Gu Weili, Professor of Film and Television Department, School of Humanities, Shanghai Normal University, and Master Tutor of Radio and Television Arts. Since 1998, film and television script creation has started. His main works are: Through the Flower Season, Family Tree, Cinnamomum camphora, Love is more than hate, Beauty is also worried about marriage, Parents are not easy, Love of Hawthorn Tree, So Fragrant, etc.

Chinese name: Gu Weili

Nationality: China.

Ethnic group: Han nationality

Place of birth: Shanghai

Occupation: screenwriter

Graduate school: Shanghai Normal University (Bachelor), Beijing Film Academy (Master).

Main achievements: the first prize of "Flying Award" and so on.

Representative works: genealogy, camphor tree, acacia tree, so fragrant.

Title: Professor

Personal profile

introduce

Professor, School of Humanities and Communication, Shanghai Normal University. 1998 served as the first screenwriter of "Crossing the Flower Season" (this drama is a sequel to the 16-year-old flower season), and wrote "Love Tree" in 2002. In 2003, "Crossing the Flower Season" and "Love Tree" were broadcast on CCTV one after another, and new works were released every year since then. Cinnamomum camphora in 2004, love and hate mixed in 2005, beauty worried about getting married in 2006, parents were not easy in 2007, acacia tree in 2008, middle-aged in 2009, love of hawthorn tree in 20 10, and love of hawthorn tree in 2009.

location

The creation of "Cinnamomum camphora" has been determined from the period of "Genealogy", and the embryonic form of the story comes from one of her early works. Huang Haitao, the director of Pro, was full of confidence in the second cooperation. Gu Weili described the process of writing "Xiang" as a climbing process. Because there was a "pro" in front, she was afraid of the disappointment of the audience and herself, and she was always worried that her writing was not good enough and the story was not moving enough.

Gu Weili said frankly: "(I) am not a very smart person, but I work hard. Many people despise the profession of screenwriter and think that it is not as orthodox as novels and plays. And I want to regard it as a career and do it seriously. "

win an honour

Five works were broadcast on CCTV 1 and CCTV 8. Among them, Genealogy won the highest honor of TV drama production in China-the first prize in the 24th Flying Award and the excellent TV drama award in the 22nd Golden Eagle Award, and won the "Five One Project Award" in 2007. Cinnamomum camphora won the third prize of "Flying Award" and the bronze prize of the first China Radio and Television Award, and won the "Five One Project Award" in 2007. "Tree" trilogy.

A long masterpiece

Launched in 2003: one of the series of urban emotions (family)

Genealogy-human nature is good, and family ties are always there.

Launched in 2004: the second series of urban emotions (friendship)

Cinnamomum camphora-ten years of ups and downs, pure daughter heart

The finale of the latest "Tree" series in 2008: the third series of urban emotions (love)

Acacia tree-sunshine and rain, the same temperature and bath.

The companion piece "Zhangshu" of last year's popular TV series "Genealogy" is now being broadcast in the prime time of CCTV. The book of the same name has been published by Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House and is being serialized on Sina. So I went online to study and read until dinner from three o'clock in the afternoon. Sometimes my nose is sour, sometimes I giggle, sometimes I'm disappointed, and then I'm suddenly enlightened-I'm poisoned, too, with the same symptoms as others. At the same time, I ask the same question: Who is the author Gu Weili?

Love of hawthorn tree adapted from 20 10

20 12 release: urban romantic inspirational drama-"Good Smell". The TV series of the same name starring Song Jia Jr. and Geng Le is more pure and tangled than Love of Hawthorn Tree, more inspirational than Genealogy, and more sensational than Cinnamomum camphora. The TV series of the same name is being broadcast in prime time on Oriental TV and Shenzhen TV.

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biographical notes

The creation of "Cinnamomum camphora" has been determined from the period of "Genealogy", and the embryonic form of the story comes from one of her early works. Huang Haitao, the director of Pro, was full of confidence in the second cooperation. Gu Weili described the process of writing "Xiang" as a climbing process. Because there was a "pro" in front, she was afraid of the disappointment of the audience and herself, and she was always worried that her writing was not good enough and the story was not moving enough.

Gu Weili said frankly: "(I) am not a very smart person, but I work hard. Many people despise the profession of screenwriter and think that it is not as orthodox as novels and plays. And I want to regard it as a career and do it seriously. "

Zhangshu is not like Korean drama.

The attention and praise received by the item is comparable to that of Korean family dramas. However, Gu Weili doesn't feel that her works are like Korean dramas. She was unconvinced by the netizen's view that "camphor is imitating Korean dramas": "Do you think my works are like Korean dramas? I only saw what love is, and then I watched "Blue Field of Life and Death" intermittently. Korean dramas are like goldfish in a glass jar. They are beautiful, but they are confined to a small range of feelings and families and have no ups and downs consistent with social life. I have never deliberately imitated Korean dramas. " In fact, the audience's reaction is entirely because our urban love drama, which is full of extramarital affairs, one-night stands and multi-angle love, makes the audience dissatisfied, while the pure feelings of Korean dramas make people find emotional support. Therefore, a work is imitating a Korean drama, like a Korean drama, which is not so much a criticism as a side affirmation. Gu Weili is not responsible for this, but many writers and playwrights should reflect on it.

The change of Phil and the death of Xiao Shan are two regrets.

There are two diametrically opposed voices in the evaluation of the item. The clapper said: The words are touching and reveal the true feelings, which makes people recall the innocent student days. The characters are distinctive and unforgettable. Bad words exaggerate the plot, and extreme events in life, such as rape, imprisonment, polyandry, child trafficking and cancer, are intertwined, which is too dramatic and always driven by dramatic changes, which is a bit far-fetched.

Ask Gu Weili what she thinks are the advantages and disadvantages of her job. She replied: "For TV drama creation, every screenwriter has different choices. Dramatization and running water have their own advantages. If you want to write such a choice at a special moment in life, you must be dramatic. What I want to write is how the three girls should treat each other's friendship in the face of sudden changes. There are great joys and great sorrows, which is more in line with the popular practice of popular literary works to attract audiences. I pay more attention to the subtle truth of the work in the ups and downs of the framework. In the future, I will naturally pay attention to dramatic scrutiny and grasp the sense of proportion. "

On May 13, 2003, Genealogy produced by Shenzhen Kang Dafu Culture Communication Co., Ltd. did not have any pre-hype and publicity. In the case of popular dramas and costume dramas on the screen, it was quietly broadcast on CCTV 8, but it blew a "family style" across the country, and the ratings once exceeded "Towards the Republic", which was being broadcasted on CCTV at that time. In all the TV series of CCTV that year, Genealogy ranked second in average ratings. Genealogy has also won the first prize of Flying Award, the highest award in China TV series, and the first prize of Excellent TV Series Award of Guangdong Luxun Literature and Art Award.

Guo: No follow-up, no hype.

When police dramas, dramas involving criminals, and costume action dramas were popular on the screen, Guo went against the wind and chose to shoot emotional dramas that many people thought were "unpopular" at that time, which undoubtedly required courage. Looking back and summing up experience, Guo believes that "not following the trend" is an important reason why Genealogy can stand out.

Guo, who made a TV series for the first time, did some market research when choosing a theme. The results show that the audience watching TV are basically women, and the age group is generally high. Seeing the huge market space, Guo always prefers to pay attention to the emotional theme of real life, so he decided to shoot a series of emotional dramas with the theme of family, friendship and love. Genealogy is the first.

Later, under the recommendation of the famous director Zeng Haowen, Guo met the screenwriter Gu Weili. Gu Weili took out the script of Genealogy, and the ups and downs of the plot and simple and touching emotions laid a solid literary foundation for the success of Genealogy.

Guo told reporters that when CCTV censored the film, Genealogy was highly praised by the editors. At that time, it was decided to broadcast it at a prime time in July. Later, due to the central mobilization of TV stations to broadcast a number of outstanding TV dramas during the SARS period, "Genealogy" was urgently arranged to be broadcast on CCTV 8 in May 13. At that time, the post-production of Genealogy was delayed by SARS, and the subtitles were not fully completed. However, after receiving the notice from CCTV, Guo immediately went to Beijing to catch the schedule of April 24. It is such a TV series that did not have time to do any publicity and promotion work, but it blew a "family style" in that year.

This drama strengthened Guo's confidence as a new producer and made him understand the psychology of the audience: "As long as the quality of a drama is really good and there is true feelings, even if there is no publicity and no big names, you can get good returns."

At present, Acacia, the third series of Trees directed by Sun Zhou, is in post-production and is expected to meet the national audience in the second half of the year.

Gu Weili: It's okay to cry every day when creating.

Script is the lifeline of TV series. Gu Weili, the screenwriter of Genealogy, told reporters that this script was basically completed in a blowout state, and it only took three months. "It used to take a year to write a script, but this time it's fast. Not because of impatience, but because of fluency. " Gu Weili said that in those days, she was immersed in tears almost every day, completely immersed in the plot. Although the emotion is very sad, the creator has a deep sense of happiness in his heart.

The solidity and delicacy of the script cannot be separated from Gu Weili's profound literary accomplishment. During the interview, the reporter was surprised to learn that Gu Weili is actually a scholar-type screenwriter. Now he is an associate professor of drama, film and television literature and drama in Shanghai Normal University, teaching film and television theory and TV drama creation. As a teacher, Gu Weili was inspired by the creation of Genealogy: "A good TV script is not only the success of the story, but also the success of emotion and conception."

Gu Weili thinks another place worth mentioning in the script is that Genealogy does not create dramatic conflicts and set off good people by shaping the negative image of "great evil" like many TV dramas. "In real life, there are few completely conceptualized bad guys. The simple opposition between good and evil is actually a relatively low-level practice. " Gu Weili was glad that her point of view was recognized by producer Guo.

Xia Gang: My wife fell down twice on the set.

Genealogy is the first TV series directed by Xia Gang. Previously, the director who won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Director directed The Dragon Slayer and Encounter Passion. Xia Dao said that the reason why he chose "Family Tree" as his debut TV series was mainly because the producer Guo was a good friend of him and his wife for many years and was also moved by the plot of the script. "This is not a TV series that only considers business."

When it comes to the specific shooting process of Genealogy, Director Xia Gang talks about himself the least and his wife the most. Xia Gang told reporters that as the production director of this film, Zhu Meng is not only responsible for all the tedious affairs of the crew, but also undertakes the task of polishing and modifying the script for Xia Gang on the spot.

Xia Gang said that Zhu Meng often found himself forgetting to brush his teeth and wash his face after a busy day. However, such a heavy and trivial workload is still too heavy for a person who is nearly 50 years old. It is because Zhu Meng is so dedicated that she fainted twice on the spot. Fortunately, she was rushed to the hospital by the crew. In the crew of Genealogy, Zhu Meng is by no means the only one who works with the spirit of desperately saburo, and it is for this reason that Genealogy will be successful.

abstract

The story happened in Shanghai in the mid-1980s. Sun Yuxin passed the Peking University, but just before she reported for duty, her mother died in a seemingly unexpected car accident, leaving her two sisters and a younger brother. These three brothers and sisters are all children of female prisoners adopted by their mother when she was a prison policeman.

In order to raise and take care of her younger brother and sister, Yu Xin resolutely gave up the opportunity to go to college and stayed in Shanghai to make money. Yu Xin first worked as an apprentice in a small tailor's shop, and later married the master's son, but the marriage ended in divorce.

10 years later, my brothers and sisters have all grown up: my sister just graduated from college, found a job as a teacher, and made a boyfriend, Long, a reporter of a magazine. My little sister Yuhuan is still in college and has already started to fall in love. Her boyfriend, Ronin, is a star with a very good family. My younger brother Yu Le studied at home for two years and finally got into his favorite Jiaotong University. Yu Xin's middle school classmate Dashu has been helping Yu Xin for many years and sincerely hopes that Yu Xin can marry him. After a failed marriage, Yu Xin hesitated to marry a kind and generous tree.

The life of a family is getting better every day. However, Yu Yue's boyfriend discovered the secret of this family's blood relationship. For the future of his reporter, he wrote a long newsletter and published it in the media, regardless of Yu Yue's opposition, which caused a lot of waves in the lives of the four brothers and sisters.

Chief creator

Producer: Guo Director: Xia Gang Screenplay: Gu Weili Starring: Ju Xue (as Yu Xin), Dong Yong (as Uncle Peng), (as Tian Feng), Zheng Ping (as Yu Yue), (as Yu Huan) and (as Yu Le).

Expert review

Use a simple tone

Create noble feelings

Huang Haitao

(Deputy Director of CCTV Film and Television Department)

Shenzhen's TV series "Family Tree" won the "Five One Project" Excellent Works Award, which is gratifying. As I am the first editor in charge of the play, I have a better understanding of the situation, so I want to focus on the work Genealogy. I want to say that the success of Genealogy is by no means accidental, but inevitable.

When Genealogy was filmed, it was the time when national costume dramas flooded. In the TV drama market, everyone takes the road of selling money for what, and the market orientation and proportion are all in costume dramas. Later, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued a special "purchase restriction order" to restrict shoddy costume dramas. At this time, Genealogy came into being, creating a new field of realistic drama, which we call family drama.

From the creation itself, the love tree is very innovative. Its inheritance, characterization and fate arrangement are all in line with the audience's psychology, which makes them reluctant to give up every episode, and they are always anxious about the fate of the characters, and they are deeply concerned and loved.

In the conception of the work, genealogy makes modern people think about such a proposition: Is there a home around us? Should we call for affection? It is thought-provoking, giving people a spiritual shock and creating a noble emotion with a simple tone.

After the broadcast of Genealogy, the ratings were very high. Even some old comrades of CCTV were deeply moved and shed tears when reviewing this film. Many colleagues asked me for the DVD of this TV series, and I sent hundreds of sets myself. These all reflect the popularity of genealogy from one side.

I feel that the Shenzhen private film and television company represented by Dr. Kang Culture Communication Co., Ltd. is very innovative. The innovation of TV series is more about content innovation, and the most important thing is to tell good stories to the audience. Doctor Kang discovered a good story "Family Tree" written by Gu Weili. Coupled with the wonderful interpretation of director Xia Gang, the play was a success. In addition, the film and television companies in Shenzhen have a very serious creative attitude and attach great importance to the innovation of shooting techniques. For example, in the acacia series, they used focal plane shooting, which was very bold and creative.

Through these years of cooperation, I can feel that Shenzhen is paying more and more attention to cultural undertakings. Whether it is to implement the strategy of establishing the city by culture or to implement the reform of the cultural system, the leaders of Shenzhen's successive municipal committees and governments have devoted a lot of effort and energy, which has played a great role in enhancing the city image of Shenzhen and is a very good measure.