Interview with the director of Sauvignon Blanc ｜ Why did Andy’s new drama break the record？

Special feature of 1905 film network After the series "Sauvignon Blanc" was launched, it broke the record of the highest heat value in the station in 2023 with the fastest speed.Perhaps, at the moment when the platform record is constantly being broken, it is not urgent to give feedback in the first week to prove whether a drama is really "explosive".

Just from the current market feedback, the performance of "Sauvignon Blanc" is from the content of the series, the role itself to the actors, and it is multi-dimensional on the hot search list. To a large extent, the original author Tong Hua personally wrote the script, which shows that the "mother" went into battle and provided the original blessing protection for the work.

Just after entering the film and television, how to make the characters and plots more prominent while ensuring the original flavor of the story?

Zhen Qin, the general director, said frankly in an interview with 1905 Film Network, "Before shooting, the producer and I agreed that we should make a more realistic new costume. Although the story is mythical, it should become a more grounded story."

In addition, Zhen Qin has only one standard for actors, "appropriate". She told us that "almost every actor has submitted a biography of their understanding of this role." When she finished reading the "homework" handed in by everyone, "everyone gave me different surprises".

When the creation began, the story of Sauvignon Blanc was opened in another way.

01. Creation guarantee is implemented

Before contacting the script, Zhen Qin finished reading three original novels. "They have done scripts for many years before, and the content is very complete." The script is still promoted according to the framework of the novel. "It’s just that we will explain the pre-story history in the first episode."

It is the pre-historical setting of the first episode that laid a solid emotional foundation for the story of Sauvignon Blanc.

It abandons the appeal of stars and presents the whole story with small actors, so that the audience can better cut into the role and provide an empathetic basis for the emotions behind. In the past drama market, there were occasional creative forms like this. It was a challenge for producers to weaken the appeal of stars, but it was a valuable creation for the integrity of the story.

After all, for the story development, the emotional development among many characters needs more convincing promotion and emotional logic, at least for the content currently broadcast in Sauvignon Blanc, this task has been completed.

Entering the preparatory period of shooting, Zhen Qin and the team are facing the biggest problem, "How do we make the famous scenes taste what the novel should have?"

To this end, the team deliberately made various preparations from all aspects, from art scenes to actors’ costumes, and even the emotions of actors. "We will have some designs and considerations in advance." Most of the famous scenes in the novel are written descriptions, which, combined with the readers’ imagination, present the artistic conception to everyone’s private picture.

Only when the film and television are visualized, especially those artistic images, "I will communicate with the photographer in advance to make him ready in advance, and make some different changes in the lighting set."

Moreover, Zhen Qin and the producers agreed to build a clear water town for Sauvignon Blanc.Although the story of "Sauvignon Blanc" spans the three realms of man, god and demon, for Zhen Qin, "it is still necessary to implement everything as much as possible."

"We visited a lot of venues in Hengdian, and none of them were Qingshui Town in my heart." More than ten episodes of "Sauvignon Blanc" took place in Qingshui Town, which is a place that Xiaoyao still misses after becoming Ji Wang. "It is a very natural, simple and smoky place."

In order to visualize this, Zhen Qin and the team presented Clearwater very vividly according to the script. The geographical location of each scene is arranged to ensure that the audience can feel the body when watching as much as possible, and at the same time, it can meet all the shooting needs.

02. The heroine is the key to the drama.

"Sauvignon Blanc" is a drama series with the growth of the heroine as the main line. It is conceivable that the choice of the heroine is the key.

In the cooperation with Andy, Zhen Qin found that "she is a talented actress and loves acting very much." Facts have proved the director’s cognition. "From the beginning of contact, Andy took the script very seriously and used her as a super actor’s perception to grasp every scene."

Andy is divided into two corners, one is a real little Yao, and the other is a small six. The nature of the two roles is completely different, so the whole setting requires the actors to constantly adjust the state of the matching roles.

It’s not uncommon to decorate two corners with one ornament in the theme of ancient dolls, but this time it’s not easy. "The role of Xiao Liu is a man, not a man disguised as a woman." Fortunately, in order to find a suitable degree, Andy and the director "adjusted a scene, and let her perform it for the first time. After communication, the second time will be natural."

Not only that, the director also made a lot of assistance for Andy from the makeup, and made her look more playful from the modeling, covering up the curvaceous beauty of women with loose clothes such as radish pants. Andy even offered to make the makeup look darker and closer to the makeup of other male characters around him.

Only after 14 episodes, Xiao Liu recovered herself and returned to Xiao Yao’s state, Andy did not directly present the female role, but gradually changed from inadaptability to complete femininity in action and personality, and realized the transformation.

In the early communication, Andy made a lot of his own interpretations of this role, and these interpretations happened to point to the director’s ideas. In Zhen Qin’s view, whether it’s Xiao Liu, who is optimistic and lively, or Wang Ji Xiaoyao, who has a more sense of mission, "their background color is compassionate".

This is also the place where she found it difficult to shoot this series after reading the novel "Sauvignon Blanc", which is also the temperament of "Sauvignon Blanc". It’s just that temperament is difficult to grasp, but fortunately, whether it’s the shooting process or the later editing stage, Zhen Qin is very at ease. "Andy has completed the feeling in my mind."

03. The charm of male roles

In "Sauvignon Blanc", the three male characters and the female host have more or less fetters. Although the novel finally gives the final official match, in the hearts of book fans, each pair of cp is worth pursuing.

"Our people are very extreme, everyone is not perfect, and they all have their own shackles. But I think everyone is very real, so how to make the audience believe that they are real and understand their feelings and positions is what we value more. " Therefore, the casting of the team becomes more difficult.

Xie Da (ornaments) is extremely ambitious, and he is entangled and forbearing from his proton identity to his family and country. In the novel, Daida once said to Xiaoyao, "Every time I get married, I forbid you to say’ congratulations’, let alone send a gift." This sentence has also become the most touching Zhen Qin’s words. "In fact, it is very forbearing, and ultimately love is not allowed."

Although in the previous story, the story line of Xianda was not clear, and the behavior of the character was not pleasing, but as the story slowly opened, "everyone will like Xianda." In Zhen Qin’s view, Zhang Wanyi is an actor with great personality charm. "He has his own expression. In him, I think there is a temperament similar to that of a tortoise."

On the contrary, as an official match, the feelings between Tu Shanjing (ornaments) and Xiao Yao are more detailed. "Xiao Yao and his feelings are not always smooth sailing." When describing their drama, Zhen Qin used many metaphors to show their changes, especially from the long time when they met for treatment, and then to the early stage when Tu Shanying realized the other’s daughter’s body. "They all slowly changed slightly inside."

When casting for Tu Shanying, after Zhen Qin met Deng Wei, "I think he has the breezy temperament of Tu Shanying more than other boys. Deng Wei himself is a very simple and sincere person."

After the novel was published, phase liu (decorated) had many fans, and even Zhen Qin lamented, "phase liu has an artificial ceiling, which is difficult to present." Moreover, the description of phase liu in the novel is more of a temperament than a more practical description, which also leads to the fact that every book fan has his own phase liu in his heart.

Not only that, phase liu also has a double role, Fangfeng Tai. The two roles are cold and hot, which is a challenge for the actors.

In the end, the team chose JC-T to play this role. "He is very different from the role, but he has a strong sense of faith in his performance." Zhen Qin and JC-T had a deep talk about this character, and she found that the actor in front of her had a deep understanding of the role.

"He hopes that this kind of cold will not appear as facial paralysis. He tries to interpret the cold of phase liu and the heat of windproof in his own way." Because phase liu is a cold-hearted person, Fangfengtai, as a member, is a dude’s setting. On the surface, he looks lively, but his heart is still cold.

04. I hope the audience can really empathize.

In any case, just from the popularity of the broadcast platform, or the number of hot searches on the list, or the number of praises on the short video platform, Sauvignon Blanc has good results and feedback, just looking at the summer file, and it has its own unique style.

Zhen Qin admits that each play has its own characteristics. The reason why he wants to make Sauvignon Blanc a realistic new costume is, to a large extent, "whether I read a script or a novel, I feel that every character is very grounded and practical, and there is always a kind of temperament."

But it doesn’t mean to be realistic, and it will become a reality completely. After all, Sauvignon Blanc involves many spell settings. "We should burn, be young, but we should pursue reality, so our action plays pay attention to the combination of reality and reality."

Even as far as possible, in order to make the scenes on the seabed in the later stage of the series realistic, before starting, Zhen Qin and the photography team kept experimenting to simulate the buoyancy feeling of people on the seabed and the light and shadow effect. "We tried to shoot for a while, and then used the post-synthesis to see the effect. After finding the accurate mode, we began to invest in all-round shooting."

Back to the story itself, "I think each character in Sauvignon Blanc is to depict a different life in reality." Whether it is affection, friendship, or abusive and sweet love, the audience can get empathy from it.