Original title: 24 games a month, why is the suspense drama “Abyss” so popular
This is the first time to explore the residency at the 1862 Fashion Art Center by the Huangpu River. The suspense drama “Abyss” will be performed in a row from October 6th to November 6th. In order to build a three-story residential building on the stage and restore the life of Chongqing in the 1990s, the 800-seat medium-sized theater removed 200 seats to create a better experience for the audience.
“It’s very close to the audience, and I feel like I can shake hands with the audience with a stretch of my arm.” said Zhang Lu, the actor who played the mother, at the audience meeting on October 12. Realistic setting, novel video follow-up, rotatable super large stage installation, and constantly reversing thriller stories-every element cuts the audience’s curiosity and provides an immersive experience.
Half the image, half the stage
The moment the audience walked into the theater, the performance began. The director of photography Jiang Yun pointed the camera at the audience and filmed them entering and sitting down. Then the lights dimmed, the camera turned to the stage to simulate the eyes of the audience, and the story began.
The camera is an indispensable part of “The Abyss”. It uses the lens to point at the people in the story and project their performance on the screen in real time. Half the video and half the stage, the actors presented a 120-minute live-show acting award.
Jiang Yun revealed that the rehearsal process of “Abyss” is very long. The coordination of images and performances, various angles and rhythm changes, are like elaborately constructed machines, relying on the tacit cooperation between the front and the back of the stage. “I am only responsible for recording, and I hope everyone forgets my existence. Sometimes, I even feel that it is not me who is capturing their performance, but their performance.”
Actors Chen Shan and Du Guangyi play their son Han Xiaolong in the play, and they learn Chongqing dialect every day by listening to the Chongqing TV program “Night Talks in the City of Fog”. Chen Shan said: “On the stage of “Abyss”, the excitement is greater than the tension. In the intricate setting, you can even play hide-and-seek. It takes a long time to remember your position.”
Suspense is the outer shell, emotion is the core
At the audience meeting held in Shangyue Bay Plaza, Zhang Lu wore a brightly colored suit, which was completely different from the mother played in the play. In the play, she does not wear makeup, does not wash her hair, her eyelids are all swollen, and her body is bruised. She plays a paranoid mother who wants to protect her daughter with all her strength, but pushes her further and further away. Because of this role, she has won many awards such as Best Actress in a Chinese Drama Festival and Best Actress of the Year at the Next Drama Awards.
The director He Nian tried suspense themes for the first time, and he admitted that he “learned by doing”. Together with the screenwriter, he tried many different clues, cut the complicated and simplified, and finally grind out the book of “The Abyss”. “Strictly speaking of the sense of suspense, the book is still weak. But what touches us is the powerful emotional power behind it. In “The Abyss”, suspense is the outer shell and emotion is the core.”
Explore residency, online and offline fans
The first time I watched “The Abyss”, Li Yan, general manager of the 1862 Fashion Art Center, shined. “It has a strong sense of immersion and interaction. When the stage turns, I will get goose bumps. No matter how difficult it is to overcome, we must invite such a good show to the theater to be in residence.”
Before the show, the box office of “Abyss” had exceeded 70%. After the show, word of mouth, sales increased steadily. In addition to online promotion, it also covered bookstores, museums, art galleries, cafes, colleges, communities, office buildings and other offline venues. , To accurately convey the performance information to the target group.
A few days ago, the theater also invited dozens of bloggers with an average number of 100,000+ fans to participate in backstage visits, crew meetings, performances, check-in, and continue to circle fans. (Wu Tong)
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