After Chu Xuan's opening statement, everyone roughly understood the origin and theme of the story. Combining the elements promoted by the posters on the scene, they also initially understood that "Star You" is a story style that interweaves sorrow and joy, and the story style is mixed.
The core idea focuses on a true feeling, with Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei analyzing their inner emotions to bring about their own view of love.
At this point, the framework elements of the new drama "My Love from the Star" can be seen in full.
Immediately afterwards, under the supervision of Huang Bo, the interview session with Chu Xuan entered.
"Director Chu, what is your understanding of idol dramas?"
As soon as Huang Bo named a reporter, the reporter stood up and brought up a big topic.
If Chu Xuan was just an actor, reporters would not ask such questions to the actor.
But when Chu Xuan met as a director, the questions reporters asked were naturally deeper and broader.
It was also the first time for Chu Xuan to face this kind of in-depth problem. He felt the difference brought about by the change of identity from actor to director, and also realized the different perspectives of the media towards actors and directors.
He held the microphone in his right hand and crossed his arm with his left hand. He thought for a moment and then picked up the microphone to speak.
"Before answering this question, we must first understand and interpret what an idol is."
"What is an idol? A popular star? A handsome actor? Or a beautiful actress? Everyone has their own understanding."
"In my case, to become someone else's idol, you must have a high-quality side, and then spread the high-quality side, attract people upward, show good things, and satisfy the audience's good spirit toward you and yourself on a spiritual level.
needs, thus becoming more active and motivated in life.”
"So my answer is that the main purpose of idol dramas is to spread beautiful and positive TV dramas."
Idol dramas on the market are very similar. The theme elements are nothing more than developing stories around love and love. This is true for both Korean dramas and Taiwanese dramas. The story routines are almost based on the same template.
In terms of domestic idol dramas, Zhao Baogang has emerged as a unique person. He combines idol dramas with inspiration and life to create a genre drama that is unique to him, thus earning Zhao Baogang's reputation as the "Romance Master".
As soon as Zhao Baogang's idol drama was released, you can see from the first episode that it is different from the commonly recognized idol dramas. This is because his understanding and thinking of idol dramas are independent of the market.
Listening to Chu Xuan's understanding of idol dramas, it seems that there is a shadow of Zhao Baogang in it. I don't know if it was influenced by "Struggle". The positive and uplifting thoughts he expounded are also Zhao Baogang's ideas.
"Director Chu, since we are spreading beauty and positivity, why are there dark elements that reflect reality? If I understand correctly, there are some cruel realities in some of the posters promoted on site?"
Huang Bo named another reporter, who took up the previous question and raised doubts.
"Idol dramas have two major elements, one is idols, and the other is romance. No idol drama can escape these two themes."
Hearing what Chu Xuan said, the reporter nodded with the people present.
There is nothing wrong with this. Idols and romance are the two core elements that constitute idol dramas.
"I just expressed the meaning of the existence of idols based on my personal understanding. To fully understand the connotation of idol dramas, we also need to understand the meaning of romance."
"What is romance? Take it apart and look at the word 'yan' and the word 'qing'. 'Yan' can be understood as expression, and 'qing' represents emotion. Romance is the expression of emotion."
"What is that emotion? Does it have to be only love?"
Chu Xuan smiled at the reporter, who looked interested and waited for Chu Xuan to proceed.
"You have suffered setbacks in life and you feel very depressed. Does expressing your depression count as emotion?"
"You have suffered a setback in your career and you have lost the courage to move forward. Does expressing this discouragement count as emotion?"
"It's just based on our common understanding of romance that we think romance is the same as love, thus ignoring the various emotional values hidden in the larger framework of romance."
"Now I dig them out one by one and turn them into nodes one by one to fill in the big line that romance is love, making romance more full and fulfilling. This is the meaning of romance as I understand it."
"Combining this full-bodied romance with a positive idol that inspires people, this is my understanding of idol dramas, and this is also the core of "My Love from the Star"."
The reporter smiled and nodded, and gave Chu Xuan a round of applause from everyone in the audience.
What is an idol? An existence that brings positivity to people.
What is romance? Romance can only be considered romance when all the emotions that can be found in life are combined with the line of love, and not just in the vague definition of love.
And the combination of these two is an idol drama.
No one has ever given such a detailed explanation of idol dramas. Often some experts or directors only talk about this issue in a general framework. But I didn’t expect that today I got a copy of “What is an idol drama” from Chu Xuan?
Make the answer clear.
Is this answer a standard answer for idol dramas? This is open to debate, and there is no absolute correctness in art.
But regardless of whether Chu Xuan's views are right or wrong, as far as the concept expressed in this idol drama is concerned, if "Star You" is not successful, then just listen to it, but if "Star You" is successful, then Chu Xuan's concept may be
It will lead the trend and thus change the market direction in the content creation of idol dramas to a certain extent. This is something that only well-known directors with ideas and personal style can do.
However, Chu Xuan is a new director, he seems to be only 25 years old, right?
It was his first appearance as a director with a new work, and he was able to express a thought that could be called art with such clear personal views and insights, which made the whole audience feel both interested and very appreciative.
This also confirms the saying that good acting leads to directing, but currently Chu Xuan only reflects his unique personal thoughts and style. We have to look forward to the follow-up broadcast to see how good the director is.
"Director Chu, in view of what you just said, I feel novel and agree with your opinions. As a new director, how confident are you that you can perfectly express your ideas through the camera? Have you done any homework or research in advance?
Prepare?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Facing this reporter’s question, Chu Xuan looked at Ning Hao, Tang Jili and others in the audience.
"I am fortunate to have all the teachers join me. I have learned a lot from them in the past few months when I was working on the script. It gave me a lot of confidence as a new director, and gave me the confidence to present my first work to the audience."
Let’s wait and see what happens in front of us.”
Ning Hao, Tang Jili and others laughed, applauded and bid farewell to Chu Xuan as he walked off the stage.
Chu Xuan came on stage as a director. He introduced what needed to be introduced and expressed the ideas that needed to be expressed. The time for the press conference and the time to catch the flight to Shenzhen were fixed, so he no longer spoke more to delay the people behind him.
At the moment of exposure, I exchanged glances with Huang Bo and then walked down the stage and returned to my seat.
"We'd like to invite our Producer Liu."
After getting Huang Bo's signal, Liu Yifei stepped onto the stage to welcome the applause.
"Hello everyone, I am Liu Yifei. I am the heroine An Xin of "Star You" and the producer of "Star You"."
Looking at Liu Yifei on the stage, some people present felt that there had been some changes in Liu Yifei.
But she still looks like this, and her appearance is still the same. I can't explain exactly what has changed. I just feel that her charm is even better than before.
Perhaps this is the change brought about before and after marriage, but these people don't know that Liu Yifei and Chu Xuan are already married.
"Four years ago, as the producer of "Zhu Xian", I experienced the entire learning process of producing a TV series for the first time."
"Now, four years later, I come to you with a story inspired by my own inspiration. Thank you for your support."
Liu Yifei paused for a moment, and when the applause stopped, she picked up the microphone and continued speaking.
"Director Chu just talked about the origin, story ideas and story concept of "Star You". Everyone should have a preliminary understanding of "Star You"."
"What kind of story is "Star You" specifically about, and what is the background of the male and female protagonists? Let me tell you. Does any media friend have any questions?"
Huang Bo was stunned for a moment. He got into the topic so quickly? He didn't play according to the routine.
Before he could react, the media in the audience raised their hands excitedly.
Liu Yifei turned her head to look at him, glanced down the stage, and signaled Huang Bo to order someone.
Huang Bo recovered from his confusion and hurriedly pointed to a reporter in the audience: "This friend."
Chu Xuan, who was sitting in the audience, didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Which one of you is the host?
But having said that, it’s quite funny. Logically speaking, my daughter-in-law is a producer, so she should explain the content herself before entering the interview.
But Liu Yifei is like this. She often doesn't plan things in advance. She doesn't know what to say on stage and then goes directly to the next step. Even though she has changed after marriage, her behavior in this regard is still as casual as ever.
.
He often thought that if Liu Yifei was thrown into a variety show one day, Liu Yifei would definitely be the type who didn't follow the script, and would definitely give the director a headache and be helpless.
"Producer Liu, if I understand correctly, the story setting promoted by the poster involves crossing time and space?"
"Yes, the male protagonist and the female protagonist are not in the same world."
"Why is there such a setting?"
The text on the poster clearly mentioned "across time and space", and people present began to speculate that the show might have science fiction elements.
In the Brilliant Era, there was "Hope" first and then "Army". It is understandable that such innovative ideas can exist in the same corporate culture.
However, adding science fiction elements to urban idol dramas makes many people unable to imagine the specific style of painting, and they are also curious about the meaning of the existence of science fiction elements.
"The first is innovation, and the second is making emotions more real."
“How do you explain that emotions are more real?”
People present were confused. Science fiction originally represented distortion, but now it has become more real. This is difficult for people to understand.
"Director Chu talked about the origin of the story. The story of "Star You" assumes that we do not exist, so we added science fiction elements that span time and space."
Everyone heard the words and thought about the origin of the story that Chu Xuan had said before, "If I didn't exist, what would your life be like?", but they didn't expect that the "non-existence" method was so complete, it was like two worlds.
But to interpret it from another perspective, the story of "Star You" is based on the realizations brought by Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's own experiences, thereby giving the story the real emotions. Then the audience's perception of "Star You" will be different to a certain extent.
I will imagine the plot of "Star You" as reality.
But in reality, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei are in love, and their relationship is smooth. The difference between the plot and reality will cause emotional distortion, making the audience not believe that the emotions in the plot are true.
Now add a science fiction element and make the two people completely non-existent to each other. Then the emotions in this hypothetical story can truly be established and the audience can truly resonate.
Here we must first focus on the core setting of "I don't exist", and then we can assume a "true story" full of true feelings.
With this thought, everyone understood the significance of this set point.
"The male and female protagonists are in two worlds. How do they meet each other, or how do they cross over?"
"The background of the male protagonist is a high-tech world, and he will come to the female protagonist's world through a virtual game."
Virtual game?... Many people present were startled because this term is quite new.
From the surface meaning, it is not difficult to understand that virtual games are nothing more than futuristic technological fantasy products that can make people immersed in the scene, as if they have entered the second world.
However, it seems that there has never been such an imagination in China. This kind of setting only exists in some foreign science fiction books, and it seems that such elements have not appeared in domestic and foreign movies and TV shows. It is a very novel idea.
"In that case, is the world where the heroine lives in a game world? Is everything fake?"
A reporter asked a question, and everyone present became very interested.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The male protagonist travels through virtual games, so the world where the female protagonist is located is a game world? Isn’t the game just false data?
If this is the case, then such an idol drama is really unheard of.
"No, the world the heroine lives in is real, but the hero thinks it is fake."
Everyone in the audience was stunned, because the elements were so novel that no one understood it for a while.
"The male protagonist is an orphan from an ordinary family. He is also a seriously ill person. He wants to spend the rest of his life happily in the virtual world."
"If this were the real world, how would a man like this face a celebrity heroine have the courage to pursue love under normal circumstances?"
"But the male protagonist believes that the female protagonist's world is a game world. When he meets a female protagonist he likes, he doesn't have any burden or scruples to get in touch with her."
"This is also the underlying logic of the characters in "Star You"."
The people present looked at each other in confusion, and then became interested after understanding.
Why does the male protagonist enter the real world when playing games? What is the logic in this? None of this is important.
They only learned about the difference between the male and female protagonists, which aroused their deep interest.
Isn’t this just the player and NPC falling in love?
NPCs have their own set of real-world behavior logic, while players' words and deeds in the game world are full of unknowns.
However, what would happen if the male protagonist knew that the world he was in was the real world? How would the emotional changes between the male and female protagonists develop?
After Liu Yifei's explanation, all of this made them unexpected, but they were very interested.
"'Star You' is definitely a different kind of idol drama, it's so new." Everyone had this idea.
And there is another very interesting point, which is the underlying logic of the characters mentioned by Liu Yifei.
The domineering CEO falls in love with Cinderella, while the rich and beautiful woman pursues the poor boy. This is a common contrasting element in idol dramas.
It seems refreshing, but the logic of the relationship between the characters does not stand up to scrutiny.
The male protagonist of "My Star" is an ordinary person, and the female protagonist is Bai Fumei. This is the same model as many idol dramas on the market, but "My Star" has an additional layer of interesting logical settings, which makes it difficult for everyone to watch.
The relationship between the characters that had been considered since the beginning has become established, and this creativity is also unique. It is really a bit unique.
"Producer Liu, I roughly understand the story line of "Star You". It's very interesting to think about it, and it also makes me look forward to the broadcast of "Star You", but the male protagonist is a seriously ill person, and the female protagonist
The protagonists are from different worlds, so how did the male and female protagonists get together in the end?" the reporter asked.
"Huh?" Liu Yifei blinked. She didn't expect the reporter to follow her explanation and talk about the ending directly. This surprised her.
But the reporter saw Liu Yifei’s expression and immediately misunderstood what Liu Yifei meant: “Isn’t it right? The male and female protagonists are not together? Is “Star You” a tragedy? Director Chu just said that the idea of idol dramas is to spread beauty.
"
It seems that this reporter is not only an entertainment reporter, but also a fan of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei. He has an attitude of hoping that the male and female protagonists can be together in the end.
Liu Yifei pursed her lips and looked at Chu Xuan in the audience. They both had faint smiles in their eyes. They really didn't expect this reporter to think and say this.
Liu Yifei flashed her mischievous eyes and said: "To spread beauty, you don't necessarily have to have the male and female protagonists be together. There are more ways to express the connotation of the word beauty. Okay, let's leave the rest of the time to other friends in the crew.
"
Before the reporter could ask further questions with a stunned look on her face, Liu Yifei waved her hand and turned around to walk down the stage, feeling very happy in her heart.
Chu Xuan looked at Liu Yifei who was walking towards him. As a gust of fragrance blew in, Liu Yifei sat down next to him. He reluctantly whispered: "You are deceiving the audience."
Liu Yifei smoothed her hair and murmured playfully: "There are many ways to spread beauty. Whether the male and female protagonists are together is just one way of expressing beauty. Besides, I didn't say that the male and female protagonists are definitely not together. As for the media
How to understand it with the audience is up to the beholder."
Chu Xuan saw Liu Yifei's passionate words, but he was speechless. Seeing Liu Yifei's eyes full of playfulness, he couldn't help but say a long-lost adjective to his wife: "witch."
Liu Yifei smiled, put down the hand that was combing her hair, and slapped Chu Xuan with her backhand.
There was a "click" sound at the back, and a media photographer froze this scene that seemed to be flirting.
