Interview with Li Hao, Chief Producer of "The Greatest Showman": revealing the program's original intention and behind-the-scenes production

As the hilarious "Music String Camp" and the warm and healing "Love of Light" were staged, the scene of Jiangsu TV's global creative competition show "100 Changes Daredevil" has received five-star bursts of lights one after another. We still remember the kung fu show brought by the Shaolin Boxing School Yan Ze Performing Arts Troupe in the sixth installment of the program broadcast last Sunday, in which 108 wooden sticks were broken one after another on Zhou Yang Yang to give 600 public star appreciators a mind-blowing shock and vibration. Film Industry Watch had the honor of interviewing Chief Producer Li Hao at the show, revealing the original intention of the show's creation as well as its behind-the-scenes production.

DUNDU's "Love of Light"

Highlighting moments of ordinary people,

The unity of audio-visual wonders and positive values

The main team of "Variety of Daredevils" comes from the eighth year of "One Stop to Go", which is the most famous TV show in the world.

"We found that everyone has their own love, are eager to have a day to shine, all need a chance to get a standing ovation, the stage is just a medium, so that ordinary people's love to radiate a light, to illuminate the hearts of more people who also have the same love." The "highlight moments of ordinary people" is the original intention of Li Hao and his team.

Executive Producer Li Hao

And to create a new program, we must not pick up the past conventional projects, the team with the deep value of thought and externalized artistic processing, for the skills of the vegetarians empowered, so that it can become a new product on the stage to the public. Italian body painter Johannes Stott and his team presented "The Body Painter". One of the most vivid examples of this is "The Edge of the Jungle" by Italian body painter Johannes Stott and team.

Through the artistic treatment of choreography and lighting, projection equipment, etc., the space inside the fusion ring is created as a claustrophobic and silent jungle, with species such as the Balinese tiger, the Texas red wolf, and the Hawaiian golden-topped snail appearing one after another, and the screen presentation is very visually monopolizing and immersive, so that the audience is like watching a stage play. And when the information of species extinction is presented on the screen in white on black, it is a shock and shock to the audience.

"Painting on people's bodies can't be called a show, we turned it into such a stage show show connecting people with all living things." The night the show aired, "The Edge of the Jungle" caused a strong reaction on social networks, which made Li Hao feel a little surprised, in his opinion, success after hard work is unattainable, and the first issue of "The Hundred Changes" has done it.

Gao Guangli brought "Tongue" and took a photo with Star Appreciators

The second installment of pediatric cerebral palsy patient Gao Guangli brought tongue origami, which once again became a hot topic that exploded the social network. When small airplanes and boats jumped on the tip of the tongue, all the words seemed pale and powerless. Mass Star Appreciation people give five-star burst lights is not sympathy and pity, but because they see the greatness behind the smallness, the strength behind the fragility.

With the exception of Team Johannes and Gao Guangli, there are countless examples of how everyone has challenged and broken through on this stage. For example, Lili Jinyan, who has been practicing hoop for 16 years, tried for the first time to combine jiu-jitsu with aerial hoop, rotating her whole body in the air just by the back of her neck in contact with the hoop; Gao Jiu innovative team brought the world's largest indoor drone props formation performance, Ji Yongxun fused air bamboos with flames, and husband and wife team of Wuyi and Linyi combined water and silk hanging ... ...Each project is a condensation of the players' and team's blood and sweat, infused with soul and concentration.

Wu Yi and Lin Yi present "Silk Hanging in the Rain"

The English name of the program, "Beyond Show", may help us better understand the stage of "The Greatest Showman". Each show is first a spectacle, abandoning the big red, green, bright and colorful atmosphere of the big party, so that the audience is always immersed in the repertoire of performances. At the same time, the show has more of its own values, about man and nature, the miracle of life, the transmission of blood ...... The positive and positive attitude towards the world behind the performance brings the audience a higher level of moving than sensationalism. Li Hao said, "We also hope that in addition to the show, we can present some of the character's soul and flash point."

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Free from strong conscious guidance,

Respecting each independent individual's choice of performance

Compared to other satellite TV weekend variety shows, "The 100 Changes of the People" is particularly special. There is no host crosstalk between each show, very few character VCRs, and clean editing, and the tone of the program was instantly set after the first episode aired.

"I don't want to waste the audience's time, and I don't like watered-down and diluted performances, so I will only present the best and most concentrated things on stage." In Li Hao's opinion, the temperament of the show also represents the team's temperament and judgment of the content.

5678 Comedy Troupe presents "Music String Building Camp"

Distinguished from the existing variety content on the market, "Hundreds of Changes" does not have strong competition, strong confrontation system rules, and does not have a star mentor, but only a "star appreciator" and "popular star appreciator". There are only "star appreciators" and "popular star appreciators". Even if the artist comes to the stage, it is from the audience's point of view, on behalf of his personal or a certain part of the population to express, the public can accept or not agree.

After the performance of each artist, as long as he or she receives three stars cast by four Star Rewarders, he or she will be able to enter the next round of competition; and in the course of the performance, once more than 90% of the 600 popular Star Rewarders have pressed the button, the scene will be five-star bursting lights, and the artist will be able to go straight to the Baida Ceremony. In Li Hao's opinion, everyone's excitement value and moving point is different, "no matter what this point is, it is possible that it touches you, rattles you, shocks you, I think it's all OK." This rule of every ordinary audience to decide the final fate of each show, in the past talent competition program has not been.

Russia's Handmade Theatre Company presents The Greatest Showman

However, there is a subjective will to choose, and in the case of Hundreds of Changing Talents, the stage performance is the only criterion for judging. "Of course I can let people listen to the story and then make a choice, but many people will be kidnapped by the story, you see people are so miserable, you can not give? The kidnapped moment gives a choice, but when you look back on it afterward you feel uncomfortable, and I don't want people to feel that way."

Based on the standard of judging only stage performances and respect for each independent individual's choice, since the seven issues, we have seen the public Star Rewards people for the jungle edge, tongue, fire cubes, silk hanging in the rain, 108 sticks, music string building camp, the love of light project light, but also have seen a few Star Rewards people also did not give three stars. And in the whole process, there is no harsh criticism and judgment, there is no strong sense of competition, this stage is full of respect and goodwill to the audience, to the players.

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Most studio programs will emphasize the director team on the guests, the scene of the control, which in the long run makes part of the audience will be some link design and artists to choose the authenticity of doubt, the other part of the audience has even accepted this subconscious "control! The other part of the audience has even accepted this subconscious "control". The stage of Hundreds of Changes is free from the director's strong conscious guidance of people, and more respectful of every independent person's judgment.

In the final analysis, television is the art of companionship, and Li Hao hopes that viewers will be able to get real relaxation and artistic enjoyment in the program. "I'm often asked if I've ever thought about what the Chinese audience likes nowadays, and I think first of all the audience is not one person, the audience is always countless individuals, and it's impossible to know what 1.4 billion people are thinking. We do this show, only hope to make those who love more love, understand you more understand you."

Sweetie Han presents "Beneath the Flying Clouds"

Cultural Confidence, Chinese Quality,

The Pride of a Chinese Television Person's Career

"It's been a couple of years since we've had a Da Humans program, and this is the time to up, and everyone's reserves are up, it's time for a da human program that truly represents Chinese quality to emerge."

Li Hao told Film Industry Watch that based on his longtime love of music and theater performances, he has always wanted to do a program that is different from the previous stage presentation, and the preliminary research and development of the "Hundred Changes of People" project has been two years in the making. At the beginning of the year, Jiangsu TV's internal project idea collection proposal, "Variety of people" stood out, the team is fully committed to the creation of the program.

Jin Yan Li brought "Ring of the Moon"

From January 15, the project, to March 21, the first recording, the actual preparation time of the project is less than 70 days. "It was obviously an impossible thing to do, and the only solution was for everyone to reach ahead of time, eat together, live together, and work together every day." Li Hao and his team sacrificed sleep time, broke one day into two days, and made this impossible possible in a new way with "100 people*** creation", which showed the world the speed of Chinese TV people. The team's efficiency extends from research and development to production, with only five to six recording cycles scheduled for a 12-issue season.

In addition to the difficulty of time, the richness and complexity of "The Hundred Changes" makes it far more difficult to operate than other regular programs. To "one stop in the end" as an example, the program belongs to a single dimension of the puzzle answer category, the form of confrontation answer will not have much change; and "hundred changes of people" each period of each project is very different, the team not only to have an in-depth understanding of the skills themselves in a short period of time, but also need a large number of quotations will be packaged into a stage show each, "hundred changes "In fact, it is a challenge for everyone. And for Li Hao, who serves as chief producer, it is also a breakthrough process.

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Unifying and coordinating a team of several hundred people, dozens of job types, and taking care of scriptwriting characters, stage presentation, post-production editing, and production and promotion, the work of the Chief Producer is far more complicated than that of a glamorous presenter. "To bring so many people together and send all their forces on the same line with the same way of thinking is a very difficult thing in itself." Despite the difficulties, the mission and obligation of a Chinese TV personality in his heart drove Li to devote himself to this "proud program of his career" and to create high-density and high-energy creations.

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Author | Liu Cuicui

Editor | Do Xin