This star just wants to learn

In 2013, when the first season of "Unexpectedly" appeared, it was an epoch-making product.

d was launched in 2016. After that, the short video era began in an all-round way. But "Never Expected" was already playing with this concept three years before the short video appeared.

At that time, the show was not called a short video, but a mini-series, a short play.

The main theme of the story is "short, flat and fast", and there is no connection between the plots. Often the first story takes place in the Three Kingdoms, and the next one becomes a modern working class.

The only connection between them is that the protagonist is a man named "Wang Dachui".

At the beginning of each episode, the male protagonist has a sad face and a monologue: "I am Wang Dachui, who am I?" At the end, the previous plot is reversed with "I am Wang Dachui, I never expected...".

That year, when Pu Tong opened "Unexpectedly" for the first time, he was "shocked" by its magical style.

The nonsensical comedy format is very appealing to the audience. People who can't accept it will abandon the show, while those who find it interesting will gradually get attracted to it.

Facts have proved that more people like this style, because "Unexpectedly" became a phenomenal hit.

It once achieved a record of over 100 million views in three days and 200 million views in seven days. It is truly the first generation of online drama.

Later, most of the funny short videos that became popular continued the creative form of "One Protagonist + Various Weird Stories" like "Never Expected", which can be said to be the true originator!

[Short play? ]

Several people in the group did not expect Pu Tong to have the idea of ​​​​creating a short play. Although the short play industry is indeed booming now, the level is really worrying...

It's not that they are superior, but that as mature actors, they really feel that the current online short dramas are a bit inferior.

The production cost of short plays is relatively low, but the returns are relatively high, with low risks and high returns, and the shooting threshold is not high.

The forest is big, and cats and dogs of all kinds will want to get a share of the pie. It is only a matter of time that the short dramas become more and more mixed. .

[Are you going to film the Dragon King’s son-in-law? I want to play the Dragon King! ]

Xie Mu naturally supports his master unconditionally. Naturally, if Pu Tong wants to give it a try, he will definitely be the first to support him.

Since he's already filmed it, why can't he film the most pretentious role?

He wants to play the male protagonist of a cool novel. He has no other advantages, but his smile is so crooked...

[Obviously I asked for it. ]

Chen Siqing sighed. Anyway, he had nothing to do now, so he would just do a short drama. It was better than being forgotten by the entertainment industry.

To be honest, everyone has watched the short drama. In fact, this thing is quite interesting, especially after suddenly watching it, the fast-paced story with sharp contradictions can easily catch people's attention.

However, after seeing this thing too much, it is easy to get tired of aesthetics. It can only be regarded as fast food, not a work of art at all.

The reason is nothing more than a problem with the plot and rhythm of the short play itself.

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Short dramas are generally fast-paced and pursue a sense of refreshment. They are mostly positioned as dinner dramas and do not delve deeply into the inner world of the characters and the deep meaning behind the story. They feel very enjoyable when watching them. Generally, they do not give people the feeling of endless aftertaste after watching them. Food for thought.

Many of the routine plots and character settings may seem okay the first time you watch it, but after watching too many similar dramas, it will lack freshness.

As professional actors, they definitely want to perform some classic works that can "be famous in film history", rather than embarrassing dramas that are only temporarily popular.

But now, they have no other choice, and Chen Siqing and Tang Luocheng believe that the short play script produced by Pu Tong must be different from what is on the market.

There is no doubt about Pu Tong's literary talent and creative ability. Even in a new field, they have reason to doubt that he can do a great job.

[It’s time to shake up the short drama industry! ]

It is worth mentioning that most short plays require little investment and vary in quality. Some of the short drama protagonists are pretty good, but the supporting roles are so awkward that they make people feel uncomfortable.

For example, the setting of some short dramas is obviously that of rich people, but because the crew is too poor, the persuasiveness cannot keep up, making it impossible for people to take the role of the characters.

The setting is that they are all children of a big family, but they are very wealthy and wealthy. If the top rich still wear such clothes, it is a bit cheap!

Now that Pu Tong has decided to enter the short drama industry, he must be planning to make a name for himself.

As long as the production is well-made, the storyline is vivid, the logic is clear, and the actors' appearance and acting skills are online, even if it is a small-budget drama, it can make a name for itself by relying on good reputation.

Just when everyone was envisioning the future, Pu Tong's words made them fall into an ice cave instantly.

[I don’t plan to invest much money in production or anything, just deal with it. ]

[Isn’t my dad the stage manager? Let him arrange the props and costumes. You don’t need too many photographers, just find a few acquaintances. ]

[Extras, etc., find some college students nearby. I feel like there is no need to pay them. Just tell them that they can stamp the internship report! ]

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The other short plays were shoddy, but they still wanted Pu Tong to put together some high-quality short plays, but in the end he didn't plan to spend money?

Even if he doesn't plan to invest much, the costume and prop staff actually wants to save money. This guy can also come up with such a harmful trick as issuing internship certificates to college students. Isn't this a bit stingy?

They didn't expect that Pu Tong would suddenly become so stingy and frantic about saving money!

This show is definitely the sloppiest episode.

The topic of money cannot be avoided in the production of any film and television drama. If the investment cost is too low, a god-level script will not be produced.

[Don't worry. ]

It's really not that Pu Tong is reluctant to part with it, but that the drama "Unexpectedly" is originally from a grassroots background and is visibly poor.

But this poor temperament is quite suitable for the diaosi plot.

The theme song of this drama is very short, with only two lyrics: "I never expected it, la la la la la."

The opening credits and the previous episodes are all made-up "sponsors", just parodying some of the news and current events at the time.

Later, when the traffic increased, some people started advertising, and they still retained this traditional project and added it to the opening of the film.

The whole film reveals "poor and no money".

The same actors come and go, and they are actually employees of the company.

The special effects are so crude that they can't even reach the level of fifty cents.

I still remember the first episode. Wang Dachui was an actor in a low-cost martial arts drama. His martial arts "Nine Yang Divine Fist" was a simple and crude text special effect. Matching it are more simple and crude lines that are popular on the Internet.

This unabashed sense of copycat made it possible to save money to the extreme, and Pu Tong laughed out loud on the spot.

But in fact, these poverty, absurdity and nonsensicalness are precisely the attractions of "Unexpectedly".

It is precisely because the elements of the play are simple, repetitive and direct that it can achieve the "brainwashing" effect.