Sohu Entertainment Special Article (Fat Ministry/Text) After 05 in the entertainment industry, the sense of presence is getting stronger and stronger.
There is a pair of "brothers and sisters" in the movie being released, one is Shi Pengyuan who plays his son Ma Jiye in "Catching the Doll", and the other is Wang Shengdi who plays Xiaotong in "Silent Killing", this pair of "little drama bones" from "The Hidden Corner", this time they are also the existence of the "drama eye" of the whole film.
In the drama market, Amy has just attracted a lot of fans with "Ink Rain and Clouds"; And Rong Zishan, another leading actor in "The Hidden Corner", as the second male protagonist of "The Boy Who Can't See the Shadow", has a lot of rivalry with Zhang Songwen.
Although it can only be regarded as a new force in the industry, the surging new generation has already made its first cry.
On the one hand, this group of "child stars" who have grown up have begun to get some good adult character resources and officially announced their "growing up"; On the other hand, whether in terms of overall volume or time on the stage, these young people are indeed showing some kind of change that excites the industry.
Grow up
The post-05 generation is now old, and the oldest is only 19 years old. For example, Shi Pengyuan, who was born in 2005, was admitted to the Communication University of China last year; Rong Zishan, who was born in 2006, is the first place in this year's Chinese opera and Nortel school examinations, and his agency Yitong Productions recently confirmed that he was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama.
can stand out at this age, thanks to the fact that most of these post-05 generations have a child star background.
In addition to Rong Zishan, Wang Shengdi, and Shi Pengyuan, who emerged for "The Hidden Corner", there is also Amy, who is currently quite popular, who also debuted in the movie "Tong Tu" when he was 6 years old; Liu Yaowen, who was electrocuted for the first time to star in "Article 20", was born in the Times Youth League.
More commonly are the young actors who will be called "Little XX", because most of them are teenagers who played the leading role in various dramas, such as "Little Chuqiao" Huang Yangtian, "Young Lu Zhi" Yu Yao or "Little Sheng Minglan" Liu Chutian, of course, there are also netizens jokingly called "Little Xu Zheng" Han Haolin.
Compared with the past, the process of these child stars "transforming into adults" seems to be smoother.
"There are actually actors born as child stars from every generation, but with the development of the industry, the certainty of the development of the child star group is constantly improving." Artist agent Wang Lin introduced to Sohu Entertainment, "The objects selected by the agency for artists have changed from the initial performance graduates to art candidates, and now they have been further front-loaded and have begun to be cultivated in advance from the juvenile group." ”
"First, the earlier the contract is signed, the lower the cost, and secondly, it is also a growing brokerage industry, which needs to compete for the top seed players more and more advanced. Under this selection mechanism, the group of child stars will definitely get many more opportunities than in the past. ”
The rapid growth of many post-05 actors also benefits from the blessing of a series of high-quality resources.
For example, Amy starred in two entertainment film and television series, "For the Dark Fragrance" and "Ink Rain and Clouds", and successfully got out of the circle with the latter; "Little Chuqiao" Huang Yangtian signed a contract with Jiaxing Media, and this year's short drama "Borrowing Ning'an" starring him has been launched, and there are follow-up drama projects such as "Mountains and Rivers", "Five Blessings" and starring "Mermaid".
Boxwood sweet
The reason why the post-05 generation can continue to receive many continuous resources is objectively speaking, but also thanks to some of its own characteristics.
"First, today's young actors will be more precocious in image, and their appearance and aesthetics will meet the audience's expectations; Second, many of them still retain the aura of being child stars, and they have relatively rich acting experience, and now they can support some more important roles. Wang Lin pointed out.
The former, such as Amy and Huang Yangtian, have more prominent appearance advantages, and they no longer feel abrupt when they star with adult actors.
The latter might as well take Shi Pengyuan and Wang Shengdi, who have recently had movies in theaters, as examples.
After "The Long Season", the audience is no stranger to Shi Pengyuan, who grew up; Ma Jiye of "Catching the Doll" this time is a character close to the "spit service" in the comedy, the role is very heavy, he has to react to the absurd growth environment, and he has to push his emotions up when the truth is revealed, and Shi Pengyuan's performance in several major scenes such as grandma's funeral and discovering the truth is surprisingly stable.
"Silent Killing" allows the audience to see a grown up Wang Shengdi, whose gradually growing facial features show a bit of cold temperament, but still have the aura of performance; The presentation of the character with a sense of alienation made Xiao Tong, as the "eye" of the movie, bring more suspense to the plot, and finally the eye raised also left a deep impression on the audience.
Producer Candice pointed out: "The post-05s that can be seen today have benefited from sufficient resource support. Many of them are from well-known brokerage companies, and even the company has production capabilities, and there is no shortage of filming itself, so the threshold for transforming into adult roles will be relatively low; And when they were able to be selected, there was no shortage of performance aura, and there were age-appropriate characters in the industry who loved them. ”
The post-05 generation who are gradually growing up has a new wind.
Caught up with the good times
Compared with the previous generations, the post-05 generation has a new growth environment.
"The industry is in a period of change." Candice analysis, "On the one hand, the industry-wide industry upgrade has also led to the maturity of the market, and the current audience can remember the actors who perform well in addition to the leading role, and are willing to become tap water, and the actors in the growth period can often get better communication efficiency." ”
"On the other hand, in the context of content upgrading, the industry is also paying more attention to the age-appropriateness of casting, at least in terms of image. For example, there are very few projects that allow older actors to play junior and senior high school students, which also provides a lot of opportunities for the post-05s, especially some content with a realistic background. ”
Casting director Da Liu mentioned that this is also due to the unexpected maturity of the post-05 actors, "They grew up in the era of information explosion, and they are naturally precocious." In the past, I was afraid of similar precocious teenage roles, and it was a great surprise that Zhang Zifeng and Wen Qi appeared in the 00 generation, but in fact, many actors after 05 are remembered by relying on their unexpected maturity. ”
For example, Yu Yao, who was born in 09, starred in "Under the Prosperous City" as "Young Lu Zhi", who is not only the core figure of the tragedy decades ago, but also has an extremely strong internal conflict, and has become the "child brother" praised by many audiences. This is absolutely extremely bold in the use of teenage actors.
Da Liu introduced that similar roles were rare in the past, and even if it was possible, the work itself would be less commercial, and it would be difficult for young actors to get the communication effect of breaking the circle. With the upgrading of the content of the industry, the increase in such works and the improvement of the audience's awareness have brought more opportunities to the actors.
"This kind of maturity makes them an absolute plus when it comes to transforming into adult roles."
The content upgrading of the industry, the maturity of the market, and the promotion of the brokerage industry have given the younger generation the resource support. The growth of the post-05 generation has caught up with the good times.
"Another advantageous condition is that in the cultivation of young artists, the agency has formed a very mature path over the years." Wang Lin pointed out, "We will not rush to plug projects and accept business, but combine their characteristics, take high-quality projects, take professional colleges, and combine their characteristics to create memory points." ”
In Wang Lin's view, the current batch of post-05 generations who are currently emerging can already see the difference in training paths. Some are already cultivating in the direction of popular Hua Dan, and their appearance conditions will also be highlighted in publicity; The other batch began to take the acting route, and Shi Pengyuan's currently starring movie "Go to the Sea" is the second feature film of Fang Liang, who was nominated for FIRST Best Director.
Not only that, the post-05 generation, who had just gained traffic, even started a "transformation" layout.
For example, Han Haolin, as early as 2020, was nominated for the Best Newcomer of the Volkswagen Hundred Flowers Award for "My Motherland and Me", and in addition to continuing to contact the head works, he also frequently appeared in cultural programs such as "China in the Classics" and "The Biography of the Grandmaster", and his development can be described as steady and steady, and his follow-up works include the movie "Dunhuang Heroes", "Demolition Class" and the drama "Invisible Name".
"From the perspective of quantity, quality and commercial value, these talented young actors can stand in the industry." Candice said.
How long is it to "get on the table"?
And the post-05 generation, who have just "grown up", are also accepting intergenerational comparisons and asking: in the future, will they have an impact on the predecessors of the post-95 or post-00s?
At the moment when the post-00s generation has only begun to have a group of actors initially standing in the leading role, this discussion is of course still premature. But the subtext behind similar discussions is that there is a lack of so-called "backbone" in the current industry divided by generations.
"We often say that after the industry enters the Internet era, there is no so-called 'national degree', and no generation has clearly shown its advantages over others since the post-85 generation. In fact, it also shows that the traffic pattern of the industry in the past ten years has failed to give the content industry an answer. Candice thinks.
Da Liu also said that today's actors need to be more competitive, "85 flowers and 00 flowers are playing ancient puppets, and the positioning of 90 and 00 students is also very different, and the ranking battles between and within generations are not fixed." The industry needs new forces with differentiation and memory points, so you might as well assume that there will be a group of post-05 generations of 'small acting schools' to "explode" the entertainment industry? ”
The answer will probably take time.
The objective problem is that for the post-05 actors, there is still too much uncertainty about their future.
"The first must be the appearance, what child stars are most afraid of when they grow up is the so-called 'crooked'." Wang Lin pointed out that for the post-05 generation who is still in the rapid growth period, appearance is still a level that must be passed, "Even if you are an acting school, your appearance can also determine the width of your acting path; Not to mention the current training in the direction of traffic artists. ”
"Second, from child stars to adults, the audience gives you different judging criteria. It is enough for a child star to have aura when he is a child, but when he grows up, he needs more professional training and comprehensive ability. It should be said that the post-05 actors have not really come to this level. ”
Even so, actors who are now starting to play adult roles have begun to come under more scrutiny. For example, there has been a lot of controversy about Rong Zishan's performance in "The Boy Who Can't See the Shadow", thinking that he is "immature", "has a single expression", "can't catch the play", "the aura of his childhood is gone" and so on.
Stepping into the adult world, the test that the post-05s have to face has just begun.
However, it can be expected that in a more mature market and industry environment, the post-05 actors who have just entered the industry in the past five years will show more differences from their predecessors.
In the market environment during the period of industry change, the possibilities on them are also worth looking forward to.