"Sesame Hutong" director's special feature Liu Jiacheng uses true feelings to check the pulse of people of the times

"Sesame Hutong"

is produced by Xinli Times Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd. and Xinyi Chengcheng Film Development Co., Ltd., written by screenwriter Liu Yan and directed by Liu Jiacheng, starring He Bing, Wang Ou and Liu Bei. The Beijing-style heart-warming drama "Sesame Hutong" starred by Feng Wenjuan, Hou Yu, Bi Yanjun, Fang Zige and others is being hit. At present, the ratings of this drama have exceeded 1 on both stations and shown a continuous upward trend, firmly locking the audience's attention. Today, the drama company released a director's special, describing the real experience of the shooting process from the perspective of director Liu Jiacheng, interpreting the people and events that happened in Sesame Hutong, and explaining his creative pursuit and goal of making breakthroughs and bringing good plays to the audience.

Liu Jiacheng interprets the characterization of "Sesame Hutong" from a comprehensive perspective, pursues true feelings, and deeply explores inner growth

. Since its launch,"Sesame Hutong" has gained highlights such as the actors 'excellent acting skills, strong Beijing-style culture, and highly humane dramatic plots. It was enthusiastically sought after by the audience. Compared with the strong emotional feedback from the audience, director Liu Jiacheng revealed in the special edition that he also valued characters very much when filming. In this regard, screenwriter Liu Yan also agreed: "From a human perspective, people must pursue upward mobility, mainstream values are unchanged, and what you dig is the hearts of the characters." It is precisely because of such a consistent creative concept that when the director presents the characters under the guidance of the overall situation, he pays more attention to the true shaping of the characters. Each character is no longer a facial expression. They are selfish, affectionate, and flesh and blood. It presents the complexity of human nature in many aspects, and women are no longer accessories to men. Respecting women, understanding women and expressing their growth process in the change of old and new societies has become one of the important contents of the series.

This play revolves around the emotional entanglements of Yan Zhensheng (He Bing), Mu Chunhua (Wang Ou), and Lin Cuiqing (Liu Bei). In the story span of more than 30 years, it not only tells the story from a male perspective. The situation and forbearance of the old Beijingers represented by Yan Zhensheng, but also presents the growth of women through the life experiences of Mu Chunhua and Lin Cuiqing. Facing the various hardships brought by the dross of the old customs of feudal society, they each have their own countermeasures. This highlights the different growth experiences and awakening minds of women of different classes in the great era. "This drama spans a process of liberation and a process of institutional change. It demonstrates this understanding and respect for women, and its emotional expression is particularly full," director Liu Jiacheng said. The drama presents the cause, but what is understood from it is the effect. Director Liu Jiacheng hopes to recognize and understand women through the losses and gains of the Yan family women throughout their lifetime. No matter what kind of hardships the Yan family faced, they would ultimately be able to bear the wind and rain, which was the tribute of the directors and creators to the humanity.

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Jiacheng, the standard-bearer of "Sesame Hutong", still has to do his homework and cooperate with the actors is to be worthy of each other.

A good work is a sublimation of the full cooperation of the director and actors. If the actors are sharp spears responsible for charging, then the director is The shield behind them controls the overall direction and protects everyone's performance. If contradictions want to be perfectly coordinated and produce dramatic effects, this requires mutual trust between the director and the actor. "I don't think there are any obstacles for us to cooperate with each other. He knows that the director is giving his heart and soul, and in turn I also know that they are also giving his heart and soul. We must be worthy of each other, just one word is 'truth'! As long as you express this emotion very sincerely, it can move me and the audience." Liu Jiacheng said.

As a director, how can you be "real" and make actors believe it? First of all, we need to strictly control ourselves. Nowadays, director Liu Jiacheng, who has filmed many successful film and television dramas such as "Love Full Courtyard" and "Little Woman Under Zhengyang Gate", is known as the "Standard Player of Beijing-style Drama". He still has to do his homework at all times while filming "Sesame Hutong" and never fight an unprepared battle. In the special edition, Liu Jiacheng said frankly: "I am a person who has no confidence without doing my homework. Every morning, I have to go through the details of the day's shooting. When you come to the scene with preparations, you will not panic." At the beginning of the filming of this play, Liu Jiacheng specially invited Mr. Chen Jie, the chief craftsman of Liubiju, to guide the actors and deeply learn and experience the process of making pickles as an intangible cultural heritage. At the same time, creating a "real" shooting environment for actors is an important condition for actors to trust the director and enter the role. In terms of service, the director adapted history and character identities, and created hundreds of costumes for the characters in the play, from embroidered cheongsam to long robes and jackets to coarse cloth bunts, allowing actors to freely change their identities when wearing their clothes. The construction of important scenes such as Qinfangju Pickles Shop and Yan's Courtyard was based on historical materials and artistic processing, covering more than 15,000 square meters, striving to allow the actors to be immersed in the scene. Wang Ou also said: "As soon as you put on your clothes, you will feel that what you had to do to this family in that era was all in these services."

The TV series "Sesame Hutong" stars He Bing, Wang Ou and Liu Bei, stars Feng Wenjuan, Hou Yu, Bi Yanjun and Fang Zige, special stars Hai Yitian, and co-stars Qian Bo, Mao Le, Chi Jia, Wang Fang, Zhao Qian, Bai Lan, etc. The play has been broadcast since February 22.