If Yu Hewei's win in the Most Popularity Award is considered a dark horse, then in the current Best Actress Award, Liu Yifei's win can be considered an upset.
Song Dandan, Yan Ni, Luo Haiqiong, Yuan Li, and Liu Yifei, put this shortlist on any award except Magnolia. Liu Yifei's award has a reason, it is nothing more than the bonus result of high popularity.
But this is in Magnolia, such as "Huan Zhuge Ge", which was very popular in Asia at that time, could not be shortlisted, such as the once popular "Four Dangers", except for Zhang Ziyi who only followed the movie route, Zou Xun, Xu Jinglei, Zhao
Wei, both Li Congtong and Fan Congtang died here.
Except for Zou Xun who took the Magnolia once, the other four people have never taken it.
This clearly shows that Magnolia firmly adheres to the standard of "professional strength first" and continues to this day.
So, why did Liu Yifei win the award? Is it possible that Liu Yifei's professional strength is stronger than that of Song Dandan and Yan Ni?
Obviously, this is unlikely. It's not that Liu Yifei is inferior, but that her acting experience and other aspects are indeed shallow compared to people like Song Dandan. This is a fact.
Therefore, many people at the scene couldn't understand why Liu Yifei won the award except for the popularity factor.
Regarding this award, this year's Magnolia jury had also had heated discussions before, and a group of industry teachers and seniors were even red-faced over it.
"Forget it about Yan Ni and Liu Yi Fei. Yan Ni is definitely the most popular actress. Liu Yi Fei is still young. Let's give up the Best Actress award. Let's judge from Song Dandan, Luo Haiqiong and Yuan Li.
"The director of Shenghai TV Drama Channel spoke first.
"How can it be done like this?" Zhou Hongqi, chairman of the Shenghai Television Association, immediately objected: "The Popularity Award is a Popularity Award, and the Leading Actress Award is a Leading Actress Award. If you win the Popularity Award, you cannot win the Leading Actress Award. What kind of truth is this?"
"Isn't this just like Golden Eagle and Feitian? When judging an award, you have to pay attention to all the rain and dew? If you don't have the ability, you don't have the ability. If you have the ability, why not win a few more awards?"
"The same goes for Liu Yifei, who can't win awards when she's young? When did Magnolia have an award ceremony based on seniority? If that's the case, then just invite those national-level actors to come, and no one else will come.
Isn’t it funny whoever is older wins the prize?”
Some teachers agree with the preface, and some teachers agree with the postpart, and they are at loggerheads with each other.
"Liu Yifei is very young and good, but it would be ridiculous to reject people just based on their age."
"What is ridiculous? Liu Yifei can be shortlisted and can compete with people like Song Dandan and Yan Ni at the age of only 21. This is already the greatest recognition for her. Young people will have many opportunities in the future, so they are not in a hurry this time.
"
"But in our selection, we can't just kick people out at a young age. You have to find a reason based on professional strength!"
"Ha, not to mention the professional ability. It's not that Liu Yifei is inferior. In terms of performance ability, she can't compare with Song Dandan. Don't tell me that Liu Yifei's performance level is higher than Song Dandan. Then
This is ridiculous!"
"You didn't hit the point at all! Does this award depend on the actor's performance level?"
"What a joke! Magnolia's leading actress award doesn't depend on the actor's performance level, so why does it matter?!"
"Then what's your focus? Are you focusing on the actor or the character?... Should we look at Liu Yifei's young age or should we look at the lead role of Nihuang County not playing well? And whether a role is played well, except for the most basic
In addition to acting skills, factors such as lighting, camera, character fit, and emotional conveyance are all important considerations. You only focus on Liu Yifei herself and not her character. Is that right?"
Some teachers present were stunned and speechless.
It is the jury that determines the shortlisted works, and it is the jury that determines the awards for the works. The two together are the organizing committee of the Magnolia TV Festival.
The jury and the jury do not interfere with each other and serve as two separate judging groups.
The work at the jury stage is relatively simple. They are not the ones who decide the awards anyway. They can classify batches of people into the shortlist based on their respective aesthetic standards, and classify batches of works into the shortlisted works, and then assign them one by one.
The list will then be submitted to the jury to decide the prize.
In the past, the undertaking of the two stages of each session was relatively smooth, but this time the jury posed a problem.
Liu Yifei, only 21 years old, was nominated for Best Actress.
Yan Ni, Luo Haiqiong, and Yuan Li are all in their thirties and forties, more than a round older than Liu Yifei, not to mention there is an older generation Song Dandan.
Judging from the gap in qualifications, Liu Yifei is far behind these people.
People always have filters when looking at people, and they have different filters when facing different situations.
Just look at this shortlist, not to mention these teachers, just find an audience on the street to judge. Maybe they are not qualified to judge who will win, but Liu Yifei will be the first to be kicked out. The reason is very simple. How could Liu Yifei be able to judge?
Comparing your acting skills with people like Song Dandan and Yan Ni?
Even if you are a fan of Liu Yifei, even if you want Liu Yifei to win the award in your heart, looking at it through the filter of seniority, you will not choose Liu Yifei to win the award.
The same goes for the teachers present on the judging panel. When facing this shortlist with a huge gap in age and qualifications for the first time, they subconsciously have this filter to kick Liu Yifei out first.
Thanks to the presence of Mr. Zhou Hongqi, chairman of the Shenghai Television Association, although the newly appointed chairman is over fifty years old, he rarely has the old thoughts and vision and clearly pointed out the core issues.
Whether Liu Yifei can win the award depends on whether Liu Yifei's performance as Princess Nihuang is good. Why are you staring at Liu Yifei in real life?
It was just this sentence that made the teachers and seniors present who were temporarily blinded by the filter wake up and start a normal discussion.
"It's a pity for Luo Haiqiong and Yuan Li. The character setting and script design are still traditional. The completion of their characters is a bit less, and their personal highlights are also lacking..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! This is an old problem, and it is also a problem that has always existed in the film and television industry. It was also the reason why Chu Xuan and Liu Li were discussing the script design of "The Legend of Red Flame"
Questions raised by Yi.
Perhaps in the inheritance of five thousand years of civilization, the traditional feudal thought of "men are superior to women" has been hard to eradicate. As a result, in the film and television work of script creation, the role of the heroine in most dramas is not as functional and artistic in design.
The characters are often inferior to the male protagonist, and most of them serve to set off the male protagonist's existence.
For example, in "The Condor", the female protagonist Xiao Longnv can disappear for sixteen years and disappears for eight or nine episodes in the series just to highlight the male protagonist's infatuation.
For example, in "Fairy Sword", the heroine Zhao Ling'er disappeared for six or seven episodes after being thrown into the Demon Locking Tower. This was also to set off the male protagonist's infatuation.
There are so many design methods to highlight certain qualities of the male protagonist, why should the female protagonist disappear?
This kind of creative thinking is also reflected in the current online novel world. Since the heroine is designed and the meaning of the heroine's existence is not emphasized in writing and the heroine is made dispensable, it is better not to have a heroine.
In short, a female protagonist is chosen, but the character and plot are designed according to the female supporting role.
With this idea in mind, if we take a look at the story structures of "The Condor" and "The Immortal Sword", we can clearly find that these two dramas are essentially male-led dramas belonging to Yang Guo and Li Xiaoyao.
Zhao Ling'er is just a supporting female character. The plot of these two characters is to set off the male protagonist from beginning to end. The separate growth lines of these two characters are actually very shallow.
But such an idea is the main creative idea in the current film and television industry when it comes to stories about male and female protagonists.
No matter how the female protagonist is designed, most screenwriters and directors will only focus most of their attention on the male protagonist and focus the main shots on the male protagonist’s perspective.
Such a creative situation leads to the fact that most of the exciting scenes and high-level acting scenes are on the male protagonist, which makes it difficult for actresses to shine. Even if they shine, they are mostly due to their outstanding looks, which in turn causes actresses with outstanding looks to be easily dismissed.
He is characterized as a popular star, and most of the people who can trigger audiences to talk about his acting skills are male actors.
This is also the portrait of the current audience market, and this portrait is getting more and more intense.
It is also because of this traditional creative idea that Sun Honglei in "Latent" crushed the heroine Yao Chen in terms of camera performance. Yao Chen even won the best actress award at last year's Golden Eagle and Feitian TV Festivals.
I can't even make it to the shortlist.
"Insidious" is very popular, with huge ratings and excellent reputation among viewers, but most of the exciting scenes, created by the screenwriter and arranged by the director according to the script, focus on Sun Honglei.
The female protagonist Yao Chen only serves as a foil for the male protagonist Sun Honglei. The character's growth line is lacking and incomplete, which limits the completion of the character. This year's Magnolia still cannot allow her character to be shortlisted.
Sun Honglei made a big impact with this drama, while Yao Chen barely won a few awards, which is a bit embarrassing.
The same situation applies to Luo Haiqiong's "The King of Shanghai" and Yuan Li's "Shanghai King".
If there were no "Legend of Red Flame", "The North Wind Blows" and "Marvin's War" for comparison, the situation of the two of them would appear lighter, but compared with Liu Yifei, Yan Ni and Song in these three dramas
In terms of the completion of the character played by Dan Dan, the character's shortcomings are very obvious.
In short, there are no major faults in the performance, but the completion of the characters, that is, the fullness, is lacking. This is not a problem of Luo Haiqiong and Yuan Li, but the screenwriter's design is too biased towards the male protagonist and the director's camera scheduling is also too biased towards the male protagonist.
reasons, leaving them no more space to perform better.
"Song Dandan, Yan Ni, Liu Yifei..."
Luo Haiqiong and Yuan Li were eliminated first, and the jury will then evaluate the remaining three.
"Song Dandan's Yang Xin, Yan Ni's Niu Huahua, and Liu Yifei's Mu Nihuang. These three characters all have complete story lines. Let's look at the completion of the characters first."
"Let's talk about Yang Xin first, a middle-aged woman from a middle-class family in modern society. She fell in love with her colleague Li Yi and divorced her husband Ma Wen. She claimed that she was pursuing true love and better happiness, but in fact it reflected the misdeeds of some middle-aged women in today's society.
Behavior;"
"Because she has no house but shamelessly continues to live with Marvin, it reflects the disdainful mentality of some middle-aged women who will not settle things even if they get divorced. In the end, in the constant pull between her ex-husband Marvin and current Li Yi, the story ends with a tragic ending.
A happy ending."
"In terms of character completion, Song Dandan's performance is perfect. I believe everyone has no objection to her complete character interpretation."
After hearing a teacher speak, everyone nodded.
"Let's talk about Niu Huahua. The educated youth went to the countryside in the 1970s and 1980s. They also met and married handsome men while going to the countryside."
"Shuai Zi divorced his family of four and ran away for his career. Niu Huahua went to the city to file a lawsuit with Shuai Zi to take revenge on him."
"Shuaizi deliberately lost the lawsuit to make up for Niu Huahua, and later became blind due to terminal illness."
"After Niu Huahua learned everything, she pretended to be a mute nanny to take care of the handsome boy, and finally they recognized each other and fell in love."
"From falling in love, to marriage, to married life, to revenge after divorce, to pretending to be mute to take care of her husband, and finally reconciliation, I think Yan Ni's performance in these story stages is very good, and the completeness of the character is fully interpreted
It’s in place, no problem.”
Everyone thought about the plot thoughtfully and nodded slightly in approval.
"Let's talk about Liu Yifei's Mu Nihuang. The story is a fictional historical background, and the level of civilization it gives is like that of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms before the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Fuhua Dao has traces of imitating and borrowing from the Tang and Song Dynasties. Of course..."
"These things don't matter in this award. It just depends on Liu Yifei's interpretation of the role of Mu Nihuang."
"From the appearance of the female marshal at the beginning, to returning to Beijing as the princess, to investigating the unsolved case as the fiancée, and finally ending as the marshal."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "In terms of completion, I personally think there is no problem."
At this point, seeing some teachers opening their mouths to say something, this teacher smiled and continued: "Chairman Zhou also said that we only look at the characters, not the actors themselves. As far as the presentation of the role of Mu Nihuang is concerned, I
I think Liu Yifei’s performance is spot on, and the degree of completion of this role is fully interpreted. If we insist on talking about Liu Yifei’s acting skills alone, then we can’t explain clearly.”
Another teacher nodded: "Yes, the role of Mu Nihuang has a high degree of completion. Even if it is played by actors of the same level as Yan Ni and Song Dandan, it is like Liu Yifei. This is not a matter of acting skills, but of this role."
If you want to act like Liu Yifei, I think it’s okay.”
The teachers who had wanted to say something just now shut up and had nothing to say.
Just because the thinking is too fixed, the idea of competing actors' own acting skills cannot be dissipated, and the proportion is greater than the idea of just looking at the characters in the play.
After all, this award evaluation is too different. If Liu Yifei is removed from all the good reviews and multiple young Liu Yifei is added, there will always be the idea of ranking based on seniority.
Never before has such a young actor been shortlisted for the Magnolia Best Actor Award. This is the first time for Magnolia, so it is difficult to judge right from wrong.
"There are degrees of completion, so look for the pros and cons."
A teacher spoke and immediately caused a commotion.
"Mun Nihuang has three identities, one is the marshal, one is the princess, and the other is the fiancée. There is no problem with the completion of Liu Yifei's character, but the image of the marshal she presents does not fit well."
"Still heroic."
"The princess and her fiancée are fine, but the image of the marshal is indeed somewhat lacking."
There is nothing wrong with Liu Yifei's image of playing a role like an ancient princess or princess; to interpret the identity of the fiancée in a deeper level, she has experience in emotional dramas from the three dramas "The Condor", "Sword" and "Struggle".
As well as the true feelings between Chu Xuan and Chu Xuan, this is no problem.
But as a female marshal, she has heroic spirit, but her maturity and aura are still lacking. This is a minus point.
"Song Dandan's role is that of a fashion designer. Her acting ability is great, but is there any problem with the fit of the role?"
"What's the problem? The acting is very good."
"It lacks some credibility."
"No, I just said that I don't care about the actors themselves but only about the characters' interpretations. Now you are talking about the image?"
"Who cares about her image? There is no problem with her acting, but aren't some of her lines and plots divorced from her identity? Some lines should not be spoken by her, and some plots are contrary to her identity, right?"
When someone pointed out specific flaws, the teachers who were optimistic about Song Dandan became silent.
"Yan Ni... I don't think I need to say much about her disadvantages. I have also communicated in private. I don't know what the screenwriter thought about her character becoming mute in the end. There is nothing wrong with her acting, but in terms of the change of character.
Without some foreshadowing, it would look abrupt.”
"The final tone of the story was a bit of a failure. He deliberately pretended to be mute to take care of his ex-husband who had cancer and then reconciled with her inexplicably. This was a sensational drama. The tone of the dramatic conflict lost the flavor of film and television, and the sense of drama became stronger as it went on."
"I agree, the acting was fine, but there was something wrong with the character design in the end."
After hearing this, all the teachers looked at me and I looked at you, and they all laughed.
A teacher shook his head: "The completion level is all there, and there are also loopholes in the characters, and the three loopholes are similar year-on-year. One is the problem of character image, one is the problem of character fit, and the other is the problem of character tonality.
What’s your next comment?”
Zhou Hongqi, chairman of the Shenghai Television Association, said: "It depends on the impact. There is a gap between Liu Yifei's image and the status of the marshal, but how much impact does it have on the development of the story? In my opinion, it is not much. The finale is still interesting.
Very passionate, righteous and energetic;"
"Song Dandan's mistakes and omissions in character matching are not hidden. Her acting ability covers up some mistakes very well, and has no impact on the development of the story and the viewer's perception."
"The mistakes in Yan Ni's character's tonality have a slightly bigger impact. A normal person turns into a mute. Even if the performance level is adequate, the abrupt turns of the character one after another will affect the perception.
At least I was affected when I was watching TV."
"According to me, Yan Ni will be eliminated first, and the final decision will be made between Liu Yifei and Song Dandan."
Some teachers pursed their lips, wanting to say something but being speechless.
They were not opposed to this statement, but they just saw that Liu Yifei had entered another round and was the final decision based on their inherent thinking, which somewhat made these highly qualified people feel a little uncomfortable.
This is not a problem with Liu Yifei, it’s simply that the idea of ranking seniority is too heavy.
No matter how outstanding the juniors are, and the outstanding seniors, they will only choose the latter as a matter of course.
But what Zhou Hongqi said is not wrong. When the characters are fully completed, the mistakes and omissions in the character Yan Ni have indeed the greatest impact. It makes sense to eliminate Yan Ni first.
"How about Liu Yifei and Song Dandan? How good or bad?"
Some teachers asked questions, but everyone was silent.
A 21-year-old young actor and a 50-year-old artist have never seen such a competitive situation before. Now it has fallen on them, which made everyone present not know what to say.
But in the end, we still have to focus on the characters, not the actors themselves. This is the attitude they, the award judges, should have.
"If there was no "Legend of Red Flame", I would vote for Song Dandan without hesitation." Zhou Hongqi said silently, because what he said was a bit off topic. When judging the individual award, I will judge the individual award.
Why compare this drama with Song Dandan?
This made him a little confused. He had already won the award for Best Story Story before "Legend of Red Flame", but now he was talking about "Legend of Red Flame". He was afraid that others would misunderstand him.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Sure enough, some teachers looked at him in surprise. Liu Yifei and Song Dandan were competing. What would happen if you brought up "Legend of Red Flame" to talk about it?
"The point of my judgment is the emotional value, the emotional value caused by the characters, which is also an important part of the performance."
"If we talk about the subtle expressions and subtle movements, then Song Dandan definitely beats Liu Yifei, there is no doubt about it."
"But in terms of the emotional value conveyed by the characters, the connotation presented by Song Dandan in the drama "Marvin's War" is better than the connotation presented by Liu Yifei in the drama "Legend of Red Flame".
Just a little bit worse.”
"Song Dandan's strengths in her role are not to mention. Whether it's the completion or the level of performance, as I just said, there are no problems. I can say she is superb."
"But looking at Song Dandan's interpretation of the character Yang Xin, the emotional value she evoked has led to a certain bias in the entire story."
After listening to these remarks, everyone looked thoughtful and listened to Zhou Hongqi's next words.
"We have always said that whether it is ironic society or reflecting negative reality, we use artistic means to connotate some problems, but we must also use artistic means to provide a solution. This is the complete artistic structure. This is also based on this kind of
Theme to show the role of film and television art."
"The problem with the artistic connotation of the character Song Dandan is that for the sake of profit, a middle-aged woman is packaged as true love in the drama, so she divorces her husband and goes to be with another man, which is a satire of this kind of woman in reality.
Disadvantages.”
"The solution given is the ending of the story. The character Song Dandan reconciled with her ex-husband because of the child."
"This solution gives people the impression that middle-aged women can make mistakes. Anyway, there is an ex-husband who will wait for you. Even if you get divorced, there will be someone waiting for you to remarry."
"The overall emotional value given by this character is not acceptable to everyone. This is also the reason why the ratings of this drama have gone up but down."
Some people took a sip of tea, while others touched their chins and continued to listen while thinking.
"Let's talk about "The Legend of Red Flame". The metaphors and reflections hidden in the story are very interesting, which makes the emotional value conveyed in it very meaningful."
"Daliang Kingdom is equivalent to a Western capital-based country. It uses its media methods like those commonly used in the West to deceive the world and cover up the truth about the destruction of the Red Flame Army."
"Mu Nihuang is not like Westerners who habitually and enslavedly succumb to capital, but more like a socialist leader who dares to fight and has independent thinking."
"In the process of fighting against capital, she never engaged in personal heroism. All stages of the struggle were solved by their group. In this regard, they have similar elements compared to "The Punisher of the Song Dynasty" and "Detective Di Renjie"
The classic drama shows a strong core and is more in line with the concept of national conditions."
"When everything was resolved in the end, she was not like Western capitalists, who must make a lot of money when they succeed. Instead, she left alone and returned to her position as a soldier."
"Looking at it as a whole, the emotional value conveyed by Liu Yifei's Mu Nihuang at every stage has the reflection and connotation of this character, and there is something that satirizes the concept of capital and the concept of positive socialism."
"Comparing the two, I think Mu Nihuang in "Legend of Red Flame" is better than Yang Xin in "Marvin's War". In terms of the emotional value of innuendo, the former is better."
At this point, Zhou Hongqi finished expressing his judgment.
One teacher immediately said: "Emotional value is high, but it is not very realistic."
A teacher immediately retorted: "Is "Marvin's War" very realistic? Just look at the ending. If your wife cheated on you and got divorced, how many men in reality would forgive and remarry? Moreover, men are still willing to live together after divorce.
, if you want to talk about reality, then I can say that there is a serious problem with this plot."
What he said made everyone present couldn't help laughing.
"I think what Chairman Zhou said makes sense."
"When it comes to acting skills, we can only look at the roles. However, both roles have a degree of completion, and both have expressed corresponding interpretations in the various growth stages of their respective roles. From the perspective of role interpretation, both roles are very good.
The standard is met.”
"If we insist on finding fault with her acting skills, given the current situation where both roles are well completed, there should be no objection to the fact that Liu Yifei is weaker than Song Dandan."
"But as Chairman Zhou said, in terms of the expression of the overall emotional value of the character, although Liu Yifei is not very old, her performance in this aspect is indeed better than that of Song Dandan. We don't need to use colored glasses. This is a fact.
.”
"The two dramas are of different genres, so the depth of content is naturally different. The deeper things in "Legend of Red Flame" are indeed better than "Marvin's War". Maybe not many viewers understand it, but we can all see it.
Yes, there is no need to find fault."
"If Magnolia is the audience award, then given the loss of this layer of connotation, there is no problem in giving this award to Song Dandan."
"But our Magnolia Award is not an Audience Award, but an Authoritative Award and a Professional Award. With this layer of connotation in mind, Liu Yifei's weakness in acting skills can be made up for."
"The character Mu Nihuang can compete with Yang Xin."
The teachers nodded. These remarks were very pertinent and an objective evaluation.
In terms of performance alone, Liu Yifei is definitely weaker than Song Dandan.
But whether the character is interpreted well or not, while using acting skills to interpret it, it also depends on whether the emotions are correct, whether the connotation of emotional value is present, and whether the depth of the connotation is meaningful and valuable.
Since Magnolia is the most authoritative and professional award in China, these elements naturally need to be comprehensively considered.
"I think there is no need to say more. The discussion has been very clear. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Let's vote."
One teacher said that four people immediately supported Song Dandan and two supported Liu Yifei.
"If Liu Yifei wins the award, will it be questioned if word spreads about it?" a slightly younger teacher asked.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Doubt? Qiong Yao's dramas are all commercial dramas. If you are looking for artistic points, you can't find even one. Back then, because "Huan Zhuge Ge" was not shortlisted for Magnolia, those
People bombarded them, have we, Magnolia, dealt with them?" The older generation of judges were disdainful.
After saying this, some of the judges were convinced, with only three supporting Song Dandan and four supporting Liu Yifei.
"Well, if Song Dandan loses the election, will the sketch circle..." Another person raised objections.
"Just vote, don't bring these miscellaneous things into the mix. Other awards don't like Song Dandan because they have their own considerations. We chose Song Dandan just because of her good performance in this drama, nothing more."
said a senior.
Having said this, some judges no longer had any entanglements. Once again, four supported Song Dandan and eight supported Liu Yifei.
Zhou Hongqi looked at it and said with a smile: "Liu Yifei got 14 votes and Song Dandan got 11 votes. This definitely does not mean that Liu Yifei is better than Song Dandan. It can only mean that this little girl acted in the right script and the right role."
When those present saw the voting results, this difficult-to-choose award finally came to a conclusion.
The teachers who supported Song Dandan shook their heads helplessly, but the result was already decided that it would be useless to talk more. After hearing Zhou Hongqi's words, they agreed with the teachers who supported Liu Yifei.
Liu Yifei can win because "Legend of Red Flame" is a good drama and Liu Yi is a good screenwriter. She is slightly inferior in performance because of the good script and good characters.
Maybe if another actress plays this role, she can also play Magnolia.
But if other actresses are not as accomplished as Chu Xuan, then they are in vain.
It can only be said that whether it is fate or luck, it is also the result of Liu Yifei's hard work during the filming process.
At this time, at the award ceremony, Liu Yifei suppressed the excitement of a sudden surprise. The golden dress made her shine like a golden butterfly, and she stepped onto the stage under the watchful eyes of the audience.