In order to implement the concept of "Bookish City" and create a "social aesthetic education" environment that warm-hearted citizens love to hear and see, the "Shadow Sea Bookish" film and television works appreciation and reading series will be officially launched on March 16, 2024. This event introduces high-quality film and television cultural resources at home and abroad, and invites outstanding film and television creators to participate in appreciation and sharing activities with readers.

At the first opening event of "Shadows of Books", host Han Jing, Peking Opera artist Shang Changrong and director Teng Junjie were making introductions

As the first opening event of the series, Teng Junjie, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles and a national first-class director, and Shang Changrong, the Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Dramatists Association and a famous Peking Opera performing artist, were invited to the scene to share with readers the story of "Cao Cao and the The creative process of new Peking Opera films represented by "Yang Xiu", "Farewell My Concubine" and "The Golden Age of Zhenguan", as well as the experience of writing the book "Salute and Move Forward".

At the event, Shanghai Film Director and host Han Jing introduced to readers that Teng Junjie spent 10 years creating a number of Peking Opera films and launching them into the country and the world, allowing people from different countries, regions and cultural backgrounds to appreciate them. to the charm of Chinese traditional culture. After ten years of creation and practice, Teng Junjie's Peking Opera films have also experienced the blessing of modern emerging technologies such as 3D, 8K, panoramic sound and other modern emerging technologies, presenting a richer audio-visual performance.

Peking opera and film are two completely different means of artistic expression, one is freehand and the other is realistic. As for his creative experience, Teng Junjie said that the past ten years have been more of a process of learning from artists and the art of Peking opera. “Peking opera has its own characteristics. Wonderful, one look can express a rich world, one action can show the momentum of thousands of troops; and movies are another art, and you have to respect it."

Regarding the combination of the two, Teng Junjie said, "I don't want to break it, but try to get closer to each other as much as possible in practice. There is a principle that Peking opera movies must have 'Peking opera as the soul', and this thing cannot be lost." Therefore, in the ten years of Peking Opera film creation, he has focused on presenting the original moves and formulas of Peking Opera authentically. "For the purpose of film, we must use the lens to amplify the wonderful fragrance of Peking Opera as much as possible. Open up a new space for its display and let it spread more."

Shang Changrong

Peking opera performing artist Shang Changrong shared with readers his experiences and thoughts on the many classic opera characters he created. For example, he said that he loves every role he has played, but the one who "takes the most credit" is Cao Cao. "This Han Dynasty Prime Minister has great talents, but at the same time, he also has insurmountable shortcomings in his heart. We need to comprehensively shape the personnel, both It's neither praise nor criticism." Shang Changrong shared that when creating, he not only needs to read a lot of historical materials to analyze the characters, but also needs to show the different characteristics of the characters through body movements, singing changes and styling design. When making movies, he also uses himself Observation and thinking are put into practice.

"Cao Cao and Yang Xiu" stills

Teng Junjie revealed to readers that when filming "Cao Cao and Yang Xiu", Shang Changrong, who was nearly eighty years old, was determined not to use a stand-in and filmed difficult actions again and again regardless of old injuries. "After the filming, he knelt on the ground and couldn't get up. ", but he still insisted on using an ice pack to complete the filming, which moved him very much.

At the same time, as a leading Peking Opera artist, Shang Changrong will also give innovative expressions suitable for the medium of film when shooting Peking Opera films. For example, there are rules on the stage that do not allow tears to be shed, but in the movie "Farewell My Concubine", the King of Western Chu shed a tear from the corner of his eye after singing "Strengthening the Mountains and Energizing the World". "These tears were shed for the movie," director Han Jing lamented.

In addition, Teng Junjie also talked about innovative measures to use new technologies to empower traditional arts. He hopes that through new technological means, he can stimulate the vitality of traditional opera and shorten the distance with today's young people, so that more and more young people can walk. Go to the theater, contact and understand Peking Opera through movies, and expand the audience. I believe that there will be new young people among them who will become interested in traditional opera art and will follow and enter the theater. Only in this way can Peking Opera have a further " distance".

Shang Changrong also shared with readers that he has been a movie fan since he was a child. He likes to watch a variety of foreign movies and is familiar with movie types from different countries, which shows the different sides of Peking Opera performing artists.

It is reported that the "Shadow Sea of Books" is directed by the Pudong New Area Propaganda Department, Shanghai Filmmakers Association, and Shanghai Television Artists Association, and is hosted by Pudong Library and Shanghai Vision Film and Television Co., Ltd. Other subsequent activities will also be combined with social hot spots. Or incorporating elements of traditional Chinese festivals will effectively promote the high-quality development of "Bookish Pudong" and "Bookish Shanghai" national reading activities, and help promote the cultural brand of "Social Aesthetic Education". During the event, the Pudong Library set up a "Film and Television Works Reading Zone" to extensively collect books of the same name, audio-visual products, posters, props and creator's notes of outstanding film and television works for display. Reading and viewing complement each other and provide citizens with a variety of art popularization activities. , making reading not only two-dimensional, but three-dimensional, interactive and flowing.