How can China's traditional operas "go into battle lightly" on the international stage with the help of film technology?

The drums were ringing, the arrows were flying, and the flames were soaring, which completely burned Cao Jun's warships ... The opening of the "Red Cliff War" in the 3D panoramic sound Peking Opera movie "Cao Cao and Yang Xiu" deeply shocked Peking Opera master Yan Xingpeng.

"3D film technology vividly introduced the historical reasons and background of Cao Cao's defeat, and was immediately attracted, which led to the topic of traditional Peking Opera performance. Prime Minister Cao came to recruit talents. This is a clever combination of advanced film technology and traditional opera art. "

The actor who plays Cao Cao in the film is Shang, a famous Peking Opera performer who is nearly eighty years old. He was the "first generation Cao Cao" when 1988 wrote the Peking Opera Cao and Yang Xiu. The "wonderful experience" of appearing in a 3D panoramic sound Peking Opera movie for the first time made the Peking Opera master who loved watching movies since childhood shout "enjoyable". "I remember a scene where Cao Cao wanted to sprinkle a cup of medicine. The staff asked me to spill it on the camera. I have a psychological disorder. I'm afraid of breaking the camera. I can't spill it. I spilled it many times. Later, when I watched the movie, I found that the splash was like splashing in front of the audience. This is really interesting. "

In Shang's view, drama is freehand brushwork, film is "real", and the truth of drama and film can be unified. In front of the camera, the performance of Beijing opera actors can convey the gestures, singing and dancing of the characters more accurately, and some invisible details on the stage can also be vividly displayed to the audience through the big screen. "The 3D panoramic sound Peking Opera movie" Cao Cao and Yang Xiu "embodies the dreams, pursuits and painstaking efforts of China opera people and China filmmakers. Rare, worthwhile. "

In addition to Cao Cao and Yang Xiu, this year's Shanghai International Film Festival also presented a number of traditional China opera films, such as 3D Kunqu Opera, Jingyang Bell and 3D Yue Opera, which became a beautiful scenery at the film festival. Some young audiences who have never set foot in the theater have entered the theater for the first time these days and felt the charm of traditional Chinese opera. Their fresh experience surprised them and made them "like" China's traditional plays.

Old artists are also deeply touched. Cai Zhengren, a famous Kunqu performer, said: "After waiting for 20 sessions, I finally got a place in the film festival. China movies can't live without traditional Chinese opera movies. I hope our operas and movies will be more and more popular with the audience. This is my lifelong wish. "

Looking back at history, the "predestination" between China's traditional operas and China's films has been more than one hundred years. 1905, the first film produced by China was the Peking Opera-themed film Dingjun Mountain. 1948, China's first color film "Life and Death Hate" was also a Peking Opera stage play. Today, drama films have become a unique film type in China, and China's drama art is using film technology to "go into battle lightly" on the international stage.