmate's two award-winning films, "Silver Snake Murder" can really be regarded as "alternative" ".
Because of the many revealing scenes and excessive exaggeration of violence, the film was interviewed by radio and television and removed from the shelves shortly after its release. It was also labeled as "not suitable for children".
Four years later, Li Shaohong brought the realistic film "Bloody Morning" that really made her famous. The film won the gold medal for best film at the 14th Nantes Three Continents Film Festival in France.
The film is based on García Márquez's "A Premeditated Murder", but Li Shaohong just borrowed a shell and radically localized the content of the story. In the end, it tells a story about a powerful man in a closed environment of a patriarchal society. An absurd tragedy caused by sexual conservatism.
After that, her film works such as "40", "Pink", "Red Suit", and "The Door" won individual awards at domestic and foreign film festivals.
Having achieved success in films, Li Shaohong began to get involved in long-form TV series.
In 1996, Li Shaohong directed her first TV series "Thunderstorm". Four years later, she ushered in the pinnacle of her TV series career "Daming Palace Ci".
"Daming Palace Ci" has been filmed in terms of visual effects, character lines and narrative structure.
Shakespeare's aria-like lines, fantasy-like scenes, exquisite characters, classical music, and the story's precise portrayal of women at the center of power made Li Shaohong an instant hit.
Among them, the several uses of shadow puppetry can be called a stroke of genius.
After this drama, "high-end" became one of Li Shaohong's style labels, and she was also promoted to "the altar" .
Two years later, Li Shaohong struck while the iron was hot and used the original cast of "Daming Palace Ci" to create another stylish TV series "Orange Is Red".
Due to the historical background of the story, compared to the perverse, enchanting, and romantic "Ci of Daming Palace", the story of "Oranges Are Red" is heavier and more gloomy.
After combining it with Li Shaohong's shooting techniques that emphasize atmosphere, lens language, and listening effects, the romantic and sentimental flavor of the Tang Dynasty is missing, and instead it becomes eerie and weird.
In fact, as long as "Orange Is Red" is not too bad, Li Shaohong can always stay on the altar. After all, "Da Ming Gong Ci" is so good that it is enough for her to stay on the altar and be admired all the time.
It is undeniable that Li Shaohong did stay on the "altar", but her departure has actually been traced for a long time.
The time has come to 2002, and "A Dream of Red Mansions" is preparing to be remade.
Although "A Dream of Red Mansions", one of the four great classics, had been filmed many times before the 21st century, the one with the best reputation is the version filmed by Wang Fulin in 1987 (hereinafter referred to as the 1987 version).
Nowadays, it seems that there is no need to compare this drama, but at that time, the 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" was not universally recognized.
Some red scholars believe that this version is too realistic in its realism style and has lost the overall artistic style and charm of the original work.
During the filming of the 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions", due to limitations of the times and technology, director Wang Fulin indeed focused on realism rather than dream creation.
Not only were the scenes with elements of feudal superstition such as the Taixu fantasy world and the underworld in the original work deleted, but also appropriate additions and deletions of plots were made to make the plot development more realistic.
Since it was necessary to reshoot, of course it would be best to make up for the regrets of the past. In the end, the burden of reshooting "Dream of Red Mansions" fell on Li Shaohong.
In fact, Li Shaohong is really good at shooting "dream-like" TV series.
Especially after the success of "Ci of Daming Palace" and "Orange Is Red", it was proved that the poetic style TV series that Li Shaohong is "good at" still have room for survival.
So preparations for the new "Dream of Red Mansions" began with great fanfare. First, there was a one-year audition for "Dream of Red Mansions" with more than 400,000 participants, and then a lot of effort was put into scene reconstruction.
The original budget of the play was 118 million, but the final actual investment exceeded 200 million, even more than the new version of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
After nearly 2 years of filming, on September 2, 2010, the veil of the "New Red Mansion" was finally unveiled.
That night, 50 episodes of "A Dream of Red Mansions" began to be broadcast nationwide on Beijing Satellite TV and Anhui Satellite TV. On the night of its launch, Beijing Satellite TV set a local record for the highest ratings.
Unexpectedly, the good times did not last long. The new version of "Dream of Red Mansions" encountered great criticism from the audience after its short-lived hit in the first round.
The new "Dream of Red Mansions" has received criticism from various aspects. Some said that the script did not undergo artistic transformation, some said that the casting was deviated from what was described in the book, some said that the shape of the coin head was incompatible with the real scene, and some said that the music style and the original settings inconsistent.
Even the exquisite props that the show is proud of have made ridiculous mistakes.
Yes, the new "A Dream of Red Mansions" has indeed "complemented" the old version in terms of graphics, and Taixu Fantasy also used special effects to create the graphics.
But while it satisfies the audience's senses in terms of scene details, it misses the most important point of a TV series - the text.
Li Shaohong said in an interview with "Phoenix Unconventional" that she was not very familiar with "Dream of Red Mansions".
If you’re not familiar with it, how can you take pictures?
Li Shaohong answered this: "Ignorance is fearless. Your ignorance is your strength."
So she convened a group of young screenwriters who were familiar with the original work, and spent three months writing the first draft of 50 episodes of The New Red Mansion.
Friends who have watched "A Dream of Red Mansions" will have some experience. This version of "A Dream of Red Mansions" can be called the most "restorative" novel adaptation in history. The lines in the play are basically copied from the original work, with almost no TV-like treatment.
It can be said that except for the huge "leap" in production costs, this version of "Dream of Red Mansions" is not comparable to the 1987 version of "Dream of Red Mansions" in other aspects.
It is precisely because of the "fearless fearlessness of the ignorant" that Li Shaohong pursues that the new version of "A Dream of Red Mansions" was immediately criticized by the audience after it was broadcast.
At that time, there were many objectionable voices on the Internet. Literary director Yang Yichao even published an article on his blog titled "Who will "block" the new version of "Dream of Red Mansions"?"
In that era when people were brave enough to do anything, Li Shaohong also appeared on the show with the leading actors in the play, preparing to take this opportunity to save face.
Even so, the reputation of the new "A Dream of Red Mansions" has not been restored.
Perhaps because this blow was so great, in the next seven or eight years, Li Shaohong did not direct any works independently, not even a single movie or TV series.
Until this "Da Song Gong Ci".
At the beginning of the preparation of "Da Song Gong Ci", there was no special novel to interpret the story of the Song Dynasty.
It just so happened that Empress Dowager Liu of the Song Dynasty was also a woman with quite rich and legendary experiences, all of which fit the template of "Ci of Daming Palace".
Li Shaohong seems to have seen another "hot item".
But the success of "Daming Palace Ci" is both inevitable and accidental. It brought together the right time, place and people to create a masterpiece, and it also became an existence that cannot be copied.
Moreover, the incompetence and lack of attention to the text are even more prominent in "Da Song Gong Ci".
It has neither the protection of the screenwriter team nor the blessing of the original masterpiece. There are even frequent low-level errors in the lines in the play.
And such a mistake that cannot be ignored cannot be made up for by any exquisite picture.
Having seen this, and then look back at the three masterpieces of TV dramas directed by Li Shaohong, "Ci of Daming Palace", "Oranges Are Red", and the new "Dream of Red Mansions", you will find:
From "New Red Mansions" to "The Palace of the Song Dynasty", the "filter" of director Li Shaohong, a "cultural man", was completely shattered.
The "Shakespeare's poetic" style in the text of "Daming Palace Ci" owes a lot of credit to Zheng Zheng and Wang Yao.
It is said that when he first came into contact with the script of "Daming Palace Ci", Li Shaohong did not understand the flavor of the text and was worried that the Western classical style would not be accepted by the audience.
Later, the screenwriters took her into the "little dark room", lit candles, and covered her eyes with a piece of red cloth, recreating the classic scene in the play where Princess Taiping and Zhang Yizhi flirted.
Only then did she understand the love and beauty contained in the script.
After that, the screenwriters of "Oranges Are Red", which maintained the standard, were Zheng Zheng and Wang Yao.
Therefore, what we think of as Li Shaohong's style is actually the screenwriter who contributed the most. Without the blessing of the screenwriter, Li Shaohong's masterpiece became the new "Dream of Red Mansions".
Comparing these TV series, Li Shaohong's strengths are obvious.
She is able to create a dreamy feeling that is "like illusion and reality" through multi-angle lens changes and unique use of light and shadow.
But in other words, "form is greater than content."
Wang Qiang once mentioned Li Shaohong's "Daming Palace Ci" in his book "TV Series Creation" and said:
"Li Shaohong's "Ci of Daming Palace" is very exquisite in the processing of audio and video, but the real success of "Ci of Daming Palace" cannot be measured by traditional audio-visual aesthetic values."
At this point, perhaps she knows better than us whether Li Shaohong should start working on the "text" in her works or stick to her proud "style" and continue to rest on her laurels.
Qingshi Film Editorial Department | Lao Meng
What are the works of director Li Shaohong?
1. The film works directed by Li Shaohong include: "Silver Snake Murder", "Bloody Morning", "Forty Do Not Confused", "Pink", "Baby in Love", "Life and Death", etc.
2. The TV series directed by Li Shaohong include: "Thunderstorm", "Ci of the Ming Dynasty", "Oranges Are Red", "The Comprador's House", "A Dream of Red Mansions", and "Ci of the Song Dynasty".
3. Li Shaohong, born on July 17, 1955 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, graduated from the Directing Department of Beijing Film Academy and is a female director in Mainland China.
Did Li Shaohong win when he sued Yang Yang?
According to relevant information, Li Shaohong sued Yang Yang and won. Yang Yang did not appear in the TV series "Xuanyuan Sword: Clouds of Han" due to breach of contract. Shanghai New Culture International Exchange Co., Ltd. sued Yang Yang for compensation of 20 million. The Hongkou Court ruled that Yang Yang lost the case. Yang Yang graduated from the Chinese People's Liberation Army Art Institute and made his official debut by starring as the adult Baoyu in the new version of "Dream of Red Mansions". He signed a contract with director Li Shaohong's agency Rong Xinda. On December 4, 2014, Li Shaohong issued a statement on Weibo, saying that he had filed a lawsuit against the five producers of the online drama "Tomb Raiders" over the unauthorized use of his artist Yang Yang. Li Shaohong said in an interview that Yang Yang was already filming other movies behind the company's back before the contract was terminated.
Is there any grudge between Yang Yang and Li Shaohong?
There is a deep grudge between Yang Yang and Li Shaohong. Facing Yang Yang today, Li Shaohong should feel very regretful. Li Shaohong was Yang Yang's mentor at the beginning, and they also had a cooperative relationship. Yang Yang has previously filmed the young Jia Baoyu in "A Dream of Red Mansions", and Li Shaohong is the director of this work, so they are very familiar with each other. 2014 was a turning point in the relationship between the two. In 2014, Yang Yang and Li Shaohong completely broke up and even went to court directly.
The cause of the matter was the issue of who should be the male lead of the TV series "Blooming Pinellia". Initially, the male lead of this TV series decided that Yang Yang would be more suitable for the role. In order to make himself more suitable for the role, Yang Yang even shaved his hair. But before the filming of the TV series started, Yang Yang was suddenly informed that the leading actor had been replaced, and the person who replaced Yang Yang was Li Shaohong's godson. If it were just like this, Yang Yang would not choose to terminate the contract directly, but during this period, the company paid Yang Yang very little salary, and Yang Yang's publicity expenses had to be deducted from this small amount of salary.
These reasons made Yang Yang very disappointed, so Yang Yang wanted to leave the company. Therefore, Yang Yang proposed to terminate the contract with his boss Li Shaohong in 2014. However, Li Shaohong was very angry at this time and even directly terminated Yang Yang and sent a lawyer's letter to Yang Yang. In addition, the company also released a lot of negative information about Yang Yang, hoping to destroy Yang Yang's future in this way.
Fortunately, Yang Yang had many breaches of contract by the company, so he was able to successfully terminate the contract in the end. After the contract was terminated, Yang Yang filmed Tomb Raiders, but after the TV series was aired, Li Shaohong said that the crew directly let Yang Yang film the movie without the company's consent, so he directly sued the producer of the TV series in court. Yang Yang said that he had left the company, so he performed in his own name. Such a sentence left Li Shaohong speechless.
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